Chapter 14

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Deeks walked in and closed the door as Kensi walked up behind him and wrapped her hands around his stomach causing him to jump and turn to face Kensi, who was now standing millimetres away from him.

"Hi...uh...hi" he said as he smiled as Kensi ran her hands over his chest and started to kiss him.

Deeks moved his hands to Kensi's hips pulling her closer, until his conscious got the better of him and he let go and moved away from her.

"Deeks?" she questioned as she smiled as she took a step towards him Deeks took a step back away from her.

"I can't do this, not now, you've been drinking and I don't want our thing to happen like this. Not when you're drunk." He said as he looked at her.

"I'm not drunk Deeks. I'm just a little less inhibited than usual." She said as she smiled.

"I want you Kens, but I want you when you're completed inhibited." Deeks said as he walked over to her, slid his hand into her pocket taking her car keys. "And you're not driving home. You're staying here so we can talk about this so more in the morning when you're a little more conscious.

"Give me my keys back Deeks!" she moaned

"Not a chance Kensalina." Grinned Deeks as he turned around and walked into his bedroom to find a pair of trackies and a singlet for Kensi.

He re-entered his lounge room to find Kensi on the sofa. Deeks smiled. "Kens? I got you something more comfortable." He said as he held out the trackies and singlet.

Kensi took the clothes from Deeks. "Is this your way of trying to get me naked Deeks?" she asked.

Deeks simply smiled.

Kensi chuckled to herself and smiled and started undoing the buttons on jeans. Deeks quickly turned around as he heard the material of jeans slide down her thighs. He smiled.

"Really Deeks, you turn around now, just a couple of minutes ago we were going to have sex."

"Remember the deal Kens, we'll talk when your completely inhibited." He said as she undid her top and slid into the singlet.

"You can turn around now Deeks." She said. Deeks turned around and saw Kensi who looked so so good in his clothes.

"Come on Kens, this way." He said as he walked towards his bedroom.

"Where are we going Deeks?" She moaned as she was getting tired.

"Here you take the bed. I'll crash on the couch." He said as the arrived at his bedroom.

"So this is your way of getting me into your bed." She said as she snorted.

Deeks smiled.

"Yeah, the alcohol is definitely starting to work." He thought to himself. "Come on Kens, time to sleep." He said as she crawled into his bed.

"Sleep." She mumbled as her head hit the pillow.

"Yeah Kens, sleep." He said as she watched her pull the pillow from the other side of the bed into her.

"Smells like you and Monty. I like that smell. Deeks..." she mumbled.

"Get some rest Kens, we'll talk in the morning."

"I like you Marty Deeks." She mumbled as she dozed off to sleep

"I like you Kensi Blye." He whispered and smiled as he closed the door over and headed back to the lounge and started to fall asleep thinking about what had almost happened between him and Kensi tonight.

Meanwhile at Nell's the sun was just arising and Callen had been awake for the last hour. He had told Nell last night that he thought he loved her, but he was pretty sure she was asleep. He knew that he had to; no he wanted to tell her and this morning he would.

He looked down at Nell who was still cuddled into his chest and smiled. He was happy; he was most definitely in love. He did his best not to disturb Nell as he got up. He lifted her gently, put a pillow under her head and a blanket over her and walked into the bathroom and got 2 aspirin, and into the kitchen and got a large glass of water while making himself a cup of coffee. He walked over and sat down in the armchair opposite Nell coffee in hand, running through in his head how he would tell her. "Do I just blurt it out, do I lead into it? How do I do this" He thought to himself. Growing up in the foster system he rarely had anyone tell him they loved him and he had never told anyone that he loved them. He decided to enlist some help, someone who had a family, some who had a beautiful wife and kids, who he no doubt told them he loved them all time. Someone named Sam Hanna.

Callen got up coffee in one hand and cell phone in the other hand and walked out of the room as to careful not to wake Nell and dialled Sam's number.

At the Hanna household everyone was up and getting ready for school and work when Sam's phone rang.

Sam pulled out his phone and saw the caller ID, smiled and answered. "Morning G, wouldn't have thought you'd be up this early, now that I know you are, there's no excuse for you to say no to a run before work." He said not letting Callen get a word in.

"Sam, I need to ask you something." He said in a serious tone.

Sam realising this was something serious completely changed his tone. 'What's going on G? Everything alright?"

"Yeah, everything's fine. I just want to tell Nell that I love her and I've nev..." He whispered as he paused, struggling to get the words out.

Sam smiled. "It's alright G. I got you. It's a big thing telling your partner that you love them for the first time."

Sam paused. "Especially if you've never said to anyone before." He continued. Sam knew his partner well and he knew that Callen had never said I love you to anyone before and this was big step for him.

Callen inhaled sharply. "Yeah." He replied. "I mean how do you even initiate that into a conversation."

Sam chuckled. "Look G, you'll know when the time is right, you'll feel it."

"Sam you realise what you just said didn't my answer my question."

"Yeah I did G." He said as he smiled as Michelle walked in the room.

"G, I got to go Michelle's here."

"Wait, you aren't going to wish me good luck, or no little pep talk."

"I have a feeling you're gonna be just fine G." He said as he hit the end call button and smiled.

"Callen?" asked Michelle

"Yeah" replied Sam

"He in trouble." She asked

"Yeah, woman troubles." Replied Sam

"Callen, as in your partner Callen has women troubles."

"Yeah"

"Wow."

"Oh I know." Said Sam.

Callen hung up the phone and walked back into the room and sat down next to Nell coffee in hand, smiling as he watched her sleep.

Around an hour later Callen had made another coffee and sat it down on the table right by Nell's nose. A few seconds later her nose started to twitch to the smell of the coffee.

Callen smiled. He watched as she inhaled deeper as she started to groan as she woke up. She outstretched her hands over her head and slowly opened one eye and saw Callen sitting upright smiling in the chair across from her. She smiled as both eyes began to open.

"Morning." He said as he took a sip from his coffee.

"Mmmm, morning." She groaned.

"How are you feeling this morning?" he asked

"Little bit of headache."

"Yeah, that would be on account of you being buzzed last night. Here, aspirin and water." He said as he got up and slid them towards her.

"Mmmm, thank you." She said as she sat up and took the aspirin.

"Wait hang on you said buzzed. I was buzzed. Did I say or do anyth..?" She asked as he looked Callen who was smiling.

"Oh no, what did I uh."

"You told me, that you told Kensi to go for it with Deeks."

"Wait I did what?" She said as she took a sip of coffee.

Callen chuckled. "Yeah."

"Do you think that she.."

"I don't know but if she did it's gonna be an interesting morning." He said

Meanwhile at Deeks place Kensi was just waking up to find herself in unfamiliar surroundings. She had been to Deeks place before but never his bedroom.

She stretched out her hands as she rolled over on her stomach and slowly opening her eyes and inhaling the scent of the bedsheets.

"Monty? Deeks?" She thought to herself as she sat up and looked around the room, spotting Deeks shirts strewn around the room. She slid herself out of his bed and look down to find herself wearing his clothes.

"Weird." She thought to herself. She walked out into the lounge area to find Deeks asleep on leg was on the couch and the other was strewn across the coffee table while one arm was flung across face the other stretched outright over the side of the couch. Kensi smiled and walked over to Deeks and knelt down beside him.

"Deeks" she whispered. Deeks just grunted and shifted in his place.

"Deeks" she said a little louder and sharper. Deeks used his hand that was across his face to try and swat Kensi away like fly.

"Deeks." She said in a louder tone that before. He continued to try and swat her so Kensi grabbed his rest and wrist locked him causing his eyes to flash open and scream.

"Ahhh, let go, let go, let go."

"Are you done swatting me" she asked.

"Yes, yes, yep, let go, let it go." He said as Kensi released his grip

"Owwww."

"What kind of person does that!" He said as he nursed his hand.

"The kind of person that gets swatted by her partner like a fly." She said.

"Because all I heard was you buzzing around my head at the like the crack of dawn."

"Really? I thought you would have been used to it Deeks, you know surfers and dawn patrol."

Deeks looked at Kensi with a strange look while getting up and making himself a coffee. "You know what dawn patrol is?"

"Yes, it's when surfers get up at sunrise to go surfing." She said

Deeks smiled. "That impressive." He said.

"Really?" she said

"Yeah, I'm impressed that you actually researched it." He teased.

Kensi smiled. "Why did I end up here last night I dropped off Nell and I was headed home." She said

Deeks brought back his coffee and one for Kensi and sat back down on the couch. "You don't remember?" He asked.

"Not really, flashes of your shaggy hair, that's about it."

Deeks chuckled and smiled. "Well Kensalina, do I have a story for you."

"Oh no" she said as she took a sip of her coffee.

"I got home and you were standing on my doorstep… (story fades out as we cut back to Nells)

Meanwhile at Nell's Nell was cooking breakfast.

"That smells great" Said Callen who was walking over to Nell and wrapped his arms around her.

"It's gonna taste pretty great. " She said she turned the cooker off and plated up the food.

"You are pretty great." He said

Nell turned around to face him and smiled. "So are you." She said she kissed him.

"Come on, the foods gonna get cold." She said as she picked up it up and walked over to the table with Callen following.

"So you sort of said how you girls night with Kensi went."

"Yeah it was good. It was good to get a girls perspective on somethings."

"Really and she didn't hassle you all night about us."

"She tried but I quickly turned her onto Deeks as started hassling her about him instead."

Callen smiled. "Impressive."

"What about you and Sam? How did that go." She said as she took a bite of her food.

"You know it was good. It was good to catch up. We talked and he gave me some insight into a few things which helped me a lot."

"Oh yeah, you mentioned last night. What did he give you insights on?"

Nell was pretty sure she knew where this was heading. Kensi had mentioned last night that it seemed like Callen was falling in love with her. She knew it was going to be hard for him to express himself. She would try and make this as easy for him as possible. Nell looked at her own feelings for Callen, did she love him. She loved being around him, she loved his tough exterior, she loved how protective he was of her and their NCIS family, she loved that even though he was tough on the outside he was soft and caring on the inside, she loved his touch, his essence, everything he was inside and out. She smiled. She loved him. In their jobs nothing was guaranteed, they could be here one moment and gone the next. She wasn't going to hold onto her feelings anymore; she was going to tell him she loved him back.

Callen stopped and put down his knife and fork, an action which didn't go unnoticed by Nell who also put down her cutlery.

"Sam, he was just checking making sure I wasn't freaking out, because I hadn't had relationships with others, not like this anyway. He said that after the kidnapping, you and I it was different. I was holding onto you and I wasn't letting go. What I want to say it's hard for…If you don't fe…"

Nell had never seen Callen like this. He was normally confident and in charge. But this situation was way outside of his comfort zone. She smiled and reached over and held Callen's hand.

"I love you Callen." She said as she looked deep into his piercing blue eyes.

Callen was for one of the first times in his life left speechless. "You…love…me.." he said as he stuttered.

Nell squeezed his hand. "Yes. I love you."

Callen let out a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Now that you know my answer do you lov.."

"I love you Nell." He said as he smiled. Nell walked over to Callen and kissed him deeply.

"How did you know?" he asked as they broke the kiss

"Kensi" she said as she sat down next to him. "We we're talking last night and she thought you might have been falling in love me." She said as she blushed.

"Can I ask you something Callen; you don't have to answer if you don't want to. You struggled to say it. Was it because of the foster homes?"

Being a part of the foster wasn't something Callen necessarily wanted to talk to about, but for the good for his relationship with Nell, he would.

"Uh yeah. I never knew my parents. I only remember flashes and after that there were so many foster homes and I was never in one spot long enough and they just wanted the money not the kid." He said as he tried to stay strong.

Then Nell realised. "You've never said I love you to anyone have you."

Callen say silently for a couple of seconds before answering. "Yeah. I've never um said it..to anyone else."

Nell smiled and tried to lighten the mood. "Not even to Sam, he's gonna be so disappointed."

Callen chuckled and smiled. "Of course I've said to Sam and his kids. He's like a brother to me. It's a different kind of love."

"I know." Nell said as she smiled. "Thank you for telling me." She said.

Callen smiled. "Thank you for…" but before Callen could finish Nell kissed him.

"You don't need to thank me for that either." She said with a smile that stretched ear to ear.

Callen smiled. He was happy, the happiest he had been in a long time. He had told the woman he loved that he loved her and she had to him he loved him back. This right now was the definition of the perfect moment.

Next chapter will go back to Kensi and Deeks and deal with happened to them last night and moving forward and into a new case.

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