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Grace Williams' P.O.V.

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I'm standing with two friends at the 'parent pickup area' of my school, waiting for Danno. We have a super fun night planned and I'm really excited.

"Oh my God, who's that?" I'm so busy trying to spot my dad in the mob of people, I don't even realize Cindy's talking to me until she pokes me.

"Who's what? I mean who?"

"Duh, the guy with your dad. He's like the hottest guy on the planet."

Oh. She's spotted my uncle, who I guess hasn't had a chance to change after work. He's still wearing his badge and holster. "That's Uncle Steve."

"Uncle? You're related to him!?" Wow, okay, that sounded kind of mean.

"Well, yeah, he's not my Mom or Dad's brother, but he's my Dad's partner so we're ohana."

"Partner? Crap, he's gay?"

"Not that kind of partner. They're cops. And best friends. My dad's Five-0."

"Does he have a girlfriend?"

"What?!" I look right at her. She's got my full attention now.

Cindy's seventeen, and the older sister of Barbara, one of my BFFs. She only pays attention to Barb when there's something in it for her. She's never even spoken to me. I'm not cool enough to hold her attention for long, but it looks like my uncle is.

"I said ... Has. He. Got. A. Girlfriend?" She's twirling her hair.

"Eww, Cindy … he's like … old." I tell her.

"No way."

"Yes, way. He's as old as my Dad!"

"Still a hottie anyway!" She turns away and jumps up and down; calling to a friend she saw across the school lawn.

The next thing I know, Cindy and two of her friends are surrounding Linda, Barb and me, and they're all whispering and staring at my family. Barb's rolling her eyes at her sister, but I feel my cheeks getting red. They think my uncle is hot, how embarrassing.

Cindy's two friends, who normally wouldn't even look my way, are talking to me now. "Steve freaking McGarrett from Five-0 is your uncle?! Your dad is that Williams?" the taller one asks.

"Yeah, my dad is Detective Danny Williams. He's second in command of the task force." I smile, I can't help it. I'm so proud of Danno. I'm the center of attention for a minute. This wouldn't be bad, if it wasn't only 'cause they want information about Uncle Steve.

It's not like I don't know how good looking Uncle Steve is; I see grown women act stupid around him all the time. When I was younger and we'd be on the beach, or out for shave ice, they'd come up to us and pretend to be all interested in me, asking if he was a single parent and stuff. I'm used to that, women do it to Danno a lot, too. They say things like "Ohh your little girl is so cute, she looks just like you." It's kind of funny sometimes, but Cindy and her friends are in high school and … just … ick!

Two more girls have joined us now. "Who ya talking about?"

"The hottie with her dad" they point to me.

I look up. Danno's on his way over with Uncle Steve, who's got a smile on his face. I wave at him and he gives me a thumbs up and waves back. That means the reservations are all set for tonight.

I take a big breath. "Hi, Daddy." I don't say Danno in front of the older girls, I don't want to explain it and it's not like they're my friends or anything. I hug him. "I missed you!" Today's the beginning of his week and I miss him so much when it's not.

"Hey, me too, Babe, so much. Hello ladies." He tells my friends.

"'Hi!" Linda and Barb answer him. "h'lo" is all he gets from the older girls, who suddenly get all quiet.

My uncle comes up to the group. "Gracie!" He hugs me. "All ready for tonight?"

"Yeah, I can't wait!"

Uncle Steve knows Linda. "Hey Linda, how's your grandma?" he asks.

"She's good, Uncle Steve." Sometimes Linda hangs out with us. She's at our house a lot when I'm with Danno. Her parents both died and she lives with her Granny Josie. She's got no aunts and uncles, so she's 'adopted' mine.

"Uncle Steve, these are my … friends." I point to the group, trying to be polite. Uncle Steve turns to smile at the girls.

They all stare, just about squeak out "Nice to meet you." and start giggling like crazy. I could just die.

Danno's trying really hard not to laugh when Uncle Steve turns toward him, looking confused.

While all this is happening, another car pulls up behind Danno's and Aunty Catherine gets out, wearing jeans and a T shirt. She's standing behind Uncle Steve now, pointing to her watch.

Looking at the group of girls, which also includes her sister, Barb whispers kinda loud, "Oh my God, they're all crushing on your uncle! You'd better go before your Dad invites 'em along on your night out!"

Now, I know Danno totally heard that, but he doesn't say anything, except to whisper to my aunt. He sort of nods toward the group of giggling girls who are too busy - thank God - to notice, and my uncle. Whatever he said is funny, 'cause he and Aunty Catherine burst out laughing.

"Hi, Sweetie!" Now, if my mom called me that in front of my friends, I'd die. But, coming from Aunty Catherine, who is one of the coolest ladies I've ever met, it's okay. "Ohhh, Gracie, I love your earrings. Are you all ready to go?"

"Thanks!" I say, giving her a hug. "Can't wait; this is going to be so cool!"

Barb is poking me in the ribs. "We'd better go." I say. I'm ready for my night out, too.

The night out is part of my birthday present. My Aunt and Uncle are going with me and Danno to dinner and to play laser tag.

Now, lots of people might think hanging out with your family can't be much fun, but they don't know mine. Danno's the best dad in the world. He's smart and brave and he can do anything. We have so much fun, even if we're just home having a pizza and movie night. He gave up his whole life to follow me here when Mom made us move. I was only eight when we said good bye in Newark airport and I was crying so hard that I didn't realize until I was walking away that Danno had been crying, too. That made me so sad I cried all the way to Hawaii. I was so happy to see him when he got here three weeks later, that I wouldn't let go of his hand all day.

My Uncle Steve would do anything for me, and he's the coolest guy ever. Well, after Danno. He took me snorkeling, and he taught me how to tread water like a SEAL. After Aunty Kono gave me enough surfing lessons, Uncle Steve bought me my own surfboard; a pink one, with 'Gracie' on it. And before he even met me, he sent me and Danno to swim with dolphins. He's also Danno's best friend and I'm old enough to know that even though Danno always tells me he didn't give up anything to leave New Jersey, because his life is with me, wherever I am, I know he misses our family back there. I also know how important it is that Uncle Steve is his brother now, just as much as if he were blood family.

Aunty' Catherine's awesome, too. Not all mushy like most of my friends' aunts. She showed me self defense stuff last week and we practiced on Uncle Steve and Danno. I learned to 'use my opponent's weight against him' and I flipped my dad over my shoulder! She takes me shopping, too, and last time we went, we picked out matching lip glosses. She even let me borrow her necklace to wear to the Daddy/Daughter dance this year! Danno says she's the best thing that ever happened to Uncle Steve and that he's really lucky to have her. I think they're lucky to have each other and I hope if they have a baby someday, it's a girl because I already have a brother and I want a little cousin to give all my old dolls and stuff to.

I always feel safe with them, too. Just like when I'm with Danno. I know they'd never let anything hurt me. Let's put it this way: in a fight, my very pretty Aunt can easily take out most people's dads. And Uncle Steve's pretty intimidating. He would be even if he wasn't a Navy SEAL and head of Five-0.

I'm really looking forward to laser tag tonight. I've wanted to go forever, but Danno kept saying I had to wait while he and my Mom thought about it. Then I realized that was 'cause it was a surprise from Uncle Steve for my birthday.

Behind me, the girls have cornered my uncle. Cindy got the nerve to talk first. "You're a SEAL, and Five-0? That's, like, so cool! Can we see your badge?"

"Uh, Sure." He un-clips it, looking embarrassed, and hands it over so they can get a better look.

"Ohhhh." They all giggle again. "So what did you do in the SEALS?" "Did you get lots of terrorists?"

"I … I can't really … talk about it … it's classified." Uncle Steve looks at Aunty Catherine but she's trying really hard not to laugh. She can't even look at Danno, I can tell. It's like in class when I can't look at Linda or we'll start laughing and never stop.

The girls are babbling a bunch more questions like: "how old are you... is that your girlfriend... how much money do you make... did you ever kill anybody... what kind of women are there on Five-0 ..." and oh my God, I feel my cheeks burning ... "are all the SEALS as cute as y..." When Barb shoots her sister a death look, she stutters, turns red and stops.

Uncle Steve's super uncomfortable now. Skipping over that last 'almost' question, he hits on the one he can pass over.

"Well, we all work together. In fact, Catherine's on the task force." He grabs her hand and pulls her forward, between him and the group of girls "Why don't you ask her about that?" He keeps his hands on her shoulders, which are shaking, and she's wiping her eyes. Danno is trying so hard not to laugh, his nose and eyes are all crinkled up.

"Are you his girlfriend?" One of the girls asks.

When my aunt answers "Wow, some people just say hello…" Danno laughs out loud.

Linda looks at Cindy "Okay just … just stop! Your sister told you Grace's family is Five-0. Stop acting like a dork and asking so many personal questions. That's just rude!"

"Oh, God, okay. Barb did tell me you were all cops once. I just don't usually listen to her much, is all. We didn't mean anything uh, nosy, it's just, that... like... we figured it would be cool to work with … especially if they were like uhhh" ... she stops herself and just stares. Kind of like when the teacher asks you a question and you're too scared to say you don't know the answer so you just look at her and hope to disappear. "Well, anyway, Beth had a real question. Ask them Beth, go ahead." Beth is a senior, a year older than the others, and sorta quiet.

"Honey, what did you want to know?" Aunty Catherine asks.

"Is it hard to be a woman on the police force?" Beth asks quietly.

Aunty Cath is being super nice. "If you're really interested, I'd be happy to tell you all about it, but you should talk to Officer Kalakaua, she's been on Five-0 from the start, a lot longer than I have, I was in the Navy, like Steve."

I look at my uncle, who looks really happy the attention is not on him.

Beth says, real soft, "Did you both go to the academy? I was thinking about the police academy after community college, but my mom keeps saying it's a bad idea for a girl, too dangerous and too much competition. We can't afford a four year college."

My aunt grabs Beth's hand now and pulls her aside. "Honey, neither of us went to the academy, since we were in the Navy, but Grace's dad and the other two members of the task force did." She nods at my dad. "We'd be happy to answer your questions, though. Stop by, you can even bring your mom."

"Wow. Thank you so much. I'd like that a lot!"

My aunt, who's smiling sweetly at the whole group of girls and looking back and forth between them and my uncle, waits for them to say something. When they don't, she hands Beth a card. "Here, have your mom call me and I'll arrange a visit for you to see how we work." She includes all the girls in her offer. Hey, if they're all going to visit my family at work, I'm gonna go too. Maybe I'll just happen to be hanging with Danno that day.

"Great!" Beth says, "Thanks so much, I'll call you Monday!"

Cindy and Tiffany jump in, "We'll come with her!" "Uh, you're in charge, right?" They look at my uncle again, "So, like, you'll be there, right?"

Okay, I think I have to stop this, but Danno comes to the rescue "Well, we'll see you girls soon, okay? We have to go now or we'll be late." Way to go, Danno!

The girls whisper goodbye and run off, looking over their shoulders and giggling. "Okay, let's go, move it out." As we start walking back to the cars, Danno slaps Uncle Steve on the back, "You have a fan club, Babe."

My aunt hugs Uncle Steve around the waist. "Yeah, there may broken hearts or crying if you're not there when they visit." She laughs.

"What!? No way, and I will not be there for any visit." Uncle Steve says while he puts his arm around her shoulder.

They stop walking when Danno says, "Really, Steve? God, you are oblivious!" Then he looks at Aunty Cath says "McGarret-itis" and the two of them burst out laughing. Must be an inside joke.

"Shut up, Danno!" Uncle Steve growls. He takes a fake swing at my dad without letting go of my aunt, and smiles at me. I smile back. "Laugh it up, you two. Just for that, I call Gracie's on my team." He holds his hand out to me and we fist-bump "Let's go eat, and we'll see who's crying after laser tag."

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