Disclaimer: This is pure fiction I DO NOT own anyone in this story, other than my character, Megan

Pairing: Duane Lee/OC

Rating: PG at the moment will notify if that changes, will see where the wind takes me!

This is my first fanfic so please leave comments to let me know what you think and whether I should continue.

Chapter 1

My name is Megan and I'm 26 years old. I'm a widow with a 8 year old son, Alex and own a nice little bar on one the beautiful coasts of Hawaii.

I moved to Hawaii 6 years ago after the deaths of my parents, who had taught me to never let an opportunity pass me by, so when a job transfer vacancy came up I jumped at the chance to start over and make a new life for myself, moving halfway across the world from England to USA, Hawaii to be exact. At this time I was working for an international insurance company, and this is how I met my husband, Kai.

Kai was 24 years old when we met and the complete opposite to everything I had imagined I wanted within a husband. He was 5"8, barely 2 inches taller than me as well as skinny as a rake. I always thought this would cause me to be self conscious due to being overweight myself, but he showed me such love and caring that I thought about it only briefly over the 4 years we had together.

We were only dating 6 months when Kai proposed to me. I said yes, but it was another 18 months before we finally got married. After our beautiful wedding, I adopted Alex, who was Kai's son, whose mother had abandoned both him and Kai only days after Alex's birth. Those first few months being newlyweds were absolute bliss, and then suddenly Kai started feeling ill. After nagging and nagging he finally conceded to go to the doctors, where he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. He was given 6 months, he defied all the doctors' expectations and after a grueling 12 months, I lost the man I loved when he passed in his sleep on the eve of our wedding anniversary.

After the death of Kai, I decided to use the money my parents had left me and start over yet again. I decided to follow my dream of one day owning my own bar on the sea front. I never thought I would move on after my husband, to find a love with passion like Kai and I had, but I would and that is where my story starts.

I had just finished dealing with a demanding customer, on my day off (the joys of owning a business), when I ran into a wall. Looking up I realised, it wasn't a wall, it was a man. A guys who was 6" tall, with muscles like I'd never seen.

"I'm so sorry," the man apologised, starting to help me up.

As I righted myself I realised I recognised him, but couldn't think where the hell from.

"Can I buy you a drink, as an apology," he said. I started to laugh, but then he looked at me with a very confused face.

"Sorry," I gasped out between laughs, "It's just I work here so I get free drinks." Telling a white lie to a complete stranger is OK, I told myself, as I'd had too many unsavoury reactions of people before when I told them I owned the place.

He just smiled.

"What?" I asked.

"You have a really pretty laugh, do you know that?" He replied.

That threw me; I hadn't had any sort of compliment like that since Kai was alive.

"Thanks," I stuttered. It was really staring to bug me though because I knew I had seen him before, but I wouldn't have forgotten a body like that, would I? I couldn't believe it after nearly 2 years I was reacting physically to a guy.

He smiled again.

"Duane Lee," I heard being shouted from the bar doorway. Looking up saw another guy, shorter, with long hair and tattoos all over his arms.

I looked at the man standing in front of me, that's where I recognised him from. The snippets of Dog the Bounty Hunter I'd seen when Kai used to watch it. He was the eldest son, and the guy, now making his way to us, was Leland.

I smiled, realising that Duane Lee was starting to look uncomfortable I wasn't sure why though.

"Hi, I'm Leland," he said as he reached us, holding out his hand to shake it.

"I'm Megan," I said, holding out my hand to shake his,

"And this dope is Duane Lee, but I hope you would know that seeing as how you were talking to him," Leland commented.

"Actually I didn't know that until you shouted it from across the bar, so thanks for that," I smirked.

Duane Lee was starting to get fidgety realising that we hadn't actually introduced ourselves.

"Dude," Leland snorted as he hit DL on the chest, "You're here talking to a pretty lady and you don't even introduce yourself."

Blushing, Duane Lee didn't answer, so with a cheeky grin on my face, I answered for him, "We were talking about other things, weren't we?"

"Oh yeah and what might that be?" Leland asked.

"Apparently I have a nice laugh, isn't that right?" taking the mickey out of him. I suddenly realised that I hadn't felt this relaxed flirting with someone in a very long time, even before Kai.

Duane Lee nodded and gave me a smile right back, showing that he wasn't offended or embarrassed.

"Yes, well Little Miss Megan here doesn't seem to have very good balance, she barely tapped into me when she went flying," he responded.

He caught my eyes and I realised how they felt like they pierced my soul.

Leland must have realised that he had been forgotten about, as cleared his throat, grabbing both our attention.

Then suddenly a shout went up in the air.

"Mom!"