Hello all,

After my last story, "Wild Horses", many of you asked if my next story was going to be a sequel to the first or if I was starting fresh. This particular story is fresh, though I do have a sequel planned for Wild Horses and I plan to start working on it soon! Enjoy!

"Will you move over," Kensi huffed, elbowing Deeks hard in the ribcage.

"Ow," he whined. "What was that for?"

"Your thigh is touching my thigh," Kensi snapped.

"So?"

"So, I don't want you touching me!"

"Will you two shut up," Callen shouted from the front seat. "You have been bickering for the past twenty miles.

"Yeah," Nell added. "It is getting a little tiresome."

"Shut up Nell," Kensi and Deeks said in unison.

"Hey," Eric shouted. When Kensi and Deeks turned their irritated gazes towards him he realized what he had done and sank back into the seat, drawing in on himself in hopes that they didn't kill him.

"Look," Sam said as he wiped sweat from his brow, "I know that it is hot, but we are almost there. So everyone just shut up and pretend to like each other for the next twenty miles or I swear I will pull this car over!"

The team had been sent on a mission at a couples retreat in Georgia. Deeks and Kensi were posing as a married couple, while Eric and Nell were posing as an engaged couple and Sam and Callen were posing as Park Rangers. The mission was simple enough… find the Russian assassins and capture them. They have dealt with worse, so they headed off on their mission with high hopes. Hetty had arranged a car rental for them when they arrived at the Hartsfield Jackson Airport in Atlanta. Unfortunately the plane from L.A. was delayed due to technical difficulties, which meant that the plane to Georgia was late arriving. When they finally made it to the car rental place they were not happy to find out that the nice SUV that Hetty had rented for them was no longer available. In fact there was only one vehicle left… a sedan…with a broken air conditioner. They had no choice but to take it and try to cram six adults into… not fun at all.

Nell, Eric, Kensi and Deeks were all crammed in the backseat, while Callen rode shotgun and Sam drove the three hour drive to the Blue Ridge Mountain's where the retreat was being held. At first it wasn't so bad, but as the temperatures of the scorching Georgia summer rose so did the tempers.

"God, it is so cramped back here," Kensi huffed as she tried to bully herself into more space.

"I offered to let you sit on my lap," Deeks said with a waggle of his eyebrows. "Ow. Ow. OW!" He shouted when Kensi pinched his arm. "That is going to leave a bruise."

"Okay," Sam shouted, pulling the car over to the shoulder of the road and slamming on the breaks. "Everyone out! Now!" Sam wrenched his door open and climbed out of the car, slamming the door behind him.

"Holy crap he actually pulled the car over," Deeks whispered.

"What do you think he is going to do?" Eric asked nervously.

Sam poked his head back into the car, "I said now!"

Kensi rolled her eyes as she opened the car door and climbed out. She made sure to slam it in Deeks face before he could get out. "Real mature," he snorted before opening the door and letting himself out.

"Line up," Sam ordered.

The four team members fell into line, looking rather sheepish and embarrassed. Callen kicked back in the front seat and placed his arms behind his head, "Hey," Kensi griped. "What about Callen?"

"I'm not in trouble," Callen said with a smirk.

Sam walked over to the window and crossed his arms over his chest, "You will be if you don't get out there."

Callen looked offended, "Me? What did I do?"

"Out."

Callen climbed out of the car and sulked over to where the rest of the team was standing, taking his place at the end of the line next to Kensi, "see what you did. You got me in trouble."

"That's for calling shotgun," she said with an evil smile.

Sam began pacing slowly back and forth in front of his team with his hands clasped behind his back, "We can't be acting like this. We are getting ready to head into a mission that may take a month or the full six weeks of the program. There is no way that this mission will be a success if we can't even make it to the damn location without trying to tear each other apart. Now you all better straighten up or I will call Hetty."

"In my defense," Deeks piped up and pointed his finger at Kensi, "She started it."

Kensi elbowed him in the ribs again, "I did not!"

"Ow," Deeks said, grabbing his ribcage. "You see."

Sam swiped a hand down his face and groaned, "Kensi keep your hands to yourself. Deeks, keep your mouth shut. Can you do that? Is that too much to ask? Or do I have to separate you two?"

"If he can quit staying stupid things then I can quit hurting him," Kensi said with a scowl. Deeks opened his mouth to say something, but closed it again when Sam shot him a warning look.

Sam sighed, "Now how about we get back in the car and act like adults for a change?"

Everyone nodded their heads and shuffled their way back to the car. Deeks opened the door for Kensi to get in, but she just stood there. He gestured with his hand for her to sit and she looked at him like he had lost his mind, "I am not giving up the window seat Shaggy."

"Fine," he snorted. "I will just take the other window seat."

Nell had already slid into the middle seat and Eric was just about to get in when Deeks approached, "you wanna let me have the window seat this time?"

Eric hung off of the door for a moment while he thought about it. Finally he shook his head, "No."

Deeks rolled his eyes and forcefully shoved Eric into the car and across the seat so that he was crushing Nell, "Hey!" Eric shouted. "I said no. I get carsick!"

"And you will get over," Deeks grumbled as he shut the door.

Callen snickered, while Sam just shook his head, put the car in drive and pulled into traffic. This was going to be a long mission.