A note: Someone brought to my attention that gay marriage is now allowed in Hawaii, so I did some research and here is what I found. While it is not called "gay marriage" the state of Hawaii will start allowing "same sex civil unions" beginning in January 2012. If you would like to see the whole story, I got my info from the Huffington Post.
And just so everyone knows, I didn't want to make Steve and Danny wait that long! Enjoy the story! ~SD
Chapter 8:
3 weeks later…
As the plane began its descent Danny nudged a sleeping Steve.
"Time to rise and shine, Sleeping Beauty"
Steve grunted and stretched. After the long flight his muscles felt cramped. He looked over at Danny and saw him smiling while looking out the window.
"Glad to be home?" Steve asked him.
"Yeah, I've missed it." Danny said grinning from ear to ear.
As the plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, Steve felt his heart start pounding and his palms get sweaty. He couldn't believe he was nervous! But he was none the less. "This is it" Steve thought to himself. "There is no turning back now." He was finally going to meet Danny's family.
"Hey, what's with the aneurysm face?" Danny laughed.
Steve looked at him in surprise.
"Nothing" he mumbled. "I'm just a little nervous" he told him trying to relax.
Danny leaned over and kissed him.
"Don't be nervous. My family will love you, just like I do" he told him softly.
"Are you sure they are all ok with this?" Steve asked waving his hand between the two of them.
Danny smiled and squeezed Steve's hand.
"Yes, they are all ok with 'this'" Danny said imitating Steve's hand motion.
Steve seemed to relax a little as the plane taxied to the gate. Once off the plane he relaxed even more at being able to just walk around. The two men walked toward the baggage claim. As they came through the door, Steve heard shouts of "Uncle Danny". Two little blonde haired boys came running toward them and crashed into Danny's legs. Danny bent down and scooped them both up, one in each arm.
"Hey you two, I've missed you" Danny said to the boys.
Steve stood back and watched Danny interact with the two boys. He was amazed at how good Danny was with kids. Danny put the boys down and took their hands.
"Jared, Hunter, I would like for you to meet Steve. He's my partner." Danny said.
Steve shook each of the boys' hands and said "Nice to meet you".
Jared looked up at Danny and asked, "Is this the person you love?"
Danny and Steve both laughed at his innocent question.
"Yes, Jared, this is the person that I love" Danny told the little boy sincerely.
"Boys, quit hogging your Uncle Danny" a petite blonde who looked a lot like Danny said walking towards the men. Steve immediately noticed that she looked like she was about 6 months pregnant. She gave Danny a big hug.
"Good to have you home big brother" she told him.
"It's good to be home" Danny said kissing her cheek.
The woman then turned to Steve.
"And who is this handsome young man?" she asked with a smile.
"Bekka, this is Steve" Danny proudly told his sister.
Steve stuck out his hand. Bekka laughed and gave him a big hug. Steve returned it shyly.
"I'm Rebekah" she said smiling, "but everybody calls me Bekka. And this" she said putting a hand on the arm of a tall, dark haired man behind her "is my husband, Robert."
Steve shook his hand.
"Nice to meet you" he said.
"You too" Robert replied.
"And these two rugrats are ours" Bekka said smiling.
"Where is the rest of the family?" Danny asked.
"Well, we didn't want to overwhelm Steve at the airport and have him running for the next plane back to Hawaii, so they are all at Mom and Pop's." Bekka answered.
The next 30 minutes were spent gathering Danny and Steve's luggage, and getting their rental car. Once everyone was in the two cars, they drove to Danny's parents house.
Steve was starting to feel nervous again. Danny, while keeping his eyes on the road, reached over and took Steve's hand. Just the gesture alone was enough to calm Steve's nerves. When they arrived at the house Danny parked the small SUV on the street. He looked over at Steve, and said
"You ready?"
Steve looked at Danny and smiled.
"Yeah, I'm ready."
Danny leaned over and kissed him gently.
"Let's go" he said getting out of the car.
Once inside, Steve could hear talking and laughing coming from what he thought was the kitchen. He also noticed something smelled delicious! Danny led them into the kitchen. As soon as Danny walked in, a small, gray headed woman hugged him fiercely.
"Hey Mom" Danny said softly.
As she pulled away from Danny, Steve saw tears on her cheeks. The next hug came from his dad, then the rest of his family. Steve stood back and just watched all of this in awe. After hugging or shaking hands with everyone, Danny turned and took Steve's hand.
"Everyone, I'd like for you to meet Steve"
Steve looked around the room.
"Hi, everyone" he said smiling.
Danny's mom came up and gave him a hug, much like Bekka had.
"It is so good to finally meet you, Steve" she said, "I'm Janice."
Danny's dad then stepped forward and stuck out his hand.
"I'm Ben. Good to meet you."
Steve shook the older man's hand. "You too" he replied.
As Ben stepped back to make room for other introductions, a female version of Ben stepped forward. She was taller than Bekka with dark hair but the same baby blue eyes as Danny.
"I'm Elizabeth, but everyone calls me Beth" she said giving Steve a hug.
"That is my husband Kevin over there with our little girl, Riley" Beth told him pointing to a red haired man holding a sleeping little girl with red, curly hair. Steve's heart immediately melted at the site of the little girl. She made him think of Grace.
The last one to step forward was a younger female version of Danny. Steve thought they could have been twins. The young woman had the same blond hair as Danny and the same baby blue eyes that crinkled when she smiled. She looked up at Steve, and gave him a smirk that was so much like Danny's he had to laugh.
"You must be Leah" Steve said.
"How'd you guess?" came the snarky reply.
"Oh, I don't know. Lucky guess maybe?" Steve laughed.
Leah laughed too and gave him a hug.
"Welcome to the family" she said with a smile.
The two men spent the next hour just talking to everyone. Several questions were asked of the both of them about their Five-0 task force. They told the family as much as they could about what they did. Janice finally put an end to the questions by telling Steve and Danny to go upstairs and get settled into their room. Once upstairs, Steve began to pelt Danny with questions.
"Ok, who is the oldest?"
"I am. Then Bekka, who is a year younger than me, then Matt who is three years younger than me, then Beth who is 5 years younger than me, then Leah who is ten years younger than me."
"How old are the boys?"
"Jared is 6 and Hunter is 3."
"And how old is Riley?"
"She is almost 1"
"And when is Bekka due?"
"She is due August 15th."
"What is she having?"
"They don't know yet."
Danny grinned as Steve stopped and thought if there was anything else he wanted to know.
"You know, you being this intense is a real turn on" Danny told him.
Steve looked at Danny and grinned. He reached for Danny and caught his lips in a passionate kiss. The kiss was interrupted by a knock on the bedroom door.
"Danny?" Beth called through the door.
Danny opened the door. Beth stood hesitantly in the door way.
"You can come in" Danny said teasingly.
Beth smiled, and walked in the room and shut the door behind her.
"What's up?" Danny asked.
"Well" she started, "I have something for the two of you, but I don't know if you'll like it and I wanted to give it to you guys in private" she said all in one breath.
Danny smiled at his younger sister.
Beth smiled and handed him a small gift bag. She then handed Steve one too. They both looked inside the bags. Steve pulled his gift out first. It was a dark blue hand towel with the word "His" embroidered on it. Danny pulled his gift out next. His was a dark green hand towel with the word "His" embroidered on it as well. Beth waited anxiously for their reactions. Steve looked at her with a smile.
"I love it" he told her.
"Me too" Danny said. "It matches the bathroom perfectly."
Steve stepped forward and gave Beth a hug.
"Thank you. That was very sweet of you" he told her.
"Yeah, thanks sis" Danny said hugging his sister as well.
"I'm glad you like them" Beth said smiling. "Well, I am going back downstairs to help mom get dinner ready. Sorry if I interrupted anything" she said slyly.
Danny and Steve both suddenly found their shoes very interesting. Beth laughed as she left the room. Danny stole a glance up at Steve, who was looking down at him. Both grinning, they both reached for the other one and once again their lips met in a passionate kiss. Steve's tongue found it way into Danny's mouth. It danced across Danny's lips and teeth. Danny caught Steve's lower lip gently between his teeth. Steve gasped. He could feel himself getting hard. Danny had his hands all over Steve's back and chest. Steve held Danny's hips and pulled him up against him, hard. Danny let out a small moan. Steve wanted Danny so bad. He found the spot on Danny's neck that made the shorter man become jell-o in his hands.
"God, I want you Danny" Steve said breathlessly.
"Steve, I want you too, but…Steve" Danny panted, "dinners almost ready."
Steve stopped and looked at Danny.
"Do you want to stop?" he asked.
He watched as Danny swallowed hard.
"No, but we have to. We can pick up here later tonight?" Danny told him.
Steve kissed Danny one last time. They both laid down on the bed next to each other, but not touching.
"So, what's for dinner?" Steve asked, attempting to get himself under control.
"Not sure" Danny answered attempting to do the same thing.
They both aid there listening to the other one breath. A few minutes later they heard their names being called from downstairs.
"Danny, Steve, dinner's ready boys"
Danny looked over at Steve.
"Ready for dinner, Williams style?" he joked.
"I think I can handle that" Steve told him.
Steve knew it was going to be a fun and interesting week.
**Just a note: I couldn't resist the whole "aneurysm face" part! Also, if you have read my other story, "Jersey Boy finds love", you will notice that I reused the names of Danny's parents. I just didn't want to have to come up with new ones! Also, I gave all of the kids Bible names. I figured with Daniel and Matthew, maybe the rest of them would also be Bible names! Hope you enjoyed! Next chapter coming soon! ~SD :) **