"His Salvation"

CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR

Title: "His Salvation"

Author: Michelle Heath

Rating: MA for adult language and situations

Summary: He saved her. Will she be his salvation?

Date Written: January 23, 2011

Disclaimer: I so do not own Hawaii Five-0; unfortunately!

(Caroline awakens to sunlight slipping between the drapes in her bedroom and sighs contentedly at the feeling of Danny's arms wrapped securely around her. She can't remember a time when she's ever been this happy. Sam finally married the love of her life yesterday, she's going to be marrying the love of hers in just a few, short weeks, and she's getting a beautiful, sweet, and very smart step-daughter. As the thought strikes her that she never thought she was cut out to be a mother, Caroline lets out a very unladylike snort)

"What was that for?"

"Oops. Sorry, Romeo, I didn't mean to wake you up."

"You didn't. I've been awake for a while. I was just enjoying lying here holding the most beautiful woman in the world. . .Why did you just snort?"

"I did not snort."

"Yeah, you did."

"I did not snort, Danny."

"Yes, you did, Caroline."

"Did not."

"Did, too."

"Didn't."

"Did. Quit trying to change the subject. Why did you just snort, and yes, you did."

"Fine. If you must know, I was just thinking about the fact that I never thought I'd be a mother, and now I couldn't be happier that I'm getting Grace."

"She's a sweetheart. . . Hey, are you marrying me for my daughter?"

"Of course, I am, Danny. Any fool can plainly see that I have absolutely no feelings for you at all. I just want Grace."

"Glad we got that cleared up. So, what do you want to do today?"

"I dunno. Stay in bed all day?"

"Stop taking my lines!"

"Sorry."

"Still waiting."

"What do you want to do today?"

"I have no idea . . Other than staying in bed all day?"

(The problem, however, is solved for them when Danny's cellular phone rings. Caller I.D. says it's Caroline's dad.)

"Hey, Mike."

"Good morning, Danny. Why don't you and my daughter haul your sixes out of bed and join Libby and me down at the marina. Thought we'd take the boat out for the day and just relax."

"Sounds like a great idea, Mike. Give us an hour?"

"Sounds good. Meet us at the Marina restaurant for breakfast."

(Danny tosses his phone back on the bedside table and rolls over to see Caroline glaring at him.)

"What?"

"You just told my father we'd me them in an hour."

"Well, yeah."

"Why are we meeting them, why didn't you bother to ask me before you agreed, and what the Hell happened to spending the day in bed?"

"Whoa. Your folks want us to have breakfast with them and then go sailing. I thought you'd want to spend the day with your parents especially since it will be the perfect time to tell them we're getting married, and . . . Wow. You really wanted to spend the day in bed? God, I'm an idiot!"

"Yeah, you are! Well, get up, Romeo, we're having breakfast with my folks and then spending the day on the boat. My father hates it when people are late, so move it!"

(Kono and Tony were up early and at the beach not long after the sun came up in hopes of catching some really good early morning waves. Kono was very pleasantly surprised to find that Tony is quite a good surfer and they go every chance they get. Just one more thing to make her fall that much more in love with him. Since they've been dating he hasn't been called up unexpectedly, but she know it's coming. She's a little worried that, when it does happen, she's not going deal with it too well. But, she told him she could handle it, so she's not about to back away. Kono is hopelessly in love with Tony, and she's scared to death. As they are loading his Jeep to head back to Kono's apartment, Tony looks out over the water.)

"Wonder where the Boss took Sam for their honeymoon?"

"Won't know until they get back. He was being so secretive about it and it was driving Sam crazy."

"Knowing him, it was someplace where they could go diving or sailing every day."

"The Boss does like to dive."

"You hungry?"

"Well, we got here at six o'clock this morning and it's close to eleven. What do you think?"

"I think, Off. Kalakaua, that I'd better feed you before you take my head off my shoulders."

"I knew you were a smart man."

"Kono."

"Yeah?"

"Where would you go?"

"I'm not sure. I've never really thought about it. A honeymoon is a once in a lifetime kind of thing, so it would have to be someplace really special. What about you?"

"I'd want to go wherever the woman I was marrying wanted to go. The way I figure it, it wouldn't really matter where we went as long as we were together."

"You're killing me, you know that?"

"What?"

"Do SEALs have to take some kind of special course in 'How To Sweep Women Off Their Feet' or something?"

'Yeah." (He throws her a little grin.) "Comes in handy when we're running an extraction in the middle of a war zone."

"Ass."

"Yeah, but you love my ass."

"Among other things."

(Sam awakens to find sunlight flooding their room and Steve's beautiful eyes looking down at her from where he is propped up on one elbow and his other hand is tracing lazy circles over the sensitive skin of her shoulder. Steve has that sexy little grin on his face that Sam absolutely adores, and she smiles when he leans down and places a kiss on her nose.)

"Good morning, Beautiful."

"Morning, Sailor."

"Hungry?"

"Starving. What's for breakfast?"

"Whatever you want, but we need to be at the airport by 8:30."

"8:30 . . . Steve it's almost 7:00 now! Why do we have to be at the airport so early? Where are we going?"

"It's a surprise."

"Really, Steve, still with the surprise thing?"

"Yep. You know what? On second thought, don't worry about breakfast, we'll eat on the plane. C'mon, Beautiful, get that extremely fine six of yours out of bed."

"Aye, aye, Commander."