Eric's many Hobbies/Talents
Summary: Surfing, getting onto a surfboard and riding a wave toward the shore in your free time. Everybody knew what surfing was, even if they've never done it before. Now, surfing was not a term to be associated with everyone. Most certainly not Eric Beale. Or so the NCIS: LA team thought.
Character(s): Eric Beale, Callen, Sam, Kensi, Nate and Hetty. Maybe one or two OC's to aid the plot but they aren't important.
Warning(s): Maybe curse words, Eric is not a careful person, he actually doesn't realize danger right away, naive Eric, Storms, Surfing, Panicking, etc.
I Do Not Own NCIS LA
This stories timeline changes per chapter, this takes place a few days after Deeks first mission with the team after Hetty convinces him to become a liaison between LAPD and NCIS.
Chapter Two: Surfing
Eric Beale.
Usually when one or more of the members of the Los Angeles OSP Team heard their friends name it was often followed by gossip of what the man would do next to call the team up to Ops other than by his whistling. Sometimes his name would be accompanied by complaints of his blatant disregard to the dress code or awed little tales of his tech skills.
That's what it's been like since Eric had joined NCIS.
So when Callen heard a few other Agents talking about Eric he ignored them for the most part and focused on the late paperwork that Hetty had been asking him for.
Then he heard one word that he never thought would be associated with his coworker; Surfing.
Hearing Eric's name, the man who spewed random thoughts and jokes every other minute and could be somewhat clumsy, in the same sentence as surfing was odd and made no sense to Callen.
Setting down his cup of coffee and not sparing the paperwork a second glance Callen stood up, and walked over to the two Agents he had been listening in on.
They seemed surprised to see him but the taller one, Agent Gans if Callen remembered right, spoke first, "Agent Callen! Hello Sir."
Callen nodded his greeting but decided against using niceties, "Mind telling me what the two of you were just talking about?"
Agent Gans and the shorter one who Callen thought was Agent Jackson stared at him confused.
"Eric Beale," Callen clarified raising a brow, "My teammate. You were just talking about him."
Agent Jackson's eyes seemed to widen as he realized who Callen was talking about, "Oh! It was nothing bad Agent Callen, don't worry."
"We were talking about how Jackson and his girl saw Beale surfing a few days ago. I didn't know he could surf." Agent Gans grinned.
"He was pretty good too, if I didn't know he worked here I would've thought he surfed for a living." Agent Jackson said surprised.
"Neither did I." Callen simply said before turning and walking back towards his desk just to see his partner, Sam, sitting in his seat.
"What's up with you?" Sam asked leaning back in Callen's chair and grinning at the look on his friends face, "Looks like somebody's annoyed."
"Not annoyed." Callen responded automatically. He knew that was the truth too, he wasn't annoyed just...bothered that he didn't know something about one of his teammates. Though he supposed it was only fair, after all they didn't know everything about him, not that he did either.
"Uh-huh. Come on, what's up?"
"Yeah," Callen and Sam looked to the side as Kensi walked over to them, "I wanna know too."
Callen snorted, "Into gossiping now are you?"
Kensi narrowed her eyes and smirked, "I'm a Agent. Gossip can come in handy."
"Did Hetty corner you about that paperwork again?" Sam asked sharing a look with Kensi.
"Or did she find out about how much you spent on your last undercover OP." Kensi suggested.
Callen shot Kensi a look before sweeping his eyes around the room.
"Relax G." Sam chuckled standing up and clapping Callen on the back, "Hetty's in OPs talking to Eric. Something about a virus on her computer?"
Callen did relax, slightly. "Neither of those." Callen said bluntly, "Did you guys know he surfed?"
"Who?" Sam asked a bit confused by the sudden change in topic.
"Eric."
"Eric. Eric Beale? Our Eric?" Kensi blinked.
"Yes our Eric." Callen said in amusement, "Agents Gans and Jackson were just talking about it. Apparently, Jackson was at the beach with his girlfriend and they saw Eric surfing there. Said he was good at it too."
"You're messing with me right?" Sam said incredulously, "There's no way Eric surfs."
"Quite the contrary Mr. Hana, Mr. Beale does indeed surf."
Startled but trying not to let it show, each of them looked over to the side and saw Hetty standing there with her hands clasped behind her back.
"Hetty!" Callen greeted, "Thought you were with Eric in OPs?"
"I was Mr. Callen. Mr. Beale is currently fixing my laptop and he will bring it to my office when he's finished."
Kensi chose then to speak up, "Wait were you serious though? When you said Eric actually surfed?"
"Why would I lie about something like that Ms. Blye?" Hetty gave them all a stern look, "Now if you're all finished with gossiping like high schoolers perhaps you could use your time wisely and finish up your paperwork! Or is it already done and waiting for me at my desk?"
"It'll be done by the end of the day." Callen promised smiling at Hetty who shook her head and walked off while calling out a, "It better be!" over her shoulder.
For the most part, any thoughts on Eric surfing had been temporarily forgotten as the three Agents sat down at their own desks and got to work on completing their paperwork. It wasn't until hours later as each of them had given Hetty their paperwork, all finished, and were about to leave that they remembered about their previous conversation involving Eric and surfing.
"We didn't really see him today but we could always ask him about it." Kensi pointed out as she picked up her to-go bag and slung it over her shoulder.
"Ask who about what?"
Turning her head Kensi watched Eric walk towards them grinned happily with both hands in his cargo shorts pockets.
"Perfect timing." Callen said smirking, "Can you surf?"
"Huh?" Eric frowned a bit put off before throwing an even broader smile their way then saying, "Oh, yeah! I'm heading out to catch a few waves now."
"This late?" Sam asked frowning as he glanced at the time on his phone.
"Wait, isn't there also a storm warning out? You know floods and everything?" Kensi cut in.
"Yeah so?"
"Isn't that a bit dangerous?" Callen asked eyeing the doors leading to outside. Even from inside he could hear the rain from outside pounding against the streets and the buildings, the sound echoing ever so slightly.
"Well, if I'm not careful then sure." Eric shrugged, "I've done this a few times though. I'm use to it."
"A few times?" Kensi quirked a brow, "A did you ever get hurt these few times?"
"Duh," Eric said like it was obvious, "The first few times I ended up getting a concussion, the one time I had a few bruised ribs, there was also that time a sprained my ankle...what?" Eric trailed off seeing the suddenly horrified looks the team were giving him.
"You willingly put yourself in danger just to go surfing during a storm?!" Sam suddenly said, quite loudly in Eric's opinion, "I'm constantly telling you all to be cautious! I didn't think I'd have to tell you to be careful at the beach too!"
Kensi sighed loudly and nodded in agreement to Kensi's words while Callen just stood there eyeing Eric.
Eric on the other hand narrowed his eyes at Sam and uncharacteristically said calmly, "I've been doing this for years. You aren't my dad Sam, I know how to stay safe, sometimes though you can't avoid a incident or two."
"You can if you stop." Sam said like a suggestion but everyone knew it really wasn't.
Eric snorted, "No way." forcing a grin back on his face Eric waved at them all and said, "Well nice chatting with you guys but I gotta get going before it get's to dark." Waving over his shoulder Eric lightly jogged away, intent on getting away from the team before they could attempt to try and stop him from getting to his surf board.
...Which he may or may not have laid near Hetty's car.
Next Chapter(s) Planned;
3-Singing
4-Hacking
5-Sign Language
There's chapter two of Eric's many Hobbies/Talents!
R & R~!
BTW I only said no Romance because I'm not that good at writing it, I could try but I doubt it'd come out any good. :/