Marty drags himself into OPS. The dinner last night went relatively well which surprises him. Callen hit it off with everyone, much to Callen's delight. Upon arriving at OPS an hour earlier then he was supposed to, he headed straight to the men's room to check his appearance in the mirror. Satisfied with what he saw, he downed a monster drink in 30 seconds.

"Now, I am ready to face the day." He said out loud to his reflection.

Returning to his desk to get started on his paperwork that has to be filled out in triplicate according to his acting Lieutenant at LAPD. He really wishes Bates will return from his vacation soon.

The other soon came in. Callen could not stop talking about the dinner last night and how great he thought everyone is. Especially Matt and Kelly.

Working on paperwork is always tedious, but today Marty is grateful that they are not going into the field. He quietly leaves the bullpen to hit the men's room again, passing by his locker he grabs another monster drink and downs it quickly before taking care of business.


Meanwhile in the bullpen

"Do you think Deeks is okay?" Callen asks

"What are you talking about?" Kensi asks.

"Last night at dinner, they all seemed concerned about him. His sudden weight loss, that is if it is sudden. It makes me wonder how much we really know him."

Sam and Kensi agree they may not know him at all. Before yesterday they didn't know that he had been adopted by a firefighter. But they agree with Callen, they will keep an eye on him. However, what they don't know is that it might already be to late.

Marty returns to the bullpen with a fake a smile when his cell phone begins to ring. Marty smile fades as he answers it. A lot of uh-huh were heard on the bullpen side making them wonder who it is that Marty is talking to.

"So what is that all about?" Callen asks as soon as Marty is off the phone.

Before Marty could think of some lie to tell his phone rings again. This time it is Kelly.

"Marty, Gabby got a hold of Will. He can see you at 2"

"Wow, that was quick. I was sure it would take a few days."

"Nothing takes a few days when Gabby and Leslie want something. Gabby called Jay first thing this morning and then Will directly after."

"Is he still a doctor?"

"Private practice at the hospital. Tell everyone I said hi."

"Will do." Marty answers as he hangs up.

"That was Kelly, he says hi." Marty tells the group.

"So when are you going to see the doctor, what is his name again?" Kensi asks.

"Dr. Will Halstead and it is at 2." Marty replies and then thinks. Unless we are on a case.

"If we get a case, you will still keep your appointment." Callen orders.

Marty nods wondering how Callen knew what he was thinking. Man, he is been hanging around Hetty to long.


At 1:30 Marty leaves for his appointment.

In the car, he checks his reflection agains and downs yet another Monster drink. Making it his fourth today when he counts the one he drank before going into work this morning. Marty arrives at the hospital and makes his way up to the directory to find Will's office. Outside the office Marty takes a deep breath before knocking.

"Come in."

He hears from inside the office. This is it, it's now or never. Marty thinks as he opens the door.

Will looks up as Marty enters. He immediately sees what Gabby was so worried about. He leads Marty into the exam room and notices how low is blood pressure is when he attaches the cuff. That in itself is cause for concern. As he gets a closer look at Marty he notices something. Walking over to the sink he gets a paper towel and dabbles some clear liquid onto it.

"You want to remove the concealer." Will orders.

Marty takes the cloth with the makeup remover and washes off the concealer. Will is shocked at his appearance. He knew something had to be up, why else would Marty be wearing concealer. But, he never imagined this. There are dark circles under his eyes and face is a bit thin. To much of a reminder of the young boy that was brought into the ER all those years ago. Although that time was abuse and this time it appears to be exhaustion. Black eyes, dark circles, it really is all the same when it is on somebody you care about.

"What is going on with you?"

"I may or may not be a little dehydrated." Marty responds playing down the situation.

"Oh, you are definitely dehydrated and exhausted as well. How is it that you are still functioning with this exhaustion." Will asks concerns

"I may have had 4 monster drinks today alone." Marty admits knowing that he really has no other choice.

Will nods, this didn't happen overnight. It had to have been going on for sometime.

"Are you going to tell my dad?" Marty asks reluctantly.

"You better believe it. Because as of right now, I'm admitting you."