Chapter 125 - Crossing The Line?

"No no, please Danny not now, I'll surprise them later" Jimmy had other plans in store and also his family is happy that he landed a project earlier this week, if they will know he has not given up on his passion for acting and is pursuing it in parallel, they might advise him to not take it up.

Currently he didn't want all of this happening with him, he wanted to manage it all by himself and then tell his family or rather show it to them by handling everything well.

Daniel respected his decision and agreed to keep it a secret and so did Rachel.

"How will you manage the new project and rehearsals? Have you figured it out or not? How are you going to balance the both?" Danny asked him back to back questions as he was concerned how his baby brother would manage everything.

"Don't worry bro, rehearsals will happen during the evening so after work I will go for practice and during the day I'll work on the project and Rachel too is here to help me out if I face any hurdles, right Rach?"

"Of course I'll guide you, have fun and nail your rehearsals" 

"See? It is all sorted" 

"Fine, all the best Jim"

After some time all three decided to go to sleep, Harry and Catherine were already gone to their room and the three grandpas were busy in their own world.

Jimmy was very excited so he went to read the script before sleeping early as he doesn't want to be late the next day.

Rachel too went back to her room, she went to brush before sleeping as she had a lot of desserts and was scared of cavities, after she was done and came back to her room she was surprised and almost shouted.

Daniel was resting on her bed.

"What the hell are you doing here?" she surprisingly asked him, she was startled to suddenly find him there.

"I was missing my girlfriend so I came here to sleep with her"

"What?" She widened her eyes in shock.

"Why are you that surprised? Have you forgotten today morning too we slept together." He said as a matter-of-fact.

"Yeah but that was morning, but this is night." she suddenly felt shy after completing her sentence.

"What's the difference? Does something happen during the night time that does not happen in the morning?" he asked her, grinning from one ear to another.

She understood he was having fun so she didn't respond.

Daniel laughed at her reaction and signaled her to come to him. She rolled her eyes at him but went onto the bed and sat next to him.

Daniel had been worried about Rachel since he conversed with Patrick, his mind was not at peace and he knew he won't be able to sleep tonight if Rachel was not next to him, so he decided to be shameless and sleep with her.

He turned his body to face her, he lied on the one side and she sat facing him.

"Dan, Is everything alright with you?" she softly asked him, stroking his hair.

"Of course, what happened?" Daniel rested his head on his elbow and smiled at Rachel just like he usually does.

"You seemed really off today, although you were acting all normal, I could sense you were worried about something." Rachel was still stroking his hair.

Daniel was surprised at her question, today he deliberately acted the way he always does to ensure no one at home realizes there is something wrong with him, he thought Jimmy was the only guy who could see through him and didn't expect Rachel too to notice the change.

He lovingly caressed her cheek with his thumb, "I love you" the words naturally came out from his heart.

"Don't change the topic" Rachel got angry.

Daniel chuckled at her reaction and pulled her towards him, she didn't resist.

He hugged her while sleeping and honestly told her, "I hate lying to you Rachel, so I'll try my best to be as honest as I can."

She lifted her head and looked at him, waiting for him to speak more.

"Yes I am indeed worried about something" He honestly informed her.

"And what is it?" she asked him but he did not respond.

"Am I crossing the line? Am I being too nosy?" she couldn't help but ask him, they just started dating each other, it hasn't even been 24 hours yet and she already started asking him personal questions so she was scared he would think of her as the nosy girlfriend.

Daniel smiled at her innocence and couldn't help it but capture her lips in his, he softly sucked and nibbled on her lips for a few seconds and then he pulled himself back before he would lose control of himself.

"There is no line between us and never bother yourself with such things, you can always ask me whatever you want. Also you are just being concerned about me, not nosy, the reason I can't tell you why I am not fine is because I don't want to worry you, that's it."

"Aren't we supposed to be sharing everything with each other?"

"Yes we are, give me some time, when the time is right, I'll tell you everything, okay?" 

Daniel too was not willing to hide all of this from her but James had a good point, after knowing everything she will live in fear and there is so much information being hidden from her, if he has to tell her everything then he needs to do that from the beginning and it was also James' right to reveal everything to his granddaughter and not Daniel's, so he had to keep quiet no matter what.

"Okay" she hugged him and slept next to him.

He kept his one hand below her head and hugged her waist with his other hand, she too hugged him tightly and placed her head on his firm chest.

"Good night Rach" he kissed her on the head.

"Good night Dan" she lifted her head and pecked him on his lips and again shyly hid her head on his chest.

Daniel smiled at her cute action and lovingly stroked her hair. 

Then they fell asleep in each other's arms. Daniel too was able to sleep peacefully as Rachel was with him

…

Emily's apartment

After spending his entire day with Emily and Patrick, Matt finally left for his home. 

He was sleepy and very happy as he spent the entire day with his friends, he had breakfast, lunch and dinner at Emily's home. As soon as his body touched the soft bed, he fell asleep.

"I thought Matt will sleep here itself" Patrick sarcastically joked as Matt didn't leave once he came to Emily's house for breakfast in the morning and only left a few minutes back that too to sleep.

"He can't fall asleep anywhere else except for on his bed" Emily explained.

"It seems you two got very close after our breakup" Patrick sulkily commented on their close friendship.

Emily laughed seeing his expressions, "Are you jealous?" She hugged him tightly.

"Yes, I am" he was honest with her.

"You should not be, I and Matt were always this close, our break up has got nothing to do with it." she continued hugging him.

He tightly hugged her and asked the question that had been bothering him, "Does Matt know the real reason behind our breakup?"

Emily was surprised why Patrick suddenly asked her something like this, she lifted her head and looked at him, "Yeah he does" Emily answered him

"Hmm I felt the same."

"How did you find out he knows?" She was there with them the entire day today and Matt didn't mention anything about her and Patrick's break up so she wondered how Pat got an idea about it. 

"During the reunion, he hinted at it"

"Oh, sorry Pat, I had to tell him, he used his connections and found my medical reports and then he confronted me and I broke down when he asked me and I told him everything." She explained everything.

He stroked her back, "It's okay, don't apologize, I am glad you had someone to rely on."

"Yeah and don't worry we are only good friends, he has been rooting for us all the time and he treats me like his sister."

"Good to know, I would have killed him if he made a move on my girlfriend."

Emily laughed at his words and kissed him, he too kissed her back and they moved to the bed.

"Did you buy a condom?" she asked him between those kisses.

"Did I leave your home at all today?" He sarcastically questioned her.

"No. You should have though" she got upset

"Ems I have something to discuss" Patrick tucked a strand of her hair behind the ear and ignored her suggestion.

"What is it?" Emily got worried as to what he will discuss now.