Chapter 2

Cath froze in place. She had a crush. On a girl she'd never met. But she was positive that's what she was feeling.

While Cath was lost in thought, she missed the surfer girl move. Where to? Well she was now sitting directly across form Cath. Cath jumped ever so slightly when she noticed the surfer sitting across from her. She could feel her checks heating up, and probably turning slightly red.

Cath was at a loss for words because the surfer seemed to have become prettier now that she was sitting directly across the table.

"You were sitting on the beach last night right?" The surfer girl finally spoke.

"Umm...y...yeah" Cath stuttered. "Why?"

"Oh, no particular reason. You looked familiar I just wanted to know if I was correct in my assumption of where I saw you" the girl was starting to ramble which made Cath relax a little bit, because hey maybe she wasn't the only nervous one.

"Oh, ok" Cath said quieter than normal.

"I'm Kono by the way" the surfer stuck out her hand, Cath shook it.

"Catherine, but most people call me Cath"

"Cath? Why not Cat?"

Cath shrugged "I don't know, I've just never had someone call me Cat"

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By the time Cath left Waikiki she was practically bouncing. Kono was amazingly sweet and cool, and we can't forget kick ass. Working with Five-0 takes a lot of effort.

Cath was disappointed Kono worked with Steve but she decided to let it go, who cares about Steve anyway.

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Cath was happily lounging on her couch with popcorn, a glass of red wine, and Sherlock playing on the TV, when her phone rang suddenly.

After a quick conversation with her CO Cath called Kono.

"Hello" Kono answered.

"Hey, it's Cath"

"Heyyyyyy" Kono dragged out the word and Cath suspected she might be a little drunk.

"I just wanted you to know that I have to leave for Kabul Friday morning" Cath said with slight disappointment in her voice.

"Aw man that sucks"

"Ya sorta. But hey, I was wondering if you wanted to hangout before then, or something."

"Good idea. How about Thursday 19 hundred at Sushi Sasabune?"

"Sounds like a plan. See you then."

"See you then."

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Thursday came quicker than expected and Cath was very excited. After waking up at 6am and going for run, Cath was just about to jump in the shower when her phone rang.

"Lieutenant Rollins" she answered.

"Cath, listen..." Came the all too familiar voice on the other end.

"Steve, what do you want?" Cath cut him off.

"I want you to give me another chance."

"Steve..." Catherine sighed. "No, I gave you a second chance before. You don't get a third"

"But... Cath..." He pleaded.

"Goodbye, Steven."

Groaning Cath put her phone down and jumped in the shower.

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As night time rolled around Cath found herself digging through every last piece of clothing in her closet. Finally she found a good dress. It was purple, strapless, with a fitted waist, and mid-thigh length flowy skirt. It was perfect.

Although Cath knew that this wasn't a date, she got dressed up, applied a light layer of make up, and even wore heels, just for the slight chance Kono also might want it to be a date.

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Cath arrived at the restaurant a few minutes early, but just in time to spot Kono getting out of her car. For a moment Cath just stopped in place admiring Kono, who was wearing a short blue dress, that was tight fitting in all the right places and Cath was mesmerized.

Shaking her head to clear it, Cath began to walk over to the other woman.

"Hey" Cath said as she approached Kono's car.

"Hey..." Kono said turning towards her, "...wow, you look gorgeous!"

"Thank you, so do you"

Kono locked her car and the women shared a hug before walking inside.

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Dinner went really well, better than well in fact. As the woman reached Kono's car again, they stopped to say their goodbyes.

"What time do you leave tomorrow?" Kono asked.

"5 am" Cath winced.

"Ooo that's early." Kono said with sympathy.

"Yeah. I'm used to it though."

"When will you be back?" Kono asked, and in that moment Cath swore she saw something in Kono's eyes, wether it was pleading for Cath to stay or sadness that she was leaving Cath couldn't say, but it was there.

"In about two months."

"God that's so long." Another flash of emotion passed through Kono's eyes.

The woman shared another hug, as they pulled away Kono placed a kiss on Cath's cheek, before saying "Stay safe, I'll see you when you get back, but call me okay"

"Okay" Cath responded through her daze, "Bye, I'll miss you"

The two parted ways and Cath remained in a daze until she arrived home.