Author's notes: GUYS I'M SO SO SORRY ABOUT THE MISHAP ABOUT THE CHAPTERS, hope you'll all forgive me. Here's the new chapter! Thank you guys for all the reviews, thank you very much and keep them coming! I'm trying to make the chapters as long as I can.

It's been a week since Steve left for a SEAL team mission. Karly had been living with Kono and life went on as normal. When Karly came back from surfing she checked the mail and found a letter addressed to her from Steve. She ran inside and tore open the letter.

Dear Karly,

Everything's going as planned here; I should be home in two weeks if everything goes smoothly. I miss you so much, and again I'm sorry for leaving you. I hope you are having fun with Kono and everything with Five-0 is going okay. Tell everyone I love them. I'll see you soon my beautiful daughter.

Love,

Dad.

As she finished reading, she found another piece of paper inside.

P.S. Can you please pass this letter onto Kono, thank you.

Karly smiled to herself; at long last did her dad finally show his feelings for Kono. In fact she had saw their kiss at the airport and squealed. Kono was a much better fit for her dad than Lori or anyone else would ever be, Karly knew that was a fact. A few hours later Kono came back home after a long day at the office, Kono wasn't her perky self without Steve.

"Hey how was work?" Karly greeted Kono. The two had gotten very close while living together, Karly loved Kono for her free spirit and their love for surfing and Kono loved Karly for her never ending fun.

"Erghh long day nearly got shot in the stomach twice and we had to chase the suspect through half of Oahu." Kono sighed, grabbing a beer from the fridge and sitting down.

"Oh so same old same old huh?" Karly laughed. She knew that Five-0 had to face some dangerous stuff during their time and wasn't surprised at the amount of danger that greets them each day.

"Pretty much. Any word from Steve yet?" Kono asked that everyday after work since Steve's absence. She was desperately hoping for any confirmation that Steve was alive.

"Actually yea, I got a letter…" Karly said hesitating, watching Kono's reaction.

"What? God, what did he say? Is he okay? Is he hurt?" Kono burst into life and frantically asked Karly multiple questions

"Calm down he's perfectly fine. He said everything was going smoothly and he should be back as scheduled. He sends his love to all of you guys. There is one more thing…" Karly hesitated before continuing.

"What? What is it?"
"Umm he told me to pass this letter to you…" Karly snickered and handed the letter to Kono, who took the letter with wide eyes.

Dearest Kono,

I'm sure by now Karly would've told you that I'm absolutely fine. I'm sorry I left you like that, but I had to leave you with at least something. I understand if you can't just stop your life and wait for me but I just needed to make my feelings clear before you moved on.

Steve.

"So… what did my dad say?" Karly smiled mischievously, trying to look at what the note said.

"Hey no looking! But yea your dad's very sweet, and I'm very glad he's okay." Kono said, with the biggest smile on her face. It was heart warming to see Steve reciprocate her feelings, and yes of course she would wait for Steve. She's waited 2 years now; a few more weeks wouldn't make a difference.

"AWWW My dad's such a sweetie." Karly teased Kono. Finally, they had moved forward from being friends.

"Oh stop talking. Wanna go for shaved ice? My shout." Kono offered

"You got me at 'My shout'. Let's go." Karly said, going out the door to Kamekona's.

They got to Kamekona's and ordered their shaved ice.

"So do you miss Australia?"

"Sort of. Just my friends you know, but basically nothing else."

"You don't miss your mother at all? Or your step father?" Kono asked.

"The thing is there's nothing to miss. There isn't much difference at all. I don't see my mum often even if I'm living in Australia. Hell I see our housemaid more than I see her." Karly said bitterly, telling the blunt truth.

"Geez that's some life huh, I feel sorry for you." Kono said sympathetically.

"Don't be, I got used to it. Whenever I see her we always argue anyways. It's either about my lack of interest to dress like the queen, my attitude toward that bitch of a step father and oh yea her shame in me surfing." Karly recounted easily. Over the years of no maternal love, Karly had gotten used to solidarity.

"Your mum is ashamed of you surfing? How is that… what the hell does that even mean?" Kono was unable to comprehend the information. Karly was a champion surfer, how can a mum not be proud of that?

"Yea well she thinks it tarnishes her reputation for her daughter to participate in sports, apparently girls just don't do sports. No matter how good you are at it." Karly avoiding eye contact. No matter how used to it she was, it still hurt every time she thinks about it.

"My parents weren't overly thrilled that I was on the pro circuit either, but they got over it when they saw how good at it I was. It doesn't matter about your mum Karly, because you have a dad in Hawaii who couldn't be prouder." Kono smiled, it was uncanny how alike she and Karly were.

"Here you go a tutti frutti for our Haole over here and a cherry with beans for the pretty lady." Kamekona served the shaved ice to the two.

"Shootz brah." Kono thanked the big man.

"Thanks mate." Karly also thanked Kamekona as she dug into her shaved ice; she hadn't tasted an ice dessert so good before.

"Still got that aussie accent brah." Kamekona smiled and walked to another table.

"Is it that thick?" Karly asked, referring to her accent.

"Yea pretty much, don't worry we love aussie accents here, it's cute." Kono said her mouth full of shaved ice.

It's been a week since Karly sent her letter to Steve and she hasn't heard a word from him since. Karly and team were out for dinner at the Hilton's after another successful solved case

"So Danny's taken over dad's position as the crazy one?" Karly chuckled, listening to the team's fresh stories.

"Yea I am telling you, Danny just casually glued a grenade to the suspect's hands, pulled the pin and left the room as if nothing happened." Chin reminiscing.

"You've been hanging out with the McGarretts too long Danny." Karly winked.

RING RING. It was Karly's phone

"'Scuse me guys." Karly excused herself and went to a quieter place to answer her phone.

"Steve's got a great daughter." Chin said wisely. The whole group with the exception of Lori had liked Karly.

"Yea how's living with her Kono?" Danny asked.

"It's been fun, we go surfing every morning before I go work and her cooking skills are amazing. She doesn't mess up the house like a typical teenager, but her music is pretty loud." Kono chuckled.

"She listens to Boyz II Men too?" Danny teased, receiving a punch from Kono.

"Hey who was that? Are you okay?" Kono said as Karly came back to the table with a shocked expression.

"Uhh… umm…err…" Karly simply couldn't get the words out.

"What what's wrong?" Kono said urgently, she suddenly had this sick feeling that it was about Steve.

"Uhh… my dad's been wounded in battle and they're flying him back to Hawaii because of the extent of his injuries." Karly said, slipping to the ground.

So what did you guys think of this chapter? Now that Steve's wounded, what do you think will happen. One thing I will say though, there will be some revelations going on next chapter, Steve saw something while he was on the missions. Enjoy, Read and Review!

Till the next chapter guys!