Should I stay or should I go now?

By

Landon Richardson

Official Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles, Meka Hanamoa, Amy Hanamoa and Governor Pat Jameson do not belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.

The characters of Danielle 'Danni' Williams, although originally based on male Danny Williams could possibly be considered her own character as by this time all they seem to share with each other is their name and the fact they have a daughter named Grace. I should add that Grace is called Grace Taylor is in this saga, that's due to the fact that Williams is Danni's maiden name which she reverted back to when she and Duncan divorced. Taylor was her married name.

The character of Duncan Taylor, Jack O'Connor, Riley King and David Williams belong to me. Any other character who might pop up who you don't instantly recognise will probably belong to me as well. I'll hopefully catch them in time to put above though.

Author Note

Here's the next chapter for you all.

I should state that this McDanni story will be a lot more angsty then my usual McDanni story as you'll see in this chapter. At this moment Steve and Danni are not in a good place though I'm sure it will improve. Perhaps this two month period will actually do them some good.

It is strange writing them like this but… well…

Anyway please enjoy

Official Summary

Danni Williams has come to a crossroad in her life, especially her working life at 50. Now there's only one question which she has to answer… Should she stay or should she go? (McDanni, female Danny, part of the Danni universe)

Chapter Summary

Danni wasn't sure where she was heading until she found herself pulling to a stop outside of Duncan's large home.

Official Romances for the story

Steve McGarrett / Danielle 'Danni' Richardson (McDanni)

Kono Kalakaua / Charlie Fong

Riley King / Rosie Lange

Romances mentioned during the chapter

None

Other note

Please keep in mind that I don't have a Beta for this story so the odd mistake may creep in without me meaning it to. I have also never been to Hawaii so all locations are either from the show, google or made up in my own mind.


Chapter Two


Danni wasn't sure where she was heading until she found herself pulling to a stop outside of Duncan's large home. Although they were divorced, they had somehow remained civil with each other, perhaps could even be considered friends under certain lights. They were civil enough that she felt safe turning up here knowing that he wouldn't turn her away.

Danni exited the car, making her way to the large metal gate and pressed the buzzer to the side of it, waiting until it clicked followed by a familiar female voice belonging to Duncan's housekeeper.

"Yes? Hello? How can I help you?"

"Hi Nicole, its Danni Williams, is my ex-husband there?" Danni asked.

"Hi Danni, yep Mr Taylor is here, I'll just go and get him for you." The other woman said brightly before she disappeared. Danni waited, her mind still going over the Governor's choice. She felt torn, on one half she hated knowing that she wouldn't be going to the 50 headquarters for the next two months, she would miss the others and miss the conversations they would have and there was still a part of her that was excited by the opportunity.

"Danni? Is everything okay?" Duncan's voice demanded over the comms system, a tone of concern to his voice which made her smile. Divorced or not they both still cared for each other.

"Yeah… no… I… I just wanted to see Grace and have a hug from her." Danni admitted, Duncan was silent for a moment before the sound of the gates slowly opening caught her attention.

"You're always welcome here Danni, drive your car in and park out front." Duncan instructed.

"Thanks Duncan" Danni responded, letting go of the button and heading back to her car, she climbed back in and started the engine, waiting for the gate to fully open before she drove in and up the gravelled driveway, parking where Duncan had instructed. She climbed out the car, a smile coming to her face when the front door flew open and Grace came running out, her face alight with happiness.

"Mamma!" She yelled, throwing her arms round Danni and hugging her tightly, "What are you doing here? Are you staying for dinner? I'm so, so glad you're here" she said, the rush of questions making Danni laugh as she leaned down and wrapped her arms around the small girl, returning her hug as she buried her nose into her daughter's silky dark hair, breathing in the familiar strawberry scent which flavoured the shampoo that Grace insisted she bought.

"Hello baby" Danni responded as she leaned back looking into Grace's face. "I've had a bit of a bad day so I thought I'd come here and have a Gracie hug"

Grace nodded, a serious look coming to her face as she scanned Danni's face before she gripped Danni's hand and pulled her into the house, closing the door closed behind her. Danni glanced up as Duncan approached her, a smile on his face as he held out a mug to her.

"Coffee" He stated catching sight of her questioning look. "Figured that you might need some."

"You have no idea" Danni responded, taking the coffee from him and taking a long sip from it.

"Are you staying for dinner with us mamma?" Grace asked her, tilting her face up so she could see Danni. Danni shook her head, feeling guilty when Grace's face dropped.

"You can stay if you want Danni, we have more than enough to feed another person." Duncan offered, his dark brown eyes looking at her thoughtfully.

"No" Danni said with a shake of her head. "I appreciate the offer but I already have plans for tonight which I can't get out of." She explained, her eyes flickering between the two of them.

"Who with Mamma? Are you going out with Uncle Steve tonight?" Grace asked her, the innocent remark causing her heart to twist. Somehow she doubted Steve would want to see her once the Governor broke the news to Steve.

"No baby, I'm having dinner with Auntie Amy and Uncle Meka, Auntie Amy is cooking and you know how she feels about anyone being late to something which she's organised" Danni told Grace, winking at the small girl before she drained her mug. "Speaking of which I need to go, Gracie I'll see you on Monday have a good weekend with your Dad. Duncan call me if you need anything" She said, shooting him a smile as she leaned down again and gave Grace another hug, kissing her on the cheek before she left the house getting back into her car and drove out of the gates, taking a left which would bring her to Amy and Meka's home.

She drove for about twenty minutes before she pulled into the correct road, her breathe catching in her throat when she saw a familiar blue Silverado parked outside the Hanamoa's house. She pulled the car to a stop in her usual parking space, killing the engine and climbed out, her eyes meeting Steve's across the road as he climbed out of his own truck, an unreadable look on his face as he moved towards her.

Danni waited on the pavement, tilting her head back as Steve stopped in front of her.

"Hey" She said softly, breaking the silence between them.

"Hey" He replied his eyes narrowing as he began to speak. "I just spoke to the Governor who told me her plans for you. Apparently I'm now looking at the new Captain of Detectives for HPD. I suppose this is the point where I'm meant to congratulate you on your promotion right?" He demanded, a bitter tone to his voice which caused her to wince, her hand curling up so she could dig her fingernails into her palm, using the sharp pain to focus her thoughts.

"I never asked for this Steve" She said, keeping her voice calm and steady.

"And yet here we are. My partner, the one person I trust, is suddenly gone from my team without a word, instead I get told by the Governor who looked positively gleeful that you were gone from me for two months and that there was nothing I could do about it because you had agreed to it." Steve stated, stepping forward, his hand curling round her upper arm, jerking her forward so there was little to no space between them,

"I didn't so much agree to it Steve as get told I was doing it" Danni retorted. "Look I get that you're unhappy about this and I understand that. I'm sorry about it but there's nothing we can do about it. It's only for two months, I'm pretty sure the team can manage without me for that long. It's not like you listen much when I'm around at the moment anywa."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Steve said, a rare tone of anger to voice.

"It means what I said Steve. You made me your partner because you needed someone who was up to date with police procedure but nowadays you don't listen to me when I tell you anything. You just assume that your way is better. You know what I found out today just after the raid? I found out that the McKenna case has fallen through because the DA can't make a case because we didn't serve the warrant correctly so everything we found can't be used now because it was illegally obtained. It would have taken five minutes for us to serve that warrant but now there's criminal back on the street able to start up their drug business again because we screwed up. I told you at the very beginning that all eyes would be on us and that we needed to do everything by the book and you used to listen to me but now you don't. What changed?" She demanded, meeting his eyes. He looked furious though she could detect the look of guilt which filtered across Steve's blue eyes.

"Why didn't you say anything before about it?" Steve said, his hand tightening on her arm.

"Maybe because I was angry at you and worried about what I would say to you. We're partners so you're important to me, I didn't want to yell at you, I figured there must have been some sort of mistake and the DA got it wrong. I was going to check it out before I came to you" She told him, jabbing her finger into his chest before she dropped it

"So you think all of this is my fault somehow? That they got off because of me? You were there at that raid Danni, we were up against a time limit, and if we had waited then they would have been gone before we could do anything" Steve stated.

"Yeah? Well guess what Steve, they are gone now and now we have no idea where they are because they will be in the wind the minute they are released," She said, snatching her arm from his grip, wincing when she felt his nails scrape across her skin. "You know most partners by now would at least have said a sincere congratulations to me because this temporary job is actually a good opportunity for me. It will be good for me and Gracie because it means some extra money coming in for us. You could at least pretend to be happy for me instead of coming down here to my friend's house looking for a fight because something has happened which you can't control."

"That's not what I'm doing Danni" Steve denied taking a step back. "You should have come to me and told me about what the Governor said to you, warned me about the offer instead of letting me be blindsided by it when she told me about it."

"Letting you be blindsided?" Danni repeated. "Did it ever occur to you Steve that the person who was really blindsided by this whole thing was me? I'm the one who has once again had her life turned around of her or have you so quickly forgotten what absolutely hell those six months at HPD were for me because I can promise you that I haven't forgotten it, not even for a moment. Now I'm meant to step back into that bulpen after swearing I never would step into it again and be their boss, the same people who hate me. Do you think they are going to make it easy on me or that they'll accept me with open arms? It will be hell." She told him, letting out a shaky breathe as she took a step back watching the stricken look which came across his face at her words.

"Danni I…" Steve began to say, moving towards her again before another voice spoke over them.

"Danni, is everything okay out here?"

Danni glanced over her shoulder to see the door open revealing Amy in the door way, her eyes flickering between the two of them.

"Everything is fine here Amy" Danni called back before she focused on Steve lowering her voice. "Look I'll be finished here by about nine, if you want to then meet me at my house then and we'll talk some more but now isn't the time until we've both calmed down a bit, the adrenaline from the raid is still pumping and…" Her voice trailed off.

"Nine" He said, shooting the house a look before he looked back at her.

"Nine" She agreed, watching as he turned and walked away, her heart aching in her chest wondering whether they would survive this.

For the first time she was concerned that they wouldn't.


Author Note

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