Well morning came early for Steve and Danno since both did not discuss their feelings and did not get much sleep. It was not like they did not want to talk about it. Yet they both were on edge and kept looking behind them. Their 5-0 senses effecting them. They both thought maybe this is coming off their finished case, it being Valentine's Day, Grace being there, and individually not wanting to admit they may have wasted a few years. Steve was thinking and slightly aloud, "Danno now you have me going off on rants". Danno hear it & smiled to himself; mission accomplished I got under his skin too.

Naturally his Danno & his Grace were on their way in to find out why he was not on his early morning swim. In unison, Grace "what about Danno's rants" while Danno comments " what about my rants". Steve looks up and rolls his eyes thinking "OMG they would hear that". Yet Steve stays, " I should have gone on my run". He knows they would not buy it but maybe today it would be left to slide.

Danno sensing Steve needed a break this morning and being Valentine's Day he would make the day nice for Steve for Grace's sake. That is right I will do this for Grace's Valentine's Day.

"Well Gracie how would you like Uncle Steve to cook us breakfast this morning." "Danno I want Papa to make me breakfast." Steve and Danno look at one another with a very puzzled look on their faces. The look between them indicates Steve will be the one to ask the obvious silly question. "So Gracie do you mean Danno is now Papa or Step-Stan is Papa?" Steve knowing the second answer would crush Danno and not be the answer. So Steve looks up at his Danno and looks with a new fond tenderness in his eyes. Grace shakes her head but does not say a word. Now it was Danno's turn to find out, "Gracie, are you not going to answer Uncle Steve?" She stands there with her hands on her hips and rolls her eyes. She gives them a look like they had grown a unicorn horn on their foreheads. "I do not have an Uncle Steve any more, I have a Papa now. Papa you said you'd make us breakfast so come on then." "Ok monkey!"

Steve made her his famous Pineapple pancakes with a sugary doughnut texture for Danno. So now he was cleaning up the mess, making a Valentine cake for Gracie of course, getting tried out Mrs. Williams recipe of homemade lasagna. (He had one heck of time getting the food yesterday. Finally he told Gracie to go with Danno and pick out something for the day. He had to pick up a secret gift for Danno naturally from Gracie. That is what he would tell everyone, but hoped Danno would know the song was from him alone.) He was going to make the day perfect for his love ones. His mind kept going back to the kiss from Danno more than his to Danno and how his Monkey called him Papa. How could he get more lucky he thought until he thought he would have a lifetime of standing on their private beach holding hands looking out at the sunset and talking over the day and planning their future and looking at their wonderful past. He felt today he was acting hormonal and passed the thought out of his mind because he would not live it down from Danno. But just then Danno had become the Ninja Seal and caught him wiping away a tear. "Steve what is wrong. Are you missing your family?" "I am sort of but not my real ohana, they are right here with me right now. With more of them coming later this afternoon." Danno just gave 'Papa' a tender smile while cupping the side of Steve's cheek with his hand. A special private Valentine moment between him and the Lover Seal he loved with his whole heart. He decided there was no rush to decide who loved whom and what they should do next and a whole host of other question/situations to discuss. Right there in that moment he knew he had all the time in the world with his Steven. Looking into Steven's Caribbean Blue colored eyes, he saw Steven seen it too. Steven as if on queue again just nodded his head at Danno.

"Hey Papa Seal, Gracie and I have something to take care while we are in here. We will be there in a minute or two." Danno yells out while he is finishing up on the Pineapple sorbet they are making for him.

"Now Gracie if Papa asks why we made this for him it is because you wanted to make it."

"Danno you know it was you who wants it. Why don't you just tell Papa that you like Hawaii, beaches, oceans & pineapple? You know you have always loved them. You were always telling me about it in New Jersey. Plus when it was just you Danno and I; before Papa found us, we would eat Pineapple and Ham pizza. Why don't you ever tell him; why you pretend to not like it? Plus my Sister Angel told me that you always loved Papa and you had always wanted to move to Hawaii before I was born."

"Monkey where do you come up with this stuff? Me wanting to live in Hawaii, Sister Angels, and me always loving Papa. Plus telling me it was Papa who made me fall in love with Hawaii when I was 13 years old. Kono is right you have an imagination. Oh by the way, I think I hear your Auntie now." Danno is thankful for the car approaching and knowing the sounds of all their cars from too many stakeouts. Danno already put the Sorbet in the back of the freezer and finished wrapping a gift for Steven. He feels happy and content as he heads out to 'His Everything'.

~{5~0}~

Grace and Kono are out with their private surfing lesson. Chin, Steve & Danno are having a couple Longboards while the grill fires up. The table is set but the only thing every one can figure out for dinner is it will be beer and grilled chicken (too be precise 'wooden roasted'). Danno knew something was going on with the meal and there was that odd feeling of being watched again. So Danno was on his way to one of his rants. All it took was Chin calling Steve 'Papa'.

"You know Chin it is not a term that we are going to turn into a sarcastic term for Steven being our leader. It was a term of endearment for Steven from his Gracie. Plus General Seal what is with the Chicken and beer for dinner. You know this is a special day. When do I get Gracie on Valentine Day plus it is our first special one. Plus I got this nagging feeling I cannot get rid of since the middle of the night. Also I did not get much sleep last night because the small of my back was tingling…" Danno did not want that last one to come out let alone this way. That was to be special between him and Lover Seal, his personal Valentine.

Chin was the first one to chime in due to the awkward silence. Danny's arms stopped flapping like a bird ready to take off in flight. "Danno I did not mean to get you upset with the Papa comment. I know it is a special term from Gracie. Plus you know I got a nagging feeling too like we are being watched by someone. I know yesterday I checked on Intel regarding WoFat and he has not turned up yet. Also I know Hess's body has not surfaced and we just finished our case. So we have no loose ends on that case."

"Danno you know I would give our Monkey a good dinner. Don't you think she has some special things going on for her Danno? Brah, Danno and I have been feeling this nagging feeling since early this morning when we were out here looking out at the ocean and could not sleep. Well let us go get the Boss since the chicken is done. She has some specific tasks for today. By the way, I would be Admiral Seal since I was in the Navy and not the Army."

Here comes Gracie and Kono talking a mile a minute. Kono goes up to the guys while Grace goes on the lanai to put on her sundress. She makes quick of her time so she does not scare Grace. "Guys, I have this nagging feeling since we got here. Have any of you had the same problem? It is really bad when I am looking at the house or the beach. Right now looking away from the house on the right towards the hill and road it is not as bad. It makes me feel like I can see it coming towards me."

There is no time for them to say anything. They just all look out in the direction that Kono is looking with an eerie quietness coming over them.

~{5~0}~

Well the table was set with homemade garlic bread, homemade lasagna with freshly made pasta; wooden roasted chicken, wine punch, and mushroom salad. The table had a nice red and white checked tablecloth with candle light all around on the table, on the lanai, and side table where special gifts were being held for later. Finally on the desert table with the heart shaped 3 layer Valentine cake. Now the fun began, Danno was blindfolded holding Grace's hand on the left and Steven's hand on the right. The two of them making sure that Danno did not trip or start a fire with the candles or the tiki torches. They finally got Danno seated at the table. Danno was nervous because this was a special day for him. It was more than just Valentine's Day. This was the year Grace turned the age that Danno was when he got to go to meet his Grandparents. They still lived in Italy and it was their 50th wedding anniversary that year on Valentine's Day. He told Steve about it about a month ago on a stake out remembering how old their Grace would be and how he wanted to have a celebration like that for her to feel close to her ancestors. Family was every thing to Danno, so the look on his face was precious when he saw it all in one huge picture frame. It was that same hour that his grandparents were married on that day 12 PM. Kono got pictures taken of the decorations, of Danny walking to the table, and look of pure joy on his face seeing it. The most precious look was the way Danny looked at Steve (eyes locked on one another) both holding Gracie between them and Gracie looking up at them.

Finally when Danno could talk; it was one of those rare moments in time when he was at a lost for words. If a look is worth a thousand words; then Danno wrote an entire encyclopedia set. "Steven how did you know what to do, what food to cook, and where to put everything. Gracie did you know I was your age when I was at your Great Grandparents 50th Wedding Celebration." Something smelled very familiar with the food but how could that be it was only the five of them.

Steven knows who he was looking for this time. "Danno, Mom and Dad are not here; I made the food from her recipes and taste tests to and from me."

"Now Steven do you know why I call you at times Super Ninja Seal. Do I get to win that one this time?" Steve does not say anything but the laughter to Danno's ears says yes. Danno does not feel bad that he only made the sorbet because he knows this was more for Gracie than for him, so he tells himself. Something they know had another special memory to share with their ohana.

While they are eating their meal the laughter flowed, the drinks were enjoyed (and yes Gracie got a little glass of wine punch with more punch added to hers because this was a true olde style Italian celebration), food was savored and love filled them.

"Well Grace" Kono said as the dinnertime was winding down "so do we finally get to hear why Steve is now Papa."

"No not yet because my Sister Angel says we are not all here yet. Can we now go and have our surfing race?"

Danno says "Sure you guys go on ahead I will straighten up the best that I can here. Monkey are you still going to be on your Uncle's team. (It is odd to not have to specify which Uncle now. Where did she come up with the Papa term? Did I say something to her about my feelings for Steven.)

"No today I decide it had to be me and Papa. It is the start of his and my family bond; our special valentines." Steve hears this and it warms the cockles of his heart and a small tear falls down his cheek. How did he get so lucky? When his Gracie saw the tear she had to climb into Papa's lap and wipe the tear away replacing it with a kiss. Again if by on queue he and Danno thought I wish I had a camera to take the perfect picture. Instantly he looked away and thought he heard a camera taking a picture. In fact he thought he heard it all through dinner but Kono had only the pictures at the start of dinner and off the food before cutting into it.

~{5~0}~

Danno was able to get all the food in the house put away. The dinner table cleaned of the dirty dishes rinsed and in the dishwasher. He got out just in time for the end of the race to see his Gracie and her Papa win by crossing the finish line (which was a tree in the grass near the inlet by the left side of the house). He wished he could have watched the surfing race. The surfing race was two people on the surfboards with long board paddles to cross the finish line before the other team. The team could be made up of either both standing, or both sitting, and one standing/one sitting. However when you started the race you had to stay that way until you crossed the finish line. The surf race routine went out to the noticeable sandbar in the ocean back to the inlet boundary tree.

Danno was thinking he wished he had filmed the race for them to watch for years to come while watching Gracie walk up to him to get into her mermaid beach towel to warm up since it was getting later in the afternoon. Grace tells him "Don't worry Danno you will get a video of it someday and we can watch it on Papa and your 50th anniversary."

Steve hears this behind her and asks, "What makes you say that Monkey. No one has taken a video of us plus the only anniversary Danno & I have is the start of Five-0. Kono and Chin would be there for that as well."

"Papa your 50th Wedding Anniversary to Danno." Where was she getting this stuff from and why the Papa stuff. The day was perfect and along with it being eerily odd. He wished he could figure out this nagging feeling they all seem to have today. It really did not worry him since it was a perfect celebration day.

~{5~0}~

To Be Continued