Chapter 12
P.O.V. Deeks
It's one in the afternoon and instead of being at work, which I would prefer, I'm waiting at the boat shed for Nate to arrive. To get back on the team I had to make a deal with Hetty. The deal was that I see Nate three times a week until I'm deemed well enough to be back on the team. I also have to have monthly psych evaluations and do whatever Nate and the psychologist I get when he leaves says. On top of that, I have to take the medication I was prescribed at the hospital and any other my doctors choose to prescribe me. My thoughts are interrupted by Nate pulling up in his rental car.
"Hi Deeks" he says walking towards me
"Hi Nate" I say opening the door to the boat shed.
As I step through the door I say "Should we talk in the interrogation room? It seems to be the most fitting place for us to talk."
He lets out a small laugh then says "I was thinking we could just talk out here."
We sit on the couch and its quiet for a second until Nate starts to talk.
"So Deeks, how have you been since you got out of the hospital?"
"Um, I've been good, especially now that Kensi's back. I do feel kind of guilty that she quit just so she could see me though."
"Why do you feel guilty? Hetty pulled some strings and got her put back on the team before most of us even knew she quit."
"I guess I feel guilty because she might not have gotten the job back and I'm not really worth losing a job over."
"You don't feel you're more important than her job?"
"No. At some point I started to hide behind this self-assured façade just like Kensi hid behind her bad ass blye one. It's like a wall that protects me from being hurt, but at some point it started to crumble."
"When did the walls first start to crumble?"
"After the Sidirov incident"
"What kept the wall for completely crumbling completely a few months ago?"
"Kensi did. She was my glue"
"So that's why you fell apart when Kensi left"
"Yeah, I guess so"
"I know I've already asked you this but, what's the one ingredient your partnership special?"
"That's easy" I say.
"It's love."
