Right here waiting

Pairing: McRoll

Based on Season 9, episode 12.

Chapter two

From the moment she could really understand music, her two favourite artists were Chicago and Richard Marx, so it was not a surprise that from the moment she met Steve, the song Right here waiting had entered her head and that whenever she heard that song since that day, it reminded her of Steve and their relationship. It was /their/ song.

The song they danced to, the song they said their farewells over whenever one of theme had to leave.. It was the song they first made love to, and the song they both wanted as their wedding dance one day..

As she settled into her seat on the plane, her music on her iPod began to play, the music shuffled and it happened to be Right here waiting that began playing. It felt like a sign to her, as much as she heard Steve's words when he said he couldn't wait that day she left to join the CIA, she knew deep down that they both would wait for each other. It's why neither had settled down into a committed serious relationship since.

The harmony of the piano and the guitar, the way his voice sounded like a lullaby, she closed her eyes and listened, imaging the day when she could tell Steve she was coming home for good and he didn't need to wait any longer for her. She still had a contract for another year but once that was up, she was planning on coming home to him.

She just hated that this visit was going to be painful and hard for them all. Her mind was thinking of Grace, Danny, Rachel and even little Charlie that she hadn't yet met. Steve hadn't told Catherine much over the phone, just that she was in serious critical condition and would most likely need emergency surgery.

Catherine had known Grace almost as long as Steve had and she truly saw her as her niece even if her and Steve were no longer together so she felt a worry and concern about her and couldn't imagine how Danny and Steve would deal with it if she didn't pull through. She just had to keep sending good positive thoughts and hope and pray for the best. She was in the best hands possible and in one of the best hospitals in the states, it was all she could do.

The flight was long and she was exhausted when she finally got into the Honolulu International Airport a little just after two in the afternoon. She hadn't heard any updates mainly because she had to switch her phone to plane mode for the duration of the flight, however she was relieved when she saw Mary and Joan waiting for her at the terminal. Mary and Joan had been in Hawaii visiting for Christmas and hadn't left yet so Mary volunteered to pick Catherine up as Steve, Junior and Lou were tied up with investigating Grace's accident, and Adam and Tani were helping on another case involving on of Koa's patients.

Mary held her arms out and Catherine walked straight into them, hugging her, "You didn't have to pick me up Mare". Mary smiled softly and nodded her head, "I know but I wanted to.. I knew you would be exhausted and I didn't want you to have to drive yourself". Catherine knelt down and hugged Joan and kissed her cheek, "Thank you, I appreciate it", still talking to Mary. Picking Joan up in her arms and settling her on her hip, her go bag on her back, she turned back to Mary.

"Any news yet?", she was nervous and worried still. It had been driving her sick thinking and wondering how Grace was doing and how Danny and Rachel were dealing with it. "She's still in surgery, there was a slight complication with a hemorrhage.. I haven't heard anything since, but I do think Steve, Lou and Junior have found the person behind it. It wasn't Grace's fault at all, which we all knew it wouldn't be".

Not much had been told to Catherine by Steve, he didn't know much when he rang her, so he had only told her basis. Grace had been involved in what looked like at the time a single vehicular accident. The time it had taken her to fly out to Honolulu, they had managed to piece together what happened it seemed. "I never had doubts that Steve and the guys would be able to get to the bottom of what happened.. let's just hope that Grace pulls through".

They had begun to walk, Catherine in the lead when Mary stopped.. "You aren't gonna get your luggage?", She pointed to the carousel where you got your luggage from. "I got my go bag, I'm all good". Mary shook her head in amusement and laughed, "You are way too much like my brother.. I on the other hand felt like between Joan and I brought everything we own except the kitchen sink". Catherine smirked and laughed along as they walked out to the car. The Navy had prepared both Steve and Cath well to travel light and she was kind of hoping that Steve had never bothered to give away the clothes she had left behind.

She had left them with the intention of coming back, and if she knew Steve, he would have noticed them in the drawers where they were kept, and just decided to keep them there. They both knew she belonged here with Steve, and that home had stopped becoming a place a long time ago when Steve had instead become her home. There was no where else she'd rather be and she knew one day she would be back here permanently and that gave her hope.. She just hoped that Grace would pull through, so as they walked through the airport and out to Mary's rental car, she prayed again for Grace to pull through this.

Author Note's

I'm feeling very humble, I love you guys always rush to read and either review or favourite/follow my stories when I bring a new one out. I love you guys a lot. You make it so easy to want to write more. I have huge high muse for Hawaii five-o and these characters, so I am really hoping to continue this trend of adding new stories, chapters, and maybe revisiting old stories I haven't finished yet.

SteveMcGarrettLover:

Thank you so much, I am really glad you loved the start of this story. I do agree, Catherine and Steve belong together and I can never see anyone else for either of them. I am trying to make this a pre-one for sorrow, post winds of change story, so it will be somewhere in between those two, so even though I haven't finished winds of change, you can see some of what happened between the time when she left him at the airstrip to when she saw him in my version of One for sorrow where she comforted Steve after his mother's death. I'd really love for Catherine to bond with Rachel a bit more, and I'd love for Rachel to share that with her. I do personally think that there would have been photos of Catherine and Grace in that video along with photos of Grace with the rest of the five-o team. I do have an idea in my head to give her a reason why she couldn't come home permanently after Grace's accident, going along the thought of something similar with the military where they sign a contract for a certain period of time, then they can either renew it, or can resign. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.