Note: Well here is my usually fluffy chapter to round off the story. Thank you all so much for the support and reviews on this one. Managed to get it all posted before my holiday on sunday. I'll be taking my I pad with me but don't expect much time to write any of my new story. So will probably be a while before my next one is posted.

Chapter Fourteen.

A week later, Steve unlocked the door to Danny's house and held it open for Danny to enter. He had spent the week slowly recovering from the stab wound and finally was strong enough to leave the hospital.

He and Steve had had a blazing row about Danny returning to his own home instead of Steve's. Steve had insisted that Danny wasn't strong enough to take care of himself just yet and would be better staying with him for a week. But Danny was adamant that he would return home and Amber would be staying at Danny's and helping out around her work. The row had continued until Danny had finally admitted that he didn't feel comfortable just yet returning to Steve's where he had been attacked. It was all too fresh. Steve had been forced to back down, but told Danny that he would be calling in throughout the day to check on him.

Danny slowly lowered himself to sit on the couch. The trip home had left him tired and uncomfortable. Two pills and a bottle of water appeared in front of him and he gladly accepted them with a nod of thanks.

Amber then arrived at the door carrying two bags of groceries. Steve hurried out to help bring in the rest of the shopping. "You're early," she said disappointed. "I was planning on getting lunch all sorted before you got home and I had a surprise planned for you."

"Sorry babe, I couldn't wait to get out of there. I sweet talked Dr. Pearce into an early discharge. What was the surprise?" Danny asked.

"I think I know," Steve said appearing at the door, arms full of groceries. "Look who just turned up."

"Danno!" Grace called, appearing from behind Steve's legs. She ran over to him and carefully hugged him and he hugged her back.

"Hey baby, how'd you get here?" Danny asked.

"I dropped her off," Rachel said, entering the house, Charlie holding onto her hand. "We thought she should be here for your grand return home. If you feel up to it she can stay the night."

"I always feel up to time with my monkey," he said, tickling Grace and causing a fit of giggles.

"Okay, well just call when you want me to pick her up," Rachel said awkwardly and went to leave.

"Rach wait,' Danny called after her. "Don't go yet, stay for lunch."

"I don't want to impose. You just got home," Rachel said, unsure of Danny's motives.

"You're not. There's enough, right?" Danny asked Amber, who nodded then moved off into the kitchen to start setting it out. She and Danny had talked about the fact that Danny was concerned about how this had effected Rachel and what her plans for the future would be.

"Well if you're sure," she said, taking a seat opposite Danny.

"Grace, why don't you go show Charlie your room?" Danny suggested.

Grace nodded and led Charlie off. "I'll go give Amber a hand," Steve said, making himself scarce.

"She seems nice... Amber. Grace certainly likes her," she said politely.

"Yeah, she is. I'm actually happy for the first time in a long time," Danny replied. "How about you Rach? How are you doing?"

"I'm just taking it one day at a time. I'm still finding it hard to accept that the man I loved was capable of that. I filed for divorce this morning, and started looking at houses for the children and I. We can't stay at the marital home, it wouldn't feel right." she said, tears filling her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Rach," Danny whispered.

"You don't have to be sorry. You didn't ask for this. He almost killed you." She started to cry.

"Okay Rach, you're gonna have to come to me cos I can't get up to comfort you," Danny said, holding out his arms, the bandage to his left arm still present from the slash wound.

Rachel cautiously moved to the side of Danny who wrapped his arms around her. "Look, I know things haven't been that great between us for a long time. But we were best friends once and I could tell you anything. I want to be there for you, and Grace needs us to be strong for her. I know she is putting on a brave face, as much as I hate to admit it. She did love Stan, and this is hard on her. So what do you say to a fresh start?"

"That would be great. Thank you for being so understanding," Rachel said, wiping the tears away.

There was a brief knock at the door as Chin and Kono entered the house. "Good to see you home brah," Chin said.

"Sorry, are we interrupting?" Kono asked, seeing Rachel and her red eyes.

"No, perfect timing," Danny said. "You can give me a hand to get off this couch. I forgot how low it is," Danny said, sitting forward. "Amber and Steve are sorting lunch and Rachel and Charlie are joining us."

Kono and Chin helped Danny to his feet and Rachel went to fetch the children. Soon they all were sitting around the dining table enjoying lunch. They had all had had a rubbish few weeks and almost lost Danny several times. But thankfully, he was now well on the mend. The team could focus on getting him back to full strength and supporting Grace through the hard times ahead as she adjusted to Stan not being around.

The End.