3. Going to the beach

Callen rolled his eyes and shook his head. He had done this exact same movement so many times already that he had already lost count but that didn't seem to affect her in any way.

"Callen, please…It's a beautiful day and I have no one to come with me! Can't you just do me this one favor?" Callen looked at Kensi's pleasing face and made an effort not to give in right away.

Kensi knew that he had an extremely soft heart when it came to her and, much to his dismay; she took advantage of that fact as often as she possibly could. This was just another one of those times in which she knew that it was just a matter of time before he gave in completely. Sometimes, he hated his weakness but he knew that he couldn't change that. She was the only person who could always make him do something that he didn't feel like. The only problem with that was that she was well aware of that fact. Regardless of that, he could still try to say no to her and avoid doing what she wanted him to do. It didn't mean that it would work but he would not back down easily.

"No, I can't and I can give you a bunch of reasons for that. I don't like the beach, this day is just as beautiful as many others around here, I hate the beach, if I do this you'll ask me for this 'small' favor more times and have I mentioned that I hate the beach?" Kensi wouldn't accept that and he knew that she wouldn't give in that easily. Stubbornness was just another thing that they had in common.

"But it's sunny and we have the whole day off. It's just one trip to the beach, G…It won't kill you! Come one…" he fought the urge to just grab her, drag her to his bed and make her sleep for a while. He was tired and he needed to rest so why couldn't she just do the same?

"Kens, if I have to roll my eyes at you one more time I will get a serious problem in them. Just call someone else and go. I'm not even sure how you convinced me to open the door for you to come in and do this to me at 10 a.m. on my day off. Can't you just let me sleep?" she gave him a sweet smile. This smile was as dangerous as venom.

To someone that didn't know her, this smile was the demonstration of her sweetness but Callen knew better than that. This smile meant trouble because one thing that he knew for sure was that Kensi Blye was anything but sweet and innocent. He knew her all too well to believe in such a thing. Therefore, he knew that this smile was a clear indication that she knew that he was about to give in and that she just needed to push him a little bit further.

"I will let you sleep on our next day off if you come to the beach with me today!" Callen sighed and sat on the couch of his rented apartment, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Kensi smiled and sat next to him, resting her head on his shoulder already aware that she had won and that he would definitely go to the beach with her.

"Fine, I'll go with you but let's establish a few rules before we even leave the house. I refuse to get in the water unless it is at a reasonable temperature, we are not staying anywhere near kids, we are not going to stay there until sunset and we will stop for donuts on the way there. Do you agree with these rules?" Kensi smiled and nodded. Callen got up and went to put on his shorts knowing that this would be a good day, even though he was going to spend it on the beach surrounded by sand and water.

It turned out that they had indeed stayed next to a family with two kids but Kensi had distracted him with that green bikini that looked like it had been made for her. He had gone to the water even though it was freezing because she had begged him to go with her and he just couldn't say no to her pouting face. They had stayed there until sunset just because she had told him that that would be the perfect ending to a great day.

The only thing that had gone accordingly to his rules was that they had indeed stopped for donuts.

The thing was that he found out that he really didn't care about any of that. The only thing that mattered was that he had spent the entire day with his favorite girl in the entire world and it had been a great day. They had shared donuts, they had built a small and ugly sandcastle that they destroyed right afterwards, they had throw water onto eachother just because they felt like it, they had smiled and laughed, they had had fun together. It had indeed been a good day, he realized with a smile before he turned off the lights and fell onto a content slumber filled with good dreams.

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