"What?" Joelle asked, wanting to make sure she had heard correct.
"I want you to move in it with. I love you and I don't want to spend one day without you here and considering we spend all of our time together it's only logical. And since we're having a baby now I don't want to miss anything. So, do you want to move in with me?"
"I'd love to," Joelle answered with a smile.
"Really?" Callen asked with the same smile.
"Yeah really."
Callen pulled Joelle closer and kissed her. "I love you Joelle," Callen whispered as he released her lips.
"I love you too G. I'm really glad we're back together again and have a baby on the way."
"Me too. I've really missed you those eleven weeks that we were apart."
"So have I. I'm really sorry I broke up with you."
"It's okay. You only did what you felt was right. But I'm glad you decided to change your mind, especially since we have a baby coming now."
"Yeah, I didn't think I could handle it but after what happened I think I can. I love you and I just want to be with you, I can deal with your job just along as you always come home to me."
"I will do that Jo, I promise. I want to spend many more years with you and our little baby."
"I want that too. I am gonna worry about you but I know I want to be with you."
"It's only okay you worry about me. It's what you do for people you love."
"And I do love you. You make me really happy and you've given me, us, something wonderful."
"A little baby," Callen spoke with a smile.
"Yeah a little baby."
Callen put his hand on Joelle's stomach. "I still can't believe that there's actually a little baby inside of here."
"I know, I couldn't believe it either when I found out I was pregnant. But there really is, our little baby."
"Yeah, I'm still getting used to the idea that there will be a little baby in a few months and we're responsible for it, but I'm happy about it."
"Am I too. Yeah it is a big change but we can handle it, we can handle it together and you're gonna be a great daddy, I just know it."
"I really hope so. I don't want to let you or our baby down."
"You won't G. I know you never really had a family life of your own but you've come a long way by yourself and you're gonna be good for this kid, make sure he or she gets a loving family and the things you've never had as a kid. You're gonna be great."
"I promise I'll do my best."
"That's good."
"I wonder what it'll be like to have a little baby around the house."
"Oh yes me too. Lot of sleepless nights I imagine."
"I don't mind going out at night. I don't need that much sleep anyway."
"No, that's true. We do have to buy a lot of stuff for the baby."
"Yeah I know, but we still have some time for that and if it's okay with you I would like to paint the nursery. I want to do that for the two of you."
"That's sweet of you G. I think that's a great idea. But do you have time for it with your job?"
"Yeah, I will make time for it and I will start early so it'll be finished on time."
"Okay good."
They sat outside for a while before going inside and going to bed. Callen was already in bed when Joelle joined him. Callen was lying flat on his back and was just looking at his cell phone. He was surprised when Joelle straddled him. Before Callen could say anything Joelle had grabbed the phone from his hand, placed it on it night stand and kissed him.
"Hey you," Joelle spoke once she released his lips.
"Hey yourself," Callen replied as he moved some of Joelle's hair behind her ear. "What are you doing?" Callen asked with a smirk.
Joelle bent down and whispered seductively in his ear. "I want you, I want you so badly."
Just the way she spoke those words drove Callen mad. He quickly turned them around and kissed her passionately. Callen's hands made quick work of her pajamas and panties. He kissed her neck and his hands roamed over her body. After a while he stopped and looked into Joelle's eyes.
"Did you just…..?" Callen asked.
"Yeah, I can't help it. My pregnancy hormones are making me crazy horny. I want you so bad all of the time."
"Oh really?" Callen smirked.
"Yes, so just shut up and do something about it."
"With pleasure."
Callen went back to pleasuring Joelle. What he was doing was just so good. Joelle was loving it. She had come three times already before Callen buried himself inside of her. By the time they were both finished, Joelle had finished three more times.
"Oh… my….. god," Joelle uttered as she lay spend on the bed. "That was amazing."
"Oh yes it was. I can't believe you came so many times."
"I can't help it. It's the hormones."
"So we'll be doing this a lot in the coming months?" Callen asked with a smirk as he rolled onto his side, facing Joelle.
"Yes, if I'm feeling up to it, yes."
"I have absolutely no problem with that," Callen smirked.
"Oh you," Joelle replied and playfully smacked his chest.
Callen gave Joelle one more kiss before they got dressed and went to sleep.
A few hours later Callen woke up when Joelle jumped out of the bed.
"Jo? You okay?"
Joelle didn't respond and ran out of the room. Wondering what was going out Callen got out of the bed as well and went to find Joelle. He found her in the bathroom, puking above the toilet. Callen moved her hair out of her face and held it.
"You okay honey?"
"Yeah, just feeling a bit nauseous."
"I'm sorry Jo."
"It's okay, it's just part of being pregnant."
"Anything I can do?"
"No, it'll pass soon. I think."
Just as Joelle thought it was over she started again. Callen grabbed a cup of water for her and a washcloth. Callen sat down on the floor next to the toilet and when she wasn't puking Joelle sat against him.
"I hate seeing you like this. I feel almost bad for getting you pregnant."
"Don't be G. It's something wonderful, I can deal with some nausea. I just hope it doesn't last the entire pregnancy."
"I'm here for you whenever you need me."
"Thanks G."
They spent the rest of the night in the bathroom. Joelle was feeling really sick. Callen hated seeing her like this. It was just past 6am when they moved back to the bedroom. Joelle was feeling a little bit better.
"Maybe you should stay home today from work," Callen suggested.
"Yeah maybe, I'll see how I'm feeling when it's time to go to work."
"Alright, just try to get some sleep."
They lay down on the bed, spooning, with Callen's arm around Joelle. Callen was pleased to see that Joelle had fallen asleep after a few minutes. He hoped they wouldn't have many more nights like this. He hated seeing Joelle so sick, but it was because of their baby.
Callen had managed to get some sleep too before his alarm went off. Joelle woke up too when his alarm went off.
"Hey honey," Callen spoke and gave Joelle a soft kiss on her cheek. "How are you feeling?"
"A little bit better I guess."
"That's good. Do you want some breakfast?"
"I guess I could eat some crackers or something."
"Alright, you just grab a shower and I'll make you breakfast."
"Thanks G."
Callen got out and got dressed as Joelle went to the bathroom. Callen was just making breakfast when he heard Joelle puking in the bathroom. He went to the bathroom to make sure she was okay.
"Maybe you should stay home today," Callen said.
"Yeah, I think that might be better."
"Do you want me to stay home too?"
"Oh no G, thanks for the offer but that's not necessary."
"Okay. I'd be happy to."
"Thanks G, but I'll be okay."
"Okay." Callen gave Joelle a soft kiss on her head. "Maybe you feel a bit better after your shower."
"Yeah perhaps. I'm gonna call the school first so they can find a replacement for me."
"Okay."
Callen went back to the kitchen as Joelle went to call her school and then went to get a shower. Callen was at the kitchen table went Joelle walked into the kitchen, breakfast standing on the table. As soon as she walked into the kitchen Joelle felt nauseous again. She put the vest she was wearing over her mouth and nose.
"You okay honey?"
"Yeah, just the smell is making me nauseous."
"You do have to eat something."
"I know. I'll just have some crackers."
Joelle grabbed the pack of crackers and started eating some dry crackers. It wasn't much but it was all she could eat right now.
Just past 8.30am Callen left for work.
"You'll be okay today Jo?"
"Yeah I'll be fine. Don't worry. I'll take it easy today."
"Alright." Callen gave Joelle a kiss. "I love you."
"I love you too."
Callen gave Joelle one more kiss before he left.
"Morning," Callen spoke as he walked into the bullpen, only Sam was there.
"Morning G. You look a bit sleepy, even for you."
"Yeah, was up most of the night."
"Everything okay?" Sam asked concerned.
"Yeah, Joelle started feeling sick last night and it lasted almost the entire night."
"That sucks. Michelle had that too with Aiden."
"Yeah, I hate seeing her like that."
"I did too. Just be there for her, there's not really more you can do."
"I know and I did. I stayed up with her last night."
"That's good. Was she feeling any better in the morning?"
"A little but she still called in sick today. She wasn't feeling that well."
"Yeah Michelle had that to a couple of times with Aiden."
"How long did it last with her?"
"Just a few weeks. But some women stay nauseous the entire pregnancy."
"I really hope Joelle isn't one of them."
"How is she doing, other than the nausea?"
"She's doing good. Doctor said everything was okay and I saw the first ultrasound picture. It was really nice to see but the baby is still so small."
"Yeah it's not that big yet at eleven weeks, but yeah it's nice to see it on the ultrasound."
"Ultrasound? What ultrasound?" Kensi asked as she and Deeks walked in. "Is Michelle pregnant again?"
It wasn't Sam's place to tell but he wasn't going to lie to his teammates, not about this. "Nope, not Michelle."
"Then who?" Deeks asked. Sam looked at Callen and Kensi and Deeks followed his gaze. "Why are you looking at Callen? Callen doesn't have a girlfriend."
"I do have a girlfriend," Callen corrected him.
"Who?" Kensi asked. As far as she knew their team leader hadn't gotten a new girlfriend since he had broken up with Joelle.
"Joelle."
"Uhm, you broke up with Joelle," Deeks remarked.
"Yes I did, but we're back together again."
"That's great," Kensi exclaimed. "Is she pregnant?"
"Yes she is, eleven weeks."
"Oh my god. That's great, congratulations. I had no idea that you two were back together, let alone that she was pregnant."
"I didn't either until a few days ago. I found out when Sam and I returned from Russia."
"Is that the reason why you two are back together again?"
"No, it's not. Joelle came back after we had that case with her and she found out she was pregnant when I went to Russia. She said that she didn't know sooner and I believe her."
"Of course. Well I'm happy for you two."
"Thank you Kens."
"Congratulations Mr. Callen," Hetty spoke as she appeared behind the team leader and walked into the bullpen.
"Thank you Hetty. Now up you go, Eric and Nell have business."
The four team members got up and went upstairs.
"What do you have?" Callen asked as they walked into OPS.
"A dead body in Venice," Eric announced. "Surfers found the body on the beach early this morning."
Eric put several pictures on the screen. They saw the body lying on the beach with two holes in his chest, gunshot wounds.
"An ID on this guy?" Callen asked.
"Yes, he is Lieutenant Commander Jesse Larson. He was working as an intelligence analyst, he had top level security clearance."
"Could be they killed him to get access to some files," Sam reasoned.
"They wouldn't probably just kill him, if they wanted access to the files they needed him. Only he can access the files," Nell said. "The type of files he worked with required his login codes and a voice coded message."
"Maybe he was killed somewhere else and this was a body dump," Deeks interjected.
"Meaning they could have gotten the information out of him and threatened him to access the file," Kensi added.
"Did Larson have any next of kin?" Callen asked.
"Yes, a wife and two kids," Eric answered after looking at his tablet.
"Kens, Deeks, you go talk to the family. Sam and I will go to the beach to see what we can find out. Eric, Nell, see what you can dig up about Larson and check if his account was used or if he had any enemies."
"Will do," came the reply from the two techs.
With everyone knowing what to do everyone left. Callen and Sam got in Sam's car and Sam drove them to the beach.
"Hope you're not mad at me for sorta telling Kensi and Deeks that Joelle's pregnant," Sam spoke once they were in the car.
"Oh no, I'm not. I was gonna tell them anyway."
"Okay good."
Sam parked the car near the beach and they walked onto the beach. They showed their badges to get onto the scene.
"You're the surfers who found him?" Callen asked two men.
"Yeah. We were here around 8am this morning. He was lying on the beach already. We didn't see anyone else. As soon as we noticed he was dead we called the police. We never saw anyone here," one of the men answered.
"Alright thank you."
Callen and Sam went to look at an the body to see if they could find any evidence. It seemed like this really was a body dump, there was not that much blood on the sand. Callen and Sam looked around. This was a pretty deserted area of the beach, no cameras in sight so no way to determine who dumped the body. There wasn't much to be found at the scene so Callen and Sam went back to the car. Just as they were getting in the car Callen's phone rang.
"Yeah Hetty," Callen answered the phone.
"Larson's commanding officer will meet you and Sam at the boatshed," Hetty spoke.
"Already Hetty, we're on our way."
Callen hung up the phone. "What's up?" Sam asked his partner.
"Larson's commanding officer is coming to the boatshed."
Sam nodded and drove towards the boatshed. Just after they arrived Larson's commanding officer arrived.
"Agents Callen and Hanna?" Commander Shelton asked.
"Yeah that's us."
"Commander Martin Shelton," he greeted them with a handshake.
"Sorry about your man," Sam told him.
"Thank you. Do you have any idea as to what happened?"
"No, we're still investigating. He was found at the beach this morning but he wasn't killed there," Callen said. "There weren't any cameras at that spot so no idea who dumped him there. Our techs are looking into everything to see what they can come up with."
"Was Larson in any kind of trouble?" Sam asked.
"No, he was a model sailor. Everyone liked him and he got along with everyone."
"Any problems at home?" Callen asked.
"No, not as far as I know. As far as I know he didn't have any problems at home or financial problems or anything."
"Anything special about your cases? Maybe someone chased him down."
"It could be, that's why I wanted to talk to you. Now, you don't have the clearance Larson did but I can give you the names of the people we think could have done this and we would like to be kept in the loop."
"Of course."
"He are the names," Shelton spoke as he handed Callen as flash drive and his card. "Please find out who did this."
"We will sir."
Shelton left and Callen and Sam went back to the office. Callen went upstairs to see how Eric and Nell were doing.
"Anything new?"
"No, nothing stands out so far," Nell informed him.
"Larson's commanding officer gave us a list of names that could maybe have killed him," Callen said as he handed the flash drive to Nell.
"We'll look into it, let you know when we find something."
"Great."
Callen went back downstairs and went outside to Callen Joelle.
"Hey G," Joelle answered the phone after a few rings.
"Hey Jo, how are you doing?"
"Still a bit nauseous, but I'm okay. Breakfast managed to stay in."
"Okay that's good. I just wanted to check in with you."
"That's sweet of you G but I'm okay."
"Okay good. I'll see you later at home. I love you."
"I love you too, yeah I'll see you later. Bye G."
"Bye Jo."
Callen hung up the phone and walked back into the bullpen.
I was about two hours later when Eric and Nell came down the stairs.
"We may have something," Eric announced as the two techs walked into the bullpen. "We searched for Larson to see where he was last. We caught him leaving his house at 5.30am this morning and it seems like he was going for a run, hence him being found in workout clothes. We followed him on the cameras and a little later we found this."
Eric put a video on the screen and the team watched the footage. They saw Larson running and then he was pulled into a van.
"Now, we tracked the van to a warehouse in Culver City," Nell continued. "We don't have the complete view of the warehouse but we did get this."
Nell put another video on the screen. They saw the van pulling up to the warehouse and the men pulled Larson out and took him out of the picture. About an hour and a half later they came back into the picture and it seemed like they were dragging something into the van, they couldn't see clearly what it was but it appeared to be Larson's body.
"We lost the van somewhere after it left the warehouse but it was heading for the direction of the beach where Larson was found."
"Any ID on the men who took him?" Sam asked.
"We got a hit on two of them," Eric announced as he put two ID's on the screen. "Hugo and Luis Torres, both have ties to Mexican cartels and both of these names were on the list that Shelton gave us."
"Any idea where they are now?" Callen asked.
The van went back to the warehouse, it's still there. Not sure if the men are still there too."
"We'll check it out. Good work. Let's gear up guys."
They grabbed their gear and went to the warehouse. Callen and Sam went to the front and Kensi and Deeks went around back.
"Move in on my count. Three, two, one," Callen spoke over the com and they breached.
Rifles at the ready they looked around the warehouse but it was completely empty. There was nothing there.
"Clear," came the call from all four team members.
They lowered their rifles and looked around the place.
"What did they do with Larson here?" Deeks asked. "There's nothing here, no blood either."
The agents didn't know what exactly was going on.
"Callen! Sam! Watch out," Kensi suddenly yelled when she saw Hugo and Luis appear behind the two with their guns raised at them.
