Dangerously In Love

Chapter 1

Danielle sat down into her make-up chair and sat her bag down on the counter. She looked at herself in the mirror and noticed bags under her eyes. The night before had been a long one. Her youngest son had fallen ill. Danielle, being the best mom in the world, stayed up through the night with him. Now she was at work on the set of Wentworth very tired but ready to get into character. She had 15 minutes before her make-up artist would come in and start, so she grabbed her phone out of her bag and began to check her email.

*knock knock*

"Come in." Daniele sat her phone in her lap and looked up into the mirror. Behind her she saw a familiar face peeking through the door.

"Hey, ya busy?"

"No, come in!" Danielle turned her chair around to face Kate, who had stepped in and was closing the door behind her.

"I just wanted to see if you had made it in." Kate said almost flirtatiously.

Kate walked towards Danielle who was smiling wide from ear to ear.

"Did you read the new script yet?" Danielle said evenly.

"No I haven't had a chance to. Why does something big happen?"

"Yeah, I die." Danielle said this while hiding behind her smile.

She kept her eyes on Kate waiting for her reaction. Kate turned to her side where Danielle sat in her make-up chair very still. Kate then looked down at her feet, she couldn't look Danielle in the eyes. Kate knew deep down that one day that this would happen but she didn't think that it would come so soon.

"Hey." Danielle said breaking in between the thoughts in Kate's mind. Danielle and Kate were like kindred spirits so she could always tell when something was heavy on Kate's mind. Danielle reached out for Kate but she moved away.

"You know if it was my choice I wouldn't—"

"Ok" Kate turned around and started to head for the door ignoring Danielle's eyes.

Danielle jumped out of her make-up chair and rushed towards Kate. Danielle took a firm grip on Kate's arm and turned her around.

"Wait! Talk to me."

"No!" Kate was holding back tears now. She refused to look Danielle in the eyes. She looked everywhere other than her.

"So that's it? I know you don't want to leave things like this?" Danielle tightened her grip on Kate's arm. Danielle felt anger rising in her but she knew that she had to be the mature one.

"Don't do that! Don't you dare do that!" Kate tried her hardest to pull away but she couldn't. Not only was Danielle strong but she also made Kate weak in the knees. Kate ignored her own feelings and pushed Danielle. Danielle didn't let go. "This is obviously how YOU planned to leave this! You could've called me Dan! But you didn't!"

"I was going too but—"

"Let me go Danielle!"

"Is that what you want?!" Danielle threw her hands in the air and backed away from Kate. She was getting annoyed. "If you're going to act like a child then—"

"Act like a child?! F&%$ YOU Dan."

"Yeah ok." Danielle took a step back and looked Kate up and down. Danielle wanted to stay calm but she couldn't. She felt something boiling inside of her.

Kate stayed still for a moment. She contemplated her next move. Could she just walk out of the door without letting Danielle know how she felt completely? Kate walked toward Danielle with tears in her eyes but Danielle backed away even further. Kate didn't let that stop her. Kate backed Danielle all the way up to the table below the mirror. She leaned in and for a moment their lips touched. Danielle turned to look away but Kate met her eyes in every direction that she looked. Kate took Danielle's hands in hers.