So this chapter is a lot later than I said it would be, but there were problems with the previous chapter that had to be fixed. Please enjoy this anyway!

"What's wrong with you?" Steve asked when Danny walked into Five-0 headquarters with something obviously wrong.

"What's wrong with me? Let me tell you what's wrong with me. I got stuck writing twenty-three Valentine cards for a bunch of eight-year-olds! They're eight years old, they shouldn't be celebrating Valentine's Day yet!" Danny ranted.

"I know. I had to do all of Willow's. Thankfully the kids Serenity's age have outgrown that stuff. And then Willow tells me to put candy with the cards."

"Yeah, I had to do that, too! I mean, Tommy doesn't need any more candy. He's already off the wall. Apparently, he now kills jellyfish with his bare hands."

They were interrupted by Steve's cell phone. "McGarrett," he answered.

"Hi, Daddy, it's Willow."

"Hi, sweetie. Is everything okay?"

"Where are you?

"At work."

"You're not on your way yet?"

"Where am I going?"

"You're coming in to help with my class's Valentine's Day party."

"I am?" When did he agree to this?

"Yeah, Mommy signed you up. I brought home a paper and she wrote on it that you would love to help," Willow explained.

"Okay, I'm on my way. I love you, Willow."

"Love you, too, Daddy!"

Steve put his phone down and groaned. "Great, now I get to spend the day with a room full of seven-year-olds."

"This is just the beginning!" Danny said, laughing. "Wait until you're asked to come in on a regular basis. After the first time you help, you keep getting called to help!"

"Shut up. I didn't even sign up for this. Apparently, Catherine signed me up without my knowledge." Steve grabbed his keys and headed out the door.

"Where you going, boss?" Kono asked as she and Chin walked into headquarters.

"He's going to a Valentine's party!" Danny exclaimed, still laughing his head off. Just then his phone started to ring. Looking at who was calling, his smirk immediately fell. "Oh, no."

"That's what you get when you laugh at me for having to do this!" Steve yelled on his way out.

"I swear, if one more kid yelled 'Willow's dad' and asked me to do some crap-I mean stuff," Steve quickly corrected himself when Willow scowled at him. "We don't say words like that, I'm sorry, Willow. But if I heard 'Willow's dad' one more time I was going to pass out from annoyance."

"Daddy just sat there and didn't do anything," Willow said, glaring at him.

"I don't really go to Valentine's day parties very often, Willow" Steve proclaimed. "Please don't sign me up for anything like that again!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize it was such a hard thing to do, spending time with your daughter," Catherine said.

"There are plenty of things I can do to spend time with my daughter that don't involve second graders who had sugar all day."

"It's like you're married already," Serenity muttered, sitting beside Steve on the couch.

"It's amazing how some of these kids behave. It's like their parents never taught them their manners."

Catherine rolled her eyes. "Steve, they're seven years old!"

"That's no excuse. Willow's seven and doesn't act like that!"

"They're banoxious," Willow said, looking through her Valentine cards.

Steve and Catherine smiled at each other. "I think you mean obnoxious, honey," Steve said.

"Not banoxious?" Willow questioned. "Okay."

"And we know not to act like that or use words like a few of them were using, right?" Steve asked.

Willow nodded. "Right. I would get a spanking if I was banoxious and said bad words." She frowned. "I said it wrong again, didn't I?"

"It's okay. It's hard to say a new word," Catherine said softly. "It's ob-nox-ious."

"Ob-nox-ious. Obnoxious." Willow grinned. "I said it!"

"Good job, Willow. Now let's put all your cards and candy away so you can have dinner, okay?"

"Yes, Mommy."

Catherine beamed. That was the first time after getting asking about it in the hospital that Willow called her Mommy.

"I told you she loved you," Steve whispered to Catherine when he stood up next to her.

She nodded, still smiling.

As she cleaned up the kitchen, Catherine went over all the events that were going on this week. She hoped one would go unnoticed as it was said with all the rest.

"Serenity, I want to see you studying for at least a half hour today for your English test on Wednesday. Willow, I'll help you with your subtraction facts after dinner. My parents are coming in two days. Also, Danny called and said Grace wants to have you girls over tomorrow. You have basketball practice tomorrow, Serenity, and a game the day after."

"Wait a minute. Did you say your parents were coming in two days?" Steve questioned.

"Damn it," Catherine muttered under her breath. "Yes. They called yesterday."

"Your mom and dad are coming?" Willow asked.

"Yes. They live on Maui. They're flying here."

"So are they our grandma and grandpa?"

Catherine nodded.

Steve carried his plate to the sink. "I've never met your parents. What if they don't like me?"

"They'll like you."

"How do you know that?"

"Just don't worry about that."

"How can I not? I'm marrying their daughter. It's kind of important that they like me."

"Steven, listen to me. They. Will. Like. You." When Steve started to ask another question, Catherine stopped him. "Don't you dare ask me again how I know they'll like you. I just have a feeling they will. My fiancé is hard not to like." She smiled at Steve.

He smiled back. "I am hard not to like, aren't I?"

"Okay, let's not build up too much of an ego here."

"But seriously, what if they don't like me?"

"Well I love you, and that's all that matters."

"So Lauren says 'My parents are coming from Maui in two days. They'd like to meet you.' What am I supposed to say?" Chin shook his head. "She gives me two days to prepare for this. It's been two days and I still don't know what to do. If I want them to like their daughter's boyfriend, I need to make a good impression."

"Yeah, Catherine springs this on me like it's no big deal, and you know what? It is a big deal! They're gonna be my in-laws."

Danny sighed. "I'm a little worried about my future brother-in-law myself. I hear he should be receiving mental help."

Steve glared at him. "Yes, only because he has to deal with a certain detective's rants every day."

"Daddy!"

Willow was heard before she was seen. She ran into Steve's arms.

"Hey, Willow, I didn't know you were coming to see me today," Steve said.

Catherine, Serenity, and Lauren walked in next. "Are you ready to go?" Catherine asked.

Reluctantly, Steve and Chin followed them out of Five-0 headquarters.

Victoria and Andrew Rollins walked through the airport after their flight from Maui and landing in Oahu.

"Do you see them anywhere?" Victoria asked her husband. Victoria had the same long brown hair as both her daughters.

"There they are," Andrew replied, leading the way to where he saw their daughters. They greeted them happily.

Chin and Steve exchanged a final nervous glance before turning to meet Lauren and Catherine's parents.

"Mom, Dad, this is my fiancé, Steve McGarrett," Catherine introduced.

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Rollins," he said awkwardly.

Victoria smiled. "You can call me Victoria, Steve." She wrapped him in a hug.

"And you can call me Andrew." Andrew shook Steve's hand.

Catherine smiled at Steve, knowing he was slightly worried about meeting her parents. "And these are Steve and my daughters, Serenity and Willow."

Without warning, Victoria pulled both of them into her arms.

Meanwhile, Lauren was standing farther away next to Chin. "I don't think I can be fake with her."

"What do you mean?" Chin asked, confused.

"I can't be fake with my mother. She and I got into a big fight the last time I talked to her. When she comes over here, she's going to make it seem like it never happened. I'm tired of her doing that. I'm not letting her treat me like I'm still a little kid and she's always right. Here they come."

"Lauren!"

She smiled. "Hi, Dad!" She didn't acknowledge Victoria.

"Hi, Lauren."

Dropping her smile, Lauren nodded. "Mom." Grinning again at her dad, she said, "Dad, this is Chin Ho Kelly. We've been together for two and a half months."

Chin said the same words Steve had greeted Catherine and Lauren's parents with, and again they said to call them by their first names.

"Do you have all your bags?" Catherine asked.

"Yes," Victoria answered. "Our hotel isn't far from here."

"So what's wrong between you and your mom?"

"She didn't want me to come to Oahu. She said that if Catherine was going to be on a ship in some unknown part of the world in constant danger, she needed me close," Lauren explained.

"So she felt like she was losing both of her daughters," Chin concluded.

"I guess. But this was where I found the best job to take. She didn't care about that, only about herself."

"You need to talk to her."

"I don't think I can without losing my cool." Lauren sighed. "You're right, though. I should talk to her, and I'll work on what I'm going to say so I stay calm while I do."

So there's drama with Lauren and her mother...

I couldn't resist putting in the comment Danny made about his future brother-in-law...

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