Steve had been very secretive all week since he had invited the team out for dinner. It was finally Saturday and they were all excited to see what all the fuss was about. They were all gathered around the table including Mel and Danny was tired of waiting.

"Okay we're all here, now what's going on?" he asked.

"Mel and I have an announcement." Steve stated. "Do you want to tell them?"

"No you go ahead." Mel insisted.

"It doesn't matter who tells us just get on with it." Danny demanded.

"Impatient much?" Chin asked.

"Yes." he replied looking at his partner expectantly. "So?"

Steve was content to force his partner to wait, he could keep this up forever but Mel jumped in and told him anyway. "We have decided to renew our vows." she said.

"Seriously?" Kono questioned.

"Yes."

"But I thought you guys weren't getting back together. Danny and I gave up because of how horribly the blind date we set you up on went."

"About that, we may have been deceiving all of you." she admitted.

"May have been?" Danny asked.

"We got back together." Steve replied.

"When?"

"About three months ago."

"Three months! What else haven't you told us?"

Mel's mind flashed back to the tests she had taken the week before. The doctor still hadn't called her with the results of her blood test and she was starting to worry. He said it would only take a few days but here it was a week later and she hadn't heard anything. She still didn't know how she was going to tell Steve if it turned out she was pregnant.

"So when's the big day?" Kono asked bringing her back from her thoughts.

"Monday." Mel answered. "And we're going to need a few witnesses."

"Oh we're invited?" Danny questioned.

"Of course you're all invited. We're practically family." Steve stated like it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it was.

The next day Mel and Steve spent moving her stuff from her apartment into his house. There wasn't that much to move as half of her belongings were already there. She planned to rent out the apartment once they were finished so they left the furniture, it would have been a hassel to get it all back into storage. Steve was in the process of loading up the truck while she moved her work things to the office she didn't use downstairs. Her phone rang showing a number she didn't recognize and she answered it quickly.

"Hello." she said.

"Melinda McGarrett?" a voice asked on the other end of the line.

"Yes."

"This is Dr. Glenn, I have the results of your blood test."

"And?" she questioned nervously.

"I have good news. You are expecting."

"You're sure?"

"Yes, I ran the test myself twice. You're eleven weeks pregnant."

"Thank you."

She hung up before he could reply and slipped the phone back into her jeans pocket. So it was official. She was pregnant. Now she just had to figure out how to tell Steve. She picked up a box of binders that needed to go downstairs and turned around to see him leaning on the doorframe watching her.

"Is everything alright?" he asked.

"Great." she said but he wasn't buying it.

"Who was on the phone?"

"Just a client. We're still working through a few details before the wedding I'm covering for her next week."

"Crazy bride?"

"More like psychotic mother of the bridezilla. I don't see how any man could be interested in either of them." she lied laughing.

"Sounds like hell." he stated.

"It can be."

Mel hated lying to Steve but she wasn't ready to tell him yet. She was surprised that he had bought her story so easily but rule number two had never failed her yet. Always be specific when you lie. She felt horrible but she was sure that he would understand.

The next morning they renewed their vows at city hall. Everyone congratulated them, including the governer and Steve gave the team the day off. He and Mel spent the entire day hanging out around the house. It felt good to just be together and Mel had worked out how she was going to tell him the news. She decided that she was going to put it off until tomorrow since she needed a few things from the studio.

The next day she met CJ at the studio around ten and they walked inside together. They were chatting away and didn't even notice the man already in the gallery when they walked in. When Mel caught sight of him she began to think the worst.

"Mrs. McGarrett." he addressed her.

"Run." she ordered CJ before grabbing his arm and bolting for the door that was already blocked by another man. "What's going on?" she asked the men.

"Clancey would like to see you."

"Then why didn't he just come here himself?"

"He felt that it would be too risky."

"I'll bet." she said.

"Now we can do this the easy way." he stated pulling out his gun and cocking it, aiming it at her. "Or we can do it the hard way."

"That line is so overused."

"Don't test my patience."

"If I go with you willingly will you let him go?" she asked.

"Mel what's going on?" CJ questioned in a hushed voice.

"Just stay quiet and you'll be fine. So?"

"So long as he doesn't get in our way I will let him live." the gunman agreed.

"Deal."

He walked towards them keeping his gun trained on her and took her arm, pulling her towards the door while CJ stood there feeling helpless. The other man had already left to bring their vehicle around and they were almost to the door when he decided that he couldn't just let them take her.

He grabbed the nearest framed photograph on the wall and struck the gunman across the back. Everything happened so fast. He threw Mel against the door, knocking her out and whirled around shooting CJ in the stomach.

CJ fell to the ground clutching at the wound and watched as the gunman stood up throwing Mel over his shoulder as he walked out the door. He called out her name several times before he saw her cell phone lying on the floor where she had fallen. He crawled over to it and scrolled through her contacts until he found the one he was looking for. Steve.