12/04/2010 - chapter 3– minor changes in dialogue but storyline still the same.

Chapter 3 - Secret

POV – Callen

As he sat down at his desk Sam asked "Okay G, what's your secret?"

"What secret?" he asked.

"Why you look so good?" replied Sam. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Sam.

"Why Sam, thank you."

"He means its only been about 4 hours but you actually look awake, like you've actually slept. The rest of us look like we could fall asleep in a second," answered Kensi, as she sat down at her desk.

"Makeup," he said, joking. He didn't really know how to explain Tess to his team. He had a hard to defining her to himself as it was. Sam rolled his eyes.

"Yeah right. Maybe he got lucky last night, sorry this morning," said Sam.

He glared at Sam.

"Perhaps Mr Callen's explanation simply involves sleeping," said Hetty as she passed by.

Sam gulped. "Good morning Hetty."

"Good morning Mr Hanna."

"Anything new Hetty?" he asked, with a final glare at Sam as his thoughts slipped away from Tess and onto Dom.

"Not yet Mr Callen, but it is only 7am. The day is young," she replied as she continued to her office.

"So, does it involve sleeping?" asked Sam, with a wink at Kensi.

"Actually it does," he answered, and turned his attention to the files on his desk, files he had already been through many times. Maybe this time might be the time he finds something, anything that he might have missed. They didn't have anything else to go on. At least he felt like he was doing something.


It had been a week now since Dom's disappearance and still nothing. What was he missing? There had to be some clue, something, anything to get them a little closer to finding him. As he walked up the stairs to his apartment, he wondered whether Tess was home. At least it was a decent hour this time. He paused, listening. It was rare that her apartment was quiet, she usually had some kind of music on, but tonight there was nothing. He knocked anyway. It wasn't really important enough to use his key, especially if she wasn't home. When there was no answer he turned to his door and went inside. Sitting down, kicking off his shoes he thought back to the first time he'd met Tess.