She filled out the reports, trying to hide that she was upset. She was...well...the case had upset her. But of course Agent Kensi Marie Blye just would not show it. Deeks sat there watching her.
"You ok, Kens?" Deeks asked with pure concern in his voice. Her pen instantly stopped. She looked up from her paperwork and tilted her head.
"What?" She asked.
"Um...I asked if you were...you know...ok...Kens..." He answered a little confused.
"Oh...I didn't hear you...but, ya...I'm good...why do you ask?" Deeks knew exactly what she was doing. Agent Kensi Marie Blye being Agent Kensi Marie Blye, she was shaking it off. She knew why he was asking. Because he was Deeks. He was the only one that could see right through her.
And the only reason she said "good" instead of "fine", was because all of the previous times Deeks had asked Kensi if she was ok and she said "fine", he would only push harder. Because he was the only one who knew what "fine" means. It means, "Deeks, I'm not fine." At least, that's what he got from it.
Callen and Sam were in the gym playing basketball, their, "King-of-the-world" game. So Deeks got up from his desk and walked over and sat at Callen's desk beside Kensi's.
She watched him the whole way over. Never moving, just her eyes following him. When he sat down in the chair facing her, she sighed as put down her pen and spun her chair to face him.
"Deeks, I said I'm ok."
"I know what you said Kensi."
"Deeks, why do you always do this?" It wasn't quite a yell, but it wasn't quite calm either. It was mostly irritation.
"Because Kensi, you're my partner I..." He stopped short. It was her turn to push.
"You what, Deeks?" she was a bit calmer this time.
"I...I care about you, Kens." He finally said. Her heart melted. She watched him, he was looking down at his hands, inches from hers. Without thinking, she grabbed his hand and scooted her chair closer to Deeks. "I care about you too." She said looking at him. He looked up. She was still looking at him.
There they were. Two partners. Staring into each others eyes. Holding each others hands. In their office.
They heard footsteps and laughter. Sam and Callen. Kensi quickly let go of Deeks' hand and spun around back to her paperwork. Deeks jumped up out of Callen's chair and ran to his. I was a very close call.
"I totally kicked your butt, G." Sam gloated.
"No, you didn't. That wasn't fair. I tripped." Callen argued.
"That's not my fault." Sam shot back with a grin.
"Could you guys keep it down? I'm trying to fill out a report. Deeks is enough to put up with. Please don't add on." Kensi said smiling up at the two. Then she looked over at Deeks with a look that said "Just kidding." Deeks smiled at that.
"Sure, sorry Kens." Sam said with a grin.
The boys went back to their desks and as Callen sat down he asked,
"Who's been sitting at my desk?" Deeks looked up a little nervously. "Why?" Sam questioned.
"Because there's a paper on the floor." Callen said as he bent down to pick up the paper. As he sat it down on his desk, Sam said,
"Knowing you, when you got up to come play basketball with me, you were so excited, that you knocked off the paper without noticing." Sam said with a smile.
"Whatever. Yeah, I guess you're right." Callen said.
"Yeah, I know I'm right." Sam said back. Kensi had just finished the paperwork and looked over at Deeks. The look on her face said "Thank. God." Deeks smiled at this. Callen noticed.
"What's so funny Deeks?" He asked accusingly. Callen, Sam, and Kensi just kinda stared at him for a minute. Sam and Callen's stare was like, "Well...?" But Kensi's was different. Her's was like, "What are you gonna do now, Deeks?" And "You can do it...think of something cocky or stupid or something."
Deeks was good with improv. And everybody knew it. Especially him. So he said,
"Oh, nothing. I was just wondering why anybody would be eager to play basketball with Sam." After he said this he spun his chair to face Sam. His grin said "Your turn." Callen laughed waiting for Sam's response. Kensi tried to hide her smile.
Fail. Deeks noticed, but he didn't draw any attention to it. He just waited for Sam's response along with everybody else.
"Very funny, Deeks." Sam said tiredly. Callen yawned.
"Alright. Time to go home. Goodnight everyone." Callen said as he gathered his things.
"Goodnight." echoed from his teammates behind him.
"Yeah, I'm leaving too." Sam said getting up out of his chair. "Goodnight." Deeks and Kensi said.
"Goodnight." Sam said.
After both boys were out of earshot, Deeks asked Kensi while playing with a paperclip,
"You really care about me, Kens?" Kensi looked up at him.
"Of course I do. Why wouldn't I?" Deeks didn't say anything for a minute. Then he spoke.
"Because...I don't...well...I'm not used to it...you know...being cared about." He said looking down at the paperclip he was playing with. She didn't know what to say. He was opening up to her. For a few minuets, there was silence.
Then she spoke.
"Thank you." she said.
"What?" he asked looking up.
"Thank you." she repeated. "Thank you for being there for me. Thank you for saving my butt all those times. Thank you for trusting me enough to open up to me. Just, thank you, Deeks." Now, he didn't know what to say. She, now, was opening up to him. Again, silence. Then, he thought of something.
"I'm glad we're partners, Kensi. We're good together...as...you know...partners." He was looking back at the paperclip.
"Me too. And we are." She said staring off into space. Her voice was so sweet, it didn't sound like Agent Kensi Marie Blye, it sounded like, well, Kensi.
They looked at each other for a long quiet moment. It was getting weird and awkward, so he said to brake the silence,
"Wanna grab a smoothie?" He smiled at her. She melted.
"I'd love one." She said smiling back, remembering the night he came over to her house with a smoothie.
As they were walking out side by side, he put his arm around her, pulling her close beside him as she had done that day they had dropped Deeks' friend, Ray, off at the airport.
She didn't hit him like he expected her to. Instead, she stretched up and kissed him lightly on the check. He looked down a little startled and shocked. She smiled at him. He smiled back. Then, he walked her back to his car.
And that was the beginning of a new chapter in their relationship.
"You ok, Kens?" Deeks asked with pure concern in his voice. Her pen instantly stopped. She looked up from her paperwork and tilted her head.
"What?" She asked.
"Um...I asked if you were...you know...ok...Kens..." He answered a little confused.
"Oh...I didn't hear you...but, ya...I'm good...why do you ask?" Deeks knew exactly what she was doing. Agent Kensi Marie Blye being Agent Kensi Marie Blye, she was shaking it off. She knew why he was asking. Because he was Deeks. He was the only one that could see right through her.
And the only reason she said "good" instead of "fine", was because all of the previous times Deeks had asked Kensi if she was ok and she said "fine", he would only push harder. Because he was the only one who knew what "fine" means. It means, "Deeks, I'm not fine." At least, that's what he got from it.
Callen and Sam were in the gym playing basketball, their, "King-of-the-world" game. So Deeks got up from his desk and walked over and sat at Callen's desk beside Kensi's.
She watched him the whole way over. Never moving, just her eyes following him. When he sat down in the chair facing her, she sighed as put down her pen and spun her chair to face him.
"Deeks, I said I'm ok."
"I know what you said Kensi."
"Deeks, why do you always do this?" It wasn't quite a yell, but it wasn't quite calm either. It was mostly irritation.
"Because Kensi, you're my partner I..." He stopped short. It was her turn to push.
"You what, Deeks?" she was a bit calmer this time.
"I...I care about you, Kens." He finally said. Her heart melted. She watched him, he was looking down at his hands, inches from hers. Without thinking, she grabbed his hand and scooted her chair closer to Deeks. "I care about you too." She said looking at him. He looked up. She was still looking at him.
There they were. Two partners. Staring into each others eyes. Holding each others hands. In their office.
They heard footsteps and laughter. Sam and Callen. Kensi quickly let go of Deeks' hand and spun around back to her paperwork. Deeks jumped up out of Callen's chair and ran to his. I was a very close call.
"I totally kicked your butt, G." Sam gloated.
"No, you didn't. That wasn't fair. I tripped." Callen argued.
"That's not my fault." Sam shot back with a grin.
"Could you guys keep it down? I'm trying to fill out a report. Deeks is enough to put up with. Please don't add on." Kensi said smiling up at the two. Then she looked over at Deeks with a look that said "Just kidding." Deeks smiled at that.
"Sure, sorry Kens." Sam said with a grin.
The boys went back to their desks and as Callen sat down he asked,
"Who's been sitting at my desk?" Deeks looked up a little nervously. "Why?" Sam questioned.
"Because there's a paper on the floor." Callen said as he bent down to pick up the paper. As he sat it down on his desk, Sam said,
"Knowing you, when you got up to come play basketball with me, you were so excited, that you knocked off the paper without noticing." Sam said with a smile.
"Whatever. Yeah, I guess you're right." Callen said.
"Yeah, I know I'm right." Sam said back. Kensi had just finished the paperwork and looked over at Deeks. The look on her face said "Thank. God." Deeks smiled at this. Callen noticed.
"What's so funny Deeks?" He asked accusingly. Callen, Sam, and Kensi just kinda stared at him for a minute. Sam and Callen's stare was like, "Well...?" But Kensi's was different. Her's was like, "What are you gonna do now, Deeks?" And "You can do it...think of something cocky or stupid or something."
Deeks was good with improv. And everybody knew it. Especially him. So he said,
"Oh, nothing. I was just wondering why anybody would be eager to play basketball with Sam." After he said this he spun his chair to face Sam. His grin said "Your turn." Callen laughed waiting for Sam's response. Kensi tried to hide her smile.
Fail. Deeks noticed, but he didn't draw any attention to it. He just waited for Sam's response along with everybody else.
"Very funny, Deeks." Sam said tiredly. Callen yawned.
"Alright. Time to go home. Goodnight everyone." Callen said as he gathered his things.
"Goodnight." echoed from his teammates behind him.
"Yeah, I'm leaving too." Sam said getting up out of his chair. "Goodnight." Deeks and Kensi said.
"Goodnight." Sam said.
After both boys were out of earshot, Deeks asked Kensi while playing with a paperclip,
"You really care about me, Kens?" Kensi looked up at him.
"Of course I do. Why wouldn't I?" Deeks didn't say anything for a minute. Then he spoke.
"Because...I don't...well...I'm not used to it...you know...being cared about." He said looking down at the paperclip he was playing with. She didn't know what to say. He was opening up to her. For a few minuets, there was silence.
Then she spoke.
"Thank you." she said.
"What?" he asked looking up.
"Thank you." she repeated. "Thank you for being there for me. Thank you for saving my butt all those times. Thank you for trusting me enough to open up to me. Just, thank you, Deeks." Now, he didn't know what to say. She, now, was opening up to him. Again, silence. Then, he thought of something.
"I'm glad we're partners, Kensi. We're good together...as...you know...partners." He was looking back at the paperclip.
"Me too. And we are." She said staring off into space. Her voice was so sweet, it didn't sound like Agent Kensi Marie Blye, it sounded like, well, Kensi.
They looked at each other for a long quiet moment. It was getting weird and awkward, so he said to brake the silence,
"Wanna grab a smoothie?" He smiled at her. She melted.
"I'd love one." She said smiling back, remembering the night he came over to her house with a smoothie.
As they were walking out side by side, he put his arm around her, pulling her close beside him as she had done that day they had dropped Deeks' friend, Ray, off at the airport.
She didn't hit him like he expected her to. Instead, she stretched up and kissed him lightly on the check. He looked down a little startled and shocked. She smiled at him. He smiled back. Then, he walked her back to his car.
And that was the beginning of a new chapter in their relationship.