A week after Lori was kidnapped, she came back to work. Steve had ordered that she take a week or more off. But, knowing Lori, she did't want to take a week off, she wanted to go straight back to work. Steve would call in and check on her everyday. But still. Work is where she wanted to be. And when she got back, she was so happy.
"Welcome back!" Danny said.
"Thanks, Danny. I would've been back sooner is Steve hadn't ordered me home." She said as she hugged him. Danny hugged back.
"You know, when you were, well, gone, Steve was extremely worried about you. I mean seriously, he nearly killed three guys. Including me." Danny said with his arm on her shoulder. "Awww..." she said very quietly. "Yeah, I kinda had a feeling he was worried about me, he called me like 5 times a day." she said to cover that she liked Steve caring about her. It was ok. She didn't have to hide it. Danny could already tell. With both of them. Just then, Chin and Kono walked in.
"Welcome back, Lori!" Kono said spreading her arms out to hug Lori. Lori hugged back.
"We missed you around here." Chin said giving both girls a hug.
"Did I hear Lori was back?" Steve asked with a smile as he walked through the door.
"Yep." Lori said smiling at him. They looked at each other for a few seconds then Lori looked away quickly and turned her head to look over at Danny. Danny got the message and said to the others, "Um...why don't we all go check if we got a case, and then wait there for a minute just in case we get one, huh?" He asked as he kinda pushed Chin and Kono out the door.
When they left, Lori moved close to Steve and gave him a big hug. He put his arms around her and pulled her closer. It was a good hug. A long hug. A sweet hug. A Steve and Lori hug. A hug that was different from the rest of them.
"So, you were really worried about me." Lori asked quietly into his shoulder.
"Yeah, yeah, of course." Steve answered. "Well, thank you." she said. She broke the hug and she held onto his arms. He had his hands on her back.
"No problem." He said quietly looking into her eyes. Getting caught up in the moment, he pulled her closer and she leaned in. They kissed smack in the middle of the office. And around this time, Chin and Kono figured out what Danny was doing and left the room. Danny followed unwilling to stop them. They all stopped at the door at the sight of there co-workers. Chin and Kono smiled and turned there heads to look at Danny. Danny shrugged his shoulders and smiled. When the kiss broke off, they all kinda just backed away nonchalantly. Steve and Lori looked at each other and didn't say a word for a minute. "Well, I'm glad you're back." Steve said letting go of her.
"Yeah, me too." Lori said taking a step back. Steve turned to go and Lori grabbed his arm.
"Wailana coffee house. I'll be there at 7:00. I'd love to see you there." Lori said. "I'll be there." Steve said. Lori smiled and Steve, and then Steve smiled at Lori. He leaned in to give her a quick kiss. She put her finger on his lips quickly.
"Nu-uh." she said as she shook her head. "Save it for the coffee house." Lori smiled at him.
"I sure will." He mumbled through a smile and ran after her.