Family ties

Sequel to "Falling Backwards" it's been 9 years. Since Cath's death. Steve McGarrett struggles with single parenting and blind dates, new cases and hormones rising. The truth behind a case close to his heart unravels.

ALEX'S POV:

As I got older I expected the dreams to stop. The dreams in which I wished she was still alive.

"Hey little man" Uncle Danny ruffled my hair annoyingly as I made my way inside headquarters. I normally got picked up at school by someone from 5-0, but then again sometimes, I just was my own man. I had never told that to my aunt and uncle back in Seattle, my aunt would over react and say my dad wasn't fitted to raise me. She was the one. Unfitted.

"Sorry I couldn't pick you up" Chin apologized when he saw me collapse on the couch at my dad's office "Did you have to walk?"

"No, I just asked a friend for a ride" I said "Don't worry Chin, I guess today was busy, huh?" Chin bowed.

"You have no idea" He smiled.

"Hey!" Dad came totting to his office "What are you doing here?"

"You sound surprised" I said mockingly "Got half day today, when I just figured you guys had forgotten I just asked for a ride, not a big deal" It was a big deal, at least to my dad was. He had made a promise to my mother and didn't intend to break it.

"I haven't been doing a good job, have I?" he asked me that night at dinner. Kamekona's special Shrimp Spicy Bucket. I knew he still felt bad about today.

"What do you mean?" I asked, leaving my plate aside. I waited.

"With you" He said. We stared at each other for a moment. That was us having a conversation we didn't want to have. I was eleven, but I knew my way into his way.

"Dad, I really don't mind asking for a ride, I mean it was early and you were busy, I get it" I did get it. I wasn't the only one depending on him. The entire island depended on him, and I didn't mind. He was just being the hero and he was the hero I looked up to. I was okay with that.

"No, it's not okay, I have to be there first for you and then the rest of the world" He put his arms down on the table "I made a promise and I intend to keep it" I didn't say anything else.

Next day at school we were informed a new student had arrived. I thought that was weird. It was mid-September. Then I met her. Carly Thomas. She had arrived from Washington. His father was an engineer. That seemed like a pretty easy job.

"Hey" I said coolly at lunch "I am Alex"

"Carly" She smiled at extended her hand. Her eyes reminded me of someone. I just stared at them for a moment. "Hello?"

"Sorry" I said turning red. "You just remind me of someone"

"Really?" She asked curiously "Who?" I was kind of embarrassed to tell her, she reminded me of my mother, who by the way had died. "Someone I…" I didn't want to freak her out "You are going to think this is weird. But to my mother" She raised an eyebrow. Nice going Alex.

"I do?" Carly asked genuinely surprised "Is she pretty?"

I smirked "Yeah, very pretty" she smiled back.

"Well, at least that's a good thing" she said. Yeah it was.

A chapter focusing on Alex! Please review!