Part 2 of this. (:

Sorry for the late update but school started and then real-life got in the way and I had to make some changes to this part, last minute, so yeah.

Enjoy this chapter and leave me a comment at the end telling me what you think of it!

Things will get worse for them before they get better. Just hold on. (:

Disclaimer: I do not own Hawaii Five-0. I only own Elisa.

Spelling and Grammar mistakes are all mine.


The sun is breaking in your eyes
To start a new day

"You look better," Elisa said once she opened the door. Kono wore light blue denim shorts with a black tank top and gladiator sandals.

"I feel better,"

"Come on in. Tell me everything," Elisa smiled as she opened the door wider to let her in. Closing the door, she followed Kono up the stairs and down the hallway into her bedroom and sat in front of the vanity mirror, anxious to find out why her best friend felt better.

She turned around to face, Kono, who sat on the edge of the bed, watching her, "Come on, spill,"

"There's nothing to spill. I'm done trying to save my marriage. There's nothing left to save and I'm tired of living with dark clouds in my life. You know what I'm saying? Ever since we've began to fight, I feel like the sun that was in my life, happiness, left and it was replaced by all these dark clouds. So instead of being depressed and unhappy, I'm going to start my life over. Starting today, I'm no longer, Kono Leia McGarrett, I'm Kono Leia Kalakaua,"

"Have you told Steve?" She asked, as she looked at her phone.

"He doesn't have to know. He's the one who ever since coming back from finding out who was Shelbourne, has been even more distant towards me. It seems like he doesn't even care and if he doesn't care then why should I? Fighting is the only thing we are good at today,"

"True but he is still your husband legally,"

"Until we are divorced and then he'll be my ex,"

"True. But doesn't it hurt?,"

"Of course it does but I have to move on. I can't live my life in a marriage where neither Steve or I are happy,"

"Yeah. Have you told your parents?"

"That my marriage to the man who I promised to love for the rest of my life in front of 200 friends and family failed? And who he in turn promised to love me till he takes his last breath? No thanks, I rather avoid the wrath my family will give Steve, when news hits,"

"True. What about Five-0?"

"If Steve wants, i'll resign and join HPD,"

"Not as much action though,"

"Yeah but I don't want our emotions of our soon to be pending divorce to spill the work environment,"

"Yeah but Steve-"

"I don't care anymore, Elisa. Steve doesn't care anymore. I just want to move on from the title I got the moment I got married,"

"Which is?"

"McGarrett's wife. That's how i'm known since I got married to him," She answered.

"And that's bad?" Elisa looked up from her phone.

"If I'm getting divorced, yes. I've always been known to everyone as Steve's wife. It's like my work, doesn't matter because to every other person on the island, I'm just his wife. I'm the female version of him, his young wife, his twenty-seven year old wife,"

"True but you shouldn't let what people say about you, get to you. Your freaking Kono Leia Kalakaua McGarrett, Steve's bad-ass wife and equal! You fight crime alongside your husband and family! Without Steve, you'll still be bad-ass because, sweetie, I'm pretty sure some people at HPD are scared of you. You're a lethal weapon, my dear friend, even without Steve,"

"I guess. I just hope when we get the divorce, we can still at least be civil,"

"You are civil, at work right?"

"Yeah, kinda of, but what about after work? Usually we all go out for drinks and I don't know. I don't want things to be weird between us because, I mean, who wants to see their ex after they just divorced? I guess I could handle the pressure and tension but Steve? He's unreadable and I don't want to step on any toes,"

"You just need to act professional around him. He's professional, you should be too,"

"I can be professional, I just don't to step on any of his toes after the divorce. That's what worries me,"

"Then at the divorce, tell him how you feel. Try to figure out everything,"

"I guess. I just want to have fun today. I don't want to be reminded of my pending divorce from my future ex-husband,"

Elisa turned around to begin to do her makeup.

"Why don't you guys work it out?" Elisa asked, looking at her through the mirror.

"We've tried. We've gone to therapy, counseling, etc. We've tried everything to try to save a marriage,"

"Have you tried sex?" Elisa asked as she put on eyeshadow.

Kono looked at her with wide eyes, "What?"

"Have you two tried fucking each-other to fix your marriage?" Elisa asked completely aware of Kono's wide, shocked, eyes staring at her.

"Why would we do that when we're having problems?" Kono asked slowly.

"Because, sex fixes everything," Elisa said, grabbing one of her lipsticks.

"No, it doesn't. It complicates problems more,"

"Don't go all Dr. Phil on me. I'm simply suggesting you two do the dirty deed so you two can remember why your married to each-other," Elisa shrugged, pushing on some blush.

"I guess that's not that bad of an idea," Kono said, thinking about it.

"It's an amazing idea that you and Steve should try," Elisa said, as she put on some eyeliner.

"But it won't fix anything,"

"Just try it," Elisa told her as she turned around, finished with her makeup.

"Why should I?"

"Because... you love him," Elisa smiled.

This broken heart can still survive
With a touch of your grace

Steve sat on a bar stool in a bar/club, drowning a beer, thinking. He didn't know where he went wrong in his marriage. He didn't know how life got so bad that they were considering divorce. He didn't know and that's what bothered him. He was trained to analyze situations and find an answer but this was his marriage at stake, analyzing it, wouldn't do much. He couldn't find an answer to fix everything and that bothered him even more.

"You want another one?" The bartender named James asked. He had noticed him come in about an hour earlier, clearly upset about something. The guy looked familiar and it took him a while to figure out he was the head of Five-0. James respected the man and his team and had decided not to tell his colleagues of who was in the bar.

"Yeah. One shot of vodka. Strongest one you have,"

"Bad night?" He asked as he placed the shot-glass in front of him.

"Bad year,"

"Really? What's up?" James asked, his attention fully on Steve now.

"My marriage,"

"What happened?"

"I don't know. We were happy you know? And then suddenly we began to fight and we stopped being happy. The only thing we're good at is fighting now," Steve laughed, "Fighting! That's what we're good at! How sad is that?" Steve drowned the glass before slamming it down on the counter. He didn't know why he was telling a complete stranger about his marriage but James looked like a good guy and quite frankly, he needed to talk to someone who wasn't related to Kono or was friends with her.

"Now we're close to getting a stupid divorce," Steve frowned.

"She's my life you know? She's my other half and I'm losing her because fighting is the only thing we're good at. What do I have left besides her?" Steve said.

"You continue to fight for her until the day, you two are signing those papers. Show her that you can be that husband she wants," James told him.

"I'm gonna try but I don't know. I don't know what i'll do if she asks me for a divorce but I do know that I won't stop reminding her that I love her,"

"Your a broken man, dude. You need her. She's like the glue to your broken vase,"

"Exactly. I need her like I need to breathe. She's my air. She's my freaking sunny sky,"

The bartender nodded, "You want a beer instead?" he asked. Steve nodded before sighing.

"Let's live it up!" a familiar voice yelled and he turned around to see Kono on the other side of the bar-club, clicking glasses with Elisa. She was laughing and she looked happy. Happier then he had seen her in a while since they had begun fighting. Clearly she had just arrived since, last time he had checked that booth was empty. He couldn't remember the last time he had made her laugh or smile. It crushed his heart to think that something so simple like to make her smile was so hard just because they couldn't stop fighting.

"She's your wife?" James asked, seeing Steve looking at the woman across the room.

He nodded.

"She's pretty,"

"Smart too," Steve added turning around to face James.

"Your lucky,"

"I am but I'm losing her now," He replied, blankly.

"Just don't give up, brah,"

"There's only so much time and energy that someone can waste until they have no choice but to give up,"

"That's true but in the end, true love prevails everything else,"

"Yeah, I guess so,"

True was, Kono had seen Steve when she had walked into the bar/club with Elisa. She could tell that he was upset since he never drank unless something was bothering him or upsetting him. Like him, she was there to try to forget about the problems she faced with him at home. So when he looked at her, she knew that he was upset because of her and their marriage, probably. She walked up the bar, making sure there was enough distance that he wouldn't spot her, and waited until James came to her.

"Hey. What can I get you?" He asked.

Kono looked at Steve, who was looking at his glass then at James, "How long has he been here?"

"About an hour,"

"How many drinks?" She questioned.

"Vodka or beer?"

"Both," She demanded.

"Two vodka's and about 8 beers," He answered, as he cleaned the tops of the tables.

"Definitely going to be drunk by the time he leaves," Kono told herself.

James got closer to Kono whispering, "He may not show it, but he's grateful your here. He loves you,"

"I know,"

"I'm just saying, you should fight or you'll regret it in the end," James shrugged before cleaning some glasses.

"Okay,"

She took out a piece of paper and James handed her a pen and she quickly wrote down a number.

"Cut off his alcohol intake at 10 beers and call this number, tell the man, his name is Danny, that Steve is drunk and needs a ride home. If that number doesn't answer call the one below and that one doesn't work, call a taxi," she instructed James who nodded.

"Good,"

She got off the bar stool and was about to walk back to the booth when she decided to turn around.

"By the way, I'll always love Steve," she told him before walking back to her table.

Shadows fade into the light
I am by your side,
Where love will find you

Steve and Kono held hands as they mingled with people. The governor had invited(more like forced) Five-0 to the annual governor's summer ball. Danny had brought Rachel and Chin had brought Malia to the ball.

Since neither Steve and Kono wanted the entire island to find out there was trouble in their marriage, they decided for the night they would act like they were happy. Of course Danny and Chin were the only ones who knew of the trouble in their marriage but had decided to ignore it for the night.

"Do you want some wine?" Steve asked, taking two glasses from the passing waiter.

"Yeah. Thank you," she said taking one from his hand.

"Steve McGarrett?" a woman asked walking up to them. Steve nodded extending his hand.

She shook his hand, "I'm Katherine Porter, Governor of New York,"

"Nice to meet you governor. This is my wife, Kono," he introduced her.

"Hello,"

"What a beauty of a wife, you have Commander. You must be very lucky to have her on your arm," she smiled.

Steve grabbed Kono's hand, bringing it up to his lips, "Very lucky and in love with her," he said as he kissed the top of her hand. Kono smiled, leaning against him.

"I'd have to say I'm luckier to have him," Kono answered looking up at Steve.

"I love you," Steve said.

"I love you too," they smiled at each-other before the governor interrupted them.

"So you're the head of Five-0?"

"Correct,"

"The state of New York is considering creating something like Five-0. Tell me about Five-0. The people in your team. I would ask Governor Denning but I rather hear what you believe from you. I don't want to see how the governor sees Five-0 which probably result in him bragging which as funny it is I didn't come all the way here for that," She crossed her arms.

"Five-0 combines different people. We have Detective Chin Ho Kelly who had been in the force for a while before getting his badge taken away. My father knew him very well and I knew that I needed him on my team. Detective Danny Williams is an officer from New Jersey with a good record. Having him on my team proved to be helpful since he knew some criminals from over there and he was able to match some crimes here to them. Finally my wife, Kono Kalakaua, is Chin Ho's cousin, and being the only girl on the team, she's proved to both fearless yet understanding in situations. Being a rookie cop in the beginning, I doubted her skills but she of course proved me wrong,"

"What about yourself Commander?"

Before Steve could open his mouth, Kono spoke, "Steve is a fearless leader. He's a navy SEAL and was brought up in home with a navy father. He's not always the emotional kind but he tries to understand. Sometimes, he crosses the line in how he treats criminals but I know that he only does that to get the information out of them. Most of the time, it works and we're able to prevent something even worse from happening,"

"How does this relationship work then? I assume Governor Denning isn't a fan of your marriage"

"Your right about that. In the beginning, he wasn't too happy but after a while he saw that married or not, we still act professional at work,"

The governor nodded.

"Steve acts different when we're at work then when we're at home. As soon as we walk through those doors, we're no longer a couple, we're just teammates. Sometimes, when he thinks i'm at risk of getting badly hurt, that's where he turns on his husband/boss mode but most of the time, everything is normal. He's my rock, my everything. Working together and in the same career made our relationship stronger, and work better,"

Governor Porter nodded, "Crimes? The percentage drop? I've heard some numbers from Denning but like I said, I want your comments, since you're the leader"

"Crimes have dropped by 14.5 percent than when Five-0 wasn't around. We have a case or two every week. We've used criminals that we've taken down and they've helped out a lot, since they are very willing when a deal is involved. We've done drug busts and arrested many high crime mobsters. It's about finding out the ring leader and taking him or her down because once the leader is down, the rest won't be that hard to take down as well. They are like followers, once their leader is gone, its confusion that takes place because usually they are told what to do, who to kill, but without a leader, they are nothing," Steve explained.

"Interesting. I want to keep in touch with you Commander, if the state of New York decides to create a task-force. If we do decide to go down that path, I want you to choose who will be part of that task-force. I want to clean up my state to the best of my ability and if a task-force will do that then hell I'm willing to fight tooth and nail with the government for that to happen," Governor Porter chuckled.

The two nodded, not knowing how to answer the governor.

"I'll have my assistant call you with my personal number," she smiled.

"Yeah,"

"It was nice meeting you Steve. You too, Kono," the governor excused herself before walking away.

"Sometimes I hate these types of events," she muttered, once Governor Porter left.

"Me too. It's always the same. We're Governor Denning's trophy task-force," Steve answered as he took a sip of his wine.

"Exactly," Kono agreed.

"Did you mean what you said?"

"What?"

"The part where you told Governor Porter that I was your rock and your everything,"

He looked at her as she looked at anything but him.

"Yeah, I did. I meant every word," she whispered.

"Did-Did you mean what you said?"

"Yeah. I meant it. Any man would be lucky to have you on his arm and I happen to be the lucky one to have you,"

She smiled up at him.

"I'm the lucky one, Steve. Have you seen yourself?"

"Yeah I have and I'd say I'm lucky,"

"Are we going to argue about whose lucky to have the other?"

"Nah. Not worth it. Mrs. McGarrett, would you like to dance?" He asked, holding out his hand for her to take.

"Of course," she accepted, taking his hand.


What did you guys think? Good? Bad? Review! I accept anonymous.

Okay, so I know, it seems their relationship may go up and down but it'll get better. This is a MCKONO story.

There's two more parts, I believe of this then it's over. :( Maybe I'll make an epilogue but I'm not sure. :)

-Nina