They looked at the pictures. They couldn't believe that Hetty had these pictures. It was a picture of Nell pulling up to Callen's place and Callen kissing her just before they went inside and some pictures of them together when they went out.
"Hetty, we can explain," Callen started.
"I would love to hear that. You know I don't like it when two of my people start dating, Mr. Callen."
"We didn't plan on this to happen Hetty it just did. We have been together for a while now and I say we've done a pretty good job at keeping it out of the office."
"Yes that may be, but…."
"But what Hetty? We're just two people who happened to fall in love with each other, so we work together. That shouldn't be a problem. We've kept it out of the office and we will continue to do so."
"I suppose, if you can keep it out of the office, I will allow it. But if this thing becomes a problem with your work I want it stopped," Hetty spoke, leaving no room for argument.
"It won't be a problem Hetty."
"Yeah, we can handle this. We can be professional at work," Nell added.
"Alright then."
"Thanks Hetty," Callen spoke as they stood up.
Both let out a relieved sigh as they walked out of Hetty's office. They packed up their stuff and walked out of the office.
Hetty looked after them as they walked out. She hoped they would be okay and that they could keep it out of the office. She hated it if she had to take extra measures. They were both good assets to the team, she hated to loose either one of them if this didn't work out.
Callen drove to Nell's apartment. Nell was waiting for him there as he arrived. Nell disappeared into the kitchen and went to make dinner.
"This is really delicious Nell," Callen stated as they ate dinner. "I didn't know you could cook like this."
"My mom loves to cook so she taught me a few things."
"That's nice."
After dinner they cleaned up together and sat on the couch.
"Nell, can I ask you something?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"I've been thinking, about us, the situation we are in now. I know it's all happening really fast but I'm very happy with you and I was wondering, if you maybe, I don't know if you're okay with it, but if you maybe, would like to….." Callen was struggling to get the words out. "If you maybe want to move in with me."
"You want me to move in with you?"
"Yes, if you want to. I think it would be better for us to be living together now that you're pregnant. I would certainly love it."
"Is that the only reason why you're asking, cus I'm pregnant?"
"Well yeah sort of. But I also asked cus I love you and I want you near me."
Nell crawled up on his lap and kissed him.
"I think we can make it work."
"Really?" Callen asked with a smile.
"Yeah really."
Nell kissed him again.
"I wonder if Hetty's knows that I'm pregnant."
"Nell, it's Hetty we're talking about, I'm sure she knows."
"I hope she'll be okay with it."
"I'm sure she will, as long as we can prove her that we can keep it out of the office I'd say we're good."
"I hope so, cus I don't want to lose you or my job."
"I won't let that happen, Nell."
Callen wanted to kiss her again but they were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Are you expecting someone?" Callen asked.
"Nope."
Nell got up and peeked through the hole in the door. She couldn't believe it!
"Hey mom, hey dad," Nell spoke as she opened the door.
Callen sat perplexed on the couch. Her mom and her dad here! Her parents, who had no idea that Nell was seeing him let alone that she was pregnant.
"What are you doing here?"
"We just had a couple days off and decided to come visit our daughter."
"Oh, okay."
"Are you gonna invite us in?"
"Yes of course, come on in." Nell stood aside, letting her parents walk in, not knowing what was gonna happen when they would see Callen.
Nell's parents walked in and Nell's mom noticed Callen sitting on the couch.
"Oh, I'm sorry Nell. I didn't know you had company. We should have called first."
"It's okay mom. This is Glen, my boyfriend."
Nell's parents looked at her and then at Callen. They knew Nell was dating someone but they had no idea who and he looked a bit older than Nell.
"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, it's a pleasure to meet you," Callen spoke as he extended his hand.
Nell's mom shook it but Nell's dad didn't.
"I guess I better get going," Callen said, breaking the silence.
"You don't have to go on our behave Glen."
"You came down here to spend time with your daughter so. Unless Nell's okay with me staying." Callen looked in Nell's eyes and saw she was uncomfortable being alone with her parents. She knew they would start asking questions about Callen.
"You don't have to go G. You can stay here, that way my parents can get to know you."
"Alright, if it's no problem, I don't want to impose."
"You're not imposing, come sit," Nell's mom spoke. "Tell us about how you met Nell."
Callen sat down on the chair as Nell went into the kitchen to get some drinks.
"Well, we met each other at work."
"You work for the TV station as well?"
Callen had no idea what Nell had told her parents she did for a living. "Yes, I'm a security guard there."
"That's nice, how long have you two been together?"
"For a few months now."
"And how old are you if I may ask?"
"Mom!" Nell spoke as she walked back in the living room with a tray of drinks.
"What? Can't I know how old my daughter's boyfriend is?"
"You're only asking cus you think he's too old for me."
"I didn't say that."
"I saw it mom when you looked at him when I introduced him."
"Forgive me for caring about me daughter."
"If you're only gonna insult my boyfriend I think you should better leave."
"Nell, I didn't mean it like that. I just wanna make sure he's good to you."
"I can assure you Mrs. Jones that I'm taking care of Nell, I would never do anything to hurt her. I love your daughter."
"That's all I wanted to know. I just want to make sure my daughter is happy."
"I am happy mom," Nell replied as she sat down on Callen's lap. "I love Glen."
"That's good. As long as you're happy and good I'm happy for you."
"Thanks mom."
They sat for a while just talking except for Nell's dad. He was pretty quiet. Around 11pm Nell was almost falling asleep on Callen's lap.
"I think we should leave so you two can go to bed," Nell's mom suggested.
"You can stay here mom, we have a spare room, you don't have to go to a hotel."
"Are you sure? We don't want to bother you."
"It's fine mom."
"Alright, then we'll just say goodnight."
"Goodnight."
Nell's parents disappeared to the bedroom. Callen cleaned up and Nell and Callen disappeared into the bedroom as well.
"I think that went pretty well," Callen stated.
"I think my mom's okay with you, my dad I'm not so sure."
"You told me you are his youngest daughter so he might not like the idea of you and me. I'm sure he'll turn around."
"I hope so. I want my parents to like you."
"I'm sure they will, you like me so they will too," Callen smirked as they got in bed.
"I hope you're right."
Nell crawled close to Callen and gave him a kiss. "Thank you for staying."
"It's no problem."
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Callen kissed Nell. He wanted to pull back put Nell pulled him close again and deepened the kiss. Nell turned the around so she was on top. She sat up and looked at him. Callen saw the look in her eyes and knew what she wanted.
"Nell, your parents are in the next room."
"So, we'll just have to be quiet." Nell lowered her head. "Cus I want you," Nell seductively whispered in his ear.
Her whisper sent a shiver down his spine. He wanted her too. Nell sat up again and took her night gown off. Callen looked at her exposed breasts and he couldn't help but sit up and kiss them. Callen wanted to turn them around put Nell stopped him.
"Let me this time," Nell spoke. "Just lay back and enjoy it."
Callen lay back onto the bed and watched Nell as she sat on top on him. She kissed her way down his chest until she reached his boxers. She could already see a little bulge in his boxers. She slowly took them off. Callen shot up when Nell grabbed him tightly.
"Fuck Nell," Callen tried to be quiet.
Nell smiled at him as she started moving her hand. After a while she couldn't take it anymore and sank down on him. It felt so good to feel him inside of her. Callen grabbed her hips and helped her move.
"God Nell, you feel so good."
Nell had noticed that since she was pregnant her senses were way stronger than before. Their love making felt so much better. She didn't need much to reach her peak.
Callen realized after a while that Nell was close. He sat up and quickly kissed her as she moaned loudly. Callen turned them around and kissed her to keep the noises to a minimum.
Exhausted they fell asleep in each other's arms two hours later.
The next morning Callen woke up and he noticed that Nell was still lying in his arms and with her head on his chest. He felt her naked body against his and thought back to last night. He always loved it when he and Nell made love. A little later he noticed Nell was awake as well.
"Good morning Nell."
"Good morning G," Nell replied as she stretched herself in his arms. "Thank you for last night. It was really good."
"You're welcome. I enjoyed it too."
Nell smiled. Callen turned her around and kissed her. Callen nestled himself in between her legs as he deepened the kiss.
"Breakfast is ready," Nell's mom announced as she opened the door without knocking.
Nell and Callen jumped apart and pulled up the covers.
"I'm so sorry, I should have knocked," Nell's mom said in shock as she quickly closed the door.
"Uhmmm…" Callen spoke, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
"Shoot, I should have locked the door."
"Well, it's a good thing we hadn't taken the next step just jet," Callen joked.
"Yeah, that would have been totally embarrassing. I'm sorry."
"You don't have to apologize Nell, I'm the one who initiated it. I forget that your parents were here."
"I guess we should get dressed and have breakfast."
"Yeah, that's a good idea."
"Good morning," Nell spoke as she and Callen walked into the kitchen.
"Good morning Nell, Glen," Nell's mom replied. Nell's dad was just sitting at the dinner table.
"Good morning dad," Nell addressed her father but he didn't respond.
"Can you at least say good morning to your daughter," Nell's mom spoke to him.
"Morning Nell."
"Dad, I know this is a bit of a shock for you," Nell told him, thinking how bigger shock it would be when she told them she was pregnant. "I'm very happy with Glen and I hope you are happy for me too and that you accept I have a relationship with him."
"You're my little girl, I just want you to be taken good care of by someone who you love and loves you."
"I love him dad and Glen loves me. He's good to me. I'm very happy to him. So can you please be happy for us?"
"Alright, just as long as he doesn't hurt you."
"I would never do that Mr. Jones," Callen interjected.
"Good, cus if you do I'm gonna kill you."
Nell looked at her father and saw he was serious. She just hoped it would never come to that, but maybe once they found out that Callen had gotten her pregnant he might try. But Nell would never let them do anything to hurt her or Callen. She hated lying to her parents about what her actual job was but maybe now it wasn't such a bad idea considering Callen was a federal agent.
"Thank you for the breakfast mom, but we should get going to work. Feel free to stay here until I get back."
"Alright, maybe we can come by during lunch."
"No," Nell said without thinking. "I mean I have a busy day so I don't know when I'll be able to have lunch. But we can have dinner tonight, if I don't have to work late. You know, deadlines."
"Ah yes."
"We should be here around 6pm, if it will be later I will call you."
"Alright, have a good day you two."
Callen and Nell grabbed their stuff and left to go to work. Nell let out a deep sigh once they were outside.
"Are you okay Nell?"
"Yeah, I just didn't expect my parents to show up like this."
"Yeah, it was a bit unexpected and a bit awkward."
"Yeah it was. I'm sorry."
"It's okay. I'm glad I got to meet your parents. Your mother seems really nice and your dad, well, I believe he will definitely try to kill me."
"Don't worry about him, he'll turn around. My mom will talk to him."
"I just wonder how they'll react when we tell them you're pregnant."
"Yeah me too. I think my mom will be okay with it but my dad, I don't know."
"It'll be alright Nell. We'll be fine."
Callen gave her a kiss before they got into the car.
"Morning Eric," Nell spoke as she walked into OPS.
"Morning Nell." Nell sat down with a sigh. "You okay Nell?"
"Yeah, my parents just decided to surprise me with a visit."
"Oh, that's nice, or not."
"Yeah, it was unexpected. And to top it off I was with my boyfriend, who my parents hadn't met yet."
"You're parents hadn't met Callen yet?"
"Nope."
"How did that go?"
"Okay, my mom was okay with it but my dad not so much."
"He'll be alright, I think."
"I hope so."
A little later they started working the new case. Callen had to go undercover. Nell hoped he would be alright and back tonight. She hated to have to lie to her parents about where he was then.
Callen went in alone. Sam, Kensi and Deeks were nearby for backup. Nell and Eric were monitoring the feed from Callen's ear piece and button cam op in OPS. They ran facial recognition on every guy there. An hour later they had identified everyone. Callen got the information about where the drop was taking place. Sam pulled in some other NCIS Agents and they went ahead to the place to secure it and take up their positions. Kensi was up with the bird eye view. Sam and Deeks waited nearby in their car.
"As soon as we have eyes on the weapons we move in," Sam spoke through the com.
A little later all parties arrived.
"Kens, you've got a visual?"
"Yes, waiting until they unload the weapons."
Hetty, Nell and Eric watched from OPS.
"Mr. Hanna, we have eyes on the weapons," Hetty's voice sounded a little later.
"Copy that, moving in. Kens, cover us."
Sam and Deeks moved closer. Sam signaled to Deeks and they moved in.
"Federal Agents! Hands were we can see them!" Sam yelled.
Immediately gunfire erupted. Sam and Deeks returned fire as did Kensi. A little later the gunfire stopped. They had shot all the men.
"G!" Sam called as he didn't see his partner but there was no response. "G! Kens, you've got eyes on G?"
"Let me check." Kensi moved her rifle to check for Callen. "Sam, I've got him, he's behind the crates, looks like he's injured."
Nell's heart jumped up into her throat as she heard Kensi say that.
"G," Sam spoke as he reached his partner. "G, are you okay?"
Sam checked him over and noticed that he was shot. "Eric, we need an ambulance, G has been shot."
"On its way."
"How bad is it Mr. Hanna?" Hetty asked, concerned for her head agent.
"He's shot once in his abdomen." Callen groaned as Sam pressed down on the wound. "It's okay G, I've got you. Stay with me buddy."
A little later the ambulance arrived and took Callen to the hospital, followed by Sam. Kensi and Deeks stayed behind to clear up.
Nell looked at Hetty.
"Go Ms. Jones."
"Thank you Hetty."
Nell quickly packed her stuff up and went to the hospital. She found Sam sitting in the waiting room of the surgical floor.
"How is he Sam?" Nell asked panicked.
"Calm down Nell, the doctor said he's gonna be alright." Nell let out a relieved sigh. "Come Nell, sit down, relax. This stress is not good for you." Nell looked at Sam with a weird face. "G told me."
"Oh," Nell replied a little annoyed that Callen had told Sam already.
"I kinda squeezed it out of him. I could tell that there was something on his mind. I'm happy for you two."
"Thanks Sam. I just hope G will be okay."
"The doctor said he would be, so just relax."
An hour later Callen's doctor stepped out of surgery. Sam nudged Nell. Together they stood up and walked to the doctor.
"How is he doctor?" Nell asked before Sam could.
"He should be alright. He was lucky, the bullet didn't hit anything vital. So with some rest he should be okay in about a week or 2."
Sam and Nell both let out a relieved sigh.
"Can we see him?"
"Sure right this way."
"You go ahead Nell, I'm gonna call Hetty first to update her."
"Alright."
When Nell walked in Callen was just waking up. He smiled when he saw Nell.
"Hey G."
"Hey Nell."
"You okay G?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about me."
"I was so worried about you when Sam told me you were shot."
"I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry if I caused you stress."
"Don't worry about me G. I'm fine. You just rest up."
Callen sat up a bit in the bed and pulled Nell close to him and gave her a kiss. Nell couldn't help but cry a bit.
"Hey Nell, it's okay, I'm fine," Callen told her as he wiped the tears away.
"I'm sorry, it's just these stupid hormones."
"It's okay Nell. I'm here." Callen pulled her close and Nell lay her head down on Callen's chest. "I'm okay Nell."
"I just wonder what to tell my parents."
"Right yeah, they are here."
"I would love to stay here with you but then I would have to explain to them why you ended up in the hospital."
"It's okay Nell, you can go home if you want, I'll be fine."
"I can tell them that I'm working late so I can here for a little while longer."
"If that's what you want it's fine with me."
Nell smiled at him as she pulled out her phone to call her mother. Just as Nell hung up Sam walked into the room.
"Hey G," Sam greeted him.
"Hey Sam."
"How are you feeling?"
"Good."
"Don't think you're getting out of here already, you're gonna stay in this bed until the doctor tells you otherwise."
"Yeah, yeah."
"Don't worry Sam, I'll make sure that he does."
"What? Are you both my mother now?" Callen joked.
"Forgive us for caring about you," Sam replied.
"I appreciate it but I've got Nell now so you don't need to mother me anymore Sam."
"Fine, but I'm gonna tell Hetty if you get out of bed before the doctor's others."
Callen's smile faded as Sam said that. "Don't worry about me Sam, I'm fine. Go home, go to your family. I've got Nell here with me."
"Don't worry Sam, I'll take care of him and I'll promise to call you if something changes."
"Alright."
"How about I go get us some dinner?" Nell spoke after a while.
"Sounds good, I don't like hospital food."
"There's not a thing you like about hospitals."
"Nope, that's true."
"Just so you know, our baby will be born in the hospital."
"Yes I know, that will be the only time I'll like being in a hospital."
Nell smiled at him. "What do you want?"
"Pizza sounds good."
"Pizza it is."
A little later Nell returned with the pizza. She sat next to Callen as they ate their pizzas.
"I'm sorry about this Nell."
"It's okay I'm just glad you're okay."
Around 9pm Nell left the hospital.
"I'll be back tomorrow morning before I go to work, you better be here then."
"I promise I'll be here."
"Alright." Nell gave him a kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too." Callen moved down and kissed her stomach. "And I love you too."
Nell couldn't help but smile as Callen kissed her stomach. She gave him more kiss before she left.
"Hey mom, hey dad," Nell greeted as she walked in.
"Finished with work?" Nell's mom asked.
"Yes I did, sorry I had to work late."
"It's okay. Since you were gone I did some laundry for you. And I wasn't snooping but I found this in your room."
Nell looked up with wide eyes as she saw that her mother was holding her sonogram picture.
