"Salvation: Forever and Always: Our Ohana"

CHAPTER TEN

Title: "Salvation: Forever and Always: Our Ohana"

Author: Michelle Heath

Rating: MA for adult situations and language

Summary: Story #7 in the Salvation series. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Montgomery announce the birth of their son.

Disclaimer: I so do not own Hawaii Five-0; unfortunately! All original characters are the property of the author!

Date Written: September 9, 2011

(Forty-five minutes later, Steve, Danny, and Chin are wearing holes in the carpeting in the waiting room of the OB-GYN Clinic at the base hospital. Kono was taken into an examining room as soon as they arrived and Sam, Caroline, and Lana are unreachable at the moment, and both Libby's and Mike's cellular phones are turned off. Fortunately, there are only a couple of other people in the waiting room because the three men get into an argument about who's going to go into the Delivery Room with Kono since Libby isn't available.)

"You should go with her, Danny."

"Why, because I've done it before?"

"Yeah."

"And again, Steven, I don't remember much about it except for the fact that one minute my hand was killing me and the next the doctor was handing me a bloody, crying, squirming baby."

"That you thought was the most beautiful thing you'd ever seen. Fine, we'll send Chin in there with her. At least he's got the pushing thing down."

"Me? Um, I don't think so. I mean, Kono's my cousin and I love her, but I don't think I'd do so well in a delivery room. You go, Steve, you're a SEAL."

"And that makes me the obvious choice? What's up with that?"

"Well, one of us is going to have to go with her."

"Maybe not. Let's see if we can find Libby and figure out how much longer it's going to be before she's finished with her appointment."

"That's the best idea you've had all year."

"Shut up, Danny."

(Danny's glare doesn't affect Steve at all as he strides to the desk and asks the Petty Officer sitting there if she can direct him to the area where he might find Libby. Of course, when Steve asks her where he might find Adm. Thrasher's wife, the young woman looks at him blankly and Steve realizes he needs to explain why his mother-in-law is at the hospital. Once he does, the Petty Officer tells him that particular clinic is one floor up just off the elevators. Thanking her with a somewhat red face, Steve tells Danny and Chin he's going to find Libby and Mike and will be right back. . .

Fifteen minutes later, Steve, with Libby and Mike in tow, comes back to the OB-GYN Clinic waiting room and finds Danny and Chin still pacing and still arguing about who's going into the delivery room with Kono. Libby desperately wants to laugh at the flustered state in which she finds the three young men, but decides that her best course of action is to approach the situation as a mother with a dash of commanding officer thrown in for good measure.)

"All right, all of you sit down and breathe deeply for a few minutes. Goodness, you'd think you all were about to attempt to perform major surgery! I'm here now and I'll take care of Kono. . . That is, if I don't have to take care of all of you!"

(And looking exactly like chastised little boys, Steve, Danny, and Chin sit down and, once the ridiculousness of their behavior hits them, they have a hard time meeting Libby's eyes. Mike simply sits down with them and gets comfortable; he loves to watch his wife work. Libby has just stepped toward the desk when a nurse opens the door to the waiting room and asks who is there with Mrs. Montgomery. As soon as Libby speaks up, she is taken to Kono and the men are left to brood. Just like his wife, Mike is having a hard time keeping a smirk off his face and, remembering his conversation with Sam earlier, just can't pass us the opportunity to pick on all three of the younger men; especially his two sons-in-law.)

"I don't think I'd tell your wives about your behavior this morning, boys, especially after they were all bragging on you last night."

"No kidding, Mike, Lana would throw a fit."

"Lana? If Caroline finds out about this, she'll never let me live it down."

"Well, Son, you have been through this once before."

"Danny's just being a girl, Mike. Doesn't want his hand nearly broken again."

" 'Girl', Steven? You're the big, bad Navy SEAL and you tucked your tail between your legs and ran as soon as you had the chance!"

"I did not run, Danny, SEALs do not retreat! I merely went to get reinforcements."

"Oh, yeah, like you couldn't have gotten the Petty Officer here to call wherever it was Libby was and get a message to her."

(Having no plausible response, Steve merely shoots Danny a death glare and Mike is finding it much harder to keep a straight face as Danny continues to rant.)

"Didn't think of that, did you, boy wonder?"

"No, I was too busy trying to worrying about what stupid thing you were going to do next, Jersey boy!"

"Ha! I like being called 'Jersey boy', there are no pineapple trees in Jersey!"

"Pineapples don't grow on trees, Danno; they grow from plants on the ground!"

"Whatever!"

"Don't you guys think we should have heard something by now? Kono's been back there over an hour."

"It's her first baby, Chin, and they usually take quite a bit of time to get here, Libby will let us know something as soon as she can."

"You're awfully calm and laid back about all this, Mike."

"Just on the outside. On the inside, I'm absolutely shaking in my boots,"

"Really, Mike? I didn't think something like this would rattle you,"

"If you're referring to Kono delivering her baby, Steve, that doesn't bother me in the least. What has me scared is taking care of you three until all this is over."

(But the door to the back of the clinic opens before any of the younger men can reply and Kono and Libby, both smiling, emerge and walk toward the group of men. Dark frowns and questioning looks meet the two women's innocent gazes, as the four men are on their feet instantly.)

"Hey, Cuz, you okay?"

"I'm fine and the baby's fine. It was a false alarm. I am not in labor."