It didn't take long for Danny to be at Jo's front door knocking. They lived relatively close, and Danny didn't want to be with his mom, Karen Desai, at the moment. Yes, she meant the world to him, but he didn't feel like hearing her ask what happened with Lacey and then talk about how she hopes they would remain friends. Jo was the person that he wanted to be with, and he wasn't going to waste anytime getting to her.
Jo, being up in her room, didn't hear the knock on the door. When Tess opened the door for Danny she smiled and hugged him and then said that Jo was up in her room listening to music. "Thank you, Mrs. Masterson." Danny said with a smile as he started walking up the stairs that were very close to the front door. Danny always had manners. That's how he was raised. Even when he was wrongfully in jail he kept his manners.
Hearing a knock on her bedroom door, Jo couldn't help but smile. "It's open." She said as Danny slowly started walking in.
"Hey. I was shocked that you had asked me to come over. Thought you were going to want to hang out with Lacey or something." Danny said with a very slight smile on his face as he walked over to Jo's bed and sat beside her.
"Well, Lacey told me that she didn't really feel like doing anything tonight. She told me she was going to hang out with another friend at her house, and that she was going to be okay. I figured you'd want someone to hang out with, or to at least have if you need someone." Jo was telling the truth. Lacey did say that she was going to hangout with another friend at her house, but she didn't tell her who it was. Honestly Jo didn't care too much to ask.
Danny looked at Jo and smiled softly. His brown eyes had a sparkle to them that melted Jo's heart. Only Danny could do that to her. She had never seen that sparkle in anyone's eyes except for his. "I'm glad you did. I didn't want to be stuck at my house. Mom would be asking a bunch of questions most likely, and besides we've been needing one of our famous movie nights."
They had been talking about having a movie night for a few weeks now, but life had been getting in the way of that lately. Jo let out a soft sign or relief knowing that she could finally be with Danny. She had to make sure that she didn't flirt with Danny at all though since his relationship with Lacey had just ended.
Danny smiled at Lacey and then laid back on her bed. "Do you ever wonder what it would be like if I told my dad that I was not taking the blame for him?" Danny's smile started fading as he kept his glaze up at the ceiling. He didn't want to see Jo's reaction, but only wanted to hear what she had to say.
"Well you would never had went to juvie. We would never had stopped being friends." Jo said softly as she kept her eyes locked on Danny. She then leaned back so she could lay beside her friend.
"No one would have ever called me Socio. Regina wouldn't have been killed. I wouldn't have had to fight to prove that I'm innocent. Your dad would have never hated me." Danny said as he took his stare away from the ceiling and looked at Jo.
"My dad doesn't hate you now though. We can't change the past. You did what you thought was best. After all he was the man that you looked up to. We just have to keep living life even though neither of our lives will ever be normal again." Jo said as she looked at him, trying to give him reassurance that everything was just fine now.
Danny didn't take his eyes off of his friend, knowing that she was the reason he was sane. Knowing that she was the reason that everything was as close to normal in his life than it was ever going to get. Jo was the one person that kept him sane, even when he was in a relationship with Lacey. He never was able to have the connection with Lacey like he did with Jo. This was probably because they both were holding the same secret; Danny had killed Vikram.