"Why the hell would you invite her here Sam? Of all people? Her?!" Asked Danny with a shake of his head as he looked to his sister sat across him on the bench. "She's a complete nightmare. She was the same when you were kids. She got you in trouble more than once."
"Okay did we come here to have lunch or to discuss my friends? And I didn't invite her. She's just coming for a visit. What is your problem?" Sam asked him looking to her brother. She had the week off work and suggested she and Danny have lunch. Of course it was at Kamekona's seeing as Danny didn't have much time for lunch.
Danny looked to her. "She's not your friend Sam that's my problem. She likes you to take the blame for things she does wrong because your brother is a cop and it's easier for him to get you out of trouble than her." Danny told her as he dug into his food with a shake of his head. "Her being here is going to cause more problems if anything why can't you see that?"
"She's only going to be here a few days then she'll be going back to the mainland." Sighed Sam with a shake of her head as she looked to her brother. "You have nothing to worry about. I'll keep her in check." She told him. He was worrying about nothing.
"And who's going to keep you in check?" Danny asked looking to her. "You know as well as I do when you two have had a good drink no one can control you. Her being here is not a good idea Sam."
Sam sighed rubbing her forehead and looked to him. "Danny all that stuff happened when we were eighteen years old, we were kids…give me some credit I have grown up since then. I am a lawyer after all. I don't even drink that much anymore you know that."
"Were a lawyer. You work in a shitty tech company now…hardly an upgrade from you being a lawyer." He told her. "Yeah you don't drink anymore because you were spiked and nearly raped by the loser you worked with. You're lucky Steve found you that night."
"Danny I asked you to lunch. Not for you to give me a sodding lecture about my life." Groaned Sam with a heavy sigh as she looked to him. "Can we just enjoy our food? I promise I will keep Gemma out of the way okay?"
Danny sighed and looked to her. "Fine. I mean it though Sam you keep her out of trouble. I'm not bailing you two out if you get booked."
"Who you keeping out of trouble?" Came Steve's voice as he joined the two on the bench, sitting next to his partner.
"What you doing here?" Danny asked with a frown as he looked to him.
"Well you see…we are partners in our line of work. I kinda need you to do my job." Steve mused looking to him. His relationship with Sam was still a secret and yes normally he would be trying to find any excuse to go and see Sam but he generally needed Danny at this point. They were in the middle of an investigation. "So who you keeping out of trouble?" He asked looking over to Sam, giving her a cheeky wink when Danny wasn't looking.
"One of her stupid friends." Danny grumbled picking at his food. "She's visiting for a few days. She's a sodding nightmare. Bet she'll be in jail before the end of the day."
"Oh give over Danny you know nothing about her. Times have changed." Sam told him with a frown. "Stop being so judgemental." She scolded looking to him.
"Times have changed? I've arrested her! I nearly had to arrest you at one point! You have managed to become a decent person to society. Her however? She doesn't know how to become a decent person. I bet she's still a junkie."
Sam just rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Steve, will you please take him away from me before I stab him with my fork?" She grumbled keeping her eyes locked on her food. Danny was just bringing her down by the second.
Danny scoffed looking to her. "Your plastic fork? Yeah cause that is going to do some real damage." He commented sarcastically with a roll of his eyes.
Sam glared at him. "Don't underestimate me Danny I will do it. You've annoyed me now get lost. Last time I ask you to lunch."
"We will talk more later." Danny told her getting to his feet.
"There is nothing to talk about!" Sam told him with a snap getting frustrated with her brother. "End of the day Gemma is my friend. She's come to visit me. Not you. I'm a grown adult I don't need you telling me who I can and can't hang out with. I'm not twelve years old. Least my friend is making an effort for my birthday and actually coming to see me…when was the last time you made an effort for my birthday Danny? When I was three?" She grumbled with a shake of her head putting her fork down in her now empty tray.
Danny frowned as he looked to her folding his arms across his chest. "Your birthday? Didn't you have one the other month? You turned twenty seven. I sent you a card…"
Sam shook her head getting to her feet as she glared at her brother. "You're such a jackass I wondered why you sent that card so early. I'm twenty seven tomorrow you idiot…that birthday the other month? Was Stella's birthday and she was forty. No wonder you're off her Christmas card list. She's still waiting for your card. She rang me up asking me why you didn't bother sending her a card! When are you actually going to stop being so self-absorbed and pay attention to your family rather than some dead body on a slab?" She shook her head at her brother and grabbed her bag and stormed off. It was safe to say she was pissed off with her brother.
Watching as Sam stormed off Steve then looked to Danny beside him. "You do realize you have to make it up to her big time? Not to mention Stella…" He commented with a sigh. Although he had to think of something quick as a birthday present for her now himself. Even he didn't realize that it was her birthday tomorrow!
"I know I know…" Danny looked to Steve. "We need to go shopping…"
"Luckily for you we are heading towards the shopping centre to interview a potential witness…you can grab something there if we have enough time."
"Let's go." Danny told him as he quickly headed over to the car. He couldn't believe he had got Sam's birthday wrong. Getting into the car he then sighed to himself. "How am I ever going to live this down?" Danny asked looking to Steve as he got into the driver's side. "She's going to hold this against me for the rest of my life. She already holds a grudge against me for killing her Barbie when she was like five!"
"I'm sure she will forgive you when you buy her an amazing present."
"It'll have to be amazing if I'm going to live without her jumping down my throat every two seconds. I'm serious Steve she can seriously hold a grudge." Danny grumbled with a sigh as he shook his head. "I don't even know what she likes…"
Looking to him Steve thought for a minute before shrugging. "I dunno a nice top maybe?" he suggested.
Danny looked to him. "Seriously? Have you met my sister? A top won't do it." He told him with a sigh. "I'm going to have to seriously step up my game."
"I'm sure you will find something." Steve told him with a reassuring smile while he tried to think himself of what he could get Sam for her birthday. Their time together had been limited lately with the amount of cases he and the team had but he still wanted to make sure Sam had a special day even if she would be spending it with one of her friends. "What you got against this friend of hers that's coming?" Steve asked curiously to him.
Danny scoffed and shook his head. "Gemma. She's nothing but trouble. You name it she's done it. Her being here is not going to be good I can feel it Steve. When Sam left New Jersey to go and live in New York to get her law degree it seemed the best thing she could have done. Yes she was still partying but she didn't have Gemma to influence her into doing other things. I dread to think of what those two actually got up to back in the day. They were always sneaking out and going to parties, parties with guys much older than her. If I was on a night shift my mom would call me in a panic and I'd spend most of my shift searching the streets for her and this Gemma." He explained with a shake of his head. "I don't like her and I don't like the idea of her being here."
"Doesn't mean Sam's going to get into trouble." Steve told him looking to him. "Give Sam a break. Like she said she's grown up. Gemma might still be that person but that doesn't mean Sam is. And doesn't mean Sam's going to go back to being that person just because Gemma is back on the scene for a few days. Just have a little faith in your little sister. She may surprise you." He told him with a smile giving him a gentle nudge.
"I know but Gemma….she's something else Steve. She takes partying to a whole new level. She won't just drink. She'll do drugs too and I don't want any of that around my sister, especially after what happened with that creep at work." He grumbled with a sigh. "She was lucky you were about that night…one of us can't be with her all the time especially if Gemma hasn't calmed down. She's going to want to have guys on the scene and I don't want any guys near my sister."
Steve sighed a little remembering that night. He wasn't going to let that creep get away with what he tried to do so he had to tell Danny…of course they altered the story on how Steve came across Sam that night but Danny seemed just as eager to get that scumbag behind bars for what he did and what he tried to do. "Sam is a sensible girl Danny. Why don't you try and give her the benefit of the doubt. Gemma might be as bad as you say…but Sam isn't." He reassured him with a smile.
Danny sighed and nodded slightly. "I guess. Just have to wait and see won't we? Sam's changed a lot…and I'm really proud of her. I just hope Gemma being here doesn't hinder that for her. She's a smart girl Steve. She could do anything and I still want that for her. She could make a real good go of things here…but not if that Gemma is around. She'll just cause problems for Sam. Sam's never done drugs…but with Gemma around…who says she's not going to try and get her to try some stuff now that they are older." He mumbled before sighing heavily. "I just got to tackle the issue of trying to find her the perfect present. Not to mention I'll have to now bring Grace shopping later because Grace will want to buy something for her." He groaned and looked to him and sighed. "Be glad your sister is on the mainland." He grumbled before he then got out of the car as they pulled up. Between worrying about what Gemma was going to get up too with Sam while she was here to what he should buy his sister he was starting to go grey already! She could have asked any friend… but Gemma? He wanted to shake some sense into his sister.
"You will and I'm sure Sam will prove you wrong and why don't you ask Grace to help you look for a present? Grace is a smart girl I'm sure she would be able to help pick the perfect present." Smiled Steve as he got out of the car and headed towards the shopping centre. He really didn't know what to get Sam. They hadn't even discussed birthdays or anything like that! He was curious why she didn't mention it to him before but he could always ask that at a later date. Heading inside the shopping centre he had a look in a few of the shop windows as they went to look for their witness. He needed some sort of idea. Should he buy her a dress? Or wouldn't she like what he picked? But then he could always buy her jewellery…but then he didn't know if she was the jewellery type. Yes when they went out she'd wear jewellery but he hadn't really noticed her wearing any in normal day to day life apart from a few simple rings on her fingers. He would have to have a long think about what he was going to get her. He wanted it to be special seeing as it was her first birthday here on the Island. They might not be able to spend her actual birthday together but he'd happily make it up to her in the next couple of days when Gemma was out of the picture.