Saturday December 11th, 2027
When he woke up the next morning, Deeks walked to Madison's room and found her sleeping. As he was about to leave her room, he heard her call out.
"Mom?" He turned around and Madison sat up in bed, her hair sticking up in random places. She rubbed her eyes and looked towards Deeks, but when she realized that it was Deeks standing there and not Kensi, her face fell.
"Yesterday wasn't a dream was it?" He shook his head and she looked down to her bandaged knuckles.
"What happened?" She asked as she raised her hands.
"You had a nightmare last night. I heard this loud thump and then you started screaming. When I found you, your knuckles were bloody and already beginning to bruise."
"Oh." She looked around the room and looked back to Deeks.
"Can I go back home? I need to get some things." Deeks nodded.
"I'll take you after we have some breakfast. Do you wanna come to the beach with me?" She nodded her head.
"I'll be out in a few. I wanna change my clothes." Deeks nodded and walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him.
He grabbed his swim trunks and pulled them on and grabbed one of his old LAPD shirts. He walked out to the kitchen and found Madison sitting on a kitchen chair, her left leg tucked up to her chest. She wore flip flops, shorts, and a loose t-shirt that showed the strings from her bathing suit. Her curly hair was pulled back in a messy ponytail and Deeks swore that if he didn't know any better, he would've thought she was Kensi.
"You ready to go Mads?" Madison looked up and nodded. Deeks whistled and his dog Bella, a collie, came running from the living room and started licking Madison's face. Madison petted the top of her head and rested her head on Bella's shoulder.
They walked out of the apartment and Madison walked to Deeks' car while he grabbed his board. He tied it down to the roof and climbed in. He turned towards Madison and saw that she had her ear buds in, her head turned towards the window. Bella's head kept on coming in between theirs and then going back to the backseat.
When they reached the beach, Madison climbed out, leaving her flip flops in the passenger seat. Bella bounded out of the car and followed Madison to a spot near a big rock. Madison sat down against the rock and leaned her head against it, watching the ocean. Deeks left his shirt and shoes in his seat and he walked towards Madison. His board was tucked under his arm and when he stood in front of her, she looked up.
"Bella has some toys in the trunk if you get bored. If you need me, just flag me down and I'll be right here. 'Kay?" She nodded and looked back down to her iPod.
Deeks got in the water and rode the waves for about a half hour before he stopped and looked towards the shoreline. Madison had her hair down now and was throwing the ball for Bella, who would run as fast as she could into the ocean to get it. Bella swam back to Madison and shook the water off her fur which made Madison laugh. Deeks smiled and rode one more wave before paddling back in.
"Hey. How's it going over here?" Bella walked up to Deeks and rubbed her body against his leg, asking to be pet.
"Treat Madi alright Bells?" He looked up at Madison who had a smirk on her face and was looking at Bella.
"Okay." Deeks stuck his board in the sand. "So what do you like for breakfast?"
"Anything that tastes sweet and coffee." Deeks fought the urge to roll his eyes. He might as well have been talking to Kensi.
"Well how about we go back to my place, grab a couple boxes, get dressed, and I'll take you to this diner down the road from my house. Sound good?" Madison nodded and petted Bella as they walked back to the car.
When they got back to Deeks apartment, Madison went into her room and Deeks heard the door shut and lock. He went to his room and changed his clothes quickly.
When he walked out into the hallway and saw that Madison's door was still closed, he went into the hall closet and grabbed a few folded up boxes from when he had moved into his apartment. He carried the boxes to the kitchen and searched for the tape in his drawers. He heard Madison's door open and heard the creak of the couch as she sat on it.
He found the tape and set it on top of the boxes and went and found Madison. She was sitting on the couch and was staring at a ring on her finger.
"What's that?" Deeks asked as he sat down on the opposite side of the couch.
Madison looked up and looked back down at the ring. "It's mom's class ring. She gave it to me to wear when I turned 15."
"Madi." She looked up once again. "When's your birthday?"
"January 2nd." Deeks let out a low whistle.
"That says a lot."
"What do you mean?"
"Your mom and I. What we had was like a two time thing. And there was a very big time span in between those two things which means. Wow."
"What?" Madison asked. Deeks slowly shook his head.
"That I was right about that last time." Madison's face grew confused.
They were lying in her bed, his arms wrapped around her waist.
She turned in his arms and rested her head against his chest.
"I don't want you to go tomorrow." He told her. She looked into his eyes and sighed.
"You think I want to go?" She asked, her mismatched eyes filled with pain.
"No." She put her head back down on his chest. She turned back around and sunk into his chest. He tightened his grip at her waist and then she heard him hum.
"What is it?" She asked, her voice starting to become sleepy.
"Something's different about you." He felt her tense up in his arms and he almost let her go. Almost.
"No there's not." She said. He could tell she was lying though.
"Yes there is." She turned around in his arms.
"Well you weren't complaining earlier." She kissed him.
"No. No I wasn't." She put her mouth next to his ear.
"Guess there's nothing to worry about then is there?" She pulled back and he allowed her mismatched eyes to make him drop the subject.
"Nope. Nothing to worry about."
"What?" She asked incredulously. Deeks looked at her and took her in. She looked almost exactly like Kensi except for the eyes, those blue eyes were unmistakeably his.
"I knew about you. Your mom went on this undercover assignment for a year, but really, it was her having the last six months of her pregnancy go on and then taking care of you." Deeks face had a plethora of emotions on his face and Madison didn't know which emotion was most dominant. His face cleared of almost all emotions before he looked back up at Madi.
"You ready to go eat? I don't know about you but I'm starving." Madison nodded and they both stood up and walked towards the door, Deeks making a pit stop in the kitchen to grab the boxes. Madison led the way down to his car and she climbed into the passenger seat once again.
He drove to the diner down the road from his house and Madison again leads the way inside. She stops as she enters the diner and lets Deeks picks their table. He picks a table that sits in front of a window and sits down on one side of the table. Madi sits on the other and plays with the ends of her hair while they wait for the waitress to give them their menu's.
Deeks doesn't even open the menu, already knowing what he is getting. Madison scans over the menu and when she finds something she likes, she face lights up. She sets the menu down and looks at Deeks. They both feel the awkwardness in the air, but neither does anything to stop it.
She pulls a pen out of the bag that she carried with her and starts to doodle on the napkin. Deeks notices that she is doing her initials and sees that she alternating between MAD, MABD and MAB. He's about to ask her about it when their waitress comes up and asks them if they are ready to order. Deeks orders three pancakes and a cup of coffee and Madison orders two chocolate chip pancakes and a cup of decaf.
When the waitress leaves, Deeks looks back at Madi, who is back to doodling on her napkin in a beautiful cursive writing.
"Madi." She looks up, her blue eyes coming back into focus after her daydreaming.
"Yeah Deeks?" Deeks takes a deep breath and tries to figure out how to word his question, his eyes darting down to her napkin the entire time. She notices this and realizes what his question is going to be.
"It depends." She answers the unasked question. Deeks lets out the breath he was holding and looks at her.
"Why?" She looks down at her napkin and her cup of coffee that is filled with sugar and creamer.
"When I was little, I was always Madison Blye. I don't know if mom spoke to my teachers and told them not to say the second part of my last name or they were just too lazy to. When mom told me about you, I became Madison Deeks. I think part of it was rebellion because mom didn't tell me about you and part of it was me discovering another part of me. Now, it varies. All this week I was Blye-Deeks. Now, it's probably gonna be Blye for a while. Maybe Blye-Deeks because I'm going to be living with you but, I don't know." She looks up at Deeks and sees him smiling.
"What?"
"You have no idea how much you remind me of your mom."
"People say we look alike." She says, her eyes becoming sad.
"Well yeah, but you act like her too. You ordered chocolate chip pancakes which tells me you've got your mom's sweet tooth. You ordered coffee and loaded with sugar. You punched the wall so hard you split open your hand. You're very, very good at hiding your emotions which you shouldn't be considering your only fifteen. You carry yourself highly, which also tells me that there's something that you do that your the only girl in.
"Yeah you look like your mom. I'm not gonna lie, this morning when you were sitting in the chair, I almost thought you were your mom. You and your mom could've been carbon copies of each other minus the blue eyes." It silent and then the waitress brings them their food. They eat in silence for a few minutes when Madison speaks.
"Mom told me I was like you. I love the water. She told me that I had your sense of humor. When I was thirteen I found this lost puppy at the park across the street from us. I begged her to let me keep it and she agreed but we had to put a ad out saying that we found him. No one called and mom named him Monty, which I loved." Deeks head shot up when she told her the name of the dog but Madison didn't notice.
Madison starts playing with her food and looks up at Deeks, her blue eyes sad.
"I still have Monty. He's at home and probably wondering where I am. Can I still keep him or do I have to give him up?" Deeks looks at her and knows that he can't take another thing out of her life. He knows that it'll be impossible to take care of two dogs but he nods anyway.
"No, we'll take Monty home with us today." She gives him a small smile and takes the last bite of her pancakes.
"Thanks Deeks." She tells him. He looks at her and realizes just how much both him and Madison miss Kensi. Her eyes seem tired and sad and she acts like she doesn't want to do anything for a while, which is exactly how Deeks feels himself.
