Here is chapter two! Thank you so much for the positive response on the first chapter!
Takes place in season one.
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS:LA.
Deeks woke up early in the morning to the annoying shrieking of his alarm-clock. He moved his hand to shut it off on his phone and then rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. He had to get up and get Jules ready for school. Walking into Jules' room, he crouched down next to her bed rubbing small circles on her back to wake her up.
"Good morning." He said softly and she started to stir. "It's time to get up."
"M'kay." She mumbled.
"I'm going to go make breakfast. You get dressed okay?"
She didn't respond but she was awake so he headed to the kitchen. He got out the pancake batter and mixed the ingredients until it was good. He made the pancakes, got out plates and put it on the table.
He walked back to the room and sighed when he saw her asleep again. She hadn't moved at all. "Jules. Time to get up. Breakfast is ready and you should've been dressed already." He pulled her up to a sitting position and she went unwillingly. She yawned and made no move to stand up from her position now. "We have a tight schedule. Let's go, let's go, let's go." Still not moving. "What's wrong Jules? Are you sick?" He felt her forehead and it wasn't hot at all. "I made pancakes sweetheart. Let's go eat." He picked her up and carried her the short way to the table.
He had cut her pancakes into smaller pieces but that did nothing to help speed up the process of getting out the door. He finished and stood up. "I'm gonna go get dressed, you do the same when you finish okay?" She nodded.
He walked into his bathroom and brushed his teeth, then headed to the closet to pick out some clothes and get dressed.
By the time he came back into the room, Jules was still sitting at the table but she'd stopped eating. "Jules, why aren't you moving? Why haven't you finished your breakfast?"
"I don't want to go."
"I know you don't but you have to. It's required." He knew she didn't like school. It was the same conversation they had every day.
"Why?"
"Because that's the way it is. Now let's get you dressed and you can finish your pancakes in the car."
It was now 7:45 in the morning and Juliana was putting her shoes on in her bedroom when Deeks called out to her. "Jules, we gotta go now, you're gonna be late."
"Coming." She said as she came out of her bedroom. She grabbed her backpack and they went out the door.
When he started driving Juliana asked him a question. "Daddy, can you come home early from work today?"
"I don't know sweetheart, I have to work until I've finished everything." She asked that question a lot and he could never give her a good answer.
"Why?"
"Because that's what my boss wants me to do."
"I don't like your boss." Juliana said softly.
Deeks chuckled softly. "I know baby girl." He reached his hand back towards hers and she grabbed onto it. It was hard for her to understand that a job meant income which payed for food and housing, all she cared about was seeing her dad.
He dropped her off at school and started his morning commute in the LA traffic to get to work. He was late as usual and was sure that he'd get comments from Callen and Sam. He walked into the bullpen and as expected, everyone was already seated at their desks.
"Look who decided to show up?" Callen said to Sam but the question was for everyone to hear.
"Late night maybe?" Sam questioned and Deeks just smiled. He knew they'd stop soon enough.
"Must've been some girl, huh?" Callen added.
"You have no idea." They really didn't.
They'd been having a slow day which was good because they had a lot of paperwork to finish up from the last case. The whole team was working in the bullpen all day, so when Kensi and Deeks went to get lunch, she finally had some time to talk to him privately.
"You want burgers or tacos today?"
"I don't care, whichever." She replied. "So…" She wasn't sure how to bring it up but she just got straight to the point. "Everything okay this morning?"
"Yeah, it took awhile to get Jules to sit up and then she didn't want to get dressed or eat her breakfast. Everything just took forever."
"I'm sorry."
"She wants me to come home early every day and I can't promise anything because I never know what kind of case we're going to get. And I feel horrible about that." Now that someone knew about his daughter, he could let out all his frustrations. "Sorry, I'm bombarding you with my issues."
"That's okay, let's get something to eat, relax and hopefully we'll be done with paperwork at five o'clock and not get a case today."
"Right?"
"Ugh, I just want to curl up on the couch tonight and go to sleep early."
"You gonna watch top model?"
"I've got an entire season recorded just waiting to be watched."
"Classy."
"Oh shut up." She laughed. "What do you have planned? Another princess movie perhaps?"
"I'm not sure yet, we'll see what we're in the mood for and don't mock me. You and I both know you loved watching Belle fall in love with the Beast."
"Maybe." She smiled.
"Order for Deeks." The guy from the taco truck called out.
With their food they headed over to the picnic tables facing the beach.
Kensi sighed. "It feels good to sit in the sun. I feel like we've just been running without a break, you know."
"Yeah, I totally get what you're saying." They started to eat in silence, thinking about the last case. "Uhm… growing up my father wasn't always the nicest, actually I don't remember a time that he was and seeing what those kids had to go through yesterday… I'm just glad they're okay now."
"Me too."
"I get that the father was sick but that doesn't make it okay to hurt his children." He shook his head.
"Sometimes they can't help it though. They don't even realize what they're doing and how it's affecting the people around them." To him it sounded like she was speaking from experience but he didn't ask any further questions.
"Well I hope I never get like that. It's terrible and hard to understand. Jules and I are best friends. We do everything together when there's time."
"Reminds me of the relationship I had with my Dad. We were best friends too."
"Were?" He asked tentatively.
"He passed away when I was fifteen."
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay."
"So then it was just you and your mom?"
"Uh no, but my Dad and I would do everything together and he's the one who taught me how to hotwire a car."
He noticed the quick change of topic. It was obvious that she didn't want to talk about her mom so he just went along with it. "Cause that's an everyday necessity."
"Hey, it saved your life just a few weeks ago."
"Fair enough." He held up his hands.
"He was a marine so he had a tough job like you, weird hours and deployments but he always put me first and I'll always remember that."
"You don't even know how happy that makes me to hear that."
"She'll only think about all the good times that she got to spend with you."
"I hope so."
As it was nearing 4:30, Hetty came over to the group and handed them each more paperwork they had forgotten about.
"I'd like this to be turned in before you all leave. It's already long overdue."
Kensi could see the disappointment on Deeks' face because he thought he would be able to leave on time but it wasn't looking very hopeful now. They all got to work quietly and at five o'clock Kensi texted Deeks because she didn't want Callen and Sam to hear what she had to say.
'You want me to finish your paperwork?'
He replied immediately. 'I can't ask you to do that Kens.'
'I don't mind, you should go home to Juliana.'
She could see that he was typing for a long time either writing a long message or contemplating what to respond.
'Thank you.'
'Just leave it on your desk I'll get it when I get up later.'
'Okay.'
Deeks started packing up his bag and Callen and Sam looked up but Sam was the one to speak. "You can't possibly be done already."
"That's what happens when you work efficiently." Deeks said with his signature smirk and he headed for the door giving Kensi one last smile.
"You've been really quiet today." Callen stated waiting for her to elaborate.
"Uhm… just tired I guess." She returned her attention to the paperwork in front of her. She didn't want to give anything away about the new information she'd found out yesterday. She was still trying to wrap her mind around the idea of Deeks having a daughter.
"What's up with your partner lately?"
"What do you mean? He seems fine to me." She hoped that she sounded convincing.
If they suspected anything they didn't comment on it further as they got back to work.
A little while later Callen started to pack up his bag and Sam decided to call it a night as well.
"You almost finished?" Callen asked Kensi.
"Uh… not really." Truth was, she had finished her paperwork already and was just waiting for them to leave.
"Don't work too hard." Sam said.
"I won't." Callen and Sam left.
She got up and went over to the kitchen next to the bullpen, grabbing a glass of water and then the files on Deeks' desk. She started working hard on typing up the reports.
He arrived home at 6:00pm because of the traffic, but it was still earlier than usual. He turned the key, opened the door and heard a conversation coming from the bedroom so he called out. "I'm home!"
He then heard little feet running towards him and she was there. "Daddy!" She sprinted towards him with the biggest smile and gave him a huge hug. Alice, the nanny, walked in after her and grabbed her bag. "We were playing with my dolls."
"That's so fun."
"I'll see you tomorrow after school Jules." Alice said.
"Okay, bye Alice."
"Thank you, see you tomorrow." Deeks closed and locked the door behind her.
"Did you have a good day at school?"
"Yeah." Juliana replied quickly but then moved onto something else. "I'm so happy you're here, I have to show you something." She said pulling Deeks' hand along. They went over to her dollhouse and she showed him all of them set up. "They're all having dinner." All her dolls were seated at the small dining room table.
"That's awesome baby." He loved how she could find joy in the simplest little things. "Are you hungry?"
"Yes!" She said enthusiastically.
Deeks laughed. "Alright then, let's go eat."
"After dinner will you play dolls with me Daddy?"
"Of course sweetheart."
"Can we go to the beach sometime?" She was just full of requests tonight.
"Sure, we can go on the weekend. I'll ask Kensi to come too."
She'd only met Kensi once and she was nice but Jules didn't know if she liked that idea, she was hoping it would just be her and her Dad.
Kensi was still working on the paperwork, she had finished Deeks' reports and was almost done submitting them. Thinking that everyone had gone home already, she jumped when Hetty started speaking. "You're here rather late miss Blye."
She recovered fast. "I just wanted to get it all finished."
"I see. It seems to be taking you twice as long to finish your paperwork today."
"I'm just being extremely thorough."
"Well don't stay too late miss Blye, tomorrow's another day." She turned to leave but spoke again as she walked away. "You tell mister Deeks, he can finish his own paperwork at his own pace next time." Kensi wanted to say that she had offered but Hetty had already disappeared. She hoped he wouldn't get in trouble because they weren't supposed to be doing each others paperwork.
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