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Chapter 3

Deeks took a deep breath as reality started to sink in; he was now a full time parent. Worries about what he would do and how he would do it started creeping into his mind but one thought stood out above the rest.

Could he be a good dad, when his had been such a horrible man?

The two stood standing there until Leo started wiggling in his dad's arms. "Daddy, can we pway some more?" He asked, giving Deeks a puppy dog face.

Deeks chuckled but shook his head. "Sorry, bud. But we need to go." He told him.
"Aw...but I lub it here!" Leo pouted.

The man smiled and ruffled the sand out of his hair as he started walking to his car. "I know you do; I do too. But we need to go home; it's starting to get late and you mister," Deeks said, tickling his son causing immediate giggles, "you need a bath."

"Did Mommy leab alweady?" Leo inquired as Deeks squatted down and picked up the bags Rachel had left.

He stopped and looked at his son. "She told you she was leaving?"

Leo nodded. "She say that I lib with you now. Does that mean I gets to see you evey-day?" The boy asked excitedly.

Deeks grinned. "Yea, buddy, you'll be living with me and you will most definitely see me every day. Is that ok?" He asked nervously.

"Oh course is otay, Daddy!" Leo said loudly, wiggling out of his father's arms and running around in circles.

"Gonna lib with Daddy! Gonna lib with Daddy!" Leo giggled

Deeks couldn't lie; it felt pretty damn good to hear his son was so excited to live with him. And he had to admit, Deeks was excited for Leo to live with him too; he was already making plans about fixing up the spare room in his apartment, buying a bed, some toys, snacks, everything Leo could need-or want.

He knew Rachel wasn't extremely keen on getting Leo a lot of stuff; most of the stuff Leo had had come from the times Deeks had gotten to see him and he'd come with gifts; or he would buy them before he left. Rachel preferred money be spent on her, so she only bought Leo necessities.

So naturally Deeks loved to spoil Leo, within reason of course. He didn't want his son becoming greedy like his mother.

Deeks put the last bag in the trunk and shut it, turning towards the bouncing boy. "Alright, Leo, let's roll little man." He said.

The boy stopped and looked at his dad. "Can we come back 'mowow?" He asked.
"Sure." Deeks smiled.
"Can we go simmin?" Leo asked.

Deeks laughed. "Swimming. And yea, we can go swimming; as long as it doesn't rain."

"Yay!" Leo smiled and hopped in.

Deeks reached in and fixed up the seat belt. He frowned before shutting the door. He needs a car seat. The man thought to himself. He got in the car and turned the key, thinking.

"Hey, Leo. What do you say we go to Wal-Mart, and then the two of us go out to eat?" Deeks asked.

"Otay Daddy!" Leo smiled, kicking his feet happily.

Deeks chuckled at his son as he pulled out of the parking lot and onto the street.

Kensi unlocked her front door and went straight to her refrigerator for a cold beer after her run. She checked her phone again for at least the tenth time since leaving work, disappointed when she merely saw her lock screen.

She would never admit to it, but Kensi was disappointed that Deeks hadn't called her or stopped by to hang out on that Friday night. She loved their little hangout nights and wished they happened more often.

Kensi wasn't sure what was happening between them; she wasn't sure what exactly it was that she felt for Deeks.

She sighed and shook her head. This was ridiculous. Kensi felt like she was in high school again, waiting around for a boy to call her. She was an adult now; she was perfectly capable of dialing a number and pressing the call button.

So she did.

Kensi leaned against her counter with the phone pressed to her ear as she nervously bit her lip.

"It's Marty! Gone surfin'!" His voicemail answered.

She sighed, surprised at how disappointed she felt, and hung up. Kensi turned to her freezer and pulled out a tub of ice cream.

"Top Model by myself it is." Kensi said to herself, taking her snack and going into the living room before plopping down on the couch for a lonely night without her partner.

Leo didn't seem to mind that his mother had left; he was totally and completely a daddy's boy, and he was over the moon with the fact that he now got to live with his dad.

Deeks had gotten necessities for his son now living with him, and had the guys at the store set up to deliver the furniture after he had gotten Leo something to eat.

They were driving down the road and Deeks glanced up in his mirror to see Leo kicking his feet in his brand new car seat; happily playing with the new toy car Deeks had gotten him.

"So, little man, what's Momma usually feed you for dinner?" The man inquired.

"Sammiches." Leo replied, unable to say sandwich.

Deeks chuckled, but before he could respond Leo continued. "But I don't like her sammiches anymore. Can I has someting diffent?" The boy asked sweetly.

"Leo, you can have whatever you'd like." Deeks smiled.

"Can we has pe-za?" Leo asked excitedly.
"We can most definitely have pizza." His father smiled.
"Can we has ice cweam too? We gots to hab ice cweam Daddy." Leo said.

Deeks broke out laughing at that. "Oh man, Kensi is going to love you." He shook his head.

"Who Kensi?" Leo inquired.

"Kensi is..." Deeks paused, contemplating how to answer. "She is my best friend and she works with me."

"Is she you girl-fwend?" The boy asked.
Deeks chuckled and shook his head. "No, buddy, I don't have a girlfriend."

"What? Why not? The girlies not wike you?" Leo gasped.

"Oh c'mon little man, this is your dad we're talking about; of course the girls like me. But the one I like doesn't seem to be liking me back...she's pretty closed off." Deeks trailed off, his thoughts filling with those of the brunette beauty in his life.

Leo was quiet for a moment. "You needs a girl-fwend, Daddy." He told his dad.

This brought a laugh out of the man. "Oh, yea? And what about you, little man, you got a girlfriend?" Deeks grinned.

"I did at daycare. But I bwoke up with her." Leo explained.
"How come?" Deeks inquired.
"She wanted to eat my ice cweam!" Leo said as if this was the worst crime in the world.

"Kens is definitely gonna love you..." Deeks said softly, more to himself than to his son as he pulled into the pizza place. "Alright, buddy, you hungry?" Deeks asked.

"Oh yea!" Leo grinned eagerly.

Leo chatted happily about anything he could think of on the way back home to Deeks' apartment, but sometimes he would stop talking when he liked a song on the radio and hum along with the music.

Deeks couldn't stop smiling, how could he with his boy in the back seat? The only time that the man did stop smiling was when he started thinking about how he was going to work and be a full time dad.

"Daddy is you still a cop?" Leo inquired suddenly.

"Kinda. I work with different people and place than I did before, I'm more than just a cop now." Deeks tried to explain.

Leo thought for a moment. "So you's wike a super hewo?" He asked.
Deeks laughed softly. "I don't think I'm a super hero, buddy."
"I do." Leo replied.

Deeks smiled at that. "Thanks, Leo." Leo grinned at his dad in response.

Before he knew it, Deeks was pulling up to his apartment building. He cut the engine and turned around to look at his son. "Alright, mini-me, home sweet home."

"You lib here?" Leo asked in amazement, looking all around.

Deeks chuckled and opened his car door. "Yup. And now you live here too." He told the boy as he unbuckled the car seat.

"Cool Daddy!" Leo giggled and jumped out of the car.

Deeks shouldered a few of the bags and Leo picked up his backpack full of toys and they headed up the stairs. Deeks kept a close eye on the little boy slowly trudging up the stairs.

The detective still couldn't believe Leo was here; at his apartment. Deeks was so excited to be a bigger part of his son's life; he already started thinking about teaching him surfing and swimming.

"This way, bud." The man instructed, turning a corner.
"Otay Daddy." Leo replied happily.

Finally they arrived at Deeks' door, and met an older man in the hallway too. Deeks smiled at him.

"Hey there, Mr. Jason." The shaggy man greeted.

The man looked up and smiled in return; then his gaze fell on Leo. "Hello there, little one. Who've we got here now?" The man inquired.

"Hi man!" Leo grinned, causing the stranger to chuckle.
"This is my boy Leo." Deeks explained.

Understanding flashed across the man's face. "Ah, yes. I have heard quite a lot about you, Leo. It's nice to meet you. You can call me Mr. Jason if you'd like." The man smiled warmly.

The man looked to be in his late forties, early fifties maybe. He had kind eyes and salt and pepper hair. Mr. Jason was a friend of Deeks'; the two had bonded when the elder man learned Deeks' had a son that lived far away.

"Misser Jason, does you lib here too?" Leo asked.
Mr. Jason smiled. "I live right next door to your father."

"Cool!" The boy exclaimed happily.

The elder man smiled softly and looked over at Deeks. "He reminds me of my grandson."

Deeks smiled in returned and ruffled Leo's hair a bit. "Yea, you've told me about him. He and his mom live several hours from here, don't they?" He inquired.

Mr. Jason nodded. "Yup. Sadly, I don't get to see much of them." He sighed. But then he looked at Leo again and he smiled. "Maybe you and your father could come visit me sometime. I'm retired now and I don't go out much anymore. Not that I can't, I bet I could give Marty here a run for his money." Mr. Jason smirked.

Deeks chuckled and Leo shook his head. "Nuh-uh. My daddy's a super hewo." The boy said seriously.

Mr. Jason grinned. "Is that right?" he asked.
"Yup." Leo nodded.

The older man smiled fondly and looked back to Deeks. "You've got a great kid here, Marty."

"Thank you, sir. He is pretty great." Deeks replied proudly.
"Well if you ever need someone to watch him, my door's always open." Mr. Jason smiled.

Deeks paused. "Really?" He asked.

"I know you work a lot during the week, if you need a babysitter I'd be more than happy to." Mr. Jason nodded.

"Wow, that would...yea, no, that would be awesome. I was actually just thinking about that in the car. I don't really have anyone else that could watch him." Deeks rambled, extremely grateful.

"Well you just drop him off before you go to work and I'll keep him until you get home." Mr. Jason smiled.
Deeks reached his hand forward and shook the elder man's. "Thank you, so much, sir."

"Ah, don't worry about it. You know I love kids, and I hardly get to see mine." Mr. Jason chuckled. "Well, I'd better get inside, I've got food on the stove." The man told the two.

"Bye Misser Jason!" Leo waved.
"Good night, Leo." The man replied, going inside.

"Alright bud, we got that taken care of now!" Deeks smiled.
"Yup." Leo nodded.

Deeks was ninety-nine percent sure the boy had no clue what he was talking about; but that was alright.

As Deeks was working on getting the door open, he heard Monty come running to towards the door barking. Leo's eyes grew wide and he jumped up and down in excitement.

"You gots a puppy?" Leo gasped.

Deeks grinned. "Well he's not really a puppy anymore, but yea. I do; his name's Monty. He was a police dog." He explained, throwing the door open.

Monty caught onto some of Leo's excitement and practically tackled the boy. Leo giggled nonstop and threw his arms around the dog as Monty licked his face.

"Silly puppy!" Leo giggled.
"Yea, I think he likes you, Leo." Deeks chuckled, placing some of the bags down.
The boy patted the dog on the head. "Good puppy." He smiled.

Monty barked happily. Deeks grinned at seeing his son playing with his dog; his family was coming together.

At eleven o'clock Deeks had finally finished putting together Leo's new bed and taking the bit of stuff he had in there out and moving into his bedroom closet.

He wasn't a hoarder like Kensi.

The thought of her-as always-brought a smile to his lips. He'd long since accepted that he had feelings for his partner, and thought about her multiple times day. Now it just seemed normal.

Deeks walked out of the bedroom and into the living room. A look around the room had the man shaking his head; it was an absolute mess.

Toys, crayons, and paper were littering the floor but Deeks couldn't bring himself to mind. There was an old episode of SpongeBob playing on TV from where Deeks had put it on Nickelodeon for Leo.

Speaking of, Deeks glanced around the room and his eyes fell on the little boy on the couch; fast asleep. Monty had jumped up next to Leo and was lying beside him watchfully. Deeks smiled softly and walked over to him, gently lifting Leo into his arms and carrying him into his brand new room. Monty had woken up and walked by the man's heels, lying beside Leo's new bed.

Deeks gently placed Leo into his Avengers bed; apparently the boy was going through a super hero phase. He looked around the room and smiled when his eyes landed on a certain stuffed animal; it was a small lion, perfect for cuddling with, and Deeks had bought it the day Leo was born.

It made him happy that Rachel hadn't thrown it away.

Deeks grabbed the animal and placed it next to Leo; smiling, Deeks brushed the hair out of Leo's eyes and placed a soft kiss on his son's forehead.

"Night, buddy."

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