Hetty had invited us once again to visit one of the newest clubs in LA. Everyone was already there; Sam and Callen were already in the club with Hetty, and Eric and Nell were outside of the club and asking me when we would show up.

Being her partner, I'd said I would pick her up, you know, saving gas and so on… and now here I am, standing in her messy living room waiting for the not-so-much-sleeping beauty to be ready. "Fern, when are you going to be ready? Everyone is waiting for us."

"Almost ready, Tim. I can't wait to see if the club has some handsome men to offer." she said from the bathroom.

Trying not to let my jealousy—and hurt?—show, I answered her. "Well, you got that handsome man right here with you and it's supposed to be a team night out."

I heard Kensi laughing. "Right, Shaggy, and since when can we not dance with other people? Sometime during the night everyone will go home," she said, walking out of her room. Wow. She looks stunning. She has her hair down and you can see the light waves. The look I love most.

But it gets better. She's wearing a simple golden dress, which suits her curves very well. She's beautiful. I recognized when she came closer that she's wearing the chain I gave her for her birthday this year. I'd never seen her wearing it before.

"Deeks? Why are you staring at me?" she asked, curious.

Should I tell her I know that she's wearing my birthday present? "Ehm.. it's just, well, you look, you look beautiful, Kens," I said, looking down.

She stopped in her tracks. I looked to her to see her reaction. She was blushing and the tension was about to explode. "Wanna go without shoes, Fern?" I asked and she looked down before laughing.

"Didn't you write in one of your magazines that it's the new trend to not wear shoes, Shaggy?" She said, belying her words as she slipped into her black heels.

"Ready, Shaggy?

"You just rhymed, Kens. That's adorable." I smiled at her.

She laughed and returned my smile. "Thank you, Deeks."

I knew what she meant. "Always. Now, my lady, are you ready to hit the floor?" I asked and offered my arm to her.

She took it. "Sure thing, Mister," she said, laughing.

I parked my car near the club so we only had to walk for a minute.

I jumped out of the car and wanted to open her car door again but she kind of slammed it into my face. "Ouch. Good way to knock a guy out, Kens."

"Oh my, are you okay, Deeks? I'm sorry. I didn't know that you wanted to do that again, and you know I can take care of it alone. Why did you do that anyway?" she said while bringing my head up to meet her eyes and stroking my cheek. "Does anything hurt?"

I leaned into her touch. "Nothing hurts, I'm okay. Guess I wanted to be a gentleman." I said smiling at her shyly.

She gave me that cute look I adored. "Deeks, you don't have to do that. I know you're a good man."

"But I wanted to and I still want to do it."

She thought for a moment. "Okay, what about I get back in the car and close the door and you open it, like you wanted to."

"Now you're just giving me that out of pity. Nope, let's go. I'll do it the next time we're going out," I said, and took her arm while closing the door.

"Next time," she murmured. She smiled at me and wrapped her arms around my waist. I put one arm around her shoulders and wanted to touch her hair but I pulled back when she threatened me. "If you touch it, you're gonna be in pain, Shaggy.

"Way to ruin the moment, Kens," I laughed, but still kept my arm around her when we entered the club.

"Next round is on me," Callen said, and got up to get the beers.

Sam and Callen were sitting at one end of the table, next to Hetty. I was sitting on the other end with Kensi next to me. Nell and Eric were between us and Sam. The night was fun, we were laughing and chatting about everything. Sam told us about his kids and their school musical and things Callen always had to do for them.

We all had our own little conversations and right now I was talking to Kensi about Monty. "Admit it Kens, that mutt is awesome and you love him," I said to her. "I have to admit, I find your companion is a sweetie, but he's not awesome. I mean, he gets into the water and then jumps out when the water hits him!"

"Kensi, Kensi, Kensi. That dog knows when it's good to go into the water, just like his daddy. His mommy can't see that." I smirked.

"Deeks, I'm not his mommy and you know that." she said but tried to hide her smile by looking away.

"Kens?" I said, and waited until she looked me in the eyes. "Maybe you don't want to see it, but you're the only woman he sees regularly and you do the same things I do. You even give him treats you think I don't know about and you brought him a new pillow for his bed. You are his mommy." I was being brave now and laid my hand on her waist where no one could see it and pulled her a little bit closer. She panicked at my gesture at first, but relaxed as she noticed that no one saw it, so she leaned even closer. We smiled at each other for a few moments.

Pushing my luck, I said something I knew I would regret. "You know, I think it hurts. I didn't recognize it earlier but now, ouch, it's hurting," I said, making a serious face.

She looked guilty now and asked softly, "Where does it hurt, Deeks?" I didn't answer her but showed with my finger where it supposedly hurt. I pointed with my finger to the corner of my mouth. She shrugged with her shoulder, laughed, and then pinched me in my hips. I jumped and that caught the team's attention.

"What's with you, Deeks?" Nell asked.

"Uhh, you know, I got a cramp suddenly and that, ehh, was my reaction. No need to worry, guys," I said, panicked and hiding my arm as well as possible.

Kensi laughed loudly and teased me. "You looked like a girl there, Kiki."

The club was crowded by now and the music was getting better and better. We had a few rounds behind us, but none of us were drunk. Hetty disappeared a few minutes ago because she said she had a "meeting."

Everyone except Kensi had bought a round, so Kensi had to go now and we had to let go of each other. I didn't move my hand, it would have caught unwanted attention neither of us wanted. When she came back, Kensi sat herself even closer to me but still remained friendzone-ish, so the guys wouldn't suspect anything.

"Deeks, I think I found your perfect girl for the night," Callen said.

Damn. Should I act on it? Keeping my arm around Kensi, I answered. "Huh? Where is she?"

Wrong move. I knew I should have said something else. I noticed Kensi pulling away after what I said, but I tightened my arm around her. She pinched me and I let go of her as I jumped. "Don't," I told her in a low voice, but she acted like she didn't hear it. "We need new ones. I'm buying." Kensi said and went.

"8 o'clock, the blonde one with the black mini." I looked to her but already knew I don't want to have anything to do with her. Because I already found the girl I wanted to spend the night with.

"Thanks for that, but no. I mean, look at her. Extensions and too much makeup on her face. Although I have to say, she has legs to die for," I said, and cursed myself at the same time because Kensi heard only the last thing and slammed the bottles on the table. "Maybe you should talk to her then," she said. "I'll go dancing. Anyone wanna join me on the dance floor?"

"I'm in," Nell answered. "Eric, too." I stood up to let them out and looked to Kensi but she'd already turned her back to me.

"I'm coming after the beer." I gestured to the bottle and sat down again.

"What did you do to your partner, Deeks?" Sam asked and smirked. "Ate her donut or what?" Callen laughed.

"No, maybe she just didn't want to hear you talking about that football game anymore."

I know it's a bit ooc, but my beta said "It's bound to happen a little. It's pretty natural to have them act a little more cozy.", so I'm posting it. What do you think? You like it or not? I would like to hear your opinion :)