Dani couldn't believe what Nico had just asked her. Here was the man that drove her on so many different levels and she worked so hard to learn more about him. Finally, they had gotten to that point. "Wow, Nico, I don't know what to say," Dani said with a huge grin. A small piece of her hair had fell in her face. Nico reached up and tucked it behind her ear and said, "well, for starters, you can say yes." "Well yea, that's a heck yea. I'm so excited. Let me go pack a bag, change clothes, and then I'll be ready." Dani rushed off all giddy. Nico smiled to himself after she went upstairs. He thought back to kissing Dani right here in the spot he was standing. God, the way she grinding her body against his that night and then throwing the robe on the stairs turned Nico on all over again just thinking about it. "Hey Nico," Dani said and interrupted his thoughts. "Yea," he said. "How many nights am I packing for?" "Pack enough for at least two weeks," he said with a smirk." "Two weeks?" She asked. "Don't worry, I've already cleared everything with Connor." "You are amazing," Dani told him as she gave him a quick peck on the lips and then headed back upstairs to finish packing. Nico decided that he would leave out the part about him maybe staying longer, for now anyways. Another one of his Navy buddies that he served with wanted him to come work for him and run security. He owned the Pittsberg Pirates, the professional baseball team. He had been wanting Nico to come work for him for a while and at the time, Nico thought it would be a good change and he also thought it would be nice to be back close with his family. That was before he got caught up with V3 and at the time he had thought Dani had chosen to be with Donnelly. Now though, he knew he couldn't live without her. He was definitely going to enjoy these next two weeks with her. Dani came down sooner than he expected with her bags packed. Nico also had another suprise for Dani in the next two weeks. After his dad's party and after spending time with his family, Nico planned on taking Dani to Barcalona so she could visit Jeanette. Nico had already arranged everything with Jeanette and asked her not to tell Dani because he wanted to suprise her. "Are you ready to go," Nico asked as he walked up to Dani to take her luggage. "Here, let me get it for you." Dani gave him a smile, but didn't say anything. She was still a little speechless about the events that had and were about to take place. Things had been going so well for them. Nico opened the door for Dani so she get in his car and then loaded everything up. It only took them about twenty minutes to get to the V3 airport. Neither said anything on the way there. Dani with a million different questions and Nico wondering what was going on in that brain of hers. He watched her entire time out of the corner of his eye. When they pulled up to the airport, Nico took Dani's hand and said, "thank you for coming with me. I really want you to meet my family." Nico ran his fingers through her hair and kissed her hard. He knew that this was all new to Dani because of the number those two men had done on her, especially, her ex-husband. "Nico, spending these past couple of monts with you and getting to know everything about each other has been great. I have never been treated this way by a man in the life. You are so thoughtful and romantic and you think of everything. You always take care of me. I just don't want to mess such a good thing up." "Baby, you are perfect, so don't you worry. Come on, let's get on the plane and we can talk more, okay?" Nico gave her a quick kiss on the lips this time. He wanted her to stop doubting them. He wasn't going anywhere. Once on the plane and in the air, Nico pulled off his seatbelt and Dani's. He took Dani's hand and pulled her in his lap. It was his plane after all, so he could do whatever he wanted. The only other people on the plane were the two pilots and they were up front in their own little world. They knew not to disturb him. They stared into each other's eyes. Nico turned her so that her back was to him. He knew that the past year had been so rough on the both of them and V3 or the FBI didn't help matters any. Nico massaged Dani's shoulders and back. "God, Nico. That feels so good," Dani moaned. "How good," Nico said huskily in her ear, which made Dani shiver. He wrapped his arms around her and turned back around so that they were face to face. They kissed very passionately. Both could feel the love, the care, the deep connection, in the kiss. "Jesus Dani, I need you," Nico said desperately. A voice on the intercom came on and said, "please get back in your seats. We will landing soon." Dani could hear the frustrated growl come from Nico. She laughed. "And just what are you laughing at, Doctor Santino?" Nico asked as he tickled Dani and help her back into her seatbelt. "I'm pretty sure after the make out session we just had, calling me doctor is wrong on so many levels, Dominic." They may have both been buckled up, but that didn't stop Nico from putting his arm around Dani. She leaned against his chest and took in his smell. "You smell so good," Dani whispered to Nico. "Only for you," Nico said back. Dani knew the meaning behind that comment, which sent her mind a wondering. What was this between them? They had yet to say. They spent one incredible love making night together and had spent time together with the kids and by themselves. Dani felt like they had always been a family because of how Nico was with Ray J and Lindsey. Ray J respected him a lot and Nico had helped him straighten up his act. He also played football, basketball, and played video games with Ray J. Just spent a lot of time with him. It was what Ray J had always wanted in a father. "I see those wheels turning. What's going on in that wonderful brain of yours?" Nico said as he kissed her on top of the head. The plane had just landed so Dani didn't really get a chance to answer. It was around 1:00 pm by the time they arrived in Pittsberg. Nico had a car waiting there for them. "Let's go get checked in our hotel. The party is in the hotel we will be staying at, so I will be needing to run some errands for my sister and pick up a few things for tonight. "Can I help decorate?" Dani said excitedly. "Sure, I bet my sister and my mom would enjoy that. After I run a couple of errands I will come back and help y'all and spend some time with you." Nico told her with a wink as he opened the door to their room. "This is amazing," Dani said as she took in their suite. It had it's own kitchen, living room, huge bedroom with a big king size bed, big jequeze, and shower in the bathroom. "Glad you like it," Nico said as he sat their bags down in the corner. He smiled when he seen Dani yawning. They had been up all night. "Are you hungry? We will have a ton of food tonight, but I had the refrigerator stocked for us. We got time to eat. How about I make us a sandwich?" "Sounds good, Nico." Dani's phone buzzed while Nico was making sandwiches. It was a text from TK. It read, "Dr. D, IM IN CRISSES..." "TK, I'm on vacation the next two weeks." "I need to talk to you, Dr. D." "You can in two weeks. Terrance, we takes about this, remember." "NO, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU NOW." Dani was getting frustrated and didn't realize Nico was watching her. "TERRANCE, UNLESS YOU ARE IN DANGER OR HURT PHYSICALLY, BUT SINCE IM PRETTY SURE YOU ARE NOT, I WILL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS." When Dani looked up, she found Nico watching her. He loved the way she quintes and crinkled her nose when she was frustrated. "Sorry, TK is in "CRISSES" and I won't talk to him," Dani said still frustrated. "No need to apologize. I think you look sexy as hell when you get frustrated. As far as TK goes, I will take care of that for you." "It's okay. I think I for it handled for now anyways," Dani said as they sat at the island bar in their suit and ate. Neither one realized how hungry they were until they actually started eating. Just when Nico was about to say something, Nico's phone buzzed. He had a message from his sister saying that they were about to start decorating and wondering where he was. Nico just smiled. No one in his family knew that he brought Dani. They didn't even know about her yet. "That was my sister wondering where I am and telling me that they are about to decorate. I haven't told them about you and they have no clue I brought you, so just be prepared for a lot of questioning and teasing," Nico said as he pulled Dani into his arms. Dani gave him a smile. He pushed he hair behind her ear and kissed her. "Can I ask you something, Nico?" "Anything," he said as he kissed her again. "What are we? You know, I was just wondering because I know your family will probably ask." Dani wanted to be in a relationship with this man. Nico lifted her chin up so that she was looking in his eyes, "depends on if you still want to keep "us" simple, but I'm crazy about you, Dani. I don't want nobody else. I want to spend all my days loving you." Dani was speechless. Did he really love her this soon, but then again, this had been going on for the past two years. It wasn't soon. When Nico noticed Dani wasn't sure what to say, he said, "let's talk about it tonight, so you can have time to think about it, but I want to be in a relationship with you. We really need to get going." Dani didn't say nothing, but just nodded in agreement. This was new to her. She ha never been with a man that cared so much about her feelings, how she is treated, and just made sure she was taking care of. It wasn't that she wasn't crazy about Nico because she is. It's just she is nervous and doesn't want to miss such a good thing up. Once down in the lobby, Nico introduced Dani to his mom and sister. Nico's sister had already went and ran the errands so Nico wouldn't be leaving. Dani was excited about that, but she felt stupid because she hadn't said one word to Nico since he opened up like he did to her. "Wow N, you didn't tell anybody you were involved with such a beautiful lady," Nico's sister told him while they went out to the car to grab more stuff. "I know she is beautiful, isn't she." Nico had the biggest grin on his face. His sister had never seen him so happy. "I'm glad to see you so happy. I like her," he said with an approving grin. Nico just pulled her in for a hug. It felt good to hear his sister say that. Dani and Nico's mom were decorating the food table when Nico came back in. He stood back and watched Dani show his mom a few tricks to decorating. They were talking and laughing. His mom hugged Dani and he heard her tell Dani, "I'm so glad you are here." Seeing this made Nico feel so good. His sister cranked up the music and yelled, "hey N, are you going to stand there all day and google or are you going to help us?!" The song that started playing was, Not a Bad Thing by Justin Timberlake. Nico walked behind Dani and wrapped his arms around her. He sang the words to her. [Verse 1] Said all I want from you is to see you tomorrow And every tomorrow, maybe you'll let me borrow your heart And is it too much to ask for every Sunday And while we're at it, throw in every other day to start I know people make promises all the time Then they turn right around and break them When someone cuts your heart open with a knife, and you're bleeding But I could be that guy to heal it over time And I won't stop until you believe it 'Cause baby you're worth it [Chorus] So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me 'Cause you might look around and find your dreams come true, with me Spend all your time and your money just to find out that my love was free So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me, me It's not a bad thing to fall in love with me, me [Verse 2] Now how about I'd be the last voice you hear tonight? And every other night for the rest of the nights that there are Every morning I just wanna see you staring back at me 'Cause I know that's a good place to start I know people make promises all the time Then they turn right around and break them When someone cuts your heart open with a knife, and you're bleeding Don't you know that I could be that guy to heal it over time And I won't stop until you believe it 'Cause baby you're worth it [Chorus] So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me 'Cause you might look around and find your dreams come true, with me Spend all your time and your money just to find out that my love was free So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me, me It's not a bad thing to fall in love with me, me It's not a bad thing to fall in love with me, me Not such a bad thing to fall in love with me (Not such a bad thing to fall in love with me) No I won't fill your mind With broken promises and wasted time And if you fall, you'll always land right in these arms These arms of mine [Chorus] Don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me 'Cause you might look around and find your dreams come true, with me Spend all your time and your money just to find out that my love was free So don't act like it's a bad thing to fall in love with me, me It's not a bad thing to fall in love with me, me Not such a bad thing to fall in love with me Nico's mom and sister just watched amazed. They had never seen Nico so happy, which made them like Dani even more. Nico's sister, Nikki, took a couple shots of Nico and Dani without them knowing. They were amazing. When the song ended, Dani was so overwhelmed by everything that she just pulled Nico in a gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. They finished decorating and then headed to get dressed. It was around five and the party started at eight. Everyone was suppose to be in the lobby by 7:40. It was indeed going to be an interesting and eventful night and Dani couldn't help but smile as her and Nico walked hand in hand back to their suite.