AN – Decided to post two chapters today, as will be away for a few days as on holiday for the week, theme park time tomorrow! To all of you who have added this story to your alerts, favoured and left comments….THANK YOU ALL. You have no idea how much it means to me, especially as it's my first NCIS LA story and I wasn't sure how it would turn out. So many questions on what's going to happen next…I have an idea and I hope you won't be disappointed. Keep reviewing, as it defiantly encourages me to continue with the story. Another POV for you this time – ENJOY

Disclaimer – Same as always, I don't own any of the characters, because if I did, ECO would have been in the show from episode 1 and Kensi/Deeks would have been together ages ago!

Chapter 4

She had barely moved for five days. After being separated when they brought him in, she had promised herself that she wouldn't leave him until he was home and back on his feet. Of course Callen and Hetty had tried to make her leave but she hadn't. There was just no way, except for that one time, Hetty had put her foot down.

Flashback – Callen's POV

'Kensi you need to go home' he had told her. 'I cant, I have to be here when he wakes up Callen', she'd replied. He knew she could be stubborn, but this was just stupid. It had been three days and he could see that she was exhausted, but she was still refusing to move. So far he had brought her food and coffee, knowing that she would be craving sugar and caffeine, but he was pretty sure that she hadn't gotten any, if little sleep. He'd only managed a few hours himself, after all his partner had been tortured too, but Sam had Michelle and he knew that they needed time together, especially after all they had been through and well Sidarov still needed catching, so he set his mind to that. However since they had caught Sidarov earlier that day, his attention had turned to his junior agent.

If there was one thing that the team leader knew, it was how Kensi reacted to people close to her getting hurt. He knew Kensi, she put up walls around herself when her father died and she had continued to do so. It was difficult for her to let people in, but once you were in, you were in for life. She was like a sister to him and Sam and while they were close, she still tended to play her cards close to her chest. They had had heart to hearts over the years, they knew how far to push one another, but there were still boundaries. In many ways she was still a closed book. Well that was until Deeks joined the team. He had done the impossible, something that no one else had been able to do. Bit by bit, piece by piece, the LAPD liaison officer had broken down her walls, he had gotten to know the real Kensi, not just the 'Badass Blye' side of her, but the softer side of his partner. He was the one who knew what food she craved at different times of the day or week, where to get her favourite coffee, what her favourite film was and didn't mind watching it over and over again and even put up with her unhealthy obsession of reality TV. Deeks had become the one person who Kensi could trust and with that both agent and cop had become better people and no matter what had each others back.

He wasn't blind though, he'd seen the two of them over the years. Their friendly banter, openly flirting with each other and every now and again, the pure jealousy when someone came between them. It was obvious to all the team that they were more than just partners, the whole office knew about their 'thing', they all joked about it. They were just too stubborn to admit it to each other. But the one thing that he was sure about, was that Deeks had to pull through this, if not for himself, then for Kensi and until he was able to, Callen knew that he would be the one to look after Kensi, it was the least he could do for both members of his team, after all they were his family.

Trying again…'Kensi, just take a couple of hours. Go home, have a shower and change of clothes, sleep for a bit. I'll stay with Deeks and ill phone you if anything changes' he told her. He was determined to get her to go home…'Kens….' He began but before he could continue he was interrupted. 'Miss Blye, you need to rest. Mr Deeks is going to need toy when he does decide to wake up. In fact he is going to need you more than ever before and to do that you need to be fully rested. You haven't moved since he was admitted and now I am asking you to take a couple of hours away from this place', Hetty said. Kensi knew that Hetty was right just as Callen had been over the last few days, but she couldn't. 'I cant hetty, please don't make me leave him' she stated. Hetty had just shaken her head, knowing how stubborn her agent was, especially when it came to her partner, 'I'm sorry Miss Blye, but I am putting my foot down, Mr Callen will take you home and will stay with you for a couple of hours to make sure you rest and then bring you back. I will stay with Mr Deeks and I will call if anything changes'. Both Callen and Kensi knew that there was no arguing, Hetty had put her foot down finally and Callen was grateful for it. He had spent days trying to get her to take a break with no anvil. Hetty had tried a few times, but in the beginning, he realised that their boss had decided that as much as Kensi needed break, she also needed to be with her partner. But standing there he realised that Hetty was now worried about her junior agent and had decided put her first. Kensi also realised that this time she wasn't going to win the argument, 'Ok fine, but if anything…..' she started, 'I will call you and Mr Callen will have you back in no time, I promise' Hetty responded.

With that Kensi stood up and walked up to Deeks' bed, 'Hey partner, I'm going to head off for a few hours, but ill be back in no time, so don't go doing anything stupid, because Hetty is going to stay with you, so try and stay out of trouble for once' she told Deeks, hoping he could hear her. And with that she bent down and kissed the top of his head, not caring that her boss and Callen were watching. Addressing Hetty 'Thank you Hetty' was all she could say. 'Anytime Miss Blye' came the reply. With that she walked over to Callen, who in turn said 'Come on Kensi, the sooner we get you home, the sooner you can come back' and with that the two agents left the hospital.

End Flashback.