A couple of hours went by and Steve calmed down. He was still sitting in his living room and he realized that Danny hadn't come back yet. In fact no one bothered to call and see how he was doing. He was just about to call and apologize to Danny when the phone rang.

"Danny?" he asked when he picked up the receiver

"Umm guess again." His sister said

"Oh Mary, has Danny called you?"

"Yeah he called and said you blew up at him after Catherine left. When did Catherine come back into town?" Mary asked

"I don't know, but two hours ago she came by…and…and she's pregnant." He yelled the last part. "She said that it was mine and that she never cheated on me…but I can't believe her."

"So you yelled at Danny because of that?"

"No…yes…I didn't mean to. I had all these pent up emotions in me and I left them go after Catherine left. Danny was just being nice and I snapped at him," Steve said. "But what's worse is that I told Catherine that I would keep the baby. I can't raise a baby by myself and head up Five-0."

"You'll manage Steve, and you won't be alone either," Mary said. "I'll move back to the house and help you. You have Danny, Kono, Chin…hell, I'm sure Rachel would help too."

Steve cringed at the mention of the other names, "As soon as I tell them, you're the first I've told."

"Then call and tell them," Mary said, "But first you need to apologize to Danny. He's been there for you through everything and I don't want you to ruin your friendship over Catherine."

"Thanks Mare, and if…if Danny calls you again can you tell him to call me?"

"I'll do that." Mary said.

They hung up the phone and Steve went to eat the now cold food that was made for him. When he finished eating, he cleaned the kitchen and went the living room, picking up the cordless phone on the way. He sat down on the sofa and dialed Danny's number.

Steve listened to the recorded greeting, and waited for the beep to leave a message. "D… I'm sorry for yelling like I did earlier. I don't know what to do...I…I need your help with this. Call me or come back to the house." He clicked off the phone and slumped into the sofa pulling his knees into his chest and wrapping his arms around his legs.

Danny stood in the entrance of the living room and watched Steve as he rocked himself back and forth. He walked up to him and gave him a swift smack to the back of the head. "If you really meant what you said just know then I'll be here for you no matter what, but you gotta let me in every once and a while to know what you're thinking. Don't push me away."

Steve jumped, rubbed the back of his head and nodded. "I meant every word that I said, I can't do this alone and I'm going to need all the help I can get."

"Then I'll be here for you," he said with a nod, "Now you have to call the family, then your lawyer friend who helped with your dad's estate and then Catherine…now let's get to work." They smiled at each other before Steve picked up the phone again to call the family, or rather Chin and Kono.

He didn't want to have to explain two different times why he needed them so he asked if they could come by the house for beer and pizza in a couple of hours. They agreed and Steve let out a silent breath. He didn't know why he was worried they wouldn't be there for him, they're Ohana and always there for each other.

"So…they're coming over?" Danny asked, "Why am I asking. Of course they're coming over."

"Yes, they said they'd be here in a couple hours." Steve said with a slight smile.

Danny cupped his hand behind Steve's head and rubbed his fingers along the short hairs at the nape of his neck, "Don't worry about it. We're all going to be here for you." He said, "And as you so often tell me, I'm the best dad you've ever met."

Steve laughed and leaned into Danny's hand, "That you are."

Catherine sat on the bed in her hotel room contemplating on whether she should call this whole baby thing off and just go back to California. She didn't even tell her boyfriend that she was leaving and now she was going to be gone from him for three months. How was she going to explain this to him? Catherine had gotten herself into quite a mess in the last six months.

She in fact did cheat on Steve and the catch was that she had sex with both Steve and her new boyfriend, Nick Taylor within a day of each other so she didn't know who the father of the baby was. Her boyfriend now didn't even know that she was with anyone when they met, some three years before. Nick thought that he was the baby's father, not knowing that there was a very high possibility that he wasn't.

Catherine picked up the phone by the bed to call Nick. The phone at the house rang a couple of times before the answering machine picked up.

"Nick and Catherine can't come to the phone right now because they're off having wild monkey sex. Leave a message after the beep." She waited for the beep and began her message.

"Nick, I'm in Oahu taking care of some business. I'll call you later on tonight to tell you where I'm staying and when I'll be back. I love you." She hung up the phone and walked over to the TV and turned it on hoping to take her mind off things.

The next day Steve called his lawyer, explained the situation and after being assured that papers would be drawn up, a meeting was arranged for later that afternoon. He requested that Catherine be present during their meeting so he called her too. Steve tried calling Catherine's hotel room number, but it rang four times, so he tried her cell phone.

"This is Catherine Rollins, I'm busy at the moment so leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you."

This was becoming a routine thing for Steve. He would call someone and the voicemail would pick up. He would listen to the message, wait for the beep and then leave his message.

"Catherine, I need you to meet me at three p.m. at Robert Jamison's office on Bishop Street...the one who handled my father's estate. It's really important that you be there." He ended the call and made a few additional calls.

When he finished, Steve grabbed his jacket and car keys and headed to his car to go to his lawyer's office. He hoped that Catherine got his message and was on her way to the office.

At fifteen minutes to three he pulled in the parking lot and parked next to Catherine's car. He put his sunglasses on and got out of the car. He walked into the office and knocked on Robert Jamison's door. He heard papers being moved around, "it's open Steve." Steve opened the door and saw that Catherine was already there with another man in the room.

"I hope you don't mind that I decided to have my lawyer present during this?" Catherine said as Steve took a seat on the other side of the table next to his lawyer.

"No…I don't mind." Steve replied coolly.

"I'm Cole Paulson, Ms. Rollins's lawyer." He held out his hand to Steve

"Steve…Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett." Steve wasn't one for throwing his full name and rank around, especially when dealing with private matters, but he was still reeling from the news Catherine gave him, "I didn't know you could afford such a lucrative lawyer, Catherine."

"Oh I'm a friend of the family and I want to make sure that she and the baby are taken care of until she is given birth."

Steve had a puzzled look on his face, "I'm not following here; can you please explain this further to me?"

"You see Steve, Catherine has requested that she stay with you…in your house." Mr. Paulson began. He shuffled through his briefcase and took out some papers, "She will be staying with you for the next four months…three months until she has the baby and one month after that."

Steve's mouth dropped, "I have to house her? I mean, can't I just pay for her hotel stay?"

"Steve! I can't believe you!" Catherine said, "I mean just ship me back to California why don't you! It's only four months!"

"Steve, it would be nice for you to help her out…you know, take her to the doctor, help with the getting of baby things…stuff like that." Steve's lawyer, Robert Jamison said

Steve nodded his head as Catherine's lawyer began to speak again, "She also requires four hundred for her personal things. That comes to one hundred a month."

"I have to give her money too?" Steve began to get a little mad, "Is there anything else?"

"No there's nothing else." Catherine said

Robert Jamison handed papers to Steve, Catherine and her lawyer, Mr. Paulson, "In these papers you'll see that we are asking for full custody of the baby once it is born. At which time, Steve can decide if he wants Catherine to have anything to do with the baby."

"That's fine with me." Catherine said, "I'm in no condition to take care of a baby. I know Steve will do a better job than I can." She reached for a pen to sign the papers

"Wait, Catherine…I have to know something," Steve said stopping her from signing the papers. She looked at him, "Are you sure this is MY child?"

She looked him straight in the eyes, "Steven, I am one hundred percent sure the baby is yours. I didn't cheat on you." After skimming over the papers, she signed them and gave them back to Steve's lawyer.

Nick checked his messages and heard the one from Catherine, so he called her right back, "Baby, I'm sorry I didn't call you back sooner. I was over my parents' house. Call me if you need anything for you or the baby. Better yet, call me once you get this. I love you."

He hung up the phone and walked by the room that he was setting up for his new baby. He was out the previous day with his parents looking at baby furniture and getting baby clothes and other things that the baby would need. Never did he think that this soon into his relationship with Catherine that they would be having a child together. He and his entire family were completely ecstatic at there was going to be another member of the family.

Steve went back with Catherine to her hotel to help her gather her things and pack them in his truck. They then headed to his house to set up her room and get her settled in for the next four months. They sat down and made a list of the things that they would need to get for Catherine as well as the baby.

At the end of the day, Steve sat on his bed looking through some pictures and as he drifted off to sleep, he thought about how much his life was going to change with his new son or daughter.

True to what Mary told Steve, she took a leave from school and her job to temporarily move from the Big Island, back to her old house – Steve's house – to help out. She only wanted to stay a few days and then she was going to rent a place nearby as to not always be in Steve's way, but Steve insisted she stay at the house.

"But what about Danny?" she asked, "Didn't you tell me he moved in?"

Steve gave a bit of a nervous laugh, "Yeah…don't worry about."

Mary eyed her brother, "Did you guys finally bite the bullet and get together?" she smirked

"Oh God…" Steve rolled his eyes, "Not that it's any of your business, but we're working on that."

Mary laugh, "I don't want to be putting him or Grace out of a room."

Steve sighed, "If it'll make you feel any better, Chin knows someone who got Danny a good deal on a two bedroom place not far from here. Six months tops he'll be there, after that he might be here." he gave a shrug of his shoulders.

"MARY!" Catherine called out from her bedroom

Mary went up to her room and opened the door, "What do you want?"

"Can you help me to the bathroom?" Catherine asked sweetly

"Jesus! You're only six and a half month pregnant!" Mary said stomping to the bed and helping the woman up, "I swear if you ask me to wipe your ass I will take the baby out of you myself and shoot you!" Mary took Catherine to the bathroom and then went back down to the kitchen.

"I'm sorry that she's running you around so much, Mare." Steve said kissing her cheek, "But she won't ever take the help from me when I offer."

Mary smiled, "I'm only doing this so that I make sure she doesn't suck you dry."

"Oh you know you want to spend more time with me," He laughed, "So what's for dinner?"

"Well, the royal mommy wants baked potatoes and fried chicken along with macaroni and cheese." Mary said, "And I know you won't let me cook, so I called Danny and the saint that he is…he whipped up something and brought it over.

Steve made a face and refrained from making any comments about unnecessary fatty foods, "Need any help?"

"Yes I do…set the table and then go tell Catherine that her food is ready." Mary said, "And then after that, I need a shot of Jack Daniels to get me through the rest of the night."

Steve did all that Mary asked him to do and then he called Danny and asked if he and Grace could come over and keep him company.

"Babe…like you even have to ask." Danny said with a laugh, "Let me get Grace's things together and we'll be over in fifteen."

It had been a month since Nick last saw Catherine and about four days since he last talked to her. He knew that she was staying with a friend and was being very well taken care of. He decided to pay Catherine a surprise visit just to see how she was doing. He booked his flight from San Diego to Honolulu and had hotel and car reservations waiting once he arrived.

He packed enough clothes to last him a couple of weeks and he locked up the house and got in the waiting taxi that was going to take him to the airport. Forty-five minutes later he arrived at the airport, paid the driver and checked his luggage. He headed up to the gate and sat waiting for his flight to be called.

"Now boarding First Class on Flight 75 to Honolulu, Hawaii. All passengers sitting in First Class need to please have your ticket and I.D. out and ready to show a flight attendant."

Nick knew that he would be called next so he got his ticket and I.D. out and made sure he had his carry-on luggage ready.

"Now boarding Business Class rows one through twenty. All passengers sitting in Business Class need to please have your ticket and I.D. out and ready to show a flight attendant."

Nick got up and headed to the information desk and showed them in I.D. and ticket and walked down the ramp to the waiting airplane. He found his seat and put his things in the overhead compartment and sat down.