NCIS: LOS ANGELES...

WE'RE A FAMILY...

Disclaimer:

NCIS: Los Angeles and characters do not belong to me.

SUMMARY: Sequel to 'WHAT IF THEY MET BEFORE' This story picks up a few months later in January...

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

The episodes of Blye, K parts 1 & 2, will take up maybe the next six chapters and then I will move on from there.

CHAPTER 9: CATCHING UP...

MARTY...

After work Marty had called Cassie to tell her he would be there to get Meg as soon as he could, but there was something he had to do first.

After making the phone call to Cassie, Marty had gone home to clean and then left again to pick up Meg and Monty from Cassie's house.

MARTY & KENSI'S HOUSE...

DINNER TIME...

"You need to eat something, Princess." Marty said, but Meg shook her head. "No, I want mama!" Meg yelled again and Marty let out a sigh.

"I know you do, but I already told you that mommy is visiting Nana Julia tonight. You know how we have days for just the two of us?" Marty asked. "Uh-huh," Meg replied her eyes meeting his.

"Well, your mommy needed some time with just her and her mom tonight." Marty told her, the same thing he had been telling her since he picked her and Meg started asking where Kensi was.

"When mama come home?" Meg asked. "She will be home later, but right now you need to eat." Marty told her and Meg shook her head. "I want mama." Meg said again with a pout.

Marty was almost tempted to give in, but knew that Kensi needed time with her mother tonight.

Meg's pout than turned into a full blown three-year-old temper tantrum that would not stop,

Marty tried everything, but nothing was working, though he had been determined not to call Kensi...

KENSI...

JULIA'S HOUSE...

After inviting Kensi in the two of them had gone to the kitchen to get some coffee, and then made their way to the living room.

Now they sat just talking and the subject of Meg and Marty had come up...

When Julia told Kensi about meeting Meg and Marty, telling her about Marty saying he was her work partner.

Kensi was in the process of explaining that Marty probably thought Kensi would want to tell her mother when her phone buzzed.

Kensi pulled out her phone and looked at the screen seeing it was from Marty.

"Is something wrong?" Julia asked. "No, it's just Marty..." Kensi said and seemed unsure if she should answer it or not.

"Go ahead and answer, I'll go get some ice cream." Julia said with a smile and Kensi looked at her. "Are you sure?" Kensi asked. "Yes, it could have something to do with, Meg." Julia said and headed back to the kitchen.

Kensi hit the button to answer the phone.

"Kensi...Marty, is Meg okay...put her on the phone..."

Kensi and waited until Meg came on the phone.

"I hear you're giving daddy trouble...the two of us can do something together tomorrow, but I need you to be good for daddy right now...I'll be home later...all right, put daddy back on..." Kensi told Meg.

KENSI & MARTY'S HOUSE...

MARTY & MEG...

"Thanks, for talking to her, Kens. I wasn't going to call you, but...I wasn't sure what else to do...no we'll be okay until you get home...I'll see you later.." Marty said and finally hung up, looking at Meg who continued to pick at her food.

JULIA'S HOSUE...

THE KITCHEN...

After hanging up Kensi found her mother still in the kitchen.

"Mom," Kensi asked as she walked into the kitchen to find her mother looking out the window and then Julia turned to face her.

"Is everything okay?" Julia asked. "Yeah, Meg was just a little upset because I wasn't there tonight when Marty picked her up from the babysitter's house." Kensi replied.

"If you need to go home...we can catch up another night." Julia suggested. "No, I talked to Meg and Marty said they would be okay until I got home." Kensi said.

KENSI...

MARTY & KENSI' S HOUSE...

HOURS LATER...

After walking into the house, Kensi set her stuff down and was greeted by Monty.

It was then she realized how quiet the house was...walking further she found Marty and Meg asleep on the couch with a blanket pulled over them.

Kensi smiled, before she took out her phone and snapped a quick picture waking up. Just after the picture was taken, Marty opened his eyes and looked at her with a smile.

"Hey, you're home." Marty said. "Yeah, I am. Why is Meg out here and not in her bed?" Kensi asked.

"She was determined to stay up until you got home, so I guess while I was trying to get her to sleep...I fell asleep to." Marty said with a yawn, but did not move from where he was. "Is Meg okay?" Kensi asked .

"I think she's has a little bit of a cold, but nothing we couldn't handle." Marty said with a groan as he tried to sit up without waking Meg up.

But Meg opened her eyes.

"Mama." Meg said as Kensi sat down beside Marty and when Meg moved onto Kensi's lap, Kensi sucked in her breath.

"You okay..."

Marty asked.

""...I told you that your mom would be here when you woke up in the morning."Marty told Meg.

"I'm fine, why didn't you tell me on the phone? If Meg is sick I don't want you to wait until I get home tell me, Marty." Kensi said. "Kensi I knew if I told you on the phone you would have put off seeing your mom and come straight home. I can handle our sick daughter and you know now, okay?" Marty asked hoping she would understand.

"No, Marty, it's not okay. You should have told me Meg was sick and let me decide for myself...my mom would have understood." Kensi said as she glanced at Meg to see that Meg's eyes were drooping.

"Daddy said that you were not feeling well earlier. Are you feeling better now?" Kensi asked and Meg nodded her head yes. "I think it was just mommy-itis right, Megling? You just wanted your mom?" Marty asked and Meg looked at him nodding her head yes once again.

"I think we need to get you to bed Princess." Marty said standing up and then reaching down to take Meg from Kensi.

"Mama!" Meg yelled reaching for Kensi as her eyes filled with tears. "It's okay, Meg. How about you let daddy carry you to bed and I'll walk right beside you?" Kensi suggested.

Kensi got up and the three walked down the hall to Meg's room, where Marty put Meg in her bed.

"Good night, Meg." Marty said giving her a kiss and then Kensi sat down on the bed to tuck Meg in. "If you go to sleep now, we'll have a family night tomorrow, okay?" Kensi asked and Meg let out a yawn.

Meg fought to keep her eyes open a little longer, but in the end Meg closed her eyes and fell back to sleep.