**Hi all! New story I am starting! Hope you like it!**

She looked out the plane window at the beautiful blue-green ocean below. How she had missed it! She couldn't wait to get off the plane and smell the salty sea air, to feel the warm Hawaiian winds in her face. She wanted to feel the sand beneath her feet. She had grown up on Oahu. It was her home.

Delancey Martin was finally returning to Hawaii after being gone for almost 7 years. She looked over at the sleeping little boy next to her and smiled. She reached a hand over and smoothed his dark brown curls. He looked up at her with dark blue eyes that always seemed to change color with his mood.

"Are we almost there momma?" he asked her with an anxious face.

"Yes, Jonah, we are almost there" she told him reassuringly.

She knew he was tired of being on the plane. It had been a long flight and this was the third one they had been on in the last two days. They had flown from their home in Charleston, South Carolina to Newark, New Jersey. Then they had flown from Newark to Seattle, Washington where they had stayed overnight in a hotel. Today they had flown from Seattle and were about to land in Honolulu, Hawaii.

As the plane touched down, Delancey felt her heart start thumping hard. She knew she would probably see him, and she would have to explain some things, but she also had a job to do and nothing would stand in her way.

Delancey came from a family of cops and was moving back to Hawaii to work for the Honolulu Police Department. And not just as another officer. She had been a Lieutenant in Charleston, but had recently gotten a promotion to Captain. She had been offered a job as a liaison between the Honolulu PD and the new elite task force Five-0. She had gladly accepted and was anxious to get back home. Her mom and dad still lived on the island and wanted to see more of their grandson.

Once the plane landed, taxied and parked at the gate, Delancey gathered her things and started to stand up.

"Momma, the pilot hasn't said we could stand up yet" Jonah reminded her.

"Oh, sorry" she said sitting back down. As soon as she had, the seat belt sign went off and everyone started getting up from their seats.

She took Jonah's hand and led him off the plane and into the baggage claim. She immediately saw her father as he seemed to tower over everyone. Not that he really did, but it was hard to miss the big man's flaming red hair. Jonah took off running and jumped into his grandfather's arms.

"Papa!"

"Jonah! It is so good to see you" Sean Martin said as he hugged his grandson tightly.

Delancey walked up and smiled at the sight of her son in her father's arms.

"Hi daddy" she said smiling and kissing the big man on the cheek.

"Hi sweetie. How was your flight?"

"Long" Jonah answered for the both of them.

They all laughed and proceeded to get their luggage from the baggage claim.

Once they were in the car driving to Delancey's childhood home, her father asked her the one question she did not want to answer.

"Does he know you're here?" he asked her quietly.

"Not yet" she told him honestly.

"When are you going to tell him? He has a right to know Delancey."

"I know. I just want to tell him in person. I didn't want to do it over the phone."

Her father left it alone after that. He knew better than to push his only daughter. She was just like him in that regard. If someone pushed him to do something he didn't want to, he would do the total opposite. She may look more like her mother but she had his personality and stubbornness.

They got to the house and it was the same as when Delancey had left. Her parents had gotten some new furniture, but the pictures, and layout was the same. She was delighted to see that they had added pictures of Jonah along with her brother's kid's pictures.

Her parents hadn't been very happy when she got pregnant and wasn't married. They were old fashioned, but they had supported her decision to keep the baby. They even supported her when she moved across the world when she was six months pregnant to take a job with the Charleston Police Department. They had understood that she needed to get away and make a fresh start.

Now here she was, back home, back in the same room she had slept in from the time she was a baby.

The rest of the day was spent unpacking her and Jonah and trying to get things settled before she started her new job on Monday. Her mom and dad were happy to help, and she was glad they were there.

On Sunday, her brother, Conner, sister-in-law, Melinda, and their kids, CJ (Conner Jr.), Brianna, and Lacey all came over. They had a great time catching up and the kids really enjoyed getting to know each other better and playing.

As Delancey got ready for bed that night, she wondered what tomorrow would be like. She had heard that the HPD was a great place to work, but she wouldn't really be working with them. She would be working with the Five-0 Task Force. She had also heard that the leader of Five-0 was a menacing man who was difficult to deal with. Of course all of this scuttle butt came from officers who had never worked with him, or even met the man. She didn't even know his name. She did know that he had at least one woman on his team, so hopefully he wouldn't be a chauvinist pig that didn't think women belonged on the police force. She hated dealing with guys like that, and she had certainly encountered many of those. Well, she would have to wait until tomorrow to find out all those answers. She climbed into bed and quickly fell asleep.

The next morning Delancey was up earlier than normal. She had dreamt about him again. When she woke up she was gasping for air and whispering his name. She hadn't had that dream in such a long time. She couldn't go back to sleep, so she decided to get up and take a long hot shower. When she got out, she woke Jonah up for him to get ready for school. Thankfully her parents had already enrolled him and everything was set for the first grader to start.

Delancey dressed for the day in a pair of black slacks, a white camisole and a crisp white long sleeved button down shirt. She tucked in the shirt and added a black belt. She rolled her sleeves up to just below her elbows. She looked in the mirror and thought she looked very professional. She picked up her gun holster, which was empty and put it in her bag. She always had a back up strapped to her ankle, which she had put on before getting dressed. She would get her police issued firearm when she got to the office and checked in.

Her father was taking Jonah to school so that she could be at the office a little early. She kissed her son goodbye, told him to have a good day and walked out to the car her father had rented for her. Hers was coming over on a boat with the rest of their things but it wouldn't be there for another couple of weeks.

She got to the office and walked inside. Her heart was pounding as she walked into the squad room. She went into Chief Aneko's office and spoke to him. He welcomed her to the force and took her to get her firearm and badge. Once she signed for them she clipped her badge onto her belt and holstered her gun. Chief Aneko walked her to the Five-0 offices. He held the door open for her as she walked in.

She looked up and the sight before her made her freeze.

"Captain Delancey Martin, I would like for you to meet the leader of the Five-0 task force, Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett".

Delancey stood frozen on the spot. It couldn't be! There was no way that he was who everyone had been talking about.

Steve looked at her and smiled softly.

"Hello Delancey. It's been a long time."

**So...what do you think? Do you like it? Yes, no, maybe so? Please review! I really want to know what you think! Thanks and love to you all! ~Rachael (Saphire Dancer) :) **