The Final Chapter for Justice. I know I wrapped up the Barrow's court case in the previous chapter, but I still hadn't found my suspect for Caitlin O'Donolon's assault. The team will wrap up the case at the end of this chapter.

Quite a bit of Catherine/ Kono friendship in this one, as well as plenty of Ohana time. Also a brief surprise visit from Doris.

McGarrett's Residence

Saturday 0700 hrs.

He felt Catherine slip from the bed as he slowly came awake, blinking the sleep out of his eyes as he watched her slip into the bathroom. Propping himself up on his elbow, he waited for her to come back from the bathroom. She returned a few minutes later, smiling when she saw he was awake. He pulled the covers back as she slid back into bed beside him.

"Happy three-week anniversary." Steve said as he placed his hand on her hip.

Catherine grinned at his words. "Happy three-week anniversary to you too. I thought you'd have gone for your swim" Catherine commented as she slipped her arm around his waist as she snuggled up to him.

"Not today." He said as he slid his hand across her stomach, smiling as he felt the baby move beneath his palm. "Someone else is awake."

"Really?" She asked saucily as she began to trail her fingers across his hip.

He grinned at her as he caught her hand, bringing it to his mouth so he could place a kiss against her knuckles as he entwined his fingers with hers. "Behave yourself, I was talking about our son."

"Are you sure we weren't talking about little Steve?" Catherine teased, laughing as Steve rolled her under him and kissed her quickly.

"Nothing little there." He growled playfully as he rocked his hips against hers. "And we are not naming body parts, Mrs McGarrett."

Slipping her hands around his neck she drew him down till she could kiss him. "I love it when you call me that." She murmured against his lips.

He smiled at her whispered confession, "Dually noted." He said as he kissed her tenderly.

"Seeing as you're not going to swim this morning; did you have something else in mind?" She asked playfully as she trailed her fingers down his back as she rubbed her foot along the back of his calf.

"We both have the day off; we could have breakfast on the beach" He suggested as he trailed kisses down her neck.

"Where's your cell?" Catherine asked him, moaning at the sensation from his touch.

"In the charger. Why?" He asked in confusion as he nipped at her pulse point.

"Just checking I wasn't lying on it." She panted as he moved lower kissing his way down her throat. His hands slid across her breasts and his thumbs flicked over her nipples, pinching them. "Ow god." She panted.

He grinned against her skin as he heard her throaty response as he slowly kissed, licked and nipped his way down her body. He brushed his lips across her stomach as the baby moved once again. "Good morning son." He whispered against Catherine's stomach.

Catherine slid her hand to the back of Steve's head as she felt him kiss her stomach; slipping her fingers through his hair to hold him against her body. She smiled as she heard his whispered words, marvelling at the tenderness. She groaned in frustration when she heard both of their cell phones emitting a loud blaring alarm.

"I'm going to kill Jerry." Steve complained as he rolled away from Catherine and grabbed his phone from the charger as Catherine rolled to her own side of the bed to grab hers.

Iolani Palace

0800 hrs.

Pulling the door open to allow Catherine to enter before him, they both strolled into the bullpen finding Lou, Chin and Kono already stood by the smart table with Jerry. Danny had yet to make it into the office, and Steve suspected that was more to do with the fact he would have to get Grace and Charlie ready, and Steve knew Grace was not an early riser at the weekend.

"This better be good, Jerry." Steve complained as he reached the table, still frustrated with having his morning with Catherine interrupted.

"I was thinking about the reason why we couldn't find out when James Nugent arrived on the Island. So I went through all the information that we have on him. I've discovered why we couldn't find him on any flight manifests. He flew in on a private jet." Jerry informed Steve not picking up on the tension coming from him.

"So you've found him?" Lou asked from the other side of the table.

"No." Jerry said as he looked over at Lou.

"So why did you call us in?" Chin asked in confusion. He'd picked up on Steve's mood as soon as he'd walked in, and wondered what had caused it. Hopefully it wasn't something to do with Catherine.

"I started to go over the fact you were on the school football team together." He said in Steve's direction. "Which would mean you were similar in age. When I had a look at when he graduated it showed up that it's your high school reunion this weekend."

Steve frowned as he informed him. "It's not mine, Jerry. I never graduated from high school."

"You didn't." Jerry exclaimed in surprise, looking around at the other members of the team. Out of the five people in the room only Lou looked surprised by the statement.

Lou raised an eye brow as he glanced towards Steve who had turned to look at Catherine who was returning her husband's smile. "You've done pretty well for yourself." Lou commented.

"I went to a military school when I was sixteen, and from there to Annapolis." He told Lou before turning towards Jerry. "So no I didn't finish high school." Steve informed him.

"Oh. Well anyway, it's the high school reunion this weekend. I did a little digging with the school and Nugent did R.S.V.P to say he would be attending the event. Jennifer Taylor was good enough to take my call this morning, and she sent over the full itinerary for the activities planned. They have the main get together in the school gym planned for this evening." Jerry explained. "There's a picnic planned for tomorrow."

"Good work, Jerry." Steve praised, his temper diminishing at the prospect of catching their suspect in the Caitlin O'Donolon assault. He turned towards the other members of the team as he explained his plan. "We'll set up surveillance on the building this evening and watch for him, as soon as he shows his face we'll pick him up. What time is it set to happen this evening?"

"Arrival is from Six p.m." Jerry told him, adding. "Jennifer Taylor said she remembered you from high school maybe you could get inside to wait for him." Jerry speculated.

"The only Taylor I remember being in my year was Andrew Taylor." Steve told them as he mulled the woman's name over in his head.

Chin tapped a few commands into the smart table and an image of Jennifer Taylor popped up on the screen in front of them. "What about a Jennifer Feldman?" Chin asked.

"Jenny!" Steve exclaimed finally recognising the name.

"Ah, seems your Halloween antics were memorable." Catherine teased as she recognised the woman's name. Steve grinned at her, but didn't say anything more about her in front of the team.

"Chin, see if Jenny will allow a couple of us inside the building to wait for Nugent. I'm going to call Danny and update him on what we know." Steve said as he headed towards his office door.

Chin waited till Steve had entered his office before he spoke to Catherine. "Is everything alright? I couldn't help but notice Steve was a little annoyed when he arrived."

"It's fine." Catherine reassured him with a smile. "Jerry's message interrupted us having a lie in."

Kono chuckled as she realised exactly what type of a lie in they had been having for the boss to be in such a snit with Jerry. "I'm guessing you're lie in didn't involve sleeping." Kono teased as she bumped shoulders with Catherine.

"That would be telling." Catherine said with a grin.

"I'm so sorry." Jerry stuttered out an apology as he blushed bright red in realisation of what he'd interrupted. "Maybe I should go and apologise to Steve." He made a move towards his office.

"Oh no, Jerry. That's definitely not a good idea." Catherine told him, stalling Jerry before he could make matters worse with Steve.

Waimanalo Beach.

1100 hrs

The small procession of vehicles pulled into the parking lot, parking in adjacent bays before pulling of shorts and t-shirts. The six team members had all changed into bathing suits back at the Palace before making the thirty-minute drive out to Waimanalo Beach. The group gathered their surf boards before heading onto the sand.

Lou was carrying a cooler, with two camp chairs flung over his shoulder as he followed Renee on to the sand where she was busy setting up a small picnic area to sit and watch the ceremony taking place. Renee and he wouldn't be joining the other team members for the paddle out. Lou had never been on a surf board in his life, and he didn't intend to start now; he was more than happy to just watch his kids paddle out with the team.

Lou had told Danny that Renee and he would watch Charlie for him, and the Jersey man had been extremely grateful for the offer. He was looking forward to building sandcastles with the young boy, it had been years since his own kids had wanted to play on the beach.

"Why can't I go with you and Grace?" Charlie asked his father as dug his toes into the sand.

"You can't swim yet tiger. We'll have to get you signed up for some swimming lessons." Danny told the boy, affectionately ruffling his hair.

"How about if Uncle Steve teaches you to swim, buddy?" Steve suggested as he came to a stop beside Charlie and his partner. He stuck his board into the sand before he dropped down on one knee so he was level with the little boy.

"Yes please." The boy cried excitedly. "Did you here that Danno, Uncle Steve's going to teach me how to swim."

"Yes I did. Are you sure?" Danny asked his partner.

"Yes I am." Steve said, already looking forward to teaching the young boy how to swim.

"Mahalo." Danny thanked him simply as Steve got to his feet and moved off to join Kawika.

Kawika walked over to Steve who passed over the urn containing David Tashimato's ashes. Grasping Kawika's arm, he touched his forehead against the other mans before drawing back. The group of mourners watched as Kawika made his way towards the outrigger canoe handing the urn to the officiant who would be performing the ceremony.

Gathering their surf boards they all headed into the water to paddle out towards the canoe. Steve made sure that Grace, Samantha and Will had an adult either side of them to help them if they got into trouble in the water. Out of the three teenagers, Grace was the most confident one. Kono and Catherine quite often took the teenager surfing with them.

They reached the spot and the small group moved into position circling the outrigger and holding hands as the officiant began to say a small prayer in Hawaiian before he scattered David's ashes into the calm waters of the Pacific Ocean. The group removed their Leis and tossed them into the circle they had created with their surf boards.

Steve sat looking out to sea, deep in thought as he remembered meeting David for the first time two years ago. A smile came to his face as he remembered David telling him the story of his grandfather and namesake. Steve knew he thrived on hearing these stories, he loved the thought that these brave men who had fought to defend his home would remember his grandfather even after all this time.

Catherine glanced to her left to watch Steve as he stared out to sea. She knew he would be thinking about his grandfather just as much as he was about David. Her own thoughts turned to the many conversations she'd had with David while she was in Afghanistan. Catherine had only managed to see David twice since her return; he'd been ill just before their wedding so hadn't felt strong enough to attend the ceremony and reception. They had been planning on going to see him today. She gave his hand a squeeze and he turned to look at her, smiling at her in reassurance.

Windward Mall

1230 hrs

Catherine was just locking the truck as Kono pulled into the parking spot beside the Silverado. Grace and Samantha who had both ridden to the Mall with Catherine, patiently waited for Kono to lock her car so they could all head into the Mall together.

"How about we hit the food court before we do anything else?" Catherine suggested to everyone.

"Don't tell me your hungry again!" Kono exclaimed with a grin. "You made Steve go out to get you breakfast this morning before we left HQ."

"Hey, eating for two here." Catherine defended indicating the baby bump with a pat. "I'm blaming my appetite on Steve, this is clearly all his fault."

Kono leant over to whisper in her ear so the two teenagers wouldn't hear what was being said. "Takes two to do the tango, that's what birth controls for." Kono grinned at Catherine's snort.

"Let's not go there, Steve's ego is already big enough on that point." Catherine commented dryly.

Kono looked at Catherine ready to tease her friend again when she finally processed what Catherine had confided in her. "Seriously?"

"Yeah." Catherine nodded her head in confirmation.

"You know that explains why he looked so pleased with himself. Danny would probably say it was the super SEAL genes." Kono teased as she chuckled at Catherine.

Catherine laughed at that. "Let's leave Steve's swimming abilities out of this, he's just an over achiever." She said but didn't add anything else as Grace and Samantha turned back to see what was amusing their Aunts. "Ok, what's everyone in the mood for?"

Iolani Palace

1230 hrs.

Steve pushed the door open as he made his way down the corridor that led to the bullpen. He had ridden over to the Palace with Lou after the paddle out, so that Danny could take Charlie straight to the zoo. Steve had insisted that Danny still take his son out on the promised trip. Catherine had taken his truck to the Mall at his suggestion, her car was too small to fit the two teenager's in.

Chin had already arrived at the office and was currently on speaker phone with a woman.

"My late husband worked at a women's shelter, I was always horrified by some of the stories he told me. I'm more than happy to help five-0 with this matter." The woman told Chin.

"Mahalo. We appreciate your co-operation Mrs Taylor." Chin said.

"You're very welcome Detective Kelly. I look forward to meeting your team later this afternoon." She replied warmly.

Chin disconnected the call as he turned towards Steve and Lou. "We have full access to the reunion, as you probably heard."

"How we playing this, because it's pretty obvious I'm not the right age to be at this reunion." Lou pointed out.

"I still want surveillance outside the school, Lou that will be you, Kono and Catherine. Chin, you and Danny can go in as part of the organising comity and I'll go in for the reunion its self." Steve outlined just before Chin spoke.

"You know I've been thinking about this. You need to be as inconspicuous as possible, and the best person to do that with you…." Was all Chin got out before Steve stopped him.

"No." Steve said instantly knowing what Chin was going to say.

"You know it makes sense. No one in that room is going to question you having your wife with you." Chin pointed out.

"Catherine is not going in the field." Steve declared, not willing to put Catherine in a dangerous position because of the baby.

"You know the man has a point." Lou agreed as he sided with Chin.

"I'm not suggesting that Catherine goes into a shootout with armed gun men, or even tries to apprehend Nugent. I just believe she'll be your best cover during this type of stakeout." Chin argued. He could see Steve processing the facts and knew when he'd won the argument as Steve sighed heavily and shook his head.

"Fine. It's up to Catherine though, I won't order her to do this. If she's not in agreement, we stick to the original plan." Steve told them both as he fished his phone from his pocket and hit speed dial to connect him with Catherine.

"Hey Sailor." Came Catherine's voice over the line.

"Hey Cath, I need a favour." He started.

"Of course you do." She teased.

"You can say no. I'll be needing a date for the reunion, and as it's been pointed out to me; I'd be less conspicuous with my wife." He explained to her.

"Okay," She said slowly as she thought his request through. "I guess I need to find a dress for tonight."

"Are you sure?" Steve asked her, wanting to make sure she knew it wasn't an order.

"Yes I'm sure. I'll have a complete new outfit by the time I return home." She told him, emphasizing the word complete.

Steve moved towards his office as he picked up on her wording. Closing the door behind him he asked. "Part of this complete outfit your planning; wouldn't happen to be coming in a little pink stripe bag now would it?"

"It might be." She said coyly.

"You always look good in blue lace." He told her seductively feeling his body react to the image in his mind.

"I'll take that under advisement." She replied, sounding a little breathless.

"Good. I'll see you in a couple of hours for my private fashion show." He told her, his voice husky.

"I'll be looking forward to it." She told him as she disconnected the call.

Pocketing his phone, he willed his body back under control before he left his office and returned to the bullpen, where Lou and Chin were still stood by the table. They both looked up as he approached them.

"You need to persuade Catherine to do this?" Lou asked him, assuming that was why Steve had taken the call in his office with a closed door.

"No, she agreed straight away." Steve informed him but didn't bother to add anything else.

Windward Mall.

1500 hrs.

"I'm all shopped out." Catherine stated as they exited the Mall and headed towards the parking garage.

"I'm not surprised with all these bags." Kono indicated the bags Catherine was carrying as well as several bags she had taken from her. "I know you said you needed new clothes, but did you need to buy the shop." Teased Kono.

"Mom had to buy lots more clothes when she was having Charlie. She got really big and none of her clothes would fit." Grace stated in an attempt to defend her Aunt. "That blue dress is so pretty; Uncle Steve will like that."

"I think Uncle Steve will enjoy the whole outfit." Kono pointed out as she jiggled the Victoria secret bag that she held in her hand.

Catherine grinned at Kono but didn't say anything. The dress might be for a case, but she was going to enjoy what happened once they got home.

"Aunt Catherine, Aunt Kono?" Samantha asked a little uncertainly.

"What is it sweetie?" Catherine asked her.

"I've really enjoyed myself today, and I was wondering if we could maybe do this again sometime." She suggested hopefully. Her dad wouldn't allow her to go to the Mall with just her friends, but this had been kind of cool. Her two aunts were fun to be around, and they didn't treat her like a little kid.

"We are definitely doing this again." Kono reassured. "Probably not for another few weeks, given it will take my arms that long to recover." She joked as they reached their vehicles and placed all the bags in the back of the truck.

"Thanks Kono." Catherine said. "I'll see you in a couple of hours."

"Anytime Sistah," Kono said as she opened her car door.

After saying their goodbye's to Kono in the carpark, Catherine got the girls settled in the back of the truck and was closing the door when she sensed someone behind her. Instantly spinning around and bringing her hands up to defend herself, she froze as she came face to face with Doris McGarrett.

"Hello Catherine." She greeted her Daughter-in-law.

Catherine lowered her hands, no longer fearing an attack. "Doris." Catherine acknowledged.

"How are you?" Doris asked in a sincere tone.

"I'm fine." Catherine said a little abruptly.

"I won't beat around the bush, Catherine. I'd like the chance to see my grandchild." Doris told her, smiling a little nervously.

"Steve's already made his decision, Joe will have told you that." Catherine pointed out as she placed her hand on her stomach in a protective gesture.

"Please talk to him, Catherine. He'll listen to reason from you." Doris urged.

"No. I've already told Steve I'd support whatever decision he made." Catherine explained firmly.

"Please, Catherine. This is my first grandchild, give me a chance to get to know him." Doris was not above pleading to get what she wanted. "Steve owes me at least that much."

Catherine shook her head in disbelief. "I won't allow you to come between us again Doris. You've nearly cost me my relationship with Steve once before, I won't let you ruin our marriage." Catherine turned away from the other woman intent on climbing into the truck. A hand on her shoulder stopped her.

"I'm not going anywhere; you tell my son that." Doris stated firmly as she stepped back to allow Catherine to leave.

Catherine climbed into the truck and sat staring out of the windscreen as Doris walked across the parking lot towards her own vehicle. The confrontation had rattled her slightly, and Doris's parting shot was going to create a lot of anger and upset with Steve. Sighing heavily, she stuck the keys in the ignition and started the engine before putting the truck into gear and reversing out of the parking spot to make the half hour drive back to the Palace to drop Samantha and Grace with Lou.

"Aunt Catherine, are you alright? Who is she?" Samantha asked innocently, never having met the woman before.

"That was Uncle Steve's mom." Grace announced before Catherine had chance to tell the girl.

"I'm fine Samantha. Uncle Steve and his mom don't get along very well, so it's probably best if you don't tell him we bumped into her when we get back." Catherine suggested. She didn't want him distracted with thoughts of Doris while he was in the middle of a case, a distraction like that could cause someone to get hurt. Catherine watched the two girls in the rear view mirror as they both nodded their heads in agreement.

McGarrett's Residence

1600 hrs.

Steve parked the truck in front of the garage, turning off the engine as Catherine unclipped the seat belt and moved to open the door. He reached out, placing his hand on her arm to stall her. "Is there anything you need to tell me?" He asked quietly, a hint of sarcasm entering his voice.

Catherine turned back to him, finally realising why he had been quiet and broody on the drive home. "Did Grace tell you?" She asked.

"I overheard her telling Danny. I'm just wondering why I had to hear it from a teenager and not from my wife." He ground out angrily, he swallowed before asking. "Where you planning on telling me?"

"Do you even trust me?" Catherine asked as she shook his hand from her arm and climbed out of the cab. She moved to the back of the truck, grabbing the shopping bags before heading inside the house.

Steve sat and watched as she unlocked the door and moved inside. He leaned his head back against the headrest and breathed in deeply. Realising he owed Catherine an apology for the way he'd spoken to her, he left the truck and headed into the house to face her. Making his way upstairs to their bedroom.

Catherine heard him enter the room, but chose to ignore him as she emptied the bags and began sifting through everything. The Victoria secret bag taunted her from the centre of the bed and she grabbed it, flinging it in the bottom of her closet. She was mad at him right now.

"I'm sorry." He said as he moved to stand behind her, placing his hands on her shoulders in an attempt to turn her round. "I do trust you, Catherine."

Catherine swiped at the tears that leaked from the corner of her eyes, as she sniffed. God she hated these hormones that came with being pregnant, she could cry at the drop of the hat. She allowed him to turn her into his embrace as he wrapped his arms around her. "I wasn't keeping it from you." She whispered into his shoulder.

"I know. I'm just really mad at Doris right now, but I shouldn't have taken it out on you." He apologised again.

"I didn't want to distract you from the case, Steve. We really need to shelve this conversation till we have Nugent in custody." Catherine pointed out to him, as she pushed out of his embrace.

"No, I think we need to discuss it right now. It's only going to play on my mind if I don't deal with it. What did she have to say?" He asked turning Catherine till they could sit on the edge of the bed together.

"Pretty much what Joe told us. Doris wants to see and get to know her grandson. I've told her that wasn't going to happen, that I was supporting your decision. She said to tell you; you owed her that much and that she wasn't going anywhere." Catherine reached over to grasp his hand as she felt him go rigid beside her.

"She's using the information about Colombia as collateral." Steve said in resignation. "I think I knew that she'd want a favour in return, I just never imagined it would be something like this."

Catherine nudged his shoulder with her own as she spoke. "You mean to say that in making a deal with the wicked witch you didn't realise she'd want your first born son."

Steve chuckled at the analogy that Catherine had painted of his mother. "She's not seeing him, Catherine." He stated firmly as he turned to look her in the eye.

"Of course not, but I do think you need to see her." Catherine suggested, placing her finger against his lips to still the words which he was about to speak. "She needs to hear the words from you, and not just me. I don't want her trying to come between us."

"You're right." He agreed letting out a deep breath. "She needs to know were together on this decision."

Catherine pushed herself up from the bed and turned towards him. She brushed a light kiss across his forehead. "I'm going to shower, and get ready." She told him as she moved towards the bathroom.

"Cath?" He called, waiting till she turned to look over her shoulder at him. "You promised me a fashion show." He pointed out with a smirk.

"So I did. You're presents in the bottom of my closet." She tossed over her shoulder as she slipped into the bathroom and closed the door.

Catherine slipped into her dress carefully, as Steve came out of the bathroom with just a towel wrapped around his hips. He caught sight of her in the dress, coming to a stop behind her as he checked her out. "Don't even think it, Sailor." Catherine told him, gazing at him through the mirrors reflection.

Steve smirked at her; moving closer till he could slip his arms around her waist, resting his hands on her stomach. He dropped his chin down to rest on her shoulder, looking at her reflection. The blue dress was quite modest from the front, just hinting at a touch of cleavage, the Diamante straps adding a touch of glamour to the dress. The skirt fell to her knees in floaty pleat's, while the back of the dress was completely backless except for the lace that covered the top half of the bodice.

Catherine had pinned her hair up in a loose chignon, securing it with a pretty blue jewelled comb that he remembered she'd bought when he'd met up with her in Mumbai during one of her shore leaves. She'd applied a light covering of makeup, the bronze eye shadow and dark mascara emphasizing her eyes.

"You look stunning Catherine." He whispered in her ear, placing a kiss on the blue star tattoo on the back of her neck. "I can't wait to peel you out of this dress later." He told her, huskily.

Catherine grinned at his words, grabbing his hand to quickly pull it across her stomach as their son moved beneath their clasped hands.

Steve smiled as he felt the butterfly movement beneath his palm. He kept his hand on her stomach till the baby stopped moving, then dropping a kiss on her shoulder he released her and made his way across to where he'd laid his suit out before showering. He dressed in record time, Cath helping him with his tie as he fastened the buttons on his shirt. He picked his cufflinks up of the dresser, placing them in her open palm as she slipped each of the small compass cufflinks threw the holes in the cuff's.

She smiled at him as she saw which cufflinks he'd chosen to wear this evening. She had found them in a small gift shop during a shore leave in the Bahamas just after he'd passed out of his BUD's class in 2003. They were only a cheap souvenir, but she noticed that he often wore them when he had a dress shirt on. "I can't believe you still have these."

"There my favourite ones." He told her sincerely, remembering the nervous look on her face the day she'd given them to him.

He frowned at Catherine as she handed him the little black box. He pulled the lid of and moved the wad of cotton out of the way to find a pair of cufflinks in the bottom of the box. Picking one of them up he grinned as he looked at the design. They had a small compass on them with a little anchor for true North.

"I know there a little corny, but I just thought they summed you up. The anchor your true North, and the compass to find your way on your chosen path." Catherine told him a little nervously.

"There perfect, Catherine. Thank you." He said as he kissed her gently on the lips before pulling her into a hug.

"You were wrong about what you said. Your my true North, and the compass was to help me find my way home to you after each mission." He told her with a loving smile.

"Oh Steve," She sighed, smiling broadly at him as she blinked back a few tears that threatened to fall at his sweet words. She went up on tip toes to give him a quick kiss, before pulling away to slip into a pair of low sandal's as she picked up her purse and headed for the bedroom door to go down stairs.

"Catherine," He called before she left the bedroom.

She turned looking over her shoulder at him; he looked nervous and a little unsure of himself. She didn't say anything, just waited for him to tell her what was wrong. She watched as he opened the drawer of his nightstand and pulled out a small wooden box, with beautiful intricate patterns on it. He walked over to her, holding it out for her to take. She took it from him, looking into his eyes for an answer.

"Open it." He urged her quietly. He watched as she opened the box, hearing her gasp as she viewed the antique necklace nestled inside it.

Catherine looked up from the necklace, a smile on her face as she pulled him in for a deep kiss, pulling back and whispering against his lips. "It's beautiful," She whispered, just before she remembered seeing the necklace before. "This was your Aunt Deb's."

"A couple of weeks ago, I went and collected it from the bank. Aunt Deb gave it to me just before she died, she wanted you to have it. My Grandad gave it to my Gran after he found out she was having my dad." Steve told her. He smiled as he took the necklace out of the box, and placed it around her neck. "The Diamond was for my Grandparents anniversary in April, the Sapphire beneath that was for Aunt Deb's birthday in September and the Aquamarine was for my Dad's in March."

"Steve, are you sure you want me to have this." She said. Once he'd started explaining the history, she'd realised how precious the necklace was. It was a very simple and dainty drop pendant with three stones placed one on top of the other. It was set in white gold the pretty scrolled filigree adding to the elegance of the piece. Catherine couldn't help but wonder what Mary would think about Steve giving it to her.

"I want you to have it, and more importantly Aunt Deb wanted you to have it, Catherine. If you're wondering about what Mary will think, don't. She knew Aunt Deb had given me the necklace for you. I was going to give it to you before we got married, but I didn't get chance." He said smiling at her, he pulled her towards him and kissed her tenderly.

"I love it," She whispered against his lips. "And I love you."

"We better go or Nugent will be there before we arrive." Steve pointed out with a splash of reality for what tonight was about.

Danny's Camaro

1715 hrs

Steve could feel Danny's gaze on him as he drove the Camaro towards the high school. "Just spit it out, Danny." He told him, wanting to get the conversation over with as quickly as possible.

"Grace told me something." Danny started cautiously, wondering if Catherine had told him already.

"Yes, Catherine has told me." Steve glanced towards his partner. "So ask away."

"Are you okay?" Danny asked him. When Steve didn't answer him Danny looked at him, watching the play of emotions running across his partners face. "How long have you known she was back?"

Steve sighed. "Nearly a week. And no I didn't think you needed to know."

"Nearly a week!" Danny repeated, before a thought came to him. "That phone call."

"Yeah." Steve agreed.

"I can't believe you didn't tell me; why didn't you tell me? I asked you if it was Doris." Danny spouted as his hands began moving round the car in time to his ranting.

Steve didn't bother to reply, knowing his partner hadn't finished his tirade just yet.

"That woman has some nerve, she disappears from your life for over two and half years and then suddenly thinks it's okay to drop in again. So what, she just thought she'd drop in to say hello!" Danny questioned.

"Something like that." Steve said quietly.

"Why is it that you can't have a conversation where you actually talk." Danny stated in annoyance at his partner.

"Joe told her about the baby." Steve explained as he glanced at Danny. "That's what she wants."

"What are you going to do?" He asked worriedly.

Steve shook his head as he answered. "Keep telling her it's not going to happen till she eventually gets it." He said quietly.

"You know she won't go away that easily, buddy." Danny pointed out to him.

"I know, but if Catherine and I allow her to see him;" He shook his head in frustration and anger towards his Mother, growling out. "I don't want to give her the ability to hurt our son."

"I'm here for you both; you know that, right?" Danny asked.

"Yeah we know. Thanks, Danno." Steve said with a smile at his friend.

"So," Danny began. "Grace said Catherine bought lots of nice things."

"Have you suddenly turned into a teenage girl?" Steve questioned as he stared at his partner in amusement.

"Your avoiding the question." Danny stated.

"No, just choosing to ignore Danielle asking what my wife bought at the Mall." Steve said with a grin on his face.

"So, the pink striped bag." Danny teased with a grin of his own.

"I'm not discussing my wife's under ware, Danno." Steve retorted, ignoring the laughter from the passenger seat.

Kulikai High School

1730 hrs.

"Everyone clear on what they're doing?" Steve asked the assembled group, as he looked at each of them. They all nodded their heads in agreement. "Alright, let's do it." He said.

Leaving Jerry in the surveillance van with Kono and Lou, the other members of the team moved towards the High school gymnasium where Jenny Taylor had arranged to meet them. They spotted her as soon as they entered the room. The attractive blonde crossed to meet them as soon as she spotted the group walking towards her.

"It's good to see you again, Steve." She said with a warm smile as she greeted him.

"You too, Jenny." He returned her smile as he introduced the rest of his team. "This is part of my team; Lieutenant Catherine Rollins, Detective Danny Williams and Detective Kelly."

"Pleased to meet you." Jenny said in a sincere tone as she indicated the room. "Go anywhere and do whatever you need to do."

"Mahalo." Chin thanked her, as he moved off to set up some surveillance equipment.

"Mrs Taylor, would you mind pointing me in the direction of the ladies' restroom." Catherine asked her.

"I'll show you where it is, Lieutenant." Jenny told her as she walked Catherine out of the room. "And please, call me Jenny."

"Only if you call me Catherine." She insisted as they left Steve and Danny stood in the gymnasium together.

"So… Jenny is…" Danny broke of as he caught Steve's look.

"Yes she was my girlfriend, and yes Catherine is aware of who she is." Steve told him before Danny could even ask the question.

"You think it's safe for the two of them to be in the same room together?" Danny asked in amusement.

"I'm sure it will be fine. I haven't seen Jenny since ninth grade." He pointed out with a grin.

Danny snorted at that. "You must have made quite the impression for her to still remember you."

"Go and get set up on the door." Steve declared as he watched Catherine re-enter the room with Jenny.

Surveillance Van.

1820 hrs.

"Samantha hasn't stopped talking about your Mall trip since Catherine dropped her back at the Palace." Lou mentioned to Kono as he sat back in the chair watching the monitors for any sighting of James Nugent.

"We had fun." Kono insisted as she glanced over at Lou. "We've told her we'll do it again in another few weeks. My arms will need that long to recover from carrying Catherine's bags." She told him wryly.

Lou chuckled before thanking her. "Renee and I appreciate you taking her. I don't like the idea of her going to the Mall with her friends, especially not after all that trouble with Ian Wright." Lou told her as he confided. "I know we have to give her space to grow, but it's not always easy when you do the job that we do."

"Yeah, I guess this job makes you second guess everyone's motives. I know I did a lot of that with Adam. As much as I trusted that he had cut all ties with the Yakuza, a part of me was always looking for the evidence to prove that he hadn't." Kono admitted.

"Adam's a good man." Lou pointed out to her.

"Yeah he is." Kono smiled at Lou in appreciation of his words before looking down at the monitor again. "I've got him." Kono exclaimed excitedly.

Lou slid his chair across the floor of the van to get a better look. Watching the monitor that Kono was studying they saw Nugent getting out of a black SUV with a blonde haired woman. Nugent was busy straightening his tie and fastening his suit jacket as he made the short walk towards the doors of the school gymnasium with the woman by his side.

"Lou tapped the com link to connect him to the rest of the team stationed inside the building. "Nugent is heading your way; he has a companion with him. Heads up Steve you know the Lady."

"Copy that." Steve replied in a confused voice.

School Gymnasium

1820 hrs.

Catherine was busy scanning the room as Steve made small talk with some of his former class mates. She had seen Steve glance around the room on several occasions, checking the perimeter himself. A glance to the door confirmed Danny was still helping one of the organiser's meet and greet the arriving guests. Deciding that a sweep of the room and the outer hallway was in order she excused herself with Steve.

"I'll be back in a minute." She told him nodding towards the hallway exit.

"Okay." He smiled at her, watching as she moved towards the doors.

"Brah, you've got it bad." Roger Staretti told him as he watched the dark haired woman leave the room.

"Shut up, Ringo." Another man said as Steve smirked at them just as Lou's voice came through his com link.

"Nugent is heading your way; he has a companion with him. Heads up Steve you know the Lady." Lou told him.

Steve excused himself and moved away from the two men, as he tapped his com link. He frowned in confusion wondering who the woman could be. "Copy that." He said as he moved towards the doors to intercept Nugent as he entered. He could see Danny getting himself in position.

Catherine heard Lou's message, and began moving in the direction of the gymnasium to offer Steve and Danny back up if they needed it. Catherine spotted Nugent entering the Gymnasium with a blonde haired woman, and held back so she wouldn't get in the way; she was only there for Steve's cover.

"Five-0." Steve declared as he pulled his small back up gun from the small of his back. "James Nugent on your knees with your hands behind your head." Steve ignored the woman beside Nugent, no way was he about to acknowledge her in front of Cath.

James pushed his date towards the two cops to throw them of him as he turned and ran from the room. He grabbed a woman stood near the door, wrapping his arm around her neck and dragged her backwards with him.

Danny steadied the woman who had just landed in his arms as Steve tapped his com link, informing the team. "Watch your fire, he has Cath" He announced worriedly as he watched Nugent pulling Catherine towards the exit. He could see Chin just outside the Gymnasium with his gun aimed at Nugent, but unable to get a clear shot without hitting Catherine.

"Let her go, James." Steve ordered the other man.

"And lose my bargaining chip. I don't think so." James shouted back as he gripped more firmly at the woman in his arms.

"This is only going to end one way if you don't release her." Steve pointed out as he continued to move slowly forward in time with Nugent's move's.

Catherine looked at Steve, as she wiggled in Nugent's grip attempting to find a weakness in his hold. Finding none she pulled down on his arm to give herself a little room to move. Pulling her head forward slightly before throwing it back into Nugent's face. He instantly relaxed his grip as he grabbed for his bloody nose, and Catherine took the opportunity to elbow him in the ribs before spinning round to face her attacker. He went to throw a punch to her face, and she quickly sidestepped grabbing his arm and twisting till she heard the snap as Nugent screamed in pain.

Steve waited for Catherine to free herself before he launched himself at Nugent, grabbing his injured arm and Forcing him to his knees as he pushed him against the wall and placed a knee in his back. He heard Nugent's pained cry as he complained about how much pain he was in.

"Ow, my arm… the Bitch broke my arm… Stop, please... please." James begged as the pain from his arm became unbearable.

"You're lucky all Lieutenant Rollins did was break your nose and arm, because I'd like nothing more than to shoot you. You didn't stop when Caitlin O'Donolon pleaded with you, so why should we. You beat the crap out of her and left her for dead, maybe I should do the same to you." Steve growled in Nugent's ear before looking up to find his partner stood near bye. "Book em Danno." He told him.

"My pleasure." Danny said as he pulled Nugent to his feet and secured his hands with a zip tie that Catherine had taken from her purse. Danny read him his rights before handing him of too Lou who had joined them in the Gymnasium. "He'll need a trip to the ER to get his arm set." Danny told him.

Lou raised an eyebrow at Danny, thinking that McGarrett must have broken it.

Danny shook his head as he explained. "No, it was Catherine. The idiot tried to hit her."

Lou chuckled as he roughly pulled Nugent along beside him as they exited the building heading towards his SUV where Kono was stood with the door open, waiting for them. "Boy are you dumb." He commented.

It was only once Nugent was safely in their custody that Steve finally turned to look at Catherine who was flexing the fingers of her right hand. "You okay?" He asked her in concern.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She assured him with a smile.

"You know I think we need to have a discussion about not engaging the target." Steve mentioned as he flung his arm around her shoulders and steered her towards the exit.

"Hey, I was holding back to keep out of your way." She told him. "I assumed you would have everything under control."

"Minor technicality." Steve explained with a smirk.

"The perps never do as their told." Danny added with a grin of his own as he joined the couple.

Sensing movement behind them, Catherine turned to see Jenny Taylor approaching them with the woman Nugent had entered with. The woman was giving her a very strange look, as she kept glancing towards Steve. It took a moment to piece together the pieces and come up with the answer.

"Steve, Ex-girlfriends on your six." She hissed out causing him to frown at her.

"Oh." He said looking at her nervously before turning to face Jenny and Lyn.

"Awkward." Danny whispered in a sing song voice, ignoring the look Steve sent his way.

"So she's…" Catherine broke of the words as she looked at Danny who was shrugging his shoulders at her.

"Not sure, he never introduced us." Danny told her with a knowing grin.

Catherine sighed in relief at what Danny had fully confided in those few words. The other woman had never been important to Steve, because otherwise he would have introduced her to the team. Catherine had been at sea when he had first moved back to the Island, but she'd met Mary the first time she'd stopped at his house, and Danny and the team during her next leave.

Catherine had been a permanent fixture during many a team night, with either Steve's SEAL or Five-0 team's. She smiled as she realised the implications of something she'd given little thought to over the years.

Steve was thanking Jenny for her help once again. He could see Lyn glaring at him with dark eyes as Catherine moved to stand by his side.

"I was more than happy to offer my help." Jenny pushed aside his thanks once again.

Lyn had been surprised when she had first seen Steve as she had entered the room with James. She'd been shocked when he had announced himself and his intention to arrest her date, just before James had grabbed hold of her and shoved her towards Steve and his partner. His partner had steadied her helping her to feet as she'd heard Steve announce to his team that James had taken a hostage.

She'd seen how the woman had fought James of, and heard the snap as she'd broken his arm. Steve had been on James as soon as the woman had freed herself, his concern for her obvious. Lyn had been left wondering who she was, because from his description of his team it definitely wasn't Kono. She watched as the woman approached them, coming to stand beside Steve as she introduced herself. The name was a punch in the gut as Lyn finally met the other woman.

"Catherine McGarrett." She told the other woman with a sweet smile as she received a glare in response as the other woman ignored her.

Jenny turned to address Catherine. "Catherine it was lovely to meet you."

"You too, Jenny. And thank you for those little tales." Catherine added with a grin in Steve's direction.

"What did you tell her?" Steve demanded as he looked at Jenny who was shaking her head in amusement at the look of horror on his face.

"I want all the details!" Danny insisted from his place beside Steve.

"Just remember all those stories your dad's told me. I do believe I even have the photo from hero day." Steve pointed out to Catherine.

"I'm proud of that photo." Catherine declared firmly before turning to Danny. "We had to dress as our favourite hero at preschool, the other kids were going as Super heroes and princesses. I chose to go as my dad."

Danny smiled as a thought came to him of exactly how she'd dressed. "You wore a set of Cammie's." He declared.

"Of course." She agreed with a grin.

"Complete with a replica trident." Steve added with a smile.

Catherine turned to Jenny with a grin. "I think he's forgotten how many embarrassing stories his sister has divulged."

Jenny chuckled but didn't add anything else as she moved off too continue with the reunion.

Chin moved to join the small group. "Detective Kelly, with Five-0. We'll need to take a statement Miss…" Chin said to the blonde woman who had entered with Nugent.

"Lyn Downie." She replied with a small smile in Chin's direction before turning back towards Steve and fluttering her eyelashes. "Maybe you could take my statement Steve."

"No, Chin will take your statement." He told her firmly as he placed his hand on the small of Catherine's back and steered her out of the gymnasium with Danny following behind.

"Let's find a quiet room where we can do this." Chin suggested as he steered Lyn in the direction of one of the classrooms.

Steve's Silverado

1930 hrs

Danny had told Steve he'd deal with Nugent himself and that he should head home with Catherine. Steve was about to argue till he had caught sight of Catherine with a distant look on her face. After making sure that everything had been dealt with at the school, Steve bundled Catherine into the passenger seat of his truck to make the short journey home.

"How mad at me are you?" Steve asked as he moved the truck through the evening traffic along the highway.

Catherine turned to look at him. "I'm not mad, Steve." She spoke softly. "Something Danny mentioned, it's made me realise a lot about our relationship."

"Okay, is that good or bad?" He glanced towards her nervously holding his breath for her answer.

"All good Steve." She reassured as she placed her hand on his leg to give it a reassuring squeeze. "Danny said you never introduced her to the team, and it made me realise how big of a part I'd been in team nights over the years."

"You've always been an important part of my life Cath." He told her sincerely.

"Same for me. I don't think I ever realised how much of a commitment we'd made to each other even when we were just friends." Catherine told him with a smile. "Your team has always been your family, and that makes me realise where I fitted into your life."

"You've always been front and centre, Cath." He said. "Truth is; Lyn was always going to be a rebound thing. Ellie introduced us, she thought we'd have a lot in common. I won't lie to you; we did have a good time, but I wasn't ready to move on from you." He explained.

"I actually realised something after meeting her." Catherine looked over at Steve before she explained her observations. "She still wants you."

"Okay." He had no idea of where Catherine was going with this. Indicating he was turning of the highway, he slowed as he turned into their road.

"She knows your married, Steve. You told her yourself when you bumped in to her at the hotel, yet it was obvious she's still interested anyway. Her whole 'Maybe you could take my statement, Steve.' While she fluttered her eyelashes at you." Catherine pointed out to him, watching as he finally got what she was trying to tell him.

"I've spent a large part of my adult life in some form of a relationship with you." He told her as pulled to a stop in front of the garage, and turning to face her. "I've loved you for so long, I'm not about to stop now. You're the only woman I want Catherine McGarrett."

She smiled at him from the other side of the cab, before moving across the seat to kiss him tenderly on the mouth. "That there is what I realised," She whispered against his lips. "She wants what I already have, and what I'd fight to protect."

Steve grinned at her words. "So… seeing as you're not mad at me… does this mean I still get to see you wearing the new lingerie?" He teased as he nipped at her bottom lip.

"I was hoping you might want to help me out of it." Catherine suggested a little breathlessly as he nipped at her ear before trailing kisses down her neck.

"Definitely." He grinned against her neck, dropping a quick kiss against her pulse point before getting out of the truck. "Let's move this op inside. "

THE END