Well hello! I realise this has been a little bit longer than I anticipated for an update but I have reasons: my last update was when I was in New York and I can honestly say when I boarded that plane at Chicago bound for London I couldn't have been happier. Then I've decided I'm not going to university this year so I've been dealing with the conflict in my family over that. And I've been working loads also since I got back so please accept these apologies.

And once again thanks for the alerts, favourites and story alerts: amblue36, amanda, DaReelDeel, sphekie, sky, sammie28, Froggie2, MyGeekSide-101, Angelus320, lynnrxgal, sparkerius, fione.s.t, Foxy527, francis2 and roxtonissexy. I normally reply to them all privately but I didn't have the time this time. I promise I'll do it next time!

Anddddd, it's nearly time for the Waikiki beach premiere. Anyone going? I wish I was!

Enjoy the chapter.

Disclaimer: If I owned, I'd be going to the premier in Hawaii. But I'm not.

"This has been a great day." Kono whispered.

"With even better company." Steve said quietly. At that moment in time it was as if they were the only ones who existed. It was inevitable that it should happen but their lips came closer together, soon leaving no distance between them.

The broke apart after what seemed an eternity, but in reality was less than 10 seconds. The kiss had been passionate yet chaste. They both stood there, neither of them knowing quite what to say.

"That was erm…" Kono tried to alleviate the tension.

"Yeah" Steve responded. "Really…" They were the only ones on the isolated beach at this time of night. The sun had gone down and a cool blanket of air had set over them. Their eyes connected again, causing them to have a conversation with just their eyes. It took some people a lifetime to be able to connect in this way, yet with them it just came naturally. They we're broken out of their revive by Kono's phone ringing. As she removed her phone from her pocket and looked at the caller display, Steve could have sworn he heard a soft sigh of displeasure. Or perhaps that was what he wanted to believe.

"Hey, Tom" she said after a pause. "Oh we've not long since finished dinner…" she trailed of as she wandered off a short distance down the beach, out of Steve's ear shot. As she had her conversation, Steve pondered the situation the two of them were currently in.

Here they were in this five-star resort. They had a suite on the 18th floor (courtesy of the Governor) and we're able to pretend that just for these few days that the outside world didn't exist. But no. Kono's significant other was hell-bent on reminding them that they weren't that far away from reality. He'd come to grow rather fond of Kono - more than a boss should about his employee. But he'd left it too late now. She was getting married to Tom soon. And she'd never reciprocated the feelings that he felt for her. It wasn't until Kono came to stand beside him and he saw her reflection in the water.

"So Tom's apparently decided that he needs to go to Texas to check on one of the refineries." Kono said in a quite voice.

"He works in the oil business then?" Steve probed cautiously.

"Yeah. Own a company that drills in the Gulf.""So what brings him to Hawaii? Correct me if I'm wrong, but we don't get oil here." His ninja-senses as Danny would call them we're up and alert. Something just didn't sit right with him.

"His parents vacationed out here from Boston every summer when he was younger. Took a chance when investing big in the company, but it paid off. He runs the business from the island now, but takes regular trips to check on the work going on out there.""Hmm. Sounds quite the lifestyle." Steve rounded off objectively. He couldn't alert Kono about how he didn't trust the guy. He made a mental note to do some background checks when he got back to headquarters in a few days time. He couldn't do her any harm while she was out here and he was all the way back in the mid-west of the mainland.

"So we should head back to the room." Kono started. "We've got a busy day ahead of us tomorrow." "Sure." he said, as he slipped his hand round hers and they walked back towards the hotel.

They had just entered the concourse of the hotel and we're heading towards the elevator, when they noticed they were being followed. As Kono went over to press the button to call the elevator, Steve came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waste and started to place feathered kisses down her neck. It wasn't until she got over the initial shock, did she realise he was whispering something discretely in her ear.

"Hmm?" she mumbled.

"The two behind us." Steve whispered. "They following us?" he said with a smirk on his face as he came to look at her.

"I'd believe so." she was away in another world. "I think they're going to join us in the elevator. Should we give them as show?" she asked, already knowing what the answer would be. She was answered with a knowing smile, the awkwardness that was created just a few minutes ago already forgotten.

As they bored the elevator, her hand safely captured in Steve's larger one, there was that niggling reminder that this was a job they had to do here and that she was technically engaged to someone. But he doesn't think of me like that she said to herself. She didn't have any time left to ponder her feelings as they entered the cart, the suspicious couple following close behind. As she looked at the couple, she felt Steve sub-consciously pulling her closer to him. She pushed the button identifying they wanted to go to the 18th floor.

As the other couple entered, they pushed to button, identifying they wanted to go to the 19th floor.

"Hey" the man said to Steve.

"Alright.""I'm John. This is my wife Lisa." he introduced them.

"I'm Kono" she took the liberty of replying. "This is Steve."

"It's good to meet you both. This place is lovely. Have you been here long?" Lisa spoke up.

"We just arrived." Steve replied curtly. Lisa didn't seem to pick up on his bluntness.

"Oh we've been here for 4 days now and don't leave until next week. It's wonderful. Where are you from?" she chattered on.

"I grew up here," Kono said, covering their bases "But we live in New York. Where are you from?"

"New Orleans." John decided to re-enter the conversation.

"I should have guessed from your accent" Kono joked lightly, but couldn't think of much more to say with Steve's vice-grip holding onto her hip.

"So do you have anything planned for your trip?" Lisa nattered on, making Kono question when the elevator was ever going to get to their destination.

"Its partly work and partly a vacation. Do you recommend anything?"

"Oh, well we went snorkelling yesterday - it was wonderful. And since your from the islands you no doubt are an excellent swimmer." Kono didn't know whether to treat the comment as a simple observation or an insiders knowledge. She could tell from Steve's even more guarded stance that he agreed with the later.

"We may give it a try." Kono replied, as the elevator sounded to alert them to their arrival at their floor. "See you around perhaps!" she said as she pulled Steve out the elevator, who looked set to start interrogating the couple.

As Kono unlocked their room door, she still had a hold of Steve's hand, neither one of them making any move to change the position. As they entered, Steve shut the door behind them and pulled Kono to press her up against it. Neither said anything for a few moments, the only sound in the room being the gentle hum of the fridge.

"We never got a chance to finish what we started earlier." Steve said in a husky tone.

"Steve…" Kono trailed off. It was after a few moments of them remaining staring at each other did she finish her sentence. "I can't…" she said in a quite voice. She couldn't look Steve directly in the eye, but could feel his gaze burning into her.

"We're on vacation…" he tried to lightly joke, earning a small smirk from Kono. "And what goes on vacation stays on vacation. Am I not right?" he asked, this time the seriousness of his question being fully understood. It didn't take Kono long to answer, the look of wanting evident in her eyes.

"I suppose your right." she replied in a serious tone. She had barely finished when she was reaching up to wrap her arms round Steve's neck, his hands simultaneously wrapping themselves around her waste, kissing back just as thoroughly as she was giving.

It didn't take long for them to move themselves away from the door and over towards the bed. As they made the small journey that seemed like miles for Kono, clothes were starting to be shed. As Steve sat down on the edge of the bed with Kono straddled across his lap, she pulled off his shirt and fully took his appearance in. Tonight, his muscular physique seemed to be even more admirable with his biceps protruding just a bit more than usual.

"See something you like?" Steve asked with a cocky grin.

"I do." Kono said, not missing a beat, earning a smug smile in return. It was all the confirmation Steve needed as he picked her up and placed her on the bed, crawling towards her, his lips reattaching themselves to hers. Just as Steve was about to reach around Kono's back and unclasp her bra, her phone rang.

"Ignore it." Steve said as he placed a trail of kisses down her collarbone.

"It could be important." she said as she pushed him off her and walked over to the coffee table where both their phones lay. She could see the caller ID from a few feet away but refused to acknowledge who it was until she had the device in her hand.

"They say lightning never strikes the same place twice." she muttered to herself before she answered the call. "Tom." It was at this point Steve realised the moment was well and truly lost, causing him to get up and find his shirt and pull it over his head. He walked over to Kono, who was murmuring responses to Tom's questions, and pecked her on the cheek.

"I'm going for a walk." was all he simply said as he walked away from her, only allowing Kono to watch him.

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