They made arrangements to meet up with Chin at Chin's house to tell him what they had found out about each other and let him be the sole impartial judge as to who has the most embarrassing story on the other. Chin sat on his couch and listened to each story and looked at the photos each one presented. He never laughed so hard at his boss and co-worker in his whole life. He thought long and hard about his decision and knew his choice was clear.
Chin came back into the living room and said, "Now, look at me, both of you. I am trying to judge based on who made me laugh the hardest and that one is the clear winner. That one is Danny. Steve, you looked hysterical in that pantsuit from the 80's. I almost peed my pants! You looked so funny!"
Danny grinned and said, "Il mio amore Goof! You are going to honor your side of the bet, right?"
Steve sighed and acknowledged his defeat. "Yes, Danno. I will honor our bet. You get to drive for a month. You get to pick the honeymoon location. And, you get to do what you want to me for a whole week. I am yours, mi amore."
Danny flashed Steve his own version of the Cheshire Cat grin. Let's go home. I have a few ideas I want to talk to you about."
They had just arrived at their home when Steve got the call from Kono. "Bossman! The heist is going on at the Gallery RIGHT NOW. Gear up and get down here!"
Danny whipped the Camaro around and headed to the Gallery at 90 miles an hour and got there in ten minutes flat. Steve was shocked at how fast he flew down the street 'Danny should drive more often!' he thought to himself. When they arrived, they found Kono and three cruisers from HPD waiting for them and they geared up with their vest and waited for the thieves to come out of the Gallery with their stolen merchandise. The two girls came out of the alley to all the police and tried to run. Steve caught the first girl as she tried to climb over a chain link fence with the bag of jewels. He had her cuffed and in the back of a cruiser waiting for Danny to run down the other girl.
Danny chased his suspect through the alleys and the streets and almost caught her until she ran into the path of a fork lift at the Farmer's Market and had a pallet of honeydew melons crash down on her and almost crush her to death. As it was, she ended up with a broken arm, a broken leg and several cracked ribs. Danny? He slipped on the broken melons and cracked a bone in his arm but, he got his suspect and called Steve, very out of breath and in a lot of pain. "Yeah, Steve. I got her. She is crushed under a pallet of melons and I think I broke my arm, too. Send ambulances, please!"
Danny was transported to Queens Hospital and x-rayed. He did, indeed have a broken arm which the doctor set for him and said he was on restricted duty for the next two weeks. He would be on pain pills for the next fourteen days to help his forearm knit back together. Steve was very upset that his Danno got hurt. He was not happy that he had to drive home from the hospital.
"Danno, I am so sorry you got hurt! I wish I had been the one to get hurt instead of you. I love you so much. I am sick that you got hurt. We can postpone the results of the bet until you get well. I want to both be perfect when you do what you want to to me. I want to take care of you. Please, let me take care of you, Danno."
"I get to drive for the month as soon as I am healed, Steven. You can take care of me. We are making vows in three weeks. I think we have the 'In sickness and in health" part of our vows down pat right now, huh?" He was trying to joke with Steve even though his arm was on fire and he felt slightly sick.
Steve kissed Danny when they pulled into their driveway at home. "I love you Danny. I am so sorry you have a cast on." Steve thought about it and gasped, "Oh, Danno! You will have that thing on when we get married! That is awful!"
Danny slumped in the seat and said, "Oh, damn! You are right, Steve! I can't believe this happened! This will ruin the pictures at the wedding! I am so sorry, Steve."
Steve smiled his sexiest smile. "Danny, I would marry you if you were in a FULL BODY CAST. Nothing is going to change the facts. They are that I love you. I will marry you at the end of July. I cannot wait to make you mine forever!"
Danny reached out and took Steve's hand. "I love you. Now, since the wedding is coming up at the end of this month, we need to make a couple of decisions. First, is one of us going to change our name to the others? Second, honeymoon. Third, I would love to bring over my stuff from New Jersey that is stuck in storage. I want to bring over my trunk, my hammock, and my baseball gear. Can we get that stuff out of the way now, please?"
Steve considered what Danny said. "The third thing is easiest to deal with. Yes, when we come home, we can ship your things over and close down your storage locker. The second thing is all you, Jersey. You won the bet. You pick the location for our honeymoon. I had a thought about it but, I want to let you make the choice since you won the bet. Wherever you decide will be romantic enough for me as long as you are there-I don't care where we go. The first thing, we really need to tackle. I would love to have you take my name but, I know you have an opinion on this, huh?"
Danny kissed Steve hard and sure. When he pulled back, he was smiling. "Steven McGarrett, I would love to take your last name as my own. I know this shocks you but, I want to be yours in every way. This means I want your last name if you want me to have it. What? You thought I wanted to keep mine? I would be open to you being a Williams but I think you are attached to your last name and I only want you to be happy and MINE forever. How is this a hard decision?"
Steve had the goofiest grin on his face. He just pulled into the yard and got out of the car. He walked around the back of the car and opened the door. Danny slid out of the seat and into his arms like he was sliding into Home. He said into Danny's hair, "Danno, if you want my last name, it's yours. I love you so much! Yes, I want you to be mine in every way, too!"
"As for the honeymoon, McGarrett, I know exactly where we're going to be and I know you're gonna think it's unconventional but, I have always wanted to go to Ireland. I would love to check out my family roots and do that with the man I love. Is that OK with you?"
Steve smiled. "That sounds fantastic, Danno! I want to help you do the research. Your family is my family, too. I can look on and see what I can discover until we fly over there. The jet lag won't be as bad flying from Newark as it would be from Hawaii. Should be an amazing honeymoon!"
Danny smiled to himself. He KNEW his SEAL would be on board with his choice of honeymoon destination. He loved that Steve wanted to help him with the research on his family tree. He walked into the house and went to the kitchen and sat at the table. "What's for dinner, Steve? I'd make it myself but, I can't get the cast dirty. Grace wants to draw on it and I want you to draw on it, too. Just nothing too snarky, OK? Grace will see it, too."
Steve whipped out his cell phone and called Li Fong's Chinese and scored a pupu platter for two, four eggrolls, and a quart of chicken chow mein. "Dinner will be delivered in twenty minutes, mi amore! I ordered Chinese. Thanks for letting me draw on your cast, Danny. I know just what to write on it. Let me get my Sharpie!"
Danny smiled as Steve dug a Sharpie pen out of his dad's old desk. It was blue. He drew a line across half of Danny's cast and drew a boat on the half that was visible to the world. On the other side he wrote 'Il mio amore, Danno. Multo bello.' in a heart. Danny, seeing this, enfolded Steve in his good arm and held him against his chest. He was fairly purring into Steve's neck, making the taller Steve moan at the contented sounds Danny was making.
"If I had known that Italian made you purr like a tiger, I would have been speaking it all day long to you, Danno. I really do love you, you know!"
Danny slid his hand under Steve's shirt and, just as he was making progress in getting said shirt off of his lover, the doorbell rang and the Chinese food showed up. He silently cheered and cursed at the same time. Cheered for the arrival of the food since he was starving but, cursed at the delivery guy and hit rotten timing. Here he was with the most amazing man in the world and the only thing stopping him from a really good night with said amazing man is the arrival of food. Of all the lousy timing….
Steve paid for the dinner, shocking Danny. He had his wallet on him and actual money in it! Then in a further shocking move, grabbed a bucket, filled it with ice and four Longboards and brought both it and the dinner up to his room and set up dinner in bed. Danny grabbed two forks and spoons and followed up the stairs to their bedroom. Steve was already naked and under the sheet waiting for Danny to join him. 'How that man gets naked so fast,' Danny wonders to himself, 'is one of the great SEAL mysteries in his life.'
Steve watched Danny get undressed with a sexy gleam in his eyes. When he was naked, Steve lifted the sheet and Danny scrambled into bed next to Steve. They ate dinner, sampling food from all of the containers and feeding each other tastes off their plates. When all food and drinks were consumed, Danny softly reached over and caressed Steve's hip and leaned in for a kiss.
Steve placed the empty food containers on the floor and rolled over to fully face Danny. "You know I love you now and forever, right Danno?" He kissed Danny and pulled him on top of his body and moaned at the full contact. "Tonight and every night, I am yours, Daniel Williams." Danny kissed and caressed Steve, loving the friction their bodies were generating. He felt Steve getting more aroused by the second as he was too. Danny reached into the nightstand and grabbed the bottle of lube. He spread some onto his fingers and gently slid one then two fingers into Steve and felt him moan softly into his hair.
Steve felt him slide a third finger in and said in a breathy voice, "Danny, please! I need you so much! I want you! NOW!"
Danny loved making Steve come apart and lose his tightly held control. He removed his fingers and slicked up his cock and slid home, hitting his prostate on the first slow thrust, making him keen for more from his lover. Danny hit that spot on every thrust, feeling Steve tighten and knew his orgasm was SO close. He reached around with his free hand and took Steve into his hand and matched his thrusts into Steve with his strokes to Steve's throbbing cock and felt him lose control and spurt into his fist and across his chest and stomach. Seconds later, he felt his own orgasm hit with force that amazed him as it happened.
"That was….That was the best ever, Babe!" Danny gasped, as he got his breathing back to normal. "For the record, I love you so much and I love how much you trust me with your love and your body. Ti adoro, Steven."
"I adore you, too, Danny. So very much. I cannot wait until we get married in New Jersey and I can call you my husband and make love to you and be with you forever."
"It's only three weeks till our wedding, Steve. I fall deeper in love with you with every passing day. You are the most amazing person I have ever loved. I love this life here for Grace and for you because I love you both with every fiber in my being."
Steve kissed Danny and settled him into his chest. Danny smiled and kissed his heart and fell into a happy sleep. Steve watched his chest rise and fall and settle into a steady rhythm and wrapped his arms around Danny and drift into a happy sleep of his own.
The next morning, Steve woke up at his usual time and went for a short run and a long swim and, as he came ashore, he thought of what he could get for Danny that would make his day. He knew of only one person that would make his Danno smile more than he ever could so, he dialed the number.
"Commander, what can I do for you today?" Rachel asked in her clipped British accent.
"I was wondering if you could do me a huge personal favor and let me come and pick up Grace for the day. I really think Danny needs to see his little girl and I promise I would have her home just after dinner if it is OK with you, Rachel. And, please, it's Steve to you from now on."
"Thank you for asking me. I was wondering if you could take Grace for the weekend as Stan has an important client coming in from Samoa today and I have a nanny for Charles but Grace is too old for a nanny and I was at a loose end. She can stay for the weekend if you want and you guys can bring her home on Monday. This is a favor to me as well, Commander-I mean Steve. Thank you, again."
Steve sighed and said, "I will be over in a half hour, Rachel. Have her packed up and ready, please. I am going to surprise Danny with her being there. He'll love it!"
Grace was all packed up and ready when Steve came to get her and she was practically bouncing in the seat of Steve's truck as they rode back to Steve's house. She jumped out and ran to the door as soon as they got in the driveway. Steve had to stop her and whisper, "Danno may still be asleep, Gracie. He is recovering from the shock of having a broken arm. He did say you got to draw on half of his cast for him. I did the other half. He doesn't know you're here yet. You're a surprise."
Grace smiled. "Daddy Steve, you always do nice things to make my Danno happy. I love you so much!"
Steve's heart did a funny flip. How he loved Grace. She was going to be his step-daughter in only three short weeks. He knew he would protect her with his life and would gladly die for her in a heartbeat to spare Danny any pain.
Danny was still in bed and he was just starting to wake up when Steve came back into the room. Steve went to the bureau and grabbed a pair of Danny's sweats and a Navy tee shirt from the laundry basket. He threw them at Danny and said, "You might want to get dressed. I got you a surprise and you need to be dressed to see it." He kissed Danny hard on the lips and said, "Get a wiggle on that sexy ass of yours and come down to the lanai, il mio amore!"
Danny got dressed and padded his way out to the lanai. He was met in the door by Grace running into his side and hugging him tightly around the waist. Danny just looked at Steve and mouthed 'Thank you, so much!' "Hey, Monkey! How did you get here?"
"Daddy Steve came this morning and got me from Mommy. It was OK, wasn't it, Danno? Daddy said he was getting me as a surprise for you because he loves to see you smile."
"Well, your Daddy is a very smart man, isn't he, Grace? He does love to see me smile. I think we should keep him, what do you think?"
Steve smiled at Danny. "I think he should keep me, don't you think Gracie?"
Danny just hugged his daughter and smiled over her head at Steve. "Monkey, I can't get my cast wet but, you and Steve can go for a swim if you want to. I can get the grill going and we can cook out for lunch. We have hamburgers and steak and I will even grill pineapple for you and the Super SEAL if you want."
Grace ran into the house and went to change into her swim suit. Danny went to Steve and gave him a long hot kiss and smiled. "You get sexier by the minute. You know what I need even when I don't and you know how to make me happy. I better keep you around!"
"Yeah? Well, you make me feel safe and loved so, I better keep you around, too!"
Grace came out and went to the water with Steve and played in the surf. Danny went to the grill and started preparing the burgers and steaks. He put them on the grill and went in for the pineapple slices. He found a note on the fridge 'Danno-I love you for every thing you do for me. Always yours, Steve.' 'Oh, God! Just when I think I couldn't fall any harder for him, he goes and does this!'
Danny brought the pineapple slices out to the grill and found Steve flipping the burgers and checking the steaks. He walked over to him and set the plate of slices on the sideboard. He wrapped his arm around Steve and cuddled into his side for a second. "I love you more than I did yesterday and less than I will tomorrow. You are a part of my heart and soul. Now and forever, mine!" Danny kissed him on the chest and slid away from him to put the pineapple on the grill.
Steve was lost in the haze Danny left him in with his words. He loved everything about his Jersey Man. What he made Steve feel-he had never felt that for anyone he had been with before. No one made him feel as safe or as free as Danny had in the short time they had been together. Yet, this was the longest relationship he had ever had and he had never been happier than he was right in this moment.
That night was quiet. Grace had gone to bed at 8:30, which Danny thought was early for a Saturday night. Steve pulled him to their bedroom 15 minutes later and eased him into his waterproof cast and into the shower. Steve washed him down and washed his hair, making him positively charged with lust and love. Danny watched as Steve dropped to his knees and said, "Try to be quiet, Jersey. Make no mistake about this, I am going to try to make you moan for me." Steve made eye contact with Danny as he swallowed his cock and began to create perfect suction to bring Danny to an earth-shattering orgasm. When he exploded in Steve's throat, he watched as Steve swallowed every drop and let him ride out the after shocks of the orgasm until he was soft again and popped out of Steve's mouth. Steve sighed and smiled at Danny as he rose to his feet. He spun Danny around and slid two lube slicked fingers into Danny and felt the moan build in his lover's throat as he kissed him hard and dirty on his mouth to catch it and squelch it. When he slid his cock into Danny, he said, "I'm yours, now and forever, Danno. Always and only for you, il mio amore."
Steve orgasmed after a few hard thrusts because Danny's pleasure made him almost come before he was inside his lover. Danny had that power over him. He had to make Danny happy before he took his own happiness every time. Danny made him a selfless lover. "I have never loved any one like I love you, Danny. You are the only one I want in my heart, my soul, my bed and my life. You make me sane and whole. Never leave me. It would wreck my whole world. You are the strings I tether my sanity to. Without you I am lost."
"Steve, I will never leave you. You are my strings as well. I need you just as much as you need me. You are the better part of me."
The got dressed in their pajamas and slid into bed and curled around each other, Danny laying his head on Steve's chest and listening to his lover's slowing heartbeat. When Steve was asleep, Danny slowed his heart to match Steve's and slid into sleep as well.
The big Fourth of July party Danny and Steve hosted for the 5-0 team was a huge affair. Kono and Adam , Chin and Leilani, Max and Sabrina and Danny, Steve, and Grace ate grilled steak, chicken, and pineapple. They had potato salad, garden salad and plenty of fresh fruits. Sodas and beer flowed as the party went from the beach to the lanai and back to the beach late that evening for fireworks from both sides of Steve's private beach. All members of 5-0 had gotten the time off from the 22nd of July to the 2nd of August for the wedding and the time afterward to go into New York and have fun with Grace while Danny and Steve honeymooned in Ireland for eight days. The wedding was on July 24th and 5-0 was wrapping up loose ends on all of their open cases and Max was closing up his section of Autopsy for the time he would be on the Mainland.
All members of the wedding party boarded the plane for Los Angeles and picked up Mary on the way to New Jersey for the big event. They arrived at Newark International Airport a bit jet lagged but very happy this long part of the journey was over and they could rest for the night and be ready for the pre-wedding events on the 23rd.
Danny's sisters came to pick up the group. "Angie! Maggie! Debbie! Come give your big brother a hug!" The three women swarmed Danny with hugs and kisses and then swarmed over Grace and did the same to her. Danny introduced everyone who came with him and Grace and then took Steve's hand and said, "Hey! Ange, Mags, Debs, this is my fiancée Steve. These three ladies who seem to have forgotten how to speak, are my sisters, Angela, the blonde; Margaret, the tallest of all of us; and Deborah, my twin sister."
Steve said, "Hello, ladies. I am so happy to meet you all. Nice to put a name with a face, Margaret. Thanks for your help, by the way. I didn't win the bet but, thanks anyway for the help."
Danny elbowed Maggie and said, "It was YOU he talked to about me and the tree incident. Nice one there Baby Sister. Now, I could tell him about the time you had me cover for you to mum and pop about Toby Walters and the hickey on your 15th birthday…."
Maggie blushed and said, "There are things you did that mum and pop STILL don't know about and I bet both of them and your Steve would love to hear about the your, um, first time. You know, how I caught you in the back seat of mum's car with your pants down and Kelly Mckechnie…"
"Enough, Maggie! Grace is right here! I do not need my 10 year old hearing stories like that about her dad. She is too young!" as he elbowed her squarely in the ribs.
Steve murmured in Danny's ear, "This is not over yet. You will finish the story later. But, as for it being aired in public…" He raised his voice so Maggie could hear him, "I don't think Danny needs Grace and our team hearing about that particular story right now or ever for that matter. Are we clear about that, Margaret?" She sheepishly nodded her head and Steve sighed in relief.
Kono was luckily in the bathroom when the story was told. Otherwise, she would NEVER let Danny live it down. Steve moved his attention from Maggie to Debbie and smiled. "So, you are Danny's twin, huh? I bet you and him have a thing where you can read each other like a book, huh?"
Debbie smiled and looked at Danny. He nodded and looked at Steve. She smiled and said, "I just told him you were cute and he agreed with me. And, yeah, if we are together long enough, we can finish each other's sentences and everything. Right Danny?"
Danny smiled and said, "Yeah. We annoy our parents when we do that. We love it! Angie, how are you doing? You are awfully quiet over there…"
She went to ruffle Danny's hair and he caught the gleam of her new engagement ring on her finger and gasped. "Frankie asked you to marry him? Did he ask mum and pop for permission first?"
Angie blushed. "Yes, Danny, he did. He then took mum and pop out for dinner with us and asked me in front of them on bended knee. Did Steve do the same thing with them and you?"
"Something pretty close to that, yeah, Ange. He was very sneaky and did it in front of them and Grace, too. Very romantic but, I was an idiot first. Long story but, I DID say yes in the end."
Steve grinned. "I agree with Danny on the 'he was an idiot' part of the proposal. I still proposed to him and yeah, he did say yes. I would have sat on him until he did say yes. He is my whole heart."
Danny sighed. "Just when I think you can't get any more goofy, you go and say something so sweet my teeth hurt. But, I love you, anyway!" He reached out and kissed Steve soundly on the lips and smiled into the kiss.
Angie groaned and said, "Get a room, Danny!"
Steve blushed and grinned. Debbie smiled and said, "My brother chose a cute fiancée. I like this one, Danny. He's a keeper!"
Kono came back from the bathroom and asked, "Chin? What did I miss? Why is everyone laughing so loudly?" When no one answered her she huffed. "You know I will get it out of one of you eventually. Grace'll tell me. I can trade surfing lessons for hot gossip. Right Grace?"
Grace sighed and said, "I can't tattle on my family, Kono. I never told on you when you had to do that thing to Uncle Steve's truck, you know…."
Steve whipped his head around to Grace and Kono and groaned, "What EXACTLY did you do to my truck, Kono? Tell me you were not the one who got my baby detailed and organized my glove box for me! When I went to look for the black bottle that was in the top of my glove box, I couldn't find it until I took EVERYTHING out and then I was upset at Danny for it. That was YOU, wasn't it. Oh, Danno, I am SO sorry I blamed you!"
Kono had the good sense to blush and apologize to Danny and Steve. "I was trying to clean up the truck for you because it was so muddy from being up on the North Shore in that chase, remember, Boss? You saved my life so, I was trying to be nice and do a thank you for you."
Angie, Debbie, and Maggie were laughing so hard, it was the 5-0 show for sure! Chin just sat back and let them go at it. Adam chose to show up at that moment and Kono smiled, "You show up at the best time, love! Thank you for saving me from getting beat up by my bosses. I screwed up and they found out-Grace ratted me out instead of ratting out her dad's childhood stories. I will get them out of you eventually, though!"
Adam smiled and said, "Where do you want us in the house, ladies? According to Danny, we're all staying with your mum and pop so, I can take Kono up to a room and get her to change clothes and rest up for dinner tonight, maybe? Maybe save you guys from her interrogation techniques? That good for you?"
Danny said, "The third door on the left is your room, Adam and Kono. Chin and Leilani have the third door on the right. The second door on the left is Max's room. Mary and Grace have the second door on the right. Mum and Pop have the first door on the left and Steve and I have the first door on the right. With all the kids mum and pop had, they took the first bedroom on the left to hear all the comings and goings of us kids and could catch anyone of us that broke curfew. I only did it once. I was a good son. Now, my sisters, they broke it a few times but, Matty-he was the one who broke curfew most of all of us. We almost had to put a padlock on his door!"
Angie stiffened up when Matt was mentioned but, Debbie and Maggie smiled politely at Danny's comments. They knew it was a brother thing and let it slide in lieu of Grace being there.
Isabelle and Michael met them at the door and smiled as the crew streamed into their home. Steve smiled and took in the family room with curious eyes. He, Kono, Chin and Max found the Family Picture Wall and laughed at the pictures of Danny with his Mohawk and the calendar photo from the Newark Police Calendar. They cooed over the photo of baby Grace and the younger Danny as a dad. That one melted Steve's heart as it showed Danny's devotion to Grace from the start.
Steve and Danny went up to their room and settled in for the night. They were exhausted from their flight and, having tucked in Grace already, they were finally able to catch up from the meeting with his sisters earlier.
Steve was brimming with a million questions and, Danny seeing this, just sighed as he sat down on the bed. "OK, Steven. I can see your wheels in that sexy brain of yours spinning at the starting line. Ask your questions. I will try to answer you with the truth. At least, my version of the truth. Fire away."
"Who was Kelly Mckechnie to you? How did Maggie catch you? Those are just the first two questions that popped into my head."
"OK, Kelly was my first time. It was in the back seat of my mum's car and Maggie caught us after we um, did it. I guess she was coming back from her Scout meeting early and she found us. I had to clean her room for a month solid to keep her from telling on me. I was 14 at the time and Kelly was 16, I think."
Steve was shocked. "So young, Danno? I was 17 when I lost my virginity to a girl at Annapolis when I was starting the Naval Academy. OK, what happened with the girl from the tree climbing incident? Did she at least kiss you for climbing so high in the tree?"
"After pop saved me from the tree, he grounded me for a month. So, no kiss from the girl in that event. I am still afraid of being high up with no safety nets, thank you very much."
Steve kissed him softly and said, "I still love you, Danno. And, for the record, if it had been me that urged you to climb so high, I would've waited around for that kiss."
"Tomorrow we are going to a Yankees game to see them versus the Red Sox. I packed your Schilling jersey, Steven. Feeling lucky again?"
"Yeah, Danno. I hope the Sox beat your Yankees so I can see you in your childhood room in my jersey and nothing else in your bed. I can't wait! Just think, in 48 hours, we're going to be married and on our way to Ireland for our honeymoon."
They fell into bed and slept off the jet lag they suffered from the long trip to New Jersey. The next morning they went downstairs to find Kono and Chin listening to Debbie telling stories of her twin and all the trouble he got into and out of when he was living in the Williams house. Kono thought to herself, "Blackmail-best holiday to the mainland, ever!' as she relaxed into Adam's embrace against the counter in the kitchen.
Danny chimed in, "Um, Debbie? Been talking about me again? You know, you have stories on me and I KNOW I have stories on you. Just cuz we are twins does not mean I can't rat you out, too, Sister Dearest!"
Steve could not help asking, "Who's older? You or Debbie?"
"I'm the oldest, Steven. Debbie is 5 minutes younger than I am. I wanted the space so I left the womb first!"
Steve laughed and Debbie glared at Danny. "I thought it was because you wanted to be an only child for the first five minutes. When I came out, things were perfect because I was here."
Everyone was laughing hard. Grace said, "Aunt Debbie, I am glad you are here because Danno has always had you to count on, even when he was sad when mum and I left for Hawaii. You and Uncle Matty saved my Danno. Now, he has you and Uncle Steve and our ohana to keep him happy, right Danno?"
Danny smiled and said, "Leave it to my Monkey to say the best thing ever. Danno loves you, Grace!" He picked her up and hugged her close.
Steve smiled and went to embrace them and sighed in their hug. "Mary get in on this hug. You are part of this branch of my family, too."
Mary moved to embrace them. Grace said, "Aunt Debbie, Aunt Maggie, Aunt Angie-this is my Aunt Mary. She is Daddy Steve's sister and part of my ohana. Aunt Mary-these are my Danno's sisters. I love how big my ohana just got!"
Steve and Danny grinned. Grace was the best daughter. Isabelle sighed, "Ah Danny. It would be amazing if you could have more children like Grace. I would love more grandbabies to spoil!"