Hawaii Five-0

Stuck

Chapter 1

Catherine, Mary and April walked through the second floor of the Ala Moana Shopping Center. But for Catherine, being almost nine months pregnant made it hard for her to keep up with Mary and April. Though Danny's little brunette sister April was also pregnant, she was only four and half months along, it wasn't affecting her walking pace. One of the reasons why Catherine and Mary had invited April along was because the father of Catherine's baby, Steve, insisted she take a friend that had some sort medical training; seeing as she was so close to giving birth. It didn't take a genius to know that Steve was getting anxious about the impending birth of their child. Mary had come to Hawaii to visit Steve and Catherine so she could be there when her niece or nephew was born.

It was the day after Mary had arrived in Hawaii and she insisted on taking Catherine out shopping so she could buy a gift for the baby. Seeing as April had just gone on maternity leave and her husband, Michael, had been deployed overseas, she was free and took up Catherine and Mary's invitation to go shopping for the day. It didn't take long for April and Mary to hit off, comparing stories about the stupid things their brother's had done when they were younger.

The three women walked into a children's apparel store and headed straight for the baby section. As soon as they arrived in baby section, Mary's eyes widened when she saw what she believed to be "the cutest thing ever". What she was referring to was a little pink jumpsuit. Catherine loved it too, though not as much as Mary did because she and Steve had decided to wait until the baby was born to the sex of their child.

"It is pretty cute" Catherine stated. "But what if the baby's a boy?" she asked Mary.

"Tell you what" Mary replied.

"I'll buy it for you anyway and if the baby's a boy, I'll give it to April seeing as we already know she's having a girl"

April and Michael had decided to find out the sex of the baby should the worst happen while he is on his deployment overseas. Though the thought of it made her physically ill, they both agreed it was good idea.

"Sounds good to me" April stated.

"But that means you'll have to buy something else for that idea to work" she added.

"I'm going to go look at some more bedding for the baby's crib" Catherine stated as pointed towards the blankets and sheets.

"More?" Mary asked. "I've seen the baby's room, you've got heaps" she stated.

"You can never have too much Mary" Catherine replied.

"You can say that again" April agreed. "I'll come with you; I haven't gotten around to getting it yet"

"I'll stay here and pick out a boy's outfit" said Mary.

"Okay, we'll meet you out front when we're all done" said Catherine.

Mary continued to look through baby clothes and make the hard decisions on what to buy; while Catherine and April continued their conversation while looking though a display of baby blankets and bedding.

"So how's Steve?" April asked.

"Well we could start with the fact that he doesn't like the idea of me going shopping without a trained medical professional with me" Catherine replied.

"Anxious?" April asked.

"More like paranoid" Catherine replied. "Paranoid that I'll go into labour while I'm by myself; but wait there's more"

"I'm all ears" said April.

"He will not let me do anything anymore" Catherine stated.

"I was loading the washing machine yesterday and Steve insisted I go and put my feet up"

"That doesn't sound so bad" April stated.

"Yeah, well I thought it sounded good at the time" said Catherine. "Until he turned my whites pink"

"Wow!" April replied, giggling. "Well you're not alone" April assured her.

"What do you mean?" Catherine asked. "Michael's on his deployment"

"Yeah" April replied. "But that doesn't mean he hasn't got eyes on me" she said as she pointed at her eyes with two fingers.

"Danny?" Catherine asked.

"Yeah, Michael got my big brother to spy on me until he gets back" April replied. "Thank God I don't live with Danny anymore or things would be really awkward then"

"Did Michael tell you what he was asking Danny to do?" Catherine asked.

"No" April replied. "The fact that I've heard from Danny every single day since Michael left was a dead giveaway"

About ten minutes later, Catherine and April sat on the bench outside the store waiting for Mary to finish her shopping. Though the wait was long, Catherine couldn't complain, carrying around an extra eight pounds or so was really taking its toll on her back and on her feet and the fact that she could get off them for a while, was absolute heaven. Catherine and April waited another ten minutes before Mary finally emerged from the store with her carefully chosen items.

"Sorry I took so long guys" said Mary. "It's just that it was so hard to choose"

"That's okay" said Catherine. "I needed to get off my feet for a while anyway"

"You guys hungry?" April asked. "Because Junior and I are starving" she said as rubbed her stomach.

"Thought you'd never ask" said Catherine as she stood up with Mary's assistance.

After getting to her feet, Catherine's phone began to ring in her pocket. Pulling it out of her pocket, she saw that it was Steve calling her.

"See what I mean" Catherine said to April as she held up her phone to show her.

"Indeed I do" said April.

"Hi Steve" Catherine answered.

"Hey Cath" Steve replied. "Having fun?" he asked.

"Yeah I'm having fun Steve" Catherine replied. "Are you checking up on me?" she asked.

"Can't I call you just to say hi?" Steve asked.

"It's possible" Catherine replied.

"But in the last two weeks you've called me from work whenever you're not busy"

"Alright, I'm checking up on you" Steve admitted. "Are you happy now?" he asked.

"Very" Catherine replied.

"But seriously, are you having fun?" Steve asked.

"Yeah" Catherine replied. "Me, Mary and April are going for lunch now, so if you don't mind…"

"Fine, I'll leave you girls to eat" said Steve as Danny walked into his office.

"Thanks, hey listen I'll see you at home okay" said Catherine.

"Alright, I'll see you …" said Steve before being cut off by sounded like gunshots and screaming in the background over the phone.

"Cath! What was that?" Steve yelled to her as he continued to her the gunshots and screaming, while Danny looked at Steve with concern.

"What's going on?" Danny asked as Steve put the phone on loudspeaker and placed it on his desk.

"Someone just started shooting" Catherine replied with a panicked voice.

"Alright, Cath, listen to me, you, Mary and April need to get out of there, okay" said Steve only to not get an expected reply from his pregnant girlfriend.

"Cath! You there? Cath?!" Steve yelled over the phone, but still not getting a reply.

"Cath!... April!... Mary!" Danny yelled, trying to get anyone of them to answer.

"I'm here" said Catherine, sounding out of breath.

"Are you guys okay?" Steve asked.

"Yeah" Catherine replied. "We're moving as fast we can to get out of here"

"Okay that's good" said Danny. "Just keep moving" he added before hearing more gunshots ring out over the phone and screaming that sounded very close to Catherine's phone.

"Oh My God, MARY!" April yelled in the background.

Steve and Danny looked up at each other, both with looks of worry and concern.

"Cath!" Steve yelled. "What happened? Is Mary okay?" he asked with panic and failed to get a reply.

"Catherine!...Mary!... April!..." Steve yelled in a desperate attempt to get one of them to answer back.

"Catherine!" Steve yelled again.