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summary: Jack is all grown up now, with a family of his own, following in his father's footsteps

Like Father Like Son

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If you asked Alexia, she would say it was almost scary how much Steve and Jack were alike. Looking at Jack, who was now thirty years old, freaked her out; he looked exactly like his father. He had followed a similar career path, eventually ending up at Five-0 with Julia's husband Ben. When Steve eventually retired and Ben was just out of the SEALs, he had him take over and, whenever Jack finally came home Ben had him join as well. While they all had the same career path, Jack was just like Steve while Ben proved to be more like Danny as far as partners went.

Jack was enjoying that Sunday morning, it was peaceful. Half awake, he glanced over at his wife Alyssa, her blonde hair fanned out onto the pillow. He had met her a few years ago, when she was actually on vacation with some of her friends. They kept in touch after she went home and he went away, getting married a year after they met and she moved to Hawaii permanently. Content, Jack relaxed back against the pillows, his eyes drifting back shut.

"DADDY!" his three year old daughter Katie said, launching herself onto his side of the bed.

"Hey!" he laughed, sitting up and hugging her. "Sweetheart, you have to be careful," he told her. Normally, he didn't mind when she went jumping through the bed. Now though, Alyssa was six months pregnant, twin boys; he didn't want Katie to land on her. Alyssa turned over now, sitting up slowly.

"Sorry mommy," Katie told her.

"Mmmm, it's ok," Alyssa yawned, smiling a bit. Jack's phone went off, lighting up with Ben's name, meaning he had a case. "Does Ben know it's Sunday?" Jack grabbed the phone, but Katie held out her hands.

"You wanna answer it?" Jack laughed and Katie nodded enthusiastically; he hit answer before handing her the phone.

"BENNNNN!" Katie cheered into the phone.

"Hi Katie," Ben laughed. "Is your daddy there?"

"Yes," she nodded.

"Can I talk to him?"

"Why?" Katie asked. She had hit that phase now as a three year old where she wanted to know why about everything.

"It's for work," Ben told her.

"No," Katie shook her head. She hated when Jack had to go to work.

"Katie-"

"Bye!" Katie told him sweetly, hanging up on him.

"Katie!" Alyssa tried scolding her, but it was hard when Jack was laughing hysterically, making her crack a smile as well. "That wasn't very nice." Katie didn't seem to care, looking at her dad.

"Play now?" Katie asked him.

"Oh, I wish I could kiddo," Jack sighed, setting her to the side before rolling out of bed. "But I have to go to work."

"No!" Katie protested.

"I know," Jack complained too, kissing her head. "But, you know what?" Katie looked at him with wide eyes. "You get to go to Grandma and Grandpa's today with mommy."

"Yay!" Katie smiled. She loved going over to her grandparents house. And, since it was Sunday, Julia would have her kids over at the house as well; Sunday was always dinner at Steve and Alexia's, both in their sixties now.

"Can I help you with anything?" Alyssa asked Alexia who was at the stove making dinner. They had been at the house all day, with Katie upstairs napping while Julia's three kids were outside, Steve taking them swimming. Julia had a ten year old, a seven year old, and a five year old; Jenna, Steve Jr, and Chelsea.

"No!" Alexia laughed, her smile accentuating the wrinkles around her eyes; her tone implied she had told her daughter in law this several times. "Honey, you need to sit," she told her, stirring the chili again as Julia came in.

"It's true," Julia said as she sat across the table from Alyssa. She had gone up to check on Katie, not wanting Alyssa to have to bother with stairs. "In a few months you'll be running around in circles." She looked to her mom. "Have you heard from Ben or Jack?" They were due to join them for dinner, but no one had heard from them all day.

"No," Alexia answered as the phone started ringing and Julia immediately jumped. "It's your sister," Alexia told her, checking the caller ID before answering it.

"You should relax Julia," Alyssa told her, resting a hand on her stomach, her babies kicking like crazy.

"You're the calmest pregnant person this family has ever had," Julia laughed, making Alyssa smile too. The girls looked over when they heard Steve coming in the back door, having pulled his t-shirt back on after he had dried off on the deck. Both he and his wife were completely gray now.

"The kids are kicking the soccer ball in the yard," Steve told Julia, before looking at Alexia. "Who's on the phone Lex?"

"Lucy," she grinned, telling her daughter that her dad was there before handing him the phone. She was thrilled because Lucy just shared the news that her work was transferring her to Honolulu.

"Hey Lucy," Steve said to his youngest daughter, who had spent the last three years living in Chicago with husband Jessie and five year old son Mark. She had moved around a lot once she had graduated from school in Los Angeles, even living in Europe for awhile. With Steve on the phone with Lucy and hearing the news of how she was moving back to Hawaii, Jack came into the kitchen.

"There you are," Julia said as Jack came in, going over to kiss Alyssa.

"Julia's been worried about you guys," Alyssa explained. She certainly wasn't the worrier that Julia and Alexia were about their husbands, which was probably a good thing given that she was married to Jack.

"Ben's on his way up," Jack answered, his brother in law and partner still in the car.

"Why do you have that look on your face?" Julia asked suspiciously.

She had seen that look on Jack's face plenty of times. He had that look when he was three and he had hid her soccer cleats before her big game and forgot where he put them. It was the look he had when he was ten and he had left the door open, her cat running away. He looked at her that way when he was sixteen and he wrecked her car into their parents' mailbox. It was his guilty, please don't kill me face.

"It's not my fault," Jack told her.

"It's one hundred percent your fault," Ben said as he entered the kitchen, arm in a sling.

"What happened?" Julia gasped, getting up to see what exactly was wrong with her husband. Rolling up the short sleeve a bit on his shoulder, she could see the bandage; he had gotten shot.

"Jack!" Julia said, smacking Jack's arm.

"Why do you always assume that it's my fault?" Jack asked.

"Because you're your father's son," Alexia pointed out, looking over at Steve now.

"Yeah, your mom is giving me that look," Steve answered Lucy who had heard everything. "I should probably go..."

Awhile after dinner, Jack finally took Alyssa and Katie home. Julia still wasn't too happy with him, but Ben was over it, knowing it was part of the job description. His mom had been giving that same look he had seen on her face his entire life, even when he was a kid and his dad was on Five-0. It was the look where she was worried, but she didn't want to say anything about it.

Jack had pestered his sisters enough about his parents history to know that Alexia had a really hard time when Steve was in the SEALs and they had fought a lot during those years. Jack figured that was where the worried but not saying anything face came from; she just didn't want to fight, though she couldn't hide that she was worried. Tonight though, as they got home, he saw the face on someone that had never shown it before; it was Alyssa.

"Daddy," Katie said as he carried her upstairs to her room. "Did you catch the bad guys?"

"I did," Jack promised her. It was true, he and Ben had made an arrest in the case they got that morning and it looked pretty open and shut. "Gotta keep the island safe for my favorite girl!" She giggled as he kissed her nose.

"I love you daddy," Katie told him as he tucked her in.

"I love you too," Jack said, leaving the room and turning off the light. He walked down the hall to the room he shared with Alyssa, seeing her getting ready for bed. He smiled at her, going over to kiss her and wrap his arms around her, his hands resting on her stomach, his sons kicking against his hands.

"Jack," Alyssa said seriously, turning around; he knew that something was bothering her.

"Hm?" Jack asked.

"I don't..." She wasn't sure how to word it. They had never had this conversation before. "I'm not really sure how to say this."

"You can say whatever you want," Jack shrugged, wanting her to feel at ease.

"I love your mom and Julia," Alyssa started off saying. "But...I never wanted to do...that." Jack laughed a little as she tried to explain; a small smile crept on her face. "You know, that thing, where every time Ben goes to work..."

"My sister has a mini stroke?" Jack offered and Alyssa nodded.

"I know how important this is," she continued. "I know how much you love it, what it means to you...and your family..." It wasn't just Jack that was serious about this line of work. This was the family business.

"But, we have Katie," Alyssa went on. "And...the boys. I just need to know...that you're being careful."

"Hey," Jack said, taking her hand. "You and the kids, you're all I think about." He kissed her once. "I will be super crazy careful." He smiled at her. "Promise."

"Thank you," Alyssa smiled back, kissing him once more.

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