NCIS: LOS ANGELES
WHAT IF THEY MET BEFORE?
Disclaimer:
NCIS: Los Angeles and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
What if Kensi and Marty met almost two years before…before NCIS and LAPD joined to solve the Danny Zuna case?
WARNING: M RATED...
CHAPTER 21: A PROMISE...
THE BACKYARD...
Kensi watched with a smile, as Marty carried Meg into the house...
Without saying a word, she got up and followed him.
"I never imagined, Marty as a dad, but he looks like a natural." Sam said, watching Kensi follow Marty into the house.
"Hey, Sam…you do know that you just gave, Marty Deeks a compliment right?" Callen asked with a smile and Sam looked at him. "He just seems different when he's around Meg..." Sam said.
"How long have you known that Marty was Meg's father, Hetty?" Callen asked, looking at the women beside him.
"Who says I knew anything about the identity of Megan's father, until the day Mr. Deeks and Ms. Blye told me?" Hetty asked.
"How about because you're Hetty and you seem to know things before people tell you?" Callen pointed out.
MEG'S ROOM...
Marty laid Meg down and brushed a few curls away from her face.
"I promise, baby girl...I will do whatever it takes to keep you safe and make you happy. Your mom to..." Marty whispered and covered her up with her blanket.
Finally, he gave her a kiss on the forehead and when he turned around, he was surprised to see Kensi leaning against the wall with a smile on her face.
"How long have you been standing there?" Marty whispered, walking over to her and they stepped out into the hall.
"Since you laid her down...
So, you will do anything to protect us and keep us happy, huh? You do know I am a Federal Agent and capable of taking care of myself, right?" Kensi inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, I have no doubt about that. I'd still do anything to protect and make both of you happy though." Marty told her and Kensi rolled her eyes.
"There's something that I want to show you later." Kensi told him. "Will I like it? What is it you're going to show me later?" Marty asked with curiosity. "You'll just have to wait and see...Come one, we better get back outside to our guest." Kensi replied.
Marty's hands landed on her hips and he pulled her close for a moment giving her a kiss, before Kensi pulled away.
THE BACKYARD...
"We're bacccckkkk! Actually, we never left. So, I guess..." Kensi slapped a hand over his mouth. "Shut up, Marty." Kensi said and he took her hand away. "Why? I'm good at talking. So, talk about anything interesting while we were gone?" Marty asked looking around the table at everyone else.
"You gonna tell him, Sam? Or should I?" Callen asked with a smile and Sam glared at him.
"Tell me what?" Marty asked moving Meg's high chair and then moving his chair closer to Kensi.
"You just had to say something, didn't you, G.?" Sam asked and Callen shrugged. "Hey, you were the one that said it...I just thought you wanted him to know." Callen told him.
"Fine...I told everyone after you went inside that you seem to be a natural at being a dad." Sam replied.
Marty stuck his fingers in his ears as though cleaning them out, and then put both hands behind his ears.
"I'm sorry, what? Did Sam Hanna just compliment me on being a good dad? Anyone happen to record that?" Marty asked, glad of the seating arrangements, because next to Sam, was Laura Hanna, Michelle Hanna…
Which meant Marty was now between Michelle and Kensi.
AN HOUR AND A HALF-LATER...
14:30 HOURS (2:30 PM)
Kensi closed the door as the last member of the team left.
Now it was once again just Marty, Meg, Kensi, and Monty in the house.
"Can you believe what Sam said about me being a good dad? I never thought I would hear that from him." Marty said, as Kensi turned back to face him.
"That was another reason for the barbecue today...So they could all see a different side to you. One they don't get to see at work and I've already told you that you are a good dad, but you're the one that seems to have doubts about that." Kensi replied.
"I know, I guess it's because of the dad I had..." Marty confessed quietly.
"You are nothing like him...look at the good you've done and the people you've helped. Look at the team, our daughter...Our daughter is proof of something good. The team, our daughter, and I am sure there are other people, who have not doubts that you are a completely different man then you're father." Kensi said smiling at him and Marty smiled back.
"Thanks, Fern, for reminding me. I guess I needed that." He said and gave her a peck on the lips.
"And I've noticed that Meg has you wrapped around her finger..." Kensi said with a smile, as she started to head down the hall.
"She does not..."
Marty protested and Kensi turned back to look at him with an eyebrow raised.
"...Okay, maybe a little. I can't help it though and you think you have me wrapped around your finger to." Marty responded, wrapping his arms around Kensi and giving her a kiss.
"That's what I thought." Kensi said, slipped out of his embrace and peeking into Meg's room, to see Meg starting to wake up.
Marty followed as the two walked over to Meg's crib, Meg was now sitting up, wiping the sleep out of her eyes and still looking a little groggy...
"Hey, Meg, have a good nap?" Marty asked and Meg just nodded.
Kensi reached in and picked Meg up.
"I think it's about time we get you a big girl bed." Kensi said. "Hey, why don't we go look at the big girl beds? You can pick the one you like Meg." Marty said, looking at Meg.
"You want to go shopping, Meg?" Kensi asked a little sparkle appeared in Meg's eye as she began to wake up a little more and Meg smiled.
"I take that as a yes...and also the fact I'm paying for the bed since I suggested it we go shopping?" Marty asked with a groan, getting a giggle from Meg and a smile from both of them.
"You did promise to do whatever it takes to make us happy." Kensi reminded him.
"Next time I say something like that I make sure you're not eavesdropping on a conversation that I'm having with, Meg." Marty muttered.
"A conversation, huh…Meg was asleep and you should have been more aware of your surroundings anyway. So, did you mean what you said when you made that promise?" Kensi asked with a grin.
Marty looked first at Meg who reached for him and he took her from Kensi's arms and then back at Kensi.
Meg wrapped her arms around Marty in a hug and Marty knew that he had lost.
"Of course I meant it." Marty declared. "Good, then just give me and Meg a little time to get ready." Kensi shot back with a smile and started to reach for Meg.
"Uh...actually, I was going to look online and see what they have." Marty said and Kensi turned back to him.
THE LIVING ROOM...
TEN MINUTES LATER...
Meg sat between Marty and Kensi as the computer sat on the coffee table. They had found a website and were looking at the beds, when Meg suddenly pointed at one...
"Princess Castle Toddler Bed, huh?" Marty asked looking at Meg and she just smiled. "Well, you do call her Princess a lot, Marty." Kensi pointed out.
"Is that the one you want?" Marty asked and Meg nodded excitedly.
"Wow, you already know how to hurt my wallet...all right." Marty said and began to put the order in.
"Wow...$390.53, huh? Want me to pay for half?" Kensi asked.
"No, no, I got it. I promised I would pay." Marty said, pulling out his wallet and putting in his the credit card info.
"Looks like you will have your new bed in a few weeks, baby girl." Kensi said.
"No, now," Meg yelled, looking at Kensi and then Marty. "Sorry, kiddo, it doesn't work like that." Marty said with as him and Kensi laughed.
HOURS LATER...
19:00 (7:00 PM)
Meg had already had her teeth brushed, a bedtime story and was ready for bed. There was just one problem...
"No bed, no bed! Not tired…I stay up! "Meg shouted, darting around the house as Kensi and Marty chased after her.
It had taken half an hour to get Meg, before Meg stopped shouting and fell asleep.
21:30 (9:30 PM)
THE LIVING ROOM...
Marty and Kensi had put Meg to bed two hours ago.
Now they were in the living room...
"Now for what I told you I wanted to show you..." Kensi said, heading toward the movies. "Please...don't let it be Titanic." Marty begged.
"No, it's not Titanic..." Kensi said with her back to him and a smile on her face.
She slipped a movie in and pressed play.
"Hey, that's you...Okay, I changed my mind. Can we please put Titanic in?" Marty asked when he realized what they were watching.
"You don't want to see the birth of our daughter?" Kensi asked innocently, but Marty seemed frozen.
He watched as Kensi screamed, yelled, and threaten to castrate the man who got her pregnant if she ever saw him again.
"Uh, how long is this?" Marty asked.
"I was in labor for 14 hours and pushed for almost half an hour, before Meg was born. This is near the end." Kensi told him and relaxed with her head on his shoulder.
He glanced at Kensi and then back at the TV.
"What made you decide to get Meg's birth on video?" Marty asked, after it ended and Kensi shrugged.
"I guess it was because you weren't there and if I ever decided to tell you, I thought you might want to see the birth." Kensi replied.
"No one was in there with you? Sam, Callen? What about your mom," Marty asked and Kensi stiffened when he mentioned her mother.
Marty felt her stiffen and glanced at her again.
"No... No one was there in the room with me; Meg was born except the doctors and nurses. Hetty, Sam, Callen, Eric, and Nate were in the waiting room." Kensi told him. "Where was your mom? Didn't you have any family?" Marty questioned as Kensi put the movie away.
"I think I'm going to go take a shower and go to bed. I'll see you in the morning." Kensi said suddenly.
Then started to leave, but Marty grabbed her hand.
"Kensi, what's wrong? What did I say?" Marty asked confused by Kensi sudden mood change. "I don't want to talk about it, Marty." Kensi said, keeping her back to him. "Talk about what, Kensi? I don't even know what's wrong." Marty said.
"I can't talk about my mom or my family, okay?" Kensi asked. "Why?" Marty asked, turning her to face him.
He thought he saw a hint of anger, but there was also sadness in her eyes.
"I just can't...not right now." Kensi whispered and for a moment, he thought he saw tears in her eyes, but it might have been just a trick of the light.
"Okay, I'm sorry if I upset you and I'm sorry I wasn't there when Meg was born. I should have tried to find you after our date...I should have confronted you when I saw you at the beach..." Marty told her.
"We can't change the past, Marty. Let's just look forward to the future..." Kensi said and Marty pulled her into a hug.