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maluhia (peace)

*Jess's POV*

It had been almost four months since that night she had gone into Steve's bedroom. Things were great between them both. Nothing had changed, they laughed just as much, he made her smile twenty-four seven. She was happy and so were the team. Kono had nearly cried when they had made the relationship official whilst Danny had spent nearly a week repeating "I told you so" to Steve.

No leads had been made on the painting on the wall or of the picture she found in the house she had shared with Ryan but to be honest she had put the whole mess behind her. She was too focused on making sure the relationship between her and Steve remained as strong as it was. They had both been working crazy hours and only really saw each other late at night or early in the morning which was hard but they made it work.

She had the day off from the bar so decided to go shopping to find something for the evening. Steve had asked her to go with him and the team to a charity event. She was looking forward to it, it gave her a chance to spend some quality time with him and it was an event that she could dress up for, which in her eyes was a bonus. Hopping into the shower she washed herself and her hair before setting on her daily routine; drying her hair, putting on her makeup and her clothes before heading downstairs. Grabbing her phone from the kitchen she saw a note on the counter and an envelope placed on top. She reached for the note first and found herself smiling.

'Morning! Left you some money to get an outfit for tonight, my treat. Will pick you up after work. Love you x'

Now she was more determined than ever to make herself look good for tonight. So placing the envelope into her bag she made her way out to her car and set off to find something nice for Steve.

She had been shopping for at least two and a half hours and had just arrived home. She was happy with what she had got but was nervous as to whether Steve would like it. He did buy it after all. It had been boiling all day so she decided that another shower would be a good idea before beginning to get ready. Steve was getting changed at work before picking her up which gave her just under two hours to get ready. Once she left the shower she began on her hair and makeup. She always had her hair up so decided that tonight she'd have it down with a few braids in. Her makeup consisted of smokey eye shadow with a red lipstick that made her lips stand out. She left the bathroom to get her dress from the bedroom where she had left it on the bed. It was a simple black plunge dress that was tight and reached just above her knees. She put on a few gold accessories that complimented the dress and set about trying to find her black heels. Once she had found them and put them on she checked the clock. She had five minutes left until Steve was supposed to be here. She sprayed herself with her favourite perfume and heard her phone vibrating on the bedside table.

The caller ID was Steve so she answered it as quickly as she could. "I'm coming!" she told him and hung up before he even had a chance to reply. She made her way downstairs as quickly as she could in her heels and stopped as she reached the front door. Looking in the mirror she checked that her hair and makeup were okay before taking a deep breath and opening the door.

*Steve's POV*

Steve was leant against his car waiting for Jess to come out; he was using Danny's car as he and Chin were going together. He had gone for a simple black suit with a black tie. He was straightening out his trousers as he heard the front door open and shut. Looking up at her he didn't realise that his jaw would hit the floor. She looked amazing. In fact amazing was an understatement. The way that her dress clung to all the right places and her legs, he'd have give anything right then to just play sick and stay at home with her all night.

She had walked up to him and stood in front of him eagerly awaiting his response to her outfit. "Sooo what do you think?" she asked him as she smoothed her dress down. "I think that we shouldn't go anywhere tonight, because you look damn sexy in that," he told her with a smirk and he could see her blush. "As much as I'd love to stay home with you people are expecting us McGarrett," she told him as he opened the door for her. She gave him a smile as she got into the passenger seat before he shut the door behind her and walked to the other side and got in. She had put her seatbelt on and fiddled with her bracelet before realising that the car wasn't actually moving. "You forgot how to work your car?" she joked with him before noticing that he was just staring at her. "Steve!" she said a bit louder waving her hand in front of his face to get his attention. "Sorry, I'm just speechless. You look gorgeous Jess" he exclaimed as he put his seatbelt on and started the car. She felt good about herself and was determined to enjoy her night with him.

*Steve's POV*

Pulling up to the charity event he felt good, great in fact, that he got to show off the most beautiful woman he'd ever laid eyes on. The past four months had been great. He held her every night, made love to her every night and most of all he got to love her more and more each day. Things hadn't changed in the slightest and he was grateful for that.

Getting out of the car, he shut his door before racing to the passenger side as he opened the door and held out his hand for her to get out. Smiling she took his hand and stood by his side.

Walking up the stairs he passed a few people he recognised and nodded in acknowledgement before setting out to find his team. First he spotted Kamekona who was obviously telling a joke at Danny's expense as everyone else was in fits of laughter but him. Pointing them out to Jess they made their way over.

Danny, who looked relieved of the distraction, stood up to greet them both. "Huh, maybe I should become a SEAL if it means I get to have a girl like you on my arm," he heard him say to Jess. She blushed before giving him a hug. "You'd cry before making the team," Steve joked with Danny which earned him a punch to the shoulder before they shook hands and greeted each other properly. Jess shook her head whilst chuckling and left Steve's arm to greet the rest of the team before sitting next to Kono.

*2 Hours Later*

*Jess's POV*

They were all having a great time. Many people had come over to the team, greeted Steve and congratulated him on finding a 'looker' as one of his old friends had so elegantly put it. The rest of the team had wandered. Kono was with Chin talking to a group of people on another table. Kamekona was, as usual, advertising his forever expanding businesses and Danny was by the bar chatting to a woman they didn't recognise.

"You know if she really knew him she'd run a mile before having to deal with his OCD," she heard Steve tell her as he brought his beer bottle up to his lips. Laughing she shook her head and looked over to Danny who seemed to be enjoying himself.

"She looks familiar," she told him, not being able to shake the feeling that she knew the woman from somewhere.

"She does?" he asked her, still both looking towards the bar.

"Yeah, oh who knows, maybe I'm just imagining it," she told him shaking her head before drinking the rest of her wine. Steve stood up making her crane her neck to look at him. He had bent his knee before offering out his hand, "would m'lady care to dance?". He was getting to the point of being tipsy and it was funny for her to watch. Laughing she took his hand and followed him to the dance floor.

The music had changed to a slow song so taking his hand she moved closer to him. She placed her arms around his neck as she felt his strong arms embrace her. Looking into his eyes she smiled. Smiling back at her he rested his chin upon her head as he held her close just swaying to the music and enjoying being in each other's company. Danny had now moved to the dance floor too and he too looked happy. As the song came to an end she looked up at Steve and kissed him softly.

"I'm gonna nip to the bathroom," she told him as he nodded before Danny made his way over with his new date and began introducing her to Steve. Walking over to the table she reached down for her bag before opening it to check her phone on the off chance that someone had tried to contact her. And they had, she had one unread text message flashing at her. Sighing with the thought that it could have been work asking her to go in she opened up her phone to read the message.

As soon as she read the message she knew exactly who it was from. Her hands were shaking as fear washed over her. Looking up at Steve she tried to call out to him. She could tell that as soon as he looked at her he could see there was something wrong. He began to walk towards the table calling out to her but before he reached her the whole room shook violently as there was a loud explosion near the stage and then another behind her near the bar. Everything seemed to happen in slow motion as she saw Steve being thrown to the floor with the impact as she too fell backwards. The glass doors behind her shattered, showering her body with tiny cuts as they fell with force to the floor. Screaming had filled the room, husbands calling out to their wives, people crying out for their friends. She couldn't move, she was pinned to the floor with something crushing her lower abdomen. Finding it painful to breathe she closed her eyes to try to concentrate on anything else other than the pain. It was no use, looking to her left and then her right she saw debris all over the floor. Tables were broken, glass was everywhere, smoke washed over the room as people lay around her injured and crying.

As a tear ran down her cheek she thought back to the message she had found on her phone. The words haunted her.

"Having fun without me?"