Chapter two

Kono gathered her things from her office ready to go home. Today had been her last day before maternity leave and to say it was stress would be an understatement. She felt like crap, her belly was huge on her tiny frame, she hadn't had time to eat properly and she just wanted to cry for no reason. As she leant to grab her jacket she knocked her box of files to the ground, cursing as they flew everywhere.

"Arghhhh!" She groaned angrily as she bent to her knees awkwardly.

"Hey Kalakaua you alright?" Danny asked as he entered her office having heard the commotion.

"No!" She snapped regretfully. "Sorry Danny"

"Hey it's okay let me help you"

Danny knelt down next to Kono and began helping her collect the files. He could see how tired and stressed she looked from her paled face. She wasn't looking particularly healthy something the whole team plus Adam had noticed since she saw her mum.

"Hey you want to order take out the others have already left but you look like you need food" Danny suggested.

"Food sounds so good right now but Adam's at home waiting to come get me" Kono sighed.

"I'll drop you home later"

"Your sure?"

"Yeah I have to finish a few things here but we can order food and I'll do it while we wait…I erm wanted to talk to you anyway"

"Something bad?"

"No don't be silly Kalakaua"

"Okay help me up them" Kono laughed as Danny lifted her easily.

Despite feeling like a beached whale Kono actually had a very small bump in comparison to other pregnant women.

The two wandered to Danny's office and sat on the couch. They had ordered pizza, Hawaiian much to Danny's disgust but you don't mess with pregnant women. They sat enjoying the food contently before Danny decided to start asking questions.

"Have you been okay lately you just haven't seemed yourself babe"

"I'm fine Danny just baby stress"

"You don't have to lie to me"

"I'm not Danny"

"You sighed as you said that and avoided eye contact…your lying"

"How would you know?"

"Wow those hormones have really got to you babe…I'm a detective it's my job to know when someone's lying"

"Whatever smart arse"

"Is it your mother?"

"How do you do it Danny?"

"Do what?"

"Know when something's bothering me or when something's general wrong"

"You're easier to read than you think"

"I need to work on that"

"No you need to let people in" Danny prodded softly.

Kono rolled her eyes and took a bite of pizza moaning at the taste. She loved Hawaiian pizza and always enjoyed ribbing Danny about his distaste for the doughy goodness.

"It was just hard seeing my mum not show any interest in me or the fact I'm pregnant" Kono said sadly.

Danny hated to see his friend sad but he also knew that in reality Kono had kept the pregnancy from her mum. Not that he was placing blame but she needed to see how both their actions affected the other.

"Babe you did keep it from her she was clearly shocked and probably lost for words"

"I'm her daughter though and I'm carrying her granddaughter" Kono sighed.

"It's a girl?" Danny asked brightly.

"Oh shit…yeah"

"I'll keep it a secret"

"I hope I never lose contact with my little girl"

"Hey you won't not if you don't let it"

"My mum always wanted grandchildren"

"Maybe it's not too late?"

"She want's nothing to do with me…in her eyes I've disgraced the family"

"Have you tried?"

"Are you meant to be on my side or hers?" Kono asked incredulously.

"Kono…"

"No Danny my mum made me choose between family and the man I loved just because she couldn't put his past behind her she should never have asked me to choose!"

Danny sighed and waited a minute before pressing Kono on the topic once more.

"What would you do if you're little girl came home and told you she was dating a guy that you didn't approve of?" Danny asked seriously.

"I would talk to her about it calmly but it would depend what it was about him that didn't sit right and her age it would be different if she's sixteen I'm twenty eight for god sake"

"Okay put it this way…when I take Grace out and she sees boy's that she knows I get a feeling inside me where I want to remove my daughter and ban her from ever speaking to the boy again. If she so much as mentions a boy's name I tense and think about hauling his arse off to Australia far away from her." Danny explained. "It is a parent prerogative especially with girls to be concerned about any boy that goes near them."

"I'm twenty Eight…."

"And still your mother's little girl"

Kono frowned in annoyance at Danny. She had to admit she would right hook any guy that went near her little girl but she couldn't understand why her mother couldn't at least try. She hated the whole situation and just wished she had her mum. She hadn't even been able to talk to her about all the baby stuff and she didn't have many female friends who had children.

"You hated Adam at first why did you change your mind?"

"Ahhh firstly I didn't hate him I just didn't trust the guy…but I guess after I heard he tied you up and not in a sexy way I did want to shoot him to protect you but I ultimately knew you were stubborn and wouldn't give up trying to persuade us he was good if you didn't really believe it. I decided to give the guy a chance but believe me it took me a long time to accept him even when I knew he was legit." Danny explained.

"Well the tying up now is always sexy" Kono giggled.

"Woah too much information Kalakaua" Danny laughed as he nudged her.

"Adam's a good guy who's made mistakes Danny"

"I know kid"

"I don't want my daughter to miss out on having a grandmother"

"Babe I'm not saying your mum is innocent in all this trust me she should have tried to reach out but…"

"She has" Kono sighed.

"What do you mean?"

"She's tried to call a few times. First time was not long after I left but she just argued with me again so I hung up then every other time she calls at like birthdays and Christmas I ignore it." Kono said sadly. "She still always sends me gifts at my birthday and Christmas but I've never opened them"

"Babe you have to let her in if she's trying you've got to let your guard down"

"I know Danny…"

"Come here" Danny said softly as he pulled Kono to his chest and hugged her tight.

"I need my mum Danny"

"Let her know that babe"

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