Chapter 10
Hi Guys, I'm sorry for taking so long in between posts I had Uni and life just got in the way and I admit I lost some of my mojo to continue writing, but I'm back. I didn't mean to freak you guys out at the end of the last chapter by contemplating whether to end it. The story will finish up soon, in a few chapters, but not quite yet. In the meantime enjoy this new chapter and let me know what you think! Please review!
Callen walked away from the Sam and Deeks and pulled out his phone and dialed Gibbs
Meanwhile at NCIS Headquarters Director Vance had just received Kensi's TOT form. He picked up his phone and asked his assistant to call Gibbs to his office.
Leon picked up the phone and dialed Hetty's number.
Hetty was in her office drinking tea whilst looking at Kensi's Transfer of Team Request when her phone rang.
"Leon." She answered.
"Hetty. I take it you received Agent Blye's transfer of team request.
"Indeed." She replied. "I take it your calling my Leon to tell me you approved Ms Blye's request.
Leon paused. "Yes I have. Gibbs is on his way to Los Angeles now."
"Hmmm." She replied
"I would have thought you would have fought harder to keep Agent Blye Hetty."
Hetty took a sip of her tea. "Ms Blye is upset with me right now Leon and she doesn't want to be here. Who am I to stand in her in way?"
"It's not like you to give away one of your best operatives Hetty. What's really going on?"
"Oh not a thing Director. Not a thing" She said as she smiled.
"Mmmm" He said as he hung up the phone.
Hetty smiled and drank her tea.
Cut to Gibbs
Gibbs was on his way into the office when his cell phone rang. He flipped open to the phone and saw Callen's caller ID and smiled while answering the phone.
"Callen? What's going on?"
"I need to call in that favor Gibbs."
"The favor from Moscow?"
"Mmmm hmm." He said as he nodded.
"What is it Callen?"
"One of my team, she's looking for a new team. She heard there was an opening in your team and sent through a TOT form to your and Director Vance."
"Which agent?"
"Kensi?"
"Blye?" he replied
"Yeah"
"What happened? You didn't break rule 12 did you Callen?"
"What, no Gibbs, but she was about break to rule 5 and couldn't let that happen."
"Yeah, you still haven't told me why she was about to break rule 5 Callen?"
Callen then went on and explained to Gibbs about what had happened in Afghanistan, about her capture, how she felt responsible for Jack's death, her argument with Hetty and her almost resignation.
Gibbs thought for a few seconds. "Aww Hell. I'll see you soon."
"Wait, you're coming down here."
"Yeah Callen" he said as he flipped his phone off and continued his drive into the office arriving shortly after.
He walked straight into the office and up the stairs to Director Vance's office bypassing DiNozzo and McGee, who watched on as Gibbs blew right by them without so much as a word.
"What do you think that's about?" asked McGee.
"No idea." Replied DiNozzo, who sat and stared at Ziva's empty chair.
Gibbs walked straight into Vance's office without hesitation to find him hard at work on his laptop. He looked up to find Gibbs standing in front of him.
"You were looking for me Director?"
"Gibbs, I've received a Transfer of Team form from Special Agent Blye, she's based out of the Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles. You heard about her last mission, Afghanistan."
"I've been filled in." said Gibbs
"Callen?"
Gibbs didn't reply he just simply smiled.
"Yeah. Anyway, I wanted to speak to you about this transfer of team request. You need another team member. Special Agent Blye would be an asset to your team, to any team."
"I'll take her." Said Gibbs.
"Wait something's not right here Gibbs, you're just going to accept Blye onto your team, no arguments, nothing?"
"An agents down Leon. No arguments necessary."
Leon looked at Gibbs, and then looked down at the paperwork and signed it and handed it go Gibbs.
"What are you waiting for? Go get your agent."
Gibbs smiled and walked out of Director Vance's office and down to the bullpen and over to his desk, grabbed his go bag.
McGee looked over to Dinozzo and then looked at Gibbs. "Boss, everything okay?"
Gibbs didn't respond.
"Going somewhere boss" Asked Dinozzo.
"Yeah, Los Angeles. Anything comes up, you take it." He said as he walked over the office and into the lift and made his way to Los Angeles.
Meanwhile Back in Los Angeles Deeks was trying to get Kensi to talk to him.
"Well alright." Said Callen as he walked back over towards Sam and Deeks.
Deeks leant against the outside of the door as Kensi leant against the inside. "Kensi, please don't do this, please don't leave." He said through the door as Callen and Sam watched on helplessly.
"Deeks." Said Sam. But Deeks didn't respond.
"Kensi. Please I need you. We can get through this. I know we can." He said as he tried desperately to hold himself together.
Kensi tried her best to hold herself together as she listened as Deeks pleaded for her to stay. She couldn't take it anymore, she whispered. "I'm sorry" as she touched the door and walked away.
"Kensi." He whispered as he tried not to break down. Sam walked over to Deeks and put one of his hands on Deeks's shoulder. "Come on." He said softly.
"I can't leave her Sam. (Deeks paused) I can't. I told her I wouldn't leave her Sam."
Sam smiled as Callen watched on. "I know Deeks, but right now Kensi needs some time away from OSP, from Hetty, from us, to deal with everything. You can't look at this as a permanent thing."
Deeks stopped and turned to face Sam who was looking straight at him. "How am I supposed to look at it Sam? She's leaving, she's going to Washington. I'm losing my partner."
"You want Kensi to get better right?" Asked Sam
"Of course I do Sam. But I want to be with her and be there when she needs help."
Sam sighed. I know you do Deeks, but she needs to do this and you need to let her." Said Sam as Callen walked up to join them.
"Deeks, Kensi will be in good hands. I know Gibbs and I trust him, she'll be okay."
Deeks looked back at the door. "Come on Deeks." Said Sam.
Deeks took a deep breath and started to walk away while trying to hold himself together at the same time. Callen and Sam followed behind him as they all headed to the boatshed.
Meanwhile Kensi was lying back on her couch with Nate.
"Kensi?" Said Nate
"Yeah?" she replied
"Are you okay after what just happened here?"
"I don't want to leave Deeks, or Callen or Sam, but I need time to work through this and I need to be away from here. It's something I need to do."
Suddenly Kensi's phone started to ring. She checked the caller ID.
"Washington?" she queried and looked at Nate as she answered the phone
"Special Agent Blye." She said
"Agent Blye, Director Vance. (Kensi swallowed hard)"
"I take it you got my email Director."
"Yes I did Agent Blye. Does this have anything to do with the argument between yourself and Ms Lange?"
Kensi gulped. "I've been at OSP for 5 years Director. I'm looking for new challenges and I want to move forward in my career."
"I see. Well I've approved your transfer. Gibbs is on his way to Los Angeles now. I suggest you pack your things."
"Thank you Director."
"Agent Blye." Said Vance
"Yes Director?"
"I hope you guys down there are better liars on the street." He said as he hung up the phone.
Kensi turned to Nate who was still sitting on the lounge. "Director Vance?" he queried
"Yeah, he approved my transfer Gibbs, will be here in a few hours. I better start packing."
Nate and Kensi stood in silence for a couple of seconds before Kensi spoke. "Nate. Can I ask you a favor?"
"You can ask Kensi. What's going on?"
"Can you talk to Deeks for me, just be there for him, listen to him. I get that it can't be easy for him. Me leaving and I'm not sure he totally gets why I need to do it."
Nate smiled. "I can do that for you Kensi."
Kensi started to move around and started to pack clothes, her belongings, everything that was vitally important to her. She looked around and saw Nate still standing there and shot him a look.
"Oh you mean now. Sorry." He said picked up his things and started to walk out.
Kensi stopped what she was doing and walked over to him and pulled him into a hug. "Thank you Nate, for everything." Nate withdrew from the hug, smiled and headed out the door as Kensi went back to packing up her things.
Cut to the boatshed with Callen, Sam and Deeks.
They walked into the boatshed, tacos in hand from the taco truck around the corner.
They sat down at the table and Callen and Sam started tucking into their taco's, while Deeks just sat and picked at his. Sam and Callen watched as Deeks picked at his food.
Nate arrived at the boatshed and started to turn the handle on the door when he heard Callen, Sam and Deeks talking.
"Deeks." Said Sam, but he didn't respond. Callen and Sam looked at each other.
"Deeks." Said Callen with more force.
Deeks looked up at Callen. "What, sorry, I, yeah…."
"Deeks, I know you concerned about Kensi, okay. She's like our little sister as he motioned to himself and I know you care for her and you don't want her to leave, but she's going to be working for Gibbs. I made a phone call when I found she wanted a transfer and I pulled in a favor. Gibbs is gonna be the best person to get her back on her feet and hopefully back to OSP when she's ready. You need to trust me on this Deeks."
"You called in a favor." He queried
"Yeah, he owes me a couple." Said Callen as he smiled.
Deeks smiled softly. "Thanks Callen."
"Look, I get it's gonna be hard with Kensi gone, it's gonna be hard for us, she's family, so are you Deeks. But we need your head in the game. We have active cases. You have our backs in the field, we need you to be here, focused."
"You're right I'm sorry, guys."
"It's alright Deeks, we're all gonna miss her." Said Sam.
"Callen, Sam. I wanted to ask you something, if you guys would be cool with it."
"What is it Deeks?" Asked Callen
"When I first joined NCIS as the LAPD liaison Hetty gave me paperwork to join NCIS as an Agent. I was a cop that's my whole identity, it's who I am, but um I've been working with you guys for a while and as much as you guys tease and yes sometimes mock and Kensi one ups I feel like I belong here. I never felt like I belonged at LAPD, but I feel like belong here and I want to resign my posting at LAPD and become an Agent.
Sam and Callen looked at each other and smiled. "You know you're going to have to go to FLETC and complete courses at Quantico." Said Callen
"You guys and your courses." He said as Callen chuckled.
Sam smiled and nodded. "Nice one Deeks."
Nate who was listening outside seized the opportunity when they all stopped talking and walked into the boathouse.
Callen, Sam and Deeks heard the door creak as it opened. They weren't expecting anyone; they drew weapons and trained them on the door. Nate walked through and saw the guns pointed at him and immediately raised his hands. "Whoa guys, it's me Nate."
All three of them lowered their guns. "Nate, you have to call first or could get yourself killed."
"Sorry, sorry." He said as he walked into the boatshed. "I just wanted to come and talk to you guys and see how you're coping with Kensi leaving." He said as he looked at everyone but tried to focus on Deeks.
"We're uh doing okay. It's rough, but we understand why she has to do it." Said Sam.
"Deeks are you doing okay."
Deeks looked up at Nate. "Yeah Doc, it's hard, but like Sam said I understand why, especially after what we went through with Sidarov. I can't relate." He said as he glanced at Sam, who acknowledged him as he remembered he was going to leave NCIS and go back to LAPD.
"Okay, well you know I'm here for you all of you, if you or when you need to talk."
"Thanks Nate." Said Callen as Sam and Deeks agreed.
"It's not gonna be the same without her." Said Sam.
"No, it's not and with Deeks going to FLETC, were gonna be left all alone Sam." Said Callen.
"Wait, Deeks is going to FLETC?" Asked Nate.
"Yeah Doc. I've signed my NCIS Agent form." Said Deeks.
"Congrats Deeks." Smiled Nate.
"Thanks."Said Deeks. "Do you know when uh she's leaving?"
"She's packing her things. Gibbs is on a flight to Los Angeles. He'll be here in a couple of hours."
"Wow, that soon huh."
"Yeah, you okay Deeks?" Asked Sam
"Yeah. I just…"
"You want to see her before she leaves right?" Said Nate
Deeks nodded. "Yeah" he whispered
"I thought so, which is why I'm here to well one to make sure you guys are doing okay and two to see if you wanted to come to the airport to see Kensi off."
"Of course, we want to Nate. We wouldn't miss it." Said Callen.
Callen's phone beeped with Gibbs arrival time, which was just a couple of hours from now as Sam started talking to Deeks about the course to become an NCIS Agent and what FLETC was like.
Cut forward closer to Gibbs arrival time.
Callen picked up his phone and checked the time; he got up from the table.
"Going somewhere G?" Asked Sam
"Yeah" he replied
"You're not going to tell us we're you're going?"
"Nope?" he said as he walked out the door."
Cut forward to LAX
Callen was waiting out front of LAX for Gibbs when his phone beeped with the notification that Gibbs flight had landed and smiled.
Gibbs grabbed his gear and headed out of LAX to find Callen waiting for him.
"Callen" he said as he walked over to him.
"Gibbs" he replied as straight faced as always.
"Good flight?"
"Yep." He replied as he put his stuff in the car. "Keys" he said
Callen paused as he looked at Gibbs. "You think I'm letting you drive Gibbs?"
"Keys" he said in more authoritative voice. Callen didn't respond.
"Come on" he said as motioned for him to hand. Callen and Gibbs stared at each other before Callen through the keys over the car and got into the passenger's seat. Gibbs smiled as he opened the door; punched Kensi's address into the SATNAV started the car and headed to Kensi's place.
"So what time is your flight back Gibbs?"
"Couple of hours" he said as he concentrated on the road.
Callen chuckled.
"Something funny Callen?" Asked Gibbs
"I'm just surprised that you flew all the way down here, that's all. I mean don't get me wrong. I'm always happy to see you Gibbs, it's just strange."
Gibbs didn't answer and just kept on driving as Callen pulled out his phone and texted Sam.
Just picked up Gibbs from the airport, heading to Kensi's now. Get Eric to find out Gibbs return flight info and meet us at the airport."
Cut to Kensi's.
Kensi had finished packing up all the essential items she had needed. She sat down and looked around her apartment, while she still had a lot of stuff, thanks to her being a hoarder. It still hit her that she was actually leaving, leaving LA, her team and Deeks.
Meanwhile Callen and Gibbs had pulled up out the front of Kensi's. Gibbs got out of the car and walked up to Kensi's door and knocked.
Kensi laid back on her couch and tried to get a bit of shut eye before her flight to Washington just as she was falling asleep a knock came on her door. She got up gun in hand and pulled back the curtain and saw Gibbs and Callen standing there.
"Callen and I'm gonna assume Gibbs." She said as she looked at the older gentleman with Callen.
"Yeah Kens, this is Gibbs."
"Nice to meet you" she said as she extended her hand.
"Never assume anything, Rule 8." He said as he extended his hand.
"I'm sorry rule 8?" she queried as she shook his hand.
Gibbs turned to Callen. "You didn't teach her the rules."
"No, no, no. There you rules to teach not mine."
"Are you telling me you don't follow the rules?" he said as he shot Callen a look.
"Nope, never. I was never one for following the rules Gibbs." He said as he smiled.
Gibbs stared at Callen for a moment. "Yeah you weren't were you Callen."
"I'm sorry rules?" she asked
"Yeah Gibbs has a set of rules that he (Callen pauses) instills in his team."
"Great, is there somewhere I can memorise them?"
Gibbs jumped in before Callen could answer. "Nope, it's my job to teach them to you."
"Okay" she said as she looked at Callen giving a confused impression.
"Something confusing you Blye?" Asked Gibbs
"Wha…No…How did you… Never mind."
Kensi moved over to Callen. "How does he do that?" Whispered Kensi
"Mystery of Gibbs Kens. You're surprised by this, how long have you been working for Hetty, she pulls stuff like this all the time." He whispered.
"If you two ladies are done gossiping we got a flight to catch. You ready to go Blye?" Asked Gibbs
Kensi took one more look around the room before replying. "Yeah. Yeah I'm good."
"Come on, what are you waiting for an invite, grab your trash, let's go."
Kensi quickly picked up her things and hussled out the door with Gibbs and Callen behind her.
Callen pulled out his phone and texted Sam.
"Heading to the airport with Kensi now"
Meanwhile back at the boatshed the 4 men had finished their food and were sitting and talking when Sam's phone beeped with the message from Callen. Sam pulled out his phone and read the message. "Guys, we gotta go Kensi's on her way to the airport with Gibbs."
"Wait what about Callen?" Said Nate
"He's with Gibbs and Kensi." Replied Sam
The 3 of them got up and headed to the airport to meet Kensi.
Meanwhile back at the Mission, Nell and Eric came walking down the stairs and walked over to Hetty.
"Hetty, we just saw that Kensi's being transferred to NCIS HQ. What's going on?" Asked Eric
"Ms Blye has requested a change of team, Mr Beale?"
"Is this to do with Afghanistan and the argument that we heard about?" Asked Nell
"Ms Blye needs some time away from here to (Hetty paused) reassess her current situation, which is why she will be working with Major Case Response out of Washington with Special Agent Gibbs Team.
"Agent Gibbs?" Said Nell
Hetty nodded.
"I've heard rumors about Gibbs, they say he's…."
"He's what Ms Jones."
"No, no, nothing."
Eric could see Nell was started to get uncomfortable and he jumped in.
"Hetty, Kensi's leaving today, we want to go to the airport and say goodbye to her. Her flight leaves soon."
Hetty smiled. "Of course Ms Jones, you and Mr Beale, grab your things and meet me in the garage."
"You're coming with us Hetty?" Said Nell
"Is that wise Hetty, Kensi's pretty mad at you right now."
"Oh I know that Mr Beale. I'll meet you in the garage along with Ms Jones."
A couple of minutes later they all gathered in the garage, jumped into one of their many cars and headed to the airport.
Cut forward to the Airport
Kensi, Gibbs and Callen had arrived at the airport. Secretly she was hoping that Deeks would be there to see her off, but on the other hand it would just make it so much harder for her to leave. Gibbs parked the car and threw Callen back his keys.
"So now you give them back to me?" He said
"Well yeah Callen. I got no use for them now" he said as he picked up pack and headed into the airport as Kensi and Callen stood at the car staring.
"You two coming?" he said as he continued to walk into the entrance.
"Coming" yelled Callen as he exchanged a look with Kensi. "Are you sure you wanna do this?" he whispered.
"Yeah, he can't be worse than Hetty right?"
Callen just shot her look, chuckled and walked into the airport following Gibbs.
"Right? Callen?" she said, but he didn't respond as Kensi chased after him.
Kensi and Gibbs checked themselves in for their flight as Callen joined them sat down in the lounge area while they waited for their flight.
Shortly after Gibbs, Kensi and Callen had checked in. Sam, Deeks and Nate turned up at the airport, followed by Eric Nell and Hetty.
Sam, Deeks and Nate arrived at the airport and walked through to the lounge to see Callen and Kensi waiting in the lounge. As she looked up she saw Deeks standing there. The sight of him took her breath away. She swallowed hard and whispered "Deeks." She smiled as she got up and walked over to him.
Deeks was nervous, he didn't know what to say, when normally when he was around Kensi, she would complain about him not shutting up.
She walked over to him as Nate and Sam kept walking and joined Callen. "Deeks" she said as she smiled. "I didn't think that you would be here."
"Really?" he said with a half smile. "You're moving across the country and you thought I wouldn't be here to see you go."
"I thought it would have been too hard."
Deeks smiled. "It is hard, Kens. I know that we have "our thing" he said as she smiled. "But I really do care about you. I only wanted to be there for you, to help, like you did for me after uh Sidorov. I get what you mean when I needed a fresh start away from everything. I was going to quit NCIS and go back to LAPD"
Kensi smiled and pulled Deeks into a hug. "I remember Deeks." She whispered.
"It was you that stopped me from doing that Kens. I guess I just hoped that I would be able to convince you to stay." He whispered
Kensi smiled. "It's not forever Deeks and it's not you. I need to go and get my head straight and I can't do that here. I want to do this because I want to try and make "our thing" work.
Deeks pulled back away from Kensi and smiled. "You want to try and make "our thing work?" he asked.
"Yeah. I um, being over there it made me realise how much I missed you and that I just didn't feel whole without you Deeks and I want to be here with you both physically and mentally. I don't want to be holding back with you. I want to move forward with you."
Gibbs walked back coffee in hand and sat down next to Callen.
"Wow, I um..so we're doing this." He said
"Yeah, if you still want I mean I get it if you don't want to wai…" before Kensi could finish speaking Deeks grabbed her face and kissed her in full view of everyone.
Callen, Nate and Sam all smiled as they watched. While Gibbs watched on, as he leant into Callen. "I guess you didn't tell them about Rule 12 huh" he said as he took a sip of coffee.
"Nope" replied Callen
Gibbs smiled softly.
Kensi and Deeks broke apart after a few seconds and smiled and looked over to where everyone was sitting and smiling.
Kensi smiled "Come on" she said as she started to walk back over to everyone, but Deeks stopped her with his arm. "Before you go, you should know that I've signed my paperwork to become an NCIS Agent."
"Really?" She said. "You'd leave LAPD?"
"Yeah, I never really felt at home at LAPD but NCIS it feels right." Said Deeks with a smile.
Kensi smiled. "That's great news." She said. "Come on." She said as she took his hand and they walked back over to everyone.
Everyone was chattering so when Hetty, Eric and Nell arrived at the airport they went completely unnoticed.
"Ms Blye" Said Hetty's familiar voice.
Kensi inhaled sharply turned around and forced a smile.
"Hetty" she replied. "I didn't think you would be here"
"Of course I would Ms Blye. You are still a valued member of my team Ms Blye, no matter was occurred between you and I. You will always be a part of our team. I wish you every luck working with Agent Gibbs in Washington." She said as she smiled.
"If I can survive you Hetty I can survive Gibbs right." She said, forgetting for a moment that Gibbs was in earshot.
Hetty chuckled. "Ms Blye, may I have a word to you in private before you leave?"
"Yeah" she said as they walked over,
"Ms Blye, please know that I am truly sorry for everything that you have experienced and I take full responsibility."
"Thank you." She said as she stood uncomfortably.
"Remember that you will always have a place here at OSP Ms Blye and should you want to return please let me know"
"Thank you Hetty." She said as she turned to walk away. Kensi called out. "Hetty!"
"Yes Ms Blye." She said as she walked over to her."
"I'm sorry for the way that I handled things I shouldn't have yelled and blown up at you the way that I did."
"I understand, I accept your apology. Good Luck in Washington Ms Blye." She said as she watched Hetty walk away disappearing into the crowd at the airport.
Kensi walked back to say her goodbyes to her colleagues, her friends, the people she had trusted for years. As she was finishing saying goodbye she heard the boarding call for her flight.
"Blye, we gotta go." Said Gibbs as he picked up his bag and walked onto the plane.
"Yeah I'm coming." She said as she said her final goodbyes, while trying to hold herself together.
"I'm gonna miss all of you guys." She said as she sniffled.
"Remember, call often, skype, encrypted signal. I know you're a part of Gibbs team now, but you'll always be a part of our team." Said Sam as he pulled her into a hug. A few seconds later he was joined by everyone else.
Kensi laughed and was crying tears of joy as she picked up her things, said goodbye to everyone and walked over to Gibbs with Deeks.
"We'll talk soon okay I promise. We'll make this work. Call me when you land okay."
Kensi smiled. "I will" she said as she kissed him, they broke the kiss a few seconds later. She turned and waved goodbye to her OSP family and walked down to the tunnel to the plane.
"Agent Blye?"
"Yeah Gibbs?"
"Rule Number 12. Never date a co-worker."
Kensi smiled. "Technically I'm not Gibbs. We're not on the same team anymore."
Gibbs chuckled. "You're gonna be a handful aren't you."
Kensi smiled.
I know, I know long chapter! Please review guys, let me know what you think!