Secrets Are Hard To Keep
A/N: Here's chapter 4. Please let me know what you think of this story by clicking on the little review button at the bottom of the page.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the NCIS LA characters, or any of Shane Brennan's ideas.
Chapter 4
Deeks, Sam, Lara, Hannah and Emily had just arrived at the boat house, and were waiting for Callen and Kensi to arrive.
Emily was sitting on the sofa with her mom reading a book, Sam was doing something on his phone, and Deeks and Lara were having a very important conversation.
"I don't care, what if Sam had heard you earlier? Huh?" Lara whispered to Deeks.
"OK, I'm sorry." Deeks said, "But that's what I do to lighten up the mood."
"Fine, I forgive you." Lara said, a little above a whisper.
"Good." Deeks said, "Now I can get back to a very important question, which I recall you never answered."
Deeks was now grinning widely, "What sport did you play in high school?"
"Ugh, Deeks, haven't you dropped that yet?" Lara asked, she was now fed up with his question.
"Please just tell me, I really wanna know." Deeks said as he cupped her face in his hands.
"Fine," Lara began as she placed her hands on his wrists, "I played tennis in high school."
"Really?" Deeks asked, a little surprised a t Lara's answer. "Hm, were you like Serena Williams, or Maria Sharapova?"
"See, that's why I didn't tell you, because I thought you'd have some snide remark." Lara said as she took Deeks' hands off of her face.
"I'm kidding, I'm just kidding." Deeks said. "I'm glad you told me. It means you trust me." Deeks intertwined their fingers.
Lara leaned up, and kissed Deeks on the cheek, and said, "Good, because I trust you too."
Deeks gave one of his signature goofy grins, and the two walked over to Sam, but standing close enough so that he couldn't see their intertwined fingers.
Sam looked up from his phone just as Callen and Kensi walked through the door.
"I leave you alone with Deeks and Lara for an hour, and you guys almost get killed." Callen said with one of his signature smirks.
"Hey, it's not my fault these two are magnets for danger." Sam said with a grin.
"Hey!" Deeks and Lara replied in unison.
"Well, as long as everybody's OK." Callen said.
Callen fished a plastic bag out of his back pocket, and put it on the table in the centre of the room.
"I got the commander's cell from evidence, just in case." Callen said.
"Do we know for sure that Mr Romanov is the one that killed the commander?" Sam asked, as he sat down in one of the chairs.
"We don't know that for sure." Callen said as he sat down across from his buddy.
"Why don't we try contacting him from the commander's phone?" Deeks asked with a confused look.
"Because, what if Mr Romanov is the one that killed the commander, then he'll know that we have the commander's phone." Lara said as she let go of Deeks' hand, and sat down on the chair in front of her.
"But what if Romanov wasn't the guy, then he would probably contact the commander, right?" Kensi said.
"Probably." Callen replied.
At that moment the commander's phone received a text message.
Everyone at the table looked at the phone as if had just answered all of their questions.
Callen took the phone out of the plastic bag, and opened the text message.
"It says, 'Today, Murphy Container Yard, 2pm, light load only'." Callen read off of the screen.
"But who are we going to send if the commander is… preoccupied?" Deeks asked after Callen had put the phone on the table.
Everyone at the table suddenly had the same idea, all except for Deeks and Lara.
Sam, Callen, and Kensi all looked at Deeks in unison.
"He looks a lot like the commander doesn't he?" Sam asked.
"Yeah, if we just dress him up nicely, give him a ring; maybe convince Romanov that he grew his hair out." Callen said in agreement.
Realisation suddenly hit Deeks and Lara like a tonne of bricks.
"No." They both said in unison.
Callen looked a little confused for a few seconds, but said to the two, "We need to catch this guy somehow, and Deeks, you're the closest thing we've got."
"It's way too dangerous." Lara said, concern clear in her tone.
"We'll have his back at all times." Callen said, convinced that his plan would work.
"But what if he realises that Deeks isn't the commander, then we'll have a really big problem on our hands." Lara said, she wasn't liking this arrangement one bit.
"Do you have a better idea?" Callen asked, a little more harshly than he meant to.
Lara opened her mouth to speak, but only managed to say, "No."
"Exactly, so we'll give it a shot." Callen said as he picked up the commander's phone.
Callen typed, and retyped until he was satisfied.
"How's this, 'Today, 2pm sharp, I'll bring the stuff'." He asked the rest of his team.
"Sounds good G." Sam said.
"OK, so we'll set up everything, and we'll see Romanov at 2pm." Callen said as he put the commander's phone on the table.
Callen, Sam, and Kensi got up to head back to Ops to inform Hetty of the plan.
"You guys coming?" Callen asked Lara and Deeks.
"We'll catch up." Deeks said as he sat down in the seat next to Lara.
"OK, see you at Ops." Callen replied as he walked out of the door.
Lara was busy twirling the purity ring that adorned her left finger, when Deeks took her right hand in is left one.
"Hey, everything's gonna be fine." Deeks said, as he took Lara's chin in his right hand.
"I know, I'm just worried that's all." Was Lara's reply as she looked into Deeks' eyes.
"Don't be, OK." Deeks said to his girlfriend.
"Ok." Lara said just before Deeks captured her lips in a reassuring kiss.
The two stood, and made their way to the door, fingers still locked together.
"On the bright side, I'll get to see you in a tux." Lara said with a little giggle.
"So that's why you agreed." Was Deeks' reply as the two climbed into the car, and drove back to Ops.
Once everyone had arrived, all the arrangements were made to make sure that the plan was airtight, and that nothing would go wrong.
All the angles were covered, surveillance cameras were found, positions were confirmed, and finally, Deeks' wardrobe was organised.
Deeks was busy trying to put on his tie, when he heard a familiar voice behind him.
"You clean up nicely." Lara said as she came over to Deeks.
"Thank you." Deeks said, as he turned to face Lara.
"Do you want me to help you with that?" Lara asked, with a smirk.
"Please." Was Deeks' reply.
Lara took Deeks' tie in her hands, and began tying it for him.
"So, are you worried at all?" She asked.
"Kinda, but not really." Was Deeks' reply.
"Oh," was all that Lara said. "Everything is going to be fine. I'll have your back." Lara said as she pulled Deeks' coat straight.
"I know, I just don't want you to be worried." Deeks said as he cupped Lara's face in his hands.
"I'm not." Lara said as she put her hands over Deeks'.
"Good." Was the reply from Deeks before he leaned down, and pecked Lara lightly.
"Come on, we better get your gear." Deeks said as he took Lara's hand
"OK." Was Lara's reply.
So the two went over to the lockers, got Lara's gear, and went over to the rest of the team.
"Each one of you will have an ear wig, and Deeks will have a button cam." Hetty said as she handed each team member an ear wig.
"Take good care of this Mr Deeks." Hetty said as she put Deeks' button cam on his shirt.
"I will Hetty." Deeks replied as he stood up slowly, almost as if afraid that the button cam mentioned might fall off of his shirt at that very moment.
"I've also made sure that, if the need arises, you'll be able to disable your ear wig, and button cam." Hetty said as she gave Deeks the Commander's phone.
"Thanks Hetty." Deeks said as he put the phone in his back pocket.
"Are we all ready?" Callen asked, he was a little worried himself, but acting level headed as usual.
"Yup, I think so." Was Deeks' reply as he turned to Callen.
"Good, let's head out team." Callen said as he grabbed his gun, and put it in his holster.
So the team left in their various vehicles, all feeling the adrenaline slowly but surely.