Soooo… I know I should have continued Bold a while ago, but I want to make it as close to the storyline of the show as possible and they're not really giving me anything to work with, although, last week was better than the weeks before. This story has been floating around my head FOREVER. I decided it's finally time to write it down.

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"Kens, you can't just throw all of these papers in the trash! We have these marvelous things called recycling bins, you know." Deeks said as he dramatically pulled all of her discarded papers out of her trash bin.

"Seriously? Yesterday it was the water and today it's paper?" Kensi asked, watching as her partner repeated the process on Sam and Callen's bins.

"Woah, what do you think you're doing?" Sam asked as he saw Deeks digging.

"Just saving a few dozen trees by the looks of it. You all really need to learn the values of recycling."

"Yeah, alright Mother Nature." Callen jabbed.

"Okay, alright, you know what, fine. Laugh all you want, but when the air pollution starts smothering us all, and we'll be some of the first to go, don't come crying to me." Deeks said as he tossed all the papers into the recycling bin.

"And why exactly would we be the first to go?" Sam asked as he took a seat, as did Callen.

"Because, according to the article I read in the LA Times this morning, Los Angeles has been named one of the worst cities in America for air quality."

Just as they were all about to jump into an argument about the topic, Eric blew his whistle. "Hetty called a few minutes ago and apologizes for the late notice, but unless there is an emergency case, we all have today off."

They all looked at each other. They knew not to question Hetty's methods. Kensi and Deeks headed back out with Callen and Sam close behind.

"You two carpooled again?" Callen asks.

"Yep." Kensi replied, popping the 'p'.

"You guys feeling left out?" Deeks teased.

"No, no way. I don't want to know why you're at Kensi's place in the mornings." Sam said giving them a knowing look.

"What? Come on, we're just carpooling, ya know, saving the environment by not using as much…" He was cut off by a simultaneous groan from his teammates.

"Enough with the environmental crap!" Callen complained. "Plus, we all know that you're not surfing which implies that you haven't been near the beach, which is practically your backyard, in over a week. Kensi's house however, is nowhere near the ocean." Callen finished as they arrived at their cars. Kensi and Deeks glanced nervously at each other which caused Callen and Sam to laugh.

"See you guys on Monday." Sam said as he and his partner climbed into their cars.

"Yeah, uh, see you later." Deeks managed to stammer out.

Kensi handed Deeks the keys to her car and walked around to the passenger side door. She'd been letting him drive more and more lately.

They settled into the car and pulled away from the parking area. "So how much do you think they know?" Kensi asked as they drove towards his house.

"More than I'd like." Deeks said. They had agreed to keep it between the two of them for as long as possible so that the argument that they wouldn't be able to work together as partners, which they knew one of their superiors would bring up, would be invalid.

"I think they're just guessing, trying to get a reaction. There's no way they actually know. They would have said something by now." Kensi said, trying to convince herself as much as her partner.

"Yeah. Right." Deeks replied. The rest of the drive was spent in silence, but Deeks did eventually reach over and grab Kensi's hand.

They decided to spend the day relaxing at his place, since Callen and Sam had been right in guessing that they hadn't been here in a week. Deeks needed to repack a bag and wash clothes, since he wasn't completely sure he'd ever find them again if they entered the black hole that was Kensi's laundry room.

They lounged around, laughed and simply enjoyed spending time together. As the night came to a close, Deeks took Kensi out to eat at a small casual diner just down the street. Anyone looking could tell that they were in love.

"Alright, Princess, I think you're going to have to finish this movie on your own. I'm going to turn in early, the waves are supposed to be awesome in the morning." Deeks said around ten that night. "Unless you want to join me?"

"In bed or to the beach?" Kensi asked with a smirk in place.

Deeks chuckled at her joke, noting how her sense of humor was improving. "Either really, although at the moment I'm referring to the beach. We haven't surfed together in ages." Deeks replied.

Kensi thought about it for a minute before deciding "You know what, why not? I kind of have been wanting to go out again." Kensi said as she turned off the TV and took his offered hand to help her up off the couch.

They changed and climbed into his bed, her head immediately coming to rest on his chest as she curled herself into his side.