A/n: This was written before the new eps aired so it will not be cannon, enjoy.

-Pessi . Rom

Chapter 9: Aftermath

After the kiss, she'd gone back to Cliff. They were back together but something had definitely changed, every now and again she'd flash back to the way he'd gently held her face after the initial kiss, the way he appreciated all of her with his hands, as his lips were connected to hers and their tongues were at war with each other.

Yeah, she'd kissed Danny back. She'd also been guilty of exploring his body, with her hands, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him closer. But when the kiss was broken, rational thought returned. She'd hurried into the airplanes lavatory looking the door behind her. She wasn't sure how long she was in there, but when she walked out, Danny wasn't where she had left him. She made her way down the aisle of the plane, dragging her feet with every step, dread of what she'd find when she reached their seats.

What she saw caught her by surprise. Danny was there sitting in his seat, book in his hand, like nothing had happened. He got up without a word allowing Mindy to slide in and take her seat. Both were silent for a few minutes before Danny broke the silence.

"Lets just pretend that didn't happen, ok?" Danny said.

"Ok." Mindy said nodding, before turning her head to face the window, she didn't want Danny to see her tears.

Mindy had ran away because she was scared, but she didn't expect Danny to give up so easily. Danny, though, had read her reaction as she didn't feel like the kiss meant something. She was probably just caught up in the moment when she kissed him back. He started to panic when she ran away and he decided that the best thing to do now was for them to agree that, the kiss had never happened and just resume their friendship.

So when the plane landed the two went their separate ways. Mindy went to her apartment, and found Cliff waiting for her. He apologized about overreacting, and would not stop talking about the letter . She made him shut up with a kiss, then pulled away said she was tired and that they would talk the next day. After Cliff left, Mindy felt so empty, the kiss with Cliff was nothing compared to the one she'd shared with Danny. Which probably had to do with the fact that her kisses with Cliff were now one sided, all she could think about was Danny, stupid Danny.

Cliff and her had been back together for two weeks. They had been taking things slow as they tried to rebuild their relationship. She was having dinner with Cliff and he was going on about some clients of his, leaving out names of course, and Mindy was barely listening. As she sat there, a shell of herself, something snapped.

"What am I doing?" Mindy said, not realizing she'd spoken out loud when Cliff responded.

"What do you mean?" Cliff asked confused.

"I'm sorry Cliff, but I can't do this anymore." Mindy said .

"Can't do what?" Cliff asked.

"This...us...this isn't working, we don't belong together Cliff." Mindy said standing up from the table.

"But you said, in your letter..." Cliff began, but Mindy cut him off.

"Those weren't my words, those were Danny's." Mindy confessed.

"I don't understand, what is going on Mindy?" Cliff said getting more and more confused by the second.

"I'm breaking up with you. I can't be with you when I have strong feelings for someone else, I thought they would go away, but they didn't and its not fair to you, or me that we continue our relationship..." Mindy said blinking back tears and starting to walk away.

"Was it Casey, was I right!" Cliff said, snapping out of his confusion and into anger. Mindy stopped walking and turned to face him.

"No, no it wasn't Casey. I really am sorry Cliff." Mindy said sincerely .

"Who...who is it then?" Cliff asked.

"Someone who was right in front of me the whole time." Mindy said, walking away, this time Cliff didn't stop her.

Mindy went home, cried some more and downed a bottle of wine. She then sobered and cleaned herself up. After a quick pep talk she left her apartment, she had a man to see about a kiss.

Danny sat on the floor, drink in hand. He'd tried, he'd been trying for weeks to get over Mindy. To get rid of that awful feeling he'd gotten in his stomach, when she'd agreed to forget the kiss had never happened between. He thought they'd be able to get back to normal, but it hurt to be around her, so he avoided her. As much as anyone can ignore Mindy Lahiri. He didn't outright ignore her at work, but he longer hung around after work to hear her plans, or random stories.

Suddenly he heard loud knocking at his door. Glancing at the clock he saw it was 2 am, who in their right mind would be knocking at his door this late. He begrudgingly got up heading for his door, when the knock wouldn't stop. He didn't want to wake up his neighbors. He looked through his peephole and his breath caught in his throat. He opened the door to reveal Mindy.

" Danny, I'm so sorry." Mindy said tears in her eyes.

"Mindy, Min, whats wrong?" Danny said pulling her into his arms without a second thought. He broke the hug motioning for her to enter his apartment, closing the door behind him. They walked over to his couch, Mindy wiping the tears from her eyes as Danny patiently sat next to her.

" I ruined things didn't I?" Mindy said.

"Ruined what?" Danny said confused.

"This, us, Danny, It's all my fault I ran away and I broke us." Mindy said.

"Min..." Danny said, but Mindy interrupted him.

" I know you probably hate me Danny, but I was just so scared, that kiss was amazing, but I panicked, I didn't wanna lose you, I couldn't lose our friendship. I ended up losing it anyways." Mindy said putting her head down and starting to cry again.

"Hate you, Min, I could never hate you, I..."

"You what Danny?" Mindy asked looking at him.

"I'm in love with you. It's why I kissed you. Why I couldn't let that plane land, before I showed you how I feel." Danny said.

" Danny..." Mindy began but this time Danny interrupted her.

"I know you don't feel the same way, and that you're back with Cliff and with time I guess I could be ok with us being friends. All I know is I can't live without you be..." Danny said and again Mindy cut him off again.

"Shut up you idiot, I broke up with Cliff I told him I had feelings for someone else, for you..." Mindy said then kissed him.

"You do?" Danny said not quite believing it when they broke the kiss.

"No, I just kissed you for no reason." Mindy said sarcastically. Danny responded with a smirk before reconnecting his lips with hers.

That moment led them to a few months later, their first valentines day. A few months after that they moved in together. A year later they were engaged then married. Nine months after that their first child was born, a daughter Chloe and then her twin a son Robbie. It was a long journey, filled with ups and downs, tears and heartbreak, but all those steps led to their happily ever after .

A/n: This is the fully written story revised story. I've been thinking lately about possible adding a epilogue to this, a moment of their happy family life together, let me know if you would like to see that, otherwise, thus ends this fic. I may also just write a sequel/spin off with one-shots of family moments , basically them raising Chloe and Robbie, if there's any interest. Thank you for reading it, I hope you enjoyed it, review if you'd like and as always no flames , but helpful constructive criticism is always welcomed. Till next fic.

-Pessi . Rom