Sometimes You Just Can't Help It CH10

I'm back well I now own a laptop and the hotel where I'm staying has Wi-Fi, it's crappy but it's getting me over the line, so here's Chapter 10 it's a little bit of dribble that was started and finished very late at night! So sorry for any errors what so ever I was tired!

Callen arrived at Nell's at 5 minutes to 7, to show courtesy he knocked on the door and didn't just let himself in like he always does. Nell was the one to answer the door.

"Oh thank god you're and not scratch on you" She whispered

"Well that's not entirely true I have a small scrape but it's nothing to worry about, but I do need to talk to you about something when it's convenient" Callen replied in the same hushed tones

"My parents are staying at a hotel, they don't want to intrude because this place is tiny and I didn't know if you were staying over tonight, is everything okay"

"Oh okay, if they aren't staying here I will, i didn't want to intrude after all your parents are here to see you and everything is fine we can talk about it later"

Dinner was amazing, Nell's mother is an amazing cook and it would appear her daughter had inherited her cooking skills which Callen had gotten a sample of over the last 7 months, Callen and Nell's father did the dishes, John had volunteered them while Nell and Her Mother sat in the lounge room and talked.

"So how long have you and Nell been seeing each other" John asked Callen as soon as the kitchen door was shut, Callen had expected this.

"7 months and 2 days" Callen replied

"Women always like a man who can remember things like that, or so my wife says"

"Nell's changed my life Mr Jones"

"Call me John please, I'd rather not sound like my father, have you told her that"

"No, I've been too worried she'll get sick of me and leave, I've never had the greatest relationships"

"Nell said you didn't have an easy child hood that you were bounce around in the foster system, now I'm being biased here but if Nell has stuck it out with you for this long I don't see her getting sick of you anytime soon, and so you need to relax and start to see that or you will start to push her away" John said while he was washing up Callen was supposed to be drying but he was just staring at John and John noticed this "I'm sorry if I've offend you, it's just I have my daughters best interests at heart and I don't want to see her get hurt"

"You've just basically pointed out that I am no good for Nell"

"I wasn't saying that entirely G, that was the father side of me talking, but man to man here you do need to see that she is in this for the long haul she honestly likes you, and considering this morning when she introduced you as her boyfriend and not her work colleague like I know you were going to is proof enough, Nell has never introduced us to any of her boyfriends, not saying there was many because she was too focused on her education to worry about boys, which certainly eased my mind, just don't keep how you feel from her, I know that doesn't sound manly but it will keep you in the good books"

After Callen and John finished the dishes the Jones went back to their hotel which gave Callen and Nell time to talk.

"What did you want to talk about early" Nell asked him as she got ready for bed and already there

"I told everyone well expect Eric maybe he was listening I don't know, it was an accident I was talking to Sam and forgot the comm's were on"

"How did they react?" Nell asked

"They all threatened to hurt me if I hurt you" Callen answered he looked at her, she was hiding her face "you were there weren't you" she let of the giggle she was obviously holding in

"Yes, I was just leaving and Eric was the only other person that heard so you don't need to worry about granger and anyone else"

"I will have to worry about Granger eventually just not today"

"Did you an my dad have a nice chat"

"You were listening in on that too, right"

"Maybe" Nell replied so innocently Callen could help but laugh, he rolled over so he was able to pin her to the bed

"I love you Nell Jones" Callen said and he watched the surprise in her expression quickly come and go to be replaced by pure happiness

"I love you too G Callen" when they made love that night it was surprisingly different to every other time.