Cameron looked around at the other team and frowned,
"So why exactly are you guys here? I mean I'm touched if you came all this way for me but I'm sure you've had to deal with worse. So why are you here?" No one would look at her. So she turned to Hetty, "What's going on?"
"Well with you being on medical leave I thought your team would want to spend a couple of weeks with you and help you. So I called in Gibbs and his team to pick up our slack." Cameron started to shake her head,
"No. I don't need to be babysat Hetty. As much as I appreciate it, the team can't just stop working. No."
"This isn't your decision." Hetty replied. Cameron frowned and turned to Callen,
"And you're ok with this?"
"Yes." Cameron narrowed her eyes,
"You can barely sit still for longer than five minutes. You catnap for Christ sake!" then she turned to Sam,
"As for you, you used to be a SEAL I would have thought that you would hate babysitting duty." Then she rounded on Deeks,
"You need all the practise you can get! You're naturally lazy so I can see why you would want a couple of weeks off." She looked at Kensi,
"I have absolutely no idea why you would want to baby sit." Kensi shrugged her shoulders,
"Us girls need to stick together." Cameron raised an eyebrow at her, Kensi sighed, "Fine. It would be nice to get some r and r in."
"Thank you."
"What for?"
"For being honest with me." Kensi nodded. Cameron crossed her arms and glared at Hetty. Hetty just stared. Nate entered the bullpen.
"What's going on?" he asked everyone.
"Cameron's pissed because she's being babysat by us and that Hetty called in Gibbs. So now she's trying to stare down Hetty to put everyone back on duty." Sam replied and Nate nodded,
"Well Hetty I think Cameron's right." Everyone turned to stare at him; it was no secret that he thought Cameron should be in hospital. "Babysitting her will be detrimental to her recovery."
"What makes you say that?" Gibbs asked him.
"Well if she's being constantly watched and surrounded by people who know her she won't go out into society. She won't get used to other people. She'll jump at the slightest little noise. She'll essentially become useless to us." Gibbs stared at him,
"She already jumps at the slightest little noise and she's skittish around new people." Gibbs answered him.
"This is why she needs to be by herself. Eventually she'll have to go outside." Gibbs nodded.
"But she can order everything off the Internet." McGee said so Gibbs slapped on the back of the head,
"Not helping McGee." Cameron smirked,
"He just wants to work here to play with the toys."
"No…I…uh…" he trailed off and sighed, "She's right."
"I know. I'll be fine by myself." She said crossing her arms across her chest without taking her eyes off Hetty's.
"The answer is still no Miss Mitchell. I want you supervised."
"I am not a child! Yes I've been through Hell but its nothing I can't handle! Sam tell her!"
"She's right Hetty. She will be fine." Sam answered.
"How do you know?" Callen demanded he knew that Cameron had spoken to Sam but he didn't know what about and from the tone of her voice it was like she knew she could handle what she had been through.
"G trust me. Better yet trust Cameron." Callen rounded on Cameron with something that she didn't recognise in his eyes,
"Are you sure?" he asked her.
"Yes I'm sure." She dropped her gaze from Hetty's and sighed, "Look if it makes you feel any better you check up on me throughout the day. Hell I'll even pay a visit but I don't need babysitting!" she was really starting to get annoyed now.
"Mr Hanna are you sure she can handle this?" Hetty asked Sam.
"Yes. She's done it before." Callen pounced,
"You've been through this before?" Cameron glared at Sam and he shrugged his shoulders,
"I would say this is the time wouldn't you?"
"No. I wouldn't say this is the time."
"Even if it means getting Hetty and everyone else off your back? You wouldn't be babysat if they knew why you could handle this."
"I don't care. I'm not telling. You can badger me all you want. I'm not ready to tell."
"They'll find out eventually. You were saying his name in your sleep."
"Yes I am aware that they'll find out eventually but now is not eventually." Cameron snapped and she stood up as best she could. "Is my bike still here?" Hetty nodded and Cameron gingerly walked out of the bullpen.
"You have a bike?" Abby asked her excitedly. Cameron turned to look at her,
"Yeah. You like bikes?" Abby nodded, "You know how to ride one?"
"Yeah. Why?" Cameron walked back into the bullpen and opened one of her desk drawers and pulled out her spare set of keys. She passed them to Abby,
"Your taking me home." Abby was already out of the door and Cameron was following when Gibbs said,
"Not a chance." He strode outside and Cameron could see him talking to Abby. As she approached Abby handed the keys to Gibbs. Cameron raised an eyebrow,
"What's going on?"
"I'm taking you home." Gibbs growled as he got on the bike, "Now get on and hold on." Cameron climbed onto her bike and grabbed Gibbs around the waist.
Cameron's apartment:
It took three attempts for her to get off her own bike and in the end Gibbs had to help her.
"Get some sleep." He demanded.
"I have every intention." She replied with a grin and she headed into apartment building. Gibbs shook his head and called for McGee to come and get him. Cameron walked into her apartment and shivered. It hadn't been lived in for months and it was cold. She walked towards the thermostat and fiddled with it. Walking towards the spare closet she pulled out an electric blue blanket and pulled it around her shoulders. Next she walked to her kitchen to get a glass of water and a slice of toast to take with her meds. She popped two in her mouth as she put the toast in the toaster. She walked over to the couch and sat down.
"Cameron." Cameron frowned in her sleep; she was dreaming that Callen was taking care of her in Hawaii. He was whispering in her ear, trying to wake her up so that they could have a moonlit swim.
"Cameron." She smiled in her sleep.
"Cameron. Come on wake up honey." Cameron frowned again and tried to move. She moved a little too much and she ended screeching in pain.
"Whoa! Calm down. You're alright." She looked into deep blue eyes and once again she could melt into him. My God he's good looking. What I wouldn't do…Callen was looking at her funny.
"What?" she asked him.
"What were you thinking about?" he asked her.
"You."
