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She's been watching him for a half hour now, waiting for him to make his move when her target suddenly turns around, like someone had called him, and takes off running. Quickly getting out of her car, she starts running after him, but as she starts running in the direction he'd ran off to, she sees a blonde mop of hair that's a few paces ahead of her running in the same direction.

Picking up speed, she curses as she realizes what's happening. "Dammit." Once she turns the corner and reaches the alley, she lets out a defeated sigh as she comes into full view of something she always dreads seeing. The tall muscular man has her fugitive laying flat on his stomach and in the process of cuffing him.

"And you are?"

He looks up, meeting her eyes when a grin appears on his face. "Deeks."

The glint in her eye tells him that she's sizing him up. "Don't think I've seen you before."

"Well I guess I'm doing my job then." With that cocky grin still plastered to his face, he grabs the bail jumper and pulls him to his feet. Sending a wink her way when he walks past her. "See ya around."

She's completely caught off guard by this new obstacle that has been put in her way. He was cocky, not that she isn't ever nor any other counter part of hers. But something seems different, she's not sure what it is and will most likely never find out.


Walking through the doorway with a grim look on her face, she rolls her eyes.

"Well, did you get him?" Gwen, her faithful partner in crime ask when she sees look on her friend's face after she'd gone out on a lead.

"Almost."

The blonde knows how good her partner is, strike that, she's not good, she's the best. Her brunette counter part always gets her guy, come hell or high water. "What do you mean, almost? Kensi Blye doesn't do almost. Never has."

"Some guy showed up and got to him before I could." The annoyed look that graces her face as she takes a seat at her desk is not often seen. She knows it's ridiculous but the feeling of failure rears its ugly head every time she doesn't do something right or is unable to accomplish something. Maybe it's her military upbringing or maybe it's the inner turmoil she deals with everyday because she doesn't feel like she's enough. For anyone.

"What guy?"

She looks away from the files on her desk and turns her attention towards her partner. "A blonde guy with shaggy hair who until this day I've never seen before."

Gwen shrugs her shoulders like, what else is new? "I guess some new competition just got to town."

"Looks that way."

The day is almost at an end and figuring that her friend could use a pick me up, she offers. "How about drinks? I'm buying."

Knowing she's not gonna be able to focus after being a little rattled, she accepts the offer. "Definitely."


She's nursing her JD on the rocks when she hears a not all that familiar voice.

"Told you I'd see ya around."

Turning towards the person that the voice belongs to, she gives him a quick barely there smile and returns to her drink. "Yeah, you did."

He's taken back by the brunette. Something about her is different. Most women he meets in their line of work are stone cold as stone cold can get. He can tell just by the glimpse he caught of her mismatched eyes that she's indeed stone cold, but with that, there's something else he can't quite name. "Can I buy you a drink? I mean it's the least I could do after swooping in and taking your mark."

Kensi isn't sure if he's trying to get something from her like most of her male counter parts or is truly being genuine. "I'm good thanks. It's a school night."

Nodding his head, he takes the hint and stand up off the stool. "I'm sorry. I never asked you your name."

She gives him a soft smile and figures that if they're going to be in the same business together it's better to have more friends than enemies. "Kensi. Kensi Blye." Holding her arm out, she offers her hand.

When she smiles at him, he's hit full force with something he's never felt before. "Kensi." He tries to get his wits about him, softly repeating her name, locking way that smile in his memory. Seeing her offered hand, he returns the gesture and properly introduces himself. "It's nice to meet you, Kensi. Marty Deeks."

The electricity that sergers through both of their bodies as their skin touches, catches both of them by surprise. Their eyes lock and they see the same stupefied look reflected in the others.

When they're finally brought back to reality, they release their hands, after an abnormal about of time being joined.

She realizes that she's made a big mistake when she stands up to leave as he's still standing in the same position as before. Their bodies are just a hairs breath away. Shaking herself out of the trance of his mesmerizing blue eyes, her lips slowly pull up into a smile. "I'll see you around, Marty."

"See ya." As she walks away, he shakes his head trying to get rid of the buzzing feeling.


A/N: I'll do my best to update as often as I can.