'But the baby doesn't want healthy food' Kensi whined 'He wants sugar and lots of it, how can you deny your unborn child Marty'
'C'mon Kens, be a good girl and you can have candy for dessert, but you have to eat proper food first, tell her Nell' he replied
'Oh no, no way I am getting in between you two, the pasta is good though Kens, you should try it at least' Nell said in between bites
'See Sugarbear, Callen doesn't have to put up with this every meal time, you can't keep throwing out 'but the baby wants' and expect me to fall for it'
'Ha, that's because Callen gives Nell everything and would give his baby whatever it wanted, whenever he wanted it, you're just mean' she pouted
He fetched the ice cream, three bowls and set it on the middle of the table
'Compromise Kens, you eat your pasta and you get ice cream, now hurry up before it melts' he sighed
Nell smiled to herself, Kensi won every time they played word games, for all Kensi's teasing that Callen gave into Nells every whim, Deeks was a lot worse than G, at least she didn't use it to her advantage like Kensi did, poor old Marty was well and truly whipped.
Marty had taken Callens warnings to heart and planned on following them down to the very last detail, since he'd dropped her off at their house earlier that day, she had moved from the sofa to the bathroom, to the table and back to the sofa, despite Nell complaining she wasn't an invalid, he was more scared of Callen and the untold misery he could cause if anything happened to Nell on his watch.
To: Nell
From: G
Hey munchkin, you ok?
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Nell smiled to herself as she thought of Callen and just how much she missed him
To: G
From: Nell
No!
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To: Deeks
From: Callen
What's the matter with Nell, is she ok? Babies ok?
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Deeks glanced over at Nell, who looked like she was playing with her phone, she looked fine to him
To: Callen
From: Deeks
Yeah, all good, no sickness, ate well, about to watch a film… be safe
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Callen was worried, Deeks' text had done nothing to calm his fears, Nell had said she wasn't ok, but hadn't elaborated on why. He knew from experience when she was worried about something, she would pull away and sit quietly, she had a tendency to over think things, he could imagine her sitting there with her knees drawn up, biting on her lip and knowing he wasn't there to comfort her was killing him.
To: Nell
From: G
Nell, what's wrong, if your sick again, tell Deeks to take you to Callaghan now, please baby I love you
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To: Sam
From: Callen
Nells sick, get her to Callaghan stat
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'Nell, are you feeling ok?' Deeks asked,
Kensi whipped her head round at his questioning, looking for signs of the flu returning, Nell looked a little flushed but she saw nothing unusual
'What? Oh yeah thanks Marty, I was just thinking' she answered
'Well something has you deep in thought, what are you thinking about?' he prodded, Callen had sounded pissed and worried and that made him feel nervous that Nell was keeping something serious from him.
'Cake' she said 'I know it's tradition to go with fruit cake but who really eats that, everybody like chocolate cake though …'
Deeks, Kensi and Nell jumped when the front door flew open, Sam came charging through determined, he looked confused glancing between Kensi and Nell
'Sam, what the hell! Come in why don't you' Deeks said in surprise
Sam dropped to his knees in front of Nell, took her hand to feel her pulse, found a slightly accelerated heartbeat, checked her temperature putting his hand to her forehead
'Do you want me to carry you' he asked Nell
'Why? Where are we going' she asked, her eyes wide
Kensi felt her back pocket vibrate and pulled out her phone
To: Kensi
From: Callen
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON KENSI, IS NELL OK? TELL ME!
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'Can somebody tell me what is going on?' Kensi asked them all
'Sam, you come charging through here like the Hulk, and you will be securing my front door before you get any sleep tonight, Callen's pissed and I don't know why, what is going on here' she looked at Sam and Nell for answers
'G said Nell was sick again and get her to Callaghan fast' he explained
'I'm not sick Sam' she said 'he's over reacting again, I feel fine honestly'
To: Callen
From: Kensi
Nell is fine, your children are fine, no doctor needed, we were discussing your wedding cake before Sam broke down our door on your orders, so yeah Callen WHAT THE HELL!
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After Sam had made himself comfortable, making sure there was no medical emergency and taking the beer Deeks offered him, Nell picked up her phone, excused herself and went to the bedroom she was staying in.
To: G
From: Nell
You sent Sam? Really? I feel fine G, I miss you that's all xxx
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To: Nell
From: G
I asked if you were ok and you said no, in fact what you said was NO! you scared me into sending Sam Nell, don't do that
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To: G
From: Nell
NO! I'm not ok, I MISS YOU, I told you that!
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To: Nell
From: G
I know and I MISS YOU TOO, on stakeout, if its not too late when we finish I'll call you when we get back to Gibbs ok x
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To: Nell
From: G
oh yeah I LOVE YOU x
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To: G
From: Nell
You're a fool! But I LOVE YOU MORE xxx
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Nell smiled as she put her phone away and rejoined the others in the living room.
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'You look happy G' Gibbs stated 'It suits you'
'Nell suits me' he laughed 'So, you're sure you want to fly in for the wedding?'
'I wouldn't miss it, Abby near enough screamed the place down when we got the invites G, family is family we'll all be there early Friday and leave late Sunday, does Hetty know what she's let herself in for hosting us all, she has seen Tony and Ziva together right?' he laughed
'It can't be as bad as Kensi and Deeks in the early days' he laughed back
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The wedding was planned for four weeks away, Hetty had arranged everything and it was to take place at a small church, with a small reception held on a private beach, Hetty had managed to secure pulling in one of the many favours she was owed.
Eric, Sam and Callen were hoping to have finished turning Eric's spare room into a nursery by then, and they would be starting at Callens house the weekend after the wedding.
Sarah was nineteen weeks pregnant and was scheduled to have her twenty week scan the following Friday, where she was hoping they would be able to find out the sex of the baby.
Kensi and Nell were eighteen weeks pregnant and had appointments scheduled for the week after, right after each other
Hetty had sanctioned the afternoon off for Eric to attend the scan and declared the following Friday a half day, seeing as more than half the team would legitimately be at the hospital anyway and she knew Sam would make excuses and be there too.
With a wedding to plan for and four new members about to join her extended family, Hetty often found herself smiling, there were not many opportunities in their line of work for joyous occasions but weddings and babies were definitely something to celebrate.