As they made their way to the beach the car was quiet, Kensi could not stop thinking she was a burden on him, he offered to buy her cloths but she didn´t need anybody to look out for her, she could do that herself. On the other side she kind of liked having someone to talk to, she had talked to the people on the streets, but this was different. She didn´t have to play tough or anything, she just had to be herself, she felt accepted even though she had only known this man for a few days, she could feel he was a good man.
Her arm was irritating her. It was not hurting so much anymore but now it was just scratching. She was moving uncomfortable in the car seat she could feel him looking at her.
"My arm is scratching" she just said with a sigh before she looked out of the window
"Oh, sorry about that, then it´s not exactly the beach you want to go to, is it?" he asked and she looked down answering him without talking
"You could say that Kensi, I want you to be comfortable with me to tell me if there is something bothering you, I know it´s hard but I wound do anything to hurt you" he said and she sighed, she knew all of this but she still had a hard time trusting him completely.
"I know but I have just been on my own so long that it´s hard for me to think that anybody would want anything to do with me, when I was living on the streets, most people were avoiding me and the people who would talk to me were trying to beat me or steal from me." She said and looked down.
He felt bad for her, he had been in that situation and that was the reason he wanted to help her.
"How about this" he said and she looked up at him
"There is a carnival down on the marina, let´s go there and grab something to eat?" he said and looked at her, she smiled at him
"I would like that, I can´t remember the last time I was at a carnival" she said and he smiled at her and drove towards the marina.
They parked a few streets away from the carnival and as they were walking towards the carnival they passed some small shops. She stopped in front of a shop and looked at a shirt that said semper fi, she ran her finger against the fabric and got tears in her eyes. Marty was almost at the carnival, when he realized she wasn´t beside him, he started to panic and looked around. Suddenly he saw her standing in front of one of the small shops, she looked in trance, so when he came up to her he just stood beside her, knew she needed a minute to figure out her thoughts. She noticed he was beside her and she took a deep breath before she looked at him.
"My dad he umm… he was a marine" she said and lowered her eyes to the shirt
He noticed she said was but he didn't want to push her into talking, so he just went inside at she saw him talk to the person who owned the shop, she saw he was giving the owner some money and thanked him before going out to her again. He looked though the sizes and found her size before he took it off the hanger and handed her the shirt. She looked confused at first but then she realized that he had bought her the shirt.
"You don´t…" she started but he interrupted her
"I want to" he just said and she smiled at him before taking the shirt.
"Will you…?" she asked and he knew what she was asking.
He helped her put the shirt over her head and her tank top.
"Thank you" she said as they made their way towards the carnival.
"Your welcome" he said and smiled at her.
