Disclaimer: The characters of N.C.I.S. Los Angeles are property of CBS
A/N: This chapter is rated M because of a sexual situations.
As if fate would have it both Kensi and Deeks woke up together. There was no staring at the other person and perving on them while they were asleep. They were both awake and totally enjoying the perv session knowing that they won't catch crap for it. They smiled at each other. Kensi had crawled over and laid on Deeks, breast to chest, and kissed him; and then cuddled up to him. They just laid there in silence for what seemed like an eternity. Then Kensi spoke up.
"Deeks I have a question to ask." Kensi said.
"Shoot." Deeks said.
"What do the numbers "143" stand for?" She asked.
"It's the numerical code for I love you." Deeks said.
"What?" Kensi asked raising her head to look at Deeks.
"Yeah, three numbers for the three words. And each number corresponds with the exact amount of letters in each word. 1 for I; 4 for Love; and 3 for You. 143; I love you" Deeks said.
"I never thought of that before. Which begs the question: where did you get it from?" Kensi asked.
"Don't worry I didn't come up with it. When I was in college one of my buddies used to say it all the time to his girlfriend at the time; I was a little puzzled at first. So I asked him what it stood for and he explained." Deeks said. After Deeks finished explaining the origins of 143 he noticed that Kensi had gone quiet, and insecure of something. "Ask the question."
"I'm sorry come again?" She asked.
"I know that look Kensi. You want to ask a serious question, but you're afraid to. So I say again: ask the question." He said.
"Have you ever said that to another woman?" Kensi asked unsure of herself.
{Well that's a good question. Have I ever told that to another woman?} Deeks thought. {Kensi has never had somebody tell her something so simple, that it's romantic. Have I ever told another that "I loved her" by way of "143"? That's a simple answer.}
"I have bad news and I have awesome news." Deeks said.
"I'll take bad news for 400 Alex." Kensi said. Deeks just stared at her.
"Wow that just happened." Deeks said. "Nice reference there Princess."
"Thank you." Kensi said with a huge smile spreading across her face.
"The bad news is that I have told other women that I loved them." Deeks said. Kensi frowned at what Deeks said, but didn't responded because she has said that "I love you" to at least one person. Which Deeks had the good graces not mention. "The awesome news: you're the first person I have said that too."
Kensi only reaction to Deeks last sentence was to kiss him, and hard. They pulled apart when they could no longer breathe.
"That is the most romantic thing any man has ever said to me!" Kensi said excitedly, and then kissed Deeks again. After the finished kissing Kensi laid her head on his chest, listening to Deeks heartbeat; the organ beating in his chest had her in a trance. Deeks felt on his chest Kensi smile spread on her face and asked.
"What are you smiling about?"
"Listening to your heartbeat, and I have to say I'm loving the sound of it." Kensi said.
"Thank you; though I have to say I never had a woman tell me that." He said.
"Yeah its great listening to a heartbeat, but it's even better if it's the heart of the one you love." Kensi said. And it was Deeks turn to grow silent.
"What's wrong Deeks?" Kensi asked.
"Kensi I have to ask: when I failed to shoot you because I made a poor judgment you punched me in the jaw…" Deeks said trailing off. Kensi lifted her head off his chest and saw that Deeks was crying.
"Why did I punch you?" she asked. Deeks nodded his head. "I was upset that you couldn't take the shot. Was I wrong for hitting? Yes, but look what happened because you didn't take the shot."
"What would have happened if I took the shot and killed you in the process; then what?" Deeks asked with a bit of an edge in his voice.
"I'm sensing there is something else here besides my harsh punishment for your poor judgment call." Kensi said.
"You said the ones' you love, and it brought back a sickening memory from childhood." Deeks said. Kensi was horrified of her actions and her sentence.
"You were in another "fight" and your dad took you the hospital?" Kensi asked fighting back tears. Deeks nodded and continued.
"It was a particular nasty night." Deeks said with his eyes glazing over from the painful memory resurfacing. "My father and mother had another fight about my father drinking too much again. Gordon went on a rampage again; my mother got a black eye….."
Kensi waited for Deeks for to continue, but could see that he was on the verge of breaking down. So Kensi put her hand on his chest; putting it over his heart in hopes that it would calm him down. He calmed down, just a little bit. Kensi had kissed Deeks on the lips lightly, and he calmed down even more.
"I spent three days in the hospital getting reconstructive surgery to repair my broken jaw." Deeks said. Kensi kissed Deeks hard; both of them shedding tears.
"I'm sorry Deeks. On top of get your jaw repaired last year because of Sidorov, and then I punched your jaw when I lost control. I'm so sorry." Kensi said after she broke the kiss rest her head on Deeks shoulder. Deeks could feel Kensi shed more tears that ran down to his chest.
"I'm not going to say that you have to stop punching me all together, but from now on if we can keep the punches to my arms that would be highly appreciated." Deeks teased.
The next thing that happened was Kensi had punched Deeks in the arm.
"OW! What was that for?" Deeks asked with a dumbfounded look on his face.
"That's for ruining the moment." Kensi said.
"I can't be all that bad." Deeks said.
"Why not?" she asked
"You're still lying in bed naked with me. You could have gotten out of bed and went down stair." He said with a cheeky smile plastered across his face.
"Touché." She said giving him another kiss. Kensi rest her head back on Deeks shoulder and closed her eyes.
"Deeks when Nell asked you that question in the ambulance on the way to the hospital: what was she talking about, and what did you mean by "crossing a Frozen Lake"?" Kensi asked.
"Well while you were out it was a crazy few months. Eric and Nell are a couple because of my "assistance," but it was pretty hairy for them. One case Nell was almost killed by a guy wanted for committing war crimes, and it was a close one." Deeks said
"How close?" Kensi asked.
"Another thirty seconds we would have called the coroner to come get her body. Her brains would have painted the interrogation room at the boat shed." Deeks said, to which Kensi gasped. "And then a few cases later, the guys and I were trying to stop a missile that was launched from Russia, that would have caused problems between Russia and the USA, and Eric was almost killed." Kensi gasped again. Two of her coworkers had near death experiences and it could have cost them dearly, but with Deeks help, Nell and Eric are a couple now.
"What do you think they are doing right about now?" Deeks asked.
"Probably what we are doing right now." Kensi said. Deeks look down at their naked bodies then responded.
"Lying naked in bed, catching up on the past?" Deeks asked mischievously. Kensi punched in the arm and Deeks laughed.
"Nell did tell me that Eric is stronger than he looks." Kensi admitted
"That comes with all the surfing he does." Deeks shot back glancing at her. Kensi laughed so hard she almost fell out of bed.
"What?" Deeks asked
"I said the same thing to Nell. Want to know what her response was?" She asked.
"Do tell." Deeks asked excitedly.
"That you were rubbing off on me and called me a cheeky broad." Kensi said then started to laugh again.
"Well you can be my cheeky broad." Deeks said kissing Kensi forehead. Deeks was silent for a while. He is about to broach a subject that is touchy because of the sensitive nature, but he has to ask. He has to know.
"Penny for your thoughts babe?" Kensi asked. Deeks looked at Kensi. Kensi shifted her head so she could look Deeks in the eyes. "What?"
Deeks kissed Kensi.
"What was that for?" Kensi asked.
"I know that you don't let a word like that go so easily. For that word to be said you have to really love the guy, and I'm honored; but the answer to your question I was going to bring up some bad memories Kensi. Check that, horrible memories, and I'm sorry but I have to ask." Deeks said. Kensi laid her head back on Deeks chest, and wait half a beat before responding.
"You want to know how I was dealing with my capture and torture at the hands of Jack." Kensi said.
"Kensi look at me please." Deeks said. Kensi looked back at Deeks, with tears starting to well up in her eyes.
"I know this is the wrong time to ask, given the intimate moment we are sharing; but we are finally gaining some semblance of a normal life together. Actually I would say it was more than normal, but you get the idea." Deeks said and Kensi smiled. "But we were at odds since leaving Afghanistan, and I never got to help you cope. I wanted to do for you what you wanted to do for me, but I wouldn't let you."
Kensi looked away from Deeks and he could see tear starting to pool at the edge of her lids. Then she blinked and let a few drop.
"I'm not accusing you of anything Kensi. Not after my torture, not after you torture, not ever." Deeks said.
"But how can you be like that? How can you forgive me so willing, and not hold a grudge? Sam and Callen would be up my butt if I did something off kilter." Kensi asked tears just streaming down her face. Deeks sat up right in bed pulling Kensi into his lap and leaning against the head board. He looked into her face and kissed her. It wasn't hard kiss; it wasn't full of angry and confusion like the kiss they shared while tailing Sidorov. It was tender and full of love. And Kensi knew before he even said it what his answer and it cause her to cry even more when he pulled back to speak.
"Because I love you Kensi." Deeks said whispering in her ear.
"I love you too Deeks; and as stupid as it seems that was why I made you make that stupid promise to me. Not to get yourself killed." She said through the tears.
"I know why you made me promise, but I want you to promise me something too." He said still whispering in her.
"Anything." She said still crying.
"Promise me that you won't get yourself killed." He said. Kensi leaned back and just stared at Deeks in awe.
"Your life is just as important to me, as my life is to you. Why else do you think I shared "143" with you?" He asked. Deeks reached with his thumbs and wiped away her tears. Kensi smiled at Deeks gesture and nodded her head in acceptance of his request.
"Thank you." He said.
"You're welcome." She said. "Well coming back home after Afghanistan was a shocker. I tried sleeping at my place, but that didn't go so well. My mom came by and invited me to stay with her. That lasted two days tops." Kensi said.
"Why?" Deeks asked
"With all of the nightmares, and not being at liberty to say what was bothering me, she politely asked me to leave. I think my nightmares were affecting her sleep. Nell dropped by after work and saw that I was a wreck, so she had me come and stay with her." She said
"I'm guessing Nell knocked some sense into you?" He asked.
"Yeah. Last Friday we had a "girl's night in" and Nell decided to broach the subject. I wasn't happy about discussing the subject, but after we talked it out I felt at peace, and the nightmares had all but subsided." She said.
"What.. was the topic of.. your discussion?" He asked not hiding his hesitation about what her answer would be.
"You." Kensi said. Then she turned her hips so she was straddling Deeks and laid her head on his shoulders.
"Do I need to get protection?" he said
"Why do you ask?" She asked.
"If you're not ready to be a mother, I want to protect you until you're ready." He said.
"I can take care of myself Deeks." Kensi said almost growling at Deeks.
"I'm serious Kensi. Look at me." Deeks said. Kensi sat back and looked him in the face. Looking into his blue eyes and saw a storm brewing. "Kensi I've share many nights with women, and being with every single one of them left me feeling empty inside. But being with you my heart beats a little faster, I get nervous, and I feel whole. I'm sorry for bring this up because it is, or was, a sore subject but even when I was running with Monica I still felt empty and lonely inside."
"Monica. How would you feel so empty with her?" Kensi said with a biting tone.
"I see it's still a sore subject, but Granger didn't trust Sam, Callen, or you. And seeing as how I wasn't an agent at the time I'm guessing he thought it was a good idea to send me in case anything bad happened." Deeks said. Kensi stared at Deeks in shock.
{Does Granger see everybody like that: as expendable. How is it that Deeks went in willingly without back up, without a safe word, nothing but his own skills and abilities?} Kensi thought.
"Ask the question." He said.
"Why did you do it? Why did you go in blind, without help?" Kensi asked.
"Because we're talking about Granger, here. The man that thinks that the agents live is secondary to completing the mission. In his eyes if I died, then I didn't deserve to be an agent. So I did what I did best: worked off the grid, blind and without back up. I'm used to going in with, and have had, less. But that isn't the point I'm trying to make; none of the women are you. Kensi you are my one and done. If our relationship falls through I may not find another woman to help pick up the broken pieces of my heart." He said.
"I'm your one and done?" She asked in awe of his raw confession. He nodded and they both stared in each other's eye for a few minutes before they heard barking coming from the other side of the door. Deeks shook his head and Kensi laughed.
"Too be continued." Deeks said.
"But I was enjoying myself." Kensi said with a pout.
"Yeah I can tell; your nipples are still hard." Deeks said pinching them.
"Cheeky boy. Well I can tell you are enjoying yourself to." Kensi said through clenched teeth. Grinding on Deeks she fired back. "You seem harder now than you did last night."
"Wow that just happened; fair enough: touché!" He exclaimed.
"Touché." Kensi repeated; Deeks just face palming himself.
"It's like trying to teach semantics to a dolphin." Deeks grumbled. Deeks looked over at the clock and saw that it was ten in the morning. Kensi got off of Deeks so he could get dressed and take Monty out, but she couldn't resist staring at his naked butt.
"I've never said it before, but I like your butt. It's nice and it's the right size." She said as reached out and smacked his butt.
"Still enjoying yourself I see." He said as he was walking into the bathroom after he had put some clothes on his lower half. The next thing Kensi heard was Deeks screaming; Kensi grinned to herself remembering her little present that she left for Deeks.
"You vampire!" Deeks exclaimed coming out of the bathroom pointing at his neck.
"Well you said at Edison that you would wake up with bite marks on your neck." Kensi said trying not to laugh.
"Well two people can play that game." Deeks said as he stepped back into the bathroom quickly. She had a puzzle look on her face.
"What's that's- no. You didn't." She said. Kensi turned over to her nightstand and grabbed her makeup kit and opened it look at her neck in the mirror. Before she could respond Deeks was rushing out the room.
"DEEKS YOU DID NOT GIVE ME A HICKEY!" Kensi screeched. All she could hear was Deeks laughing as was stepping out into the hall shutting the door behind him. Kensi got dress to chase after Deeks. As she opened the door Monty had jumped at Kensi knocking her on her butt; attacking Kensi with kisses.
"My, my Kensi. Coming after me to exact you vengeance wearing only lingerie and panties? If that is the case I need to screw with your head a lot more; down Monty." Deeks said. After Monty got off of Kensi, Deeks reached out his hand and Kensi accepted; allowing Deeks to lift her off the floor into his embrace. But before anything could happen, Monty barked again. So Deeks grabbed Kensi' hand and they walked downstairs together, hand in hand, to the kitchen and let Monty out.
"I'm going to take a look out front real quick." Deeks said. Letting go Kensi hand he started to walk to the front, but pause first. Deeks watched Kensi start to make coffee as Monty was running around out in the yard, and he smiled at the dog. Deeks turned and continued walking out to the front door.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
From two streets away a person was watching as Deeks stepped out the front door. Deeks stood on the front step and surveyed the surroundings. The person got suspicious as if Deeks might have spotted him, but Deeks decided to walk back in.
"I'll let you play out your fantasy detective, but when this is over we have some unfinished business to attend to." The person said. He looked down at his camera and cycled through the pictures. All the pictures were of Kensi and Deeks while they were living at the house, some at the café, and he stopped on the last picture. It was a picture from last night; of Kensi and Deeks making love.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
3 Months later…
In the time that had passed since being debriefed by Hetty and mending their hearts, Deeks and Kensi had spent more time being a "family": taking walks and playing with Monty, going out on dates, going to that café and playing for the lunch crowd, going and seeing movies, and more "private session". Speaking of private sessions, during the middle of one Kensi phone started to ring.
"Hello." Kensi said.
"Ms. Blye; you and Mr. Deeks are needed at the boat shed. And tell Mr. Deeks to bring his violin." Hetty said. She could hear Deeks playing in the background.
"Yes Hetty, I will." Kensi said hanging up the phone.
"What did she want?" Deeks asked laying the violin and bow on his lap.
"She says that we are needed at the boatshed, and that you need to bring your violin." She replied getting up heading for the stairs.
"Hey baby." Deeks said.
"Yeah." She said stopping on the stairs turning to look at Deeks as he approached the stairs.
"I love you." He said.
"I love you too." She said and made the rest of the way back up stairs to get changed.
{She looks awesome in that black negligee.} Deeks thought. Then Deeks stopped his train of thought and walked to the front door. He cracked it a little bit and looks outside. He saw that same car from a few weeks, or was it months ago, parked outside. So Deeks snapped two pictures: one of the license front plate, and one of the drivers.
{Man I love these high end smart phones: great quality and high resolution. Smile for the camera.} Deeks thought. After he took the pictures he sent them to ops, and made a call As he was dialing ops, the driver turned the engine and took off.
"What do you have Deeks?" Eric asked.
"I'm sending some pictures your way. You know the drill." Deeks said.
"On it." Eric said hanging up the phone.
Deeks shut the door and head up stairs. When he was entering the room he saw Kensi sitting on the edge of the bed with her back to him, wearing nothing but a pair of jeans and a bra. Deeks was about to continue staring at her, but he stepped back into the hall
"Enjoying that perv session there, Shaggy? I saw you in the mirror." Kensi asked with a smirk on her face. Deeks walked over to the bed and kneeled down so her could crawl across and nip at skin of her neck where it meets the shoulder. Which had elicited a moan from Kensi.
"Does that answer your question?" Deeks asked with a smirk on his face. Kensi finished getting dress as Deeks grabbed a fresh outfit and shoes. The both went downstairs hand in hand. As they reached the bottom of the stairs Monty came racing over to the couple, looking for attention. The both petted Monty and then Deeks said.
"Take him out back for a little bit while I pack my things."
"Yep." Kensi said. As Monty had finished his business out back, Deeks had finished load the suv, and the couple said good bye to the animal, and left. Deeks shut and locked the then he walked around to the passenger side of the vehicle. Kensi was a little lost for words, but she let it play through. Deeks opened the door, hugged and kissed Kensi, shut the passenger door and walked around to the driver's side, got in and locked the doors. Deeks put the vehicle in reverse backed out of the driveway and head back to L.A.; on the ride there Kensi and Deeks were lost in thought.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Halfway through the ride Deeks remember that Kensi said that he had helped her through her problems, but never said what the outcome of it was.
"Kensi." He said.
"Yeah." She said.
"How did I help you get through you being tortured? That was brought up, but we got side tracked." He said.
"Well after I admitted I was wrong for doubting you, the nightmares, flashbacks, and my PTSD had all but subsided. It was still a long way to go before I saw you on Monday, but I was able to get a few hours of rest. Nell said that you were like a "lost puppy" without me?" She asked.
"I was. I was upset that my partner didn't trust me. I was lost and adrift at sea without a rubber to guide. I almost sent Monty to a pet lodge for his safety." He said.
"W-why send Monty to a pet lodge?!" Kensi said not believing what he just.
{Sending Monty away how was that going to solve his problem?} Kensi thought.
"I was barely keeping myself afloat. And a few times I thought I heard noises and thought it was an intruder but it was only Monty." He said with tears brimming in his eyes. Kensi stared in shock at Deeks admission of sending Monty away to protect his companion, tears brimming in her own eyes because the thought of Deeks having to battle his demons on his own was too much to bear.
{He's given so much for the team to keep us whole, yet we do very little to return the favor. If Sam and G are willing to pay Deeks back it's on them; I won't continue this charade any longer.} Kensi thought as she stared Deeks out the corner of her eyes. His tears had cleared and he was deep in thought. Kensi was about to say something, but Deeks phone had broken the silence.
"What do you have Eric?" Deeks said.
Kensi was watching Deeks as he was talking to Eric. Kensi could hear Eric talking, but couldn't make out what he was saying. Deeks snickered and responded.
"Send me the information, and don't inform Hetty until I can review the evidence." Deeks said.
Kensi could hear Eric respond to Deeks statement with the seemed like a panicked tone, Eric had sounded like he was panicking, over what Deeks had sent him.
"And if she asks tell Hetty I said that you weren't supposed to say anything." Deeks said. It was about that time he remembered that he wasn't alone. In his peripheral vision he saw that Kensi was interested in his conversation with Eric.
{Do I lie, or do I tell the truth? OR! Do I say I'm not sure, which is partially telling the truth while at the same time telling a lie. I think I know who it is, but I'm not sure it's him. I'll just have to review the evidence and then get back to L.A.P.D. and ask for the case files.} Deeks thought.
"Trust me Eric I will handle this." Deeks said.
Kensi heard a short choppy phrase come from Eric and then the phone died on Eric's end. Deeks had ended the call and put the phone back in the drink holder. Deeks took one look at and Kensi and knew what his answer was.
{Not sure!} Deeks practically shouted in his thoughts.
"Care to explain what had Eric panicking over the phone. It sounded like he was once traumatic incident short of having a conniption fit?" Kensi asked.
"Not sure really sure of it at this moment. I need to look at the information that Eric found before I can make a sound decision." Deeks answered. Though he lied, it was a necessary evil. Deeks hated lying to Kensi, but if it wasn't anything big he didn't want to spook her.
"Anything I need to be worried about?" She asked.
"It might be nothing, but won't know until I look at the paperwork." Deeks said.
Kensi could tell Deeks wasn't telling the whole truth, but couldn't wrap her head around what he was hiding. So she let the conversation die and returned to staring out the window. By the time she was looking out the window again they were entering city limits.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
Upon arriving at the boat shed, Deeks was spirited away by Eagle one because the symphony was beginning to practice for its performance in three months. Kensi had kissed Deeks good bye and watched him get in the car and leave. After the car had left Kensi grabbed her phone and called Nell.
"What's up Kens?" Nell asked.
"Where are you at?" Kensi asked.
"Turn around." Nell said. Kensi turned around and saw the small analyst pulled into the parking lot at the boat shed. After Nell had parked and got out of the car, both women had hugged each other. After they had parted from the hug, Nell asked.
"What were you calling about?" Nell asked.
"Did you see Eric run down a lead with in the last day or two?" Kensi asked.
"No, why?" Nell asked.
"Because Deeks just got off the phone with Eric, and he seemed spooked. Whatever Deeks had him look up scared the living crap out of Eric." Kensi said.
"Want me to do a back trace?" Nell asked.
"Discreetly." Kensi said. "Deeks is hiding something. I'm not sure what it is, but he is hiding something."
The next thing they heard was the door to the boat shed open and Callen looked out and asked.
"You two coming in or what?" He asked
"Coming" Both Nell and Kensi responded as they were rushing to enter the boat shed.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
"Ms. Blye, Ms. Jones so nice of you to finally join us." Hetty said.
"Sorry." The women responded, and Kensi nodded signaling Hetty that she had the floor; Hetty in turned signaled Jon Doe that he had the floor.
"Hello again, I've met everybody except for Sam." He said.
"I've been told by my partner here that you pulled our butts out of the fire. To which you have my thanks." Sam.
"No problem. The purpose of the meeting to go over the basics of the operation that we will be running in three months. It's pretty basic: get in, subdue and secure the target, and get out." Jon said.
"What's the hard part?" G asked.
"The hard part is being taken care by Mr. Deeks." Jon said. "He has to take center stage to "lull" our target into a false of security." Jon said. The team looked him like he was speaking a foreign language.
"Deeks is the bait so we can move into position to take the target down." Kensi said. "Which I don't think it will be a problem."
"Thank you Ms. Blye." Jon said.
"Who's the target?" Sam asked.
Jon opened a laptop and opened the mission briefing, and up popped the dossier of and Arabic man. The laptop was hooked up to the plasma making it easier for everybody to see.
"The targets name is Ari Akbar, 38 years old, and has inherited his family's money. He opened a business when he was twenty-one. And then five years after his business was opened, his family was killed in a drone strike when our forces were taking out a Taliban cell. And you can guess where it went from there. After amassing a fortune with his business, Akbar discreetly started funding terrorist groups through charitable organization fronts, and the Hawala system." Jon said. Kensi raised a hand to ask a question.
"Ms. Blye." Jon said acknowledging her.
"How did Jack factor into all of this?" Kensi asked.
"Jack was a terrorist." Was all that Jon said.
"Touché." Kensi said. Smiling to herself because Deeks would be proud of her using the word correctly.
"And that because he was the one with recent business transactions with Ari." Jon said continuing on with the brief. "Ten of the thirty major terrorist plots in the past decade have been linked to his financing."
"How did you catch wind that he has a thing for symphonies?" Nell asked when there was a pause in the conversation.
"Follow the money." Jon said. Everybody nodded their heads in agreement with his statement. "Ever since he opened his business he has always had a transaction whenever there was a symphony near to his area. So it all adds; and with a little bit of disinformation we have a net to capture our prey."
"And that disinformation is?" Hetty said finally "joining the group". Though she already knows the answer to her question, she still asked anyways.
Jon brings up another dossier of a man named Matteo Romano, which had a striking resemblance to Deeks. Jon explains that Deeks takes on the alias of Romano to allow Ari to get close to him, but everything starts to blur into nothingness as Kensi get lost in her own thoughts.
{Deeks and Eric are hiding something. Whatever it is, it has Eric running scared and Deeks wiling to bear the consequences of his actions by himself. Knowing him, Deeks will fight this battle by himself. I want to help Deeks fight this battle- Whoa! Want to! I'm sorry scratch that- I need to help Deeks fight this battle. But how do I go about getting Deeks to let me in?} Kensi thought. Kensi felt a hand rest on hers, and she saw that it was Nell, silently reassuring her that everything will be alright. Kensi smiled back and then rejoined the group.
"Are there any question?" Jon asked. There was silence in the boat shed, so Jon had dismissed everybody and grabbed his gear, shutting down his computer and left; disappearing back into no man's land until the next briefing. Callen saw that Kensi had zoned out during the debrief, so he pulled her aside and asked.
"Care to explain why you checked out on us there?"
"Callen I'm not going to lie to you I have no idea what to tell you. A new development has just occurred and I have no idea what to make of it. I asked Nell to look into it, and that was before you called the two of us in for the mission briefing." Kensi said.
"Do you have an inkling how bad it could be?" Callen asked trying to gauge her reaction.
"Callen for crying out loud, stop trying to interrogate me. Deeks and Eric had a conversation this morning on our way to the boat shed. That is all I know." Kensi said with anger coloring her voice. Callen put his hands up signaling he surrendered and walked over to Sam and struck up a conversation. Nell approached Kensi and rubbed her arm.
"You think our boyfriends are up to no good?" Nell asked.
"I think Deeks is investigating an issue before he brings it to the team, as not to rouse suspicions." Kensi said.
"I think he failed on the rousing suspicions part." Nell said.
"Not necessarily. I don't think the information that Eric dug up has to do with N.C.I.S.; it's possible it has something to do with his days working undercover as a cop. Whatever it is, Deeks is keeping a tight lid on it." Kensi said.
"I'll see if I can get any answers out of Eric." Nell said.
"Don't bother. Deeks told Eric that if there was any blow back that he would handle it. So just see if you can see what Eric was looking into." Kensi said.
"Mr. Hanna and Mr. Callen you two are to return to San Diego and keep up your cover until Jon returns; Kensi, you and Mr. Deeks are to return to your house in the valley until the next briefing. I would suggest returning to your house and picking up your vehicle Ms. Blye. Mr. Deeks will be leaving on a daily basis, possibly, to practice with the symphony. Mr. Callen give Ms. Blye a lift back to her house, and then you two are to return back to San Diego." Hetty said.
"Yes Hetty." Callen said. Then G, Sam, and Kensi left the boat house. Hetty sent a text message to Deeks and then head back to OSP, along with Nell, awaiting his arrival.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
As Deeks was being dropped off at the boat shed he when notice something was off. The cars that were there when he left for the symphony practice were gone. Deeks went inside and saw that the boat shed was empty. Deeks checked his phone for any missed calls or text messages and saw that he had one missed message. It was from Hetty and it read
[Meet me back at OSP when you get this.]
So Deeks deleted the message and then head back to the office.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
"Mr. Deeks I take it the practice went well?" Hetty asked once Deeks had taken his seat in one of the chairs in front of her desk.
"As well as could be expected; it was mainly a meet and greet the official practice begins this Friday." Deeks said.
There was a silence that fell between the two. Deeks realized that this was that this wasn't a social call so he got on with it.
"I'm taking this isn't a social call." Deeks said.
"You guessed correctly." She said.
"What exactly do you want to know?" Deeks said.
"I saw Mr. Beale running a search on the pictures that you sent him, and whatever it was scared him senseless. Care to explain?" She asked.
"At this point Hetty I'd be lying if I told you if I knew exactly what was happening; sooner or later my suspicions will be validated. And if there are correct I will have to inform the team of my findings." He said.
"No secrets?" She asked.
"Until I figure it out." He said
"Mr. Deeks I can't have-"
"Hetty until I have this new lead nailed down and confirmed I won't waste N.C.I.S resources on a wild goose chase." He said cutting her off. "All I know is that I saw a car casing our house. Is it possible that we might get robbed? Yeah, but I don't think so."
"Are there other forces in play here that we can't see?" Hetty asked.
"Definitely. As soon as I took those pictures the person in the car started the engine and took off like a bat out of Hades." He said.
"Well keep me post on your findings." Hetty said.
"Will do Hetty." Deeks said taking his leaving and heading back to Max and Fern Sully's house.
N.C.I.S. L.A.
As Deeks was pulling into the drive of his cover house he saw how Kensi got back here. He saw her silver CRX parked in the drive way. Deeks got out of the suv, locked it and walked up to the house. As he was approaching the house the door opened and he was knocked on his butt by a big ball of fur. Monty was attacking him with kisses and Deeks was laughing the entire time, and Kensi watched the scene from the door way with a smile on her face. After mutt was satisfied, Deeks and Monty walked back in the hose and Kensi shut the door behind them. Deeks was about to kiss Kensi, but she backed away. Deeks shot her a sideways look.
"You need to clean up before I give you a kiss. I'm not a fan of doggie breathe." Kensi said.
"You love doggie breathe." Deeks said cheekily.
"From Monty, that's one thing; from you, that's not even up for debate. Wash up dinner is ready." She said. Deeks went upstairs to take a shower, and changed into more comfortable clothes. When he came back downstairs did he smell the delicious food that Kensi was talking about. Upon entering the kitchen, Deeks saw the meal that she had made and his mouth started to water.
"Kensi Blye, chef extraordinaire. You've been holding out on me." Deeks said with a lopsided grin.
"Maybe." Kensi said trying to look innocent.
"I don't care because I'm hungry and the food looks delicious!" Deeks said excitedly. So the couple sat down to eat. As they were eating the discussed the events of their day, and the couple felt strange about it. Most days they would be discussing random topics and asinine subject matters, but instead they were acting like a "normal couple" discussing their day. Deeks notice a lull in the conversation and saw that Kensi was mulling something over in her head.
"Something wrong Fern?" He asked. She smiled fondly at the pet name and asked.
"What were you and Eric discussing this morning on the way to the boat shed?"
"I saw a car casing this house yesterday, and a few months back." Deeks said without missing a beat. Kensi almost freaked out at about how nonchalantly Deeks was acting.
"Really?! And you didn't think I need to know about that little tid bit?!" Kensi exclaimed.
"These people have been casing this house for a few months Kensi. If they wanted to rob it they would have done so by now." He said calmly.
"Do you know what's going?" She asked letting Deeks dictate the tone of the conversation.
"As of right now, no. But the information Eric gave me will fall into place and the whole team will have a new case to work." He said. Deeks let the conversation end there and Kensi left it at that. She was satisfied that Deeks gave her a little information, even if it wasn't a lot to go on. They finished dinner and Kensi went upstairs to get changed. It was six o'clock in the evening and they decided to just stay home for the night. Kensi came back down to the living room to see what was on tv for the night. Before Deeks joined Kensi on the couch he let Monty to do his business. After Monty was satisfied and came back in did Deeks finally join Kensi on the couch.
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After a few hours on the couch, it was getting late and the couple was get restless. Deeks reached over and grabbed Kensi hand and gave it a squeeze. She looked up at him and he waggled his eyebrows. She laughed and squeezed his hand back. Monty barked and Deeks got up to let Monty out. While Deeks was watching Monty from the door, Kensi decided to head to bed before Deeks. When Monty came back in and the door was shut, Deeks was about to say something to Kensi but she was gone. As he walked out of the living room he saw Kensi top. This was a little puzzling.
{What the heck?!} Deeks thought. He walked a few more feet and saw her pants.
{What?!} He thought. He walked a few more feet and started to climb the stairs and saw her bra halfway up the stairs.
{OH! I see where this is going!} Deeks thought. It wasn't until he had cleared the final step and was on the second floor that he saw her panties that Deeks realized what was going on here.
{Someone's been a bad putty tat!} Deeks thought with a grin that reached his ears. Deeks started to undress a little as he approached the bedroom. He had his shirt off, and loosened the draw string on his pants. He opened the door and saw that Kensi was in some lingerie, which was see through, and only the lingerie. Deeks shut the door behind him and started to walk towards Kensi.
{The things I'm going to do for my country.} Deeks thought
The couple met each other in the middle and stared into each other's eyes. Both could see the storm brewing in their partner's beautiful orbs: Kensi mismatched eyes took on a life of their own and became brighter than Deeks had ever seen them; whereas, Deeks eyes had turned a crystal blue like that of the Caribbean Sea. After they had got lost in each other eyes for a time, the couple had begun to start making out with each other and undress each other. Deeks picked Kensi up again, bridal-style, and walked her over to the bed and put her down gently and knelt over her, kissing her gently. Deeks took his finger, while kissing her, and traced the numbers "143" on her chest; Kensi laughed through the kiss. As he started to reach for protection again, it was then that he noticed that Kensi was crying.
"What's wrong princess?" Deeks asked with an aura of love and tenderness radiating off of him. His eyes full of concern and affection for Kensi.
"It's just I thought when we would finally have sex again that it would be just that: sex. I was blown away by your care and concern for me." Kensi said wiping away the tears. She stared in Deeks eyes for a bit before continuing. "Most men would be a little rough and try to assert themselves, but not you. I feel with you that I don't have to worry."
"Kens." Deeks said admonishing her with tears in his eyes.
"It's just that when we're on the streets I have to roll with the punches, but when I'm in bed with you I can let my guard down and feel like a woman. And I know that I can be myself and not have to worry about you judging me or my body." Kensi said.
Deeks looked at her body and saw the scars and bruises on her body. There were fresh ones from Jack recapturing her; and those that were fading out into nothingness after her captivity in Afghanistan. He couldn't fight it more; the tears pour forth like a dam had been broken, dripping on to her chest. Kensi sat up and kissed away the tears. The fact that Deeks can take down a suspect and handle himself, but have enough compassion and gentleness to treat Kensi like a queen was overwhelming to her. Kensi returned the favor and trace "143" on his chest, and Deeks smiled back through the tears.
{What did I do to deserve this man, and his compassion?} Kensi thought to herself.
"On the street you have to be tough as not to get yourself killed, but why be tough in bed. Why be tough when a gentle and deft touch is sufficient? Not only that you deserve more than "just sex" Kensi. You're special to me. You know I would move heaven and earth to keep you safe. So why the hesitation?" Deeks asked.
"I feel I don't deserve the devotion that you are giving to me. It feels like I don't deserve your love." Kensi said through tears. Deeks repaid the favor in kind by kissing her tears away.
"Just because you've made a few mistakes, and had a horrible home life doesn't mean that you don't deserve my love. To be honest I don't know what I did to deserve your love either." Deeks countered. "So let's just enjoy this moment and realize that we are having more than "just sex,"alright?"
"What do you mean by "just sex," are you saying…" Kensi asked trailing off. Deeks kissed Kensi again.
"I don't know about you, but I can feel the emotions radiating off of you. The love, the tenderness, the longing, the passion, and the affection; I feel all of that radiating off of you. That's not sex Kensi; that's love." Deeks said. Deeks was about to saying something else, but Kensi stopped him with a single finger pressed gently to his lips. Deeks looked at Kensi with "puppy dog" eyes, and her heart melted.
"Don't talk, just kiss." Kensi whispered. Deeks just looked at Kensi and communicated with his eye. The couple kissed and had a short foreplay session to get Deeks back up to speed before after the heart to heart session. Deeks broke the kiss they were engaged in to grab a condom and put it on. Kensi shot Deeks a sideways glance.
"We can never have enough protection. Not only that, I don't want Sam and Callen trying to beat the living daylights out of me for getting "their" baby sister pregnant. Not only that we still have to talk about the direction of the relationship." Deeks said. After Deeks said the direction of the relationship, Kensi resolve started to falter. Deeks put his hand on her heart, and she start to calm down a bit.
"Easy Fern, I'm in for the long haul. So we will take it slow until you are ready to commit to something more." Deeks said trying to calm Kensi down. Kensi smiled and her heart started to race for another reason. So the couple returned to love making session; a session that went on into the wee hours of the morning.
T.B.C
A/N: Don't worry about this new turn of events. Just consider it foreshadowing; a taste of things to come. ::::::: insert devilish laugh::::::::::