"We should find a place to stay" Deeks said, "It's getting dark."

Kensi and Deeks had gone searching for crime evidence in some very deep woods and, after walking for two great hours, they lost contact with Eric, ending up lost in the deepest woods in California where there had been a series of homicides. They had tried to go back but they realized they were too deep to find the exit that easily. For what Kensi had thought, it would be around 8pm and things were getting real bad. They were tired, hungry, thirsty and it was almost night oh and they were in the middle of the woods with nowhere to go.

Since they were in the middle of nowhere, it was just a matter of time until they lost contact with Eric but they were not counting on being this far away from home. And after trying to get in contact with OPS for a long time, they gave up and, instead, focused on living through the night.

As Kensi looked around her to find a shelter, she heard Deeks calling her because, apparently, he had found two trees in the perfect position to cover them. Of course that some things would be impossible to be covered like the hunger, cold and the desire of going home.

"I guess this will have to do, right?" she asked him.

"Hey" Deeks answered, looking her in the eyes, "We are going to be fine. And, besides, you have me. What could possibly go wrong?"

She laughed and sat on the ground, leaning her back against one of the trees and closed her eyes for just a second. What could possibly go wrong? She thought. All she could do was wait for the kissing fish to save them. Despite the fact that they were starving and super tired, they were fine because, as Deeks had said, they had each other so they would never be alone. Kensi suddenly felt a cold wind blowing in her direction and started trembling. Before Deeks sat down next to her in the other tree, he noticed she was freezing and, instead, sat next to her.

He took off his jacket, showing his amazing biceps. He did not mind freezing for Kensi. She was so worth it and, after all, he was not counting on staying trapped in there for much longer. He put his jacket around Kensi's shoulders, holding her only for a few seconds.

"What are you doing?" She asked, looking at his naked arms, "You are going to freeze."

"One of us will. It better be me, don't you think?" He asked her, slightly smiling at her.

"No. None of us will."

As she finished saying this, she crawled next to him and put the jacket back in his arms but, this time, none of them would be without any cover. Kensi took his right arm and put it around her shoulders and leaning her back against him. Realizing what was happening, Deeks held Kensi's arm and pulled her as closely as he could. After exchanging some really passionate looks, she leaned her head against his shoulder and closed her eyes for a second.

"Do you want to sleep for a little while?" he asked

"No, I can't." She answered, "We both have to stay alert in case something happens."

"It's okay. I am wide awake. You can sleep for a bit and if I need you to do anything I'll wake you up, okay?"

Kensi yawned and thought about it. It was a good offer and she really wanted to sleep. So she closed her eyes.

"Thanks." She said

"Sleep tight, Kensalina." He joked.

"Why do you keep calling me that?" She asked, almost laughing.

He had actually never thought about that. It just sounded a great name. Kensalina… but then he realized the real reason why it sounded a great name.

"I guess it's a princess' name." He said.

Kensi looked up at his eyes, which were shinning endlessly, she blushed and stared at him for a while. It felt good to hear these kind of things from her partner even though she used to hear them very often. She always pretended not to like them or to ignore but they both knew that she secretly loved it. So she did whatever she did most lately, close her eyes for a long time and just think about her life, it felt good to do that when things were going well. She usually thought of her mom, and how good it felt that they were re-building their relationship all over again. That was, somehow, making her entire life improve so much. But the other very important thing that made her want to think about life was her partner.

It seemed that their relationship was growing bigger and bigger by the day and that felt so well. For the first time in a very long time, she could swear she was starting to grow feelings on someone. That was great, it meant that she was definitely moving on and leaving her past behind. Kensi suddenly felt like she could do anything just by feeling what she had been feeling for the past few weeks. But she had to be careful, has Hetty had said before, she had to separate her love life with her work because, if she couldn't make that distinction, she could end up putting herself and her partner in trouble.

Deeks was thinking as well. Thinking of how his life was going so fantastically great. And how his little plan was working perfectly.

Deeks had been planning on this over weeks and he finally succeeded on a well working plan, but he would have to ask for a big favor. He had tracked the killer days ago and he was far away from that forest. But he didn't tell anyone. So, before they went to the woods, he had asked Eric to, at some point of the search, to pretend to lose contact with them, so they could be alone. Eric agreed because he understood what Deeks' desire of being alone with a certain woman felt like. Two hours after Kensi and Deeks walked into the woods, he broke down their contact. They would have more than one entire night before they were connected again and Deeks intended to seize all those hours very carefully. He had, of course, imagined that Hetty would find out so he decided to let her learn what will happen by his own mouth. At first she thought it was nonsense but then, after thinking about it for a few days, she eventually agreed because the criminal had already been caught. Hetty warned him, tough, not to mix Deeks' love life with his work, it could end up in a big mess.

Deeks had no doubt this is what he wanted to do. And it was going so well. He nested Kensi in his arms and caressed her hair for a little while. She was so beautiful. And her personality was something out of the ordinary, she could be pushy, a little bit of a teaser and, at the same time, she could be the sweetest person you know. And, thinking of her so much, Deeks realized the real purpose why they were there.

He intended to make this little trip the trip that will get them together for real. But he had no idea how to tell Kensi that his heart was completely caught by her beautiful hazel eyes. He did know that it wouldn't be easy and her reaction could be either relatively good or really bad because she had never reacted to these feelings subjects very well. He would have to be very careful with his words and be very patient.

God, he was nervous! But he didn't want to think about that now.

Kensi was asleep. Sleeping so quietly and softly. He just stared at her and tried to enjoy that moment for a while. He had that gorgeous woman just for himself. So he leaned his head against her head, held her a bit tight and slept.

The next day, something quite unexpected happened, almost ruining the entire opportunity.