Whatever Happens - Chapter 3

Danny left practice to pick up Emma from daycare and wasn't too happy to hear that she had gotten into one of the bathrooms, clogged a toilet, and flooded it. The only thing that could be worse then the scolding he got from the head of the daycare, was having to tell his brother of the trouble Emma had gotten into. But when he walked into the bar to give Ben the news, the sight of his brother sent him into a laughter so hard he started to tear. For behind the bar stood Ben, with a strange new haircut. Almost as if a 1 year old had gotten to it with a pair of scissors. Between bursts of laughter, Danny finally managed to get out,

"Dude what happened to your"

"Don't even start with me right now." Ben cut him off. He sauntered out from behind the bar and over to the stroller Danny had wheeled in with him.

"And how's my little girl doing? Did you have fun at daycare?"

"A little too much." Danny muttered under his breath.

"You say something?"

"No… uh… just that you might have to find someone to watch Emma tomorrow cause she's about to get kicked out of daycare."

"What?!"

"I'm not sure, there was a lot of yelling and talk about ruined shoes and flooded bathrooms."

"Oh great. She's not even two yet and she's terrorized herself out of daycare. Well can't say she's not an overachiever. Maybe I should have Riley handle this, you know one overachiever to another." Ben moaned as he threw a hand through his hair.

"Yeah speaking of Riley, can mom watch Emma. I was going to go surprise Riley and take her to lunch." Danny said with a smile.

"Oh Rileys not at work."

"Oh does she have a lunch with a client?"

"No she said something about having to go to the doctor when she called me a little while ago." At the word doctor the grin disappeared from Danny's face.

"Is she sick or something? She seemed fine this morning when we left."

"I don't know man, I think she said something about test results. The doctor wanted to talk to her in person about them." Danny went from concerned to full on worried.

"Okay I'm going to that doctors office, now."

"Dude what about Emma?"

"I'm taking her with me. C'mon Emma lets go see what's wrong with Riley." Danny wheeled Emma out of the bar and hailed a cab. As he was hailing he muttered under his breath,

"And why she wouldn't call me and tell me about it."

Danny got in the cab with Emma and told the driver to head uptown. He looked up the address on his phone, but was basically going through the motions, too worried to pay attention to anything really. After what seemed like forever they reached their destination. Danny paid the cab driver, got Emma out and back in her stroller, and made his way in to the lobby. If he thought the cab ride was long, it was nothing compared to the painfully slow elevator ride he had to the 11th floor. Finally the doors opened and he sped out, looking for room 114. When he found it and went to reach for the door knob he was surprised to see it already turning. And when the door opened, it revealed none other than Riley herself, with tear filled eyes and a red nose that usually meant she had been crying.

"Danny!"

"Riley?"

He could tell by the face his wife was giving him that he was in for some pretty big news. He just had no idea how big. Finally he broke the silence.

"Whats going on here Riley? I had to hear from Ben that you're here? Is something wrong?"

Danny waited for Riley to start answering his questions. She looked like she didn't know where to start. Then she opened her mouth to speak.