Hey, another update. Wasn't going to do this, but decided this would be a cute excuse for some Danice!
(This is set a bit later on. It is February 14th and Danny and Alice's first ever Valentine's day together. Sarah is still awaiting her sentence, Caroline and Dupe have gone away, and Rowan is taking care of Charlotte and Evan to give Danice the alone time they need. Nomsa is away visiting her daughter.)
Danny awoke slowly and smiled as he looked down and saw Alice just beginning to wake, she had a small smile naturally on her face. He gently stroked her hair, sweeping a loose strand back behind her ear. Her smile broadened into a gigantic grin, her eyes opened slowly as she murmured. "Danny."
"Good Morning beautiful." He whispered, gently kissing her neck.
"Good Morning, handsome, I love you." Alice grinned, as she handed him a note of paper, she kissed his lips tenderly as he handed her one back. Alice opened her own crumpled piece of paper, it was all written in Danny's scrawled hand, she loved his scruffy, disorganised hand writing.
Alice - my world.
You mean the world to me,
I love your more than I thought could be,
My love for you is like a drug,
One I'm hopelessly addicted too,
One I don't want to give up.
You're the most beautiful,
You're the wisest,
You're the most amazing,
You're everything to me.
I love you more than this world,
I need you more than the oxygen
That fills my lungs,
Alice Collins you are my rock
And you're my world.
I love you xx
Alice wiped away the few tears that had gathered, this little note meant so much to her. She turned to face Danny who had just read his own little note. He had slowly opened the little piece of paper, he loved the beauty of Alice's writing, the stubborn yet neat italic writing.
Danny - there aren't words for how much you mean to me.
I need you more than anything in my life,
You heal my broken wounds,
You fix my broken heart,
You're everything to me.
In my eyes, You are the handsomest man in the world,
You are the most intelligent,
The best, to me you are perfection
I love you more than I can possibly say
I love you more more than words can explain,
And I love you more than I could ever sure,
Danny Trevanion, you mean the world to me,
I love you forever xx
Danny also wiped away the tears that had welled up in his eyes.
"Danny, that was beautiful." Alice croaked, her throat tight with emotion.
"Not as beautiful as you. Thanks Alice, this means so much." Danny hoarsely whispered, he gently pulled her towards him, kissing her hungrily, with urgency and passion.
"Happy Valentine's day." Alice smiled as they pulled away, both knew they had to resist temptation until the animals were completely done.
"Happy Valentine's day, my beautiful valentine." Danny smiled once again kissing Alice.
They quickly got ready , forgetting breakfast. Danny suddenly produced a box of chocolates, a necklace and a card, Alice grinned and gave Danny his own card and a watch, a beautiful watch that obviously cost a lot of money, Danny observed it proudly, tears built in his eyes as he noticed the engraving on the face. 'I love you forever D. A xx' Danny gave her a kiss as Alice responded, he too had had he necklace engraved with 'Love you always A,D xx'.
"You can be so sweet!" Alice smiled, "Come on Animals, then I have a few ideas how to spend our day alone."
"Yeh, we'll have to do em quick!" Danny laughed.
Alice set off running and Danny leapt in to action, he gently caught Alice and winked, she turned round as they reached the bottom of the veranda stairs.
"You aren't fast enough." He teased.
"You have lanky legs." Alice laughed, out of nowhere Danny hoisted her up in a fireman's lift, and began running off to the animal hopsital. Alice laughed gleefully, jokingly shouting at Danny to put her down, not that she wanted to be put down - she was quite impressed with his strength!
"There we go!" He giggled as he set her down in front of the animal hospital.
Both quickly completed their chores. As Alice finished the animals and Danny finished signing the already completed paperwork, Alice came over and sat so she was straddling him.
"I love you." She whispered, throwing her arms around her neck and resting her head on his shoulder.
"I love you more!" He teased.
"Impossible!" Alice argued, but Danny wasn't for arguing he shut her up with a long kiss, Alice responded, deepening the kiss, Danny too responded with equal measure but once more Alice became more urgent, both pulled away laughing breathlessly.
"How about a drive and then a walk in the bush, then we can go home and wonder how to spend the night?" Danny asked, gazing into Alice's blue eyes.
"I'd love that." She grinned, both walked out hand in hand, Alice's head gently resting on his shoulder, Danny's head softly rested upon her own.
As they arrived at the copy, they smiled at the giraffes, they loved giraffes. Danny took Alice's hand once more, and grabbed the gun, Alice rested her head once more on his shoulder, and happily walked silently with Danny, they stopped at the highest point of the copy, only breaking the silence with hushed I love you exchanges.
Suddenly Danny dropped onto one knee in front of Alice, who stood there completely shocked, he drew out a ring and opened the box clumsily. Alice giggled at him nervously.
"I love you Alice Collins."
"I love you too Danny."
"And you mean, so much to me, and I love you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Alice will you marry me?"
Alice didn't even need to think of her answer, without hesitation she yelled yes. Danny grinned as he placed the ring upon her finger.
They kissed hungrily and passionately as the giraffes moved closer towards them.
"You're the best Mr Trevanion." Alice grinned as they walked back to the jeep.
"So are you Mrs Trevanion to be!" Danny giggled as they set off back to Leopards Den.
Danny and Alice quickly cooked a dinner and ate it together, gazing into each other's eyes, holding hands lovingly over the table. As they finished Danny turned on the slow romantic music that often accompanied the time after a meal such as this. Alice blew out the candles quickly, Danny took her hand.
"I love you Alice." he murmured as he began to kiss her tenderly, before moving down tantalisingly down to her collarbones.
"I love you" Alice uttered, as she began to unbutton his shirt, familiar sensations taking over her body.
Danny continued his embrace, gently removing Alice of all her unnesccary clothing, both lost sense of time, as they finally last all their attire, and gave themselves completely to each other, not breaking the knot of love as they made their way around the house towards their bedroom - this is where their night began, as they finally began to show how much, they truly meant to one another.