McDanno - A True Hawaiian Love Story

Chapter 12: Stand By Me

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Lou's P.O.V.

I inserted the bill into the vending machine, hoping to get coffee for everyone. We were all together in the waiting room, Kono, Chin, Grace, Max, Kgamekona, Mikaleh, Duke and Jerry, waiting for the verdict. The machine beeped and ejected the money. I pushed it in again, only for it to shoot into my hand again. I was growing frustrated with this stupid fucking robot. I tried one last time, trying to keep my anger inside of me, but this time, it wouldn't even give the money back. I pushed the machine lightly, "Oh, come on." I said, only to the machine, no one else, "You're not even gonna give me my money?" I continued. I punched it, hard, causing the light to go out in the logo. 

I didn't notice Chin walk up until his hand was on my back, a worried look in his eyes. I turned around, my back to the vending machine. I looked at the ground, "I'm trippin', man," I said, blinking back tears, trying to hold it together. "I know we're all feeling it, Lou." He said to me, but I interrupted his thought, "You know, when I first met McGarrett," I looked at Chin now, "I couldn't stand his ass." Chin laughed, but I continued,

"And if you would've told me that the day would come when I'm in a hospital corridor torn up inside, almost to the point of tears, because my man is in a room, with his life hanging in the balance and I swear, man, I'd gladly take his place," Tears streamed from my face now and I could barely breathe, "I'd have told you, you was off your meds." I stopped, because I felt like I was going to break down, but my emotions took over. 

"Damn, that man can get under your skin!" I said loudly, wiping the tears from my cheeks. "Yeah, yeah, he can," Chin said, sniffling, "You know, when I first lost Malia, as you might imagine, I was in a pretty dark place." I looked up, surprised. Chin wasn't one to talk about Malia much. "But McGarrett it was like he knew I wasn't sleeping," He continued, "This guy would call me up in the middle of the night and be like, "Yo, Chin, what are you doing?" I'd be, like, "Nothing." He would say, "You want to go grab some coffee?" So we'd go to this place near me," Chin said, I didn't say anything, intrigued by the story.

"And we'd just sit there. Sometimes we would talk, other times," He continued, smiling slightly at the memory, "we wouldn't say much of anything." He looked up at me from the ground, "And this went on for weeks. Now, he never said anything to anybody. He never mentioned it," I could see the tears building in his dark eyes. 

"This was something he did because he knew I couldn't bear to be alone. You know, he was there for me, like, when my father died, John McGarrett was there for me." He chuckled, "Two times in my life, I really needed a friend and both times that friend was named McGarrett." We were silent for a minute, "Ain't it funny how life works out?" He asked rhetorically.

Flash to scene in waiting room

Grace's P.O.V.

We all sat there in the waiting room. Lou, Chin, Kono, Max, Kgamekona, Duke and some nice guy named Mikelay. I sat on the chair, my feet tucked under me, hugging my knees close to me. I willed myself not to cry, just like Danno asked. I will always listen to him. I'll do everything he says, and never disobey him again. I'll do anything and everything he wants, just as long as he comes out alive. I've never felt so much guilt and so much worridness at once, completely overtaking my heart and mind. I tried to distract myself from these dark thoughts, engulfing my mind in distant memories.

The one thing that seemed to come to mind, surprisingly, was something that happened at school. I was about 11 years old and I got in trouble for punching a boy in my class, Ryan, in the face at recess because he was bullying one of my friends. My principal called Danno to come to pick me up and discuss my punishment. I felt bad about what I did, since he had to get 4 stitches in his scalp. Danno made the mistake of storming in the office, insisting that I could never do anything remotely like that. When I confessed, he was embarrassed and, well, just embarrassed. 

The thing that he didn't realize was how much happiness and joy that gave me. Danno went in there and stood up for me. He believed me, which was the only thing I needed, even though he didn't actually know the full story. I'm still unsure if why that memory came to mind, but it did. I wiped my tears roughly from my face with the sleeve of my sweater. 

In that seat, that's where I stayed for the next 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 hours. Suddenly, a shadow appeared on the white floor. A doctor, pulling away his surgical mask, came into view. He stopped walking, facing our crowd. "Their going to be okay." He said, smiling. We all, in unison, let out a cry of relief. I laughed out loud, causing me to cry involuntarily. I didn't even bother to wipe away the tears this time, they were coming so rapidly. Kono reached over and pulled me into her arms, stroking my hair, her own tears falling on my face.