Hi Everyone!

First let me just say thank you so much for the kind messages! I so appreciate them. That being said, I decided to take this story in a whole new direction so I've made some edits and changes to the current chapters and you can expect new chapters soon! Don't worry Cath and Steve will still get their happiness. Steve and Cath will play a big role in the story but end game is to give Danny someone to love.

The beginning of this story starts in 2020 roughly after the series finale. All flashbacks will be bold.

Something I like to do is post a song that I was listening to while writing each chapter. Sometimes it will be one song, sometimes a few.

Thanks for sticking with me and I hope you enjoy the new direction!

Songs (Same titles but two completely different songs)

I'll Be There - Jess Glynne

I'll Be There - Walk Off the Earth

Chapter One

Catherine was nervous the whole drive to Steve's. After breaking Steve's heart, after the pain she caused both of them, after they finally found their way back to each other, would he understand? Would he be willing to try and make it work? Does he still love her? Would it be enough even if he did? Her fears were flooding her as she pulled into Steve's driveway. Sitting in the passenger seat is Bexley Kensington. She is twenty five, five feet two inches tall, naturally brown hair, that currently has a purple ombre and blue eyes that for the past month have constantly been filled with tears. Four weeks ago, her life exploded when her husband Seth was killed in Syria while on a humanitarian mission.

Catherine has known Bexley since she was 13 when Catherine was assigned as her "Big Sister", a part of the Big Brothers Big Sisters program. The two of them formed an immediate bond that has lasted to this day. Catherine was there when Bexley was thinking about sex for the first time. When she broke up with her first boyfriend. When she found out she couldn't have children. When she met Seth, when Seth proposed and when Bexley and Seth were married in Scotland. Catherine was there with Bexley through all of it. She decided to bring Bexley back to Hawaii with her when it became abundantly clear that she couldn't be left alone. Bexley was still barely getting out of bed let alone eating or showering. Her grief had completely taken control. Catherine's heart hurt just thinking of it.

"I don't know about this Cath," Bex stutters, "You really think he is going to just be okay with me staying here?"

"Yes, I really do." Catherine says in a comforting and believable tone. No matter how mad Steve could potentially be, Catherine knew he would never just turn Bex away. The two women exit the car and start walking towards the front of the house. As they reach the front door it swings open and standing in the doorway is Steve McGarrett, shirtless looking handsome as ever. "Cath" he says with part aneurysm face part smirk that would make anyone weak in the knees. "Steve, this is Bexley." Catherine says motioning to Bex. Steve nods his head towards Bex extending his hand, "I've heard so many great things, it's nice to finally meet you."

Under normal circumstances Bexley was not a shy person but she could barely bring herself to smile at Steve. She was completely encompassed in exhaustion and grief. Catherine wrapped her arm around Bex's shoulders and walked her into the house. Once inside Cath gave Bex a tour and then showed her where the guest room was. "You can stay here, the bathroom is attached. Why don't you try taking a shower? It was a long flight." Catherine suggests before she starts to exit the room.

"Cath," Bex says quietly. Catherine turns on her heel to face her friend. "You are sure he is going to be okay with this? What if he is mad?" Bexley cries. Unable to hold in her emotions anymore. Catherine takes a deep breath and lets out a long sigh, "I promise you, if he is mad, it will be at me and I can handle Mr. Commander Pants." A glimpse of a smile creeps onto Bex's face. Catherine walks back into the room until she is standing right in front of Bexley. Placing both of her hands on Bex's face she gently strokes her cheeks and then leans in and kisses the crown of Bex's head. A gesture that calms Bexley's nerves.

Unknown to the girls, Steve was standing just outside the door to the bedroom. Steve was confused, clearly Cath had a plan that he had not been made privy to, this wasn't just a friendly trip to Oahu for Bexley. Something else was going on. Steve clears his throat to make his presence known. Catherine spins around, instinctually blocking Bexley from Steve's view.

"Someone want to tell me what is going on?" Steve asks sternly but with concern.

"Not here." Catherine says, motioning towards Bexley. "Bex, take a shower, get some rest. I'll come check on you in a little bit." Catherine and Steve exit the guest room. They make their way upstairs to Steve's bedroom and Catherine immediately sits cross legged on the bed. Steve pulls a chair from the corner of the room over to the edge of the bed so he can sit and face Catherine. Once seated, "Want to tell me what that is all about?" he says bluntly. Catherine takes a deep breath and then starts.

"In 2008 Bexley's mother died, Bex was only 13. Her father is a Admiral Hannik with JAG so he signed her up for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program and I was assigned as her Big Sister. We became close very quickly. She needed a confidant, someone she could trust that wasn't going to turn around and tell her Father everything. Around fourteen she started getting really curious about sex and exploring her sexuality. She came to me and I was there for her. I told her everything I wished I had known at her age. Talked her through birth control and safe sex and how to say no. I took her to buy her first vibrator and walked her through how to use it. When she was sixteen she started dating her first boyfriend, he was older, nineteen and in college. When she called me and told me she was thinking about having sex with him she had so many questions and concerns. I took shore leave from the E just so I could spend the weekend with her and talk her through whatever she wanted to know. After she graduated from High School we saw each other as much as possible. She even flew to Japan to spend a week with me when the E was docked." Catherine pauses. Steve looks down at his feet running his hand over his head back and forth.

"That doesn't explain why there is a zombie of a girl in my guest room Cath" Steve says.

Catherine takes a deep breath and then gives Steve the explanation he is owed. "Her husband died a month ago. Her Dad called me and said she wasn't taking it well. She was sleeping all day, wasn't eating, wasn't letting anyone in to the house...she had essentially become, as you have pointed out, a zombie. So I left you, as much as it hurt, and went to take care of her. That's why I had to cut Montana short, I flew to California to get her."

"Cath, after everything we have gone through together, why didn't you just tell me where you were going? She is clearly important to you." Steve asks, unable to hide the hurt he was feeling. Catherine looks down at the bed, feeling a small sense of guilt for hiding the truth from Steve.

"I was scared she wouldn't mean as much to you as she does to me and I didn't want that to come in between us, especially after we just found our ways back to each other…" Cath trails off.

Steve is frustrated but even more than that he is hurt. "I hate the fact that you felt like you couldn't be honest with me. It hurts me that you hid it from me. If she is important to you, she is important to me. It kills me that you don't get that."

Catherine lets out a sigh of relief, truthfully she never thought Steve would have an issue with Bexley but it wasn't only herself this concerned and even though she trusted Steve with her life, everything else was still questionable. "It wasn't just about me, I had to take Bexley into consideration."

Steve leans forward placing his right hand on her left cheek, wiping away the tear rolling down with his thumb. Leaning his forehead against hers, "No more secrets, okay?" Steve asks.

"Okay." Catherine whispers.