Danny rolled his eyes with a heavy sigh in pure exasperation; what on Earth could take so long? He was currently sat in the kitchen, perched upon the table, waiting for Alice to emerge from their room. He'd tried convincing her that she looked beautiful no matter what but Alice would have none of it and so Danny was left waiting for his wife to emerge.
Just as he was about to go and get her, the door creaked open and a small giggle split the air. Danny turned, feigning shock as he saw Alice wander out before smiling at her in his typical way.
"Finally..." Danny teased her as she made her way over towards him.
"I didn't take that long! Anyway..." Alice drawled, "Let's go Mr Eager." Alice held out her hand for him as she finished.
"You haven't called me that in a while," Danny chuckled as he took her hand and pushed himself away from the table, "Mrs Impatient."
"You should learn to control me." Alice retorted in an attempt to make herself seem innocent, "Your fault."
"Sounds about right." Danny muttered as they made their way outside,
"Yes, it is." Alice finished for him with a wink. It was then she noticed Ed glaring at them, she sighed, "Ignore him."
Danny nodded and continued walking hand in hand with Alice towards their Jeep. She was smiling up at him as Ed sauntered past, a smirk upon his face.
"See you later!" He laughed, his remark snidy and in no way polite.
Upon feeling Danny pull slightly and tense with anger, Alice gently squeezed his hand, "Danny..." She whispered, pulling him slightly.
"Sorry..." Danny replied sheepishly with a small smile, Alice giggled, he was so cute! He walked her round to her side of the Jeep, gently helping her in, ensuring her comfort before moving around to his own side. He sighed and rubbed her knee gently, "Market?"
"Followed by a saunter in Jo'burg?" Alice asked, smiling sweetly, "We could grab some dinner in that gorgeous rooftop restaurant."
"Then finish the day with more shopping," Danny said as he started the Jeep, "And a walk through some beautiful landscape."
Alice nodded excitedly, her eyes shining with love as he smiled at her, putting the car in gear and setting off, a trail of dust clouding the air behind them.
(x)
It didn't take them long to reach the busy market place where they'd decided to visit first. The pair were the picture perfect couple married couple as they sauntered around the market place, hand in hand, Alice's free hand gently placed upon her perfectly rounded bump. Smiles occupied both their faces – everyone else simple seemed to fade into the background around them, light and love radiated from deep within their souls.
All of a sudden Alice came to halt, shocking Danny and causing him to stop too.
"Alice?" Danny panicked, his eyes widening.
"This..." Alice breathed, "It's nice." She smiled turning to face him and taking his free hand into hers, looking up into his green eyes. She sighed and squeezed his hand, "Being married feels good."
"It does." Danny agreed smiling, "Especially being married to someone as beautiful and amazing as you." Danny whispered, causing her to fall even further into his charm. Alice shook her head with a love-lorn smile, reaching up onto her tip-toes and kissing him every so lightly. "Baby stall?"
Alice nodded excitedly, which of course caused Danny to smile widely. He led her in the general direction of the stall, both were conversing in silent tones, excitedly discussing their future. They stopped as they reached the stall. Alice looked up at him, grinning.
"You know... this is when keeping the gender a secret isn't the best of ideas." Danny murmured in her ear, she simply laughed, shaking her head.
"This is where we go for neutral colours!" Alice reminded him, "Girly neutrals..."
"No... boy neutrals." Danny corrected tapping her nose.
"Neutral neutrals." Alice compromised. Danny rolled his eyes slightly before both turned their attention to the stall in front of them. Picking out bits and bats...
(x)
Liv sighed as she leant on the veranda looking over the picturesque game reserve. She'd been thinking all afternoon, wondering what she was going to actually too. She was coming to the end of her re-sits and she had some decisions to make. University? Job? What about this place? Stay or go? Thabo? What about him. She let out a deep sigh and rested her head on her arms. She hated making these kind of choices!
"Wassup?"
Liv turned to see Rosie walking towards her. Her older step-sister leant back on the veranda facing the house. Liv shook her head,
"Life choices."
"University?" Rosie asked,
"Or a job?" Liv continued.
"I know how it feels." Rosie murmured, "Alice helped me make my decision. She kinda made me realise that I should follow my dreams... it made me think about what I truly want. At time it was Max though... bad time to ask me that one!"
"Eww Rosie." Liv spat in disgust, cringing and screwing her face up. Rosie simply smiled,
"Alice is good with that kinda stuff though, why don't you try grab her for a girly day out?" Rosie suggested, "I'm rubbish at that kinda stuff, I mess up my own life..."
"Rosie, Max forgives you for keeping the secret... we all do." Liv promised her,
"Caroline doesn't..." Rosie sighed, "I know she doesn't. I don't deserve it..."
"Alice sorted it." Liv shrugged, "Danny helped you out..."
Rosie nodded and inhaled deeply. "Sometimes, sometimes I wonder what we'd do without those two... wonder where I'd be."
"They're good to us." Liv agreed, "Always there."
"Cept for when they have romantic days out." Rosie chuckled, "Seriously they will be delirious, all over each other..."
"Nothing new then." Liv winked, "Come on, let's go to the township..."
Rosie smiled with a gentle nod, it was a long time since she'd spent time with Olivia.
(x)
"Neutral neutrals." Danny repeated as he placed their bags in the back of the Jeep, peering over at Alice who had sat herself in the passenger seat. She nodded with a smile, "To the restaurant!"
"Good job you bought this Jeep." Alice murmured signalling to its lockable cover on the back as Danny climbed into the driver's seat, his hand gripping the wheel for support.
"Yep... anyway, dinner!" Danny beamed as Alice nodded, "No prizes for guessing what you want?"
"Chicken wrapped in bacon... ahh, you know it is heaven on a plate!" Alice said dreamily, "Nowhere does it like they do..."
Danny rolled his eyes as Alice went into her own world. Since becoming pregnant Alice had loved food... of course she was never going to eat all of it, Alice had never been and would never be greedy. But she enjoyed her food these days – no more moans of I'm not really enjoying this or indeed eating for the sake of eating.
Soon both were sat in the restaurant awaiting their food, talking in hushed whispers, their hands clasped together. There was no denying how close they were. Danny was absently rubbing her wedding ring gently as she simply gazed into his eyes.
"I love you." Alice murmured to him as they fell into a silent period,
"I love you too, I'm a very lucky man." Danny sighed, "I have it all."
"Yes you do." Alice winked, twisting his meaning slightly, he laughed at her wicked sense of humour before looking back into her eyes, "I have it all too... a fantastic husband..."
"Fantastic family..."
"Fantastic home..."
"Our baby." Danny and Alice finished together before both grinned, Alice automatically ran a hand over her swelled stomach. She sighed and looked down smiling. Danny watched her; something he often did without even noticing.
"I love being pregnant." Alice murmured to him,
"I love you being pregnant." Danny smiled, he loved the way she looked, the way she had that glow about her, her neediness, the way she became oh so motherly – so protective, so loving, so proud. She was always representative of those adjectives anyway but pregnant it all intensified. She was beautiful, inside and out. Alice grinned at his statement and took one of his hands, kissing it gently, she knew that this restaurant wasn't big on the whole kissing in public thing.
"We should start thinking further ahead you know." Alice told Danny taking both of his hands. "We only seem to be as far as when this baby is born, what about after?"
"I don't know." Danny sighed, squeezing her hands. "What do you want?"
"Honestly? Happiness for the family, you, the kids, myself." Alice replied, "The problem with us when we get happy is we seem to forget about other important factors..." She sighed, "It's not that I don't want more kids... but it's not that I do want more either. There's other factors."
"Age." Danny sighed, reading his wife's mind, "We went with the flow since London... it didn't take long to happen..."
"And that wasn't planned..." Alice reminded him. "Why don't we think about our thoughts..."
"Yeh..." Danny agreed, "We have time..."
Alice nodded, grinning widely as she noticed the food coming, Danny raised an eyebrow as he saw her eyes lighten with excitement,
"Down girl." He chuckled,
"Fooood!" Alice beamed, "Tasty food..."
"Careful... Nomsa will have you..."
"Nomsa is too busy." Alice replied,
"You're still not on this Nomsa boyfriend theory?" Danny sighed in exasperation as he thanked the waiter.
"She might have!" Alice retorted as she picked up her knife and fork, "Anyway... fooood."
"Alice..." Danny chuckled, picking up his own knife and fork, "Suppose you're eating for two..."
Alice nodded, "Exactly husband... this is why I get away with these things!"
Danny simply shook his head, she was mad!
(x)
The day for Danny and Alice was drawing to an end... both were in the Jeep (which was packed with shopping!) and on their way to their final destination of the day. A very special place, their special place. The copy. Danny ran his hand along Alice's upper leg as he turned up the familiar path, neither had been here since losing Leopards Den and so both had an overwhelming amount of excitement.
It didn't take them long to arrive at their destination and almost immediately, both were out the Jeep and in one another's arms. Before she could speak, Danny had swooped down, catching his lips with hers and kissing her with passion and deep desire. Alice mumbled against his lips with pleasure. Their arms were locked around each other and neither pulled away even as their lips parted. Alice took a deep, shaky breath. It had been a long time since he'd kissed her like that, not that she'd forgotten how it felt mind!
"Mr Trevanion." Alice breathed.
"Mrs Trevanion." Danny murmured back, catching his lips with hers before resting his forehead against her own forehead. He could feel her deep, laboured breathing as she let herself go. The whole experience was one of romance, whirlwind, magical romance.
"We should get something up here... a bench?" Alice suggested,
"A bench?" Danny repeated,
"Yeh, you know, something for us to sit on and enjoy... could be used for other purposes too..." Alice winked, "But yeh, a bench."
"We'll look into it." Danny smiled, pulling her closer. He sighed as he kissed the top of her head, "I could stand here all day..."
"As could I..." Alice whispered, "In your arms."
Danny kissed her again before checking his watch, Alice too looked at his wrist, sighing heavily as she noticed the time.
"I regret promising being back for dinner." Alice mumbled moodily, "I just want longer..."
"Yup." Danny agreed, "This always happens... we have a full day then want longer."
Both laughed, it was so true! But hey, it was a result of love and as the pair began to make their way home neither could be any happier than they were at that moment.
A/N – Sorry for not updating this in ages! I will catch up with them all! Just been so busy! x