"Well, let's start with Sam. At the beginning of the case with Sidorov—when Hetty put Deeks as his backup—Sam refused to allow that. He didn't trust him and no one said anything to defend Deeks. And then, when you both were in Iran, he started questioning Deeks' character and he basically told him that he is weak and not worthy enough to be here with you; that he isn't good enough." Eric paused to take a breath and Callen and Kensi stared at Sam before Callen questioned his partner.
"Did you really say that to him?"
"It was before everything that happened and—." He didn't get to finish before he was interrupted by Eric.
"And now after what he did, after he saved you and your wife and sacrificed his life for you, you changed your opinion of him! Now you think he deserves to be here. Now you think that he is on the same level as all of you!" Eric yelled, his voice dripping with sarcasm, and when Callen tried to interrupt him Eric cut him off. "And you, Callen, tell me: how many times did you visit Deeks in the hospital after out last visit as a team, hunh?" When Callen didn't answer Eric answered for him. "None. You didn't visit him after he refused to see or talk to Sam. After all, how could he do that to your partner right? Why didn't he want to talk to Sam? You didn't care about Deeks, all you wanted him to do was see Sam and talk with him so that Sam could get better! You didn't care about what had happened between them, you didn't care how Deeks felt, you just left him there because he didn't want to talk to your partner.
Actually, Hetty, do you remember the last time you visited him?" Hetty nodded. "That was the last visit he got until a week later when I sent to see him and, merely by chance, found out from a nurse that no one had visited him in a week. When I asked him about you all he said that you were visiting him regularly; he defended you even after what you all did!
When I asked the nurse how he was doing she explained to me that he had been having nightmares every night; his screams were all over the hospital, and no one was there to help him with that! Look at this bruise," He gestured to his face, "It didn't come from me falling on the armchair, it happened when I was waking him up from a nightmare he was having. He flinched and his hands flew in the air and hit me." He stopped to catch his breath.
"But why didn't you say anything Mr. Beale?" Hetty asked, valiantly fighting tears that were threatening to fall.
"Because he didn't let me! He didn't want pity from anyone!" He yelled back at her, undaunted. "And that's not the worst part: Kensi here rejected him when he told her that he loves her! She told him that it wouldn't work between them. How could you do that? He wasn't good enough, was that it? When I told him about you taking care of Jack it hurt him, deep inside, but he didn't let it show, he even defended you and said that you were doing it because you wanted to help Jack.
And even after he left the hospital no one showed up at his apartment to say 'Hi, hello, how are you Deeks?' I don't blame Hetty or Nell—they were out of the state—but you!" He gestured at Callen, Sam and Kensi. "You just kept ignoring him like he wasn't living anymore! I thought we were a family?! Why did you do that to him?" Eric demanded, beyond angry at what they'd done to Deeks.
"Look Eric, after what happened between us, the tension that was in the air, I didn't think that visiting him would do him any good." Callen defended himself.
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that!" Eric scoffed sarcastically.
"And you said it; he didn't want to see me there." Sam jumped in.
"Look. If you wanted to see him you would have done it. You could have forced him to see you, you could've just showed up at his door, so don't excuse yourself okay?
And that's not all. Just to break him a little bit more, we were at the beach last weekend and we met Jack there. He told Deeks that you, Kensi, are his girlfriend. That hurt Deeks, but all he told Jack was to take care of you and keep you safe and to not leave you again; if Jack did that then he would be dealing with Deeks. Even with all of the pain he was feeling, Deeks was more concerned about your happiness! Well it was obvious to Jack that Deeks has feelings for you so he started to harass him; he kept pushing him and Deeks was getting angry…"
Kensi interrupted him. "That's when Deeks hit him." She murmured, tears threatening to fall.
"No. That's when I hit him. I told him to stop but he didn't, and he then he had the balls to threaten Deeks and tell him to stay away from you or he'd send him to Hell. Who the Hell is he to say that?!" Eric shouted at her.
Kensi was shocked at the information she was getting from Eric. She was angry now but Eric didn't give her time to think before he continued.
"And the day he came to ask Hetty to let him get back to work he heard what you were saying about him!" Eric pointed an accusing finger at Sam and Callen.
"What do you mean? What did he hear?" Callen asked, confused.
"Oh don't play the fool. I was upstairs and I heard and saw everything. He was standing there when you came in and said, and I quote: 'what happened there in the warehouse should be good for him; he needs to man up and be more serious and drop all of these childish behaviors.' Seriously guys! Is this what you think about him?
And then yesterday when he came here you started pushing him and pushing him until he couldn't take it anymore and he exploded. Just tell me: how would any one of you react if what's happened to him happened to you? You made him feel that no one wanted him here! What with everyone judging him for something that wasn't his fault how could you expect him to stay here after that?!
So don't ask why he left or wonder about it. All I can say is that if anything happens to him it's all on the three of you." Eric finished and, fed up, turned to leave.
"You crossed too many lines here Eric. You should be careful of that." Callen called after him.
"Really Callen? I crossed too many lines? Well if you don't like it then fine: you can fire me. And so you know, I don't want to end up like Deeks, so when we are here we are teammates and coworkers, but out of here I don't want to know any of you." Eric said with finality before storming to Ops, grabbing his keys, and rushing out of the Mission.
Nell tried to run after him but she wasn't fast enough to catch him. He left all of them to think about what he's just said.
"Did what Mr. Beale say really happen?" Hetty asked, breathing angrily. When no one dared to look at her or say anything she merely shook her head. "Oh my." Tears fell freely down her face as she turned and walked to her office and sat in silence. Sam and Callen dropped to their desks and Kensi grabbed her keys and rushed out of the Mission.
Kensi drove in anger. She was beyond upset at what had happened. She sped through traffic lights and broke speed limits, and when she arrived at her house she got out of the car, slammed the door, and walked into her house. "Jack… Jack!" She called, but when no response came she knew that he wasn't there. She pulled her phone out and called him.
"Hey Kensi." He answered.
"Where are you?" She demanded harshly.
"I'm at the gym, what's wrong?" He asked, worried at her tone.
"Get to my house right now." She ordered him, and, without waiting for a response, hung up.
Jack was confused. What had happened to her to make her talk to him like that? He walked out of the gym thinking about what might happen between him and Kensi. He knew she was mad at him so he needed to calm her down and fix things.
When he arrived he hesitated before opening the door, but he had to see her and find out what was wrong. He opened the door and walked in. He was greeted by Kensi sitting on the couch, tapping her foot on the ground angrily, and in that moment he knew he was in deep shit.
"Hey Kens, what's wrong?" He asked her in a quiet voice, low enough she almost didn't hear it.
"Is there anything you want to tell me Jack? She asked, sounding like she was interrogating him.
"No, I don't think so." He replied, his confusion deepening.
"So nothing happened between you and Deeks lately?" She demanded.
"So he told you what happened between us on the beach." Jack said angrily.
"He didn't tell me anything! I didn't see him. I want to know what happened between you two, so start talking." Kensi ordered.
Jack, seeing no other option, told her what had happened at the beach but he made it sound like it was Deeks fault, and he was sure to tell her that Eric hit him. "Look Kens, I'm sorry I didn't tell you this before but I didn't want you to worry about it. It was nothing." Jack tried to diffuse the situation.
"It was nothing? How the Hell is that nothing?! You destroyed everything between Deeks and me, and you say that it was nothing?! How could you tell him that I'm your girlfriend? Who are you to tell him that?!" She was screaming at him now.
"I'm sorry! But I thought that we were together, and he was interfering with our business! He didn't have the right to—."
She interrupted him before he could finish. "We are together? What are you talking about? There is no 'together'!"
"But we—."
"There are no buts!" She snapped. "What happened between us was a mistake; I was in a bad space—my emotions were all over the place, they were way too complicated for me to understand, I was weak and you just happened to be there. I wasn't myself back then; if I was then I would never even think about doing that."
"That hurt." Jack said, pain clear in his voice.
"Well think about how I feel. You are the reason why Deeks left me, and now he's alone in some place where no one knows, and he's broken because he thinks that I left him for you!" She exclaimed, tears finally gathering in her eyes.
"I'm sorry about that but maybe it's for the best. It will give you time to think about us."
"There is no 'us!' I'm not in love with you and I never will be!" She yelled.
"You're just saying that because Deeks has left, but I'm in love with you and you just need some time to think and then you can make up your mind… and then you'll know you're still in love with me and not him." He said, trying to convince her to see the situation the way he did, but what he said only made Kensi angrier. He could see it: the fire in her eyes as she clenched her fists.
"I was in love with you once, but I'm not anymore. Whether you believe it or not I don't care. You know what? I'm done with all of that, I'm done with you. And after what you've done to me I don't want you here anymore. They were right, I never should've brought you here in the first place… you just made things worse, and now the only thing I want, the most important person in my whole life, the man who I love , the most I've ever loved anyone just left because of you! So. I'm going to go, and when I come back I want you and your belongings out of my house." She said to him before turning around to leave.
"Hell. I'm gonna kill you, Deeks, when I see you, you bastard." Jack whispered to himself, but apparently it wasn't quite enough because Kensi heard.
She turned, walked directly to him, and punched him in the face, making his nose bleed. "Firstly, you wouldn't stand one round with Deeks. Secondly, if you ever interfere in my life or Deeks', I'm the one who is going to kill you… it looks like Eric wasn't guilty when he punched you: you deserve more than a punch. Now get out of my house!" She ordered before leaving and heading directly to Deeks' apartment.