NCIS LA- Two geeks in love
Chapter 1
It was normal day at OPS, Nell and Eric were sitting at their usual places in front of the big screen both of them busy with their respective tasks. "Soo…How was your weekend Rockstar?" Eric finally asked without looking away from his computer screen, because he was so engulfed in filing his last report for Hetty that was overdue as always.
"It was very nice, me and my good friend Tina where in a bar flirting with some guys. I actually met a very nice looking tall guy that even gave me his telephone number and said that it would be really nice if we could meet again some time." Eric froze for a second in what he was doing right at the moment, trying his best to figure out if Nell was just joking around or if she really was the type to hook up right away with any guy she meets in some bar. He finally then collected himself again, decided play along for the time being and said: "Sounds nice so are you going to meet that guy again? What's his name anyways?"
"Probably yes, because it was...love at first sight actually and his name is Jack." In his opinion that sounded very serious to him and he couldn't help but feel a little jealous right now but of course he didn't want Nell to know that. Nell had been totally on cloud nine the whole day, because she really had totally fallen for Jack. Never had it happened to her, that she was completely in love head over heels after only the first meeting. Then Hetty arrived in the room and said: "Good morning Miss Jones and Mister Beale, we've got a new case, so please summon the team." Eric wanted to get up from his chair but Nell was faster than him and nicely asked: "Can I…?" The blonde techie looked deep into the wonderful eyes of the Intelligence Analyst and said with a smile on his face:" Of course Rockstar go ahead." Nell then walked to sliding doors and Eric looked after her until she disappeared. She finally reached the stairs that lead down to the bullpen of the HQ and whistled as loud as she could. "Hetty all wants you upstairs because we have a new case to solve." The other team members shortly followed Nell through the sliding doors upstairs, Deeks and Kensi being the last two to enter the room.
"Mister Beale." Hetty just said and then Eric put on a photo of the person, which obviously was involved in the newest case. "This is Braden Palmer, Navy Intelligence Officer on the USS Enterprise. Since last week the ship has been home from the latest mission in the Indian Ocean. The crew is since then on vacation, yesterday neighbors of mister palmer called the police because of suspicious activities in his apartment. When the police finally arrived, Mister Palmer was nowhere to be found in his apartment, the complete place was left in big mess. The neighbor that lived directly next to him said that he saw a black van standing in parking space just a few meters away from the house. He even was able to give them a license plate but the plates were faked. The Secretary of the Navy has personally called and made very clear, that time is the enemy in this case. Lt Palmer has access to a lot of sensitive data. We need to find him fast before sensitive data of our military falls in the hands of terrorists." Nell then put another picture on the big screen and Hetty then continued: "This is Braden Palmer sister, Sandra Palmer. Mister Deeks and Miss Blye, you will pay her a little visit, maybe she has some value information for us. Here is the address" Hetty then handed Kensi a little piece of paper and with Deeks in tow she left the room. Then she lastly turned to Sam and Callen: "Mister Hannah and Mister Callen, you look at the Crime Scene, maybe we get lucky and the captors of Mister Palmer have left some trace behind."
While finally finishing his last mission report for Hetty, he thought about the weird feelings he had when Nell had said she would have a date with another guy the next weekend. Was he jealous because he felt more than friendship for his partner? *Me and Nell are just friends and it will probably stay that way, because it doesn't seem that she is interested in me. She probably thinks that a relationship with a colleague is totally unprofessional.* He finally then sent his report to Hetty via E-Mail and Nell then turned around to face him and said: "How was your weekend by the way?" Eric had to think for a while for a good answer to this question. He couldn't just say that he played video games at home and watched some TV. He didn't want to bore his colleague but wouldn't she see through his lie very quick? They surely had known each other for a long time now and so it certainly wouldn't be easy to fool her. He then finally answered: "Nothing special just watching some TV."
"Oh ok." Nell answered and had clearly noticed the little jealousy in his eyes even if he tried his best to hide from her.
Certainly the question came to her mind, what made Eric so jealous but her train of thought was quickly interrupted as Callen called and had some work to do for Eric. "I'm searching for the Van right now in Kaleidoscope." Eric said to Callen at the other end of the line and patiently waited for the program to finish the search for suspicious van. A few minutes later he finally said: "Got it, I'm sending the address to your phone right now." Before hanging up Callen thanked him for the information. "You know that I've dated a lot of hot chicks recently. Actually I'm dating a hot blonde right now; anyway I'm a highly wanted guy out there. No one can withstand the special Beale Charm."
"And how does that Beal Charm work?" Nell asked and was very anxious to hear the answer from her colleague. "Sorry Nell, I really can't tell you, because that's a Beale family secret." Eric answered and brightly grinned at her. Nell put on her best puppy dog eyes look and said: "Please Eric, we are friends you can trust me with that "family secret"" and couldn't stop grinning at him.
"No way! Don't give me that innocent look, because that won't work on me." Eric replied and then Nell pretended to be totally sad about that answer, put on her best sad face. But then she grinned at him at said: "Fine Mister Lady's man, I don't want to ruin your luck with the ladies."
AN: This is my first NCIS-LA Fanfic, any suggestions to improve the quality of the story are more than welcome. I hope enjoyed reading the first chapter, please read & rewiew.