Chapter nineteen

Hey guys! Thank you so much for the reviews; here is the next chapter because I'm greedy and desperate for more! Anyway just to clear some stuff up. I am not to sure about Adams character in the show, but I have made him how I imagined him so I'm sorry if he seemed unrealistic to anyone! Also, Steve is kind of jumping between Lori and Kono at the moment. I think he is sort of trying to distract himself from Kono because he thinks she doesn't care but how wrong is he?! Anyway I'm going to stop babbling! Thank you to those who are still with me for reading! ENJOY!

Kono just drove. She didn't know where. But she drove. She didn't want to go home. Being alone would just make her think and she didn't want to think. A good few hours later after a long stop at the north shore, she unconsciously pulled up outside Steve's house. His dark truck was gone so he was probably out.

It was crazy how she had ended up here again. Did it mean something? Was it a sign that she should give their relationship a go?

She slowly got out of her car and knocked lightly on the front door. No on answered. She pulled out her phone and texted Charlie,

Hey, you home? Kono

A minute later she got a reply.

Yup. Are you coming over?

Kono answered,

I'm outside. Open up?

Charlie walked down and opened the front door. Kono was standing there with her hair covering her face and tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Kono! Are you alright?" Charlie rushed forward to hug the older woman.

Kono couldn't help it. She broke down and told Charlie everything. But left out the details of her and Steve's kiss, she didn't think his daughter needed to know that. Charlie hugged her.

"If he hit you, then he definitely doesn't deserve you."

Kono tried to smile. "But he regretted it straight away. Adam is just-he's..."

"He's not my dad." Charlie finished her sentence.

Kono laughed. "No. That he's not."

"So now you are OK to get with my dad?"

"Charlie! He's your father!"

"Yeah but he's a good looking father. Come on." She pouted.

"That's not how it works honey. It's-" Kono stopped when the front door opened and Steve walked in.

"Kono..." He said.

"Hi." She smiled. She got up and walked over to him and placed a hand on his chest. He knew something was up.

"Where did you go dad?" Charlie asked.

"I urm...I had a date."

Kono's hand immediately left his chest. "With who?"

Steve sighed. "Lori."

"Lori...but what about-"

"You said no Kono. I'm not going to force you." Steve said simply.

"I turn you down and you run off with the woman who constantly throws herself at you?" Kono said.

"Ok last time I checked, you wanted nothing to do with my love life."

Kono laughed. "That doesn't mean you have to throw yourself into a relationship."

"So let me get this straight. You won't be with me, but you don't want me to be with anyone else?"

Once again Kono was speechless. "Well..." She shook her head in surrender.

"What's that?" Steve asked noticing a dark patch of skin by her jaw.

"What?"

"That." Steve slowly moved Kono's hair to inspect her face. "That bruise wasn't there earlier."

Kono looked at Charlie in desperation. "Uh...Kono accidentally hit herself with her car keys." She fibbed.

"Don't lie to me Charlotte. What happened Kono?"

"I...uh Adam and I uh had a fight." She stuttered.

"And he hit you?" Steve asked, the anger building up in his eyes. Kono nodded slightly. "Son of a bitch." Steve grabbed his keys and stormed out.

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