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Chapter 2

Callen and Sam walked trough the office door arguing once again about donuts. They were trying to decide which bakery had the best donuts in town and they couldn't come to an agreement.

"I'm telling you Sam, O'Neil had the best donuts ever. I have never tasted anything that good."

"Are you crazy? The one by my house has much better ones."

They reached the area that contained their desks and sat down.

Callen immediately noticed that Kensi wasn't there yet, at least not in her desk.

Before they could say anything else, Eric called them upstairs. They had a new case.

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Sam and Callen were sitting on a car, bored like never before, doing surveillance work.

They were investigating the kidnapping of the daughter of a very important navy's commander.

They were looking at a building where the kid might be locked but there was nothing suspicious happening.

Kensi was sitting on a table in a nearby bar, pretending to read a magazine but ready to do something if needed.

Sam looked at his partner and caught him staring at the girl.

"You know, when I was little, y mother used to tell me that if I stared at a girl too much, her hears would start to burn."

Callen looked at him confused.

"And your point is…"

Sam smirked.

"My point is that Kensi is wearing earrings. If you keep staring at her like that, her earring will melt."

Callen knew that this topic would eventually come up. Sam still hadn't made any kind of commentary about the night at the club.

To tell the truth, he and Kensi hadn't spoken about it either but he could feel that things were a bit awkward between them. That made him realize that she had felt something in those kisses too.

"Shut up!"

"No. we need to talk about this G. What the hell was that the other night?"

Callen sighed.

"I don't know!"

"What do you mean?"

"For a few seconds it felt like we weren't working."

"Whoa…you felt something when you kissed her didn't you?"

Callen nodded.

"Is that so bad?"

"It depends…what are you planning on doing about that?"

"I don't know. All I know is that I need to talk with her."

"Yeah…that might be a good idea."

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Four hours later they finally saw someone leaving the old building. By then they had already changed spots. Callen had stayed alone in the car while Sam had joined Kensi on the bar.

When they reached the office, Sam went to Nate to question the suspect and Callen stood behind to talk with Kensi who had driven a different car.

When she arrived to the office Callen went to her.

"Hey. I need to talk with you!"

Kensi nodded

"Okay but not now. I want to see the interrogation."

"Come on, it will only take a minute."

She shook her head.

"Sorry but I really want to see this one. We'll talk later."

And with that she left leaving a confused Callen behind. Was it just him or was she avoiding him at all costs?

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It turned out that the man that they had arrested was working for a much dangerous man.

The team was now standing outside a warehouse. The man that they were looking for was inside with the kid that they were trying to save.

Sam was with Kensi trying to find a way to get inside while Callen was doing the same on his own.

Sam and Kensi tried every door but they were all locked.

Suddenly they hear Callen yell:

"Federal agents, drop your weapon."

They reached for their guns and ran in the direction of his voice.

Callen was pointing his gun to the man who had hid pointed at a young girl's head.

The man looked at them and laughed:

"Do you really think that all this show is going to stop me from killing her? Her father had specific orders. He didn't do what I told him to and now he must suffer for it. He got this one coming."

Kensi dropped her gun and Callen and Sam looked at her like as if she was completely crazy.

She started to the in the man's direction and only stopped when he pointed his gun directly at her head.

"Do you have death wish? You're way too young and way too attractive for that. If I were you, I would stay out there, behind those two. I'm sure that they won't let anything bad happen to you, sweetie."

The man laughed again with his gun still pointed at her head.

Callen and Sam took a step forward but were stopped by the man who said, without losing his aim out of Kensi's head:

"If you don't stand back right now, you'll both be covered in your friend's blood."

They immediately took a step back.

Kensi started talking then:

"My father was a Marine."

"And why is that any of my business? You think that I won't kill you because your daddy was an honoured man?"

"No but I know that you are an honoured man too who has a son waiting for you back home. You're only an honoured man who did a few bad choices."

"My son won't care if anything happens to me…He thinks that what I do is despicable."

"Why?"

"He is 14 years old. We're always moving from base to base. Last time that we moved he had to finish everything with his girlfriend and everything. That's why he hates what I do. That's why he hates me. He won't care."

The man was visibly tensing and Sam and Callen feared that he might loose control and shoot someone, most likely Kensi.

"I spent all my childhood going from base to base too. I hated what my father did too. For a while I thought that I hated my father too. You want to know what happened to him? He went out one night with his friend and he never came back. I realized then and there that I loved him more than anything else in this world. When I became more adult I also realized that what my father did wasn't despicable…it was something wonderful that actually helped many people. I miss him everyday…I can't get too close to anyone because I always remember what it felt like to loose my father. Do you really want this for your son? Do you want him to live forever like this? He won't be happy just because you're gone, I can assure you that. And I also know that he'd rather visit you in jail that in the graveyard."

Kensi stopped talking for a while and looked at the little girl. The man was slowly losing his grip on her. It was just a matter of time before he totally let go.

She looked back and saw Sam and Callen with their guns slightly down but still ready for action if needed.

She turned back to the man and continued:

"And you know what's worst in the middle of all this? I'll never know if he would have been proud of me right now or if he wouldn't…That hurts."

The man lowered his gun and let go of the girl who immediately ran into Callen's outstretched arms.

He whispered to Kensi, just as Sam was getting closer to him to arrest him:

"If my son became as strong as you are, I would have been very proud, just so you know…"

She nodded and Sam arrested him.

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Kensi was sitting on her desk. Sam had already gone home and so had Hetty, Eric and Nate.

She knew that Callen was still there but that was probably because he would often sleep there.

Her suspicions were confirmed when he sat on a char next to hers.

She looked at him and saw his light smile.

"I agree with him."

She looked at him confused.

"What?"

"The guy that we arrested today…I'm sure that your father would be very proud of you right now."

Callen reached out and wiped away the tear that was making its way down her face but to no avail because more tears followed that one.

He knew that that day had been hard for her. She rarely talked about her father and when she did she never revealed any kind of personal details.

He pulled her off her chair and made her sit sideways on his lap, hugging her.

She hide her head on the crook of his neck and kept on crying for a while he whispered sweet things on her ear and rubbed her back.

They eventually fell asleep jut like that: with Callen laying down on the couch and Kensi curled up right next to him, his arms around her and hear head on his chest.

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