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Chapter 4: Bad-Ass Blye vs. The Jungle Cat
Kensi woke when she heard Deeks. She propped herself up on one elbow, watching him in the dim moonlight that was filtering in through the window. She could tell he was having another nightmare. In the month that they'd been together, he'd had several, and though they were bad and left him angry and sleep-deprived, she knew that they were also better than they were a month ago.
"Deeks," she whispered.
He was on his back, skin covered in a thin sheen of sweat, legs tangled in the sheets. She could see his eyes moving rapidly behind his closed lids, his face screwed up in pain or fear. His hands were fisted in the sheets, head tossing side to side as he fought the images in his head.
"Deeks," She repeated his name, reaching out with her fingers to brush his arm. "Deeks, wake up."
This time when she touched him, trying to gently stir him from his slumber, his eyes snapped open. Almost faster than her eyes could follow, Deeks was up and over her, one hand roughly pushing against her collarbone and throat, pressing her into the mattress. Kensi forced herself to stay calm. She had seen this before with Jack. He would only half wake from a nightmare, and still thinking enemies were pressing around him, he would lash out at her, pinning her down, which was exactly what Deeks was doing now.
"Deeks, it's me," she said through gritted teeth, grabbing his arm gently, trying not to antagonize him further.
He had a wild look in his eyes-fear, anger, and the hunger of a man starved from his life for three days all reflected in the blue of his eyes.
"Deeks," she gasped, struggling to breath against the pressure of his hand. "Deeks, it's Kensi—"
She coughed as his hand disappeared from her skin as recognition dawned across his features.
"Kensi?" he whispered, appalled.
Deeks looked down at her, his eyes wide and his skin covered in beads of sweat. They were both breathing hard. Kensi didn't move, waiting for him to say or do something, anything.
"Kensi, I-I...I'm so sorry," he stumbled through the words and she could see the horror on his face as he realized what he'd done.
Deeks scrambled off the bed, standing, his back to her. He was silent. Kensi sat up, rubbing her throat a little now that he couldn't see. The air between them was tense, quiet. If a pin dropped the room would explode.
"Dammit!" He shouted suddenly, taking an arm and lashing out at the glass of water sitting on the bedside table.
Kensi couldn't help but wince as the glass shattered, tinkling over the wood floor, leaving the water left in it to splash over the wood. She watched as Deeks stepped around the glass and into the adjoined bathroom, shutting the door behind him. Knowing it best to give him a minute, Kensi turned on the floor lamp that stood next to the bed, and also stepping around the broken glass, went into the hall closet to grab a towel and a broom. She soaked up what water she could and then swept up the broken pieces, disposing of them into the garbage.
Taking a deep breath, she turned the knob to the bathroom door slowly. He was standing in front of the sink, hands gripping the edge so hard his knuckles were white. The cold water was running fully, providing the only sound to penetrate the silence. He was wearing sweatpants and no shirt—the same thing he'd gone to sleep in. The only difference now was that his face was damp, the occasional water droplet dripping off his chin and into the torrent of faucet water that was already heading down the drain.
Kensi stepped up behind him and slowly turned the water off. Then, just as slowly, she placed her hands over his, rubbing little circles with her thumbs till he wasn't gripping the edge of the sink so hard. She felt his body start to relax, the muscles in his back loosening. Deeks circled around and pulled her into his arms. She laid her head on his chest, enjoying the feel of his hand as he stroked her hair.
"I'm so sorry, Kens," he murmured. "So sorry,"
"It's okay—" she started to say.
"It's not okay, though, I—" he took a shuddering breath. "I…I hurt you, Kensi. I don't—I don't ever want to hurt you."
Kensi tilted her head back so she could meet his eyes. "I'm not angry. I'm not blaming you. I understand how hard this is for you, so don't feel guilty. It's not your fault."
"I know, I know. I just—" he let out a frustrated sigh. "I just want it to get better,"
"It has gotten better, you can't say it hasn't. You haven't had nearly as many nightmares lately. And the flashbacks have all but disappeared." She reasoned.
"Yeah," he admitted, though he still sounded a little skeptic.
"Come on," she tugged on his arm, leading him back into his bedroom, and dragging him onto the bed.
Once they were settled in, Kensi spooned up against his body, his arms wrapped around her, she leaned her head back and kissed his jaw.
"Just think of it this way," she smirked. "tomorrow is our one-month anniversary, so you have all day to make it up to me."
"Oh, don't worry," he laughed. "I have a big surprise. You're gonna love it."
"What is it?"
"Well if I told you it wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?" he smiled.
"I could still pretend to be surprised," she suggested.
"Nope. My lips are sealed. You're just gonna have to wait like any other normal girl,"
"So normal girls can kick the ass of any guy twice their size?" she joked.
"Well, no, but we're gonna pretend that you're normal for right now. So be patient," he kissed the top of her head.
"Fine," she grumbled.
She waited for him to reply, but when she heard his soft snoring, she realized he had fallen asleep.
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Deeks learned that Kensi sucked at being patient about 7:00 the following morning.
It started while they were eating a quick breakfast of bagels and coffee.
"Sooo…this surprise you mentioned," she started unsubtly.
Deeks rolled his eyes and smiled at her. "I'm not telling you, Kens."
The next time was when they were driving to go question a suspect in their current case.
"Do I at least get a hint?" she asked, glancing over at him.
"How about you watch the road instead of asking me questions that you're not going to get answers to. Save the interrogating for the suspects," he replied.
"One tiny, little hint?" she pouted.
That face nearly broke his resolve, but he shook his head. "Nope. Sorry. Just a few more hours."
After that she pouted even more. Then, as they were packing up their bags to leave the Mission, she asked again.
"Come on, please tell me," she begged.
"You know she's just gonna keep asking if you don't tell her," Callen chimed in.
"It's supposed to be a surprise," Deeks argued.
"I'm okay with it not being a surprise though," Kensi compromised. "And if you don't tell me, how will I know what to wear?"
Deeks looked at her jeans and blue plaid shirt. "What you're wearing will do just fine,"
Kensi eyed her outfit, giving a little grimace. "Just this? What are we doing, taking Monty for a walk?"
"No,"
"Guess I can cross that off my list, then," she smiled, happy to get something out of him.
Deeks wrinkled his nose, mildly irritated with himself for giving her something, even if it wasn't much of anything at all. "Well, that's all you're getting out of me,"
"Night, guys," Callen smirked.
"Good luck, Deeks." Sam added. "if Kensi has to wait much longer, she might pull out her gun and start shooting."
"Remember, she likes to aim for the groin," Callen laughed.
"Ha ha, very funny guys," Deeks called, watching the two older agents disappear out the doors of the OSP center.
Deeks looked back at Kensi, who had her arms crossed over her chest, eyeing him up and down with a sly smile on her face like she was deciding what parts she was going to put a bullet in first.
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"Do I really have to wear this?" Kensi asked again, fidgeting with the blindfold that covered her eyes.
"Yes," Deeks responded. She could hear the smile in his voice. She wished she could see the smile, but alas, she couldn't see anything and it was starting to become very annoying.
Kensi felt the car turn. She had to admit, there was a part of her that, despite all of her nagging to know what they were doing, was excited for the surprise. And knowing Deeks, it was bound to be something out of the box. Especially considering she was in the same outfit she had put on that morning. Kensi squirmed in her seat. The burning curiosity and excitement made her want to leap out of her skin. She tried to stifle the smile trying to invade her features. She couldn't believe how much Deeks could make her feel so much like a teenage girl sometimes. All the butterflies she got, the smiling for no reason, the laughing and the play-fighting, just the pure giddiness whenever he was around. Before him, Kensi never would've been giddy about a guy.
"You okay over there, Kens? You look like you just had a whole box of Ding-Dongs," he laughed from the driver's seat.
"I'm good," she said. She bit her lip. "I guess I'm a little excited, that's all," she admitted.
He didn't even have to say anything, she could practically hear the grin spread across his face.
"Oh, don't get all cocky now," she said. "I said a little excited."
"But you still said it," he replied.
Kensi would've rolled her eyes at him, but it wouldn't have done much good considering he couldn't see her eyes.
"Are we there yet?" she grumbled, changing the subject.
"Patience, young padawan. I've gotta park the car, you know." Deeks replied, and Kensi felt the car slow.
The engine cut and she heard Deeks get out of the car. Kensi unbuckled her seat belt, and was about to climb out herself, when she heard her door open, and Deeks pulled her gently onto solid ground.
"I could've climbed out myself, you know," she said, but inside, that teenage girl part of her was gushing over the sweet gesture.
She felt Deeks lips touch her hairline. "I know, Princess. But this is my night to treat you, so deal with it. Remember, I'm supposed to be making things up to you."
"You know, I wasn't serious when I said that last night," she said.
"Well I was, so deal with it." Deeks reached down and laced their fingers together. "Come on, Fern, let's go have some fun."
Smiling, Kensi let Deeks lead her towards her surprise. They entered a building, and as they were walking, Kensi heard sound effects from what sounded like arcade games. She heard people running around, laughter, heard one kid shout enthusiastically: "Whoo! Two-thousand tickets!". Where the hell had Deeks brought her? They walked a little further, and by the time they stopped, Kensi was about ready to explode from her curiosity. Deeks wrapped his hands around her upper arms to steady her. She heard his footsteps walk around behind her and felt as he started to undo the knot in the blindfold.
When the fabric fell away, she blinked several times. Once her eyes had adjusted, she looked around her. She and Deeks were standing in front of a counter that read Garrow's Games. To their right was a wall made out of window panes, through which she could see another area of the building, full of arcade games, a snack counter, a prize booth, and about fifty kids running around with pizza and tickets in their hands. To their left, was an obstacle course that looked straight out of a warzone, with trenches and walls with holes in them and sand-bags at random intervals. The area was mostly dark, with neon lights everywhere. She looked back at Deeks, puzzled. He was smiling at her confusion.
"Kensi," Deeks started, and she could hear the barely restrained laughter in his voice. "This is Kyle Garrow. Kyle, this is Kensi."
"It's nice to meet you," Kyle said.
For the first time, Kensi looked at the guy behind the counter. He was probably the same age she and Deeks were—maybe a little younger. He had sandy brown hair, a kind smile, and chocolaty brown eyes that twinkled mischievously.
"Hi," she replied.
"Kyle is the owner's son. Ray and I used to come here all the time when we were kids, so we sort of grew up with Kyle." Deeks explained.
His explanation made her relax a little bit. "So what exactly are we doing here?"
"Come on, Kensi, haven't you figured it out yet?" Deeks laughed and she glared at him. "Okay, hang on. Kyle you got the equipment?"
Kyle nodded, also grinning, bent down to grab something from underneath the counter. A minute later, he pulled out two black vests—similar to the Kevlar ones they wore at work—and two guns that weren't at all like what they used at work. Then suddenly, the pieces clicked into place.
"Laser tag?" she asked, turning back to Deeks.
"Yup!" he said loudly, grabbing a vest. "I call the blue set,"
Kensi didn't even know how to respond. It was, by far, the most unique date that she had ever been on. No guy had been this creative. It was usually dinner and a movie, sometimes walks that ended in ice cream cones. But then again, none of those guys had been Deeks. Smiling, Kensi grabbed green set. As she strapped on the vest and got use to the feel of the large laser gun in her hand, Deeks talked to Kyle about.
"What names do you guys want me to put on the scoreboard?" Kyle asked.
"Kensi?" Deeks looked at her, eyebrow raised.
"'Kensi' will do just fine." She said.
"Okay, put up 'Bad-Ass Blye' versus 'The Jungle Cat'." Deeks told Kyle with a grin.
As Kyle typed in the names, Deeks walked over to her.
"'Bad-Ass Blye' and 'The Jungle Cat'?" she asked, finding it hard to suppress the smile that was quickly making the corners of her mouth quirk up.
"Pretty great, huh?" he said, grinning. "I rented the place out for two hours. Just the tow of us. No kids running around randomly firing the guns in people's faces trying to blind them. Oh, and you can use all the foul language you want when I win."
"Ha, yeah right. I am so gonna kick your ass." She said.
"There's no way you will beat the stealthy-ness that is The Jungle Cat." Deeks shot back immediately.
Before Kensi could say something witty in return, Kyle called them over.
"Okay, guys," he started. "You guys have two hours to get as many shots on the other as you can. Got it?"
They both nodded.
"Alright, you have 60 seconds to situate yourselves on the course, then it's lights out." Kyle told them.
Kensi walked with Deeks towards the entrance to the course. She switched her gun on, watching Deeks do the same.
She leaned up close to her ear. "Twenty bucks says I win,"
"You are so on," he whispered back.
Using their close proximity, Kensi pressed her lips to his briefly.
"What was that for?" he asked once she pulled away.
"For good luck," she said, smiling. "You're gonna need it."
Then she ducked into the course.
"Just wait!" Deeks called after her. "I'm gonna use that twenty bucks and buy me some Twinkies. And I won't share 'em either!"
Thirty seconds later, Kensi was in the course when Kyle's voice came over the speakers.
"Alright, your two hours starts now." He announced. "Lights out!"
The arena's overhead lights went out, so now all she had to see by were the neon lights everywhere. It was a little disorienting, having everything around her in shades of blue, red, yellow, green, and purple. Her agent instincts kicking in, Kensi crept around the area, looking for Deeks' head of blonde locks. Kensi continued around the course, no noises or anything. At this rate, two hours would go by and neither of them would get a shot in.
Kensi was about to turn around, try getting him from behind when Deeks suddenly jumped out in front of her and blasted the front of her vest, causing it to flash green and make a dying noise.
"Haha! One point for The Jungle Cat!" he exclaimed in triumph. Too surprised to say anything, Kensi simply lifted her own gun and shot him twice.
"Wha—? Hey, no fair!" he cried, though the grin never left his face.
"Whoopsies," she shrugged, a smile of her own on her face. "Who's winning now? Oh that's right, Bad-Ass Blye,"
She did a little dance, then turned around and headed to the other side of the course before he could respond. The rest of their time passed like that—he would sneak upon her, she would sneak up on him. At one point, he was so surprised when she came up behind him and landed a kiss on his neck that she got three shots in before he even turned around. At about the half-way point, she had been coming around one of the walls, and got shot by Deeks who had pointed his gun through the hole in the wall. Then he'd come out form his spot, gave her a peck on the cheek and then disappeared into the shadows once again. Once Kyle announced their time was up, the met up in the middle of the course and walked back, his fingers intertwined with hers.
"You do realize that this was our first official date, right?" he commented.
"Yeah, I guess it was," she agreed, looking up at his smiling face.
"So, were you surprised?" he asked.
"I was, actually." she nodded, and he looked pleased. "And, to add to your growing ego, it was probably the best first date I've been on."
"I feel like I should be recording this," he joked. "Make that into my ringtone."
"Shut up," she said, giving him a nudge with her shoulder, but never breaking the contact between their hands.
They arrived back at the desk and returned their equipment. They said goodbye to Kyle, and left Garrow's Games. When they got back to the car, Deeks leaned down, cupping her face between his hands, and kissed her. Kensi felt her arms involuntarily twine up around her neck, her lips moving against his. He pulled her close, their bodies touching. She felt one of his hands move, and then he was slipping something into one of the back pockets of her jeans. Startled, she pulled away.
Without her even having to ask, he spoke.
"That was for beating me by one," he whispered and then he kissed her again.
So, there was chapter 4 for you guys! Sorry again about it being so late!
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