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Catherine shifted her body trying to get comfortable in the doctor's office. Steve wanted to know the sex of the baby and Danny was there for support. Mary was back at the house supervising the redecoration of her old room into the nursery for her niece or nephew.
"Ms. Rollins…the doctor will see you know. Room five at the end of the hall." The receptionist called over the counter.
Steve stood up first and then helped Catherine. Danny placed a steadying hand on Catherine's back before standing up as well. They walked to the room and sat in the chairs in the room. Catherine sat on the end of the examining table and tried to get comfortable yet again.
A couple of minutes later, the doctor came in the room and set her clipboard on the table and introduced herself. "Hello, I'm Dr. Rosen and I'll be your doctor for the rest of your pregnancy." She moved some instruments around and told Catherine to lay back and make herself comfortable. "Now, Ms. Rollins, according to your intake forms, you're far enough along that we can try to find out the sex of the baby and doing an overall check up for you." Dr. Rosen sat in a chair next to Catherine, "Ms. Rollins?"
"Please, call me Catherine." She smiled
"Okay. Catherine, I'm going to rub some jelly on your stomach and take this transducer and try and find a heartbeat then I'll flip this switch and we'll be able to see the baby on the screen here." She explained and pointed to each of the things.
Catherine nodded her head and pulled her top up so the jelly could be put on her stomach. They continued the examination, heard a strong heartbeat and as Dr. Rosen was ending the examination, the baby shifted and the body was in clear view so the sex of the baby was very noticeable.
Dr. Rosen moved the transducer around some until a clear picture of the baby could be seen. "It looks like this baby is going to be nice and let us get a clear view of her."
"D-did you just say her?" Steve asked
"Yes I did Mr. McGarrett," Dr. Rosen said. "This here is a little girl. Congratulations. Would you like a picture?"
Catherine and Steve nodded their head and the doctor pressed a button on the machine and the picture was printed out. Dr. Rosen handed them to Steve and turned off the machine. "It looks like the baby is healthy and you Catherine, you are doing just fine. How are you feeling?"
"I'm feeling fine and I'm really glad that I have Steve, Danny and Steve's sister Mary to help me out when I can't do stuff for myself."
"Well, you are mighty lucky to have friends like them." Dr. Rosen smiled.
There were a few choice words both Steve and Danny wanted to respond with, but instead they smiled and nodded their heads.
"Ladies and Gentlemen we are about to land at the Honolulu International Airport and the temperature is a balmy seventy-eight degrees out and the time is five ten p.m." The pilot said, "So please fasten your seat belts and return your tray tables and seat backs to their upright positions and it was a pleasure flying with you."
Nick did as instructed and prepared to get off the plane. Once the plane got to the ramp/gate he waiting until the fasten seat belt light went off and then he took his off. He stood up, got his carry-on bag and began to walk off the plane. He smiled and thanked the greeter for the lei before going to baggage claim for his other suitcase. Once he had everything, he headed to the car rental center to get his car.
As he waited for the rental to be brought to the front he took out his cell and called Catherine. "This is Catherine, I'm busy right now, so leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you."
"Catherine baby, I'm in town and was thinking that we should meet up for dinner tonight. I'm staying that the Hilton Hawaiian Village, but call me on my cell. I love you." He hung up the phone and tried calling and seeing if one of his other friends was in town.
"This is Mary, I can't come to the phone right now so do it after the beep."
"Hey Mare, its Nick. I'm in town for some time visiting my girlfriend and I was wondering if you and you brother wanted to meet up for lunch tomorrow. Anyways, I'm staying at the Hilton but call me on my cell when you get this." He ended the call and walked to the parking lot where he was told his rental car was waiting for him. He was glad the car had a navigational system as it was his first time to Hawaii and he didn't want to get lost. He put in the address to the hotel and was soon on his way.
Mary rushed into the house before she dropped the bags she was carrying and set them on the counter before going back for the rest. She had been out shopping with Kono and Grace and was dead tired from looking at baby things.
Mary felt her pocket vibrate and fished her cell phone out. She had a missed call and voicemail waiting for her. She put the last of the bags down before pressing a series of buttons on the phone to retrieve the message.
She listened to the message and made a mental note to ask Steve if he wanted to meet up with Nick later this week for lunch. Then she gathered the things that Catherine was going to need and placed them in another bag and set it on the breakfast counter and then took all of the baby things into the living room where Kono and Grace were watching TV and going through some other bags.
"Girls we're home!" Steve called as he walked into the house, "And we come bearing good news too!"
"Oh really?" Kono asked as she shook out at baby blanket and refolded it, "What's the good news?"
"It's a girl!" Danny said as he leaned down to kiss the top of Grace's head, "Have fun shopping Monkey?"
Grace smiled and nodded her head, "Danno, you should see all the stuff we got!"
"That's great!" Kono hopped up to give Steve a hug.
"Have you thought of any names?" Mary asked
"Not really," Catherine said taking a seat
"Oh not so happy about the birth of your first child?" Kono asked in a sarcastic tone. Up until Catherine came back into Steve's life, she didn't have a problem with the woman, but now, she really had to work at being civil with her. Kono didn't understand how Danny and to a lesser extent, Mary, was able to do it.
Catherine shot her a glare and grabbed an apple out of the fruit bowl from the middle of the table.
"Aww what's the matter Catherine?" Mary asked, "Not taking well to the pregnancy?"
Catherine shook her head, "Not keeping anything down…getting fat…clothes not fitting anymore."
"So Mare, how much damage did the three of you do with my credit cards?" Steve asked changing the subject.
"Not too bad," she said with a shrug of her shoulders. "Now that we know the baby is a girl, we're going to take some stuff back and exchange them." She began to go through some bags, "Oh and Nick called. He wants to meet up for lunch or something."
Catherine went pale at the mention of the name Nick. 'No it can't be the same Nick that I left back in California,' she thought to herself. 'I told him I would call if anything came up.'
Mary noticed Catherine's reaction to the name Nick and smirked, "Why Catherine, whatever could be the matter?"
Catherine just sat there and she suddenly felt sick to her stomach, "I don't feel too well," she said standing up. "I'm going to lie down."
"Okay Catherine, call down if you need anything." Danny said. He made his way to the kitchen to check on the items he had baking in the oven.
Catherine walked up to the stairs to her room and sat on the bed. She rifled through her purse looking for her cell. When she found it she noticed that she had a call and pushed the button to listen to the message. When she heard his voice and that he was in town she literally felt sick and ran to the bathroom, slammed the door and threw up.
Steve, Danny, Mary and Kono heard the running and the door slamming and became a bit worried. "Maybe I should go check on her…." Steve said walking to the stairs
"No let me." Mary stood up and walking to the stairs. "She'll probably say she doesn't want your help and then call for me."
"All right," Steve said walking back to the table and sitting in one of the chairs.
Mary got to the upstairs bathroom and knocked on the door. "Catherine are you okay in there…we're all worried downstairs."
"Hold on a sec…" Catherine said into her cell, "Yeah, I'm fine Mary…just got a little sick to my stomach."
'Who is she talking to?' Mary thought to herself. "Okay, if you need anything give a holler." She turned and to walk down the stairs.
Catherine didn't say anything in response, but went back to her phone conversation. "Nick, what the hell are you doing in town?" she practically yelled, but kept her voice down in case anyone else was up stairs.
'Nick?' Mary thought as she made her way down the stairs, 'how does she know Nick?'
"So how is she?" Steve asked, "Does she need anything?"
"She's okay and she said she didn't need anything right now." Mary said sitting down, "Does Catherine know Nick?"
Steve looked at her, "Not that I know of…why do you ask?"
"Just wondering, that's all." Mary was thinking about what she heard.
"Well, Nick?" Catherine asked again.
"I wanted to see you. It's been a month and I got a few weeks off from work to see how you're doing and if these friends of yours are treating you and the baby right." He laughed as he said the last part.
"Well, I'm fine and the baby is fine too." Catherine said, "I went to the doctor and it's a girl."
"A girl," Nick repeated, half to himself. "Have you thought of any names yet?"
"No I haven't," she said, "We've been doing a lot here and this is actually the first time that I've had a chance to think much about of anything." She yawned.
"Oh, sweetie, you must be tired." Nick said as he heard her yawn again, "I'll let you go and maybe another time we can go out. I love you."
"Ditto." She said as she clicked off her cell. She got up, flushed the toilet, washed her hands and face and walked back downstairs.
"Feeling any better?" Danny asked as he looked up from the pile of vegetables he was rinsing off. Steve practically demanded a fresh salad to go with the roast that was being cooked.
"A little." Catherine said, "Where did Steve and Kono go?"
"Over to my place to pick up some things for you and the baby," Danny said with a smile.
Catherine nodded her head and walked out the kitchen's sliding doors onto the lanai and sat in one of the chairs and stared into space.
"Steve, tell me again why Catherine didn't come with you?" Kono asked as she grabbed the bags that Danny told her about.
"She wasn't feeling well." Steve simply stated. "I guess the pregnancy is taking more of a toll on her body than she cares to have others believe."
Kono nodded her head and packed more things into other bags, "All set. I think there's some other stuff, but I can't find it."
Steve shrugged his shoulders, "Well, Danny can come back and get it later." They left the house and Steve made sure to turn on the alarm and lock up before going back to his house.
Catherine sat outside on the swing that Danny set up a few hours ago and decided that she would take Nick up on his offer for dinner. She got up and went back inside to call him again.
Danny was sitting in the kitchen when she overheard part of Catherine's conversation is the hallway between the kitchen and the stairs.
"Yes Nick, I'll meet you for dinner tonight." Catherine said
Nick smiled at the fact of seeing his girlfriend for the first time is nearly two months. "Okay, I'll pick you up in a couple of hours.…"
"No, it's okay. I'll meet you at The Red Lobster on Main and Beach in 45 minutes."
"Okay, I'll see you then." He said, "I love you."
"I know." Catherine said before hanging up and walking into the kitchen.
Danny went back to acting like he was reading some magazine that came in the mail and looked up when Catherine walked in, "Are you hungry, Cath?"
"Oh, no thank you," Catherine said. "I'm meeting a friend for dinner in about thirty minutes."
Danny nodded his head. "I'll tell Steve. Have a nice time."