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Chapter One

It was a few days since the disaster that was the Aloha Girls camping trip. Danny was so thankful that everyone had made it out of the forest relatively unharmed. His arm was healing, and Steve, for once, only came away with a bruised face. But it could have gone so much worse if Madeline hadn't stepped up and helped track Ron.

Danny hated to admit it, but he'd really needed the help. No way he could have found Steve and Lucy on his own, he just didn't have the skills.

Steve had already joked around about Danny needing the help of the Aloha Girls leader, which was why Chin now sat in the chair across the desk.

"So, you want to go out this weekend, brah? You're sure Steve will be okay with this? You know how he gets." They'd had this discussion when Danny first came to him, but obviously, Chin wanted to clarify that Danny hadn't changed his mind.

"Yeah, Chin. I think my arm is healed enough now that it won't be a problem." Danny ran a hand down his face as he looked past Chin to see Steve headed their way. "I'll talk to Steve. I really appreciate you doing this for me."

"Hey, whatever you need, Danny, I'm there for you." Chin got up to leave just as Steve pushed into the office.

"Don't leave on my account, Chin." Steve held the door as Chin moved through it.

"We were done, Steve." Chin turned back to Danny. "See you in the morning, I'll have everything ready."

Steve closed the door and sat in the chair Chin had just vacated. "What's going on, Danny?"

"Chin and I are going up to the Watershed Forest Reserve this weekend. He's taking me along the Aihualama Trail, then we're camping overnight."

A dark look crossed Steve's handsome face. "If you wanted to go camping, why Chin and not me?"

"I think you know the answer to that one, Steven." At Steve's questioning look, Danny continued. "You've been making fun of me the past week for needing Madeline's help. I don't want to deal with that all weekend too."

"So, Chin offered to take you camping?" In Danny's opinion, sulky was not a good look on the ex Navy SEAL.

"No. I asked him to because, and I'm only saying this once. You're right, I do need to know how to find my way around in the jungle."

"It's a rain-forest Danny, not a jungle."

'So, predictable,' Danny thought to himself. "Rain-forest, jungle, who cares as long as Chin teaches me how to find my way." Danny stood and walked around the desk to lean against it in front of his best friend. "Steve, I'm not doing this to upset you, please understand that. But I'm going with Chin this time. Maybe next time you can take Grace and I camping, huh?"

Steve looked like he was going to argue for a second, then he relaxed. "Okay, partner. Just remember that promise, because I'm already planning a camping trip for next month. Oh, and you'll love the view from the ridge, even if it's not an urban jungle you'll be seeing."

Danny placed a hand on Steve's shoulder. "Thanks, partner. If it'll make you feel better, we're taking a Sat. phone. So, I'll call you from the top of the ridge overlooking the Upper Manoa Valley and tell you what I think of the view."

Steve stood, "don't get into any trouble."

"Hey, I'm not the trouble magnet. That's you, babe." They both left the office heading to their favourite bar to meet the rest of the team for a Friday night stress reliever.

TBC