Make sure to check out the last chapter if you haven't yet, I posted it Saturday. I am caught up again! But the next couple of weeks are going to be hard because I have finals coming up so hopefully I'll be able to finish after that. Only one more Sundays with episodes and the season will be over! Can't wait to watch the two-hour finale! The promo looks so intense! Hopefully it won't end in a cliffhanger hahaha don't know how I could write a fanfic with that!

Another bar scene cause that's what the episodes decided on! Hahaha! Deeks actually bought a bar, I can't believe it. I loved the scene at the end with the team. Kensi and Deeks looked so happy and she was wearing her engagement ring! I love those little details on the show! I'm excited to see how that all plays out in season 10!

This picks up after the twenty first episode of season 9, Where Everybody Knows Your Name (9x21).

Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS:LA.

The team put down their drinks after their second taste of it because it just wasn't worth drinking. "I've got some work to do of course." He lifted up his bad-tasting beer.

"Well show us what you're thinking to do with the place."

"First of all, I'm going to need a fridge and I need electricity to be up and running." He looked at everything and then walked around the bar to the otherside of the place. "I think the wood needs some fixing up and maybe some more tables over here. This wall needs to be painted and I was thinking a pool table would fit nicely in this spot."

Kensi watched as he walked around and spoke. It was as if he was talking through his ideas on his own without the rest of them there. She could see him painting the picture in his head, exactly the way he wanted it.

"I think it's good. Nice size, great potential." Sam said moving his hand along the wood.

"Thanks." He turned to the team again. "I'm excited to see how it all goes."

"I'm excited for you guys. We'll have a place to come after work."

"Yeah and we'll expect free drinks." Callen added.

"You got it." They embraced in a brotherly hug and then moved over to Kensi.

"You good?"

"Yes." She nodded her head.

Hidoko decided to leave with Sam and Callen as well, leaving just Nell and Eric.

"Big commitment." Nell stated.

"Not as big of a commitment as a puppy." Eric added.

"What is it with you and puppies?" Kensi wondered just as she did when he asked if they were getting a puppy when they moved in together.

"They're a lot of work."

"I'm so happy for you guys, Kens."

"Thanks Nell."

"See you at work." They waved.

Eric placed his hand on the small of Nell's back on the way out. Kensi's heels clinked against the wood floors, echoing in the now empty room, as she walked over to him.

"I can't believe you're doing this!"

"I'm going to need your help."

"Well of course but you're actually following through on a plan."

"You sound so shocked."

"I am, you always tell me about all these crazy ideas and this time you're making it happen."

"This is something I really want to do."

"I can tell."

"For a second there I thought you were going to walk out of the bar."

She laughed. "Not gonna lie, I thought about it. I was shocked. It sort of came out of nowhere."

"I know. I'm sorry."

"Don't do it again." She said smiling but there was a serious undertone to her voice.

"I promise."

"You know you can tell me about your plans right?"

"Yeah well I did this morning." He defended.

"I didn't know this was a serious plan. You come up with things everyday."

"I know, I should have told you." He held her hands and looked down at them. He gently moved his thumb over the engagement ring and smiled. "I honestly needed the team there for my protection in case you were gonna use these hands to harm me. I'm glad it didn't go wrong though."

"I would never do that. I would've rather walked out of here."

"Touché."

"Touché." She repeated and he made a face. As long as he kept squirming when she said it wrong, she would continue saying it incorrectly.

He decided to let it go and change topics. "Maybe we could have a dance floor here." He tugged on her hand and pulled her towards him as he started swaying them back and forth. "You and the cupcake girls can show off those dancing skills."

"Kat, Mindy, Mandy, Tiffany and Tiffany are going to love this. I need to tell them right away." The ideas were coming now. "We're gonna have to have great food. That's a must!"

"You're going to be tasting all kinds of foods deciding which ones to serve."

"You bet. I can't wait."

"Are you really okay with all this?"

She looked around and then back into his eyes. "I am." She said but she looked worried. "I know you want to do something other than law enforcement, I guess it's just starting to really sink in now."

"I haven't left yet. We're still partners." She nodded. "And we can still have whatever we want at the wedding." Thinking that might be part of her hesitation.

"Well I don't want to go overboard. We need to save money now."

"I have some extra money from the Ethercoin."

"I know you said this is an investment cause it is but we're going to have to put a lot of money into this too and then hope we can make profit."

"We will."

"I have no doubt you can make it happen but it's a lot of work Deeks and this place needs a lot of work. We hardly have spare time as it is and we're planning a wedding."

"Nothing's going to change in that. We will plan the wedding and then we'll slowly start working on things around here." She still looked hesitant. "I get that this is a huge step, I'm still wrapping my head around it myself." He looked into her eyes. "I know that bars are the places where my father would get drunk but it doesn't always have to be negative. We go out with the team to celebrate the end of a case and it's good, it's a place for happiness. Uhm… I don't want it to be seen negatively. I want people to be happy when they leave here."

She smiled as her eyes watered. "You're such a good man Marty Deeks."

He got slightly embarrassed and stared at their hands again. She pulled her hand away and lifted it to his cheek. She then stood on her toes slightly and kissed him softly. Releasing her other hand from his, she reached to pull his head closer to hers. They deepened the kiss and he moved his hands to her side. Their kisses continued fiercely, both knowing that they were about to start another important chapter of their lives.

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