"Kens, you've been doing that for 5 minutes." Callen said. Kensi instantly stopped pacing and put her hands on her hips, and looked at Callen.
"Doing what?" Kensi asked confused.
"Pacing." Sam answered. Kensi spun around to face Sam.
"Oh. Um. I'm, just, worried about my, partner. That's all." Kensi looked over at the clock. 8:10. She started pacing again.
"Why isn't he here yet?" Kensi asked again. Sam and Callen looked at each other. They could tell something was up. "What happened the other night, Kens?" Sam asked. Kensi stopped and looked at him nervously.
"Wh-What do you mean? Which night?" Kensi asked nervously. Now they knew something was up. Kensi was never nervous. At least, not around them.
"Last night. In the office. You and Deeks were acting weird. Don't make us pull the cameras, Kens." Callen said. He knew exactly what Sam was talking about. So did Kensi. Just then Eric did his famous whistle.
"We, uh, got a case." Eric said upset.
"Well, this can't be good." Callen said.
"Yeah, unless he's upset about something else." Sam added. Kensi didn't say anything. She was to worried about Deeks. Plus, she was also worried that Callen and Sam might find out about their "thing". She-They, didn't want that to happen. Before she went up the stairs to the ops room, she gave the door one last hopeful look, then turned away to be with the others. She knew that in her somewhere she knew that Deeks would be ok, he always was. She just couldn't find it. She wished she could, but she couldn't.
- "Ok, there was a LAPD detective got in a fight with a couple guys outside of his apartment. The guys that were involved in the fight were found dead outside of the apartment because the detective shot them out of self defense." Eric stated. Kensi's heart instantly sunk to the pit of her stomach.
"Was a marine involved?" Callen asked. "No." Eric's said. "Ok. So why do we have this case?" Callen asked.
"Because, the detective, was Deeks." Eric's words filled the quiet room. Kensi started to breath slightly different. Sam and Callen knew she wanted to ask, but couldn't. Not if she wanted to lose her cool. So, Sam asked for her.
"How bad is it?"
"Um, he has a couple stab wounds on his chest. He's at South beach medical. The wounds aren't deep enough to cause a lot of damage, but they wanna check him out just in case." Nell reported. "Um. I gotta, uh, go see if Hetty will, um, let me-us, go to the hospital to see him." Kensi hurried out of the room right past Hetty. Hetty walked in the room.
"Give her some time to cool down." Hetty said. "And you can and will go to that hospital. It's critical that you support her as best as you can, but don't crowd her. Don't hover." Hetty ordered.
"Yes ma'am." Callen and Sam said.
Kensi ran out of the room and headed straight for the bathroom. She didn't want her teammates to see her breakdown completely. As soon as she got into the bathroom, she turned on the light, locked the door, leaned up against the door, and slid down to the floor. There she was, crying on the office bathroom floor. She was sure the others could hear her, but she couldn't help it, she was really upset. Normally, she would never do anything like this. And normally, Deeks was there to keep her from doing anything like this.
A couple minutes later she pulled herself together and walked out of the bathroom to find Callen and Sam.
"Uh, hey guys. Did Hetty say we could go to the hospital?" Kensi asked. Sam and Callen looked at each other.
"Yeah. She's letting us go, Kens." Callen answered.
"Great! Let's get going!" Kensi said as cheery as she could. She was using all of her strength to act like she was perfectly fine. She noted that she would probably be tired later, but she knew she wouldn't be able to sleep a wink. Kensi started to walk by Callen. But Callen quickly, but gently, grabbed her arm.
"Kensi, wait." Callen said.
"What?" Kensi asked frustrated and trying to squirm her way out of Callen's grip.
"Are you ok?" Sam asked.
"Gosh, Sam! You sound like Deeks!" Kensi said. As soon as she said his name her voice broke and Callen let go of her. The look of Kensi like this, Sam wasn't even annoyed that she had compared him to Deeks.
"Kensi, the only reason he does that is because he cares about you. So do we. But, he cares about you in a different way. And you care about him in a different way then you do us." Sam said.
"Um, can we just go, uh, see Deeks?" Kensi asked quietly. Callen and Sam looked at each other.
"Yeah, Kens. Let's go." Sam said. Callen walked around to the other side of Kensi so she would be in the middle of them. Callen put his hand on her back to help walk her out. Sam did the same thing. It reminded Kensi of Deeks. Almost everything did. She felt tears forming in her eyes. She tried with all her might to hold them in. It worked. For now. It would probably be a different story when she saw Deeks laying in a hospital bed. Again. Something told her it would be harder this time. Not like it wasn't the first time.
When Callen, Sam, and Kensi got to the hospital, Sam and Callen could hardily keep up with Kensi. She rushed into the waiting room and, unable to control herself, ran up the the lady at the desk and asked, "Where's Deeks?" At this time, Callen and Sam had caught up with her. They ran into the waiting room and saw Kensi standing in front of a frightened looking nurse. Callen and Sam rushed up to the lady and Kensi. Callen put his arm around Kensi and backed her up. Kensi let him. She was in no mood to fight. She just wanted to see Deeks.
"Excuse me. What room is Marty Deeks in?" Sam asked politely. The lady fumbled with some papers and answered,
"Room 304."
"Thank you." Sam said as he rushed off behind Callen attempting to catch Kensi.
"Deeks!" Kensi screamed happily running into room 304. Deeks lay there still. But as soon as he heard Kensi's voice he opened his eyes and asked,
"Kensi?" He sounded so weak it almost made Kensi cry.
"Yes, Deeks. It's me baby. Are you ok?" She asked as she kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"I am now." Deeks said with that "Deeks" smile of his. Kensi was now sitting down in a chair scooted as closely as she possible could make it without trampling him and his bed. She was holding his hand and staring at him and he was staring at her when Sam and Callen walked in. The opening of the door got Deeks' attention. But Kensi didn't move a muscle.
"Uh, Kens?" Deeks asked.
"Yeah?" Kensi asked.
"Callen and Sam." Deeks said pointing toward them.
"Oh, yeah." Kensi said quickly letting go of his hand. She dropped her hands in her lap and looked down at them. Callen, Sam and Deeks watched her do this.
"What's wrong Kens?" Deeks asked and attempted to reach for her hand. He couldn't reach it and she nonchalantly moved her hand closer to his. But Callen and Sam noticed.
"Ok. Back to my previous question back at the office." Sam said. "What happened in the office when we were gone?" Kensi and Deeks looked at each other.
"We, uh, have a, thing." Deeks said slowly. Looking away from Kensi to Sam.
"Well that's obvious. What kind of thing?" Callen asked.
"A thing thing." Deeks answered.
"Oh." Sam and Callen said at the same time.
"For how long?" Sam asked.
"Last night." Deeks answered. Kensi still hadn't said a word. But she was now looking at her hands. She looked up.
"Deeks?" she asked.
"Yes?" he asked sweetly.
"If anybody tries to hurt you again..." Kensi started.
"It's ok, Fern. I'll just say your name and they'll run away scared." Deeks smiled as Callen and Sam chuckled.
"Whatever, Deeks." Kensi smiled.
"You want some jello? Because I think there was some green jello around here somewhere..." Deeks said looking around for the jello. "Here you go." He said with a smile as he pulled it off the counter.
"Thanks, Deeks."
Everybody, started to chuckle as Kensi relaxed herself in the uncomfortable hospital chair and ate her jello.
"Man, I love these guys." Kensi thought to herself. "and green jello." Kensi joined the laughing. "Yep. I loooove my family."