Kensi has been lying on that damn hospital bed for close to seven hours now. The baby seems to be as stubborn as both her parents combined and every single time the nurse comes by to check on her progress that words that come out of her lips are always the same ones.

"You're almost there, sweetie. Just a little while longer and you'll start pushing to bring your daughter to this world."

This gave Kensi some hope…the first three times. Now, it's just annoying. Every single time the nurse tells her that, she can't help but roll her eyes and bite her tongue to avoid answering the nurse in a way that would be considerate inappropriate. Deeks is sitting by her side, holding her hand and trying to comfort her every single time a contraction hits her. He keeps saying he has to leave when it's time to start pushing and it's just one more thing that is making her want to yell out of frustration.

Callen and Sam are in the waiting room. They come to check on her every few minutes but they're trying to give Kensi and Deeks some space because this is their special day, after all. They're the ones who are about to welcome their first daughter into the world.

Deeks voice breaks the silence in the room. Her contractions are coming about five minutes apart from each other and she uses those minutes to lay there in silence. "Can I get you anything, princess?"

Kensi shakes her head but doesn't say a word because she's trying to focus on the words inside her head. You have to do this alone. You have to do this alone. You have to do this alone. She keeps repeating that sentence over and over in her head to try to convince herself that it will be easy. However, she's pretty sure it won't. Every time a contraction hits her she just feels like curling in a ball in a corner and get this over with.

Deeks seems to sense that something's not right with her and tries one more time. "Are you sure? There's a vending machine in the hallway. I can go and get you a candy bar if you want to…"

Kensi knows he won't give up that easily so she tries her best to smile. "I'm fine."

Deeks sighs and opens his mouth to say something but she stops him before the words even come out of his mouth. "I said I'm fine so just leave it alone, okay?"

Deeks closes his mouth and allows her to squeeze his hand as hard as she can when another contraction makes her writher in pain. He kisses her hand over and over again, knowing that he's partially guilty for the amount of pain she's going through right now and knowing that there's nothing he can do to make it better. Just as she calms down, the nurse comes in with a gentle smile on her face.

"Okay, I see that those contractions keep getting closer and closer. Let me just check your progress to see if it's time to call the doctor."

Kensi doesn't say a word and blocks out the nurse because she already knows what's going to come out of her mouth again. The nurse does what she has to do and when she's finally done she looks at Kensi with a bigger smile on her face and her next words surprise both Kensi and Deeks.

"Okay, it looks like your baby girl is finally ready to come out. I'm going to call the doctor. I'll be right back, my dear."

Kensi nods because she's sure her voice would give away her nervousness. Deeks kisses her forehead and she avoids eye contact with him. "I'm going to call one of the guys. Which one do you want to have by your side?"

Kensi almost snaps at him, almost tells him that she wants him by her side. But they already talked about that. His decision is final, he said so himself. There's no point in fighting with him right now. It's not the time or the place. So she just takes a deep breath and stares at the wall in front of her.

"I want to be alone."

Deeks lets out a small laugh. "Princess, you can't have some alone time right now. Our baby is coming. Just tell me which one you want me to call."

Kensi sighs and keeps her eyes trained on the white wall in front of her. "I meant that I don't want any of them here. I want to do this alone."

Well, she doesn't want to do it alone but she'd rather be alone than allow one of the guys to see the newborn baby girl even before her own father saw her. She can picture Deeks frowning and hears him take a deep breath. She knows he's about to say something but the doctor comes in and cuts him off.

"Okay, Kensi, it looks like it's time to get this show on the road. Aren't you going to leave the room as you said you would, Mr. Deeks?"

Deeks doesn't answer the doctor but he lets go of Kensi's hand. The doctor looks at him weirdly. "I thought you said you didn't want to be here for the labor…"

Deeks ignores the doctor and looks at Kensi. "Look at me, Kensi."

She sighs and looks at him. He looks confused. "You can't stay here all alone. Callen and Sam are like big brothers to you. I'm sure that neither one will mind being here."

She shakes her head stubbornly and looks away. Deeks grabs her chin gently and makes her look at him. She has unshed tears on her eyes. "Do you want me to stay here with you?"

Kensi lets out a tear. "We already talked about this. You said you couldn't be here."

He sighs. "That's not what I asked you. Do you want me to stay?"

Kensi lets another tear escape and nods weakly, almost scared of his reaction. But he surprises her. Deeks grabs her hand and drops a gentle loving kiss on her lips. Then he turns to the doctor and nods. "We're ready, doctor."

Kensi smiles at him too, ignoring the tears of happiness and relief that are trying to escape her eyes.

The doctor smiles at them. "Okay, then, I want you to push as soon as the next contraction hits you. Push with all your strength."

X

He never knew it could be like this. He was never one to believe in love at first sight but little Catherine Deeks changed his thoughts on the matter.

The moment he first saw her, the moment Kensi let out a scream that was soon replaced by a baby's strong cry, he knew this little girl would change everything for the better. Now, wrapped in a pink blanket and with her blue eyes wide open in curiosity, Marty Deeks is sure that she has him wrapped around her little finger.

Kensi is exhausted but seems to want to hold onto this moment. She has Catherine in her arms and keeps stroking her little head. Deeks is sitting by her side, dropping kisses on Kensi's head every now and then and allowing his daughter to hold onto one of his fingers.

Kensi finally gives up trying to remain awake and as soon as the baby closes her eyes tiredly, she hands her over to him and tries to find comfortable position on the bed. Callen and Sam already saw Catherine but they left, deciding that Kensi needed some rest.

Then she talks, and her voice is so close to a whisper that he wouldn't have heard her if he wasn't sitting right next to her. "Thank you for staying with me."

Deeks kisses her on the lips and looks her in the eye when they pull back. "I love you, Kensi. I would do anything for you."

Kensi nods and closes her eyes tiredly, leaning onto his arm. "I love you too, Marty."

It takes her less than two minutes to fall asleep. Deeks looks at his two girls, who are currently sleeping cuddled to him, and can't help but smile.

His life can't get much better than this. With that thought in mind, Deeks puts Catherine in her crib and lies on the bed next to Kensi who cuddles to him as soon as she feels him doing so.

The only thing missing now is the ring on Kensi's finger but he's going to take care of that pretty soon…sooner than what she can possibly imagine.

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I'm back, people.

Thank you so much for all your reviews. My brother kept saying that you guys were rooting for Deeks to be there and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I hope you all like it.

By the way let me know if you want a sequel. I can write about Deeks proposal and their wedding. What do you think about it?

Thank you once again,

Sarah