Deeks stayed in the hospital with Kensi for over a week when she finally insisted that he go home for some rest.
"Ok," he finally agreed after several minutes of arguing. "But I'll be back first thing tomorrow morning." He grabbed his stuff and headed out the door. He had really only had gone home to shower but he was exhausted and really needed sleep. He called Sam and asked him to head over there to watch her so he could sleep for a couple of hours.
He reached the door of his apartment. He took the key and opened the door. He had barely remembered to lock it. He changed clothes which he hadn't really done since the day before and climbed into bed. He had just hit the pillow when his mind started to drift into a perfect slumber.
Kensi watched the TV in her hospital room. Sam had appeared in the doorway.
"Sam, I didn't see you there come in, come in," she said as he started making his way across the room. He sat down in the seat that Deeks had originally occupied for the week. She watched him sit down and he watched her back.
"How are you feeling?" he asked after a short minute of silence.
"Better. The doctors say I might be able to go home in a few days. How's the hunt going?"
"We're getting there. Eric and Nellie are working on the GPS device that you put on his coat this morning but it's gone. We have no clue what happened to it but they'll be ready if it pops back up again."
"Thanks you guys are the best! Hopefully I'll be better in time to help finish this case."
"Sorry Kenz, we can't have them recognizing you and have them try and kill you again."
"But I know this case better than anyone."
"But it's not worth having you dead over." After a minute of thinking, Kensi thought it was best that she not continue work on the case. Sam was right a terrorist was nothing worth dying over. She put her head down in her pillow and just started to relax. She started to gently closing her eyes and soon enough she fell asleep.
Deeks woke up at around 2:30 the next morning. He quickly got in the shower, got dressed and drove over to the hospital. He walked into her room and both she and Sam were sleeping. Deeks chuckled. He tapped Sam on the shoulder waking him up.
"Dude, you can get out of my chair now," Deeks said when he thought Sam was awake enough to take in what he was saying. Sam got up and walked out the door.
"Hey Deeks, are going to come back to work on the case?" Sam asked after he had gotten to the door.
"I don't know. I'll be here as long as my partner needs me and I need to make sure Hazar doesn't come back for her." After Sam got his answer he turned to leave. Deeks directed his attention back to Kensi. He wondered what she was thinking. He remembered being shot and all he thought about was her and what her reaction was when she found out.
"I'm not going to leave you Kenz," he said in hardly a whisper. "I love you." What he didn't know was that she woke up when he walked in and could hear everything that was being said.