Here is the final chapter! I hope you've enjoyed the story. Please check-out my new story (Six Days, Seven Nights), which hasn't gotten quite as much traffic/reviews thus far as I had hoped.

It hit Mindy like a ton of bricks. She wasn't sure why she was surprised. She should've known it much earlier and honestly, she probably did know it far longer than she realized. Everyone kept telling her it was right in front of her face, but she couldn't see it. Or maybe she hadn't wanted to see it?

They were Danny-and-Mindy.

She realized it when she overheard a conversation between Jeremy and Betsy. They weren't gossiping or making any insinuations about her relationship with Danny. Rather, they simply were saying their names like it was one word. She remembered how annoyed she had been when everyone kept assuming Jamie-and-Lucy were a couple and she realized that everyone thought of her and Danny this way now. And once this recognition came, she was stunned to also realize that she wanted to be Danny-and-Mindy. She didn't want to just be friends. She wanted to be everything with Danny Castellano.

She called Gwen immediately, who laughed and congratulated her on finally catching on to what everyone else had known for months. She checked-in with Betsy to inquire once again about those looks of jealousy displayed by Danny in the club. Out of desperation, she even went to Jeremy for reassurance that he wasn't lying when he said that he thought Danny was interested in her romantically. Everyone told her to say something to him, but she felt frozen. What if he didn't feel the same way? Those words couldn't be unsaid and it could cost her one of the best friendships she ever had. And so she handled this situation with in pure Mindy Lahiri style: avoidance. She called out of work sick, started ignoring Danny's messages, and basically disappeared from the world.

Of course, Danny did not let that stand for more than 3 days. He showed up on her doorstep, banging on her door at 3:00 AM because he figured she would be half-asleep and thus more likely to answer without thinking. She wrenched open the door

"Min, are you mad at me?"

"Well I am now that you interrupted my sleep! And don't call me Min!"

"Why? I thought you liked it when I did that."

"I did. I do! I'm just confused and freaked-out and I know you have no idea what I'm talking about, but I'm trying to work myself into saying something really important. But maybe I shouldn't because maybe I'm crazy and everyone else is crazy and I don't want to ruin this!"

"I love you."

"Because it's like I feel like I ruin every…wait…what?"

She looked into Danny's eyes. They were open and vulnerable and tender all at the same time. He meant every word. Had he been looking at her like this all along? How had she missed this? And had she been looking at him in the same way?

"Why?"

Danny laughed. "Um, because I just do."

"But, Danny, I'm kind-of a disaster as a girlfriend. You should know this. You've seen it."

"Don't care," he said shrugging. "Besides, I think we've both matured this year, don't you?"

Mindy nodded slowly. That was true. Danny reached out, placing his hands on her hips and pulled her closer.

"You know, you totally hijacked my declaration of love."

"Yea, well it was taking too long."

"Jerk."

"Handsome jerk."

"I will never forgive Gwen for that."

"You should. It's the first time I really thought you might not completely hate me."

"Oh my God, you've loved me since then?!"

"I don't know. Honestly, it was probably when you held my hand on the plane. I mean I didn't really know it then, but I think that's probably where it really started, though it was probably coming on before that most likely."

"You almost kissed me after I cut my hair, didn't you? I think I wanted you to, but I didn't realize it until now. Everyone kept telling me that there was something there, but I just didn't believe them. I think I knew I felt more for you than friendship but you've just been so good to me and I didn't want to lose it if you didn't feel the same way."

"Believe me, Mindy. You are everything to me." He stared into her eyes so intently she felt like she both lost herself and saw herself in them at the same time. And this time when he leaned in, she didn't have any questions or confusion about his purpose. He kissed her with such tenderness and passion that she didn't think it was possible until this moment that she could feel this alive.

She pulled back panting from the sheer passion of the kiss and without thinking, she dreamily said, "You're going to marry me, aren't you?"

Her mind began to panic for the briefest moment because she obviously did not mean to say that aloud, but without even faltering, Danny replied, "Yes. Yes, I am," before leaning in for another kiss. This one left her amazingly breathless also. She realized that she never actually got to say what she intended when she began her grand speech. She pulled back slightly, resting one hand on his face and the other on his chest.

"Oh, and I love you too, Danny."

He did propose. 6 weeks later on top of the Empire State Building. It may have sounded fast, but given that they were basically together for the past year without realizing it, it made sense. Absolutely no one was surprised that they ended up together, but Danny made them all pretend their engagement was shocking news because he knew it was important for Mindy to be acknowledged. They even invited Jamie-and-Lucy to the wedding because in the end, they actually kind-of played a similar role in getting them together as Mindy and Danny had played in their relationship. 18 months after their wedding, they became Danny-Mindy-and-Lila. And a few years after that, Jackson joined their family. Looking back, Mindy realized that her 47 days in Haiti didn't have to be a source of embarrassment because in the end, they set the stage for the rest of her life. And every time she caught her husband's eyes across the room as he played swamp monster with their two children, she remembered it was a good life.