Right here waiting

Pairing: McRoll

Based on Season 9, episode 12.

Chapter ten

Sitting up in bed, Grace was still feeling a little sore and bruised, besides her head injury, she had a rib fracture, a sprained ankle and just internal bruising all over her body. Her friend Katie had already been in to see her that morning and the girls had a nice visit and just as her mother was wheeling Katie back to her room, Steve, Catherine, Mary and Joan walked past. "Good Morning, you must be the lovely Katie, I hope you are feeling better this morning, I'm Steve, Grace's uncle and this is her Aunt Catherine, Aunt Mary and cousin Joan".

Katie's Mom stopped for a moment and smiled, saying good morning to them and then let Katie speak.. "Grace was just telling me about you guys, how you and her boyfriend's Dad and another man named Junior? helped find the guy who ran us both off the road, thank you so much, I'll never forget you guys and what you have done for us". They chatted for a few moments, asking about how she was feeling and then they let her go back to her room for a rest, it was nice to see the family didn't hold anything against Grace and Danny now they knew the truth.

Smiling softly as they walked into Grace's room, Danny was sitting on the seat beside her, "There's my girl", he exclaimed happily, walking around to the head of the bed and leaning to give her a hug and a kiss. "Uncle Steve, Hi", she hugged him back tighter and smiled softly, being careful not to move too much. "I don't get a hug" came Danny's playful voice, teasing his partner, but smirking as he did so.. "Ohh yeah, cause it's all about you Danny", he said back just as playfully.

As he walked over to the side of the bed Danny was on to give him a hug, Catherine came into view.. She knew Mary and Joan were still in town, but she was not at all expecting to see Catherine at all.. Her eyes widened and dampened at the same time, her hand moving over to her mouth in shock.. "Ohh my god, Aunt Cath? You really came all this way?" Catherine smiled brightly and walked over to her, leaning in as she sat on the bed and hugged her niece tightly, her own eyes dampening slightly. "Of course I came all this way.. As soon as your Uncle Steve called and told me, I got on the first flight over".

She had been a mess herself through it all, but it was nothing compared to how Danny, Rachel and Steve were doing with it all. "I'm just so glad you are okay sweetheart". They stayed hugging for a while, it was the first time they had seen each other since Kono and Adam's wedding and she had missed Grace and Grace missed Catherine as well. Pulling away, she looked over her face, wincing when she saw the bruises, "How you feeling anyway sweetheart?", she asked in a soft voice, rubbing her finger gently over her bruised face.

Smiling softy she knew this was going to be the case every time one of the Ohana visited, "I'm feeling okay, sore but they are giving me good pain medication so it's not too bad right now.. How long are you here for?", she couldn't help the hint of hope in her voice when she asked that question.. "Honestly, I gotta head back in a few days, but I did promise your Uncle Steve and I'll promise you now that I'll be back before you know it.. I still have a year to go with the CIA and then I'll come home.. Pinky promise okay?"

Grace smiled, and nodded.. She knew she could trust her Aunt Catherine and so she held her pinky up and linked it with Catherine's.. "I've missed you so much". Nodding her head and pulling her into another hug, Catherine sighed softly.. She knew exactly how she felt, she missed her family, her parents and of course her family on the island so much. "I've missed you more". To think she nearly lost the opportunity to see Grace again, it hurt her heart a lot, and she had to really push down those thoughts so she didn't cry.

Steve had moved around the bed to pick Joan up in his arms upon noticing that she was a little hesitant to go over to where Catherine was, "Let's go see Grace", he whispered softly as he lifted her up, present and all and headed over to the side Danny was at, Danny moving his seat back a little so that Steve and Joan could fit and as he moved to sit her down on the bed, she clung to her uncle.. "what's the matter pumpkin? You were excited to see Grace", he asked quietly, Danny nodding a little a knowing what was wrong..

"Come here Joanie for a second, we'll let your Mom, Aunt Cath and Uncle Steve visit for a moment and we'll go take a walk". He held his arms out to Joan and she went willingly, and he smiled as he saw the bag she had with the presents in.. "How bout we leave those here, I'm sure Uncle Steve and Mommy will not give them to Grace till we are back okay". She nodded shyly and buried her head in Danny's shoulder, Mary patting her back as they walked out before she walked over to the space that Danny had just left to say hello as well.

Out of the room, Danny took her to the vending machine where he got a chocolate for her and then brought her to a seated area and sat down on the couch, pulling her up into his lap, opening up the chocolate bar.. "Okay, you gonna tell Uncle Danno what's wrong honey?"

The little girl bit into the chocolate and chewed for a moment and then swallowed it down, "I'm just scared, Gracie looks like Uncle Steve sometimes". Danny knew it was something to do with the bandages, cannula and the bruises. "You know, Charlie, he visited his sister last night and he was a little scared too.. Uncle Steve always gets better from his owies doesn't he?"

He tickled the little girl and smiled as she laughed, "Yes, he does". He looked at her, gently moving her chin so she was facing him and looking into his eyes. "Gracie will be fine sweetheart, she is just resting and healing from her owies, but I bet you that I know what will help Gracie get better quicker ".

Looking at her uncle with genuine intrigue, tilting her head as she played into his hand and asked the question. "Seeing your cute little monkey face, giving her a hug and letting her see those awesome presents you got her".

Her face lit up at that and she giggled, her little legs swinging as she got a bit excited. "I got her a teddy bear, a colouring book, pencils, a chocolate, magazines and some lemonade". She was excited at thinking up all that on her own and it showed on her face.

"I think Gracie will really love those, now.. how about we go give them to her before the animal in there, your uncle eats Gracie's chocolate". She nodded and took another bite of her own chocolate, "maybe I might share some of mine with Uncle Steve?", she looked hopeful as Danny stood up and lifted her in his arms. "Maybe you could, I think Uncle Steve would like that".

Nodding her head, she wrapped her arm around his neck and held out her chocolate as they walked back towards Grace's room and a voice made him smile, "Do you want some Uncle Danno?"

Author's Notes:

I'm really enjoying this one, this version of this storyline is one I'm loving writing and I hope you guys are enjoying it as well. I think this is the way I really would have loved to seen it go actually. I know as we come to the end of the show, it's sad and heartbreaking, but I think I have said it before, I won't be going anywhere. I will continue creating amazing content for my Hawaii five-ohana. I also might do a seperate version as well depending on the end of the series. I am hoping Michelle made a secret trip to Hawaii to be in the final, so I'm hoping I can maybe create a new version based on whatever the end of the series is.. and I will also adapt my current Winds of Change storyline to fit as best into the show as I can as well with Michelle already in play.