Summary: Friday is here and I am here to post just like I promised I would. Seriously proud of myself for keeping up with the schedule I set. Most of the time I try really hard to keep on schedule but things get in the way and I fall off. Hopefully this time I'll stay on the wagon. Not sure if that's the correct phrase to use but what the hell, did I mention it was Friday. Once again thanks for all the lovely the reviews you readers have been giving me. They are like candy, chocolate, and every other sweet treat I like to sink my teeth into. You guys are really awesome and I love ya. Now enough with the dramatics go read. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: This show, not mine and when I say not mine I mean I didn't create it and when I say I didn't create it I mean it was not my idea and when I say that, you get what I'm saying.

Author's Note: Since this is AU there are no spoilers. And just to let you all know this piece of work is being beta'd by the lovely Megan Mirs who is taking time to turn these words into a masterpiece. She is a beta pro. Awesome.

Chapter Seven- Let Your Heart Do The Talking

"Hey Danny."

Danny turned around, away from his locker, to see Jane Watson standing next to him smiling. The blond girl, who sat a few seats in front of him during Math class, was one of the few people who hadn't made Danny feel like an outsider when he first arrived at the new school. She was proving to be a good friend, often helping him with in-class assignments if need be and always greeting him with a smile. Her standing outside his locker, however, was new. "Hey Jane," he answered back with a smile as he leaned against his locker. "What can I do for you?"

"I just wanted to know...you know if you're not busy-if you would like to go out with me this Saturday night," she asked nervously as she twirled a strand of hair around her fingers.

So shocked by the question Danny couldn't find the words to respond. "Um," was all the teenage boy could muster.

"I mean, you don't have to say yes if you don't want to. It's just that Haley is having a party Saturday night and I thought if we went together it would be a great way for us to get to know each other."

"Wow...Jane," Danny finally managed to stutter out as he ran his fingers through his hair. "That's really nice and all, but I'm afraid I can't. And before you respond, just know it's not because I don't like you, because I do," he stated quickly before she could interrupt him. "I just already have plans for Saturday night and I am currently seeing someone."

"Oh, you are?"

"Yeah. Sorry."

Jane shrugged, frowning sadly. "No, it's okay," she replied. "I should have known that a hot guy like you would not be single. Just thought I'd give it a try, you know?"

Danny didn't know what to say to make her feel better, so he simply reached out and squeezed her shoulder softly. "I really am sorry you know."

"Like I said Danny, it's okay."

"Thanks for asking."

"Thanks for being honest with me about you being involved. I mean, it would have been super easy for you to lie, but you didn't, and I find that commendable," she stated with a smile. Leaning forward she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "See you in Math class," replied Jane as she turned around and made her way down the hall.

Five minutes later Danny finished gathering his things and was just about to close his locker when he felt a body brush roughly against his shoulder. Glaring at the person responsible, Danny rolled his eyes when he saw who it was. "What, you woke up this morning and forgot how to walk," he hissed at the figures currently standing in front of him, one that included Franklin Delano, a high school senior and the school's biggest jerk.

"I would watch my mouth if I were you," sneered Frank loudly.

"You must have also forgotten how to come up with an original insult. Don't worry, I'm sure, like all the other books for dummies, there's one just for you."

"You have a really smart mouth you know that?"

"I also have really great hair and a witty personality, but please, list all the other things you find fascinating about me," smirked Danny as he leaned against his locker and stuffed his hands in his pockets. "Look, I don't know what your problem is, but why don't you climb back under the rock you came from and leave me alone before someone gets hurt. Mainly you."

"Just stay away from Jane."

"Seriously loving the Neanderthal moment you've got going on here, but I don't know what the hell you're talking about."

"I know about the little crush she has on you and I just want you to know that she's off limits."

Danny frowned. "What is she, your personal property?"

"Yeah, she is, so do the smart thing and stay away from her or else."

"Or else what?"

"My boys and I are going to love kicking your ass back to the mainland."

"Sounds like a good plan, but there's a slight problem," began Danny, smirking coyly. "You see, you jackasses don't scare me and if you think for one second that I won't fuck you up for even attempting to come at me, you need to get your head examined. With a brain as small as yours, I'm sure it won't take long. Got that Frankie," he spoke, his voice dangerously low.

"You're dead Williams."

Danny refused to back down and took a step closer to the bully. He wasn't afraid to knock Frank down on his ass if the occasion called for it and the occasion was calling. "Bring it on Delano."

"Is there a problem here boys?"

They both turned around to see Mr. Denning, the school's vice principal, standing behind them, arms crossed, and staring suspiciously at all of them.

"No sir," grinned Frank. "I was just informing Danny that he should keep his hands off of other people's property."

"And I was telling Frank that he shouldn't be upset since said property is not his to be owned."

"Well if you boys are done, I suggest you get to class."

"Yes sir," they all responded as Frank and his crew turned and walked away leaving Danny alone with the principal.

"Are you sure that everything's okay Mr. Williams?"

Danny shrugged while responding. "Yes sir. I'm capable of handling myself in tough situations."

Mr. Denning smirked. "Oh, that I have no doubt about. Just know that if you ever need anything, my door is always open."

"Thanks for the offer sir."

"Good. Now get to class."

"Yes sir."

By the time Danny made it to first period, his run in with Delano had spread throughout the entire school. Some asked questions about what happened, while others simply stared at him out of the corners of their eyes, too afraid to speak. Others even wanted him to give an entire recap of the event as they gave him congratulatory claps on the back for standing up to the school bully. Danny really didn't care what people thought of the altercation, he was just ready for the day to be over with and go to Steve's for dinner.

"I heard someone had an interesting morning."

Danny looked up from his book and let out a disgruntled sigh. He thought he could find solace in the library, away from the gazes of his peers and he had, for a short while. "Not you too," he whined, softly banging his head against the table.

Steve let out a playful chuckle as he slid down into the seat next to his boyfriend. "Hey," he grinned. "I wasn't even here this morning, so none of this was my fault. You're the one who stood up to Frank Delano and lived to tell the tale."

Danny grinned back. "First David and Goliath and now Danny and Frank. I am so a legend now."

"You're something, I'll give you that. So what exactly was the altercation about?" asked Steve.

"It's Delano. He doesn't need a reason to act like an asshole."

"No, he doesn't, but that doesn't make me less interested in what you did that got him all hot and bothered."

"It wasn't my fault, not really," growled Danny. "He wanted me to, get this, stay away from Jane Watson."

"I know her, she's cool."

"I know she is and apparently she has the hots for me. She asked me to accompany her to a party this Saturday night. I told her no, seeing as how I'm otherwise engaged, and left it at that. Frank on the other hand, has decided me saying no wasn't good enough and now wants to 'kick my ass all the way back to the mainland'," scoffed Danny, rolling his eyes.

Steve stared at Danny wide eyed for a moment before releasing a quiet "Oh."

"Okay what's with the face," asked Danny curiously.

"What are you talking about?"

"Your face. It's all distorting, like you're having an aneurysm. Yes, aneurysm face, what's with it?"

"I don't have an aneurysm face."

"I say you do. Now, tell me what's wrong."

"Nothing's wrong."

"Really Steven?"

"I hate it when you call me that," replied Steve with a glare.

Danny rolled his eyes, ignoring the glare. "No you don't," he stated as he poked Steve's arm hard. "Tell me, what's the matter?"

Knowing Danny wouldn't give up until he knew the truth, Steve let out a sigh. "It's nothing...I just hate that Jane asked you out," he stated with a shrug as he moved his gaze to the table.

Totally confused, he shook his head. "Why?"

"Excuse me for becoming a little upset at the fact that someone asked my boyfriend out on a date."

"Babe, it's not that big of a deal."

"You're only saying that because she asked you out. Trust me, you would feel the same way if the shoe had been on the other foot."

"No, I wouldn't."

"Yeah right."

"Really I wouldn't because I get why girls fawn all over you. You're gorgeous, smart, and athletic. You're like, the total package."

"And what about you and your smile, your hair, your personality? I mean, you are so welcoming and have the ability to make people laugh-"

"I think you mean piss them off."

"And your eyes. Fuck Danny, your eyes are so blue and beautiful, I could stare at them all day and never get bored. They're one of the things I love about you."

"Huh."

Before Steve could respond the bell rang and he shot out of the chair. "I got to get to class," he mumbled quickly as he grabbed his bag and raced out of the library, completely forgetting he and Danny had the next class together.

Danny didn't move at all. He continued sitting at the table with his mouth slightly open as he thought about Steve and the fact that his boyfriend admitted to loving him. "Okay, that just happened," he finally whispered to himself, gathering his things to leave before the late bell rang.

Steve sighed as he walked into his kitchen and threw his bag on the counter. After blurting out his admission of love in the library, he did his best to avoid the subject in History class with Danny and the rest of the day. He didn't have to try very hard since Danny was doing the same thing. As he opened the fridge, his mother came in and gave him a smile.

"How was school honey?" she asked him, smiling.

Shrugging, he grabbed a bottle of juice and took a long sip. "It was alright," he finally answered sullenly.

She immediately noticed the look on his face and new something had happened since the last time she saw him a few hours ago. "Oh my, what happened?"

Startled, Steve lowered the bottle and slowly shook his head. "Why do you think something happened?"

"I don't know," she shrugged nonchalantly. "Maybe it's the look on your face or the sound of your voice, but I know something happened at school today, so why don't you tell what it was."

"Mom."

"Steven."

Letting out a defeated huff, Steve made his way over to the table and motioned for his mother to follow him. He waited until they were both seated before speaking. "Okay fine. I may have let it slip to Danny that I love him, like really love him," he blurted out in one breath.

Anna stared at her son confused before nodding her head. "Maybe you should start from the beginning."

"Okay, but first can I ask you to never make any doctor or dentist's appointments for me during school hours ever again?"

"I will take that under consideration now spill."

"Apparently," began Steve. "While I was out, Danny got into an altercation with this jerk named Frank Delano who was upset that a girl he likes just so happens to like Danny instead."

"Ooh, I remember those days."

Steve sighed. "Anyways, I found out about it from Danny and then I admitted that the knowledge of someone else liking my boyfriend made me a little jealous. He then proceeded to inform me I had no need to be jealous and that if our roles were reversed, he wouldn't be jealous."

"That seems like a very mature response."

"No, Mom he only said it because he believes with my looks, it's only appropriate that girls hit on me and ask me out, but not him. When I tried to tell him he is just as hot, I accidentally mentioned that his eyes were one of the things I loved about him."

Finally understanding her son's predicament, she pulled her chair closer to his and wrapped an arm around his neck. "I see what you mean," she replied with understanding smile. "But for the record, you never came out and said 'I love you' to Danny right?"

"No, not directly, but that's not the point."

"Then what is the point?"

"The point is that I want to say those words to Danny because that's how I feel, but I don't know if I should feel that way already. Mom, we've only known each other a couple of months and dating for one. Isn't it too soon for me to feel this way," he asked desperately.

Anna simply shook her head. "I wish I could tell you the answer to that Stevie," she frowned sadly. "But I can't. Love is just one of those emotions that has no time limit, nor does it have any bounds."

The frown on his face grew as he let out another sad sigh. "What if he doesn't feel the same way?"

"That's okay, there's no rule that says he won't ever get there. Maybe he just needs more time than you do."

"That's what I'm afraid of."

"Steve, honey, look at me." She waited until he'd done what he was told and used her free hand to cuff his chin. "Now I'm not going tell you what you should or shouldn't feel for Danny, but I will tell you this, that boy cares deeply for you. I see it every time he looks at you and I know there are some deep feelings there. You just have to be patient."

"You really think so," Steve fearfully asked, smiling somewhat.

"Yeah, I do."

Happy with her response, he pulled her into a hug and smiled when she kissed him softly on the cheek. "Thanks mom," replied Steve as he let her go and stood up to leave.

"Oh honey, before you go to your room, there's something your father and I would like to discuss with you."

"Okay," answered Steve shrugging.

"Why don't you go to the living room, while I go get your dad out of the garage."

Steve did as he was told, drinking the rest of his juice before making his way to the living room and sitting down. He didn't have to wait long for his parents to come back, his mom carrying two books in her hands. "What's going on?" asked Steve anxiously when he noticed the nervous looks on his parents faces.

John tried to look at Steve, but somehow found it too difficult, so instead he moved his gaze to the floor before he began speaking. "Well son...your mom and I thought that it was time for us to have the talk...again."

"But we've already had the sex talk," replied Steve confused as to what his parents wanted.

"I know honey," Anna answered this time. "But that's when we thought you liked girls. Now that we know you like boys instead and have a serious boyfriend, it's our job to make sure you are educated when it comes to male on male sex."

Finally Steve realized what his parents meant and could feel heat rising in his face. Shaking his head, he covered his face with his hands and let out a unhappy groan. "Oh god no. Please no."

Anna continued speaking. "I, for one, get how embarrassing it is to talk to your parents about these things, but you need to know how to be safe and how to prepare for the act itself. So we got you these books," reaching out the books for Steve to grab.

"Books? What did you Google 'books on how to explain gay sex to your teenage son'?"

"Yes, in fact we did," she nodded with a beaming smile. "And we found these on-line and ordered them to help us better inform you of what and what not to do when it comes to sex."

Disgusted and thoroughly embarrassed, he opened up one of the books and closed it quickly when he noticed the colorful pictures with instructions on the inside. "This book has diagrams. Please tell me you didn't read this."

"Why of course we did. Well, I did most of the reading and I'm glad I did because there are so many things I didn't know before. Like the necessity of stretching and what type of lubricant is best for-"

Unable to hear anything else his parents had to say, Steve stood up and quickly covered his ears as he shook his head vigorously. "No, no, we are not having this conversation. I am not having this conversation with you and dad and no," he cried out adamantly.

Anna simply let out a sigh. "Steve, you have nothing to be ashamed of."

"I'm not ashamed, just completely grossed out and I can't do this with you...again. So, while I appreciate the books and the effort, I am going up to my room and hopefully die of embarrassment. Thank you both for the most awkward conversation I have ever had in my life," replied Steve as he grabbed the books and ran up the stairs to his room.

John finally looked up from his spot on the floor and gave way a smile. "Well that went well," he stated with a clap of his hands.

"Well," squawked Anna, folding her arms. "You barely said anything and avoided all eye contact with Steve."

"I know. That's why it went so well."

"Just go back to the garage," she huffed disappointedly and swatted her husband away when he kissed her on the cheek

John laughed loudly. "Thanks honey."

Anna just rolled her eyes. "Men."

Steve had been hiding away in his room for almost half an hour when there was a soft knock on his door. "Just let me die in peace," he called out thinking it was his mom wanting to continue 'the talk'.

"So I should come back later then?" asked Danny as he opened the door and leaned against the frame smiling.

"Danny," shouted Steve surprised, quickly sitting up. "You're here."

"Well I was invited over for dinner tonight, but if the invitation has been terminated I can-"

"No, I mean early," Steve mumbled nervously, grabbing Danny's hand and pulling him towards the bed. "You're here early. I thought you weren't coming over until later," he stated once they were seated.

Danny gave him a one arm shrug. "I wasn't, but Claire was trying to get me to go to another function of hers and I had to get out of there. Don't worry, my mom knows I'm here."

"Good, I'm glad you're here."

"Me too," Danny smiled back as he reached over and pulled Steve into a kiss. "Look Steve, we need to talk about what happened in the library today," he stated seriously after they pulled apart.

A sullen look fell on Steve's face. "Okay, but before you say anything, I need you to know I meant what I said."

"Steve all you said was that my eyes are one of the things you love about me. Hardly counts as a declaration," replied Danny rolling his eyes.

"But I want it to be because I do...love you, that is." Taking a deep breath, Steve grabbed both of Danny's hands and held them in his own. "I love you and I want you to know that."

Cocking his head to the side, Danny silently stared at Steve for a few moments before speaking again. "Huh. I can't say I didn't expect this because I did after the whole library debacle and it made me realize what you mean to me." Pulling his hands away, he reached down into the book-bag he brought with him and pulled out his drawing notebook. "However, before I say anything, I want you to look at this."

Steve immediately recognized what it was and remembered what happened when it was out of Danny's sight. "It's your notebook, the one that fell out of your locker the day I asked you out."

"Bamboozled is more like it, but yes, it's the same notebook you returned the next day without even opening it."

Blushing, Steve lowered his head. "Well it looked pretty private and you were freaked when you found out it was missing and I had it. I figured whatever was in it, you didn't want it shared."

"I don't...I mean I didn't until now. I want to share this with you."

"Danno, you don't have to-"

Thrusting the book into Steve's lap, Danny smiled softly. "Just open it."

Carefully Steve opened the book and gasped at what he saw. The notebook was filled with the most life-like drawings he had ever seen. Some were of Danny's family and friends, his father, others of scenery of both New Jersey and Hawaii. He continued to look through the book and stopped when he came to a picture of himself. It was of him the night of the bonfire, leaning back on his hands with his head titled to the side. The details were so perfect, Steve could actually remember what was going on around him and the conversation he was having with Catherine. Reaching out, he traced the outline of his face with his finger before turning to Danny, grinning madly. "Danny, these are amazing. You drew all of these?"

"Yeah," blushed Danny, running his fingers through his hair. "It's something I like to do and it used to be the one thing that made me truly happy after my dad died." Reaching over, he grabbed one of Steve's hands and tightly held it. "Now," he replied with a broad smile. "I have you too. You make me happy and it's one of the things I love about you."

Closing the book and placing it to the side, Steve pushed Danny down on the bed before hovering over top of him with grin of his own. "Really?"

"Really you goof. Danno loves you too."

Steve continued smiling happily as he crushed their lips together, moaning slightly when Danny's fingers slid lazily over his scalp. They remained this way, kissing until they needed to breathe, Steve moving next to Danny so that the two of them were facing each other.

Danny moved to wrap an arm around Steve's waist, but pulled back slightly when his knuckles brushed against the hardback of a book. Looking over Steve's shoulder, he gawked at what he saw lying next to his boyfriend. "Where the hell did you get these McGarrett," he squealed when he noticed the title of the books.

"Trust me," replied Steve, stifling his chuckle into Danny's neck. "You don't want to know."

Chapter Seven over and out. Was it too soon for the I love yous, should I have brought in Delano, can you really google books on how to explain gay sex to your teenage son, I have no idea I just wrote it. Did you like it. I really hope you did because I worked really hard on it and no, not saying that to make you feel guilty for not liking it if you didn't. But seriously you guys liked it right. If you did, let me know and if you didn't keep it to yourself. No, you can let me know if you didn't like it because I'm a grown up and I can take criticism well. I swear. With that being said I will try my best to have a new chapter available Monday so you don't have that long of a wait. Until next time,

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