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"I'm coming," Danny answered to the sound of the doorbell, knowing who would be standing on the other side. He opened the door and without any greeting, he asked "Let me ask you a question, at what point did you think it was a good idea to persuade my innocent kids to spend some time with you?

"Well, good morning to you too." Steve grinned. "Do you want to invite me in first or you want to go all mushy on the doorstep?"

Danny snorted, he couldn't resist a smile. "Come on in, you goof."

Steve walked past Danny into the living room and turned back to his partner, "You were saying…"

"You volunteered to babysit Grace and Charlie? You think you can handle them?"

"I handle you just fine, pretty sure I can handle your kids."

"It's funny you put it that way, but you've never babysat Grace and Charlie all by yourself before."

"Relax, Danny. What could possibly go wrong?" Steve shrugged.

"With you, I can think of about a thousand possible worst case scenarios."

"I think you're being overdramatic, and besides you were the one who came to me asking for suggestions. You said you wanted to support Rachel, and be beside her while she sorts out the paperwork with her divorce. And, at the same time, you want the kids to have some fun, you know, forget about Stan leaving. I come up with a strategic solution but now, you are being ungrateful of a true friend's intention to help…"

"Look at that, and you call me overdramatic?"

"Uncle Steve!" Charlie's cheerful squeal echoed from the room behind. The boy came out running, dragging a bag with him, followed by a quiet but smiling Grace.

"I thought about all the things we can do together today. I even packed my swimming trunks." The small boy spoke with glee.

"Hello, excuse me, swimming?" Danny hissed.

"Shh, Charlie. You're supposed to safeguard our top level secrets," Steve said, which earned the small boy's giggles.

"See, this is exactly what I was talking about." Danny had his hands on his hips.

"Can Uncle Steve take us for swimming, Danno? Please Danno, please…." Charlie pleaded with his puppy eyes.

"I'm not really sure about leaving my kids alone with crazy and dangerous activities lined up."

Steve and Grace both rolled their eyes.

"I will be careful, I promise," Charlie assured with a straight face.

"I know you will, Charlie." Danny smiled a little before he pointed to Steve. "I was talking about him."

Steve smirked. "Oh, am I your kid now? Well, if that's the case, then, I will protect myself, and my siblings at all cost, scout's honor, Danno." Steve held his right hand up with three fingers pointing at the sky and his thumb and pinky together over his palm.

Danny curled up his lips in annoyance. "Grace, I'm putting you in charge of these two musketeers."

Grace looked askance at Danny before she grabbed the chocolate bars from the dining table, walked past Danny, and hugged Steve. "It's okay, Uncle Steve. Danno just can't handle our awesomeness."

Steve smirked at Danny as he kissed her head. "That's my girl."

"You know, you three out together…" Danny pointed at each one of them "are going to definitely cause my heart to pound out of my chest by the end of the day."

"Hey, don't jinx it, buddy," Steve warned. "You're acting like an old man."

"I'm old? That's classic coming from you."

"Can we go now?" Charlie pouted in the middle of their banter.

"I'm eager to go too buddy, but your father doesn't seem to want to give his blessing."

"Danno!"

"Okay fine, fine. Go ahead, have some fun, 12 percent of fun."

"Only 12 percent?" Steve grumbled as he took the bag from Charlie. "And I need your car keys."

"Why my car? What happened to your truck?" Danny asked.

"It got sick, sent it to the clinic," Steve said which earned another giggle from Charlie.

Danny tossed his car keys to Steve. "I will swing by later, if possible," Danny said before he picked up his buzzing phone.

Steve waved, led the kids to the car, and helped them to buckle up before he jumped in the driver's seat.

"Okay, what's the first place on your mind, Charlie?" Steve asked, looking at Charlie through the rearview mirror.

"Play time at the park, lunch at Kamekona's, ninja movie in the afternoon, then swimming, cookout on the beach, maybe another ninja movie, then a sleepover with all of us together in the living room." The boy spoke without a break.

"Woah." Steve was impressed. "Sound like an excellent plan. What do you think, Gracie?"

"Sounds good to me." Grace ruffled Charlie's hair.

Charlie smiled, happy having his plan approved.

"Well, what are we waiting for, let's get going." Steve pulled out of the driveway into the traffic, glancing at the kids, smiling along with them, unaware of the black van following them from a distance.

-H50-H50-H50-

"Who's that guy?"

"Not really sure. Do you think he is…?"

"Who knows, but that's the car."

"Do you think we should call the boss?"

"Are you nuts? Boss's instructions were very clear, he told us exactly what we should do and besides, I don't think he will be happy about us second guessing his plan."

"He looks fit to me. You think he will put up a fight?"

"We have only one way to find out." The man sighed to his partner. "Keep the guns loaded, just in case."

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