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Chapter 11: Coming home

Three and half more months had passed without a word or a letter from Grace till one day she called. It was in the middle of a firefight when Danny's phone started going off.

"Steven! Cover me! It's Grace!"

"OK!" Steve shouted over the loud noises from the gun and he continued to shoot. Two more bad guys went down as Danny took the call, "Hello"

"Hey Danno."

"Baby! how are you doing?"

"Oh just fine and guess what-I'm coming home!"

"When!"

"Later today around 8:00PM."

"Oh ok"

"Are you in the middle of gunfight?"

"Yeah! Don't worry Steve's covering me. How did you know?"

"Well stop talking to me and get those bad guys! Tell dad that I love him and I love you too! I'll tell you later on how I knew."

"I will and Danno loves you, monkey!"

He hung up and proceeded to help Steve finish it which they did and finally arrested the last guy who held out the longest till Kono snuck up on him and smacked him on the head with her gun. They booked him and drove back to HQ where they did the paperwork and the case was finally closed.

Steve was now 5 1/2 months along and he was a bit bigger than normal because he was carrying twins. The only drawback was that his back ached more and his food cravings were hightened. And the babies started kicking, the first time he felt one of them kick was startling-he was running some figures on the touchtable when he felt a little kick, at first he thought it was a contraction but then it happened again and he knew his babies were just making their presence known. He placed his hand on his stomach, "Hey little ones." he said and they responded by kicking at the same time and he just laughed. Danny came back from the bathroom, "Hey babe, what are you laughing at?"

"Oh just said hi to the little ones and they kicked at the same time. Danno come here...feel it...doesn't that feel so amazing?"

Danny placed his hands on Steve's belly in which he recieved two little kicks, "Wow! Simply amazing."

"Yeah. We did that babe...we made those two little bundles of joy."

Danny just pulled him in for a sweet soft kiss.

He just finished signing the last of his paperwork when he felt a sharp pain in his lower back as he stood up. The pain was so bad that it sent him to his knees. He could feel something wet running down the inside of his thigh and he knew that was not a good sign; he didn't think he'd been stressing and thought he'd been doing good. It was just today that kind of got out of hand. He slowly crawled to the door to open it then start to head for Danny's office when another strong pain hit him and he knew that it was a contraction.

"DAN-AHHH!" Steve screamed out in pain as he curled up into a ball trying to get it to stop. Danny came running out of the office when he heard Steve scream along with Chin and Kono.

"STEVE! WHAT'S WRONG!" Danny shouted as he bent down and grabbed Steve's hand. Steve squeezed it like a lifeline and rasped out, "Babies are coming...contractions...hurts bad...too early, they'll die...call Harm."

"Oh god!" Kono shouted and Chin put an arm around her to comfort her. Danny quickly got out his cell and pushed #2 speed dial for Harm.

"Hello"

"HARM! GET OVER TO HQ NOW! STEVE'S GONE INTO LABOR BUT IT'S TOO EARLY! HE'S HURTING REALLY BAD!"

"Okay Danny...just calm down and I'll be there in 5 minutes with the medicene to stop the pre-term labor."

"JUST HURRY! I DON'T CARE IF YOU BREAK ALL THE TRAFFIC LAWS!" Danny hung up and put his attention back on Steve who was now looking pale. He checked his pulse and it was fast, way too fast for Danny's liking. Another one hit Steve with full force and he screamed bloody hell. Danny saw Steve getting ready to push, "NO! DON'T YOU GO PUSHING THOSE BABIES OUT! THAT'S AN ORDER COMMANDER!" Hoping Steve would obey that and thankfully he did.

Just like Harm said he would, he was there in 5 minutes running into HQ with his bag. "Oh thank god! Steve was going to start pushing and I told him not to."

"Okay." Harm said as he qucikly put the needle in Steve's arm to administer the drug. Within a few minutes the contractions stopped and Steve let out a breath of relief.

"Thanks doc" Steve said weakly.

"No problem, it's my job to keep you all healthy...now lets get you to the hospital and check everything." Harm said as he and Danny helped Steve stand up and slowly walk him to the car. Once they got there, Steve was put into a wheelchair even though his legs worked just fine but Danny glared at him and he was quiet the rest of the way to the examine room. Steve was set up on the table while Danny stood by his side and the nurse took his vitals then left. He laid down knowing that Harm wanted to do an ultrasound to make sure everything was fine.

Harm came back in with the chart in hand and gave Steve a look. Of course Danny smirked, "Alright doc, what was that look for?"

"Steven, what did I tell you about stress?"

"That it's not good."

"Right...it's not good-the nurse showed me your BP and it's higher than I'd like it to be. Now can you explain this?"

"We...we'd gotten into a gunfight but it was not my fault-the suspect fired on us first."

"I do not care who fired first Steven; you can not raise your blood pressure like this. As of now I am putting you on bedrest and I am ordering desk duty. Now if you have a problem with it then I suggest you get over it because I'm trying to keep the babies inside you."

Steve let out a sigh and realized that he was right, "I'm sorry...I didn't mean to...it's just instinct you know when someone fires on you, you fire back."

"I understand but listen like I said before this is a high risk pregnancy and I don't want you to loose them or your life."

Steve nodded as Harm put the gel on his stomach then put the wond down. They could hear the fast hard heartbeats and both smiled. Harm turned the screen around so that Danny and Steve could see their little ones. It's like they both knew the camera was on them because they turned their heads and waved. That's when Steve lost it and Danny held him.

"Oh Danny what have I done? Because of my stupid actions I almost loose my preicous babies."

"Shhh it's okay Steve...they're safe now...look they're still alive and kicking. It's okay just listen to what Harm told you. Bedrest and desk duty. Alright?"

"Okay...it's gonna probably make me go crazy but in order to keep these precious mircles safe I'll do it."

"That's good to hear my boy. You two are free to go and here's your lastest picture."

"Thanks Harm and guess what? Our daughter is coming home today!"

"That's great Danny! What time?"

"Oh around 8 tonight but we didn't want to overwhelm her so we're inviting everyone over Saturday for a cookout and a goodtime. You can come over if you'd like."

"I'd love to!"

They said their goodbyes and left hand in hand. 8:00PM had rolled around and both Steve and Danny were at the airport pacing around the car waiting for their little girl to finally arrive. Steve saw her first, "There she is Danno! There's our baby! Wow she's grown up."

Grace saw them, grabbed her bag and ran over, "Daddy! Danno! Where's my little sisters and brother?" she yelled as she threw her bag down and threw her arms around both of them.

"So glad your back sweetie. The twins are with Kono and Ally is with Chin and Malia-thought you could use some time alone."

"Thank god you're alive!" Danny stated as tears began to leak out of his eyes. Steve didn't care anymore-he was already crying but so was Grace.

"Wow! Daddy you're huge! And thanks by the way."

"Well that's what you get when you're gonna have twins."

"TWINS! YAYAY! So do you know what they are?"

"Yes, it's a boy and girl."

"Awww yayay."

"So how was your flight?"

"Long and tiring and I'm ready to hit the sack...lets go home."

They all piled into the truck with Danny driving because Steve was begining to get to big to get behind the wheel, "Then gang won't be over till Saturday so you can have some time to decompress."

"Thanks dad."

"Look I know you can't talk about a lot but tell me this-did you at least get the bad guys."

"More or less"

Danny sighed, "Okay"

They went home where they had pizza and soda for dinner, watched some TV then went to bed. Sometime later in the night Steve heard a rustling downstairs so grabbing his SIG out of the nightstand he quielty crept downstairs and followed the sound to the kitchen only to find that it was only Grace in the fridge. She closed the door and let out a gasp, "Dad you scared me half to death! and what are you doing with your gun?"

"Heard a noise, thought it was a robber...Honey it's 3:00AM, why are you up so late?"

"Couldn't sleep...came down here for some hot chocolate, want some?"

"Sure"

She nodded as she got out another cup then looked at him again, "Dad your ankles are going to swell if you don't sit down. Go sit on the couch and I'll bring it over."

Steve nodded as he made his way over to the couch and sat down. A few minutes later Grace came over holding two cups of hot chocolate and handed one to him, "Thank you baby"

"Welcome" She replied as she sat down next to him and took a drink, "So have they started kicking yet?"

"Yes...they started up yesterday."

"How did it feel?"

"Strange at first but then it was wonderful. Can I ask you something?"

"Shoot"

"How are you doing-really?"

She thought about this for a moment before answering his question, "Honestly I'm fine...yeah it was a bit scary at first but then I got into this routine and it just became normal after a while. Why?"

"Oh I was just worried that you were having nightmares."

"Oh, no I'm not...haven't had them since that first day; they just kind of got less and less as time went on. I guess my mind got used to it. What about you-do you still have them?"

He looked down and he rubbed his stomach before looking at her, "Yeah but not about my SEAL days."

"Then what?"

"When I was kidnapped by WoFat; even after all these years now they are still there and I can't shake them no matter how hard I try."

"Want to talk about it? You know it might help them go away; I know it helped me."

Steve sighed, "Sometimes it's Danny who's hanging up there by his wrists instead of me and he has me shackled aganist the wall. I can't break free, I just have to sit there while he's doing that to him."

By now she had set her cup down on the table and scooted over to wrap an arm around his shoulders and pull him close, "Anything worse than that?"

Steve gulped, "Uhh yeah, sometimes they are worse."

"Dad it's not good to hold all this in...please talk to me."

He let out a sigh, "Okay...like I said Danny's the one that's bound up and I'm frozen-can't move a damn thing-and Wo Fat is...is on top of him and I'm screaming my lungs out to let him go and to do anything to me just leave my Danny alone. And he just looks over at him and gives me that evil smile that just sends shivers down my back and continues on as Danny's crying out for me. Then he stabs Danny and leaves him there to bleed out in front of me. We look at each other, say I love you, say I wish we had more time in forever then...then he dies. His arm is streched out for me but I can't grab it because I'm tied up. Grace, sometimes those nightmares are so real that I have to jerk myself awake and just stare at him or just wrap myself around Danny."

By now Steve was crying and Grace was holding him tightly then Grace heard a sniffle from behind; she looked over to see Danny standing on the staircase with wide eyes and tears coming down. He raced down the stairs and took Steve into his loving arms, "Oh babe...I didn't know you still had nightmares. You goof, you should've told me, talked to me about it."

"I didn't think you'd love me."

"Steven...oh my god...tisk tisk McGarrett-Williams...listen to me-I love you-when I spoke those vows I meant it, for better or worse."

He nodded as he wrapped his arms around Danny and Danny just soothed him by humming. Grace got up, "Well I'm tired now...thanks dad for opening up to me. It really ment a lot. Love you both."

"Love you sweetie"

"Danno loves you monkey"

She smiled, "Danno, I haven't been a monkey in a while."

"But you will always be my monkey." Danny replied as Grace went to her bedroom. Then he looked back at Steve who was staring at him, "Stop staring-I am right here babe and I'm not going anywhere."

"Just checking...come on let's get to bed."

"Great idea"

AN: Sry it took so long to update-life's been busy...please review!