for Danny- timed for August 28th.

[sluttylyingliar]

Rachel has been crying for almost 24 hours. She's pretty sure she only stopped because there's nothing left. She doesn't think she's eaten. She wants a drink. She wants a drink but she made a fucking promise a week ago and she can't break it. Brooke's gone. Her best friend, her fucking savior, her rock. She's just gone. Like that. Back to a world where Rachel is off shooting up on some beach somewhere and Rachel's left here. Possibly pregnant, definitely feeling like her foundation just cracked in a way that's never going to be fixed. She's been half avoiding Danny all week because she didn't want to talk about the pregnancy thing but she needs him now. Raylan's dealt with her for long enough and she needs to lean on someone else for a few hours.

She looks like shit. She's still getting sick all the time. She can't sleep. She just wants to make it all go away. She wants to shoot up and make it all go away but that's not an option anymore.

So here she is, knocking on his door and trying to deal.

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[sluttylyingliar.livejournal.com]

Rachel can't quite muster a smile as she leans into his hand.

"You can't go anywhere, Danny. I'm serious, okay? If I'm pregnant I need you to be here."

[haolehothead]

"Why the hell would I go anywhere, huh? I got a nicer bed here than I do back home and it's basically the same island. No, seriously, I swear to god. The mountain? It's diamond head. The Compound? That's downtown Honolulu. Rach, this place is like a carbon copy of Oahu," he swears. "If I'm gonna be on this island? Well, barring getting to go home to Gracie, I'm sticking around. But I'll leave you Steve if I go."

[sluttylyingliar.livejournal.com]

She does snort at that.

"Me, Raylan and Steve. And the baby. Fucking great. You think Steve is going to help me raise a baby? Can Steve even change a diaper? I can't, by the way."

[haolehothead]

"Okay, no, he can't. Admittedly, I need to be around to save all of you from that disaster," he says, lying down and easing her cheek to his chest. "Babe, I know you're upset. And you're allowed to be, but I seriously won't leave you unless I go kicking and screaming. You're a good friend and I had a shortage of those back in Hawaii."

[sluttylyingliar.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, me too," she says, fiddling with the fabric of his shirt as she settles against him. "Back home. But that was my fault. That's pretty sad that I can't change a diaper, huh? Christ, I've never even really held a baby."

[haolehothead]

"Hey, I'll teach you. I changed diapers for years, I think I know how," he boasts, puffing up his chest slightly before sinking into a position that she'll be comfortable sharing. "I got no kid to take care of here. I mean, everyone else, everyone else has got kids or is getting them. I got nothing to do but help."

[sluttylyingliar.livejournal.com]

"You might get a kid," she insists, closing her eyes and burrowing against his chest. "If my plastic wasteland of a body can make a kid, anything is possible."

[haolehothead]

"It's easy for you. Man and woman beget child. The oldest book in the world is all about it," Danny says softly, stroking his fingers through her hair. "I'm happy for you. I am."