Decision time

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua and Lori Weston don't belong to me at all. I'm merely using them for my own entertainment.

The character of Danni Williams is probably mine by now. Even though she was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably safe to say that's she her own individual character by now, especially since I've created a back ground for her which is different to male Danny's background in the show. This also affects Grace who is different from the show as well in ways.

I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well

Author Note

This story was one of the first H50 stories I ever wrote, even before 'the beginning' so I hope you enjoy it! I remember having fun writing it.

There's only two chapters but both are written so you hopefully won't have to wait to long for the next chapter!

Enjoy!

Overall summary

Danni Williams liked to think that she was an easy going person in the large scale of things but enough was enough, it was time that Steve McGarrett decided what he wanted once and for all before he lost the best thing that he ever had (Part of the Danni saga)

Chapter Summary

Danni Williams shuddered, slowly lifting her head away from the toilet as her stomach churned violently

Overall romance

Steve McGarrett/Danni Williams

One sided Lori Weston / Steve McGarrett

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams

One sided Lori Weston / Steve McGarrett

Chapter One

Danni Williams shuddered, slowly lifting her head away from the toilet as her stomach churned violently. God she felt rough, she was almost tempted to phone in sick but all that would accomplish was her partner high tailing it over to her to check on her and she wasn't sure she could face him yet.

She pushed herself to her feet, wiping the back of her hand across her mouth before her gaze landed on the small box on the side of the sink, a small simple box which could change her life forever if it chose to. Reaching out, Danni picked up the pregnancy test, holding it as though it was a ticking bomb as she turned it over, eyes skimming over the instructions. It seemed simple enough, pee on the stick, wait for two incredibly long minutes and then she would know.

Closing her eyes briefly, she ripped the box open, glancing once more at the toilet before she set her shoulders and did what was required of her. It must have taken mere seconds but it felt like forever to her as she rested the used stick on the side of the sink, glancing at her watch. Biting down on her lower lip, she wrinkled her nose up at the taste, quickly grabbing her toothbrush and paste and making use of it, scrubbing hard at her teeth in an attempt to get the taste out of her mouth.

She spat it out, raising her head and looking at her reflection, she looked pale but that was nothing new, it didn't matter how much sunlight Danni was exposed to, she still somehow never tanned in it. Her hair was blonder than before and longer but everything else looked the same as usual, same slightly arched eyebrows, same large grey eyes, same mouth and small straight nose. Nothing to indicate what might be going on in her body.

She took a deep breath as she glanced down at her watch, noting that two minutes had now passed. She closed her eyes, said a prayer and picked up the stick, looking down at it.

There staring back at her was two blue lines.

Danni's breathe caught in her throat. Two lines. Two lines which meant that she was having a baby. Danni gripped the sink tightly, swallowing as she forced herself to straighten and leave the room, heading to her bedroom.

She was pregnant.

A curl of excitement moved through her as she rested her hand over her stomach, noting that there was a slight curve to it, she moved to the side, looking at herself in her full length mirror and stared hard at it. There was definitely a slight bump which probably meant she was about two months. She would have to make an appointment with the Doctor to confirm it and arrange for a scan but it made sense now. The tiredness, the constant sickness, the tenderness in her breasts. She had, had all the same symptoms when she had been pregnant with Grace.

Danni moved over to the bed and sank down on the mattress as she wondered how Steve would take the news. Steve McGarrett, her boyfriend, her partner in the field and her boss though that was rarely mentioned. She must have been insane to give into his advances but he had been so persistent and it had been too difficult to ignore especially when she had wanted him just as much as he apparently had wanted her. Dates with kisses had turned into sex which in turn had become a strong relationship. One which had been becoming stronger though how he would cope with the news that she was having his child was beyond her.

If she was about two months that meant she conceived in August which wouldn't surprise her. They had taken a week off work while Grace had been away with her father visiting Duncan's family in New Orleans and spent nearly all of it in bed, wrapped around each other, safe in the knowledge that Grace wasn't going to walk in and interrupt them. It had to be then that it happened.

Now all she had to do was tell Steve and pray that he would be happy with the news, she didn't want to lose him but neither could she lose their baby now that she knew that it was in there, growing and counting on her to keep it safe from the world at large. Danni rested her hand against her stomach. She would have to take it easy for the next month but there was no reason to believe that she couldn't handle her job the same way as before. She had managed it with Grace after all.

Danni blinked, turning towards her bedside table as her mobile suddenly burst into life. She scooted across the mattress, grabbing the phone and answering it without bothering to look at the screen.

"Detective Williams" She announced, lying back against her pillow and yawning.

"Danno, we've got a case" Steve announced down the phone to her. "Chin just rang it in, two murders both in the same night, both with the same MO but at least five miles apart from each other."

"Same murderer" She asked, pushing herself to her feet and heading to her wardrobe.

"No idea yet" Steve replied, "We'll know more when we get to the first crime scene, I've sent Chin and Kono to the second one and Lori will meet us at our one. Swing by and pick me up?"

"When do I ever not?" Danni answered, "I'll be there in twenty, I've just got to get dressed"

"Well that's a nice image to think of while I wait" Steve said, his voice deepening and warming sending a shiver through Danni at the sound. It was ridiculous how much he affected her.

"Well hold onto it tightly then" she replied, clicking the connect button and ending the call, she threw the phone onto the mattress and quickly changed out of her pyjamas and into a pair of black trousers teamed with a pretty rose pink top which brought a hint of colour to her pale cheeks. She pulled on a pair of heels, forced her hair into a high ponytail, applied some make-up and was out the door, only waiting to pick up her bag, badge and gun from the side table.

She hurried down the drive way to her car and got in, turning the key into the ignition and reversing down the driveway into the road. Seconds later she was heading in the direction of Steve's house. A route she knew better than any other. Steve had been hinting that Danni should move in with him but she had been pretending not to pick up on those hints, instead brushing past them. Now however she might not have any choice, if Steve was happy with the news then he would insist she moved in with him so he could keep an eye on her.

God she hoped he would be happy with it.

She stopped outside his house ten minutes later and beeped her horn, glancing towards the house in time to see Steve leave it, locking it behind him and bounded down the porch steps two at a time. She pushed open the driver's door, climbing out and moving around the car, getting in at the passenger side and allowing Steve to take the wheel.

"Where's the crime scene?" She asked as she pulled on her seatbelt, looking at him as he slammed the driver's door shut.

"Just off North Shore, a jogger found the body about a hour ago and rang it in" he said, looking towards her a warm look coming to his hazel eyes as his gaze moved over her face. "Aloha Ku'u Lei" he said causing a smile to come to Danni's face.

"Aloha" she said back. He glanced to the road before he reached across, wrapping his hand round the back of her neck and pulling her towards him, kissing her twice before he moved away.

"I missed you last night" he breathed, squeezing her neck gently as he planted one more kiss on her lips before he moved back, his hand gripping the steering wheel as he hit the accelerator, the car shooting forward.

"I missed you too" she admitted, glancing away from him to stare at the passing scenery. Her lips still tingling from his kiss as she rested her hand against her stomach. "Did Chin tell you anything else about the case?" She asked him, glancing towards him in time to see him shake his head, his expression dark.

"Nothing" he replied, "I get the feeling though that whatever happened to the victim wasn't very pleasant" he said. Danni sighed.

"Well that's just great isn't it" she said with a shake of her head as they pulled up to the crime scene and climbed out of the car, Danni squinted in the bright sunlight, raising her hand to shade her eyes as she looked around her, taking in all the details before she reached back into the car and grabbed her sunglasses from the dash. Slipping them on, she slammed the door shut and began moving to the scene, ducking under the yellow crime scene tape.

"Jersey" a male voice called out to her, Danni turned automatically to the sound as a smile came to her face.

"Boston" she called back, making her way across the pavement towards the tall dark haired man who was currently standing near the body. She glanced at the medical examiner who nodded at her but remained silent clearly focused on his task. "What have we got here?" she asked. Ryan Moore was the head Crime scene unit Agent who had moved to Hawaii a year and a half before Danni had. They had hit it off straight away and for a while Danni had thought that he could be the one for her until she had met Steve who had made it clear from the start that she was going to be his and no one else's. Now with the baby coming she assumed that it would be true.

"You mean other than your boyfriend glaring at me as though he'd like me to burst into flames?" he asked with a wide grin, Danni glanced over her shoulder to see Steve standing by Lori Weston. Nodding occasionally at whatever it was that she was saying to him though his eyes were fixed on Danni and Ryan, a look in them which she recognised as his navy SEAL look.

"Well you do ask for it" she said, looking back at Ryan who shrugged.

"Hey, I don't get to see much of you anymore. I've got to get what I can when I can or I'll never see you. Meka was saying the same thing, all your time is spent with Commander no sense of humour over there." He pointed out. Danni winced, she had been spending a lot of time with Steve recently.

"Maybe" she admitted, "How about the beach this weekend, you, me, Gracie, Meka and family. You could bring a girlfriend if you had one, I could bring Steve" Ryan rolled his eyes.

"Sounds fun" he said dryly before his voice suddenly turned business like. "Looks like this is going to be a bad one Jersey, I've spoken to Maris who is down at the other crime scene and she's described it to me, that scene is identical to this one. I'll have to compare photos from both scenes but if that's the case then we're talking about two murders possibly being done by the same person though the doc will be the one to confirm that."

"And if they aren't" she said quietly.

"Then we're in a whole world of trouble" Ryan replied, looking past her shoulder. "Lori is trying to make a move on your man again, you best get over there" Danni breathed out nosily in frustration.

"Jesus, she must be the only person who doesn't know about me and Steve" she grumbled. "For a profiler she really isn't that good" she said. "Meet me for coffee this afternoon?" she asked, smiling when he nodded.

"One o clock in the usual place" he agreed, "Looks like Doc is done which makes this my crime scene now. I'll let you know what I find" he said. Danni nodded, turning and heading over to Steve and Lori, a frown coming to her face when her eyes dropped to Lori's hand where it rested on his forearm, squeezing down gently on his skin. Not only was Danni beginning to get sick and tired of Lori but she was beginning to get sick and tired of Steve allowing it.

Lori Weston had been with the team for five months and she seemed sweet enough. She was definitely pretty with straight honey brown hair and blue eyes but she didn't seem to understand that Steve was off limits. Instead she seemed to believe that he was available for the taking when nothing could be further from the truth. She stopped by them, glancing at the hand until Lori finally got the hint and removed it before she spoke, a clipped note to her voice.

"Ryan called me over to tell me that as far as they can tell the two crime scenes are identical to each other, he's going to have to check with the crime scene photos when they arrive back at CSU but if that's the case then we're either dealing with one murderer or two of them. Though we won't know which is which until Max has compared the temperatures of the two victims" She glanced over her shoulder at Max as he stood, saying something to his team who began moving into move the body. "I'm going to head back with Max" she said ignoring the way that Steve's head whipped round towards her. "I want to see the two bodies next to each other before he does the autopsy, see whether there's anything that I can see which might link them. I can also head straight back to the office and begin to make the files up for the victims" She said.

"Lori can do that" Steve answered, waving a hand towards the other woman, his eyes fixed on Danni. Danni nodded.

"She can" She agreed, "But I'd rather do it myself" she said. She knew that she was being unreasonable but the sight of Steve and Lori even standing next to each other made her want to be sick. "I'll leave the car with you McGarrett" she added, watching the way his eyes widened at the term of address. "I'll catch a ride in the van with Max. Let me know if you find anything" she said, glancing at the two of them before she turned and headed toward the coroner van. She caught Max's eyes, pointing at herself and the van knowing he would pick up her meaning. He nodded once, his eyes glancing behind her giving her, her only warning of what was about to happen.

Arms wrapped around her, spinning her around and stopping her movement.

"What's wrong?" Steve demanded, his thumbs moving gently against her bare skin though Danni doubted he was aware of what he was doing.

"Nothing is wrong Steve" she answered bluntly. "I just don't want to get in the way of you and Lori so I might as well do something useful. I'll meet you back at the office."

"Danni" Steve said, his hand twitching making it clear to her that he wanted to gather her close to him but couldn't because they were on a crime scene. "Lori is-"

"A pain in my ass" she interrupted, "Now I've got work to do. If you could spare me a moment later on then there's something I need to talk to you about." She moved out of his grasp, her eyes moving away from him to look at Lori who had a look on her face which was a mixture of awkwardness and pleasure. "If she touches you again-" Danni let her words trail off. "Just decide what you want because if it's me then you need to stop allowing her to touch you all the time" she stated, turning and walking away. She got into the van, thankful when Max started it up without a word and left the crime scene, biting down on her lower lip to keep the tears at bay.

Author Note

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