AN: This little story popped into my head and just wouldn't go away...hope you like it...

It had been a long few months for Steve and he just needed some time alone, time to think about everything that's happened, time to think about his future and his life-yeah near death experiences will change a man. He told the team that he was going out for a bit, Danny started to go with him but he told him that he needed to be alone. So here he was sitting at a table at Kamekona's just thinking when he was pulled back by someone tapping him on the shoulder, "Can I help you?"

"You're Commander Steve McGarrett right?" the lady asked.

"Yes"

"Oh good, I just wanted to say that I love the work that you're doing by keeping this island safe. You know not many people take this job seriously enough and I just wanted to commened you on your work."

"Well thank you but I have a team also."

"Right right...listen could you watch Vanessa? I really need to use the restroom...please I trust you."

"Ok, how old is she?"

She handed her to him and she stopped crying, "She's a month old. Oh thank god...wow...she's been crying all week but now she's stopped. I can't thank you enough." She sat down the diaper bag and left for the bathroom. Vanessa was sleeping soundly against his chest and he held a protective arm around her. It dawned on him that she had been gone 15 minutes and just when he was going to go look for her, someone came up to him and handed him an envelop with his name on the front of it. He opened to find a letter and her birth certificate. The letter read:

Dear Commander Steven J. McGarrett,

I said I was going to the restroom but I'm not. I have to leave her in your care because I got into some business with some very bad men. At the time I honestly didn't know and I thought I was their accountant but then I began looking deeper into the numbers and they didn't add up, I told the boss about it and he told me to forget or else and that's when I knew this was bad. Their company's just a front for running guns and human trafficing. I fear for my life and I feared that they would use my daughter against me so that's why I tracked you down. I've seen the way you interact with the little William's girl and you're a natural. I know that you'll protect and love her like she's your own. I'm doing this to proctect her. I'm terminating my parental rights and putting her into your custody. PLEASE DO NOT AND TRY TO TRACK ME DOWN. The name on the certificate isn't my real name but I did put you as her father because I honestly didn't know who her father is. I've been trying to build a case against them to take to the cops and I tried telling the cops about it but nothing ever happened because the next I know my daughter's life is being threatened so now I know I can't trust anyone inside HPD. I've been backing up the evidence in a ghost file and updating every 15 minutes, if something happens to me, it'll automatically send it to your e-mail. I'm going on the run and to try to divert them away from the island, away from my precious baby girl because I couldn't stand the thought of something happening to her. I know that you'll do everything in your power to protect her and love her. Please tell her when she's older that I did this to protect her and that I love her so much. I put a carseat and bassinet in the back of your truck and the bag's already packed. She likes to be rocked to sleep or singing or humming.

Yours truly,

L.

He closed the letter and looked down at the sleeping girl in his arms and felt sorry for her because he knew what it was like to grow up without a parent so he decided to honor her mother's wishes and take care of her like she was his own. He headed back to the truck and he saw the carseat and bassinet in the back. He started the truck then still holding her he got the carseat down and put it in the back. He carefully placed her on the floorboard in the middle so he could have two hands to buckle it in and after a few minutes of figuering it out he finally got it strapped in. He picked her back up and she started fussing but he didn't freak out-he just stayed calm and rocked her back to sleep. It only took a couple of minutes then she was out. He gently placed her in the carseat so as not to wake her and buckled her in and placed a lightweight blanket over her so she wouldn't get too cold because he had the AC on in the truck. He then called Danny, "Hey Danno, what's up?"

"Just doing some paperwork that you forgot to finish...do you need something?"

"No, just calling to tell you that I'm taking the rest of the day off. See you tomorrow."

Steve hung up before Danny could bombard him with questions and he didn't excatly want to tell him that he just gained a daughter just yet.

Before Danny could respond, Steve had hung up and this baffield him. He went out to the smart table where Chin was working on a lead, "Hey Chin just got a strange call from Steve"

"What did he want?"

"Nothing...just that he's taking the rest of the day off and he'll see me tomorrow"

"Brah that is strange..."

"You think something happened...like maybe that was a code that he's in trouble."

"No he didn't say the code word"

"Which is?"

"I'll be home for dinner honey."

"Oh...well do you think we should go check on him?"

"Listen Danny...I know him and if something's wrong he would've told us-'

'This is McGarrett we're talking about right?" Danny interjected and Chin just rolled his eyes just as Kono came back from the lab. She noticed something was up-there was a tension in the air and this concerned her plus Steve wasn't back yet.

"Hey guys...where's Steve?"

"Oh so now it's Steve?"

"Shut up Danno"

"Oh no, not you too"

Kono smiled wickdly, "Oh lord you look like McGarrett when he's up to something." Danny chimed

"Okay cuz what's going on?"

"Well apparently Steve called Danny and told him that he was taking the rest of the day off and we'd see him tomorrow and he thinks something's going on."

"Oh...well he's not in trouble...maybe he just wants to be alone...afterall he almost died twice a couple of weeks ago. Gave me a heartattack...and...nevermind"

Danny smiled, "You like him don't you?"

Kono said nothing but just blushed and Danny's smile got even bigger, "Oh my god you're totally into him"

"Danny shut it..."

"I will once you admit it"

"Okay fine...I don't just like him, I love him but I don't know how to tell him. I mean I don't even know if the man likes me."

"Oh please he's in love with you"

"How do you two know that?"

Chin pipped up first, "It's the way he looks at you or the way he just gazes at you from his office. He thinks I don't know but I do."

Then Danny chimed in, "Plus it's stolen glances, little touches, the way he moves closer to you when he gives you evidence or to tell you something. The way he tries to protect you out in the field even though I know he has my back also. Kono that man is helplessly in love with you and I bet you that he's scared to death about the way he feels for you."

"Then why hasn't he done something?" Kono asked in a small voice and Chin hugged her

"Because he's afraid that WoFat would do something to you and I don't think he could handle that kind of pain if he ever lost you to him. Although I'm positive that he'd go on the rampage and hunt him and possibly die because WoFat hurt or killed you but that shows the kind of love and man he is." Danny stated.

"Well WoFat can just go to hell. I'm not gonna let him stop me from loving the only man I've ever loved and besides he's a coward. Always running away when we're so close to catching him. I'm gonna go over there and tell him how I feel."

Chin and Danny smiled as they watched her run out. She drove as fast as she could to his house and thankful that she saw his truck in the driveway. She got out and headed for the door. When she was about to open it, she heard singing coming from the back so she quietly headed back there and peeked around the corner. He had the most beautiful voice she'd ever heard but that's not what shocked her, it was what he was gently holding in his hands. She whipped out her phone and took a picture because it was the most precious sight she'd ever seen. Then she made her enterance, "Hey Steve, what'cha got there?"

Steve's hold on the baby tightened when he heard someone and when he turned around, he saw it was just Kono and he relaxed a bit. "Well it's a baby girl"

"Cute...she yours?"

"Now she is"

Kono sported a confused face and this made Steve laugh, "Steve is that Catherine's baby?" Her voice sounded a little defeated and this didn't go unnoticed by Steve. He walked up to her and looked her straight in the eyes, "No it's not...and we're not together anymore"

"Oh...I'm sorry"

"No don't be...it really wasn't working out anyway...we both want different things."

"Okay...so where did this little one come from?"

"Long story but basically what happened was, her mother like what we were doing and saw that she could trust me. She came up to me and asked me if I could watch her. Vanessa, that's the baby's name had been crying the whole time and she told me that she hadn't gotten much sleep but then when she handed her to me she stopped. Her mom smiled and said thank you. She told me that she was going to the restroom and that she'd be back. Well 15 minutes passed and she wasn't back. I had stood up and was going to go look for her when this guy gave me an envelop. Inside was a letter and a birth certificate, it's over there on the table if you want to read it."

Kono picked it up and read it. After she was done she had tears in her eyes, "Aww I feel so sorry for her. How old is she?"

"A month...I just fed her and now she's asleep again. Thank god"

"What happened?"

"Oh she didn't like me putting her down in the bassinet. I never heard someone be so loud and I'm in the Navy."

Kono smiled, "Well don't worry...she's probably tired out from crying all week. I think she has colic. My mom told me that I had that when I was a baby."

"How long did it last?"

"About two weeks then it just went away according to her but it veries with different babies. You know I'm always here for you and I know how to take care of babies."

"Thanks sweetheart"

"Did you just call me 'sweetheart'?"

"Uhh yeah...sorry...it just slipped out..I didn't mean anything"

"Steve...Steve calm down or you going to wake her...actually I like it and there's another reason why I stopped by."

"Oh yeah...why did you come here?"

"Because I wanted to tell you how I felt."

"About what?"

"You...listen Steve I've been informed that you have feelings for me, wait before you say anything Chin and Danny informed me. Now I know that you're scared or afraid that WoFat will get to me but trust me he won't. He would have to fight me first before he took me anywhere to use me against you. If he comes after us then we'll be prepared. Steven I love you and I have for a while now. I don't really know when it happened but when I saw you laying on the ground not moving, oh god, my heart stopped and I thought I was too late. Steve you don't know how scared I was at the thought that I lost you before I could tell you how I really felt about you." By this point tears were coming down out of her eyes and he cleared his throat.

"Let me put her down. Come inside with me." He shifted her into his other arm then reached down and intertwined his hand with hers and she smiled brightly. They broke apart only so he could have both hands when he gently laid her down and thankfully she stayed asleep. They quietly walked out of his bedroom and he had a baby moniter in his pocket so he could hear her if she woke up again. Once they were in the kitchen he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her passionately and that left her breathless with just a meagwatt smile on her face, "Damn Steve...if you kiss like that well-" Her voice trailed off as she implied something else and he just grinned. They walked back over to the couch and cuddled up together. It had been an exhausting day for him and he immediately fell asleep while Kono just gazed up at him with a smile on her face thinking about their future together with the baby.

AN: okay tell me what'cha think? Please review. I can just see this happening on the show.