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Author's Note: Ahhh it feels like forever since I updated and I apologize profusely. I probably shouldn't have waited until the last minute to do my paper or to read for class, but I did. I hope that you guys enjoy this chapter; I made it extra long for your patience. This is also the last chapter of the story and I'm so sad that it's over; you guys have truly been amazing from the beginning of the story.

Warning: This loosely follows I Helu Pu just the way that I think it should've gone. On Purpose

For a short time after the whole "Steve in prison" episode and the whole "Super SEAL goes to North Korea" episode, Danny had felt at peace with things. He and Steve were 'out' to those that matter to them (or in the governor's case needed to know) and they were very accepting of their relationship. Danny was actually beginning to think of Hawaii as home and was falling into a peaceful rhythm between work and his personal life.

It was nice not to have to hide his smiles when Steve did something sweet like bring him coffee when he refilled his cup or brought him lunch without prompting. He didn't have to always be thinking of how close he and Steve were and if someone was going to see that they were much closer than normal for 'working' partners. It was like breathing easier since Danny was now allowed to be his normal 'in love' self. Although they did not need to flaunt their relationship, doing those sickeningly oversweet couple-like things that some are apt to do, they were subtle in their affections.

This peace though was disturbed the moment that Agent Lori Weston came into their life.

The moment that he laid eyes on her he knew that she was going to be trouble (he seemed to be having this feeling toward new people when they tried to join Five-0). She was glancing far too often at Steve. In her defense, Danny has to remind himself, she most likely wasn't aware of the relationship between himself and Steve. He's guessing that Steve didn't divulge that information when they met before they landed their case. Which Danny can understand, but she's been with them for a few weeks now. If she was the great profiler she was cracked up to be, she should have noticed the clues that there was more than a working relationship between the two in command. She had even made the now classic marriage joke (said joke was the reason that Danny and Steve had finally gotten together). Plus she had been there in the helicopter after they had rescued Steve from North Korea, she saw the way that Danny and Steve were situated so that they were always touching and Danny had even been running is hand through Steve's short hair.

So really her probation period is over, she should know that Steve is off limits.

Of course, Steve is completely oblivious to her feelings. He can't see the 'eye sex' that Danny claims she gives him at least three to four times a day. Or see the way in which she seems to walk too closely to Steve, usually pushing Danny out of the way since Danny usually walked with Steve. He didn't believe Danny when he said that Lori was spending a lot of her downtime finding ways to get Steve's attention or hang out in his office. Steve thought she was just trying to get a handle on how they did things in Five-0.

It was only natural that a fight would ensue due to their inability to see where the other was coming from. Said fight was a bad one, probably the worst fight that Danny and Steve have ever had to date in their relationship (fights before they started this relationship are not counted anymore since they were pre-McDanno as Kono has labeled them). This fight was so bad that Danny stormed out sputtering claims about how McGarrett (he was no longer Steve or Steven) was actually enjoying and encouraging her flirting. He didn't see the problem with Lori hugging him after they had rescued him from North Korea (which was the straw that broke Danny's resolve to let it slide). He was so mad that he willingly spent the night at Rachel's, which set off a huge warning flair to Kono and Chin when they finally learned what happened.

Walking into the office that morning it was obvious that something was wrong with the bosses; Kono could feel the tension around her so thick it was almost suffocating. A quick glance into their respective offices proved Kono's point; Danny and Steve weren't talking to each other. She walked into her office and waited watching closely for any indications as to what had caused the rift between McDanno; she hoped Chin had some idea of what was going on.

Chin walked into the office and stopped, it was too quiet. It wasn't unusual to walk in and see Steve and Danny playfully arguing by the smart table or watching funny videos online while they enjoyed their breakfast. Even when they were working cases Steve and Danny would usually be bouncing ideas or talking about their case. It wasn't unusual to see Danny working in Steve's office or vice versa, but they're both holed up in their offices and it's too quiet. So the silence alone sets off the warning bells that something is seriously wrong. Bee lining for Kono's office he keeps his eyes glued for any signs of what happened.

"What's with the silence cuz?" Chin asked glancing at her quickly before diverting his attention across towards Danny and Steve's offices.

"I don't know, I thought you would know. I mean they were fine yesterday right?" Kono replied racking her brain for any signs that something was wrong the previous day. They had just wrapped a case and Steve did seem preoccupied, but they were at least smiling at each other when they left HQ yesterday.

"Besides being tired and dealing with child pedophiles, no there didn't seem to be anything wrong." Kono nodded as they both seemed to be trained on one of their bosses ready for something to happen. Kono scrutinized every little movement desperately trying to find a solution to the now deafening silence. For minutes, which felt like hours, the cousins watched as their bosses pretended to be working and Kono felt hope slipping that they would ever know what happened.

Until that is Lori walked in.

Kono watched as Danny's eyes narrowed at the oblivious Lori and suddenly it all made sense. She had known from the first case they worked together that Lori had a thing for Steve. It wasn't hard to see that Steve was attractive and not a bad catch. Kono would admit for a short time (before she noticed the attraction between her bosses) to entertaining a fantasy or two about Steve. But she wised up and knew that Steve and Danny were endgame. Lori, she guesses, has yet to realize this point.

"I got it." Kono whispered glancing sideways at Chin. Chin turned following Danny's gaze and smiled broadly.

"Ah so Lori is the reason that mom and dad are fighting." Kono nodded laughing quietly at Chin's remark.

"Yep, she has been flirting pretty heavily with the bossman and most likely Danny brought it up and Steve probably didn't know what he was talking about."

"It must have been a bad fight if they're not talking to each other."

"Do we intervene? Or let them work it out for themselves?" Kono asked watching Lori grab her freshly made cup of coffee and wander towards Steve's office.

"Let Danny cool down and Steve come to his senses and if they're not talking by end of day or come to us for advice, we'll do something."

"I'll find the room to lock them in." Kono replied shifting her gaze away from Danny when he looked into her office. Chin nodded standing up and making his way toward his own office greeting Lori on the way, who still didn't seem to notice anything was wrong. "Tonight is going to be very interesting." Kono said to her now empty office as she set out finishing her report for their most recent case.

Danny sat in his office attempting to get work done, but found he was glancing over into Steve's office more times than usual. He didn't like the tension that had settled around the two of them, or the fact that they had fought in general. He was just so upset that Steve didn't think that Lori was flirting with him and had almost accused Danny of making it all up just to stir up some drama. Danny was not the type to make things up for some drama, he had enough drama with his job he didn't need it with his relationship.

Finally after spending a majority of the morning cooped up in his office Danny pushed back from his desk and moved to get up when Lori appeared in front of him, making her way into Steve's office. When Steve looked up with a small smile as she entered the office Danny sighed feeling a little defeated and needing to get out of the stuffy office for awhile.

Steve looked up when Lori walked in smiling softly to be polite. He had thought for a moment that it was Danny coming into his office. He had wanted to talk to Danny all morning, needing to apologize for the way he acted last night. But he knew that he would have to wait until Danny came to him because Steve didn't want to risk setting Danny off again. He really didn't want to be dealing with Lori right now, since she was the whole reason his partner wasn't talking to him or even living with him at the moment.

"Hey Lori what's up?" Steve asked leaning forward on his elbows.

"Not much, I just wanted to say hi." Steve nodded giving her a tight lipped smile, silently hoping that she would quickly leave so that he could suffer Danny's silence in peace. Steve needed to figure out how to make up to Danny and celebrate their first Valentine's Day together. Steve had a hard enough time with the romance and showing of affection he didn't need Lori making his life even more difficult. "Are you excited for the ball tonight?" Lori asked taking a seat in the chair in front of Steve smiling broadly at him. Steve bit back the urge to sigh as she sat down in front of him, his hopes of this being a quick conversation dashed.

"I'm always happy to do things for charity." Steve replied wondering how he could be polite and still get her to leave his office without causing a major incident.

"Are you bringing anyone?" Lori asked shyly toying with the hem of her shirt. Steve stops thinking about it for a moment, he wasn't sure if he and Danny were going in the first place, but since they weren't speaking he doubted they would be.

"Nope, I'm going stag tonight." Steve replied in a tone he hoped came off as happy to be going alone. He really hoped that Lori wouldn't ask or say anything about them going together. The last thing Steve wanted to do was piss Danny off anymore than he already has by showing up to the charity ball with Lori.

"What a shame." Lori jokes smirking softly at Steve. Steve tightly smiled spying Chin moving from his office starring right into Steve's and he finally saw his chance.

"If you say so, now if you'll excuse me I need to talk to Chin." Before she could reply Steve shot up and out of his chair quickly fleeing his office almost jogging towards Chin. "Can I talk to you?" Steve asks grabbing his elbow and pulling him back into his office.

"Come to your senses yet?" Chin asked watching Lori looking into Chin's office a confused look on her face.

"What do you know?" Steve asked suddenly wondering if Danny had gone to him to vent about their fight.

"I know that you two aren't talking and that it probably has something to do with Lori. It's not hard to see that much." Steve sighed and ran a hand over his face.

"Does she really have a thing for me? Am I really that blind that I can't see that she's flirting with me?" Steve asked.

"Yeah brah she's got it bad for you. It's pretty sad to watch her try and flirt with you sometimes, especially when Danny's right there." Steve shook his head wondering how could have missed the signs. "As for the whole not being able to see it, you've only got eyes for Danny so it makes sense that you wouldn't notice anybody flirting with you."

"I really screwed up didn't I?" Steve asked glancing into Danny's empty office with a forlorn expression on his face.

"I don't think so. I saw Danny's face when he left; he looked more hurt than angry. You need to set Lori straight Steve. I know that you and Danny aren't exactly telling people that you're together but not exactly hiding it either. So you need to set her straight, if you don't it's only going to escalate and I don't want to see Danny completely snap, man's been through enough."

"I know." Steve remembered Danny sticking his neck out there to clear him and risking his life to rescue Steve from North Korea. He owed a lot to Danny. "Tell me how to fix this." Steve begged looking at the older man with utter sadness and fear in his eyes. "You know more about relationships than I do."

"First you need to set Lori straight. Then you apologize to Danny for being a complete ass and spend however much money needed to give him a fantastic Valentine's Day. I would suggest though that you wait until after the ball tonight. Danny needs a little bit more time to cool off." Steve nodded knowing just how long Danny could remain angry about something.

Danny sat outside of the palace underneath one of the large trees letting the fresh air clear his head. He didn't know what he expected this morning when he got to work. He wasn't expecting to already see Steve sitting in his office, looking like he was working. It felt almost as if the previous day had no effect what-so-ever on Steve and it hurt seeing him so unaffected while Danny was still upset. The icing on the cake was Lori walking into his office and seeing him smile at her, fake or not, the man smiled at her.

"Hey brah." Kono greeted sitting down next to Danny. "You alright?"

"I'm fine Kono." Danny immediately replied hoping that he sounded fine.

"Yeah okay. I felt the tension this morning Danny, you and Steve have a fight?" Kono asked giving Danny a look that told him she knew more than she was sharing.

"I'm too afraid of your roundhouse kick to even try and lie, so yeah we had a fight." Kono smiled laughing quietly at him before turning serious again.

"It's about a Lori, isn't it?" Danny whipped his head towards Kono wondering how much she really knew. "It's no secret that woman has the hots for bossman and you also glared at her this morning when she walked in, kinda gave it away." Danny sighed and hung his head hating that his fight seemed to be affecting the office.

"He just doesn't see it. He thinks I'm making the whole thing up! He basically implied that I wanted to bring some drama into my life, as if my job doesn't have enough drama." Kono nodded her head completely understanding how Danny felt.

"Maybe I should have set Lori straight from the get-go because she's had a thing for him from the start. Woman must be hella oblivious to not see the fact that you guys are together. I mean geez even suspects and witnesses have noticed it, so that woman is stubborn to say the least."

"It's almost like Steve enjoys her flirting with him with the way he'll compliment her or smile at her sometimes."

"Danny, that's not true at all. Steve loves you even if he hasn't said anything yet. You can just tell by the way he acts around you. He's also not Rachel, he's not going to leave you then go for someone better, because for him there is no one better than you. You just need to give him some time to figure it out and make it right. I know he'll get it, he's probably talking to Chin about it right now." Danny smiled softly and nodded figuring that Steve would be more apt to go to Chin than Kono. "You guys gonna be okay?" Kono asked a few moments later a tinge of worry in her voice.

"I refuse to let her break us up, that would give her what she wants. So yeah Steve and I are going to be fine as soon as the Neanderthal pulls his head out of his ass long enough to see what's been going on this whole time." Kono laughed leaning against Danny.

"It's good to see the old ranting Danny back. Come on let's go grab some lunch I'm starving and we could use some time out of the office." Danny stood extending his hand to help Kono up and headed towards her car Danny going on about the perfect lunch if he were in Jersey. While Danny was busy raving about some pizza place that Kono's sure she'll probably never visit, Kono quickly sends a text to Chin letting him know that she's taking her lunch with Danny suggesting maybe Chin do the same for Steve.

Steve spent the rest of the day in his office avoiding everyone while he worked on quickly setting up what he hoped would be the best Valentine's Day that Danny has ever had. He only hoped that he could convince Danny to spend the day with him since he wasn't sure if Danny and he would be talking. He only hoped that he could make it all right tonight at the charity ball because he was going a tad bit crazy. His days just weren't the same without his Danno.

Danny sighed as he finished tying his tie. He had really hoped that Steve would have talked to him before the end of the day. He thought he would be home getting ready with Steve, but Steve had left early that afternoon without even acknowledging that Danny was right across the hallway. It was disheartening to see him fly out of his office like his ass was on fire and not even look at Danny. He knew that the fight was bad but he thought for sure that Steve would have forced his way into Danny's office and at least tried to get him to forgive him, not like Danny was still mad, he was actually not angry anymore. Kono had helped him figure out that he was more angry and upset at Lori than he was at Steve, because like she said Steve never really knew when people were flirting with him, so Danny couldn't hold it against Steve that he had no idea Lori had it bad for him.

"Wow Danny you look very handsome." Rachel complimented standing in the doorway of the guest room Danny was currently using.

"Thanks Rachel." Danny turned back from the mirror and smiled at his ex. "Also thanks for being so kind as to let me use your guest room." Rachel waved her hand dismissively and stepped forward reaching out to straighten his tie.

"I'd like to think that we are friends Danny. Have you talked to Steve yet?"

"No he flew out of the office early this afternoon before we could fix things. I don't think tonight will go any better because he wouldn't risk causing a scene in front of a bunch of strangers. So I'll probably be back here later on tonight." Rachel smiled sadly at him and laid her hands on his shoulders.

"Maybe it's time to make the first move Daniel." Danny smiled and chuckled softly at her tone of voice, the tone of voice she usually reserved for Grace when she was acting out.

"Yes mom." Rachel smirked and lightly smacked Danny's shoulder. "I'll try." Danny conceded giving her an honest smile.

"That's all the matters." Danny smiled again and lightly kissed Rachel's cheek before leaving the room to say goodbye to Grace.

Steve stood in front of the mirror struggling to get this tie to lie right. His fingers seemed too deft to move properly, sighing he let go of the tie letting it fall untied around his neck and turned away from the mirror, it would have to wait until he saw Kono or Chin since his fingers didn't want to tie the damn thing.

Danny smirked when he saw Steve walking towards them with his tie unmade. It warmed his heart to see that he was so flustered that he couldn't even tie a simple tie. "Here you big goof." Danny joked meeting Steve halfway and reaching out to quickly knot his tie. Steve smiled broadly at him and stood still as Danny fixed his tie. "Here now you look like a Handsome Neanderthal." Danny smirked at him and patted his tie once it was tucked into his jacket completing Steve's straight out of GQ magazine look.

"Thank you Danny." Steve replied reaching up and grabbing Danny's hand which was patting his chest. "I guess I just needed the master's touch huh?" Steve joked sighing in relief when Danny's eyes twinkled in delight and he chuckled low enough for only Steve to hear.

"I think you just wanted me to touch you." Danny replied glancing around to see who was around them before nodding with his head towards an empty corridor. Steve being the trained man that he is also glances around giving Danny a few seconds head start before following. Steve walks down the corridor a few moments before he sees Danny standing in a desolate corner wringing his hands.

"I'm sorry." Steve blurts out his hands reaching out grabbing Danny's. "I'm sorry that I'm so focused on you and my job that I don't notice other people flirting with me right in front of you. I in no way like her or appreciate her flirting. I'm pretty sure that she tried asking me to be her date for tonight and it makes me uncomfortable knowing that someone on my team is so taken with me that she can't see how I feel about you." Steve stopped and finally made eye contact with Danny.

"And how do you feel about me?" Danny asked stepping closer to Steve, their hands now intertwined.

"I love you." Steve whispered closing the distance between them and pressing his lips against Danny's. They've been together for almost a year now and Steve's been in love with Danny from the beginning but it's the first time that Steve's actually putting the three words together.

"I love you too." Danny replies his hands now lying against Steve's neck, his fingers toying with the hair there. "I've probably known from day one but I wanted to wait until you said it first. I needed to know that you were just as committed to this as I was. I'm sorry for getting so angry with you the other night. I should've known that you wouldn't have any idea of what I was saying; I know that you don't really pick on other people hitting on you."

"It's over now, I promise I'll talk to her and make sure she knows that I'm not interested in the slightest bit. You are the only person that I need in my life." Danny smiled hotly pressing his lips against Steve's.

"I think we've reached a milestone Steven." Steve pulls back his eyebrow arched wondering what Danny could possibly be talking about. "You just spent the past five minutes talking about feelings, that's a new record for you." Steve chuckled and smiled shaking his head at his partner.

"I guess you're rubbing off on me huh?" Steve joked smirking lightly.

"Hmm I do like to rub on you." Danny replied walking away before Steve fully caught his own double meaning and Danny's suggestive reply. It's not until Danny's a good twenty feet away that it dawns on Steve and he's taking off down the hallway towards Danny.

"I hope that means you're coming home with me tonight, I have this itch that only you seem to be able to scratch." Steve whispered hotly in his ear before lightly kissing behind his ear and walking away. Danny shuddered a little bit smiling at the thought of properly making up with Steve later.

Of course their best laid plans never seem to work out the way they should since they somehow managed to snag a case.

"I swear I'm being punished." Danny whined as he and Steve rode the elevator up to their victim's floor.

"Think of it as incentive to solve this case quickly." Steve replied feeling Danny's frustration. Not only had they managed to catch a case, they were being told what to do by the Governor, and Lori was laying it on pretty thick since she was the one pulled away with Steve, instead of Danny, and Steve wasn't even allowed to do everything he needed to solve this case. Steve was just as frustrated and irritated as Danny.

To make matters worse, while Danny and Steve were searching the crime scene Steve finds clues leading towards the roof. In hindsight, Steve probably should have sent Danny out to talk to the guy because really flying off a roof to catch a guy, who really wanted to kill himself, was not the smartest thing to do. Thankfully there was a balcony that padded his fall, but really that was only the beginning of things to go wrong in this case.

"I swear you're trying to kill me!" Danny ranted his hands flying in front of him. "What were you thinking jumping off the roof like that? Were you trying to give me a heart attack? I should have you committed because you really are insane." Steve smiled happy to see the fire back in his partner's eyes and grabbed his protesting ribs as they made their way down the stairs.

"I'm sorry Danny; I honestly didn't really think that one through. I think that the pain my ribs and pretty much all over is punishment enough. You can give me the full blown lecture later okay?" Danny paused for a moment his eyes narrowing, searching Steve's eyes for a moment before throwing his hands up in the air and nodding.

"Fine, just don't get yourself even more hurt okay?" Steve nodded silently promising that he would at least try not to get hurt again.

That promise only lasted for less than twelve hours. Danny's heart stopped when he saw Lori kneeling on the street and Steve's still legs on the ground next to her. "Steven!" Danny screamed running over to his partner. Kono stopped him holding him back as Lori cradled Steve's bloody head.

"The ambulance is on its way, we don't want to make any injuries worse." Danny stared at her for a moment but nodded.

"I'll ride to the hospital with him." Lori said once the ambulance pulled up. Danny glared at her wondering who the hell she thought she was.

"I'm going to the hospital with my boyfriend, not you." Danny seethed pushing her away from the paramedics and talking to them about his preexisting injuries that he had less than twelve hours ago. Lori watched slightly angry and confused as Danny got into the ambulance and grabbed Steve's hand, she hadn't even comprehended what Danny had said to her. She wanted to ask Kono what that was about but they had a job to do.

When Steve came to in the hospital a little bit later, Danny was right there next to him. He didn't care that they were in the middle of the case or that the Governor was most likely going to rip them a new one, all Danny cared about was the fact that Steve had been hit by a car.

"Hey babe, you had me worried there for a moment." Danny stood up leaning over the railing of Steve's hospital bed his hand cupping Steve's face. "I guess it's too much to ask that you promise not to get hurt anymore huh?"

"I think it follows me." Steve whispered sitting up and wincing at the pain coursing through his head.

"Yeah well Lori didn't help matters either." Danny can't help but grit his teeth at the mention of her.

"I'm fine Danny. Let's focus on that." Steve tries to sooth Danny running his hand up and down Danny's arm.

"Steven you were hit by a car! You are not fine! You've been injured twice in the past day, that's not okay." Danny gripped the railing hard trying to keep from completely flying off the handle. Steve reached up and pulled Danny down to him shutting him up the best way possible. Danny froze for a moment when Steve first kissed him before responding, pouring all of his fear and relief into one kiss.

Lori walked in hoping to apologize to Steve for his accident and stopped when she saw Steve and Danny mid kiss. She couldn't help but wonder if Steve's accident was the catalyst for their sudden kissing. Part of her was also a little hurt by the scene in front of her, she thought for sure that she and Steve were on the same page with their flirtation, and that she should be the one giving Steve that comfort kiss.

"Um guys." Lori cleared her throats feeling uncomfortable when Steve and Danny broke apart neither embarrassed by being caught. "We got a hit on the DNA." Steve nodded sitting up fully in the hospital bed looking to Danny to make sure they're okay. Danny nods and comes to stand next to him in case he's still feeling dizzy.

They solve the case without another mention of Lori's crush on Steve. Danny thinks that maybe she's gotten the hint when she walked in on them in the hospital. But of course, Danny has more important things on his mind, like potentially losing his job, to care about her feeling towards his partner.

Steve is finalizing the plans for Valentine's Day when Lori walks into this office. "Hey Steve, can I talk to you?" Steve looks up and sighs, thinking for only a moment that she's going to try to hit on him again.

"Sure, what's up?" Steve asks hoping that Danny isn't going to walk in on them at any minute. The last thing he needs to have another huge fight with Danny after they've come this far.

"I wanted to thank you for giving me the opportunity to work with you and your team. I've enjoyed the time I've spent as a part of Five-0." She starts toying with the envelopes in her hands. "I wanted to give you these, open the top one first." Steve looks at the envelopes and opens the top one. Pulling out the season tickets Steve can't help but smile. He remembers trying to outbid Danny for the tickets; they both would have ended up winning. He's confused as to why Lori had bid on them and why she was giving them to him, unless she wanted him to go with him.

"Lori-"

"Open the second one." She cuts him off not really wanting to have that awkward conversation about why she bid on them. When she placed the bid on the tickets she thought that she and Steve could go together. It would be a chance for them to hang out outside the office and maybe Steve would see how good they could be together. That was before she saw Danny holding Steve's hand in the ambulance, the kiss in the hospital, and her conversation with Kono about the real nature of Danny and Steve's relationship.

Steve opened the envelope quickly scanning the letter. He looked up in shock when he realized it was her letter of resignation.

"When I joined Five-0 I was told that I had to choose between Hawaii and Five-0. I let my feelings for you cloud my judgment and I let a lot of things slide. Almost causing an International Incident was the last straw for the Governor, so he gave me the ultimatum of Five-0 or Hawaii. Since I chose Five-0 the Governor thought that I would be better off going back to homeland security. I'm ready to go home." Steve nodded suddenly feeling bad for the past couple of days about how he felt about her.

"I should've told you from the beginning that Danny and I were together. I'm sorry that the actions of Five-0 have led to you having to resign from our team. But I think that you'll do much better in Homeland Security, it must be hard being away from your family and friends. You were a valuable member to the team for the short time you were here." Lori nodded an awkward silence falling between them before Lori finally left the office leaving Steve alone.

Danny walked in moments after Lori had cleaned out her office. Steve was sitting behind his desk staring at something on his desk. "Hey babe, you left early this morning." Steve looked up and smiled as Danny came in and sat on the edge of his desk next to Steve.

"Yeah I wanted to get a head start on this mountain of paperwork." Danny nodded looking at the envelopes in front of Steve.

"What's that?" Danny asked motioning with his coffee mug.

"One is Lori's resignation letter, you can thank the governor for that, and the other is the season tickets you were trying to outbid me on, also courtesy of Lori." Danny nodded again letting the information sink in.

"Ya know in a weird way I'm happy she's gone, because really we're the fantastic four not the fabulous five, but I'm also upset because she really did come in handy from time to time." Steve laughed at Danny's words and looked up at him.

"You're happy she's gone because now you've got me all to yourself again."

"Damn straight I did. Why do you think that I purposely dropped the boyfriend card when you got hurt?"

"I thought that was an accidental slip of the tongue?" Steve asked smirking up at Danny.

"Hell no babe, that was all on purpose." Steve laughed loudly and leaned up to kiss Danny. Sometimes you have to do things on purpose to get your message across.

A/N 2: Well, that's all folks. I can't tell you enough how much your reviews and alerts have meant to me throughout this story. I hope that you loved this chapter as much as I did writing it and please don't hesitate to tell me how much you loved or disliked this chapter. I have no idea what story I'm going to write next but be on the lookout, it might be coming soon. Thank you so much yet again for loving this story so much and sticking it out with me until the end.

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