6. Feeling wanted

G Callen woke up from his deep slumber with his phone ringing on his bedside table. He opened his eyes weakly and grabbed the phone that just kept ringing. It was Sam and that didn't help him to build the will to pick it up.

You see, on a regular day he wouldn't mind waking up early and answering his very annoying phone but this was not a regular day. He was currently in the middle of a huge fight with Kensi that had drained all his energies the night before and he could use the extra sleep but it seemed like his partner had a different idea.

"Hello?" he answered without trying to disguise the sleepiness in his voice. He knew that Sam would figure that out one way or another so there was no need to try to fake it.

"Good morning, G! Are you awake yet?" Callen rolled his eyes, even though the other man couldn't see it and sighed, looking at the clock that read 8 a.m., an hour that he used to consider late to get up but that today seemed to be way too early.

"I am now! What do you want?" he was hoping that this talk would end as quickly as possible so he could just go back to his well-deserved sleep.

"We have a new case, G! Get up and I'll be there to pick you up in one hour, okay?" Callen frowned.

"It's our day off…" he protested, knowing that he would have never done that if he wasn't as tired as he was at that moment.

"I know but this case is very important and Hetty said that we should consider it a favor to one of our friends. I have no further details but she sounded serious so I'm guessing that we should hurry. Get ready and I'll pick you up in one hour…is that okay with you?" Callen sighed but gave up and told him that he would be ready in half an hour.

The sleepy agent got up and made his way to the bathroom with a strange feeling. He didn't know if that was because he had slept without Kensi for the first time in two months or if it was because of something else. One thing he knew for sure: he didn't like it.

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Callen walked through the doors of the operation's centre and walked to his desk. Sam was sitting on his usual place and Deeks was sitting on Kensi's desk as usual but Kensi wasn't there and that's what called his attention.

"Where's Kensi?" Just because they were in the middle of an argument that didn't mean that he didn't care about her. She was still the most important person in his life. The fight was completely pointless but he knew that she had had a bad day and that had ended up taking out on him but it had still pissed him off and in the end unpleasant things had been shouted and she had stormed off his house without even looking back. He hadn't followed her because he knew for a fact that it was better to let her sleep on that and then attempt to talk later. Besides, he had been pissed off too.

"Hetty called her to her office. I have no idea of what's going on but I'm sure that this new case has something to do with her. Do you know anything about this?" Deeks was the one who answered him with a worried look on his face. Callen knew that the partnership between him and Kensi was as strong as his with Sam and that made him feel at ease. He needed to know that Deeks would protect Kensi no matter what and he had doubted that at first but fortunately things had changed and their bond was now incredible strong.

Callen looked to Hetty's office and saw that Kensi was sitting on the chair opposite to Hetty's and that the older woman's expression was the one of someone who was delivering bad news to someone that she cared about. That made Callen frown and he started to feel slightly scared. He hated when Kensi was sad and to know that she was receiving bad news and that there was nothing that he could do to help her was killing him. They still hadn't spoken to eachother after the night before therefore G had no idea of how she would even react if he attempted to comfort her.

Suddenly, Kensi got up slowly and made her way upstairs without even looking at the desk area. Callen couldn't see her face and was just about to follow her when Hetty walked to them and stopped him. She wore a sad expression and that only made him worry even more.

"I called you all because we will be working on a new case that involves a member of our team. As you probably have already guessed, Ms. Blye won't be working with us but she refuses to leave the building without knowing exactly what happened." Callen made the question that they all wanted to make.

"What happened, Hetty?"

"Unfortunately, I had to inform Miss Blye that the body of one of her best friends from childhood was found last night at Camp Pendleton. He was a marine and the cause of his death is still unknown so we will be investigating this." She turned around and started to walk to her office, leaving the three men speechless. No one knew exactly how to react to these news. Kensi was usually a very strong person so they didn't know how to deal with the thought of her not being her usual strong self.

Then Hetty turned around and looked straight at Callen.

"I would go after her if I were you, . She needs you by her side." Callen nodded and almost ran upstairs. He found Kensi sitting on a chair right by the punching bag with her head on her hands. He could tell that she was crying and for a moment he wasn't sure of what to do so he froze on the spot and waited for some sort of sign from her to let him know if he should stay there, leave or get closer to her.

Kensi must have sensed him there because she looked up and as soon as her eyes connected with his she got up and threw herself in his arms without even blinking. Callen wrapped his arms around her and whispered all the sweet things that he could think off in her ear while stroking her hair and back in an attempt to comfort her.

Small gestures like this made him feel not only wanted but happy. It was good to know that Kensi trusted him enough to let him see the 'weak' side of her.

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I probably won't update until Sunday or Monday because Christmas will be very special this year. My parents adopted a two year-old boy and we are spending every minute of the day with our new baby brother.

Merry Christmas to all of you,

Sarah