NCIS: LOS ANGELES...
WHAT TROUBLE CAN HAPPEN...NOW?
DISCLAIMER:
NCIS: Los Angeles and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
It's been four years...Dani and D.J. Deeks are now 16, Callie Beale is 15. The three are best friends. What has changed in four years? What trouble is about to happen? Sequel to...
Get Out Of My Head, Deeks!
CHAPTER 20: A DEEKS FAMILY TALK...
DANI'S P.O.V.
I came to my room and I am now sitting at my desk.
I'm just tired of everyone trying to convince me I should talk about what happened to me...
Like talking about it...is going to make it better or help me to forget what happened.
Why can't anyone understand that this is hard for me? With everything that is happening...
Not only with D.J. and Callie, but also being kidnapped and what that monster did to me,
It's hard to put into words.
Sometimes I really hate my brother and he can be a real a$$...
Why does he have to call me on it when I say everything is 'FINE'? Even if it is a lie,
Not that I would tell anyone that.
I'm okay...well, most of the time.
I just don't need everyone to know when I'm not okay. I heard what he yelled when Mom and dad were outside my door earlier.
I want to call Michael. I don't know why, but since that day at the zoo...
I feel like I can talk to him, when I can't seem to talk to anyone else.
The other day after we left the zoo, I gave Michael my cell phone number.
He called me yesterday to talk and see how I was doing. We talked for a few hours...
Michael is still in the hospital recovering from the gunshot in his shoulder.
He told me that he received a shock, when he learned his mother had a brother.
He told me the story he had learned about his father's death and the fact that he doesn't want anything to do with his Uncle.
So when Michael gets out of the hospital, he will probably be going to another foster home.
Why does life have to be so complicated and screwed up?
D.J.'S P.O.V.
D.J.'S ROOM...
I've known Dani just a little over four years now, but it's not hard to tell when she's lying about being 'FINE' and I can't help but call her it.
She tries to act fine 24 hours a day and 7 seven days a week.
No one is FINE all the time!
When is Dani going to understand that you don't have fine all the time? It doesn't make you weak when you're not okay?
My sister is just so stubborn sometimes!
Why can't she see that I call her on the lie that's she's FINE, because...
Saying you're fine in this house is code for when things are anything but fine.
I know she heard me earlier when I yelled that she couldn't be invisible if Mom and Dad were outside her bedroom door.
Because she turned up her music a little bit louder.
Since I came to live here and learned that I had a sister...
Yeah, I found ways to pick on her and tease her.
But dose Dani really believe I would ever do anything to intentionally hurt her?
If I could go back what happened on Callie's birthday...I would, but I can't.
I'm not ready to be a dad. The thought actually SCARES THE CRAP OUT OF ME!
I know Callie is scared to.
Callie and I still need to talk about what we're going once the baby is born. Callie told me she thinks that she wants to keep the baby.
There's still a lot to talk about and not much time left to talk about it.
THE LIVING ROOM...
TWO HOURS LATER...
KENSI'S P.O.V.
I had gotten off the phone my mom and it was half an hour later when she showed.
After Dani let my mom in her room, I had come back to the living with Marty.
Marty and I were now sitting on the couch, neither of us had a clue what would happen next.
It made me feel kind of mad that Dani preferred to open up to my mom and not me. I was Dani's mother...not my mom.
"Kens..." Came Marty's voice and when I looked at him...
He pointed down the hall toward the hall; I was surprised to see Dani and my mom coming toward us.
My mom stopped and knocked on D.J.'s bedroom.
"Dani," I asked, as she took the seat in the chair she had been sitting in just a couple of hours ago.
Dani didn't say anything.
"I think this is a talk for just the four of you. Remember, what I said about running away, Dani..." My mom said giving Dani a hug. "Don't go, Grandma." Dani said and I heard the pleading in her voice.
"You need to talk them, Dani." My mom told her.
"Mom..." I began; afraid that if my mom left...Dani would shut down. "Kensi, this is a talk for you, Marty and your kids...it won't help you if I'm here." My mom told me.
"Thanks, Julia." Marty told my mom.
I then watched as my mom grabbed her jacket and keys, and then walked out the door.
"I didn't mean to push you earlier, sis. It's just that you try to convince everyone that you're fine 24/7 and you can't be fine all the time. It doesn't make you weak..." D.J. said sitting once again in the chair he had been sitting in a few hours ago.
"It's just hard..." Dani said at last. "What's hard?" Marty asked.
"Talking...about every little thing. Some things are just hard to explain. It seems like I've always been invisible and D.J. has always been the favorite...even before I knew he existed." Dani said, as she looked at her hands.
"Fawn...Dani, your mom and I don't have a favorite. We never meant to give you that impression, because we love you both just the same. The day you were born..." Marty began.
"Dad, I know when my birthday is..." Dani said rolling her eyes and I had to stop myself from laughing.
"You didn't let me finish, Dani. The day you mom became a mom...May 12th fell on a Sunday that year. Do you know what else made that day special that year..."
Marty asked and when no one responded Marty continued.
"That day was Mother's Day. Since the day you and your brother have been loved just the same. Nothing will change that...you can talk to me or your mom about anything." Marty told her.
It was then Dani finally looked up at Marty and I.
"I just want to forget what has happened in the last week...I just want things to go back to the way there were before." Dani replied.
"Life doesn't work like that. If it did there are some things I would like to forget." I said, finding my voice.
"Grandma told me the night I ran away to her house...
'You can't run away when things get tough. You will have to face them sooner or later.'
I just didn't want to face any of what was going on. Then when I got to school I couldn't go in.
Michael Gallagher found me at the zoo. He said he just wanted to see if I was okay and wanted to be my friend, but then..." Dani started to cry and I got up to put my arms around her.
"You're safe now." I assured her, just as I had done the day we found her in that warehouse.
"I j-just hate having t-to face all of th-this at the t-time." Dani sobbed. "Dani, everything is gonna be fine...I don't it written down this time." Marty said, I snorted as Dani looked confused.
"When NCIS was trying to solve your Grandpa Blye's murder..." I told her and D.J. what Marty had done and Dani let out a little laugh.
"If you don't feel like you can talk to your mom or I...just write it down and you can show it to us if you want to. Just don't bottle it up, okay?" Marty asked and Dani nodded giving a little smile.
"Feel better, Dani? I won't call you on it, if you lie. I promise I'll try to work on that." D.J. promised with a smile and Dani looked at him.
"Y-yeah, I guess." Dani said, her smile getting a little bigger.