Thank you once again for all the great reviews, and for taking the time to leave them.

Catherine will be visiting the hospital to see her dad, and Steve will be there to support her. They also get to have a talk about discussing their future once Patrick is in better health.

Hope you enjoy the update,

Wendy x

Tripler Army medical centre.

Catherine and Steve stepped out of the elevator and slowly made their way to the ICU room that her father was in. She stopped just outside of the glass walled cubicle and watched as her mom sat holding her dad's un moving hand. Tears leaked from Catherine's eyes as she took in the bandages and bruises that covered his body. She felt Steve's presence behind her just before she felt his touch.

"Hey, you're not alone in this." He whispered quietly as he gave her shoulder a squeeze.

"He looks so frail." She whispered on a sob.

"He'll be back on his feet in no time." Steve reassured softly. "You know all the staff will be seeing lots of pictures of you as a kid." Steve teased.

"You know what? I can't wait for it to happen." Catherine confirmed with a watery smile as she turned to look at Steve.

"What even the little tutu pictures?" Steve asked with a grin.

"Okay, maybe not those ones." Catherine agreed with a grin of her own, before looking back at her dad and adding quietly. "I told dad."

"I know." He replied as he himself watched the machines working at keeping Catherine's dad alive.

"He told you?" Catherine gasped as she spun around to face him.

"Yeah. He called me a few days ago wanting to talk." Steve confessed as he looked at her. "We had

plans to get a few longboards this weekend before your mom arrived on the Island."

"He'd have enjoyed that." Catherine pointed out. Her dad had always got along well with Steve

"Come on, let's go and tell him you're here to see him." Steve suggested as a placed his hand on her back and ushered her into the cubicle.

"Mom." Catherine said as she entered the room.

"Ooh Catherine." Elizabeth said as she quickly rose to her feet so she could embrace her daughter. "I've missed you honey."

"I've missed you too mom." Catherine whispered into her mother's shoulder. "How's dad?" Catherine asked.

"His doctor said it's still early days, but he is managing to breath on his own. They want to do a few more tests once he's more stable. All we can do for now is wait." Elizabeth told her daughter as she took a step back to get a good luck at Catherine. "You've lost weight honey; you need to start eating properly." She chided.

"Mom." Catherine complained. "I'm fine."

"I'm just glad you're here honey." Elizabeth said as she pulled Catherine into her embrace once again and kissed her cheek.

"How about we grab a coffee in the cafeteria." Steve suggested to Elizabeth.

"I'm just going to freshen up first." Elizabeth told him with a smile as she moved back to the bed to kiss Patrick. "I'll be back soon."

Catherine sank into the chair her mother had recently vacated and picked up her dad's hand. "Hey dad, you need to wake up." She whispered.

….

After walking Elizabeth back to her husband's room Steve had left two women to their vigil. He wanted to check in with Chin to see if he'd managed to gain access to NCIS's server. Glancing around to ensure he wasn't being observed he pulled his cell from his pocket and called Chin.

"Aloha." Chin said as he answered the call.

"Hey, did you manage to get access?" Steve asked as he once more scanned the corridor.

"I'm going through the data now. It doesn't look as if Agent's Barnes or Jackson have discovered much out. Forensics taken at the scene haven't turned up anything and they didn't find anything in Captain Rollins hotel room. Is it possible that this was work related?" Chin asked.

"It's possible. I have no idea what Patrick has been working on before he was assigned to Pearl. I'll make a few calls, see if I can find anything out." Steve told him as he glanced back towards the glass walled cubicle so he could watch Catherine. "Sorry what was that?" He asked when he realised Chin had spoken.

"I asked if there was any change with the Captain?" Chin repeated.

"Not really. They want to do some more tests once he's more stable. He's breathing on his own which is a good thing, the stab wounds didn't hit anything vital so he should make a full recovery there. Their main concern at present is his skull fracture, he's got a considerable amount of swelling to his brain which there closely monitoring. The Doctor believes that the swelling should come down on its own, if there is no change within the next twenty-four hours they want to relieve the pressure with surgery." Steve sighed as he closed his eyes. He hoped it wouldn't come to that for Catherine's sake.

"How's Catherine holding up, I know this won't be easy for her." Chin pointed out.

"She's hanging in there. I just hope Patrick pulls through for her. I don't know how she'll cope if he doesn't make it." Steve confided quietly as he glanced back to Catherine who was just getting to her feet.

"She'll have you there for her when she needs it." Chin pointed out with sincerity.

"Yeah, if she'll let me." Steve said quietly as he saw Catherine heading towards him. "Go home and get some sleep, I'll see you tomorrow at HQ." Steve ordered as Catherine reached his side.

"Goodnight, brah ." Chin told him as him bid him goodbye.

"See you in them morning, Chin." Steve replied as he ended the call.

"You okay?" Steve asked as he reached out to touch her arm.

"Yeah. The nurses are throwing us out for the night. I wanted to give mom some time to say goodnight." Catherine shared with him as they both glanced back towards her father's room.

"Okay, do you want to stop for something to eat on the way back?" Steve asked her as he watched Elizabeth bidding an unconscious Patrick goodnight.

Catherine shook her head. "Would you mind if I commandeer your Kitchen?" Catherine asked as she felt the need to do something constructive.

"If it comes with a meal, it's all yours." Steve readily agreed as his mind stirred up memories of other meals she'd prepared in his kitchen for them.

"Thanks, Steve. I just need to be doing something right now." She explained with a smile for him.

He didn't say anything in response, he just nodded his head and smiled back at her as her mother joined them. The three of them headed down in the lift and made their way through the maze of corridors and out to the parking lot where his car was parked.

…..

Unknown location.

"Well?" The dark-haired woman asked in her native tongue.

"She took the bait. She was picked up from the airport earlier today, Dimitri is still attempting to track her male friend." The man replied as he stood to attention in front of Anna.

"You made sure you left nothing for the Americans to find." Anna stated as she folded her arms across her chest.

"They will find nothing." He quickly assured.

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McGarrett's Residence.

Steve waited till he heard Elizabeth close the door to the guest room before he grabbed two longboards from the fridge and went in search of Catherine. He heard the Lanai door open just after the two women had bid each other goodnight. He slipped through the open doors and quietly made his way through the back yard towards Catherine. She was sat in one of the old wood chairs as she starred out to sea.

"Hey, you want some company." Steve called out when he was near enough for her to hear him.

"Sure, especially if one of those is mine." She said with an easy smile as she indicated the bottle of beer in his hand.

"Of course." He agreed as he passed one of the bottles to her before sitting in the other chair.

"Mahalo." She thanked him as she took the drink and took a long drink from the bottle. She closed her eyes as the first taste hit her tongue, the memories flooding back to her one by one. The taste of his kisses when they didn't make it to dinner, nights spent challenging each other to a game of pool and steamy nights filled with each other. Catherine had developed a taste for his favourite brand of beer over the years they'd known each other. She'd not been able to look at a longboard for the past eighteen months, the taste reminding her too much of what she'd lost.

"You're welcome." He replied with a sigh as he leaned back into the chair and enjoyed the moonlit night with her. He turned his head to look at her before he spoke. "I know now isn't the right time to do this, but when we know your dad's okay I want us to have a proper talk."

"We will." She readily agreed as she glanced across at him. "Do you want to try again?" She quietly asked, needing something to hold on to.

"That's what I want us to talk about, I think we need to have a proper talk before we decide on anything." He told her. He knew they had a lot of things to discuss before they could try again. Morocco had made him realise he still loved her, and no matter how hard he tried to move on with his life he couldn't do it. Unless Catherine told him that her feelings had changed and that she no longer loved him or wanted to be a part of his life he knew he would continue to wait for her.

"I want that too." She said with a grin as she let out the breath she'd been holding. His words gave her some hope that they could move forward. Her love for him hadn't changed; she'd had invitations for drinks and dates, but had never felt comfortable in accepting them. How could she go out with another man when her heart belonged to Steve?

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