Chapter Three

Cat followed Steve and Danny for days, she waited and watched them. The jealousy and hatred she felt for him growing and growing the more she saw the two men together. She needed to find something to cause a problem for them. Cat needed to find something that meant more to Danny than Steve. That was when she saw father and daughter together, and it hit her it wasn't something it was someone. Grace was one person that both men adored. They would do anything for that little girl.

She kept following him around until one day Danny met up with Rachel. She saw the ex-wife's eyes narrow at how close the two men were. Rachel's eyes kept darting to where the two men touched each other. It was a nudge with their shoulder, a hand on the arm. Then of course, there was the way Danny and Steve looked at each other. You had to be blind not to see how they gave each other the once over, the attraction was so volatile between them the particles around them so charged that they sizzled. Cat stayed there a little longer and watched Rachel and Stan together. That was when she saw the obvious problems between the married couple. She had remembered a story where Steve had told them that there had been difficulties before them. It had brought the former married couple together. As Cat thought back, Steve seemed jealous back then.

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It was only a couple of days later when Cat finally found Rachel by herself.

'Hi Rachel.' Cat asked politely. 'What's wrong?' It was obvious that something had upset her.

'Oh hello Lt Rollins.' Rachel in her tremendously sophisticated British fashion. 'I don't want to bother you.'

Cat glanced down and noticed that she had just been about to call Danny. 'It's no hassle, maybe I can help?'

Rachel wiped away a stray tear. 'Stanley and I are having a few problems. He doesn't seem to understand how difficult it's been with two children.' She paused for a moment. 'He stills feels extremely threatened by Daniel.'

Cat could feel the smirk inside, but managed to keep it off her face. It couldn't have been more perfect if she had actually written a script herself. 'Well, he knows he doesn't have to worry right?'

'Well of course he doesn't have anything to worry about. Daniel and I were over long ago.' Her red tinge face at the thought of the affair they had.

'Exactly, now that Steve and Danny are together, it'll make things easier for everyone.'

Rachel just stared at Cat. 'Excuse me, what do you mean Daniel and the Commander are together.' She could not call him Steve, not in this context.

'Oh uhhhh did I say something wrong? I thought you knew that they were seeing each other now.' Cat managed to make herself look uncomfortable.

'No, you didn't do anything wrong. Thank you for telling me, it was good that someone did. I have to go.' Rachel mumbled as she stumbled away while searching through her handbag.

Cat smiled, now all she had to do was to wait and see.

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Danny lay cuddled up the couch. Steve's arms were wrapped around his waist and holding him tight. They hadn't slept together; Danny had explained that he wanted to make sure what they had together was real. Steve had been more than happy to do that.

Since then with getting random kisses from the SEAL it had started to prove more difficult to keep his hands to himself. Danny was now surer that this thing between them was meant to be. He had thought it would take more than this short amount of time to believe it was the real thing. It was time for he and Steve to have another talk.

'Hey Danno.' Steve called out.

Danny turned, and the smile froze on his face. No matter how many times he had seen Steve come back from the ocean, it always managed to take his breath away. Danny licked his lips as he took in every facet of that perfect upper body.

Steve stood glared to Danny's lust filled look. It was getting more and more difficult to keep his hands of his best friend. All he wanted to do was rip those tight shirts of those exceptionally broad shoulders. He had seen him half naked while surfing, but Steve made sure that he didn't actually look. He was afraid that he would have attacked him in a sexual frenzy if he did.

'Steve, I uhhhh was thinking.' Danny's voice was husky with desire.

'You were thinking about what?' Steve asked as he dropped his towel and walked towards his soon to be lover.

'We know each other extremely well, and I kind of think that we don't need….' Danny's voice trailed off as Steve sat down next to him.

'We don't need to what Danny?' Steve mumbled against his lips.

'That we don't need to wait.' Danny managed to say before he attacked the luscious lips of Steve's.

Steve wrapped his arms around Danny and pulled him back so that smaller compact body was on his. The kiss deepened, and Steve's hands roamed up and down Danny's back.

A foreboding tone of Psycho interrupted their private moment. Danny released Steve's lip and laid his head on a slightly damp chest.

'Rachel.' Steve mumbled.

'Yeah.' Danny replied he knew that he couldn't ignore her. He had to check as it could be something to do with Grace. Danny moaned and pushed his ass back as Steve reached into his back pocket and grabbed his cell.

'Here you go.' Steve handed the phone over, with a little more groping than was needed in his back pocket.

Danny pushed his erection against Steve's briefly. He took a couple of deep breaths before answering it.

'Hey Rachel, is everything ok?' Danny waited for a moment, his face paled as he sat up.

'Danny?' Steve's face was full of concern. He hoped that everything was ok with Gracie.

Danny dropped the cell onto the sofa; he hid his head in his hand. 'Rachel is taking me back to court. She wants to make sure I never see Gracie again.'

'What the fuck, why?' Steve demanded.

Danny turned his tear filled blue eyes to the man he loved. 'Because I am seeing you.' He replied simply.

TBC