To New Beginnings

Fandom: Hawaii Five-O

Ship: Ranno
Characters (also mentioned): Danny Williams, Rachel Hollander, Grace Williams, Charlie Williams, Steve McGarrett, Stan Edwards, Five-O members.

Chapter 6

Two months later.. March 2019

All in all, things had been going really well between Danny and Rachel over the last couple of months.. The accident involving their daughter Grace had brought them a lot closer and though they were still mildly testing the waters, he had basically fallen in love with Rachel all over again.. They still had their moments at times but what couple didn't.

Having to deal with his ex mother in law when she came out to Hawaii to do a book signing, it did at some point make him wonder if he was ready to go through all that again, not Rachel and the kids, but knowing that if he was going to be committed to Rachel again, that it would involve having to have some kind of relationship with Rachel's mother again.

She was after all not only Rachel's mother but his children's grandmother and no matter how he might feel about her, he knew that he wanted the kids to have a good relationship with their grandmother like they did with his own mother. He at some times did know he had to put his own feelings aside for the sake of the kids.

Then when he had seen Rachel as she and the kids were getting ready for dinner with her mother, he saw the way she smiled and the happiness she felt.. He could see all of that and he knew that part of being with Rachel meant making a sacrifice and putting those differences aside.. He had a long think about it and how he had behaved that day and even how Amanda had behaved and he knew that they both had to start somewhere.

When Steve had texted him to come meet him for drinks, he was going to have a conversation with him about it, but instead it was Amanda whom had sent that text to him.. The evening had actually gone not to bad at all, and for once he had an honest to god serious conversation with his ex mother in law about things that he never really understood till now.

Hearing that she had been jealous of him and Rachel because Rachel got the man of her dreams, the man that reminded Amanda of her own father, it really intrigued him a lot and and he really began to see why Amanda hated him to start with.. It was something he never really expected to hear, you don't often hear of a mother being jealous of their daughter..

The conversation took an even more serious turn when she asked about his intentions with Rachel, and it made him smile a little when Amanda mentioned that Rachel had been talking a lot about him.. He loved Rachel, he would always love Rachel and no matter what mistakes she made, he knew that nothing would ever change those feelings.. Rachel was to him that Catherine was to Steve… She was the one.. and he struggled at times with that and what it meant for him and his family, but despite saying he would never forgive her for not telling him that Charlie was actually his kid, he had slowly begun to forgive her.

Leaving the bar, he had a text from Steve, an actual text from him this time, asking him to come back to his house and have dinner with him, Junior, Adam since he knew that Rachel and the kids were having dinner with Amanda that evening. It was nice knowing that Steve did have his back and he knew he had to apologise for pouting the whole day and putting Steve in a difficult spot as well with Amanda.

"So, how did everything go with Amanda at the bar?", Steve couldn't help but ask the moment that Danny walked out onto the patio where he was grilling some hamburger patties on the grill, Adam and Junior were in the kitchen getting the other components of the hamburgers ready so they could make their own burgers when the patties were ready. Having said hello to the other two boys on his way through the kitchen to get a beer, he smirked, raising an eyebrow at Steve.. "Ahh so you knew that Amanda borrowed your phone to text me".

As he turned a beef pattie, he smirked and chuckled.. "I might have given her my phone for a moment when I went into the bathroom before I left her hotel room at her request of course.. I had no idea what she had said until I read it once she had given me my phone back.. and anyway you are avoiding the question.. So how did it all go buddy?"

Adam and Junior came out with all the different dressings and components for the burgers on trays, both of them had a beer in their hands as well.. "Yeah, tell us Danny, how did it all go?", Adam couldn't help but egg Steve on a little bit.. He still was missing Kono a lot, and really wished she was here with them now, but he knew he could live vicariously through Steve and Danny's love lives at the moment.

"Don't tell me that the animal shared that information with you both". Junior smirked, having just sipped on his beer and once he had swallowed, he laughed softly. "Well what kind of buddy would he be if he didn't share that with Adam and I". Danny smirked, but shook his head in amusement, "So come on Danny, we're all waiting to hear already". Steve added onto the conversation just as he was done grilling the last pattie for the burgers.

Putting the last one onto the plate, he turned the gas off on the bbq and closed the lid, walking around to the table and sitting down beside Danny, putting down the patties and the plate of hamburger buns he had also grilled… "Alright alright, you are all as bad as each other.. It all went fine okay.. Amanda told me she used to hate me because she was get this.. /jealous/ of Rachel and I because I reminded her of her father and the fact she never could find a man like her father".

They all began putting their burgers together, Adam taking a swig of his beer and chuckled, "That's rather interesting and deep, coming from a romance novelist, did you ever have any inkling of that Danny?". Having taken a bite of his burger, he waited till he had chewed and then swallowed before answering, shaking his head.. "No, that's the thing.. I always thought she hated me because I was a man of modest means as she said today, and that I couldn't provide for Rachel and Grace, but this whole time, it was because I reminded her of her father and that she didn't get the man of her dreams".

Patting him on his shoulder, Steve smiled at his best friend. "I've always said Daniel, that you are a worthy and deserving man of any woman that is willing to share her life with you". Danny smiled back at Steve and couldn't help but get a warm feeling in his heart, he knew how he felt, and felt exactly the same away about Steve. He knew Steve and Catherine were meant to be together even if he was a little hard on her for leaving, "So, Danny, what else did your ex mother in law say?", Junior piped up all of a sudden, putting together his second burger of the evening, Adam nearly finishing his first.

"What makes you think there was more than that Junior?", he smirked at the man that was so much like Steve in every way but then again Junior was a Navy SEAL like his partner was. "Because it's simple mathematic Danny, Rachel is Amanda's daughter, and of course she is going to want to talk to you about more than just her issues". Steve added as he finished off his burger and looked towards his best friend, leaning in and grabbing his beer.

Danny scoffed and smirked, shaking his head at Steve, "Alright then, she asked me what my intentions were, if I was going to do right by Rachel this time, alright.. is everyone happy now". His hands had been moving, expressing his feelings through his hands and his tone was always his thing.. His hands then moved to his beer bottle once he was done.. "and so, Daniel.. what did you say.. you can't leave us in suspense now no?"

Taking a sip of his beer, he sighed once he swallowed the drink, "I told her that I would do right by her and that my intention is to give my family, including Rachel a feeling of happiness and security…". He looked down at the table and then back up at the three of them.. "I think I love her and I don't want to screw this up yet again.. and to be honest, I don't think I ever stopped loving her.. I just.. you know me Steve, I'm a pessimistic when it comes to this stuff".

Steve's hand came down gently onto his partner's shoulders as he got him to look at him, "Yes, you are a pessimistic when it comes to everything, not just love and relationships but this time Danny, won't you just be a optimist and be optimistic about things..".

Adam smiled as he nodded in agreement at Steve's words, "I agree Danny, have some faith in yourself.. you are a great guy and you are kind, caring and loving.. don't sell yourself short brother".

As they continued to talk and share beer after beer, his mind began to wander briefly to his family, his Rachel and his babies, Grace and Charlie, and how they were enjoying their evening with Amanda.. As much as he had issues with her in the past, and she sometimes seemed a bit superficial, he knew she loved those grandchildren of hers a lot and spoiled the two of them whenever she visited and he couldn't wait to hear about their dinner later on.

The talk with Amanda cemented in his mind that this was what he wanted, his family back..

Author Notes:

Thanks for being so patient with me on this one.. I lost a bit of muse with this one for a long time, and now I am glad to have it all back. In order to bring this one up to date with the one for sorrow storyline, I gotta go back a bit and figure out how Danny and Rachel went from being really happy and excited to not so good. I'm not sure who he will end up with right now, this started out as a Ranno story, but it could possibly change as well.. I am planning on adding some of the storylines from the episodes of late including him meeting that other woman at the bar.. So bare with me as I get this story going again. The next chapter I think I will have overlapping and have Rachel and the kids out for dinner with Amanda, and then the next chapter be Danny and Rachel talking about their evenings once they both get home. I might do things where it's moving forward a bit quicker as well, so this chapter I have just done is two months later, I might do something similar where it's 4 or 5 months later and then always back track and do flash backs if it's necessary.

SteveMcGarrettLover:

Thanks for all your love and support and encouragement. I am going to try to stick a little bit to what I was going to do, but also change things up a bit to bring it up to date with what's going on now in the show. I'd love for Danny and Rachel to be way more intimate and am going to look at doing that in an upcoming on, and I do plan on having Steve talk to Charlie as well. I think that Steve relates well to both Grace and Charlie.

Sabine68:

Thank you so much Sabine and I apologise for letting this one lapse for so long as well. I kind of didn't end up doing the chapter with her as I first anticipated I would, but more it was like a monologue in Danny's head about it and then talking to Adam, Steve and Junior about it, but the next chapter will be Rachel out for dinner with her mother, Grace and Charlie.