This chapter is not what I wanted, but I'm not too sorry about how it planned out. I'm sorry it's so short but I wanted to try and get back on a schedule after last week. I had no kids at work so I was on office duty all week and had absolutely no time to write. I got this out in two days so go easy on me lol. Please enjoy this chapter though! It's nothing but Steve and Thea :)

Thea's POV:

I could stop the tears falling the entire time I waited for Steve. I moved from the bar to the couch and stared at the papers in front of me. My father wants custody of Nora. After all these years, he's deciding now to be a father. He has some nerves. I glanced over at the pictures on the wall of me and Nora throughout the years. The memories I had made with her, the childhood she had because of me. I did everything in my power to give her a childhood, something I didn't have myself. I made sure she was able to be a kid and didn't have to take care of anyone like I did. I never cared that she wasn't biologically my daughter. She was MY baby. I raised her. Not him or anyone else, it was me. This can't be happening right now.

A loud knock came from my front door. "Thea!"

I slowly got off the couch and rushed to the door. As soon as the door was open, I wrapped my arms around him tightly. I had never hugged him before, but God, I'm going to start hugging him now. He arms wrapped around me instantly and moved me farther into the house. I heard the door close behind him. It felt so calming being held by him.

His hands rubbed my back soothingly as his head rested on mine. "What happened?" He asked quietly.

I buried my face in his chest. "He's going to take her from me." I sobbed. Steve pulled back and looked down at me. He kept his arms wrapped around me.

"Who's taking who from you?" He followed me to the living room. I picked up the papers and handed them to him. He studied them for a moment before looking at me. "Whose Peter Kenwood?" He asked.

I lowered myself onto the couch. Steve reached out and helped me down before sitting next to me. "He's mine and Nora's... Father. If you even want to call him that." I wiped my eyes. "He hasn't even seen Nora, never even protested when I got custody the first time but now, he wants to have full custody of her!" The sadness has passed now, and I was angry. How could my 'father' do this to me? How the hell does he think he is? Well, I know who he is.

Steve continued to read through the papers. "This is just a petition to change custody. No decision is being made just yet." He said. He grabbed my hand and squeezed it gently. I was starting to notice that little squeezed like that was something he did often. Like he did it as a reassurance that he was here.

I looked up at him, his green eyes staring directly into mine. "She's not going anywhere. No one is going to let him take her from you. I'm not going to let him take her from you."

Another tear slipped down my cheek as he said it. "He has a lot of friends and business associates… He might win." With my elbow propped on the back of the couch, pressed my forehead against my palm. "He has enough money to get a whole team of lawyers, I can't even afford one." I groaned. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to dump all this on you." Steve wiped my tears away with his thumb as he cupped my cheek.

"That's why I'm here, Thea."

I shook my head and looked up at him. "I just don't know what to do. She's MY daughter, Steve. I can't lose her." The anger was coming back. I blame the pregnancy for the mood swings.

"Between you and Five-0, he won't stand a chance of getting her, okay?" He pulled me close to him, kissing the top of my head. "Just let me do some digging around."

God, having him hold me felt amazing. I had dreamed about this for weeks, not exactly having imagined it like this though. Having to comfort me in a situation like this was not something I thought I would be going through right now. I wrapped my arms around his middle and leaned into him. He kept his arms around me as he put the papers back in the envelope and tossed them on the coffee table. He leaned back onto the couch, never letting go of me. We sat there together for a few minutes, neither of us saying anything. I turned my head slightly, so my forehead was against his shoulder. Steve had his head leaned down on mine. Almost as if he were enjoying having me in his arms like I was.

"I'm sorry I pulled you away from the party." I said quietly. I still didn't trust my voice to not break down again.

He shook his head again. "You didn't. Everyone left a few minutes after you did." He paused for a moment. His hand was still running up and down my back. It hasn't really stopped since he got here. The hand traveled up to my shoulder and squeezed gently. "I would have come anyway." He whispered into my hair.

I couldn't keep the slight smile off my face even if I tried. I sat up a little bit to look at him, our faces were just a few inches apart. "Thank you for coming." I whispered.

He smiled softly at me. "I wouldn't be anywhere else."

Before I could stop myself, I pressed my lips to his. I felt Steve move slightly and I quickly backed up and got off the couch.

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I did not mean to do that!" Steve stood up from the couch and reached for my arm.

"Thea-" I pulled out of the reach and headed to the kitchen.

"I'm sorry." I mumbled. I leaned against the bar and put my head in my hands. 'What the hell is wrong with you? Why would you do that! He doesn't see you like that! You're the mother of his children.' I groaned and tried to keep my tears back. 'He probably thinks you're hormonal'. I didn't look up at Steve when he walked into the kitchen. I bet the look on his face was the serious aneurysm face that Grace talked about. I fucked up big time. He came up right behind me, his hand on my arm light, like he expected me to pull away from him.

"Thea, please look at me."

I hesitantly turned around and looked up at him. "Look, I'm sorry. That was inappro-" I was cut off by him cupping the back of my neck and pulling me to him. His lips pressed against mine a bit rougher than the first time, holding me close to him. I put my hands up on his chest to push him back, but I couldn't. I melted into the kiss, my hands moving up his chest to wrap around his neck. His other arm moved down my back and around my waist. He pulled me as close as he could with my bump in the way. Before I had a chance to deepen the kiss, he pulled away, but didn't let go of me. Our foreheads are still touching, and I could still feel his breath on my face. My eyes were still closed. I was scared that if I opened them, he was going to push me away.

His thumb stroked my cheek gently. "I've been wanting to do that for a few weeks now." He whispered.

One of my hands moved to his wrist and squeezed gently. "Don't do that if you don't mean it."

He kissed me again but pulled away before I could react to it. I finally opened my eyes to see him looking down at me. "I mean it, okay? I've wanted to tell you for the last two weeks, but I didn't know how, as cheesy and cliche as that sounds. I like and care about you, Thea." He said, looking me in the eyes. "I know the situation we're in right now isn't exactly normal," His hand went to my stomach. He only touched my bump once when I felt one of the babies move. We had tried to see if he would be able to feel it, but he couldn't. I was hoping in the next few weeks he'd finally be able to feel them move like I had been. "But I want to be with you." He said. He leaned in and kissed my cheek.

I took a deep breath and tried, for the umpteenth time tonight, to keep the tears from falling. 'Goddamn pregnancy hormones' I pushed away from him a bit so I could look at him. "Steve, I want to be with you too, but it isn't just me I need to worry about." He nodded in understanding. "Nora is the most important person in my life. I need you to know and understand that before anything can happen. I'm always going to choose my kids over anything else." Most guys tended to run off after I made that confession. Though I was never sure if it was the kid part or the not coming in first on my list of priorities, that scared them away. I didn't think that it would scare Steve away. He is about to have twins. But I knew it was something that still needed to be said.

He nodded again. "I know. I know how important Nora is to you. Honestly, she's become important to me too. She's a great kid and I…" He took my hand again, holding it close to him. "I want you both."

I smiled, walking closer and looking up at him. 'How have I not noticed how much taller he is?'

"Well, luckily for you, we're both pretty fond of you." I grinned. He leaned down to kiss me, but we were interrupted by my phone going off. I pulled away from him. "That's probably Rachel." I said. I walked into the living room and picked up my phone.

"Hey Rach." I sat on the sofa.

Steve's POV:

I couldn't help but grin to myself as I watched her walk to the living room. I spent the last few weeks going over and over about how I was going to tell her I had feelings for her, only to have her kiss me. I really didn't see that coming, but I knew that I should have. Danny had been telling me that I was freaking out over nothing and that I was doing what I always did when feelings were involved. I was panicking. 'You need to thaw out your heart sometimes and let people in' Is what he's been telling me since I met him. Between my family issues and my life in the military letting people in like that was somewhat foreign to me. But after this with Thea, I wasn't as scared anymore.

I glanced around at the kitchen. I had only been inside her apartment a few times. Once when I helped Thea carry groceries up. 'She doesn't need to be doing that on her own, not while she's pregnant' And once when I sat with Nora for a few minutes while Thea was getting her bag ready to spend the night at Danny's. It was a cute place, but like she said earlier, not big enough for her, Nora, and two babies. As I looked around, I smiled at the pictures of her and Nora she had on the fridge. There was no way I was going to let someone, biological parent or not, take Nora away from her. It was clear to anyone that saw them together that Thea was her parent, not Peter Kenwood.

I looked into the living room and smiled again at Thea. She was telling Nora goodnight.

"Good night baby. I'll see you in the morning okay?" She said softly, smiling as she talked.

I knew from here on that these were my girls. I wasn't going to let anyone take them away from me.

Please let me know what you think! I'm currently writing the next chapter so hopefully it'll be up soon. I already have the twins named picked out, I'm hoping you guys like them. If you have any ideas for the gender reveal I would love to hear them!