"What was that?" Catherine asked.

"I don't know. I'll check it out."

Steve got out of bed and quickly pulled on a pair of boxers. He grabbed his gun and carefully opened the bedroom door. He saw Natalie in the hallway. He quickly scanned if there was anyone else. When there was no one Steve put his gun away and turned the light in the hallway on. Natalie was sitting on the ground and stuff that stood on the table in the hallway had fallen onto the ground.

"Sowwy daddy," Natalie cried.

"It's okay Natty. What's the matter? Are you hurt?" Steve asked as he picked Natalie up.

"No daddy. I hit table."

"You bumped against the table?" Natalie nodded.

"And twings fell."

"It's okay Natty. Daddy will clean it up. Does it hurt anywhere?"

"No daddy."

"Okay. What were you doing out of bed?"

"Sometwing to dwink."

"You want some water?" Natalie nodded.

Steve took her to the bathroom and gave her a little bit of water. Steve brought her back to her bedroom and tucked her in.

"Goodnight sweetie."

"Niwt daddy."

Steve gave her a kiss before going back to his bedroom.

"Natty is okay, she just bumped against the table and things fell off. I'm just gonna clean it up and then I'll come back to bed."

"Okay," Catherine responded.

Steve quickly cleaned up in the hallway and went back to the bedroom. He locked the door and took his boxers off before climbing back into the bed. Steve crawled close to Catherine and started kissing her neck.

"I believe we have something to finish," Steve whispered in her ear.

They had some fun for a while before going to sleep.

….

That weekend Steve put the stuff for the nursery together. He started with the crib. By the end of the day he had everything put together and everything stood in its place. Catherine had just finished bringing Natalie to bed when she walked into the nursery.

"Wow Steve, this looks really nice."

They had a navy theme throughout the room. "You like it?"

"Yeah it's really nice."

"Do you like the way I've placed the furniture or do you want it somewhere else?"

"No, this is just right." Catherine walked up to Steve and gave him a kiss. "Thank you for putting this together."

"No problem Cath. I'm happy to do it for our little boy. I can't wait to meet him."

"I know me neither."

…..

Catherine was now thirty weeks pregnant. Everything at home was already ready for the baby's arrival, both Steve and Catherine couldn't wait to meet him. Catherine was really glad that Steve was around this time. She loved how he acted. He was so sweet towards her and he loved paying attention to their little baby growing inside of her. Catherine loved him so much. She felt so stupid for not coming back when she found out she was pregnant with Natalie. Steve was so cute with Natalie, she was really a daddy's girl. She had Steve wrapped around her little finger. It was so cute to see them together. Catherine was sure that Steve would love their baby boy too. They had some names picked out for him already but they hadn't decided on a name yet.

Catherine had five more weeks left before going on maternity leave. She liked the work with five-0 but she hated being stuck in the office. But she knew she couldn't go out into the field right now. It wouldn't be safe for her or the baby and she couldn't run that fast anymore so she was just doing research and looking into cold cases.

"Hey honey," Steve spoke as he walked into her office just after noon.

"Hey baby."

"You wanna go grab some lunch?"

"Yeah sure."

Catherine grabbed her purse and the two of them left. They walked to a food truck just around the corner. They sat at one of the tables to enjoy their lunch.

"You doing okay honey?" Steve asked.

"Yeah I'm good. The baby is just a little active today. But don't worry honey, he's fine. He's just moving around."

"Okay. You know, Natty is really excited about becoming a big sister."

"Oh yes she is. She can't wait to meet her little brother. Almost every day she asks me when the baby will be here."

"What was it like when Natty was born?"

"It was hard. It wasn't easy and it hurt but the moment I saw her I forgot all about it. There's nothing like seeing your baby for the first time." Catherine reached across the table and placed her hand on top of Steve's. "I'm really sorry I let you miss it with Natty. I'm still beating myself up over that."

"It's okay honey, what's done is done. I would have liked to see it but what's important is that we are all here together as a family."

"I'm really glad about that. After Natty was born I played the scenario over and over in my head what it would be like when I told you. I didn't know how to tell you."

"Yeah it's not just something you drop into a conversation."

"No it's not."

"But I'm glad that you came back and that you let me be a part of Natty's life."

"You're welcome honey. I didn't know what to expect when I would tell you. I was afraid that you wouldn't want me back and I wouldn't blame you for that. I don't know what I would have done if I was in your position."

"Yeah at first I was angry at you for keeping Natty from me. But I love that little girl so much and I love her mommy too and I couldn't stand to be away from the two of you. What's done is done, it's in the past. We can't change it. But everything is fine now, we're together and there's a beautiful little boy on the way."

"Yeah there is," Catherine smiled as she rubbed her stomach.

Once they finished their lunch they got up to walk back to the office. Just as they got up a car came screeching towards them. The car screeched to a halt just near the food truck and two men with guns stepped out of the car.

"Cath! Get down!" Steve yelled at her as he grabbed his gun. Catherine crawled underneath a table. Steve raised his gun and aimed it at the two guys. "Five-0, freeze!"

Catherine pulled her phone out and called for backup. One of the guys pointed his gun at Steve while the other pointed it at one of the people eating lunch there.

"Hey you! Put the gun down step away from the people!" Steve yelled at the other guy.

"You put down your gun!" The man who was pointing the gun at Steve yelled at him.

"Not gonna happen."

"Just shoot her Jimmy," the guy who was holding the gun at Steve shouted to the other. "And let's get out of here."

"If you shoot her Jimmy," Steve warned him. "You're not gonna make it out of here."

"Just shoot her Jimmy. I'll take care of the cop," Barry yelled.

Steve could hear the sirens in the background of the HPD cops. Taking his chances he shot Jimmy in his arm, causing him to drop the gun. Barry pulled the trigger and shot at Steve. Steve was faster however and ducked away. Barry continued to shoot at him as he went to collect his friend.

"Come on Jimmy, we've gotta go, the cops are coming."

Steve fired back at them whenever he could. Both men got in the car and drove away just as HPD cars pulled up. One car went to pursue as the other stopped at the food truck. Two police officers stepped out.

"Commander, everything alright here?"

"I think so."

Steve holstered his weapon and went to look for Catherine. He found her under the table and she was holding onto her stomach.

"Cath are you okay?" Steve asked concerned. Then he noticed the blood on Catherine's hand. She had been shot, in the stomach.