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Chapter 5
That Monday morning had Deeks nervous and on edge, for several reasons. He hated being on bad terms with Kensi, but no matter how hard he tried or how many calls he made, she just wasn't willing to talk to him.
And with Mr. Jason busy for the rest of the weekend and nothing else to do with Leo, Deeks couldn't just pop over at her apartment with Leo in tow saying "hey here's my kid".
Walking through his apartment as he got ready for work Deeks took a deep breath, preparing also for the other reason for his nerves.
Today was the first day that Mr. Jason would be babysitting Leo. It wasn't at all that Deeks didn't trust the man; he was nervous about how Leo would act, if he would behave or throw a fit about his dad leaving him with a practical stranger.
Deeks walked into Leo's room to find that the little boy had already put the clothes his father had laid out for him on; granted the shirt was on backwards and the shoes were on the wrong feet.
With a chuckle, Deeks dropped down to Leo's eye level. "Lookin' sharp, little man. But, your shirt is on backwards." He smiled.
Leo looked at his shirt and huffed with annoyance. "Dawn it."
"Hey, it's alright." Deeks chuckled, helping the boy get the shirt on right, and fixing his shoes.
"Ok, so remember what we talked about last night? Daddy has to go to work, so you're gonna stay with Mr. Jason, alright? I'll be back later to pick you up." Deeks told the boy seriously.
"Can't I go wiff you?" Leo asked.
Deeks smiled softly. "I'm sorry, buddy. But where I work is no place for kids."
"But I can help!" The boy objected.
"No go, Leo." Deeks shook his head.
"But what 'bout Monty?" Leo said, sticking his lower lip out as he gave his father the best puppy dog face he could manage.
Deeks chuckled and ruffled Leo's hair. "Well, Monty's a big dog; he stays here and holds down the fort while we're gone."
"Oh..." Leo nodded, a little disappointed.
Checking his watch, Deeks saw that they needed to get over to Mr. Jason's apartment so that could get to work. He stood up and picked up the go bag he'd made for Leo, throwing it over his shoulder.
"Let's roll, Peanut." Deeks smiled, walking to the door.
"Otay Daddy!" Leo replied, right behind him; clutching his trusty lion as he followed his dad down to the older man's apartment.
Deeks smiled at his son as he rang the doorbell, waiting patiently; he didn't have to wait long, however, and Mr. Jason had opened the door smiling.
"Well good morning!" The older man greeted.
"Hi man." Leo smiled.
"Hey there, Mr. J. How we doin' this morning?" Deeks asked.
"Very well, thank you. And yourself? Come in, come in!" Mr. Jason replied, ushering the Deeks boys inside.
Leo ran straight inside to where Mr. Jason had left the television on; having some old cartoon on special for Leo. The older man chuckled and walked into the kitchen, pouring a cup of coffee for Deeks.
Deeks followed him and took the offered cup, drinking it immediately; desperately needing the caffeine to face the day he was in for.
"Something troubling you, Marty?" Mr. Jason asked knowingly.
The detective chuckled slightly and leaned against the counter. "Yea, no, I'm fine."
Mr. Jason smirked slightly. "And Kensi? Is she fine also?"
The older man had long since lost count of how many times Deeks had talked about one Ms. Kensi Blye; she was the shaggy man's favorite topic of discussion. Mr. Jason was all too happy to listen, remembering a time in his youth when he had rambled on and on to his father about a girl.
Deeks raised his eyebrows, surprised and slightly embarrassed. "So...you probably heard that whole thing Saturday, didn't you?" He inquired.
"I did. I take it she was upset about the news?" Mr. Jason nodded.
"No, she doesn't know, actually. She is under impression that I had another woman in my apartment that morning. No clue about Leo." Deeks explained.
Mr. Jason arched a knowing eyebrow. "Jealous?"
Deeks chuckled. "I'd like to think so. But, I'm pretty sure she was just pissed I didn't answer a phone call Friday night that I didn't even notice until after the whole argument the next day." He sighed.
Mr. Jason was silent, observing the detective carefully. The younger man was nervous, shifting his feet and tapping his fingers against the counter. Finally, Deeks broke the silence with a heavy sigh.
"How am I supposed to tell her? She...she's going to hate me for not telling her." Deeks said with a defeated tone in his voice.
The older man thought for a moment, and before he could respond Leo came running in and up to his dad. Deeks immediately smiled and lifted the boy into his arms, causing the boy to smile as well.
Mr. Jason smiled. "When you tell her is obviously your decision. But, you're going to need to tell her soon if you don't want to lose her completely. Just wait until the time feels right. You'll know."
"And if she gets mad? Decides that I've kept this from her for too long and no longer wants anything to do with me? What do I do then?" Deeks sighed.
"Then you buy her chocolate, and flowers, get on your knees and beg for forgiveness." Mr. Jason smirked.
Deeks strolled into the mission, late as usual. But at least this time he had a good excuse; not that he would be informing the team of what that excuse was just yet.
Kensi was the only one in the bullpen, and Hetty was in her office. Deeks knew he needed to speak to both, and decided to go with Kensi first. He walked to his desk and threw his bag down, looking up at his partner; who was making a noticeable effort to avoid looking at him.
"Mornin' partner." Deeks said.
Silence.
"Hey, can we uh...can we talk about what happened Saturday?" He tried again.
Once again, he was met with awkward silence. Deeks was not happy with awkward silence.
"Really? Is this how it's gonna be now? You ignoring every word I say?" Deeks growled, crossing his arms.
Kensi put the pen in her hand down with more force than necessary and glared harshly at the man standing in front of her. But before she could retort, a new voice broke through their tension.
"Mr. Deeks! A word, if you would please." Hetty called from her desk.
With a sigh and an eye roll, Deeks walked out of the bullpen and over to the tiny woman's desk. Hetty had a small smile on her face as she poured tea for the both of them, handing a cup to Deeks.
He didn't drink tea, but the detective knew better than to refuse Hetty tea. He wasn't willing to mess with her ninja powers.
"Thank you." Deeks replied, taking a sip and trying not to make a face at the taste.
"You're very welcome. How is Mr. Deeks this morning?" Hetty inquired.
Deeks set his cup down and rubbed a hand across his jaw. "I've been better."
"I wasn't referring to you, Detective." Hetty smiled.
Deeks let out a chuckle at that. "Jedi mind powers..." He mumbled, shaking his head in amazement. "So I'm to assume you know about me gaining full custody of Leo then." Deeks looked at her.
Hetty nodded. "I am aware, yes. We've discussed the boy before, but that was when his mother had disappeared again and you were inquiring my help to locate her. How does it feel, having full custody now?" She smiled.
A grin grew on the man's face as he thought about the weekend he'd spent with his son. He wouldn't change a single thing about the boy, and loved him to death.
"Feels pretty damn good." Deeks replied.
"Have you told your partner?" Hetty inquired.
The man shook his head. "Not yet."
"You should probably tell her soon. Ms. Blye won't be happy when she learns she's been left in the dark about this." Hetty replied.
"I know..." Deeks nodded.
Suddenly, a whistle echoed through the mission. Deeks turned to see Eric standing at the base of the stairs, trusty tablet in hand. "Got a case, guys!" He announced before turning to head back up to OPS.
Deeks nodded at Hetty before heading up to OPS to be debriefed by the wonder twins.
All four members of the OSP team burst into the suspect's house, sweeping the rooms for hostiles. Kensi and Deeks went right, Callen and Sam went left.
"Clear!" Deeks called out.
"Clear!" Kensi called.
"Clear!" Sam yelled.
"All clear!" Callen announced.
After a full sweep of their section of the house, the two lowered their guns and looked at each other. "You still mad at me for something you didn't let me explain?" Deeks arched an eyebrow.
Kensi glared at him and shoved passed him.
"Callen, Sam, you guys find anything?" Kensi yelled.
"Um, yea. We got something alright." Callen replied.
Deeks followed as Kensi moved swiftly through the house and into a bedroom that Callen and Sam were in. Sam was crouched next to the bed, looking underneath it at something.
"What do we got?" Deeks asked.
"A kid." Callen said softly. "A little girl."
Kensi frowned and Deeks looked at Sam.
"Hey, we're not going to hurt you. Why do you come out and we can talk?" Sam said to the girl under the bed.
Apparently she didn't accept his offer; a shoe flew out from under the bed and hit Sam in the face. Kensi stifled a laugh, but Callen didn't bother; his partner turned and glared at him, rubbing his face as he stood up.
"What do we do about her?" Sam asked.
"Let me handle it." Deeks said, moving across the room and laying on his belly, cautiously peeking under the bed.
The girl was huddled all the way on the other side, against the wall and furthest away from Deeks. She had red curls that were sticking in every direction, and she looked to be about six years old.
"Hey there. I'm Marty. This is a cool hiding spot you've got here. Mind if join you?" He asked warmly.
The girl eyed him suspiciously, but she didn't have another shoe to throw at him as he carefully crawled halfway under the bed with her.
"What's your name, pretty girl?" Deeks smiled.
"Darcy." She mumbled quietly.
"Darcy huh? So are you like a famous dancer Darcy, maybe a famous singer? No, I got it; you're a famous race car driver!" Deeks said.
The girl burst into giggles and scooted closer to him. "I'm not famous, silly!"
"Really? You're not? Huh. You look famous." The man smiled at her.
"Why are you in my house?" She asked.
"I'm a police officer; me and my friends are looking for some people." Deeks told her.
"Bad people?" The girl inquired.
"Bad people." Deeks nodded.
Darcy considered him for a moment. "Can I see your police man badge?" She asked.
The detective chuckled quietly. "How's this, how about we crawl out from under the bed, and I will let you see my badge."
Darcy thought for a moment, before she smiled. "Ok." She replied.
Deeks crawled the rest of the way out and smirked at his team. Kensi smiled slightly as the guys looked mildly surprised. He chuckled as he felt a tug on his pants leg. Looking down, he saw the mess of red curls and bright eyes looking up at him.
"Awesome. I am so glad you could join us, Darce." Deeks smiled, dropping down to her level and pulling his badge from his pocket, handing it to her.
As the girl looked at it in awe, Callen turned to take a phone call from OPS. Deeks was chatting with the girl and Kensi watched with a smile as he had the before completely stressed out girl now totally calm and happy.
"You're gonna be a great father someday, Deeks." Kensi said.
Sam snorted. "Yea, that'll be the day."
Deeks froze slightly, electing to ignore Sam's comment. Before he could respond to Kensi, Callen came back in with a led that needed their immediate attention.
After they'd wrapped up the case, Deeks and Kensi were the last ones in the bullpen; Callen and Sam having tickets to a basketball game for the night. Deeks was still on edge about Kensi's comment, and he knew he couldn't let her leave and him not tell her. Especially after what she said.
Deeks was extremely proud of the fact that she thought he would make a great dad someday.
Despite the fact that he already was a dad.
"Hey, Kens, we need to talk." Deeks said seriously, sitting on the edge of his desk.
Kensi looked up from packing up her stuff and raised an eyebrow. "Ok...I guess I owe you that much." She sighed, putting her things down.
Deeks rubbed his hands together and stared at the floor. "Saturday morning, and Friday night too, I suppose because I...ok, never mind. Alright, try this again. Saturday morning you stopped by and thought I had some chick in my apartment but I didn't." Deeks rambled, finally looking up when he finished.
Kensi looked surprised. "Oh? I just assumed that...from where I was standing it looked like..." She trailed off.
Deeks smirked. "Like I had a girl over?"
"Um...yea..." Kensi sighed.
"Well I didn't. I wanted you to know that." Deeks said softly.
"Ok...well, thank you for clearing that up." Kensi smiled.
"That's not it..." He stopped her.
She looked at him, confused. "What else is there?" She asked.
"Earlier you made the comment that I would make a great father someday." Deeks started. He glanced at her and the detective swears there was a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Um, yea...and I meant that." She assured him.
"Well, see the thing is it's not someday..." He sighed, rubbing his hands together nervously.
"What do you mean?" Kensi asked him.
Deeks looked up, steeling himself for what he had to tell her. "Kensi, I've got a three year old son named Leo."
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