What's a little texting between friends? (A series) 7 of ?
See previous parts of series for the premise and legal goop.
Thank you for the reviews and feedback on this series. I have now gone through both seasons and picked out the various opportunities I think Dani and Nico would have had to text back and forth. I am trying to keep the tone between them as cannon as I can. I think Nico realized somewhere late in season 1, so somewhere close to when this would have taken place, that Dani intrigued him and he decided he wanted to let her in - at least a little bit. So yes, Nico IS in fact flirting in this one.
Alesia
“Wayward Children, Reformed Enablers and Homemade Sauce”
~~Takes place during “Forget Me Not” 1.9 after TK calls Nico for help from Miami
Telling TK to take the proverbial long walk off a short bridge had been rather satisfying. Nico would make sure there was a seat on the next flight from Miami to New York for the player but letting Terrance reap what he sowed on this one was turning out more gratifying than Nico had expected.
Nico: Our wayward wide receiver has made contact.
Nico headed out to the practice field to talk to Coach. Nico wanted to make sure everyone fell in line with Dani’s suggested course of action when it came to TK and the consequences of his latest escapades. Coach was going to have to agree to not play TK this week.
Dani: Where is he?
Nico: Miami. He wanted me to come get him.
Dani: Are you going to go get him?
Nico: Doctor, I am surprised at you. Wouldn’t you be the one to call me an enabler if I did go get him?
Dani: So you aren’t?
Nico chuckled. He wondered which question she was asking. Yes, he was an enabler and probably always would be. It was a basic requirement for his type of fixing. However from watching Dani deal with TK and the few visits he had had with Juliette and her rehab counselors, Nico was slowly learning that sometimes making the mistakes disappear didn’t make anything better.
Dani: Going to get him?
There she goes. Nico could tell Dani was slowly learning what questions to ask and how to ask them if she wanted an answer from him.
Nico: No. He wanted me to smooth things over of with Coach.
Dani: Nico, Terrance needs to experience the consequences of his actions.
Nico wondered what she was doing. He could almost feel her intensity and resolve through her words. She was upset and worried about her patient that was all too clear. It was mid-morning on Monday, her normal appointment time with TK, so he knew she didn’t have another patient. He had this strange idea she was in her kitchen cooking. Something that took a long time and had multiple steps - marinara from scratch maybe? He knew she cooked when she was stressed.
Nico: I understand that Dani, which is why I told him he probably needed a really good therapist and I could provide him with a referral.
In his mind’s eye, Nico could see the blush bloom on her face and chest. He had observed Dani was no more used to receiving complements than he was to giving them. But Dr. Danielle Santino was certainly an impressive and compliment worthy woman as far as Nico was concerned. Now he just had to come up with other ways of making her blush…and laugh, damn, she was beautiful when she laughed. What the hell, time to go for it.
Nico: What kind of sauce are you making?
Dani: NICO, how did you know I was making sauce?!?!?!
Nico: Talent.
Nico knew without a doubt she was squinting at her phone struggling with what her reply was going to be. Maybe he should take a trip out to her house and see if he could angle a taste of the sauce. After all if chicken parmesan was one of her specialties, she had to make a damn good marinara. But first he had to talk to Coach.