The next day Dani sat on the porch with her younger sister Melanie. Dani felt very upset about what happened the night before and she felt bad for what had happened to her mama, although the doctor reassured that the baby and her mama were fine. Matthew and Maureen were at the hospital visiting while she was at home watching Melanie. Dani looked up as she heard a car pulling up to her house, it was Court. Dani told Melanie to stay where she was and she walked up to the railing to see Court get out with a box of food.
"Mom asked me to bring this stuff by, some homemade soup, yeast bread, and chocolate pie, hell mom's got the world beat making chocolate pie." Court said smiling a little at his joke. Dani just looked at him with a blank face not knowing what to say. She walked towards the stairs though when he came up to the porch. "Where's everybody at?" Court said breaking the awkward silence and passing the box of food over to Dani.
"Hospital." Dani said quietly, starting to feel very angry towards Court.
"I'm really sorry about your mama, I'm sorry about the way I acted last night too, about the way I said everything." Court said trying to look Dani in the eye while putting his hands in his pockets.
"You don't have to be sorry." Dani said sounding annoyed.
"Well I thought that we could still talk sometime you know, I figured if we could still talk sometime and be friends I could get you to understand." Court said trying harder to get Dani to focus on him.
"I already understand." Dani shouted at him and walk towards the door, Court opened the door for her and Dani stopped for a moment. "Thanks for bringing the food over for her." Dani said briefly, but then disappeared into the house and Court left shaking his head disappointedly.
Matthew sat in the kitchen eating the food Marie Foster sent over. He had just returned from the hospital and Dani was doing the dishes. After he had finished a piece of the chocolate pie Dani took the dish from him and put it into the sink. Matthew got up and got a glass of water and gazed at Dani.
"That was a good supper Marie sent over, Marie's boy bring it over?" Matthew questioned, Dani kept looking down and doing the dishes not liking where this was going. "Court?" Matthew questioned once again.
"Yes Sir." Dani said briefly.
"He your swimming partner last night?" Matthew asked feeling he already knew the answer.
"Yes Sir." Dani said once again. Matthew walked to the other side of the kitchen then turned around.
"Did anything happen?" Matthew asked awkwardly.
"No." Dani said starting to feel upset again.
"Don't you mean no sir?" Matthew replied.
"No sir, nothing happened sir." Dani said as she focused on one dish.
"I saw the way you looked last night, that boy try anything with you?" Matthew asked feeling his protective side kicking in. Dani threw her towel on the counter and started for the door.
"No sir, No surrey, Not Court Foster." Dani said sadly as she left the kitchen.
The next Day Matthew and Dani went to the hospital together, it was an awkward ride for the two of them, and they hadn't spoken since their last encounter. After visiting Abigail the two of them drove home in silence and as soon as they arrived they just sat there in the car quietly. Dani looked at her daddy as he looked straight ahead at nothing.
"Daddy I'm really sorry for what I did, I know it was wrong. I just want Mama and the baby to be alright and I know you feel bad for taking the strap at me that night, but I'm not mad or anything." Dani said quietly Matthew looked over at her shortly, but got out of the car and came over to her side. He opened her door and grabbed her and picked her up into a big hug. Dani smiled against his shoulder knowing things would be okay again. As she walked into her house she thought of something though. Her daddy gave her a chance after what she did, so she had to give Court a chance, after all she didn't want to lose him.