This story is going to be longer than I thought. I planned on starting a sequel, but I'm going to continue writing this one until the whole family is complete (meaning Chin and Lauren, and Kono and Ben).
Please review!
"Good morning, Serenity," Catherine greeted when Serenity came downstairs. Catherine was in the kitchen making breakfast.
"Morning, Mom. You don't have to work today?"
"No, I do." She put a plate of scrambled eggs in front of Serenity.
"Thanks. But if you have to work, why didn't you leave yet?" Serenity asked, confused.
Catherine put scrambled eggs on another plate. "As soon as your dad is ready to go, I'm leaving. I got a new job, special security team."
Serenity nodded in understanding.
"We need to talk about what happened yesterday," Catherine stated. "I would think it was just a stupid teen thing if it wasn't make up. Tell me why you tried to steal."
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Well we're going to. So you can either tell me now or tell me when you get home from school today, but you will tell me."
Serenity sighed. "Fine. I wanted to wear make up but I didn't feel comfortable asking about it."
"You can always talk to me about anything. I would have bought it for you. Everything could have been avoided."
"I know. I shouldn't have done what I did. I just...I was so insecure of myself. I'm not the girly girl type."
Catherine smiled. "Yeah, I know what you mean. It can be complicated sometimes. Why the sudden insterest in make up?"
"You can't tell Dad this or he will flip out, okay?"
"As long as it's not something bad, I won't tell him. You know you can trust me."
Serenity nodded. "There's a boy at school that I like. His name is Jeremy. We talk a lot and I thought he liked me, too. But a few days ago Renee was bragging that he liked her. I don't know if it was true, but it made sense. Renee is the epitome of girly. I just wanted Jeremy to notice me."
"If he really did like her, she probably wouldn't be announcing it to everyone. She'd be all over him. What's Jeremy like?"
"He's really nice and funny."
"Huh. Nice. Not something you find too often in a guy. Never let him go."
Serenity smiled. "He plays football and baseball. He has light brown hair and blue eyes. His dad's in the Air Force, in the Reserve now. I help Jeremy with his math homework during our study period. But outside of math, he's really smart. I just want him to notice me, and I'm not that noticeable."
"That's not true, Serenity. You're beautiful, and you don't need make up to prove that. But if you want I'll help you-only mascara and lip gloss, though, nothing else. Okay?"
"Okay. Thanks, Mom."
Steve and Danny were going back to Five-0 headquarters (with Steve driving Danny's car, of course).
"So you took Catherine to New York for your honeymoon because she grew up there," Danny said.
"Yeah."
"So should I take Mary to L.A.? I know she grew up here, but she lived there for a while."
"I don't want to talk about that."
"Come on, you got to help me out here!" Danny exclaimed. "I already booked the flight and the hotel and everything, but now I'm second guessing myself."
Steve shook his head. "I'm not saying anything. I don't want to think about what you and my sister are going to be doing on your honeymoon."
"Relax, we're not going to be gone for a long time anyway. We have a baby to take care of, but we still want to do the traditional honeymoon. We're going for a weekend and then when Noah gets older, we'll go on a real honeymoon."
"Just go to L.A. She liked it there. I'm not saying anything about this 'real honeymoon' you're talking about."
"I just needed to know if she liked L.A."
"Then you should've asked 'Did Mary like L.A.?' instead of getting me paranoid about her going with you on a honeymoon."
Danny went into one of his rants. "Well I'm sorry that I don't have a book that tells me what questions are okay to ask and what I shouldn't say!"
"Maybe you should get one."
"Let's just stop talking about this."
"That's fine with me."
"Good, because I'm done talking to you."
"For how long?"
"That's undecided right now."
"Aw, Steve, are you crying?" Mary teased. Steve was getting ready to walk her down the aisle.
"No," he said. "I don't cry."
"You just get emotional."
"Well yeah, I'm about to give away my little sister."
Mary smiled. "You have got to stop thinking of me as a little girl. I have two kids. I'm grown up now."
"Who would have ever pictured you with two kids?"
"Are you kidding? Who would have ever thought of you with two kids?" Mary looked ahead. "It's almost time."
"You look beautiful, kiddo."
"Thank you. And will you stop glaring at Danny? Trust me, he knows perfectly well that you will beat him up if he does anything I don't like. It's time now. And Steve?"
"Yes?"
"Even though Dad isn't here to walk me down the aisle or dance with me at the reception, I'm glad that you are. Aloha, kaikunane."
"Aloha, kaikuahine."
They started to walk down the aisle.
Melissa held Noah with Seth right beside her. Catherine pointed out to Grace that her mother was coming down the aisle and when her parents were officially married.