A/N: As promised, I'm back with another story. This on takes place in the early season 5 but before 'The Frozen Lake'. This story is finished and has 6 chapters in total and I plan on updating weekly.

Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS LOS ANGELES, nor its' characters, or anything else you can recognise.

Enjoy the ride!

"Would you care to explain to me what the hell are we still doing here?" Deeks asked, anger evident in his voice.

"No, because I have already told you over a dozen times this past hour, I repeat, this past hour, why we are here." Kensi replied even more angrily.

Deeks was really getting on her nerves. Not only had they been on a stake out for almost four hours, but also she had to listen to his endless babbling, which was getting more annoying with each passing minute. She was thinking of different ways to make him shut up once and for all, when she heard a sound. A weird sound, which she was sure as hell that was not coming from her partner.

"Shhhhh!" she said while trying to listen.

"What? What do you mean 'Shh'?" Deeks asked, clearly joking.

"Shh, I'm hearing something."

"It must be those voices in your head cause I can't hear anything."

"For once in your life just shut that thing you have for a mouth! Just one time!" she practically yelled. Deeks was so taken aback by her blunt behavior, that he shut up immediately. Kensi regreted yelling at him immediately. He looked so hurt which made her want to reach over and hug him but before she could talk herself out of it, she heard it again and this time she recognised it. It was a cry. A child's cry to be exact. Deeks must have heard it too, because he asked her if they were hearing the same thing.

"It depends." she replied. "What are YOU hearing?"

"Someone crying." he said as he opened the door and began moving towards the sound.

"I think it's coming from there." Kensi said pointing at an alley which had trash bins on both sides. They both ran and began opening the trash bins and looking for a kid.

After a couple of minutes, Kensi said "I found it! Oh my God!" There was a baby wrapped in a blue blanket, crying uncontrollably.

She didn't know what to do besides picking it up. The baby kept crying, so she tried to rock it in her arms like she's seen in movies. The baby's eyes were red and puffy, which indicated that it had been crying for a while. Kensi kept rocking it and whispering soothing words until the baby fell asleep.

Deeks had been watching Kensi all this time. It seemed so natural to see her holding a baby and making it fall asleep, that he almost cried. It would be amazing if he saw her holding her own baby, their baby. Yes, Deeks had been dreaming and fantasising about them making their own family, because if there is one person with whom Deeks wants to create a family, that's Kensi. She might think that she would be a terrible mother, but the image in front of him, proves her wrong. He is pulled from his thoughts when he hears her calling his name. "Yes?"

"A little help here?" she said looking down at the baby in her arms. "What should I do?"

"I don't know. You're the one who found it and made it stop crying."

"First of all, she's a 'she' and not an 'it', and second of all, you're the kid person not me."

"I'm the kid person?"

"Yes, you're the one who knows how to handle kids."

"You don't 'handle' kids, Kensi."

"Whatever that is called."

"Ok, give her to me." Deeks tried to remove the baby from Kensi's embrace, but the moment he held her, she started crying. Deeks tried to do what Kensi did mere minutes ago, but failed miserably. Kensi not being able to bear the cries, she took the baby girl from Deeks. She rocked it and whispered to her for some time before she fell asleep, again.

"Wow! How did you do that?" Deeks asked amazed.

"I have no idea. I just did it." she said, smiling awkwardly.

Deeks thought about it for a second before he smirked at her"Oh, I think I know the answer to that."

"Of course you do. Would you like to enlighten me too?"

"Sure. It's called a mother's instinct Kanselina and don't try to deny it."

"You might be right this time Shaggy."

"Double wow! Kensi Marie Blye is actually agreeing with me on something!"

"I am. Now call Hetty and tell her about what happened."

"Why me?"

"Because I'm holding a baby."

"You got a point there." he said and took out his cell phone and called her.

"Hetty, hey. We might have found a baby at a trash bin near the bar we were watching."

Kensi watched him as his facial expressions changed quite a few times before the call ended. "What did she say?"

"That we should head to the boatshed where someone from Children's Services is going to take her." he said and followed Kensi to her car.

She stood in front of the passenger's seat instead of the driver's. "Don't just stand there! Open the door!" He did as he was told and opened the door.

As soon as Kensi got comfortable enough, he hopped into the driver's seat and began driving.

The ride to the boatshed was quiet. Deeks would occasionally glance at Kensi who was busy with the baby, but that was it.

They were greeted by Hetty who was standing behind a baby stroller, among other things,

but there was no Children's Services. Deeks thought that the representative hadn't arrived yet, but he was proved wrong by Hetty.

"Miss Blye, Mr Deeks, I have to inform you that because of the strike, Children's Services aren't willing to take the baby."

"Say what now?"

"You heard me, Mr Deeks. I did everything in my power to convince them otherwise, but apparently they are not satisfied with their working conditions, so they are refusing to work until the President agrees with their conditions."

"The President?"

"Then who is going to take care of her?" Kensi asked.

"I'm afraid, my dear, that the little baby that you're holding in your hands right now, will have to remain under NCIS custody until further notice."

"What?" Deeks and Kensi said in unison.

"Jennifer can look after her until the strike is over, right? She already has two kids, so she knows what to do."

"You have forgotten, Miss Blye, that Ms Stone is on a leave."

"New York, I forgot about that. Who else... Sam? Sam has two kids too."

"Yes, but Mrs Hanna is undercover at the moment."

"Really?"

Deeks looked at Kensi and that's when he got an idea.

"Deeks, no, don't look at me like that. I know that look and the answer is no. NO, NO, NO!"

"Why not, Kens? You're the one who found her and she cries when anyone else picks her up."

"You don't know that. Maybe she doesn't want to be held by you."

"Ouch, that hurt me. But anyways-"

"No, Deeks. No, I know nothing about kids, especially babies."

"You did great with Sam's kids when we babysitted them."

"I did, because you helped me and because Sam's kids are 8 and 10. We didn't have to do much. Sam had prepared everything for us."

"I can help you this time too."

"What? No. You can have her. Go on, take her."

"She will start crying."

"No, she won't."

"Ok, you'll see."

Indeed, as soon as Deeks held the baby girl in his arms, she began crying and shouting, so he handed her back to Kensi, who began rocking her to make her stop. And it worked.

Hetty looked Kensi in awe. She knew that the junior female agent was good with children, despite her believing otherwise, but this was just amazing. The baby stopped crying when Kensi held it, like if she was its mother.

"Miss Blye, Mr Deeks is right. You found the baby and you are responsible for it. And Mr Deeks don't think that you are off the hook, you are Miss Blye's partner, therefore you have the same responsibilities."

Deeks' smile grew even bigger, instead of vanishing. He was so going to enjoy playing house with Kensi.

"But before you leave, I have called a pediatrician, who will check the baby and make sure that it is healthy. Also, Miss Jones will be here any minute to take a picture, as well as information about the baby, so that she can find her parents. Now, here are some things that you are going to need."

"I'm not even going to ask where you got all the baby stuff." Deeks said.

"That is a wise choice, Detective." Hetty said and left.

TBC...

A/N: Sooooo, what do you think? There are more awesome scenes to come in the next chapters. I also hope this helps you take your mind off the SOW delsted scene. Boy, was that one emotional scene or what? Looking foforward to your response.

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