"WHAT?!" Catherine yelled.
"Don't worry Catherine. It's not that bad. He's been shot in the shoulder but I thought you should know."
"Thank you Danny. I'll be right there."
Catherine hung up the phone, grabbed her car keys and went to the hospital. When she walked into the ER she saw Steve sitting on one of the beds. Quickly she walked up to him.
"Steve, are you okay?" Catherine asked concerned as she walked up to him.
"I'm fine Cath, don't worry," Steve replied and pulled her over to him and gave her a kiss. "It's a through and through. The doctor is just waiting on the films to come back."
"What happened?"
"We were going after the suspect but he started running. He caught me by surprise."
"Did you at least get him?"
"Yes we did. Chin and Kono took him back to the office to interrogate him."
"Okay good."
Steve saw the worried look on Catherine's face. "Don't worry Cath. I'll be fine."
"Do you want me to stick around?" Danny asked.
"No, it's okay. You can go back to the office."
"Alright." Danny turned to walk away.
"Hey Danny." Danny turned back around. "Thanks buddy."
"You're welcome."
Danny left the hospital and went back to the office. Catherine sat down on the bed.
"Are you sure you're okay Steve?"
"I'm fine Cath, don't worry about me, it's not good for you," Steve told her as he rubbed her stomach.
"You getting shot is not good for me either."
"I know honey and I'm sorry."
"Just be careful out there. I don't want to lose you and neither do Natty and our little boy."
"I know honey and I promise I'll be careful out there. I'm not planning to leave you alone with two kids."
"That's good."
Catherine crawled up to Steve's right side, his left arm was injured. Steve wrapped his arm around her and gave her a soft kiss on her head.
"I love you Cath."
"I love you too Steve. I'm glad you're okay. When Danny told me you got shot I got so worried."
"I'm really sorry honey. I'll try not to let it happen again."
"That's good."
A little later the doctor came back with the films.
"Good news sir, the inside was not injured by the bullet. We just need to stitch you up and then you'll be good to go."
"Great."
The doctor grabbed a suture kit and stitched Steve's wound close. He placed some bandage over it and Steve had to put his arm in a sling.
"Come back in two weeks to see if the stitches can go out."
"Alright, thank you doctor."
Steve and Catherine left the hospital and went back to the office.
"You okay boss?" Kono asked.
"Yeah I'm good. Just a small bullet wound, luckily no major damage."
"That's good."
"Did he tell you anything?"
"Yes, he spilled his guts."
"Okay good. Finish up the paperwork of this case and then you can go home."
Everyone went to their office and finished up their paperwork.
An hour later Catherine walked into Steve's office.
"Hey honey, you're ready to go home?" Catherine asked.
"Yeah just about, just gotta finish this report."
Catherine sat down on the couch while Steve finished his report. Fifteen minutes later Steve was ready. They packed up their stuff and went home. Since Steve couldn't drive with one arm in a sling it was Catherine who drove them home.
"Hey guys," Catherine spoke as they walked into the house.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Natalie came squealing at them.
"Hey sweetie," Catherine told her and gave her a kiss.
"Daddy, outsjie," Natalie stated as she saw Steve's arm in a sling.
"Yes, daddy got hurt at work. But don't worry, daddy is gonna be fine."
"I make daddy good." Natalie gave Steve a soft kiss on his injured arm.
"Thank you sweetie. That really helps."
"What happened?" Their sitter, Julia, asked.
"Just a little problem at work, walked into a bullet."
"Ouch, feel better."
"Thanks."
"How did Natty do?" Catherine asked.
"She was a real sweetheart today. We played a few games, played in the garden and she managed to sleep for about two hours in the afternoon."
"That's good."
"Natty, can Julia get a kiss goodbye."
Natalie walked over to Julia and gave her a hug and a kiss.
"Bye Julia."
"Bye Natty, see you tomorrow."
Steve showed Julia out as Catherine got started on dinner.
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Today was Catherine's day off. It had been three days since Steve had been shot. It was a bit tricky around the house with Natalie having his arm in a sling. Luckily it wasn't his dominant hand so he could still do stuff.
"Can daddy get a kiss before he goes to work?" Steve asked Natalie. Natalie ran up to Steve and gave him a hug and a kiss. "Bye sweetie, be good to mommy today."
"Bye daddy."
Steve gave Natalie one more kiss before he got up and gave Catherine a kiss too.
"Bye honey." Steve bent down and placed a kiss on Catherine's stomach. "Bye baby, be good to mommy today. Daddy loves you." Steve gave Catherine another kiss. "Bye Cath."
"Bye Steve, be careful."
"I will honey."
Together with Natalie Catherine waved goodbye to Steve once Danny was there to pick him up.
A little later Catherine left for baby gym. She grabbed their stuff and strapped Natalie into her car seat before driving away.
Once at the gym Catherine changed Natalie's clothes and shoes. Just past 10am their teacher was there. The teacher took them out to the gym and did some games with them. Catherine sat on the sidelines with the other parents and watched the kids. Natalie really loved the gym. She had made a few friends at this group. Their teacher was really good with kids. She was a lot of fun. She put some music on and danced with the kids. After doing a few games the kids could explore all the toys themselves. Natalie first went to the seesaw. Together with another kid she went on there. She was all smiles as the went up and down. After a while the teacher told them to get off so other kids could go on it as well. The teacher helped them off and Natalie went to find something else to play with. She went on the cat walk bridge, it had two sloping planks and a large flat plank in between them. Natalie crawled up the sloping plank. Once she was at the flat plank she attempted to stand up and walk over the bridge. The first few steps went fine but then she lost her footing.