Callen and Lori looked up and saw him lying on the floor. They look behind them and saw Sam there.
"You good?" Sam asked.
"Yeah we're good, thanks," Callen answered.
Everyone of the group was dead. They wrapped up there and went back to the Navy base.
"Thank you for your help, we had no idea Tim was working with the terrorist group," the captain said.
"You're welcome," Callen said.
They could spend the night, what was left of it since it was 4am, at the Navy base before going home in the afternoon.
"I'm glad we're going home soon," Callen said as they were getting into bed.
"Yeah me too. I miss the girls."
"Yeah me too. Hope they've been good to Emily while we were away."
"Yeah hope so too. It will be nice to see them again."
"Yes it will be, but we still have a night without them," Callen told her as his lips made their way down her neck.
"G, not here. Somebody could hear us."
"So we just have to be quiet," Callen said as the rolled on top of her and kissed her neck again.
"G," Lori moaned.
She wanted to stop him since they were at the navy base but it felt so damn good. She gave in and tried to be as quiet as possible as they made love. They dressed themselves again before going to sleep.
That afternoon they went back home. They had a stop-over in Miami before flying to LAX. They landed around 6pm in LAX. They grabbed their bags and went to the office quickly and then went home. It was just past 6.30 when Callen and Lori walked into the house.
"Hey Emily," Lori said.
"Hey guys, welcome back. Case closed?"
"Yes case closed. How has it been here?" Lori asked as she and Callen walked over to the playpen where the girls where.
"Very well. They missed you guys but they did well."
"That's good to hear," Lori replied as she picked Myra up. "Hey sweetie, mommy missed you." Lori gave Myra a kiss and Callen did the same with Julie.
"Thank you for staying with them Emily," Callen told her.
"You're welcome. I understand now the life of an agent is sometimes."
"Yeah it tends to mess with family life every now and then."
"Yeah it does."
"Well, I'll see you guys Wednesday."
"Yep see you Wednesday," Lori said as she showed her out.
"Mommy missed you two very much," Lori spoke to Myra and Julie.
"It's good to be home again."
"Yeah it is. It's hard being away from them."
"Yeah I agree. Is it just me or have they grown bigger?"
"Yeah, they do look a little bigger then when we left."
Callen and Lori put the girls in bath. The girls were enjoying themselves in the bath and were happy that Callen and Lori were back at home. They put them in their cribs and put their music mobiles on. They stood over their cribs, watching them as they fell asleep.
"They look so cute," Lori said.
"Yeah they do. I really missed them."
"Yeah me too. It's good to see them again."
"Yeah it sure is. I never thought I would enjoy family life this much," Callen said as they walked out of the room.
"It's clear to me that you love the girls very much," Lori spoke as they sat down on the couch.
"Not just the girls," Callen replied and gave Lori a kiss.
"I love you too honey."
They sat down on the couch watching some TV before going to bed.
"Ah, it feels good to be in my own bed again," Lori stated as she lay down on the bed.
"It sure is," Callen told her as he climbed into the bed as well. "Very good."
Callen moved closer and kissed Lori's neck.
"G, please. Not tonight. I'm tired, didn't get much sleep last night."
"Okay. Yeah true. Goodnight honey," Callen replied and gave her a goodnight kiss.
"Goodnight honey."
They fell asleep in each other embrace. The next morning they woke up early when the girls were crying.
"That's one thing I didn't miss," Lori said as she looked over to her alarm clock and it was only 6am.
"I'll get them honey. You can stay in bed for a little longer."
"Okay," Lori said as she drifted off to sleep again.
"Hey you two, you're up early," Callen said as he walked into the room. The girls smiled as they saw Callen above their cribs. "Come on you two."
Callen dressed them and took them to the kitchen and fed them.
"Daddy's really happy to have you two and mommy in his life. Daddy loves you three very much. And in just a few weeks mommy and daddy are getting married and then we're gonna move into our new home where you two can grow up. It has a nice big room for you and a big yard where you girls can play. It looks really nice, I'm sure you two are gonna love it there."
Callen took the girls to the living room and played with them on the floor. Myra pulled herself up by Callen's knee and was using his knee as a drum. Callen didn't mind because it didn't hurt.
"You're having fun sweetie?" Called asked and gave Myra a kiss.
Julie tried to pull herself up by Callen's knee as well. At first she couldn't get it but eventually she succeeded just as Lori walked into the room.
"Good morning," Lori spoke.
"Good morning Lori. Did you see that honey?"
"Yes I saw. Julie pulled herself up. I saw," Lori replied as she gave Julie a kiss.
Lori watched as Julie and Myra both used Callen's knee as a drum. They were laughing as they did that.
"Looks like they are enjoying themselves," Lori told Callen.
"Yeah they are. They are so cute."
"Yes they are."
Callen played with the girls while Lori got some breakfast.
…..
"So your wedding is in a few weeks," Sam said to Callen as they were on their way to a suspect.
"Yeah it is," Callen replied with a sigh.
"You don't sound too happy about that."
"I am happy to get married to Lori. It's just…"
"It's just what?"
"It's just that since we're so close now I'm afraid Lori might run again."
"She's not gonna run G. She loves you and the girls."
"I know she does. It's just…. I don't know."
"Have you talked to her about it?"
"No, I don't want her to think I don't wanna marry her, cus I do."
"Just talk to her, I'm sure she'll understand."
"Yeah maybe I will."
Later that day Sam decided to talk to Lori about what Callen had told him earlier.
"Hey Lori," Sam said when he walked into Lori in the hallway.
"Hey Sam."
"You got a sec?"
"Sure, what's up?"
"It's about G."
"Is he alright?"
"He's fine. He's just worried that since you're so close to the wedding that you're gonna run again."
"What?! That's ridiculous. I would never do that. I love G and I wanna marry him."
"That's what I said too. It's just G never had must of a family life growing up."
"Yes I know. He was in a lot of foster homes. But it's different now. He has a family."
"I know. I think he's just afraid he might lose you. He's been abandoned by so many people in his life, he's afraid you'll do the same I think."
"I made a mistake by running away that time. I regret that. I'll never do that again. I'll talk to him."
"Alright."
When Lori walked into the bedroom that night Callen was already lying in bed, he was watching some TV. Lori looked at him from the doorway and she remembered what Sam had told her earlier.
She walked up to the bed and straddle Callen. Before Callen could do anything Lori had her hands on his cheeks and she gave him a passionate kiss.
"What was that for?" Callen asked once Lori broke the kiss.
"Just because I love you very much."
"I love you too."
"And you don't have to be afraid that I'm gonna run again. I'm not going anywhere."
"Sam talked to you?" Callen asked a little annoyed.
"Yes he did. Why didn't you just talk to me?"
"I don't know," Callen replied and he brushed a lock of her hair behind her ear.
"I'm not going anywhere except walking down the aisle to become your wife. I know I ran away twice, but that was because of the pregnancy hormones. It was a mistake I see that now. I was scared. But I'm not scared any more. I know what I want and that's to become your wife. Don't worry honey. I'm not going anywhere. I'm staying right here with you, Myra and Julie."
Lori gave him another kiss.
"Deep down I knew you weren't gonna run but I just couldn't help but have this feeling. I guess it has to do with my upbringing."
"I know you didn't have it easy growing up and that you were bounced around from foster home to foster home and people always leaving you. But that's not the case anymore. You've got a family now and you're family isn't going anywhere."
"Promise?"
"Promise honey. Me, Julie and Myra are not going anywhere," Lori answered and she gave Callen a very passionate kiss.
Callen moved his arms around her back to pull her closer and kissed her back. Callen felt Lori's passion as she kissed him and he knew she wasn't going anywhere. He was glad about that; he couldn't live without Lori and the girls.
Lori broke the kiss and they looked at each other with passion filled eyes. Before they knew it there lips were crashing down on each other again. Callen slid his tongue over Lori's lips and Lori eagerly opened her lips to give him access. They just fit together so perfectly. When they made love they felt like one. It was so perfect. They both knew what the other liked. And they made sure that they pleased the other one.
Lori crawled closer to Callen and she felt how turned on he was. She was just as turned on. Every time it amazed her how fast they could turn each other on. Callen's hand slid under her PJ top and Lori moaned against his lips as she felt his hands on her skin. Callen lifted her top up over her head. He always liked it when she was wearing a PJ top when they were making love, meaning she had no bra on so nothing stood between Callen and her breasts once he had taken off her top.
He pleasured her before rolling her around on her back. It was still early in the evening so they decided to have a very nice long foreplay before actually making love. Every touch put Lori's skin on fire. It took her too long before she felt Callen's touch where she wanted it. When he was done pleasing her she teased Callen just the same. They both had already come twice before Callen buried himself in her.
Hours later they lay tangled up in each other's arms, very content.
"That was really good," Callen breathed out.
"Yes very good. You were amazing."
"You were not so bad yourself. I love you Lori Carter."
"And I love you G. Callen," Lori said as they looked in each other eyes and kissed each other one more time before going to sleep.
….
It was just 2 more weeks before Lori and Callen's wedding. Lori and the bridesmaids went to pick up their dresses. Lori's sister wasn't there but Lori and she had the same size so Lori could fit her dress. Lori also took the girls with her so she could get dresses for them.
"Good morning," Lori said as she walked into the bridal store.
"Good morning," the sales woman said. "So this must be the two girls you talked about?"
"Yes they are. This is Myra and this is Julie."
"They look really cute. How old are they?"
"Thank you. They are almost 9 months old."
"Very cute. Well, let's see if we can find some dresses for them."
Lori followed her to the baby department. The sales woman asked what size they wore and grabbed some dressed in that size. She showed the dresses to Lori. Lori really liked one of the dresses. It fitted really well with her own dress. She tried to get the dresses on the girls but they weren't really helping. Myra even started crying.
"Come on Myra. Just let mommy put this dress on. It's okay sweetie."
After Myra calmed down Lori tried to the dress her again. This time Myra let her. The dresses really look good on them. Lori picked out matching shoes for them. She tried on her own dress. It fitted perfectly. The bridesmaids' dresses were perfect as well. Lori paid for everything and they went home. Kensi took Lori's dress home with her so Callen wouldn't see her dress.
"Hey honey," Lori said as she walked into the house.
"Hey honey," Callen replied and Lori gave him a kiss. "Everything okay with the dress?"
"Yep it fits perfectly. It's really beautiful."
"I bet it is. Where is it now?"
"It's at Kensi's so you can't see it yet."
"Ah yeah of course. What's in the bag?"
"My shoes, the dresses for the girls and their shoes."
"Can I see those?"
"Yes you can."
Lori showed Callen the dresses for the girls.
"They looked really nice. I bet you two looked very cute in that," Callen spoke as he tickled their tummies, causing the girls to giggle.
"Yeah they looked very cute. But Myra didn't really like trying them on."
"You didn't?" Callen spoke as he lifted Myra up blew kisses on her tummy.
"Eventually she did," Lori said smiling. She loved seeing Callen play with the girls.
Lori made some sandwiches for them and after lunch they took the girls to the park. The girls loved playing outside. They used the swings, the slide and even the seesaw, where Callen and Lori held the girls and pushed the seesaw up and down. 2 hours later the girls were tired and fell asleep in the stroller on the walk home. Lori and Callen lifted them out of the stroller and put them in their cribs.
That night Sam and Michelle came over for dinner with their kids.
"Uncle Callen!" The kids squealed when they saw Callen.
"Hey you two," Callen said as he picked them up and spun them round.
"Hey Sam, Michelle," Lori said as she walked out of the kitchen.
"Hey Lori. It smells delicious," Michelle replied.
"I just put it in the oven so it'll be done in about 45 minutes."
Lori got them something to drink and they sat down in the living room. Sam's kids where playing with Myra and Julie.
"They have really grown," Michelle stated.
"Yeah they have. They grow so fast that we have to buy new clothes almost every other week," Lori replied.
"Yeah kids tend to do that. But they look really cute. Have they started walking or talking yet?"
"Not walking yet, but they can pull themselves up at something and stand. And talking not yet, they sometimes try to but it's just babble for now, but that's really cute."
"Haha yeah I bet it is."
40 minutes later they sat down to eat.
"So it's just 2 more weeks till the wedding. Getting nervous?" Michelle asked.
"Yeah a little, but healthy nervous. We're both really excited to get married," Lori answered as she looked at Callen.
"Yeah we really are. I can't wait to see Lori walk down the aisle in her wedding dress."
"It really is a very special day. I remember mine. It was so beautiful."
"Yeah it was. Especially seeing you walk down the aisle," Sam added.
"We both can't wait. I'm sure Lori will look very beautiful in her wedding dress."
"Oh yes she does. It's a very beautiful dress. It really fits her well," Michelle told him.
"I can't wait to see it. I sometimes ask Lori to give me little hints as to what the dress looks like but she never gives any," Callen spoke with a smile and nudged Lori.
"Nope and I'm not going to, no matter how often you ask," Lori teased back.
Sam and Michelle chuckled as they heard Callen and Lori.
"Sam did the same with our wedding. I never told him one bit. It drove him nuts."
"Haha yeah I know what you mean. It drives G nuts sometimes too."
They had fun during dinner. Michelle and Lori cleaned up while Callen and Sam put Myra and Julie to bed.
"They really are two cute girls," Sam said as he put Julie in her crib.
"Yeah they really are."
"I never thought I would see this, you being a father and about to get married."
"No me neither. But I'm really happy with Lori and the girls."
"Yes I can see that. Did you talk to Lori about your fear of her running away?"
"She talked to me. Someone told her about our little conversation," Callen replied as he looked at Sam.
"I just wanted to help you."
"It's okay Sam. We talked it out. Everything is fine now. She understood."
"Alright then. It's nice that you found someone who understands you."
"Yeah it really is," Callen replied as he put the music mobiles on and they left the room.
Sam and Michelle stayed a little longer for some coffee before going home.
"That was really nice. We should do that more often," Lori told Callen.
"Yeah we should."
Callen and Lori relaxed a bit before going to bed.
…..
Lori was doing some grocery shopping with the girls and she felt like she was being followed. She got into her car and drove home. She didn't go straight home. She saw in her review mirror that a car was following her. She drove around LA to see if that car kept following her. 5 miles later the car was still following her. She called Callen, who was at work.
"Hey Lori," Callen said when he answered the phone.
"Hey G."
Callen heard in her voice that something was up. "What's up? Everything okay?"
"I think I'm being followed. There's a car tailing me ever since I left the store. I took some detours but it's still following me."
"Where are you at?"
"Somewhere in Marina Del Rey. About 2 blocks from the boatshed."
"Can you see the license plate?"
"Yeah, it's 9-G-I-K-5-3-2."
"Alright, I'll have Eric can run a trace. Are the girls with you?"
"Yes they are."
"Alright see if you can shake them and meet me at the boatshed."
"Alright, I will."
Lori drove around for a few more blocks until she was sure she had lost them and she went to the boatshed. Callen was already waiting for her inside.
"Everything okay?" Callen asked worried.
"Yeah I'm good. I lost them."
"Do you have any idea who they are?"
"No none. They followed me from the store. I noticed in the store that someone was watching me and when I got in the car they followed me."
"Alright, Eric's running a trace on the license plate."
"Hey guys," Eric said as his face popped up on the screen.
"Hey Eric, did you get a match for the license plate?" Lori asked.
"Yes I did," Eric answered and he put a picture up on the screen.
Lori was shocked when she saw the picture.
"That's not possible."
