Steve and Riley slowly made their way through an empty Waikiki graveyard looking for any signs of the undead lurking around.
"So I have to ask. What made you finally believe me?" Riley asked him.
"Your friends Dawn and Spike came to visit me." Steve replied. Riley stopped walking and raised her eyebrows at his answer.
"They did?" She questioned him.
"Yup. He showed me his vampire face and she explained everything. It's still kind of hard for me to understand but they also said that would come in time." He answered. He turned to look at her surprised face standing behind him. "What?"
"Spike came to see you?" She questioned again.
"Yes." Steve laughed.
"Tall, bleach blonde, Billy Idol looking Spike?" She asked once again.
"Is it really that hard to believe?" Steve wondered.
"Uh yeah! Dawn I understand but Spike never does anything nice for anyone. Well except Dawn but thats only because he's totally in love with her." She explained. "I don't know. I guess it's just weird to me."
"Yeah well he completely explained everything. Even a few things I didn't know about." He told her with a smile.
"Like what?" Riley asked. Steve just ignored her question and walked on.
They continued walking until they came upon a large object digging up a grave. They hid behind a large headstone and spied on the monster a few feet away.
"What the hell is that?" Steve whispered.
"That would be a demon." She replied.
"A demon?" He asked. Riley looked at the shocked look on his face as he stared at the slimy creature.
"Watch and learn babe." She smirked and walked out from behind the headstone.
"Hey!" She yelled and the demon looked up at her. "What the hell do you think your doing there?" It slowly got up out of the grave and made it's way towards her. It stood about 6 feet tall, had horns coming out of his face, and had claws for hands. Riley wrinkled her face in disgust at the smell and goop that was coming off from it. She almost didn't see the first swing it took at her but was able to dodge out of the way. Quickly getting to her feet, she fought back. Throwing punches and kicks, she finally got the demon on the ground and she called for Steve.
"STEVE!" She yelled and he ran over with her bag of weapons. Pulling out an axe, she went to finish it off but it had gotten back on it's feet and attacked the both of them. Steve was pushed back into a headstone and Riley was thrown against a tree. The monster started towards Steve and didn't bother to finish with Riley. While it was distracted with her boyfriend, she grabbed the axe and planted it in the demon's back. When the goopy thing fell to it's knees, she swung at it's neck and chopped it clean off. It didn't just fall to the ground though. It exploded. Purple slime and stink flew every where.
"Oh yuck. I hate it when that happens." Riley squirmed. She looked over at Steve who sat on the ground, covered in slime, looking very pale.
"Did that just happen?" He asked. She smiled and helped him up onto his feet. Wiping a piece of slime off his face, she grabbed his hand and started the walk back to his house.
"It sure did!" Riley replied.
"I'm covered in slime." He told her. She gave him another smile.
"Yes you are." She replied to him.
"Does this happen a lot?" He asked.
"All the time." She answered. Steve just shook his head and didn't ask anymore questions. He just held her hand and walked.
After a long and quiet walk they arrived at Steve's house. Steve walked around his home to check for any signs of intruders. Riley took a look at the way the home was decorated. Definately a man lived there. Even with as clean as Steve could be, you could tell it needed a woman's touch. She noticed a few pictures on the wall. Walking up to them, she smiled at the smiley family the McGarrett's once were. A man she guessed was his father stood next to who she assumed was Steve's mother, with Steve and who had to be his sister Mary in front of them. Steve and Mary were quite young in the photo. She could see a spark in young Steve's eyes that wasn't in the older Steve's eyes. Next to that photo was one of Steve in a football uniform with his father. Both having large smiles on their faces.
Steve walked into the room and saw Riley standing in front of the wall of photos. He stood and watched how she smiled at each picture.
"That was the last picture we ever took as a family." He told her with a frown.
"You all look very happy." Riley said giving him a smile.
"We were." He answered. "You can use the shower first. The hot water runs out pretty quick sometimes. Old house and all. But I have some old clothes you can wear."
"Ok. Thanks." She replied and followed him upstairs. After showing her the bathroom and grabbing an old NAVY t-shirt and sweat pants, he knocked on the door to check if she was decent. She opened the door to reveal her just in a towel. His breath caught in his throat at the sight of her.
"Will you look at my back? I think I have a cut or something." She told him and turned away. He places her clothes on the counter before taking a deep breath. His fingers grazed her skin as he moved her hair off to the side. He noticed the goosebumps appearing on her body as he did so. He then saw a large, nasty bruise covering her shoulder blade.
"It's just a bruise so you'll be ok." Steve replied. He leaned forward and placed feathery kisses on the mark. Rileys body shivered at the contact and she leaned back into his body. He wrapped his arms around her torso and kissed up her shoulder onto her neck. He lightly bit her ear and smiled at the whimper she let out. Steve kissed up her jaw to her lips. She tipped her head slightly to kiss him back then turned in his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck. Forgetting about the towel, it dropped to the floor. Steve ran his hands up and down her back and pushed her backwards toward the shower. Riley broke the kiss in order to take his shirt off and began working on his pants when he claimed her lips again. With a tug his pants were undone and being pushed down his legs to the floor. Steve reached behind them and turned the water on before picking her up and stepping into the flowing water. Neither of them noticed when the water started to get very hot. It just fueled the passion. Pushing her against the shower wall, Steve pulled from the kiss and tried looking into her eyes. He didnt have much success since they were closed. They were both breathing heavy and she whimpered again when she didnt feel his lips anymore. Slowly putting her on her feet, he finally spoke.
"As much fun as this is, I really dont want our first time to be in the shower." She frowned a little at his remark.
"Your so sweet." She told him replacing her frown with a smile. They quickly washed their bodies and rinsed before stepping out. Not bothering to dry off, Steve picked Riley up, threw her over his shoulder and carried her to his room. He tossed her on the bed and stood in front of her with his hands on his hips. Looking up at him, she lightly bit her lip. She could see every bead of water sliding down his chest. He had the abs of a Greek god, that was for sure. But what caught her attention the most, was what hung below the belt. He was big. Very big. She only looked at it for a moment before forcing her eyes upward to his. He smirked at her blushing face and then crept up the bed.
Steve couldn't believe just how beautiful she was. She was perfect in every way. He noticed a large scar above her belly button. As well as a few others lining her stomach. He placed a kiss on each one on his way to her head. When they were eye to eye, he softly kissed her forehead, her nose, then her lips.
"Riley?" He whispered.
"Yes Steve." She replied.
"I love you." Her eyes widened and she gave him a large smile.
"I love you too Steve."
