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A/N: Here's the next chappie!! Thanks to all who reviewed. As always, please R&R. My muse loves the attention. :D The song title is from Dirty Vegas. Thanks to Axellia and Aphina for betaing!

Chapter 61.

Days Go By

When Danny got back from meeting with Taylor, he found Cory staring aimlessly at her hands. "Cory? Are you okay?" he asked her quietly.

Cory shook her head, not wanting to meet his eyes. "No, I'm not. I can't do this anymore, Danny," she said quietly with resignation in her voice. "I'm leaving. I'm moving out of the apartment."

Danny felt ice drop into his stomach. "What? Why?"

"I can't watch you die at my expense."

Danny felt his anger snap. "Damn it, Cory! I'm tired of this. You've gotta quit yankin' my chain! First you say you love me and now you want to leave me cuz ya don't want me to die! That doesn't make sense," he raged. Cory opened her mouth to cut him off, but he held up his hand. "No, let me finish. Both of us have dangerous jobs. If it's not Montoya, then it will be someone else. If you go running at every shadow, we will never be happy."

Cory just shook her head. "This is different, Dan."

"No, it's not. Don't let what happened to you with Ortiz color your point of view, bella. I'm not James and you're not the same person that you were then." He paused. "I know you're scared, sweetheart, but you can't let that fear rule your life." He got back up again and began to walk towards the door. "Tell you what; I'm going to take a quick walk while you decide what you want to do. If you want, I'll even move into the spare bedroom," Danny said quietly, trying to hide the desperation that he was feeling.

Cory didn't say anything and finally Danny walked out of the apartment.

Close to two months had passed since their final argument and despite Danny's attempts, Cory had shut him out. He'd been talking to Taylor and she confirmed that Cory wasn't even taking her calls anymore. He smiled as he remembered Taylor ranting at him. "It's not like I'm even pressing her on the issue, which I will, but she breaks every lunch date that we set!" That was what prompted the current plan. An intervention of sorts. Danny was taking a long lunch and was meeting Taylor at their apartment, which Danny and Cory were sharing like roommates who didn't like each other.

He shook his head as he got out of the SUV on this lunch break, seeing Taylor waiting for him in front of the building. "You sure about this, Taylor?" he asked, a little worried.

Taylor smiled as she shook her hair back behind her. "It's the only way, Danny. If this doesn't make her see the light then I don't know if anything else will," she returned with a smile.

Danny nodded as he held the door open for her. They rode up the elevator in silence. As they walked towards the door, Taylor looked at him carefully. "I promise, Danny. I'll do everything in my power to get her to see what she's done."

Danny smiled. "Thanks, Taylor. I really do appreciate it," he said as he opened the door. "Just lock the door behind you and if things don't go well, call me and I'll come pick you up."

Taylor smiled. "I'll be okay. Cory wouldn't hurt me." She laughed a little. "Go back to work, Danny. I'll take care of this."

Taylor watched Danny leave, not feeling as confident as she had projected. She sighed, settling herself on the couch to wait for Cory to get home from work.

She didn't have to wait long. No more than an hour after she had arrived, Taylor heard the sound of a key in a lock. When she watched Cory walk in, her heart broke to see how depressed she looked.

Cory looked up to find Taylor staring at her. "Taylor?" she said tiredly. "Why are you here and how the hell did you get in?"

Taylor sighed. "I'm here because you kept refusing to meet me for lunch. I'm tired of it, Cory. You've abandoned your friends, who can help you out through this time. So I'm here to instigate an intervention of sorts."

Cory looked around, noticing that they were the only two people in the apartment. "What?"

Taylor glanced at Cory before calling out for Maddy, Aiden and Armando. She glanced back at Cory. "Cory, you need to listen to Armando. You've been avoiding him for longer than you've been avoiding Danny and me."

Cory shook her head. "No, I haven't!" she denied vehemently. "I've just been busy. It hasn't been easy with Lydia gone the majority of the time. She's been with Interpol more often than with the FBI. She's been back now for almost a month and no leads on Mom."

Taylor rolled her eyes. "That's BS and you know it, Cory. You are burying yourself in work to try to avoid what you're feeling. Look at where that's gotten you. You and Danny are barely talking, you haven't been out with Stella, Lindsay or I since the Policeman's Ball. Is this really working?"

She paused, gathering her thoughts to trying to bring Cory around. "Look. Danny told me about the dreams you've been having about him getting killed by Montoya. That's why Armando is here. Talk to him, Cory."

Cory looked at Taylor, defeated. "Fine," she spat out as she turned to Armando. "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Armando's smile was sad as he addressed her. "Cory, I don't know if you know this, since you've never asked, but I know about every single vision you have. The one with Danny being killed is not one. The only visions that the Powers are sending you are the ones about Alexis being killed. Now, you know how things are subject to change and I can tell you that they will."

Cory looked at Armando, dumbfounded. "You see all the visions that I see?"

Armando nodded. "I have to. That way if you have questions, you can ask me." He gave her a steely glare. "Why didn't you come to me? I offered to talk but you just shot me down. You did the same thing that I did when I went after Ortiz. I shut everyone out."

Cory sat on her couch in tears. "I was just so scared. I can't stand it if I lose Danny. I don't think that I would survive that."

Taylor sat next to her and put a comforting hand on her arm. "Cory?" she said softly. "Both of you have dangerous jobs. It's part of you. You can't bury your head in the sand every time you are threatened."

Cory shook her head. "I've been a bitch, haven't I? God, I don't deserve, Danny. He's been so patient with me and all I've done is push him away."

Taylor laughed softly. "He loves you, Cory. He wanted to be there for you and when you shut him out he came to me to help him make you understand that no matter what happens, he wants to be with you."

Cory felt the darkness leaving her heart for the first time in months. Hope was returning. "Thanks, Taylor. For making me see that I've been so stupid. If you don't mind, I'd like to prepare a special dinner for Danny. See if we can reconnect."

Taylor grinned widely with a glint in her eye. "In that case, I'll let you go. Don't shut us out anymore, Cory. We're here to help," she said as she got off the couch and waved bye to Maddy, Aiden and Armando.

"I'll try not to," Cory responded, getting up to start preparing dinner.

Danny opened the apartment door with some trepidation. He wasn't sure of the reaction that he was going to get from Cory for staging the intervention with Taylor. As he closed the door, he noticed the classical music playing as well as the scent of pasta wafting through the air. He put his keys on the table and his jacket in the closet before walking towards the kitchen. He stood in the doorway for a second, watching Cory put together a salad before saying, "Hey."

Cory turned around with a wary smile. "Hey. Dinner's almost ready if you want to get washed up."

Danny nodded before turning to do that very thing. When he got back, Cory motioned for him to set at the table before she put a plate of brushetta on the table and uncorked a bottle of wine. Danny raised his eyebrows at her preparations.

"Brushetta? Have you been talking to my mom?" he asked with surprise in his voice.

Cory flushed a little. "No, but I felt the need to make a grand gesture. I've got a formal Italian dinner lined up. Brushetta, minestrone soup, salad and spaghetti Bolognaise."

"Why," he asked quietly.

Cory sighed as she poured the wine. "Because I've been a bitch. I don't know how you put up with me these last two months. I completely buried my head in the sand and didn't ask Armando about my visions. He tried to get me to talk to him about them, but I refused."

Danny smiled. "Cory, il mio cuore, I understand. I just…I just wish you wouldn't have shut everyone out."

Cory closed her eyes before getting up to get the salads. When she returned, she smiled. "I was freaked out. I mean, first I get kidnapped, then Mom goes missing, then I start having dreams about her being brutally killed and the last straw was when I dreamed of you getting killed. I…I just lost it."

Danny reached across the candlelit table and grasped her hand, running his thumb over her knuckles lightly. "I know, sweetheart," he said softly. "And I forgive you. Just promise that you'll always talk to me."

Cory smiled, feeling tears come to her eyes at the easy way he forgave her. "I don't deserve you, but I'll spend the rest of my life proving that I love you."

Danny smiled as he stood up, pulling her with him and kissed her with all the passion he had. When he finally pulled away, both of them were breathless. "Are you really hungry?" he asked, passion making his voice rough.

Cory smirked. "Not for food. Take me to bed, Danny. Take me to bed," she said with an equal amount of lust in her voice.

AN: Okay. So I have Cory and Danny back together (whew) and now we can move on to finding Alexis and hopefully getting her home safe!

Soccer-Bitch - Yup, they do tend to suck your energy just right out of your body! Will you still get to see him on holidays? Thanks!

Aphina - I'm just being brutal to Cory! I feel bad for her! But, it is nice to see Danny open up and I'm glad that he went to Taylor since she's the only one that could possible get through to her!

CSI junkie - She stubborn because it runs in her family! I like seeing them butt heads over some things. It shows how well suited they are for each other! Was this soon enough?

Maddy - Thanks! I'm glad that I kept you entertained! How did the job hunt go? Yeah...Cory might need therapy after these last couple of chapters, but luckily, she's got all her friends around her! Congrats on being the 300th review!