The drive to his place went surprisingly well. Deeks had remained silent for most of the drive and she already thought he had fallen asleep. But when they stopped in his driveway she realized he wasn't sleeping at all, he was staring outside of the window and his expression didn't mean anything good. He was still angry.
"Thank you very much, dearest partner. Now who's gonna get my car over here when I need it tomorrow to drive to work to sit around idle for another day?"
He opened the car door to get out and almost fell. Another shower of curses. Kensi was clueless. She'd never seen him like that and she didn't know what to do. Leave him alone to sleep it off? Staying with him to make sure he's okay? That would unleash another round of anger, most definitely towards her. There were only a few people for whom she cared enough that their anger mattered to her but what she most definitely couldn't take was Deeks rejecting her. Even now when she knew he wasn't in control of himself.
She decided that she'd try to get him inside and then to bed. A cold shower would be even better, but she doubted she would get him that far.
She got out of the car and went to the passenger side where Deeks was still trying to steady himself. Again Kensi tried to grab his arm to guide him to the door, again he was pulling away from her, but this time with such a force that he lost his balance and fell hard on the ground. Kensi exhaled and closed her eyes for a few seconds. No sound from him.
"Deeks?"
He had remained lying down, flat on his stomach so that she couldn't see his face. Since he didn't make a move to get up, she kneeled down next to him to turn him around and get him on his feed again. This time he didn't fight back and when she turned him on his back another surprise was waiting for her. Since now his face didn't show anger anymore but deep despair. It seemed he was almost crying.
"Deeks? … Deeks, you're okay?"
She knew it was the most stupid question, anybody could see that he wasn't okay at all, but she couldn't think of anything smarter. Deeks was lying on his back, staring up into the night, blinking as if he was fighting back tears. He opened his mouth as if to say something but no words came out of his mouth. Then all of a sudden he rose again, got on his feet, walked three steps only to loose balance again and collapse near the soft shoulder of his driveway where he started vomiting.
Kensi got up and over to him, stroking his back until he was done. Afterwards she dragged him on his feed again, which was quite hard since Deeks seemed to have lost all his strength and leaned heavily on her. She dragged him to his front door and opened it with the key he had given her seven months ago. A happy barking welcomed them. As she switched on the light she could see Monty running and jumping up at them, obviously happy to see them finally back.
"At least somebody who's happy to see me" Kensi said to herself, not noticing she spoke the words out loud.
Deeks rose his head as if to say something but then again his stomach rebelled. He released Kensi and started walking towards the bathroom but obviously realized halfway he wouldn't make it on time. So the trash can in his living room had to do the deed. Kensi closed the front door and kneeled down to stroke Monty who was obviously irritated at his masters behavior. That day seriously had gotten from bad to worse.