As soon as Callen walks inside the Ops center that morning he can tell something's not right. Deeks is sitting on his usual spot by his desk, typing something on his computer but stopping every two seconds to rub his neck. Callen can tell that this involves Kensi, somehow. It always does. Or at least it started to be like that a few months ago. Callen sits on his desk and starts the day of work, deciding that Deeks will tell him what's wrong when he wants to do so.

Deeks sighs after a few seconds and breaks the silence. "I love her, Callen. I love her with all my heart, you know I do. I'm completely crazy about that woman but I swear to God, she's driving me crazy."

Callen smirks and looks at him. "What did she do to you this time?"

Deeks shakes his head and shudders with the thought. "We had a fight last night and she made me sleep on the couch. Then she spent the entire night awake and didn't let me go there to help her. Therefore, I spent the entire night awake and lying on the couch. My back hurts; my neck is aching and the only thing she told me this morning is that she wanted to drive her own car to work today."

Callen knows that this is serious but he can't help but laugh. Many people know that Kensi Blye is hard to handle, that's not really a secret. However, her usual temper is nothing when compared to what it has been for the past few months. Nowadays, the three agents find themselves cursing pregnancy hormones several times a day. They don't hold it against her because they all know she doesn't do it on purpose. It's something she can't control. And Deeks is the one who suffers the most, anyway. It's his kid growing inside of her and causing her this mood swings so it's only fair.

Deeks told them he doesn't mind dealing with that. And the truth is that he can deal with her, mood swings and all included. He speaks fluent 'Kensi Blye' so this is not much of a problem to him. But she's 8 months pregnant now and even edgier than usual. One single word uttered on the wrong moment can throw her off the edge.

Hetty wanted her to stay home after the 6 months landmark but Callen, Sam and Deeks refused to allow that. In the end, they all had the same reason to do so. Their house was 20 minutes away from the OPS center and there was no way they would let her stay there all alone during the entire day while they were so far away. So Hetty allowed her to keep working, though the only thing she's allowed to do is fill out paperwork.

Callen knows all this but he has the feeling she had a reason to blow up this time because Deeks hasn't cursed her hormones yet. "What did you do?"

Deeks sighs once again. "I told her the truth. We went to the doctor yesterday and he told her that she probably won't make it until the end of the nine months. He says that the baby might be born sooner than that. So we got home and she was scared and started to talk about the labor and stuff like that. I told her I didn't want to be there during the labor. And she lost it."

Callen frowned at this. "She's carrying your daughter. She will endure hours of labor to bring her to this world and you refuse to be by her side while she goes through that?"

"It's not about not being supportive or anything like that. I just don't think I can handle seeing that. She'll probably ask you or Sam to be there with her so she won't be alone, anyway."

Sam chooses that specific moment to walk in the bullpen and punches Deeks arm. "It's not the same, you idiot. You're the man she loves. That's your baby. Don't you think she would prefer having you there, holding her hand, while she uses all her strength to bring your daughter into this world?"

"I will take a wild guess and say that you were there when your daughter was born…"

"Of course I was, Deeks. Do you have any idea of what that feels like to women? It hurts like hell and it helps a lot to have the father there. It's not fair for Kensi to go through that without you."

Deeks seems annoyed now. "Look, I know Kensi and I know myself. I love her with all my heart and I know I will love my daughter as much as I love her mother. I will keep them both safe and happy. I will do my best to be a good father but I can't be there when she's born. I would freak out and Kensi would send me away, one way or another. I won't be any good for her and that's the end of this talk."

Callen and Sam know that Deeks is as stubborn as she is and there is no way they will be able to convince him to do this. It has to be his decision. Then he talks again.

"Where's Kensi, anyway?"

Sam is the one who answers him this time. "She's in the archives room."

Deeks gets up and walks in that direction. He doesn't bother knocking on the door because he's sure she's alone in there. Everyone in the building knows that Kensi likes to be alone in there and no one stays there after she walks in. Deeks closes the door behind him and sits on the floor, waiting for her to show up. She does, ten seconds later. He looks up at her and can't help but smile.

She says she's fat but he thinks she's beautiful. She seems to be glowing and her rounded stomach works like a bubble to keep his baby girl safe until she's ready to come out. It's the ultimate proof of her love for him and it only makes her even more beautiful to him. The next words that come out of his mouth could easily make her get her gun and shoot him but he sees her soft smile and knows that it's safe to say them.

"Are you done pouting?"

Kensi shrugs. "Your daughter decided to punish me and wouldn't let me sleep. She kept kicking me all night."

Deeks gets up from his place on the couch, well aware that she can't sit next to him. He kisses her mouth and strokes her stomach. Then he pulls back and kisses the spot where he just felt his daughter's strong kick. Kensi smiles softly at him and Deeks sighs.

"It gave me time to think, though."

"Yeah?"

"If you don't think you can handle being there that's fine by me. I can handle it."

Deeks pulls her to him and kisses her head, deciding to ignore the unsure look on her face. "Thank you, princess."

TBC…

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Sarah is still out of the country and therefore unable to use the internet as often.

However, she called me and told me to post this story and update her other ones.

There's one more chapter to go to on this one.

It will feature Kensi's labor but I can only update it when I get enough reviews (because my sister is bossy).

So review if you want to read another chapter.