AN: thanks for the reviews...always love them and yes Steven will fix this...loved last night's episode, was exhausted at the end of it...anyway here's the 2nd part:

Chapter 17: Fixing it

When Danny had picked up Grace from school she could tell something was wrong-he seemed off and he wasn't wearing his ring-she knew this was a biggy so she just decided to go ahead and ask, "Danno where's your ring?"

Trying to avoid it, he said something else, "Hey guess what? Your daddy's home"

"Really?" she squeeled with delight that her Daddy Steve was home but she just called him daddy for short but then she realized that he was avoiding her question, "Danno...stop avoiding my other question, where is your ring? Are you mad at daddy?"

Danny sighed, "Wow you're really smart and I'm not mad but more like disappointed and I gave the ring back to him."

"WHAT? HOW COULD YOU? I THOUGHT YOU LOVED HIM!" She all but screemed and tears started flowing out of her eyes, "This isn't fair"

"I know baby but remember a when I found that letter on my desk' 'yeah' 'well it was from Steve'

"Okay but that doesn't explain why you gave the ring he gave you and I helped picked out back to him. Danno please tell me, what's going on? I may be only 11 but I'm almost a teenager, I think I can handle it."

Danny sighed again and thought about this for a minute before answering her, "Alright when we get home"

"Yours and Steves right?"

"Yeah for now"

"And just what does that mean?"

"It means that we may have to move"

"What? Oh my god! I can't believe this...What happened that was sooo bad that we may have to move yet again?"

"I'll tell you in a couple of minutes, we're almost there and please calm down"

"Calm down! Calm DOWN! I heard mom talking and I think she's planning something, I can feel it, she's never loved me like you do and she's always used me against you in those stupid custody things...ugggh this is not fair. I will not uproot my life here just because she has it in for you, I have no idea why she hates you so much to use me like this..."

Danny was shocked and frankly didn't know what to say when they pulled up to the house and before Danny could even say anything Grace was out of the car and running towards the front door. Danny quickly got out and ran to the front door so he could unlock it and turn off the alarm. They went in and she threw her backpack on the couch then turned around with her arms crossed and sporting an anyursm face which she learned from Steve. Danny walked over and pulled her with him to the couch in which she started the conversation, "Okay we're home now...please tell me what is going on?"

"Grace this is hard to explain why I'm not marrying him; it's grown up problems and I don't want you to worry about anything okay?"

"I can't do that! And what is this business about not marrying him? Danno, I know that he left and left that letter on your desk but you need to understand that he did that to protect you, to protect me of all people...Dad you know for the first time you were smiling and laughing more since the divorce happened and you know who's responsible for that?-Steven is-Yeah he makes you crazy and rant and whatever else but you two keep this island-my home-safe for all of us especially me. I know that he loves you very deeply, I can see in his eyes but I can also see the hurt and pain in them as well and maybe that's why he never told you where he was going because the thought of loosing you or me was too painful for him to imagine so by not telling us, he was protecting us. Please don't shut him or the marriage out because I will not move anywhere. This is my home, Hawaii has become a part of me and I will not move I'll even fight mom on this one because I'm so sick and tired of her using me to get you down. Please just let him explain...he'll do anything for your forgivness, he may not know it yet but he already has mine. I hear his truck so I'm gonna go upstairs and do my homework. You know you think you need you him but I'm telling you this right now-he needs you more than you do." With that being said, she felt like the weight of the world had been lifted off her shoulders and she ran upstairs for him to think about what she just said.

Danny didn't know what to say or do after she was done with her little rant-he smiled because he knew she was right about everything-that girl can be so smart and so much like him sometimes it scared him but she told him the truth and didn't take any crap from him. He was still sitting there when Steve came into the house with the most broken look on his face that it almost didn't even look like him. Danny stood up as soon as he saw him and now they were just staring at each other-not moving or talking and all of Steve's plans to get Danny back, to fix this whole mess just flew out the window when he saw Danny stand up.

"Danny...you're still here" Steve said breathlessly as he choked down the lump in his throat.

"Yeah...brought Gracie back here, she wanted to see you and this is her home too"

Steve looked down and walked towards him but Danny never moved, "It's your home also" Steve replied so softly that Danny nearly missed it but before he could reply Steve was on his knees looking up at Danny with tears, "Danny please forgive me-what I did was stupid but I wanted to protect you and Grace...you two are my family, my life and it'd kill me if something ever happened to where you guys weren't in it. Daniel you mean so much to me that it hurts to think about not having you here in my life. If anything ever happened to you I'd never forgive myself-that's why I left in the middle of the night, that's why I never told you what I was planning-please believe me. I love you Danny, I love you! Please Please don't go, don't leave me, I...I can't live without you. Please forgive me...what do I need to do to help you see, to have your trust again? I'll do anything...just please please don't leave me."

Danny looked down and all the anger, the pain, the hurt and mistrust slowly faded away as he saw his beautiful lover's eyes fill with tears and slide down, "Come on, get up...lets sit on the couch..." He helped Steve up and they both sat down while still looking at each other. "One thing you need to do"

"Anything...just please don't go" Steve squeezed Danny's hand.

"Tell me everything that happened and another thing-stop saying that-I haven't left yet"

"Okay" Steve knew this would be hard but for Danny-he'd do anything to salvage their relationship and move on and get back to marrying him, "I went to Japan to follow a lead on Shelbern and to get WoFat...I've been chasing that man for two years now and I'm getting tired of it."

"Where is he now?"

"In jail, where he belongs, where he'll die in there. He taunted me the whole time about killing him right then and there and believe me I was tempted but then all those memories came back to me and I knew that killing him wouldn't bring back the ones I loved and it'd be too easy for him."

"Did you find Joe or who Shelbern is?"

"No but I do think Joe was lying to me yet again about who Shelbern really is and I still need that piece of truth."

"I will help with it...just please don't ever shut me out again. You don't know how deep that cut me Steve."

"I'm sooo sorry about that, I trust you, I really do but I guess I just wanted to keep you safe...I didn't think you should be dragged into this."

"Steven look at me...we are in this together-it is as much as your fight as it is mine, ya hear me?"

"Yeah I do and I get it...one question though-"

"Okay"

"Did you really hook up with Chin?"

"Ohh god...I'm soooo sorry that I said that-that was a big fat lie...no Steve I'd never cheat on you...yes that first night Chin came to check on me and found me totally wasted on the lenai and I did make a pass at him but he shoved me away and I realized that I just did as a destraction to myself...I'm soo sorry."

"It's okay and I'm sorry too."

"How about we make a promise to each other?"

"Okay what?"

"I promise never to leave you out of anything again and always come to you if I'm thinking about doing something crazy."

"Sounds good babe, sounds good...now I believe that you have something of mine"

Steve raised his eyebrows, "Like what?"

Danny just chuckled, "My ring you doofus"

"Ohhh that...of course I have it right here."

Steve gently held Danny's hand as he slipped the platinum band on his finger then they intertwined their fingers together and Danny leaned in and gave Steve a breathless kiss. When they broke apart Gracie was clapping and jumping up and down as she made her way down the stairs. She ran to them and hugged them both, "Soooo you two getting back together?"

"Yes" They both replied at the same time.

Gracie's eyes brightened, "Good...now I won't have to kick both of your butts" and that reply got them all to laughing but then Danny remembered what she said about her mother and his smile quickly disappeared; Steve noticed that change in Danny's demenor and this concerned him, "Danny, what's wrong?" He asked with a hand on Danny's shoulder.

"Grace...what did you mean that your mother's planning something?"

"Danno...she's going after full custady"

"How did you hear this?"

"I easdropped on a converstation she was having with her lawyer...they talked about you two and how it wasn't good to expose me to such a different lifestlye but I think she's just jealous that you're finally happy with Daddy and I think there's still some feelings leftover."

With that Steve piped up, "Well do not worry Grace...I will make sure that you do not get taken away."

Grace jumped into his lap and gave him a tight hug, "Thank you daddy"

"Gracie why don't you go back upstairs...Steve and I have somethings to discuss"

"Okay but I know you two just want some grown up time"

They both blushed and she raced back upstairs and Danny looked at Steve who was sporting a smile, "Stop that...our daughter is just upstairs...I will not do anything that will ruin her for the rest of her life."

"Okay but it's true what I said earlier...that woman is not getting her hands on my daughter" He said with firm convection in his voice and Danny knew that Steve had slipped into full on Navy SEAL mode so he wasn't going to try and talk him out of it because it was pointless. The rest of the day they spent talking about different ways to get Rachel to drop whatever she was thinking of doing to Danny. Steve hated to Danny being pulled and dragged around by Rachel and he was going to do anything to stop it. The wedding was back on and now Steve was even more determined to not let his family fall apart-he just wouldn't allow it.

AN: Okay stopping it right there...hope you like it-please review