Note: Wow thanks for all the follows and review for the first short chapter. It does seem very out of character for Danny. Now let's see what lead up to this.

Chapter Two

Fourteen Hours Earlier...

Danny stormed into headquarters and headed straight for his office, slamming his door behind him. Steve followed behind looking slightly guilty. Wincing as the door slammed shut he made his way over to the others.

"What did you do to Danny?" Kono asked.

"Why do you think I did something?" Steve asked trying to look innocent.

"Because of the evil eye he is giving you." Chin answered for her.

Before Steve could answer, Danny stormed back out of his office. His face was beet red and a vein was bulging in his temple. Marching over to Steve he held his hand out and barked, "Keys, now!"

"Oh come on man, it's only a tiny dent, and wing mirrors are highly over rated." Steve replied, fishing in his pocket for the Camaro keys, and begrudgingly handing them over.

"Overrated, overrated." Danny fumed. "Of course you think they are overrated, you don't even bother to use the damn things. You are never driving my car, again. Your driving privileges have been revoked." Danny shouted, his hands punctuating his point. "I should write you a traffic ticket. You are a danger to everyone on the road."

"Oh come on Danno, how many times have you been in the car with me? You should be used to my driving by now. Stop the bitching, man up and fill in a requisition to get the car fixed."

"Do, not, call me... Danno, you have no right to call me that. You are gonna get me killed one of these days, driving like a maniac. Then what will you tell Grace," Danny spun on his heals and headed for the exit.

Shocked by Danny's rage, Steve yelled after him, "Where the hell are you going?"

"Home," Danny replied. "I'm done for the day."

The team watched as Danny stormed out of the building and the screech of the Camaro's wheels could be heard tearing out the car park.

"And he says I drive like a maniac." Steve huffed.

"Well, you can be a little...erratic." Chin replied choosing his words carefully.

'What's that supposed to mean?" Steve asked defensively.

"It's just. You can tell you haven't done the HPD pursuit course." Kono answered trying to back up her cousin. "You take a lot more risks."

"What did you do this time?" Chin asked.

"It was nothing. We were chasing down a suspect. I cut him off with the car. The wing mirror got broken off and there's a dent above the wheel. It's an easy fix, the way he goes on anyone would think he was paying for it." Steve moaned.

"Actually he is." Chin replied.

"What?" Both Steve and Kono asked.

"The Governor refused to sanction anymore repairs. The repair costs for this year were already too high. Danny had to pay to fix the fender last month, himself."

"Why didn't he tell me?" Steve replied shocked.

"Would you have driven more carefully had you known?" Chin asked.

"I.." Steve started to reply but was lost for words.

"He just needs time to cool off. This was the last thing he needed. He was telling me the other day that this cheer camp Grace has gone to for the fortnight was costing a fortune. You know how proud he is. He wouldn't want any of us feeling bad because he was a bit tight for cash this month."

Steve let out a long sigh, now he felt really bad. "I'll give him a chance to cool off, and speak to him tomorrow. I'll pay for the damage to be repaired."

"That's probably a good idea brah." Chin replied.

"You might want to curb your driving as well boss." Kono replied then seeing Steve's thunderous look added, "I'm just saying, out of all of us, you have the biggest repair bills."

Steve slunk off to his office to process his paperwork from the incident earlier that day. Once finished he started on Danny's, hoping it would go some way to apologise to his partner.

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Danny was fuming, once again his partner had been reckless, and he was going to end up footing the bill. His initial plan had been to head home, but remembering he didn't have any beer, and he could murder a beer right now, he decided to stop off at a bar.

Entering, he grabbed a stool at the bar and ordered a light beer and some food. He'd have just one to cool off and then go home. The bar had a big screen TV which was playing a baseball game. It wasn't Danny's team playing, but it was a game, and he could try and forget his crappy day watching it.

He'd have to take the car to be fixed, again, tomorrow. He would do it in the morning and go in late. Steve could like it or lump it, as it was all Steve's fault anyway.

He finished his meal and thanked the waitress as she cleared away his dishes. The game was half way through now, and Danny cursed as the batter struck out for the final time. He was startled as a guy sat on the stool next to him and asked, "Good game?"

Danny eyed up the newcomer, he had a kind face and wore a hideous Hawaiian shirt. "Not bad." Danny replied. "Not my team, but it's a distraction."

"A distraction?" the guy asked, "rough day?"

"You could say that." Danny replied taking out his phone and checking to see if Steve had called. "My best friend and I had a big argument. He has a thing for driving my car, and he's prone to damaging it."

"Oh dear, what was the damage today." The guy sympathised.

"Wing mirror, and a reasonable sized dent." Danny replied.

"Argh, Hence the need for a beer, and a game." The guy replied. "I'm Colin by the way." The guy said holding out his hand.

"Danny." Danny replied taking Colin's hand and shaking it, while thumbing his phone off.

"Cute kid." Colin said indicating the screen saver.

"My daughter, Grace." Danny replied, smiling at the thought of her. He really missed her already and she had only been at cheer camp for four days.

"She looks about the same age as my daughter" Colin replied, "how old?"

"Eleven, going on forty," Danny smiled, his anger at Steve disappearing. It was nice to talk to someone outside the team.

"Oh yes I know that one, they grow up so fast don't they. Jenny is twelve. You fancy another one?" He asked indicating Danny's now empty beer. "I had an argument with the ex and need to blow off some steam."

"Oh I know that one." It was Danny's turn to sympathise. He looked at his beer, he had only planned on having the one, and then leaving, but the guy seemed friendly enough and the game wasn't half bad, so he decided to stay.

"Go on then, but only a soft drink, I have to drive home." He replied. "I just need to head to the restroom." Danny got up and headed to the toilet, leaving his new friend Colin to order the drinks.

TBC