"I don't think that would be a good idea. I haven't seen you since I was 16 now you just come in here demanding to see the baby. How did you know about her? How did you find out where I live?" Deeks had so many questions for his mom, Kensi sensed something was going on so she went to put Sophie down where she finally let go of her.
"You would be surprised how well I can keep tabs on you without you knowing. Now I'll ask you one more time, can I see my granddaughter?" His mom was starting to get more and more irritated by her son's actions when he tried to keep Sophie from her
"No, first she's not your granddaughter, she's not even related to you. Dad was the one related to her but he's dead. I'm her legal guardian so you may never see her. If you have a problem with that take it up in court. So if you don't mind leave because I can arrest you….oh you didn't know I'm a cop, looks like you need to do a better job keeping tabs on me." Before his mother could say another worked Deeks slammed the door in her face. He was shocked that she had the nerve to finds out that he had Sophie, where he lived just to come and demand to see her.
"Deeks, who was that at the door?" Kensi asked shutting the door to the bedroom allowing Sophie to get her much needed sleep. When she turned to face his partner Kensi could tell right away that something was wrong.
"It was my mother, she wanted to see Sophie but I said no." Deeks said clearing his throat, after what he just experienced with his mother Deeks felt like he was punched in the stomach.
"Alright then, what are we going to do about it?" Kensi asked, she wanted to be here for her partner but she had no idea where to tackle this conversation. She was probably not the best person to talk to about motherly problems.
"I told her if she had a problem to take it up in court. Kens you don't mind I just need to be alone right now to umm- to try and figure this out." Deeks told her, all Kensi could do was nod her head. She understood wanting to figure things out but the feeling of being pushed away was still there.
Deeks knew that Kensi wanted to be there for him but right now he needed to be by himself. Just as he was about to start thinking about what to do next Sophie started to cry. Deeks walked into his bedroom finding Sophie crying, red faced, and fussy. The social worker mentioned something like this before, Sophie was getting more teeth in.
"Great, just what I needed." Deeks said under his breath, he gathered Sophie in his arms and started his way to the kitchen where he had put some infant Tylenol. After giving it to Sophie she calmed down slightly but would not go back to sleep.
"Alright sweet cheeks I know that you're not feeling like your usual baby self but we need to get some sleep." Deeks said to Sophie trying to put her down but in return Sophie started to cry once again. In that moment Deeks new this was going to be a long night. By three in the morning Deeks had no idea what to do next, he had tried rocking Sophie, walking around with her, she couldn't have any more medicine, they went for a car ride, she went in a swing, he gave her a bottle, nothing helped and he was out of ideas.
"Sam Hanna." Sam answered his phone in a half asleep manner, if someone was calling at three in the morning it better be important he thought.
"Sam this is Deeks, I know its early man but it's Sophie." Deeks said trying to talk over the crying baby in the back ground.
"Is she teething?" Sam asked knowing that at around 8 months babies would experience getting more teeth.
"Yeah she is and I have tried everything but nothing works. What do I do?" Deeks said starting to panic; the lack of sleep was finally starting to kick in.
"Put her pacifier in the fridge, it'll feel nice on her gums." Sam said remembering that was the thing that seemed to work best on his kids when they were small.
"Thanks dude, I owe you one." Deeks said hanging up on Sam to do what he said right away praying to God that it would work.
NCIS LA
"Deeks man you got to wake up." Callen said when he noticed Deeks was starting to nod off while the team completed their paperwork, they had all heard about Deeks' late night phone call to Sam about Sophie.
"Sorry dude, I just couldn't get Sophie to sleep last night. You know that she started to crawl at daycare and I missed it." Deeks said, the lady at daycare had told him this morning. He felt terrible that he was missing all of these milestones with her.
"Don't beat yourself up; I'm sure she does loads of other cool stuff with you." Kensi said she knew Deeks was afraid if he spent too much time working he would miss Sophie growing up.
"Sure there is but crawling is a big deal, I just get the little things. She knows how to wave and blow kisses now although she likes to only blow them to Monty and not to me." Deeks said smiling remembering how proud he was of her the first time she did it.
"Little things are better than nothing, how about his we all take tomorrow off and meet up at a park where we can all relax?" Sam suggested, he understood what it was like to miss the big things your kids did, but he also understood the importance of spending time with them.
'I think that would be a wonderful idea." Hetty said coming out of nowhere, when she spoke all the members of her team jumped a mile out of their skins.
'How about cutting today short?" Deeks asked hoping that Hetty was feeling generous and willing to agree with what he was saying. Everyone on the team needed a break from the job even if it was for just a day.
"I think that's quite alright but I expect you all at the park by nine tomorrow morning." Hetty told them but she doubted her words were said over the noise of the team getting their things together for all of them to leave.
NCIS LA
"Soph I would say you are much easier to deal with after you've had something cold and some teeth medicine." Deeks said to Sophie as they played with toys on the living room floor, he had to say this was the highlight to every one of his days. He loved the one on one time with her.
"Oh thank you for that." Deeks said when she handed him a toy that she was playing with, when he said Sophie turned to him and gave him a big grin showing off the teeth that were starting to push their way through. After another half hour or so of playing Deeks decided to watch TV, while Sophie was starting to fall asleep on his chest.
By the sound of the TV Deeks realized that it was morning and he and Sophie had both fallen asleep on the couch, of course it was still early so he put her in her room while he started to get ready for the park. He packed some snacks for her, a few bottle, a hat, sunscreen, diapers, changing supplies, toys, blankets everything that Sophie could possibly need for their day out together. Finally it was time to go so Deeks got Sophie up and changed then they were out the door with Monty in tow.
