Mary knocked on the door of her brothers home on the beach, expecting either no response or a half asleep Steve. Instead she was greeted by Catherine who was dressed in lingerie and looked upset that they'd been interrupted.
"Cath, honey you can't answer the door like..." Steve stopped when he saw his sister in the doorway, "hey Mary. What brings you here? At," he paused to check his watch, "9 pm."
"I had some news I had to tell you." She said aloud, and then she noticed the glittering ring on her brothers girlfriends finger,
"Come on in Mer." Catherine noticed the girls expression change.
"You two engaged?" She said aloud into the living room.
"Yeah." Steve handed her a cup full of water, Mary looked at her brother nervously.
"I'm pregnant." She blurted out and Steve's expression changed right away, Catherine backed out of the room, as she watched the awkwardness fill the room between her fiance and his sister.
"Who knocked you up?" Steve demanded, and Mary sat down,
"My boyfriend. Steve he's a good guy I promise."
"Name."
"Tyler Crowl." She looked at her brother worriedly.
"I'm going to do a background check."
"Okay."
"You staying?"
"No I'll go to my hotel room."
"Bye." Steve said coolly, and Mary, happy he didn't freak out further.
Once she was gone Catherine came back out from their bedroom,
"Hypocritical much Commander?" She called and he smirked, dropping his hands to her still small waist,
"She's not carrying my child." He countered and Catherine gave him a weird look,
"I would hope not." She giggled into his chest, the ring he'd given her a month earlier glittering on her finger, she was four months along, her slightly pregnant stomach pressing against his. He kissed her softly and mumbled into his ear,
"Should we continue?"
"Yes please."
Steve McGarrett was a strong, commanding, tough man, and no one had seen his soft side except his beautiful fiance and from time to time his partner at work, Danny. Catherine had taken to babysitting Grace, claiming that they needed work.
Tomorrow night they were supposed to babysit for Danny while he helped Gaby board the airplane out of Steve had been very insistent on sleeping together before they went to do domestic things. Catherine was very adherent, and as they continued to make love.
The Next Night:
Grace popped up and down as her dad got ready to leave for her once prominent female influence, who her dad had broken things off with earlier. She was excited to see her Ohana, and his girlfriend, who his dad had said had a surprise for her. Catherine and Steve had kept the fact that she was pregnant from Grace through the first trimester, in case of a miscarriage but they had decided it was alright to tell her now.
"CATHERINE!" Grace squealed as her "aunt" of sorts came in through the front door, her uncles hand wrapped around her waist.
"Hey honey!" She gave her a hug and Grace felt the expansion in her midsection when she hugged her,
"Are you pregnant?" Grace was blunt and Catherine turned to Steve with a look of compliance,
"Steve and I are going to have a baby." Catherine nodded with a smile and Steve looked proudly at his fiance.
"And we're engaged." Steve added smugly, and Grace's mouth dropped to a O.
"Howd he propose Catherine? Was it romantic?"
"Yes sweetie it was."
"Tell me the story."
"Oh course. You wanna send uncle Steve out?"
"Go away." Grace looked at Steve and Steve grinned, holding up his hands and backing away.
"So I was sitting at home, and I'd just told Steve I was pregnant, and he pulled this ring out of his sock drawer, and came over to me, and he handed me the box and got down on one knee, and I kissed him and next thing you know we were engaged. "