A/n: Just a quick note, in case anyone was wondering there will be more dialogue in the upcoming chapters, hope you're enjoying it.
Chapter 2: Love and Friendships
Their banter filled friendship continued and Danny started seeing Jillian aka eye patch, who he'd met when he took Gwen to the ER after an incident with a bunk bed. While Mindy struggled to find a way to balance her crazy work hours and a romantic relationship or a no strings sex life. Mindy ended up finding the latter when she started secretly seeing Brendan Deslaurier the midwife from a floor above, and the practices arch enemy. That 'relationship' though didn't end well and led her to Jaime. Jaime was a great guy, he was cute funny, and they had a lot in common , but there was just one little thing, or rather person that got in the way, Lucy, his 'best friend'.
Danny and Jillian ended up breaking up, which sent Danny into a tail spin. Following a disastrous double date with Jaime and Lucy on valentines day, Mindy was again able to see another glimpse of pre-heartbreak Danny. It seemed there had once been a romantic side to Danny, proof of which was carved into the table of his favorite pizza place. That was essentially their first V-day together ,platonic as it may have been , him opening up to her was yet another stepping stone.
Mindy's birthday came around, a roller coaster of a night ending up with Danny in the hospital. The minute she saw the text from Morgan her heart started pounding with worry and she rushed to the hospital, guilt running through her mind that Danny had gotten hurt while out looking for her. She thought the pain would disappear when she saw that Danny was alright. Surprisingly she found that there was a pang of hurt , when she thought about the possibility of it really being something worse than a fractured ankle. What if he'd slipped into a coma, or worse died! Snapping herself out of those depressing thoughts she walked down the hospital corridor , and that's when she bumped into Brendan Deslaurier.
Mindy had been really surprised to see him, even more by his extremely thoughtful present, but not as surprised as Danny was when he saw Brendan kiss her. He felt hurt , angry, and betrayed all at the same time. At that time he couldn't fully understand why, or rather he wouldn't let himself understand, that seeing Mindy with another man, especially one he didn't respect professionally and personally, had made him jealous.
Which is why, even though he was dating Mindy's friend Alex, Mindy's secrecy about Brendan caused him to lash out and not invite her to the dinner party he and Alex were throwing. His excuse had been that he didn't want her showing up with some random guy. The truth was he couldn't stand to see her show up with any guy, especially since said guy would probably end up being a jerk, or a two timer or some other crazy thing. It always ended with the guy breaking Mindy's heart ,and Danny would be left to deal with it, to hear her go on and on about what could have possibly gone wrong. She would do this during office hours no less, when he liked to focus on his work , like normal people , and not on the personal lives of others .
Danny had been right. Mindy had shown up with a guy, who ended up being a prostitute, and Mindy's over sharing had led to Alex ending things with him. So he didn't mention he was divorced, Mindy still had no right to tell Alex. He'd gone on to say some hurtful things to Mindy that he immediately regretted. After talking it out with Morgan, Mindy the good friend that she was acted like nothing had happened. The next day, they were back to their back and forth banter,.
The next few months of their lives would bring them even closer culminating to the removal of that ever looming barrier, starting with an airplane ride that would later lead to everything changing .