Chapter 7-

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Whether it's to yourself
Or looking at someone else

Everybody lies, lies, lies
It's the only truth sometimes
Doesn't matter if it's out there
Somewhere
Waiting for the world to find
Or buried deep inside
Everybody lies-Jason walker.

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It had been three days already, people coming and going. Danny was still the same, comatose, no changes, they called it stable. Steve had not been able to move yet due to his many broken ribs, the pain was excruciating, he had tried to get up to go and see him but had been ordered to stay still in his bed. And he complied. That was telling of how much pain he was in.

Cath had commented on his very new cooperative demeanour at a time like this, with a knowing look. Yeah, she knew he had no choice but to comply.

"The pain must be bad." She said with a knowing look.

He grimaced, "You have no idea."

"He's ok, Steve. He's in a comma but the Doctors say he is stable. In fact, one of the Doctors, Dr Mayson, I think is his name. One of the Senior Neuro surgeons assured us that he was going to be ok. So, just relax." Catherine said, catching on the worried look on his face.

"Well, I'd feel better if I could just get to see him for myself you know."

"I know, but you need to get better first. And if you forget for a minute about being Mr tough guy and use those pain killer, maybe you'll receiver faster."

"They make me drowsy. I sleep all the time and you know I hate that."

"I know you hate that, but they have been helping you for the past three days, and I don't mean with just the pain." Cath said meaningfully.

"I have not been avoiding the issue. This is just not the right place to talk about it. I'll tell her." Steve said. He was still trying to find a way to broach the subject with Lynn. Now he just laid his head back and sighed. No one else was in the room right now except for Cath. Which was great, visitors could be overwhelming sometimes.

"Look, she's starting to be suspicious of my presence here. I hear you, this is not the time but, maybe you could just give her a hint, maybe talk to her in private. I can keep up this lie for as long as you want…but…"

"Yeah, you're pretty good at that."

Cath ignored that dig and continued, "…but the truth will have to come out sometime. It's for you to decide when."

They looked at each other for a moment longer. All the emotions apparent in their eyes. The pain, the regret, the pent-up anger, the passion, the hatred and the love. Their past, their present and now there was a future for sure, not knowing if it would be future together or apart yet.

"How was work? I never got to ask you about the most important thing in your life." Steve said, as another dig. He was still pissed at this whole mess.

Catherine took it with a pinch of salt, because that was another dig, "Well, a more important thing came up. I don't know how work is these days."

Then it was her time to ask an honest question, the one question that's been burning in her mind for so long.

"Were you really going to propose to me? That time?" She asked it earnestly, heart anxiously waiting for the answer.

Steve could have given her another snap answer, something on the lines of 'well, I bought the ring and all, what did you think I was going to do with it? Start a pawn shop?' But he saw her honest heart in her eyes as she asked the question and he could not help but be honest too.

"Yes." He said, looking into her eyes. It was the simple truth. That was all he had to give. At that moment, his honest heart.

Catherine extended her hand to hold his, the moments came together into the here and now. So, did the truth. She could have never loved anyone else. And she could not imagine anyone else she would want to start a family with.

"And I would have said yes. With all my heart." She said with a shimmer of tears in her eyes.

"Then why didn't you Cath? Why did you leave like that, blatantly showing me that you wanted anything but that? I have Lyn now."

"Then why haven't you told her about my pregnancy yet?"

"What about your pregnancy Catherine?" A voice at the door said.

Catherine and Steve jumped at the same time to look at the door where the voice had come from. Lynn was standing at the door looking suspicious and pale. They quickly disentangled their hands and just stared, dumbfounded at the source of their discomfort.

"What aren't you telling me Steve?" Lynn asked walking into the room.

Ok, now would be the best time for those pain killers. He really should have told Lynn earlier, he didn't know why he was being such a coward. Only, this was not the battle field in Afghanistan or a Navy Seal Op. He could take those with all the bravery anyone can master. This was different. This situation made him break out in sweat with fear. This was new territory and he really didn't know how to handle it. But he should have told Lynn, he knew that. He had just needed a little bit more time.

Now even that chance had been taken away from him. He had not meant for her to find out like this.

"Ah…Lynn…"

That's all he could say. He hated feeling this way. Like he had been caught cheating. Contrary to how it looked like, he had not cheated on Lynn, the time table said so. He was not that guy. Then why had he not told her about Catherine's pregnancy?

Tani and Junior had walked in with Lynn and now they just sheepishly excused themselves from the room to stand just outside because, come-on, who didn't want in on that juicy piece of a show down that was about to go down anytime now?

"What Steve?" Lynn was not bout to let it go.

"Well, I was waiting to tell you when things had settled down a bit Lynn, and…" Steve looked meaningfully at Catherine who politely excuse herself.

"Lynn…" Steve really had never been so without words, his mind could not cook up anything else to say except her name. Did that make him a liar? A cheater? He wasn't.

Now Lynn was looking at him with that look, and were those tears in her eyes? God, he could not deal with this right now. He just didn't know how he got tangled up in this.

Then suddenly there was a foray of activities outside his door. There was this noise and the then doctors and nurses were rushing somewhere, pagers going crazy. What the hell was happening?

"Room 10, Danny's room. Doc, what the hell is going on?" Lou stopped one doctor in the corridor outside Steve's room to get answers.

"Sorry Sir, I can't talk right now." The doctor said, rushing on. Tani and Junior followed at a run.

"Lou. What is happening out there?!" Steve yelled, and Lou managed to pope in his head to give him an answer.

"I don't know man, it's Danny's room. I just left his room, he seemed stable. Rachel and Grace where there…I don't know. I'm going there now." Lou said, rushing away as well.

"I have to go there." Steve said anxiously, getting off the bed. He had forgotten that he couldn't move. He found himself flat on the floor. The pain in his ribs blinded him for a moment, he may have blacked out for a bit. Cath and Lynn were now on his side.

"Steve, you're not helping right now. Why don't you get back into bed? Come-on, let's get you back into bed." Cath said, holding his one side while Lynn held the other.

He resisted. "I've got to get outa here, Cath, you said he was going to be ok. You said…" He couldn't think, the pain was mind numbing and the fear was making him sweat even more. He had to get up.

"It's what the doctor said. He was stable all this while…"

"Then what could have happened?"

"I don't know. I don't know …Steve …you need to get up." Catherine said, trying to pull him up again. It wasn't working.

Steve was now finding it hard to breathe. The pain was too much, and he was losing consciousness. That could not happen. The reason why he had been enduring all this pain without taking pain killers was because he needed to be alert if anything ever happed to Danny. For all the help he could be in his condition, but he had to be alert. He couldn't knock out now. Not right now with all that was going on. He had to get to Danny. See for himself what was going on. He knew that was impossible, but he had one conscious thought before he blacked out.

"Catherine stop pulling at me, you're pregnant you'll hurt yourself. Call someone, a nurse or…"

"I've already pressed the call button. Someone should be here any minute now." Lynn said,

"Commander McGarrett…how did you get on the floor?" One of the familiar nurses had come in at that moment, he looked at Steve with an 'I told you so' look.

"James…do you know what's happening with Danny Williams? Do you know?" Steve asked anxiously.

"Commander McGarrett…I …I really don't know. They are working on him. Right now, I need to get you back into that bed, but you have to be on pain killers because the movement is not going to be good for you." He said, calling in another nurse for man power.

"No. No pain killers, no sedatives, I'm…"

"Steve you need them, you're going to pass out anyway, from the pain." Cath tried to reason with him.

That was true, he was losing his hold on consciousness right now, but he just could not allow it. He looked at Catherine earnestly.

"Cath will you go and be with Danny right now? See what's going on?" He asked

"Sure." Cath said, patted his arm reassuringly and walked out. Somehow that made Steve breathe a little better. He felt the lights go out on him, but he was better about it. He had needed that sedative.

Lynn watched as Steve was placed back into his bed, he was now out of it, which she felt better about. She could not watch him in so much pain.

She thanked the two nurses before they went out. Now she just sat by his side watching him sleep. She was the one left on his side right now. The one on his side. However, something could not stop nagging at her. The way Steve had asked Catherine to watch over Danny for him. Yeah, she was the one with Steve now but, what was more important to Steve right now? And who had he entrusted with such an important task?

Steve and Danny were like the closest brothers, right now Steve would not be holding his own welfare in any high regard. He had trusted Catherine with the most important person on his mind right now. What was that to say? Yeah, she was the one on Steve's side right now but, somehow that seemed like second place.

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Just being honest
We're playing for both sides
It's easy to deceive but it's hard
When the trust that's broken is mine