Callen stayed at the office a little longer than everybody else; when he got home he found the envelope in the mail box. Callen took the mail inside and sat down on his chair and opened the envelope. Inside the envelope he found a letter and a CD.

He started reading the letter:

Callen,

I don't even know where to begin. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it myself. When I found out I freaked out myself and I didn't know how to tell you. I'm really sorry I avoided you lately. It's just that I don't know what to do right now, I was so not expecting this right now. I know it's a lot to take in, but please think about it and come and talk to me. I can't stand this silence between us.

I would understand if you didn't want anything to do with this, but at least tell me so I know.

I really like the time we spent together. I would hate to see that end, but I would understand it if I were to. A lot has changed. I just hope we can talk about this and figure out a way to deal with this. I really like you G and I don't want to lose what we have.

Please think about it. I heard this song yesterday and it made me think of you, of us. Please listen to it.

Lori

..

About 30 minutes later Lori was conscious again. She was tied up to a chair in her house.

"Well, look who decided to wake up again," the man said.

"What do you want?" Lori asked.

"The direct type I see. I like that in a woman."

"What do you want?"

"You probably don't remember me, since it was 10 years ago when we last saw each other. I was just a little boy back then. But I'm all grown up now."

"You! We are not responsible for what happened that day."

"The hell you are," the man said and he slapped her across the face. "You people murdered my father, my brother, my uncle."

"They paid for what they did just like you will for what you did."

"You're tough, I'll give you that. But we are all alone. Nobody is gonna come and rescue you."

"My team mates will know that I'm missing and they'll come for me."

"Of course they will. But unfortunately by the time they get here you're already dead."

Lori felt that her phone was in her back pocket. When he wasn't looking she tried to reach it. She got it and pressed in the code and then the message for the agents needs assistance alert. Once she had done that she quickly put the phone back in her pocket.

..

Callen decided to listen to the CD that was in the envelope. He put the CD in his laptop and hit the play button. The song Beyonce - Halo started playing.

Callen listened closely to the lyrics and the words hit him. He was shocked out of his thoughts when he heard his phone beeping with the Agent needs assistance alert. He saw that it came from Lori's phone. He grabs his keys and rushed to the office to find out what was going on.

The other agents were at home when they received the alert. They all rushed to the office.

"What do we know Eric?" Callen asked when he walked into OPS.

"The GPS in her phone has her at home. I tried to call her but there was no answer on the cell phone. Home phone is disconnected," Eric said.

"What about the camera or microphone on her phone?"

"Camera is black and I can't hear anything over the microphone."

"What about cameras outside her home? Did they catch something?"

"Checking….." About a minute later the video was on the screen. They saw a man knocking on her door and then forcing his way in.

"Is she still there?"

"According to her GPS, yes and the camera didn't spot them leaving."

"Alright. Let's go get her out," Callen said and the team went to the armory to gear up.

"You okay G?" Sam asked when they were sitting in the car.

"I'll be better once we get her out save," Callen said.

"She's tough G. She can handle herself."

15 minutes later they arrived at her house. Kensi and Deeks took a look around the house.

"What did you see?" Callen said.

"There's a man in the house. Lori is tied up to a chair. Looks like he hit her a few times," Kensi said.

"Alright. Kensi, Deeks, you take the back. We'll take the front."

They moved into position. Callen counted down and the stormed into the place.

"Federal agents! Get down on the ground," Callen said.

He tried to grab his gun but Callen shot him before he could fire a round. Kensi cleared him of his gun and Callen went to untie Lori.

"He's dead," Kensi said.

"You okay?" Callen said.

"Yeah I'm okay," Lori said.

"You sure?"

"Yeah. He just only hit me a couple of times in my face. I've had worse."

"Who was that guy?" Sam asked.

"Some guy I dealt with about 10 years ago when I worked at the FBI. His father, brother and uncle were criminals. We took them out. He was just a kid at the time. He wasn't a threat back then. But now he decided he wanted revenge and since I was the one who actually pulled the trigger so to speak he came after me first."

"Well he's dead now. So he won't cause you any problems anymore," Deeks said.

"You sure you're okay?" Kensi asked.

"Yeah I'm fine."

20 minutes later the coroner's office was there and they took him away.

"I'm gonna stay behind a little longer. To make sure she's okay," Callen said as the other team members were leaving the house.

"Thank you. For coming to rescue me," Lori said when the others were gone and she gave Callen a kiss on his cheek.

"No problem. You had me worried when I received the agent needs assistance alert," Callen said as he took of his gear. Lori sat down on the couch.

"Listen Lori, I'm sorry I haven't talked to you since you told me. It's just I don't know what to do. I've never been in this type of situation before," Callen said and he sat down on the couch next to Lori.

"I know. Me neither. I was freaking out when I found out and I wouldn't blame you if you….."

Callen cut her off with a kiss.

"I love you Lori. There's no way I'm letting you do this on your own. We're in this together."

"Really? You mean that?"

"Yes. I mean that. I got the envelope you sent and read the letter and listen to the CD and I thought about this, about us. We can make this work. I don't know how yet, but we'll make this work."

Lori replied with a very hot kiss. Callen kissed her back and he put his hands on her cheeks. Lori gasped and pulled back when he did that.

"I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?"

"It's okay. These cuts just hurt a bit."

"Let me clean them up for you. Do you have a first aid kit?"

"Yeah it's in the bathroom."

Callen returned with the first aid kit and patched her up. It was already in the middle of the night so they decided to go to sleep.

Lori lay close to Callen and Callen had his arms around her.

"Thank you for staying with me tonight," Lori said.

"Of course. I'm glad that you're alright. I wouldn't know what I would have down if something happened to you," Callen said. "I'm really sorry for walking out on you and not talking to you the past week."

"It's okay. You're here now."

"Yes and I'm not leaving," Callen said and he gave her a kiss on her head.

The next morning Lori woke up and she saw Callen lying next to her and she felt his hand on her stomach and she put her hand on top of his and Callen started to wake up.

"Morning G."

"Morning Lori," Callen said and he gave her a kiss.

"What are we gonna do about work now? I mean sooner or later we have to tell the others. Cus something like this I can't keep secret. In a couple of weeks it will start showing."

"I know. But just for now let's just keep it between you and me," Callen said and he started kissing her.

Callen and Lori spend the next week together. After work Callen would go with her to her place and he would spend the night there. Callen really liked spending time with her and he just wanted to be with her now that they were having a baby. A couple of weeks later he started to think more about their relationship and where it was going.

"Hey Lori, can I ask you something?" Callen said as they were sitting on the couch.

"Sure, what's up?" Lori said.

"Would you move in with me? We've been spending all our time together in the last couple of weeks and I just want you with me now that we are having a baby."

"Really? You really want me to move in with you?"

"Yes. I love you and I want you with me."

Lori gave him a very hot kiss.

"I take it that's a yes."

"Yes it is. I would love to move in with you cus I love you too," Lori said and she gave him another passionate kiss.

Lori got up and pulled him over to the bedroom and pulled him down on the bed and kissed him fiercely and she started to unbutton his shirt.

"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Callen said. "I mean is it okay for you to do."

"Yes, it is. Doctor said it was no problem," Lori said and she pulled Callen closer to her.

Callen started kissing her down her neck and Lori couldn't help but let out a loud moan as he did so and that made Callen kiss her even harder. A little later Lori couldn't take it anymore and she pull him back up to her face and placed a very hot kiss on his lips and she wanted to take their clothes off as fast as possible.

About an hour later…..

"Oh my god, that was amazing," Callen said half out of breathe.

"Oh my god yes it was, totally amazing," Lori said also half out of breathe.

"It was even better than the first time."

"Yes it was, probably cus of all the pregnancy hormones raging through my body right now."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, especially lately. Every time I see you I just want walk up to you and give you a very hot kiss and make out with you. But I can hardly do that in the office."

"Well, we're not in the office right now," Callen said and he grabbed her and started kissing her again.

That weekend they moved Lori's stuff into Callen's house. Callen didn't have any furniture so they could take all of Lori's furniture. They hired some movers to move the stuff since no one of the other agents knew about them.

"Nice house you got here," Lori said when all the stuff was in its place.

"Thanks. It's even better now that you're here," Callen said and he gave her a kiss.

"You really didn't have any furniture before?"

"Nope, not really. Just a chair. I didn't really need much more. But I've gotta say that I like it with all this furniture in it. It's homier."

"Yes it is. And we are gonna make it a very nice home, you and me."

They enjoyed a nice dinner tonight and Lori sat down on the couch to watch some TV, Callen walked back in from the kitchen and he noticed a guitar standing in the corner of the room.

"You play the guitar?" Callen asked.

"Yes I do," Lori said.

"That's nice. I didn't know that. Would you play a bit for me please?"

"Sure," Lori said and she got up and she grabbed her guitar. "What would you like to hear?"

"You pick."

Lori played a song a Callen was listening very closely.

"Wow, that was beautiful," Callen said when Lori stopped playing.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. Which song was that?"

"Me enamora from Juanes. It thought it was a good song to play right now."

"Yes, very nice choice," Callen said and he gave her a kiss. "I didn't know you could play the guitar so beautifully."

"Well there are maybe more things we don't know about each other. But we'll find them out eventually."

"Yes we will."

After that they watched some TV. Well they had the TV on, they didn't really watch it. They were too busy kissing each other. Callen stood up and cradled her in his arms and took her to the bedroom and gently laid her down on the bed and kissed her again.

"I'm really glad you're here," Callen said.

"I'm glad to be here with you too," Lori said.

Callen started kissing her down her neck and slowly made his way down till he reached her stomach. He paused for a moment before continuing to kiss her stomach. Lori looked down at Callen kissing her stomach and she lifted his face up and looked into his beautiful blue eyes and Callen looked into hers. Lori pulled Callen up to her and gave him a kiss.

"I love you," Lori said.

"I love you too," Callen said.

"We should maybe tell the others soon about us and about us having a baby, before they find out."

"We will, I just wonder how they'll react and what Hetty is gonna say. Cus according to her rules we shouldn't be together."

"Ah yeah those rules, why can't two agents be in a relationship together. I mean there's nothing wrong with that right."

"No there isn't anything wrong with that, but I think she made up those rules in order to keep the agents safe and not get distracted by their inter office relationship."

"Well, we won't be distracted on the job right."

"No, we can handle it."

"I just hope Hetty doesn't forbid us from seeing each other after we tell her."

"Even if she did, there's nothing that is gonna keep me away from you and our baby."

…..

Lori was now 12 weeks pregnant; so far she had been able to hide her pregnancy from the rest of the team, although it was not always easy. She was starting to have morning sickness and Callen was acting more protective of her. They needed to tell the others soon, but they were afraid of what the others would think and especially Hetty. Lori was afraid that Hetty would forbid them and maybe even split them up, send one of them away and she knew that Hetty wouldn't send Callen away to another division so she would be the one leaving, but she didn't want that. She wanted to stay here and be with Callen. Callen noticed how she felt and he promised her that he wouldn't let Hetty send her away.

…..

Lori had a doctor's appointment and Callen went with her. Callen and Lori were waiting in the exam room for the doctor. Callen was really nervous, even more nervous than Lori.

"Would you just relax G, you're making me nervous," Lori said.

"Sorry, It's just that I'm not really a big fan of hospitals," Callen said.

"Relax, you're not the patient here, I am."

"I know, but I don't know if that makes me more or less nervous."

"Relax, everything is gonna be fine. Doctor is just gonna examine me and the baby."

"I know, I just want everything to be okay with you two," Callen said as he stood in front of her and placed his hands on her cheeks.

"It's sweet that you worry like this, but don't worry. I'm sure everything is gonna be fine," Lori said and she gave him a kiss.

The doctor came in and examined Lori and the baby. Everything was fine. They were both doing fine. Callen was really relieved to hear that and he couldn't believe he had just seen his little baby on the screen.

…..

Callen and Lori just got home for the weekend after a long and tiring day at the office. Callen and Sam had to go undercover and they barely made it out of there in time, before getting caught in the crossfire. They had dinner and Lori went to take a shower while Callen washed the dishes. Just as Callen put the last plate in the cupboard there was a knock on the door.

"Hetty! What are you doing here?" Callen said when he had opened the door.

"Good evening, Mr. Callen. I came to see how you were doing after today," Hetty said and she stepped inside. "I see you finally have some furniture."

"Yes, I figured it was time to decorate this place a bit."

"Well, that's very good Mr. Callen."

Lori hadn't heard Hetty come in and she came walking out of the bathroom with just a towel on and she almost dropped dead when she walked into the living room and saw Hetty there. Hetty was just as surprised to see her.

"Hello Ms. Carter," Hetty said.

"Hetty! What are you doing here?" Lori said.

"I was just about to ask you the same thing and in a towel no less."

"Right," Lori said and she quickly turned around and walked away to put some clothes on.

Hetty gave Callen a disapproving look but Callen was desperately trying to look away from her.

"Mr. Callen, I thought the rules were very clear and simple," Hetty said as Lori joined them again. "And that goes for you too Ms. Carter."

"Hetty….," Callen started but Hetty signaled him to stop.

"No, Mr. Callen. The rules are very clear: no romantic entanglements between co-workers."

"What makes you think…..?" Callen started again but was cut off by Hetty again.

"You don't fool me Mr. Callen. This stops right now, or I will be forced to split you guys up. Now is that clear?"

Callen and Lori realized it was useless to argue with her at this point and they nodded and Hetty left the house.