Alright. I finished this story this weekend. It has this chapter plus 3 more. I will be posting them as I finish re-reading them today and tomorrow. Thanks for staying on this crazy journey with me and I hope that you will review. Some are shorter chapters, but I should be updating pretty quickly. Thanks again. You guys make it worth the time with your reviews...
Danny woke up in the morning thankful for another undisturbed night of sleep. He sat up and realized that his headache had not only not gotten better, but it seemed to have gotten a little worse. He headed to the shower. As long as he could sit when he needed to, he could pretty much take care of it on his own now. He did his neck stretches in the shower and was pleased that his motion seemed to be returning in his neck. He left the brace off after the shower and got dressed. He pulled on shorts since he figured the doctor needed to see his knees and he'd rather not sit there in his boxers like he usually did when he went from work. It took a little work to get the shorts over his right foot since his knee was not bending that well with all the swelling, but he got it done and then easily slipped his other leg in. Putting the sock on that right foot was the only thing that he still was having difficulty with, so he put the other one on and then limped to the door and used his cane to push it open. He handed the sock to Chin who has been standing guard outside the door.
"A little help here please." he said.
"Sure thing brah." Chin replied as he slipped the sock over Danny's foot and watched while Danny then wiggled into his sneakers. "We can go as soon as Kono gets here to stay with Steve." Chin explained.
"You did call her, right? Kono isn't exactly a morning person." Danny reminded him.
"Hey that's my cousin your talking about. Of course I called her. Three times. I stayed on the line the third time until I heard the sink so I knew that she was actually out of bed." he said with a smirk.
"McGarrett isn't going to like having a babysitter." Danny warned.
"Yeah, I know. Kono is stopping for some breakfast and coffee so hopefully that will help soothe his ruffled feathers." Chin said.
"Let's hope so. Although after the way he was acting last night, I'm not so sure I would mind a little lip from Steve right now." Danny said sadly.
'You know, you're right." Chin agreed.
Kono arrived and they left. Steve was still sleeping and Kono didn't plan on being the one that woke him up.
A little while later she heard Steve call for Chin and she ran upstairs. She found Steve sitting on the edge of the bed working on getting his foot on the ground.
"Good morning boss." she said.
"Hey Kono." was his only reply.
"Nature calling?" she guessed.
"Yep" Steve answered.
She helped him stand and then waited until he was a little steadier. He seemed to be moving a little better today. Maybe his pain was getting better she hoped. When he was done he slowly limped back to the doorway and asked, "Shower?"
She looked at him and knew there was no way that she could refuse him. His pain might have been better, but his behavior was not. She helped him with the shower and then she helped him get dressed. The fun banter was missing. Steve was thinking about something else. It was if he was somewhere else almost. Luckily, at that moment she heard Chin and Danny pull up.
"So, what did the doctor say?" Kono asked with concern as soon as they walked in the door. She had gotten Steve downstairs and settled on the couch just as they walked in.
"He said the knee was OK, that I had some fluid on it. He pulled a lot of it off and was running it for some tests to check for infection. He's going to call if he finds anything and if so he'll order me an antibiotic. He figured it was just from the extra irritation though. He said that now that the fluid was gone, it should get better quicker and be a lot less painful. Mind you, he said that right before he jabbed me with a big needle of cortisone to help with the swelling. But hopefully it will feel better soon. He said the shot takes a little while to work." Danny reported.
"Well that's good." Kono said. "So if you are having less pain, why do you look like crap?" she asked.
"Hey. That's harsh!" he said.
"Just speaking the truth." she said with a playful smile.
Danny then threw her a look asking about Steve. She shook her head and Danny sighed. Chin reminded her that they had to go to work. They both made sure the guys would be OK. Danny and Steve were both pretty beat from their mornings and were going to relax and take a little nap. The shower had taken a lot out of Steve and Danny had already walked a marathon, or at least it felt that way to him.
They both slept for about an hour before Steve woke up. Danny was moaning in his sleep. Steve's Danno radar went on alert. He sat up and looked over at his partner hoping it wasn't anything too serious.