A week has gone by since the shooting at the field and Bryan had gone home only after two days and Gracie was getting the idea they needed to have sometime together after teh long few weeks so when Danny picked her up she got an idea, "Danno, you think can have a barbeque?"
"Don't see why not but why you thinking that?" he asked.
"Because you all have had such a hard few weeks and really haven't had much time to do anything together that didn't revolve around something happeneing to any of you."
"Sure monkey, if you call and ask uncle Steve know he can't say no."
She pulled out her phone smiling as he picked up, "Hi uncle Steve."
Steve looked at his phone smiling at the caller id, "Hey there kiddo, what's up?"
"Wondering if wanted to have a barbeque since been a while since did anything with everyone that wasn't-."
He turned to Catherine who was next to him, "Up for some company?"
She shrugged, "Been a while since had team outing."
He turned back to his phone, "Tell Danno to grab something for the grill and be here by one."
Danny smirked as she hung up, "What he say?"
"To grab something for the grill and be there by one," she told him.
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By one Steve had the grill ready to go for when everyone got there as Matt was sitting on the beach tossing the ball back and forth to the puppy that his mom's fiancé had let him keep. Catherine was in the kitchen getting some of the snacks ready as there was a knock at the door before Gracie ran inside, "Hi aunt Catherine," they hug and the little girl runs outside. "Hi uncle Steve."
He leaned over hugging her, "This was a good idea kiddo."
Chin and Kono walked in setting a cake on the counter, "This was a good idea."
Danny walked in setting the twins in the play yard finding Steve manning the grill, "So what are we going to do? Where Bryan go now?"
Matt ran over running into his uncle's arms who scooped him up spinning him around, "Kiddo, what have you got all over your shirt this time?"
He giggled, "Might have been showing Chris how fast could eat a candy bar."
Danny threw him over his shoulder, "Come on let's get you cleaned up before your dad sees this and finds a way to blame me."
Kono walked over handing Steve a soda, "Hey boss. You know that already?"
Steve took a drink, "Yep, saw him before Danny did. Adam not coming?"
"No he had a meeting to go to but might stop by later on."
Gracie had dragged Danny into the water along with Kono who thought to bring some boards and a body board for Matt to ride while making lunch and Catherine stood next to Steve who was watching them in the water and wrapped an arm around his waist, "Hey sailor, you okay?"
He kissed top of her head, "Yeah just thinking about everything that has happened. What was with the calls from your mom this morning?"
She shook her head, "Was telling me my dad is sick. Think was a good idea to let him have Tyson?"
"Jared had mentioned that he loved to play with him and he's never home a lot so thought would have been luck caring for him then he does."
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After a few hours in the water Matt ran out and saw Bryan tossing the ball around with Chin so ran over to them grinning as he snuck up and snatched the ball when Chin failed to catch the ball and took off running snickering as tossed the ball to Gracie, "Run Gracie!"
Bryan caught up to them snatching up both of them, "Gotcha!"
He set them on the ground and watched as Tyson caught up to them as walked down the beach collecting seashells setting them in a bucket. "Bryan this is fun."
Gracie leaned over so could whisper in his ear, "Let's push him in the water!" they snickered as snuck up behind the teen and pushed him in the water.
He made a face before standing up and grabbing them before running into the water with them over his shoulder causing them to laugh, "Wow, didn't think would do that?"
"That was fun can we collect more shells?" Matt asked and they walked back towards the house with the puppy running around them. "Daddy!"
Steve was sitting in a chair with rest of the adults, "What's up little man?"
He ran around showing everyone the shells that had found, "Look what had found."
Kono came outside and passed everyone a beer as watched Matt and Gracie sit on the beach with Bryan building sand castle, "Boss, this was a great idea."
Catherine walked back inside and answered the door, "Adam, nice to see you made it."
He smiled as she let him inside, "Kono invited me and my meeting ran long."
She said something into her phone leading him outside to the lanai, "Everyone's in the backyard."
Catherine had got a phone call from her mother and no one had noticed that she had been gone for a while until Tyson ran inside with Matt following and could tell something was wrong, "Cat? You okay?"
She tried to smile, "Yeah, just talking to someone but what are you doing in here and not outside?"
He shrugged but yawned, "All wet and need to change."
They walked into his room and she found him a pair of cargo shorts and light blue shirt, "Wow, almost the same outfit as your dad."
He gave her a hug before running outside, "Daddy!"
Steve looked up from chatting with Adam, "What's up kiddo?"
"How come Cat is all sad inside?"