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Catherine pulled into the parking lot at The Red Lobster, parked, got out and walked into the restaurant. Nick was sitting on the side waiting for her.

"Hey baby." He stood up and gently hugged her. "You look so beautiful."

Catherine smiled a bit. "Thank you."

"Taylor party of two…." the attendant said into the mic attached to the podium.

Nick and Catherine walked up and they were taken to their waiting booth. They were given menus, ordered their drinks and waited to place their food order.

While they were waiting Nick took something out of his pocket and placed it next in his lap and looked at Catherine. "Catherine," she looked up from menu, "you know that I love you with all my heart, right?"

Catherine gave Nick an odd look and slowly nodded her head. "I know."

"And that I would do anything and everything for you, no matter how big or small it was?" he continued. She nodded her head again as he brought the box up to the table and opened it. "Will you marry me?"

Catherine looked at the ring and then to Nick. "I…I can't." She got up and ran the best she could out of the restaurant.

Nick quickly got up and followed her out. He looked around for her but didn't see her.

Catherine's mind was spinning and everything was becoming fuzzy. She wanted to sit down…she needed to sit down. She reached for the nearest bench to sit but missed it and landed on the ground.

Nick went around to the side of the building and got to Catherine just as she was landing on the ground. He rushed right to her and helped her up. 'Oh please let her and the baby be all right,' he thought to himself. A crowd of people began to gather where he was.

"Someone call an ambulance." He heard a voice say. He didn't realize that he said those words until a man tapped him on the shoulder.

"What happened to her?" the man asked

"She…she came outside for some fresh air and fainted." Nick said. The man went back to talking on the phone and turned to Nick.

"The ambulance should be here shortly, they said to lay her on the bench and to put something under her head."

Another man stepped forward and helped Nick pick Catherine up and lay her on the bench. Nick took his jacket off and placed it under her head just as the ambulance was pulling up. The medics made quick work of getting Catherine on the stretcher and into the ambulance. They questioned Nick and radioed the information to the hospital.

Once at the hospital, a nurse approached Nick asking for the contact information of where Catherine was staying.

Nick gave the nurse a blank look, "I…I don't know where she was staying." He searched his pockets for Catherine's cell phone and when he didn't find it, he checked the purse the nurse pointed out to him. He fumbled with the phone before the nurse offered to help him with it and handed over the phone, running a shaky hand through his hair.

"There isn't an 'in case of emergency' contact number, but there are several calls to a Mary McGarrett." The nurse said. "Do you think she was staying with her?"

Nick rubbed his head a bit absentmindedly, the name not fully registering with him. "Yeah probably. I guess." His eyes continually darted to the curtained area where Catherine had been taken.

The nurse nodded her head, jotted the name and number down before handing the phone back to Nick. "I'll just give her a call and let her know." Nick nodded again.

The nurse placed the call to Mary, and then informed Nick that someone by the name of Steve would be at the hospital shortly. Again, Nick was still in a daze and concerned for Catherine to register what the nurse was telling him. He simply nodded his head and continued to wait for the doctor to return and tell him how Catherine was doing.

Steve and Kono were on their way from Danny's house when Mary called and said that Catherine had fainted and was rushed to the hospital. Steve quickly turned the Camaro around and headed in the direction of the hospital. Kono called Danny to tell him what happened and where they were going. Kono could tell Danny was torn about being there with Steve and staying with Grace.

"Mary's too far from the house, so I'll call Chin and you can take Steve's truck and join us."

"Yeah, okay. Thanks, Kono," Danny said with a sigh of relief. "Try to keep Steve from freaking out and I'll be there as soon as Chin gets here."

Kono ended the call with Danny and called Chin to ask him to swing by Steve's to watch Grace. She also told him what happened with Catherine and where they were going.

Twenty minutes later they arrived just as Catherine was being taken to a room. Steve rushed in the direction that she was going and bumped into someone.

"Sorry," he said

"No, it was my fault," Nick said, looking up. "Steve, what are you doing here?"

Steve allowed his eyes to focus on who was talking to him. "Nick? What are you doing here?"

"I asked you first." He said

"My sister called and told me that my ex fainted."

"Oh it's nice to know that you're still cordial with your ex," Nick said. "My girlfriend, Catherine, fainted outside the Red Lobster."

Steve looked from the room where Catherine was and back to Nick. "What did you say her name was?"

"Catherine…why?" he asked. Steve just shook his head and went in the direction of the room. "Wait, McGarrett, why are you going into my girlfriend's room?"

Kono was walking by Steve and the man he was talking to when she caught the last part of their conversation. 'His girlfriend?' She asked herself, 'I bet Catherine was cheating on him.' She walked right into Catherine's room as the doctor was checking her out.

"How could you?" Kono asked once the doctor left the room. Catherine looked up at Kono, confusion written all over her face. "Don't play stupid with me, Catherine. Steve knows everything so you might as well come clean about it."

Catherine looked Kono dead in the eyes. "Kono," she said trying to keep her nerves about her, "I have no idea what you're talking about. Now if you don't mind, I'd like to be alone." Catherine said before trying to turn over.

"Well, make it fast. Steve AND Nick are on their way in." Kono made her way out of the room just as Steve and Nick began another heated conversation.

"What do you mean she's your girlfriend?" Steve asked, getting within inches of Nick's face. "We barely broke up seven months ago!"

"We've been seeing each other off and on for almost three years!"

Rage flashed in Steve's eyes. "That bitch has been cheating on me for almost the entire time we've been together?" he balled his hands into fists and never broke his gaze from Nick, "And you…you knew that I was dating her and you still went after her!"

Nick put his hands up in defense and took some steps back. "Steve, man, I had no idea that you and she were dating…honest man. I would never do that to you."

"You lying son of a bitch!" Steve stalked closer to Nick. "It's all clear to me. When you cloned my phone during that joint investigation a few years ago, you probably got all my info – pictures and contacts too!"

"She told me that you guys had broken up."

Once Kono left Catherine's room, she pulled her cell phone out and called Mary. Without greeting, she got right to the point. "I know what it is now…" she said in a hushed whisper as she overheard what Nick said.

"You know what what is?" Mary asked.

"What Catherine is hiding from Steve…from all of us," Kono said excitedly then she paused. "This is going to crush Steve."

"Umm, lost person here," Mary replied. "Please fill the lost person in as to why my brother will be crushed and what exactly Catherine is hiding from us."

Kono sat down, took a couple of cleansing breaths before she spoke. "Nick's girlfriend is Catherine."

Mary gasped. "What? Are you sure? How do you know?"

"Nick said it himself," Kono replied. "I overheard part of their conversation. Steve was going into Catherine's room and Nick asked Steve why he was going into his girlfriend's room."

Chin got to Steve's house and Danny got into Steve's truck to head to the hospital and wait with Steve and Kono. As Danny entered the hospital and made his way down the familiar hall towards the emergency waiting room, he heard Steve's familiar voice yelling at someone. Danny picked up his pace and got to Steve before he punched whomever he was bellowing at.

"Steve, babe, calm down," Danny said placing his hand on Steve's arm and attempting to pull him away.

"Danny," Steve began, "if you know what's best you'll move out of the way."

"I'm not moving until you calm the hell down!" Danny said, still standing in between Nick and Steve.

Steve glared at Nick and turned to walk away. As he walked towards the waiting room he mumbled, "I can't believe she lied to me."

Kono was still on the phone with Mary, but quickly ended it when she heard Danny's voice and saw Steve leaving from his shouting match with Nick.

"Mare, I gotta go. Danny just got here, and it's not looking good."

"You think he knows?" Mary asked

"I think he does," Kono said as she ended the call.

Before Danny left to go back to where everyone was he spoke to Nick. "It'd be a good thing if you got this all straightened out…and soon"

"Believe me I will!" Nick said

"And do it before Steve has a chance to call his lawyer and amend any custody arrangements he has with Catherine."

Nick let the last part of what Danny sink in before it hit him, "This baby might not be mine…." he said out loud as he walked into Catherine's room.

"Catherine, we have to talk." Nick pulled a chair next to her bed

"About what?" she asked.

"McGarrett was here and he said that you guys were still together. Is that true?"

Catherine looked at him and nodded her head. "We were together but that ended almost eight months ago."

"Then who is the father of the baby?"

"I don't know." Catherine said, "I only told him that I was pregnant and that he could be the father because he could provide much better than we could ever dream of."

"You never had any intentions of telling me that there was a possibility that I wasn't the father, did you?"

Catherine sighed. "I didn't know how to tell you."

"How about, 'Nick, Steve and I were together while I was with you. I was cheating on him with you and he could be the father of this baby.'"

"I thought about saying that, but I didn't know how you would take it," she said. "I love you so much and I want us to be together, but I don't see having children in our life plan."

"Did you ever think that I possibly wanted children? That I saw us having children and being a family in our future?" Catherine shook her head. "So how can you possibly think that we could ever continue to be together without thinking about what I would possibly want?"

A nurse lightly knocked on the door and opened it a bit, "The doctor said you're free to go; I just need to unhook everything." Catherine nodded her head and Nick moved out of the way. "The doctor also wants you to seriously take it easy. The baby is fine, but that doesn't mean that you can continue to push yourself."

"I know," Catherine sighed. "I'll take it easy from now on."

The nurse smiled and continued to unhook everything. She handed the clipboard with Catherine's information to her and Catherine quickly looked them over before signing the release forms.