Wānana Pū – Recollect

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A/N: The story is set somewhere in season 7. I apologize in advance for any mistakes, medical, grammar or spelling related... Is there anyone interested in being a Beta reader for me? I would love to collaborate.

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Chapter Eight

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Danny slept for less than an hour after the team left to bring Isaac Kinney in, but he was definitely feeling better after his nap. The headache had eased again, which was a good thing. Knowing that with some rest the throbbing ache would stop. Since they had removed the drain that morning, the doctor had allowed Danny to get out of bed. He had really looked forward to getting out of the damn bed! However his ribs protested against any movement.

Around 3 pm Danny took place in the chair near the window. He had finally showered and it felt really good. His head wasn't allowed to get wet or anything, but it still felt really nice and fresh. They had taken off the bandages and slightly covered the incisions with minimal dressings. Danny was able to catch a glance at the stitched up incisions. He'd had the same haircut for ages, so he was glad that Doctor Reid had carefully shaved the spots where she needed to make the incisions. They were almost invisible if he would comb his hair back like he always did. Besides he'd rather be alive than save his precious haircut, but still he was very attached to his look.

The cut where he cracked his head during the fall would be visible though. It started in his hair and went down on his forehead. The surrounding skin was still a bit bruised from the blow. The cut was stitched up as well. They had done it precisely, so hopefully the scar would fade with time. Danny didn't know what looked more ridiculous, his head all wrapped up with bandages or the few dressings that made his hair all goofy and wild like he had been in the wind all day. Once he'd be home he would dig up a snapback cap from Jersey, because he was not going to walk around with his hair like that. Not in public at least. Steve had brought him some clothes from home, so Danny didn't have to wear the blue hospital gown any longer. The gray T-shirt and navy blue sweat shorts were a lot more comfortable.

It wouldn't be much longer before Steve would bring Grace along for a visit. Danny actually felt a bit tired by all the overextension. He had been in bed for four days and his body had certainly weakened. He wasn't even strong enough to make it to the bathroom all by himself. He was glad he was able to sit in the chair though. It would be better for Grace to see him sitting in a chair rather than lying in bed.

Danny was on his phone, going through old messages to find more clues to the case, when a nurse entered his room. She walked in holding a small plastic cup with a couple of pills and a cup of water.

"These are for you, Detective." The nurse handed Danny his meds and the water.

"Can I wait a little longer? My daughter is on her way for a visit and I'd rather not doze off before she arrives." Danny waited before he would take the meds. He didn't want to disappoint Grace. She would be there soon, so he would manage without his pain meds.

"Your medication will wear off soon, but I'll delay your pain meds for thirty minutes. Just take the anticonvulsant medication. I'm sure you don't want to have another seizure." The nurse said as she adjusted the pain relief pump.

"No, I do not." Danny placed the pill on his tongue and took a big gulp of water to swallow. He couldn't even remember he had one in the first place. If Doctor Reid hadn't told him about it, he would have never known.

"I'll come back later, just promise that you'll push the alarm button if you're in any kind of pain." She took back the empty cups.

"I will," Danny promised. Not that he would admit that he might be in pain if Grace was around. He just had to push himself through thirty minutes and with Grace there to distract him it shouldn't be that hard.

"Do you want to get back in bed?" She asked as she changed Danny's IV bag that was hanging on the pole that was standing next to the chair.

"No, I'm fine over here, thank you." Danny looked gratefully and smiled at her.

"Ask for help if you want to get back okay? Don't push yourself." The nurse shot him a warningly look before she left Danny alone again. The previous days everyone had closed the door behind themselves, but since Danny was doing better they left it open somehow.

Steve and Grace came in five minutes after the nurse left. "Would you look at that?" Steve pointed with his hands open at Danny and placed them on his hips in awe. He was really surprised to find Danny sitting in the chair.

"Danno!" Grace exclaimed as she walked in behind Steve. She was still wearing her school uniform, so it was obvious Steve had picked her up right away.

"Hey babe." Danny tried to get up and give her a hug, but Grace bent so she could give him a hug while he remained seated.

"I'll leave you guys for a bit." Watching them, Steve thought Danny could use some time alone with Grace.

"Thanks for picking her up, buddy." Danny thanked his friend as Steve stepped back into the hallway, he jerked his head saying that he shouldn't mention it and left the door slightly ajar.

"You okay, monkey?" Danny asked when he noticed the anxious look on Grace's face.

"I'm fine dad. Really," Grace reassured as she dropped her backpack on the floor and sat down on the arm of the chair Danny was sitting in.

"I'm sorry you couldn't visit sooner." Danny grabbed Grace's hand and fiddled with it as he looked down to the floor. He was sure that she had been afraid when she got the news that he was in the hospital. Again. And that was the last thing he wanted for her.

"No I get it, you're going to be okay, right?" Grace stared fearfully down at Danny with her big brown eyes.

"I'm okay, Grace." Danny placed a kiss on her hand as he smiled and looked up at his daughter. God he missed her. Why did she have to grow up so fast?

"How's your little brother doing?" Danny missed his little boy as well. He didn't think that Charlie would fully understand what happened. He probably didn't even know Danny was in the hospital and he was actually grateful for that.

"He's fine. He said he misses you. Oh I promised him I would give you this." Grace picked up her backpack from the floor and took out a handmade card. "We made you a card."

"You did?" It hit Danny like a rock that Charlie said such thing. He didn't want his son to miss his dad. Danny accepted the card. "Look at that. Let me guess? You did the artistic part and Charlie wrote the text?" Danny held up the card, on the front a there was a childish drawing and the perfectly written text said: 'Get Well Soon Danno.'

"Yeah, how did you figure?" Grace snorted as she rolled her eyes.

"Wise ass." Danny placed the card on the side table next to his chair. He did had received multiple cards the past days, but this was definitely the best one. "So what have you been up to?"

Grace told him a bunch of stuff about school and friends. Danny listened attentively, but after a few minutes his head started to hammer again. Grace didn't notice and continued to talk about something, only Danny couldn't hear what she said.

"I'm sorry, what'd you say?" Danny rubbed his temple, trying to get rid of the headache.

"I don't mind if you want to rest. Uncle Steve said you might be tired." Grace had said right after she noticed her dad's lack of energy.

"Sure he did. I'm not tired monkey. What time is it?" Danny wanted to know when his meds would kick in. He needed a time frame to knowing how long he had to hold himself together.

"Uh it's 3:28 pm." Grace glanced on her phone as she went on with her story. "You know the funny thing was, when Uncle Steve came to pick me up, they thought he was my dad." Grace chuckled.

"What?" Danny pushed himself carefully out of his chair. He held tightly on to the IV pole. He wasn't supposed to do this on his own, but the bed wasn't that far and he really should get back to it, before the headache would got worse.

"At Jake's party." Grace tried to help her dad in some way. He shuffled his way back to bed, but she didn't exactly know what to do.

"You were at his party?" Danny stopped abruptly and turned to Grace. "Jake the sixteen-year-old guy you know? His party?" Furious, he stared at his daughter. "I told you not to go, Grace!" Danny snapped, raising his voice. He couldn't believe she actually went. He explicitly told her not to go.

"We made a deal!" Grace sputtered, as her eyes were about to pop out of her head from disbelief. She had no clue why her dad would act like this. They made a deal; she could go, if Danny could pick her up at a decent time.

"Did your mother say you could go?" Danny barked. His head was protesting totally against the yelling and screaming, but something inside him just snapped.

"She said I could go, just like y-" Danny cut her off. Rage was rushing through his body. "Oh she did? You can stop lying to me Grace because I know for a fact that your mother wouldn't have agreed on letting you go to such party! If you think you can act out because I'm in here, you're wrong!" Danny yelled, waving strongly with his left hand as his right hand almost crushed the IV pole out of anger.

"Dad, I'm not lying!" Grace tried to defend herself, but she couldn't get through to him.

"Stop! Just stop, okay?" Danny grasped his head in pain. "You're grounded! No more parties or hanging out with your friends! Do I have to call your mother or can I trust you that you'll tell her yourself?" Danny was no longer speaking with simply a raised voice; he actually yelled at his daughter."

"No dad that's no-" Grace shrieked as the door swung open.

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Steve was at the end of the hallway when he heard two familiar voices yelling at each other. He instinctively knew there was something wrong, because Danny would never yell at Grace. Sure he could have had his moments and raised his voice so every now and then, but Steve had never heard him yell at her. So Steve ran back and barged back into the room. He was completely confused as he looked at the two of them. Danny was standing near his bed wobbling, which worried Steve a bit, because he probably should be sitting in the chair or lying in bed and Grace was standing in front of him. She looked up abruptly at Steve. It looked more like a big argument than that there was something wrong. "Guys, what's going on?"

"Tell him, Uncle Steve." Grace shouted.

"Grace!" Danny argued back.

"Hey calm down, the both of you," Steve demanded raising his voice to over come Danny's and Grace's. He signaled with his left hand that they should stop while his right hand held on to his gun in his holster.

"Tell him that you picked me up from the party. The one that he said that I could go to." Grace had lowered her voice. She hoped that Steve could get through to her father because she couldn't.

"Grace, just stop!" Danny shouted as it all became too much. His head was about to explode and with two people arguing with him, he just couldn't handle it anymore. The headache was making him nauseous.

"Danny!" Steve bellowed to his friend who was totally out of line to react like this.

"There's a zero chance that I would've let her go Steve, you know that!" Danny protested loudly.

"Danny, listen to me -"

"Oh you knew?" Danny's face contorted with anger. Like Steve had betrayed him. Danny felt himself stagger. His muscles started to tremble. He didn't have the strength anymore to stand any longer with only the flimsy support of the IV pole. His legs weakened and his knees sagged. He grabbed the end of the bed tightly, so he wouldn't fall down on the ground.

"Hey easy, come on sit down." Steve grabbed Danny by his arm, pulled him back up and held him on firmly. He supported Danny back to the bed. Danny looked ashen.

"I did know and so did you. You did let her go to the party, okay? The party was Friday night. We had been arguing about it all day, but then the explosion happened and you were rushed into surgery, so I picked her up."

"Stop. It's fine. I'm tired. I'm sorry." Danny hissed in pain and clenched his ribs with his left hand as he sat down on the edge of the bed. He waited a few seconds before he laid back down in bed.

Steve placed the IV pole next to the bed as he shot a look at Grace who was standing helplessly in the room. "Alright, Grace why won't we leave your dad so he can rest. We'll visit another time, huh?"

"You don't have to go. It's just my head." Danny rested his head against the pillow. He didn't mean to fight with Grace and he definitely didn't want to scare her away.

"It's okay, Danno. I can come another time." Grace picked up her backpack and slung it on her shoulder.

"No, I just didn't remember, I'm sorry." Danny held onto his head as he rubbed his forehead with his fingers.

"What do you mean, you don't remember?" Steve turned around and asked worriedly.

"I don't know, I just…" Danny lifted his shoulders in a half shrug and held up his palms. "Never mind."

"Danno, you're bleeding!" Grace pointed towards the rapidly growing crimson stain that was coming through the bandage on Danny's head.

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