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Previously: I fell asleep thinking about how I was going to tell him and I knew I would have to do it before anyone else found out before he did.
CHAPTER 10:
Bella's P.O.V November 4th 4:15 AM
I was woken up by the sound coming from downstairs. I felt Steve jerk awake and go for his gun in his nightstand.
"Stay here, and no matter what don't come out until I come and get you." He told me then got out of bed, and headed downstairs.
'What the hell else am I going to do?' I can't help.' I thought to myself.
Steve's P.O.V Downstairs
I walked downstairs quietly making sure that it was clear. I followed the noise that lead me to where I had put the tool box that my dad had left me and found someone trying to open it.
"Turn around. Slowly. Get up. What are you doing with that? Huh?" I asked him as I had my gun aimed at him. I then heard the floor creak behind me.
Bella's P.O.V Upstairs
Everything was quiet then I heard grunting and the sounds of fighting, I could hear things being broken, then as suddenly as it started it stopped. I pulled out my phone and called my dad.
"Hello?" He answered groggily.
"Dad." I whispered.
"Bells? Why are you calling at 4:30 in the morning?" He asked.
"I need you to come to the house." I whispered.
"Why? What's going on?"
"Steve and I were woken up by the sound of someone downstairs. Steve went to check it out then there were sounds of fighting now there's not. I don't know if he's ok or not, and I can't go down there and check because he told me to stay put." I told him. 'Plus I'm pregnant and I still haven't told anyone yet. If Steve or anyone else finds out that I'm pregnant and put myself in danger I will be on the shit list.' I thought to myself.
"I'll be there shortly."
"Bring Leah and Paul with you, oh and call the others on your way." I told him.
"Great minds think alike." He said then hung up the phone.
I sat there for five or so more minutes before getting impatient. "Screw it." I said then slowly made my way towards the door and down the stairs. When I walked into the study area I saw Steve laying there not moving. 'Oh God!' I thought to myself then rushed over to him, before I could try and wake him up I heard cars pulling up in the drive way. A few seconds later dad, Paul, and Leah entered the house, Paul and dad had their guns drawn. When dad saw me he rolled his eyes and signed.
"I thought you were supposed to stay upstairs?" He asked.
"Yeah well you know me. I had to come down and make sure that he was ok, and I'm glad I did look at him." I said gesturing to Steve.
"Let's get him up on the couch, then we can wake him up and see what happened." Dad said.
"Where are Kono, Chin and Danny?"
"I called them after I hung up with you they should be here by the time we get him woken up." He said as he and Paul got Steve to the couch.
After a few minutes of trying to wake Steve up we were finally successful.
"Damn I hate that." He said groaning, then looked at me. "Didn't I tell you to stay upstairs until I came for you?" He asked.
"That's what I said." Dad told him.
"And as I told my dad I had to make sure you were ok."
Before anyone could say anything else Chin, Kono, and Danny walked through the door.
"Not that I'm not glad you all are here but what are you guys doing here?" Steve asked them.
"I called dad when I heard fighting down here and he called them." I told him as I sat down next to him. "What happened by the way?" I asked.
"There was someone trying to get into my dad's tool box and two other guys were here, after I fought with them I was tasered." He explained.
As soon as he said he was tasered I went into the kitchen and got a zip lock bag and some ice. I put some ice in the bag then walked back into the living room.
"I'll get HPD down here, process the place." I heard Kono say as I entered the living room.
"No. Don't bother. They're not gonna find anything. The guys wore gloves." Steve said.
"Ice, for your head." I told Steve then handed him the ice pack.
"I'm fine." He said.
"Don't be a tough guy, okay?"
"I saw dad when he was stunned before, it's no fun. Ice helps." I told him and he took the bag from me.
"You said there were three guys?" Danny asked.
"Yeah." Said Steve.
"Okay, good, cause I was beginning to wonder how one little burglar comes in and takes advantage of a Navy SEAL." Danny said.
"They weren't burglars okay? They were professionals, they were organized and precise." Steve said.
"Yeah, the stun guns, gloves, they knew exactly what they were after. There's no doubt you were targeted." Kono said.
"Yeah, targeted I understand. But how'd they get you? Did you not put an alarm system in here after the General Pak thing? I told you to do that, especially with how often Bella stays here. I don't want to be a nag, but I did say that you should do that." Danny told him.
"I put it in, okay? They made a clean entry. They didn't trip the sensors, I don't understand." Steve told him.
"Nothing was tripped because they hacked your system using the alarm company's servers. They disarmed it as if you did it yourself." Chin said coming in from outside.
"Did you find out where they came in?" Steve asked.
"Yeah. There are boot prints leading up to and away from the back door, but there are no signs of forced entry. All the windows are secure too. If they broke in, I can't tell where." Chin told him and I could tell Steve was getting frustrated. "They take anything other than your father's tool box?" Chin asked him.
"No. But my father's entire investigation into my mother's murder was in that box." Steve said.
"All right, I'm not a rocket scientist, but that is the reason the jackers were in here, they wanted that evidence." Paul said.
"How did they know about the evidence?" Steve asked no one in general.
"I didn't mention it to anyone." Chin said and the others confirmed the same thing.
"And you never talked about it with anyone else?" Dad asked.
"I talked to the people in this room." Steve said frustrated, then paused. "And my sister. I talked to my sister." He said getting up, then he turned to me. "You need to go with Leah to your house and stay there I don't want you anywhere near this."
"But…" I started to say but he cut me off.
"Steve I need to tell you something." I told him.
"Can you tell me later? I really need to find that box and find out who my sister talked to." He said.
"I guess so."
"Alright. I love you. Go home and then go to school. I'll see you later." He told me then gave me a kiss on the forehead, he ran upstairs and changed really quick then he and the others rushed off.
Soon after they left I went upstairs and got dressed in a grey strapless shirt that had lace around the breast area, a pair of dark blue jean skinny jeans a pair of light pink boots, a grey purse, earrings, and a ring. I put my hair up in a messy bun and didn't worry about makeup.
"You ready to go?" Leah asked when I came downstairs.
"Yeah." I told her then walked outside to my truck and got in.
"Why haven't you told Steve yet?" She asked when she got in.
"With everything that has been going on lately I haven't had the time. When do you thing that I should have told him? After he got shot or before Chin was strapped to a bomb?" I asked her.
"Good point but you really need to tell him soon."
"I will I promise."
"I meant it B, do it before something else happens and you find another excuse not to." She told me.
"I said I will and I will. Right now let's just focus on going to the house eating then going to school. I'll think about all that later." I told her.
"You better."
The rest of the ride to the house was made in silence. Once we got there we went our separate ways. I went to my room to gather my things for school and she went to her room to do the same.
Time Skip 3:45 PM
All day during school I was distracted by how I was going to tell Steve, and by what happened this morning. As Leah and I drove back to the house I turned my phone on to see if there was any word from my dad or any of the others and it surprised me that there wasn't. When we got back to the house I saw everyone's cars in the drive way but Steve's was missing. I walked into the house and everyone was hanging out in the living room.
"Hey where's Steve?" I asked them.
"Dropping Mary off at the airport." Danny said.
"Why didn't he wait and let me say goodbye to her?" I asked.
"After Mary being kidnapped today he just wanted to get her off the island as soon as possible." Chin said.
"And no one told me this sooner because?" I asked.
"You were at school there was nothing that you could have done to help kid." Dad told me.
We continued to talk about the subject and other things for the next hour until I heard someone pull in the driveway. A few minutes later Steve walked in.
"So I was thinking that I want to teach you how to shoot and teach you self-defense with some of the others help." Was the first thing he said.
"Well hello to you to." I grumbled.
"Hey. How was school?" He asked me.
"Fine. Why didn't you tell me about Mary?" I asked him.
"Wha… Who told you?" He asked.
"It doesn't matter who told me. You should have told me before I found out from someone else." I told him.
"Fine, but what do you think about learning how to shoot and learning self-defense?" He asked.
"Dad already started teaching me so I'm fine with that and I know some people that can help with self-defense when you all can't do it." I told him.
For the rest of the night we hung out in the living room and watched TV finally around eight PM Steve and I headed to my room and got ready for bed. We laid down and after a few minutes I turned to face Steve so that I could tell him my news but when I faced him he was already asleep.
'I guess I'll have to wait to tell him again.' I thought to myself.
Time Skip November 26th 6:30 AM Steve's P.O.V
I had been awake since about five o'clock this morning when I decided that I wanted to go to a place that my father used to take me when I was a kid. I really wanted to take Isa with me but she had to go to school today and I didn't want her to miss another day so I decided to text Danny and see if he wanted to go with me.
To Danny:
From Steve:
I was going to go to a spot my father took me to when I was younger. Would you like to go with me?
From Danny:
To Steve:
I guess. What time do you want to go?
To Danny:
From Steve:
Come by Bella's house at seven to get me and well leave from here.
From Danny:
To Steve:
Why is it that I'm always the one picking you up?
I laughed at his last text but I didn't respond. I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom to take a shower and get ready for the day. After I was done with my shower I went to Isa's closet to find something to wear. I picked out a grey button down shirt, a grey tank top, and my normal tan kaki cargo pants. I also grabbed my military pack that had everything that I needed in it, when I was done I got dressed. I walked out of the closet and looked at the time it was now 6:45 AM so I decided to write Isa a note.
Isa,
Morning. I'm sorry that I missed you this morning but I just felt that I needed to go back to a spot my dad used to take me when I was younger and I didn't want you to miss anymore school. I hope that you have a good day and I will see you when you get home.
~Steve
After I was done writing my note I set it on my pillow. I made my way into the main house then outside to wait for Danny. No more than ten minutes later Danny pulled in the driveway.
"Where are we going?" Danny asked as soon as I got in the car.
"Ko'olau Mountain Range. It's a little over forty minutes away." I told him.
"And what are we doing exactly?"
"We are going for a hike to see petroglyphs that my dad showed me when I was a kid."
"Okay."
We drove in silence for once and when we got there we started our hike.
Time Skip 9:44 AM
"This is not a hike, Steven. Your dad used to bring you up here when you were a kid?" Danny said after a couple of hours.
"Every year." I told him.
"Yeah, well, that explains a lot."
"You can bring Gracie up here when she gets a bit older."
"Grace wants to get a manicure and a pedicure, okay?" He said chuckling. "She's not interested in going to look at old graffiti on rocks, okay? This is basically child abuse." He said.
"That's what Bella and Leah can do with her. This, this is something that you can do with her, and they're called "petroglyphs," Danny. They're called "petroglyphs." I told him.
"That is a fancy name for graffiti etched in rocks, okay?"
"You know what? I remember the first time I beat my father to the summit. I remember like it was yesterday." I told him as I looked around.
"All due respect, what's wrong with an old-fashioned baseball game, Steve, huh?" Danny asked
"I've never been to a professional baseball game." I told him.
"That doesn't surprise me at all. I mean, how could you…? Forget about it. You know what to each his own. We had the Yankees; you and your old man had a… I don't know what. Deep-sea demolition classes or something." Said Danny.
"Stop talking for a second. Look at this view. This view, this has not changed one bit since I was a kid. Everything else has changed, but not this. You know what? I, um… I found another one of those envelopes on Bella's doorstep Wednesday morning. It had an old matchbook in it. Used to be in my father's toolbox." I told him as I looked out at the Summit.
"Have you told Bella about it yet? You think it's from Wo Fat?" Danny asked.
"No I haven't told her yet. I don't want her to worry about it, and I don't know."
"What does Charlie think?"
"Charlie thinks Wo Fat's playing a game with me." I told him.
"I don't understand. What kind of game, huh? Like he's trying to get you to believe that your father was a dirty cop?" Danny asked.
"Let me tell you something. My father was such a good man and he was a great cop, and whatever case he was working on before he was killed, I'm gonna find out what that was." I told him.
"That still doesn't explain why someone is sending that case evidence back to you."
"Maybe someone's tying to lead me to Wo Fat." I said.
"Maybe Wo Fat's trying to lure you." Said Danny, but I couldn't really think about that right now.
"Come on." I told him then began hiking again. After another hour of hiking we finally made it to the spot my father always brought me to. (11:45 AM)
"All right. This is it." I told him when we got there. "The ancient Hawaiians called this "K'I'I pohaku." It means "images in the stone." I told Danny.
"Ah."
"This one right here, this is Honu. It's a turtle."
"Yeah, that's a turtle." Stated Danny.
"Yeah."
"What about this guy right here? What's this?" Danny asked pointing to man figures.
"These are symbols of the hunt. It's pretty cool, huh? Better than a Yankee's game?" I asked him.
"It's not even close to as good as a Yankee's game, but it's nice." He said but I wasn't paying attention to him because I had seen some broken branches by the cliff which meant that there may be a possibility of someone having gone over the edge.
I walked and looked over the edge and I saw someone laying down on the ground.
"Danny, Danny, there's someone down there!" I told him.
"Hey, yo!" Danny shouted down when he came to stand next to me.
I whistled then shouted. "Hey!" When I got no answer I turned to Danny and said. "I'm going down there he could still be alive." I then took my pack off and opened it getting the things that I would need out.
"Bella is going to kill me."
"No she won't because you aren't going to say anything about this to her." I told him then geared up to scale down.
"Really and what if you get hurt huh? What then? I still have Grace to take care of." Danny said just before I went over the edge.
"I'm gonna be fine." I told him then began scaling down.
"Is he all right?" Danny asked when I reached the bottom and made my way over to the man.
"He's dead!" I shouted back up after I checked his pulse. I noticed a gunshot wound so I turned him over without touching him. "He's got a gunshot wound through and through and there's very little blood." I shouted up to Danny.
"All right, look, there's no action up here. No signs of a struggle. Somebody dumped him." He said.
"It's gotta be from a plane or a helicopter."
"Now get outta the way. Let me take a picture. All right, come on. Let's go. We'll go for a little hike, call the crime scene until. Come on before something bad happens. Come on." Danny said.
"What do you mean before something bad happens?" I asked him.
"With you most of the time something bad happens so let's go before it does."
"Fine, fine. I need you to take up the slack as I climb, all right?" I asked as I got ready to climb. "All right, take that slack, Danny." I told him then began to climb.
"Go easy, take your time." Danny said as I climbed but I wasn't really paying attention to him. About half way up I grabbed a rock that didn't look loose and it fell and hit me in the head, causing me to fall back down to where I had started from.
"Whoa, Steve!" I barley heard Danny shout. "Hey, Steve! Steve! Steve!" I heard distantly then everything went black.
Time Skip 5 Minutes
"Steve! Hey Steve! Bella is going to kill me! Hey Steve! Steve!" I heard Danny shouting as I came to. I groaned and started shifting away from the ledge.
"Hey, Steve, don't move, all right?! Just stay where you are! You all right?" Danny shouted.
"I'm good. I'm good."
"See what did I tell you about bad things, Bella is definitely going to kill me."
"Really now? We're going to do this now? And don't you even think about calling Bella she's in school!" I told him as I turned myself around and sat up. "Danny, I think I've broken my arm. Send that rope down, okay?"
"Bad things I tell you bad things. Its snagged on a branch. All right, look, I'm gonna call for help." Danny said.
"No, there's no cell service here. But there is at the summit. You need to climb up and call in a medevac team, all right? And when you do call make sure you tell them not to call Bella." I told him.
"All right, don't move, all right? And just because I tell them not to call Bella doesn't mean they won't, especially Paul and her dad."
"Fine. Hey, Danny, throw my pack down before you go." I told him. "All right, I got it, I got it." I told him as I caught my pack.
"Hey, listen to me. Do not move." He said.
"Be careful up there. It's really steep." I told him then watched as he ran off. "All right." I told myself then moved so that I could sit better and set my arm. I unlocked my phone and opened the voice recorder. "All right. Uh, gunshot wound, small-caliber, through-and-through. Wait…" I said into it then paused at I saw something in the wound. I took my knife and got some of the residue on it so I could take a better look. "There's fish scales in the exit wound."
Charlie's P.O.V
I was sitting behind my desk when my phone started ringing, I saw that it was Danny calling.
"Hey, I thought you were supposed to be on a hike with my Hunona kane." I said when I answered.
"Your what? Never mind Steve fell. He's hurt." Danny said.
"Wait. What? How bad?"
"I don't know how bad. I'm not a doctor. But I think he broke his arm." He said.
"No reason to be a smart ass. I was just asking. I'll have to call Bella when I get off the phone with you."
"Steve said he didn't want anyone calling her."
"I don't care I'd rather him be pissed then her. Where are you? You know what? Forget it." I said getting up, walking out of my office and into the bull-pin waving at the others to come here. "Hey Kono I need you to triangulate the coordinates using Danny's cell phone signal." I told her when they were all there.
"Why I thought he was on a hike with McGarrett?" She asked.
"He is but Steve fell and he's hurt."
"On it."
"All right, listen, we need a rescue team as soon as possible." Danny said.
"I'll contact Army Evac stand by." Paul said.
"All right, I've got your location." Said Kono.
"Okay, listen, we need a crime scene unit, too, as soon as possible. We found a body." Danny said.
"Whoa, wait. I thought you said this is a rescue mission. What's a body doing way up there?" I asked.
"I don't know what a body's doing way up here. The guy doesn't look like a hiker, mid-50's, work clothes. I'm gonna send you a picture. Hold on." Danny said.
"All right, I got him. I'll run it through the system and see if I can get an I.D." Kono said.
"Evac choppers on its way." Said Paul.
"All right, I'm heading back. And if your gonna call Bella at least wait till he's on the way to the hospital." Danny said then hung up.
Steve's P.O.V
I heard thunder starting to roll in, so I looked up and saw that there was a nasty storm getting ready to hit.
"Hey, did you get reception?" I asked Danny once I saw him.
"Yeah. Army Evac's on its way. Charlie's gonna call Bella when you're on your way to the hospital." He told me.
"I didn't want them to call Bella, and I don't think we have time all right? Theses clouds, they look bad. If its starts raining, this place is gonna turn into a big mudslide."
"He said he would rather you be pissed than her. All right. I'm gonna come down untangle the rope, and I'm gonna bring it to you, all right?" Danny said.
"Hey, take it easy, all right?" I asked him.
He then started scaling down, just a few steps down he slipped.
"Easy, easy. Hey!" I shouted. "I'm not gonna catch your ass if you fall." I told him.
"I'd rather you not catch me if I fall, okay?" He told me as he un-snagged the rope, he then threw it to me.
"Got it." I told him then began hooking myself up for the climb.
I began climbing and he pulled.
"Need another doughnut." Danny said grunting. "Army Evac's here." He said after a few more minutes of climbing. I made it up to the top just as the Evac got right above us.
"Commander McGarrett, 45th I.D., ready to go, sir." One of the men said as he strapped me up.
"Hey, Danny." I shouted. "Thanks, brother."
He made an "I Love You" signal.
When we got up into the chopper I saw that Charlie was there.
"You do know I have to call her right? Because if I don't and she sees you with a cast it's not just me she's going to be mad at." He said to me.
'I hope she's not t mad that I didn't let them call her sooner.' I thought to myself and I nodded to him.
After a fifteen-minute flight we had arrived at the hospital and I was taken down to the ED. I didn't have to wait long before the doctor came in, took a look at my arm and ordered x-rays. After my x-rays were done I was taken back to my room and shortly after Bella arrived.
Bella's P.O.V 2:00 PM
I was making my way to my next class when my phone started vibrating. I looked to see who was calling and saw that it was my dad. 'He wouldn't call me during school if it wasn't important.' I thought to myself.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Hey Kid." He shouted because wherever he was, was loud.
"What's up dad? You wouldn't call me at school just to say hey."
"I just want to start by saying he's fine…" But before he could finish I interrupted him.
"What happened? Where is he?" I asked panicking.
"As I was saying before you interrupted me. He's fine he just took a fall and may have a broken arm. As for where he is, he's with me. We are on our way to Tripler Army Medical Center."
"I'll meet you there." I told him then hung up. I rushed out to my car but before I could open the door I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and there stood Leah.
"You can't drive like this. Plus, your dad said he's fine." She told me.
"I know he did but until I see Steve with my own eyes I'm gonna worry." I told her.
"I know, but let me drive."
That was the good thing about being friends with a werewolf you didn't need to fill them in on things most of the time they already knew because of their super hearing. The whole ride to the hospital was made in silence. Once we got there I rushed into the Emergency Room and went up to the desk.
"How may I help you?" The woman asked.
"I'm looking for my husband he should be here by now."
"What's the name?"
"Steve McGarrett."
"They took him to x-ray a while ago he should be in his room, but I need to make sure that you can go back and that you are actually family." She told me.
"Excuse…" I never got to finish my sentence because Danno interrupted me.
"She's with me." He said.
"But sir…"
"Look she's his wife has been since May I should know I work with Steve." He told her then turned to me and said. "Come on." He then led Leah and I to the back.
"Just to let you know I told him he should have called you when it happened but he didn't want anyone to call you before or even after." He told me as we stood outside what I assumed was Steve's room.
"Oh he did, did he?" I asked calmly, and he just nodded.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" I shouted when I walked into his room.
"What?" He asked confused.
"Oh so you didn't tell Danno or anyone else not to call me?" I asked.
"I didn't…"
"Didn't want me to worry yeah, yeah. I've heard that before and if this is going to become a regular thing we are going to have a problem." I said interrupting him.
"If what becomes a regular thing?" He asked.
"You keeping things from me so I don't worry. I know I'm not a cop, Navy Seal or anything but I do know what I need to worry about and what I don't. If you tell me things yes I will worry, but I worry even more when I get a phone call like the one I got today from my dad and the first thing he says is 'I just want to start off by saying he's fine.' Now that makes me worry even more because I don't know if he is just sugar coating things or if you are actually fine. So from now on if you get hurt or anyone else gets hurt you call me and tell me what's going on don't try and hide it until you absolutely have to tell me." I explained.
"Okay." He said slowly.
"So other than your fall how was your hike?" I asked as I walked over to him and sat on the bed next to him. "I'm glad you're ok." I said then kissed him on the cheek.
"It was good besides Danny complaining a little. Oh and that we found a body while we were up there. I am to." He said.
"What would a body be doing way up there?"
"I have no idea, but I will find out."
"I'm sure you will." I told him. 'I have the perfect idea about how to tell him my news.' I thought to myself. "So, I never got to tell you what I was thankful for on Thanksgiving." I said.
"No you didn't. What are you thankful for?" He asked.
"Well I'm thankful for having an amazing dad, having an amazing husband even though he can be really hard headed sometimes, for the healthy baby that is growing inside of me, for all the new friends that I have made, for the people that are becoming like family to me, and I am most thankful for the life I have." I told him sneaking the news in the middle to see if he would catch it but it seemed like he hadn't so far.
"Those are all good things to be thankful fo… Wait. What?" He started to say then asked in shock.
"What? What?" I asked acting confused.
"What baby? Your pregnant? When? How? Huh?" He asked more confused than ever and it looked kinda adorable.
"What baby? That would be the one we made. Am I pregnant? That would be a yes. When around the 23rd of September. The how, well you should know the how." I said, after I finished speaking he sat there in silence for a few minutes and it was starting to make me nervous.
"Steve?" I asked trying to get his attention.
"That would mean your about 12 or so weeks along right?" He asked.
"Yeah." I said slowly.
"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" He asked.
"When was I supposed to tell you? After you got shot or before Chin was strapped to a bomb?" I asked him.
"I don't know but you still should have told me sooner."
"I know I just didn't know when, and with the way things have been going with you lately I had to tell you."
"Who else knows?" He asked.
"Besides you and I?" I asked and he nodded. "Just the doctor and Leah." I told him.
"When are we going to tell the others?"
"Not any time soon. I want to enjoy this with just the two of us right now." I told him. Then began to think about it. "Hey what do you think about Christmas?" I asked.
"I like it, it's a good holiday. Everyone is happy and in other places you get snow." He said.
"That's not what I meant." I said slapping his shoulder, causing him to groan. "Sorry! Sorry!" I exclaimed then gave him a big kiss.
"If that isn't what you meant then what did you mean?" He asked.
"I meant to tell everyone else. We can even do special present for everyone to tell them I'm pregnant."
"Whatever you want to do is fine with me."
Over the next five or so minutes we just sat there holding one another and Steve's hand drifted to my belly and he started rubbing circles there. I just shook my head. Soon after the doctor came in and said that Steve had shattered his forearm and would need to wear a cast. A nurse came in and did the cast, and as soon as she was gone Steve jumped off the bed and began putting his shoes on.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"I have a case." He said as if it explained everything.
"Really? And you expect to be able to work with the pain killers you are going to be given?" I asked him.
"Who said I was going to take them?"
"And who said you weren't?" I asked.
"Babe I can't just take a day off because I got hurt."
"Oh yes you can and that is exactly what the doctor said needed to happen."
"I can't."
"Yes you can, my dad, Paul, Kono, Chin and Danny will be working."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it." I said.
"Thanks, I'm glad you understand."
"No problem, let me just go ask the nurse for your discharge papers." I told him.
"Thanks babe."
"Your welcome." I said smiling, I walked over to him and gave him a kiss on the lips then walked out of the room. I didn't stop at the nurse's station like I told Steve, I just walked straight to the Emergency Room lobby and up to Leah.
"How's Steve?" She asked.
"He's fine. He shattered his forearm and is in a cast. The doctor wants him to take the rest of the day off and even tomorrow but he won't do it. So he's going back to work." I told her.
"And you're ok with that?" She asked.
"No. Come on there is something that I want to do." I told her and began walking out of the ER.
"What about Steve?"
"He wants to go to work he can find his own way there." I told her.
"What is it that you want to do?" She asked me hesitantly.
"You'll see." I told her then made my way to my car and got in. After I got in my car I sent a mass text.
To Dad, Danny, Chin, Kono, and Paul:
From Bella:
Steve was supposed to have today and tomorrow off but he has decided to go back to work. If you all know what's best for you, you will not come and pick him up. He wants to go to work let him find his own way there.
~Bella
From Kono:
To Bella:
You really left him there?
~Kono
To Kono:
From Bella:
Yes, I did, and he probably hasn't figured it out yet. Pass it along.
~Bella
From Kono:
To Bella:
You got it!
~Kono
As we drove I looked up what I needed and told her to stop by the house first so that I could get my SUV. After we got the SUV I gave her directions and after a two hour drive we pulled up to a Kennel that I had looked up.
"Bella what are we doing here?" Leah asked me.
"I am getting two dogs." I told her.
"What kind?" She asked.
"Huskies. I want a male and a female."
"Why?"
"Because they can be very protective and when the time comes I want to be able to breed them so that by time the baby is born there will also be a new born puppy. This way the puppy can be the babies and they can grow up together." I told her as I got out of the car.
"That's actually a cute idea." She said.
"Thanks."
"How can I help you today?" A woman asked as we walked into the Kennel.
"Do you happen to have a male and female Husky for sale?" I asked her.
"We actually have two pairs for adoption."
"What are their names?" I asked.
"we have Kailani & Aleka then we have Kekoa & Aunakua. Both Kailani & Aleka are four years old, Kekoa & Aunakua are both six years old." She said.
"Warrior Queen & Protector, Brave One & Family Guardian." I whispered.
"I see you know your Hawaiian meanings." The woman said smiling.
"I better or Kawika would beat my ass." I said smiling then asked. "If you don't mind me asking why are they up for adoption?"
"The families that they were with moved back to the mainland and couldn't take them."
"Could you tell me more about them before I meet them?" I asked.
"Both females are very loving but also very protective or who they consider family, the males they were protective as well but they didn't have a strong bond with the females in the family as they did with the males."
"When you say protective what do you mean?" I asked.
"When they think of something as a threat they start growling and wait for the command to attack. The males were trained more as the protectors then the females but the females attack on command as well. Also when they feel threatened they make like a barrier between you and the perceived threat."
"Nice." Leah said smiling.
"Can I meet them now?" I asked.
"Sure. Follow me." She said then started walking towards the back.
When we got back there she stopped in front of one kennel.
"This is Kailani & Aleka." She said pointing to two large Siberian Huskies. "The one with the two lines between the eyes is Kailani. Aleka has the white face." She said.
Kailani was black and white, she had blue eyes, but she also had some grey coloring in there. Aleka was black and white, he had light blue eyes almost grey, and he had a tan color in his ears. I noticed that these two were very built.
"Next we have Kekoa & Aunakua. Kekoa is the greyer and white one, whereas Aunakua is the black and white one." She said walking to the next kennel.
Kekoa was grey and white with bright blue eyes. Aunakua was black and white with bright blue eyes. I noticed that these two were slimmer than Kailani & Aleka.
"Which ones do you like?" I asked Leah.
"I like Kekoa & Aunakua."
"I do to but I also like Kailani & Aleka." I told her.
After talking to the woman some more and even talking to Leah about the four of them I came to a startling decision that I knew would drive everyone up the wall and that only made me smile more.
"Why are you smiling like that? I don't like it when you smile like that, it makes me nervous." Leah said looking at me.
"Oh I just decided something and it is going to make you and everyone else think I'm crazy."
"I can only imagine." Leah muttered.
Steve's P.O.V After Bella leaves.
Bella had left about twenty minutes ago and I was starting to wonder what was taking so long. I walked out of my room and looked around but I couldn't see her, so I walked up to the nurse's station.
"Excuse me but my wife was supposed to be coming to get my discharge papers." I said.
"What did she look like?" The nurse asked so I described Bella and the nurse started chuckling a little. "Oh I know exactly who you are talking about."
"Good, where is she?" I asked.
"She left about twenty minutes ago." The woman said smiling.
"She was supposed to take me back to work." I said.
"I think the words she said before she left were "He wants to go to work he can find his own way there."" The nurse said, causing me to groan. "I think someone is in the dog house." She said laughing. I signed my discharge papers and made my way out of the hospital. I pulled out my phone and tried calling Charlie, Danny, Kono, Chin and Paul to get a ride but they all said they were busy so that left me with one option, Kamekona. I stood outside waiting for another ten minutes before he pulled up.
"Yo!" He shouted honking the horn. "Right here, boss! Where's the wheelchair and the wife?" He asked.
"Funny. She left me here because I wanted to go back to work." I said walking up to his jeep.
"You in the doghouse Bruh." He told me, as he moved ice bags from the front to the back.
"So I've heard. What's all this?" I asked.
"Sorry Brah. Big sale on ice."
"They had a sale on ice." I said opening it door to the jeep.
"Mean sale."
"Oh well. I'm sure glad you stopped for ice." I said getting in and slamming the door shut. "Mahaloes for picking me up, brother." I told him as we drove.
"Any time brother, just from now on don't mess with the Miss's." He told me and I chuckled.
Time Skip
After getting back to the office and talking to Danny about any new leads. We made our way to Morimoto's Restaurant, when we got there I could hear singing.
"All right, where's the chef?" I asked and they pointed me to where Morimoto was singing Karaoke.
"Sumimasen."
"Stop the music, please." He said.
"Steve McGarrett. This is Detective Danny Williams." I said when he turned around. "Five-0."
"Hi, Steve… Hi." He said shacking both mine and Danny's hand. "I'm just testing my new karaoke machine. Had it flown over from Japan. Its special."
"It's nice." I told him.
"You like karaoke?"
"Yes, I do. You have a lovely voice." I told him.
"I don't know." He said laughing.
"Uh, we-we spoke to your fish dealer this morning." Danny said.
"Yes?" Morimoto asked.
"And he said that you purchased, well, fish."
"Ehu." I said.
"yes, yes. Ehu, yes." Morimoto said.
"Can we see the catch?" I asked.
"Yes, I take you." He said then proceeded to walk towards the kitchen.
"Thank you." Danny said.
"Arigato." I told him.
When we got into the kitchen he opened the contained where the fish were. "Here you are. This is mine—of today." He said then backed away.
"Hey, buddy, after you." Danny said leaning up against the counter.
"It's all you, babe. I can't get my cast wet." I told him smiling.
"That's low." He said. "That's really low. What exactly are we looking for?" He asked as he put a pair of gloves on.
"We'll know when we find it, so be thorough." I told him.
"Oh, be thorough. Okay."
"Yeah, be thorough. Check every fish, Danny."
"Oh, okay."
"All the fish in the box." I told him.
"You're gonna pay for this 100%."
"That's nothing new I'm paying for it already when I go home tonight." I told him, he then started pulling fish out of the box.
"Looks like a fish." He said holding one up.
"Beautiful." Morimoto said nodding.
"Okay." Danny said then sat the fish down on the counter. "Wouldn't you know it. Another big, red fish. Huh?" He said making the fish swim in the air.
"Nice size." Said Morimoto nodding.
"Nice size, yeah." Danny said then sat it on the counter with the other one.
"We got a fish, we got another fish." He said setting two more fish down on the counter. Then when we both looked down there was a fish with a hole in it.
"Look at this fish. This is a special fish, huh?" Danny asked picking the fish with the hole up and holding it up in the air.
"That's a bullet hole." I said to no one in general.
"Yeah. You see, either they got an interesting new way to catch fish, or we just found our ballistics evidence." He said then sat the fish down on the counter. I began looking around me and finally found a pair of large chopsticks, I then began to dig around in the fish until I got the bullet with the chopsticks.
"Mushroomed. Small caliber. I bet it went into the fish after it went through our victim." I said as I placed the bullet into Danny's open gloved hand.
"I'll get it to the lab." Danny said then took his glove off so that it would be around the bullet. After he had taken his gloves off he wiped his hand on my shirt.
"Arigato." I said to Morimoto and shook his hand.
Time Skip 9:30 PM
After closing the case I had Danny drop me off at Bella's house and when I walked in I saw Leah sitting on the couch watching TV, when she saw me she started smiling and shaking her head.
"What?" I asked.
"Oh nothing, I hope you have a good night. I'm going to bed." She said then turned the TV off and went upstairs.
I shook my head and made my way out to the pool house and made sure to be very quiet in case she was asleep. I went over to the dresser and got a pair of shorts to change into, after I was done I made my way over to the bed to get it only to stop when I heard growling.
"Bella?" I asked, and a few seconds later she turned her bedside lamp on. When light flooded the room I got a better look at what was growling. There on the bed were four Siberian Huskies. "Babe where did they come from?" I asked.
"Ruhig (Roo-ig)" She said and all four dogs went quiet. "I adopted them today I couldn't choose which pair I wanted so I got both. You have Kailani & Aleka and you have Kekoa & Aunakua." She told me and pointed to each dog when she said their names.
"Where am I sleeping if they are on the bed?" I asked.
"The guestroom or the couch is my guess." She told me then leaned over and turned the light off.
'Damn she's pissed.' I thought to myself then made my way out of the room and into the spare room. I got in bed and fell asleep think about ways to make this up to Bella.
A/N:
Hunona kane- Son-In-Law
Mahaloes- Thanks
Arigato- Thank you
Sumimasen-Excuse me
Ruhig (Roo-ig)- Quiet