A/N: Sorry this is such a short chapter. I have more scenes written, but I wanted to get this up here for you all. Thanks for the encouraging reviews! They spurred me to continue and work on some areas that needed tweaking. :)

"You sure you can't go in later? I mean you guys had such a late night, a few hours won't hurt." Kensi called from the living room. Deeks walked into the room a few seconds later dressed and ready to head back to the office.

"What and get the crap teased out of me by Callen and Sam? Do you think I joined the team yesterday?" Deeks joked back. He made a pit stop in the kitchen to wash the dishes from breakfast, a job he insisted Kensi not do. With that task done, he retraced his steps towards the living room and leaned up against the door jamb watching his beautiful bride now dozing on the chaise lounge. He must have been right; she hadn't gotten much sleep the night before. She looked so peaceful lying there with her head to the side and arms casually resting on her baby bump. Deeks thought she looked gorgeous.

He stood there and thought about the last nine months. He had been warned in the beginning about the extreme moodiness that pregnancy brought and braced himself as he thought about dealing with a hormonal Kensi Blye. He was pretty sure the whole team felt a little sympathetic towards his plight. He had every right to brace himself; when Kensi had a bad day the whole team knew it, heck the whole world knew it. But she also had days when she was more in touch with her emotions and showed her heart on her sleeve; a drastically different person than the Kensi Blye he had grown to love, and marry.

He hoped today would be a good day, and he figured the odds were on his side seeing as she didn't bite his head off when he said she looked like crap. That normally would have caused an emotional volcano that resulted in an hour's worth of damage control, if he was lucky. However, she didn't even react to his comment this morning, which honestly surprised Deeks. "Is she feeling okay?" he thought with a smirk.

A quick glance at the clock and Deeks knew he should get going. With Kensi this late in the pregnancy he hated leaving her for extended amounts of time. He offered to take time off and stay with her, but Kensi would have none of it. Being away from the team would be hard enough; having to spend all her time with Deeks would be torturous.

Kensi stirred and opened her eyes as though she could feel Deeks's stare boring into her.

"Are you planning on standing there all day? I'm so glad you yearn to spend all your waking hours with me instead of with Callen and Sam." She said with sarcasm dripping from her mouth.

"Hey, I offered to stay with you." He replied, hands out defensively. "You, Madame, are the one who turned me down."

"Whatever." She said with a roll of her eyes.

Deeks bent down to plant a good-bye kiss on her cheek, Kensi leaning in with a smile.

"We're still getting together for lunch with the team, right?" she asked as his head pulled away from hers.

"That's the plan" He replied as he reached for his keys. Making his way to the door he added, "I'll be by to pick you up. Call you when I'm on the way?"

"No, I can meet"

Deeks cut her off. "I want to pick you up. Call me if you need anything, okay?"

Kensi wasn't going to go down without a fight, but as soon as she started to open her mouth again Deeks blew her a kiss and flew out the door. "Jerk!" she thought, all the while knowing that he did it out of love. She glanced around the room not knowing what to do next; lunch with the team could not come soon enough.

A/N: Like I said, sorry for the short chapter. I am excited to continue though!

Thanks again for all the reviews! I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on this chapter and please let me know if I can improve on anything! :)