THANKS FOR POINTING OUT LAST CHAPTER THAT IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR SAM AND KENSI TO BE SPARRING SINCE SHE'S PREGNANT. I KINDA FORGOT ABOUT THAT. I'LL FIX THAT IN THIS CHAPTER.
They sat like that for an hour, Deeks not sure what to say, nor Kensi. A nurse walked in.
"I'm sorry, visiting hours are over." She said, smiling sympathetically. Deciding that her and Deeks weren't going to be talking much, especially with him doped up on morphine, Kensi didn't argue. She received questioning looks from her friends, and she just smiled and shrugged.
"He doesn't remember the part about him getting me knocked up. Must be the drugs."
"My sympathies, Ms. Blye. However, Mr. Callen told me that you and Mr. Hanna were sparring earlier…" Hetty said, giving Kensi 'the look'.
"I just let her hit me, Hetty." Sam said, nervous that Hetty would turn on him, too.
"That's all we did." Kensi said. Hetty glanced at Callen.
"Really, Hetty." Callen said.
"Fine. But no more, Ms. Blye, until you have your baby." Hetty said, giving each of her agents a firm look.
"Of course." Kensi smiled. Then she turned to Callen and hit him.
"Hey!" Callen said.
"You tattled." Kensi justified.
"Ever since you and Deeks went all lovers on us, we turned into your punching bags." Sam said.
"Yeah, Deeks' job, as your partner, is to let you hit him. And as your boyfriend…" Callen muttered the last part. Hetty just watched her agents, amused.
"I don't believe either of you gentlemen have the dating track record to be advising Mr. Deeks and Ms. Blye." Hetty said.
"I agree that Sam doesn't, but me? Come on, Hetty, I'm charming." Callen said, smiling.
"How come I haven't heard you talk about a girlfriend?" Sam quipped.
"Because I'm not a bragger." Callen replied.
"Let's face it," Kensi put an arm around each man's neck, "Deeks and I are the better looking ones of the group."
The next morning, sunlight streamed through Deeks' window when he woke up. Through blurry eyes, he saw Kensi sitting next to him.
"Hey." He smiled, blinking the sleep away. She jumped.
"The nurse said you wouldn't be up for another hour." Kensi said.
"Well, I never could follow a schedule." He chuckled.
"No, you can't." She said, stroking his hair. "What do you remember?"
"Now I remember that I love you." He smiled. "And our baby. I remember you asked me to do you a favor and not die."
"Do you remember being shot?" Kensi whispered.
"Yes. I remember your frantic voice yelling at me to stay awake."
"Yeah…" Kensi felt her face flush. "You weren't supposed to hear that."
"I thought we were past the tough-as-nails stage with each other."
"We are, it's just… It doesn't help you to stay alive if you hear my screaming." Kensi said.
"Actually, it does." Deeks said.
"Anyway, you should be fine. The doctor came in about 15 minutes before you woke up. You'll about 6 weeks of recovery time, but you'll be fine. Did I tell you Renko's back?"
"He is?"
"Yeah. He's my partner until you're all recovered."
"Great." Deeks rolled his eyes.
"He's not that bad, although I think he was hoping you'd die."
"Anybody who's partnered with you is lucky. Of course he wants to be your partner."
"Actually, I think he hated it." Kensi laughed.
"Yes, you're hard to deal with at first, but then you mellow out."
"Mellow? What have they got you on, Deeks?"
"I'm not sure. Why, is mellow a weird word?" Deeks asked.
"For you, yes. And I am not hard to deal with." Kensi crossed her arms.
"Yes you are, Princess." Deeks smiled.
"Do I look like a princess to you?" Kensi snapped.
"No. You're too pretty."
"Nice save."
"My shoulder is thanking me." He quipped. Kensi just shook her head in amusement.
