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Chapter Thirteen

"Still think that electrician was way better than the one who said the final estimate would be like three thousand dollars."

"Yes, but did you see his shady looking vehicle? Not to mention the way he looked."

"Don't judge a book by its cover, Danny." Danny mimicked Steve by mouthing the same words, watching him pull out his keys from his pocket as they walked up to the restaurant.

"And I'm saying the higher the price, the better the person."

"Danny-" They stopped short when they saw the door cracked open a bit, looking at each other and slowly pulling out their guns, inching closer and nudging the door open. They stepped in, hearing clattering and someone curse, and once they were fully inside, they were stunned.

The gray concrete had been painted over with a gorgeous red, and the floors were fully furnished with amber colored laminate. There were no wires in sight, and the ceiling had been repaired with gorgeous dark beams. The outlets were covered, and there were boxes on the bar area, a few tables and a couple of other things. Beautiful, small chandeliers hung from the ceiling over chosen spots, most likely for tables. Elaborate glass art was over the doors and even on windows on the ceiling. The door windows were even polished well.

There was noise from the kitchen before someone emerged, and they immediately put their guns up.

"Hey, hey!" Alyx yelped, holding up her hands, which were covered in dust and red paint. "Why do you have your guns out!?" Steve lowered his gun, sighing in relief and slight exasperation.

"Because we thought you were an intruder!" Danny said, sheathing his gun and looking around, beginning to gesture to everything. "Did... Did you do all this?" Alyx smiled, rubbing her hands together shyly.

"Surprise."

A few workers that had been in the kitchen left, leaving the three alone, and Alyx patted two stools where they could sit down.

"Al, what is this?" Steve asked. "I mean, we were here yesterday morning and... Everything was not the way it is now. Did you do this?" Alyx smiled, reaching up and pulling out her hair tie, letting her hair fall down before beginning to gather it back up.

"I... I was bored." She replied. "Well, not bored. I was looking at all the expenses you would have to spend. The electrical problems, some of the building was rotting away and was no good, you still didn't have any good kitchen appliances and the list goes on. After I rounded up the best of the best, I contacted a few of my old contacts from the mainland and..." She gestured to everything.

"You..." Danny trailed off at her blush and she covered her face.

"Oh!" She said, running over to one of the boxes and pulling out a thick file. She ran back and handed it to Danny, her smile bright and excited. "Here, I also got all this." Danny looked up from the file to her face, before looking back down and opening it, his eyes growing wide.

"A liquor license? We put one in four months ago." Steve leaned over to look, his eyebrows raised.

"Mhm. Keep flipping." Danny flipped another page, again his eyes growing wide.

"You got us cleared?"

"I was here since 6, and the repair crew was here by 8:30 and they managed to repair all of the little leaks and everything before the inspector got here at one. Went through, cleared, gave me a small list of what to maintain, which is stapled behind the clear page, and then a friend and I went appliance shopping. But everything else is in there. All you need to do is hire the chefs, and finish the restaurant coordinator signature, signing that you are owners of this restaurant."

They stared at her until she fidgeted.

"Miss Kyoshi, where would you like the stove?" Called a voice from the kitchen.

"Coming!" She called back and looked at them again, wringing her hands together nervously. "I-I'll be right back." Alyx quickly disappeared behind the doors. As soon as they felt like it was clear, Steve spoke.

"Okay, I have a feeling this is her way of apologizing to me." Danny raised his eyebrow.

"What do you mean?" Steve sighed, running his hands down his face.

"Do you remember when Alyx went undercover and met that FBI guy?"

"Yeah." Steve sighed, leaning back.

"Well... They slept together." Danny had to put on a look of surprise.

"Like... Slept over at each other's houses with s'mores and pillow fights?" Danny asked and Steve glared. "Oh, you mean... Pants off, touching and-"

"Please don't." Steve interrupted. "It's bad enough that I couldn't sleep after she told me, I do not need images of a guy touching my daughter." A smirk crawled onto Danny's face and Steve backed away a bit.

"What?" Steve asked, making Danny laugh.

"You know what is happening right now, right?"

"No, what?" Danny poked his chest.

"You. Are. Becoming. A father." Danny punctuated each word with a poke and Steve furrowed his eyebrows.

"I thought I was a father when she was born?" Danny blanked and shook his head.

"That's not... Okay, Steve, let me tell you some basics of being a father. I know I haven't exactly been the greatest supporter about all this, so I'm sorry. I was scared and I didn't know how to react, especially since your daughter is an exact replica of you." Danny sighed. "Can we talk later?"

"Of course." Steve said gently, his shoulders slumping like a huge weight was lifted off of him. He looked down at the file, then back at Danny, who was also looking at the file curiously.

"What should we do?"

They found her in the kitchen, watching a couple of movers place a few ovens and stoves around.

"Yeah, perfect!" She said to one and they high-fived. "Thank you guys so much!"

"No problem, Miss Kyoshi." They said as they left. They gave Steve and Danny nods, and then they looked at her as she looked away quickly, like she just committed another crime. Immediately, she started to pull at her fingers and look at the floor in guilt.

"I-I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys what I was doing... I thought it would be a nice surprise..." Danny and Steve looked at each other, then at the kitchen. The appliances consisted of brand new stoves, ovens, fridges and countertops. The floor was concrete and the walls were generic white, so there wasn't much of a surprise, but the arch where the chefs would put the food had the old brick, but now it was freshly sealed with a new coat of wax, but they still had a beautiful old look to them.

"How did you do all of this in one day?" Steve asked, looking at her and seeing her blush.

"I... I work fast?" She shrugged and they looked at each other. "I'm sorry..."

"What, are you Canadian or something? Stop apologizing." Danny said, walking over to one of the countertops and plopping the file down on it.

"Listen, we looked over everything, and everything is legit, so..." Steve looked at Danny to finish, making him shake his head and smile. Danny walked up to Alyx, a bit annoyed by their height difference, and took her hands into his.

"Listen, Alyx, I'm sorry for everything that I ever did to you. I guess I was just scared that you would take Steve away, and I didn't want that. Especially after you shot him and nearly gave him a heart attack, so I hated you. For a really long time." Alyx frowned. "But what I'm trying to say is that after listening to Steve talk about you and how you are with him, I can see you two are on your way to having a great father and daughter relationship, even though he missed twenty years of your life, but now you have the future to catch up for that. And, I want to thank you for doing all of this. It... It was a large project, and yeah, I agreed with Steve at first, but... Thank you, Alyx. For everything." Alyx's lip trembled, her eyes welling up with tears and Steve slapped Danny's arm.

"Great, you made her cry!"

"I didn't mean to!" Alyx laughed, wiping her eyes with the back of her hand.

"Don't worry, they're good tears." She wrapped her arms around Danny, who stiffened at the sudden gesture but softened and patted her back. "Thank you, Danny."

"Of course. Now, do you have a pen?"

Steve finished his signature, and looked up at Alyx, who grinned at him happily.

"That's the last of it." Danny said, taking the file and double checking.

"Great! I have one more present for you!" She said, grabbing both of their hands and dragging them to the front door.

"Another one? Al, you've surprised us enough. How are we going to sleep tonight?" Steve asked, grinning at her demeanor. She simply giggled, opening the door and then turning to them.

"Okay, shut your eyes." They glanced at each other and shut their eyes, feeling her grab their wrists and lead them out. They felt themselves turning and then being situated.

"Okay, okay..." Steve heard her mutter. "Alright, look... Now!" They opened their eyes as a banner rolled down, revealing a name in white bold letters.

STEVE & DANNY'S BAR&BISTRO

"I heard you talking that you wanted to name it Steve's, but I didn't like that name, so... Ta-da." She did jazz hands toward it. Steve grinned and grabbed her, hugging her so tight she squeaked.

"Father! You're crushing my frail bones!" Alyx squeaked out, and he laughed.

"No, I'm not!"

"Yes, you are!" And she went limp.

"Al?"

"I'm dead, don't talk to the dead."

Steve poured his coffee into his mug, giving a large yawn, hearing the same from Junior as he stepped into the kitchen.

"Morning." Junior greeted.

"Morning." Steve replied. "Hey, have you seen Alyx? I went to wake her up, but she was gone. Her bed was made and everything." Junior shrugged, looking worried.

"Not sure. She's not taking a swim with Eddie?" Steve pointed at Eddie, who was eating his breakfast happily from his bowl. Junior frowned.

"Hm." The front door opened, and Steve peaked out from the kitchen, seeing Alyx putting down her keys and take off her bag.

"Hey! Where have you been?" He asked. Alyx looked up and grinned, pulling out an orange envelope and walking up to him proudly.

"I have a present for you." Steve clutched his chest.

"Oh, god, I think I'm gonna have an attack. Dunno which, but damn, girl. What's it this time? You're pregnant? Because I am not ready for a grandkid." Steve said, sipping his coffee. Alyx frowned and shook her head.

"No, not that." She paused. "At least not for another year."

Junior had to pat his back so he could recover from choking.

"Okay, what's in the envelope then?" Junior asked while Steve wiped his mouth. She extended it to Steve and he took it, opening it and pulling out a letter of acceptance.

"I just joined the police academy!"