A/N: Sorry it took so long for a new chapter. Didn't always have time or the motive. Couldn't really write lately. Hoping to have a chapter up each week now again. Hope you're still following this story and like this chapter.

It felt so good to kiss Zoë like this. And the way she kissed him back told him that she was enjoying this too. They were so engrossed in kissing each other that they forgot everything around them. After a few minutes Callen came to his senses and he slowly released Zoë's lips, not wanting to escalate things too soon.

Zoë immediately whined at the loss of Callen's lips. The kiss was so amazing. Callen leaned his forehead against Zoë's, both breathing a bit hard.

"How about we go do something together tonight?" Zoë suggested.

"Like what?"

"I don't know, see a movie perhaps or something."

"Sure sounds good."

"Great."

Callen gave Zoë one more quick kiss before he put her back on the ground. Callen grabbed his jacket and together they left in Callen's car. Callen drove them to the theater but first they went to grab a bite to eat at the diner nearby. After dinner they walked to the movie theater. They went to see Skyfall. It was still in theaters.

"I didn't peg you for a James Bond fan," Callen said after they had gotten their tickets.

"I love James Bond movies, especially the latest ones with Daniel Craig."

"I just thought you were more into The Notebook or something like that."

"Oh I love a good chick flick, a rom-com or a good cry movie. But I can watch a good action movies as well."

"That's good to know. Which other action movies do you like?"

"I like The Avengers movies, except for Iron Man. Let's see what else, The Fast and Furious movies, Mission Impossible, Pirates of The Caribbean, The Expendables, Sherlock Holmes, spy movies, with federal agents sort of, that kind of movies."

"I see. Well that's what you get in this line of work," Callen joked.

"Haha yes it is. What about you?"

"I don't really watch a lot of movies."

"Well yeah, you'd have to have a TV for that."

"Well yeah and plus I don't always have time for it with the hours we work sometimes."

"That's true. So we gotta enjoy it when we can."

They grabbed some popcorn and drinks and went to find their seats. They really enjoyed the movie. One line from the movie stayed with Callen as they walked outside: "Orphans always make the best recruits." In a way that was true. They had no family or anything holding them back or someone who they had to worry about.

"That was really nice to do, I had a great time," Callen spoke as they walked outside.

"Yeah me too. It was a great movie."

"Yes it was."

"How about we go to my place for a drink?" Zoë suggested.

"Sure sounds fine."

They walked back to Callen's car and Callen drove them to Zoë's place. They made their way inside and Zoë went to get them drinks for the kitchen. They sat down on the couch and just chatted. They were having a great time and just laughing with each other. They were having such a great time that they didn't realize how late it had gotten.

"I should get home," Callen spoke after he had finished his beer and looked at his watch.

"You shouldn't drive right now," Zoë said. They had bought drank more than a couple.

"Yeah you're probably right. I'll just call a cab and will come pick up my car in the morning."

"Why don't you stay here?"

"Don't you mind?"

"No, not at all. It's better than calling a cab."

"You know I don't sleep much, I don't want it to be a problem for you."

"It's no problem at all. I'll grab a blanket and a pillow for you and make the couch."

Even though they were sorta starting to date, Zoë didn't think they were ready to share a bed together. Zoë grabbed a spare pillow and blanket from the closet and made the couch.

"I'll be right down the hall if you need me and try to keep it down if you're gonna move around please."

"I will do that, thanks."

"Goodnight Callen."

"Goodnight Zoë."

Zoë went to her bedroom and Callen took his shoes off before laying down on the couch. He looked at the ceiling and thought about what was going on in his life right now. Was he really starting to fall for Zoë? He really liked spending time with her and whenever he was around her he felt happy. He felt something inside of him that he had never felt before. Out of all the people Zoë was the last one he excepted to fall for. Not because of her personality and her looks but because of her profession. He never liked talking to shrinks. When he was in foster care they made him talk to a shrink or a social worker as well. He never liked that, mainly because he couldn't tell them anything about his past. But with Zoë it was different. He felt calm around, felt like he could tell her anything and he was willing to open up to her. He still didn't know a lot about his past but he had come to find out a few things over the past few years and he felt comfortable talking to Zoë about it, like she understood him in ways he never thought possible. Just the way she talked and listened to him made him fell at ease. He felt himself grow closer and closer to Zoë and now they were sorta starting to be in a relationship. He had never felt this way before and he wanted to see where these feelings would lead. He felt like if he didn't at least try he would never forgive himself. And Zoë felt the same way too, at least he thought so. He liked where his life was at right now but he didn't know if it was going to last. Was he really relationship material? Maybe by spending time so close together Zoë would get to know the real him and see that he wasn't relationship material. Was he stringing her along to something that wouldn't lead anywhere or was this actually going somewhere? Was he maybe relationship material? Zoë knew more about him than anyone else and she still fell for him. So maybe Zoë was the right person for him, maybe he was relationship material for her. He was scared as hell to see where this was going. The last thing he wanted was to hurt Zoë if things didn't work out. Something inside of him told him to back off, to not pursue his feelings towards Zoë. But whenever he was around her those feelings came up and told him to not back off, to follow his feelings. Maybe someone as broken as him did deserve to be in a relationship. He had never allowed himself to fall for someone or let someone else fall for him but with Zoë he could help it. It just kinda grow naturally over time and it felt right.

Callen managed to sleep for a few hours that night. They didn't have time to drive by Callen's place to pick up Zoë's car before going to work so Zoë drove with Callen to work. Together they walked into the office from behind the bullpen. Only Sam was in the bullpen.

"Have a good day Callen," Zoë spoke before she walked up.

"Thanks you too." Callen walked into the bullpen. "Morning Sam."

"Morning G, did you drove here with Zoë?"

"No, Zoë drove in with me. I picked her up since her car is in the shop, that's all," Callen replied, hoping Sam would drop the subject. He had no desire to talk to his partner about his growing relationship with Zoë.

"Ah sure, that's fine."

Callen was happy that Sam didn't push any further.

A little later Kensi and Deeks arrived too and not long after Eric whistled the team up for a new case.

"What have we got Eric?" Callen asked as the agents walked in. Zoë was already in OPS.

"This morning a truck that was going from Camp Pendleton to Point Mugu was ambushed just outside of LA. The two marines driving the truck were left for dead on the side of the road and the thieves drove off with the truck," Eric spoke.

"What was in the truck?" Sam asked.

"New weapons for our planes and soldiers," Nell answered. "We're talking guns, rockets, missiles."

"That's not good," Deeks remarked.

"What do we know about the people who took it?" Callen asked.

"Not much," Nell answered. "It wasn't caught on camera. There are no cameras at that spot."

"We tracked the truck to a warehouse district but then lost it in an alley. We didn't spot the truck coming out so it's probably still there somewhere," Eric said.

"Sam and I will go to the crime scene. Kensi, Deeks, see if you can find the truck," Callen gave out the tasks.

"You got it," Kensi replied and the agents left.

Zoë stayed up in OPS to help Eric and Nell. Zoë looked into the marines driving the truck to see if there was an angle there and into the people working in Camp Pendleton to see who handled the shipment there. Someone had to know that this shipment was happening. These kinds of shipment always happened in unmarked trucks with marine drivers dressed in civilian clothes.

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Sam and Callen arrived at the crime scene and showed their badges to get onto the scene. Some MP's were there as well.

"Agent Callen, Agent Hanna, NCIS," Callen spoke to the man in charge.

"Major Harrison," the major replied and shook Callen and Sam's hands.

"I'm sorry about your men."

"Thank you, we'll help you in any way we can to find out who did this and to get our weapons back."

"What can you tell us about this transport?" Sam asked.

"Standard transport, like we have than hundred times before. The shipment was checked and then double checked by someone else before it was loaded onto the truck. Then it was checked and double checked again to see if everything was there. The drivers signed for the shipment and left Camp Pendleton. We have a tracker in the truck so we can track its progress. Everything was going fine until the tracker stopping pinging right around this point. Normally they would've driven over the 405 up to the 101 but that was closed for maintenance so they took the 405 and then the 1 along the shore, but there was another detour so they had the take the 27. It was very early so not many people where on the road when they were ambushed."

"I have to ask this, who else knew about the transport?" Callen asked.

"Me and a few of the others and the base, but they are all stand up service men and women. Not a black mark on their record."

"We still would appreciate it if we could get a list of names of the people who handled this shipment," Sam added.

"Of course, I'll get you that." The major's phone rang. "Sorry I've got to take this."

The major walked off and Callen and Sam went to examine the scene.

"Two detours in one morning? Sounds more like a coincidence," Callen stated.

"Yeah perhaps. Eric and Nell can look into that."

"I've got a set of tire tracks coming from the side road," Callen said. Callen took a picture of it and sent it to Eric.

Sam walked over and examined the tire tracks.

"These are of the truck, it had to come to a sudden stop," Sam explained. "And these match up perfectly in front of the truck."

"So they were waiting here until the truck would show up and then parked their car in front of it," Callen added. "Too bad there are no cameras around here."

"But this car had to come up onto this road from somewhere."

"I've sent a pic of the tire tracks, the wonder twins are on it."

Callen and Sam looked around the scene a bit more before going back to the office. They immediately walked up to OPS to see if Eric and Nell had something new.

"Did you find out who those tire tracks belonged to?" Callen asked as he and Sam walked into OPS.

"We found out it belong to a Dodge ram truck, model of two thousand ten. Put the data into kaleidoscope but so far no hits. So far no car matches that model driving onto the road," Eric answered.

"Nell and I looked into the people at Camp Pendleton who know about that transport but so far nobody screams out to have leaked this information," Zoë said.

"Keep digging, these thieves must have found out somehow about this shipment," Callen said.

"What about the people at Point Mugu, they knew this shipment was coming too right?" Sam interjected.

"Yeah but according to Camp Pendleton they didn't know exactly the time and route of the transport," Nell answered. "But we'll look into them as well."

A beep was heard around OPS.

"Kaleidoscope got a hit on the Dodge truck entering the road just a half an hour before the truck did," Eric said.

"Where's that truck now Eric?" Callen asked

"Searching….. It's at a house in Santa Monica."

"Who owns that house?" Sam asked.

"According to the records no one, it's vacant."

"Good place to hide out," Callen spoke. "Send us that address Eric."

Eric pressed a few keys on his keyboard. "Already on your phones."

Callen and Sam left the office and went to the address Eric had given then.

"That's our truck," Sam spoke as he passed the house.

Sam parked the car a little down the street. Callen and Sam carefully made their way up to the house. Just as they came up to the house the front door opened. The man looked surprised as he saw Callen and Sam.

"Federal agents!" Callen yelled.

The man pulled his gun and started shooting at Callen and Sam.