2 – You shouldn't wear makeup. It's messing with perfection.

23/January

Kensi wakes up with the annoying sound of her alarm clock and turns around to face Deeks who has his arm wrapped around her, spooning her.

His blue eyes are staring right at her and the soft lazy smile is on his face. She leans in and pecks his lips. They have to get up and go to work. Fern comes through the door, happily wailing her tail because she knows what that sound means. It means they're awake and ready to take her outside and feed her. Kensi has to admit that the dog is too cute for her own good but she's getting too big to jump into their bed every morning.

When she does that this morning, however, the sudden movement makes Kensi turns slightly nauseous. Deeks doesn't seem to realize that, though, and pecks her lips once again before he starts getting up. "I'm going to open the door of the backyard for her and feed her. You can go ahead and start showering."

As soon as he walks out of the bedroom, Kensi gets up slowly to test if she's sick or if it was just Fern's jump that made her nauseous.

Her stomach is still not normal but it's not that bad so she gets up and goes to the bathroom. Maybe her dinner didn't sit too well. The nausea isn't enough to make her want to throw up but it's still there and she knows she will have to keep it from Deeks. There is no way he will let her go to work if he does as much as suspect she's not feeling well.

She's not irresponsible so she will obviously stay in the office if she feels unwell. Kensi takes all her clothes off and gets in the shower. Much to her surprise, the warm water makes her feel better and, by the time Deeks walks in, the nausea is fully gone.

She's not usually a morning person when she has to go to work but she's feeling surprisingly perky today. That's why she surprises Deeks by pushing him against the wall of the shower and proceeds to kiss him with as much passion as she can muster. He recovers from the shock quickly and kisses her back, taking control of their morning activities.

Morning-sex before work is not something she usually likes but he's not strong enough to question her motives. Nor is he strong enough to ask her how she managed to reach her release in record time, twice. In the end, that doesn't really matter.

After they are fully clothed, Kensi takes her place in front of the mirror to take care of her hair and makeup. Deeks is a morning person and their activities only improved his already good mood. He wraps his arms around her waist from behind and rests his head on her shoulder while she applies some mascara.

He kisses her earlobe and meets her eyes through the mirror. "You shouldn't wear makeup. It's messing with perfection."

Kensi smiles and turns around in his arms. "You're sweet but I'm a woman. Makeup comes with the package. But I'm all done and ready to go."

Deeks shakes his head, kisses her lips and they both walk downstairs. They leave Fern in charge of the house and the dog seems more than happy to have the entire house to her for a few hours.

They both go to work and manage to get there on time, despite what happened in the shower and no one asks them why is that they have a certain glow around them this morning. They know better than to ask them anything about that.

They've been married for five months now and, even though the honeymoon stage already passed, there are just some things they don't want to know about their personal life.

The day goes by smoothly and they go home at a decent time. Deeks decides to cook some dinner and Kensi helps him out. It's only after they eat that the nausea incident comes back to her mind. She can't understand why she got up like that and why it disappeared out of nowhere. The only thing that seems to last that little time are her cramps and the only reason why they disappear right after she gets up is because she swallows a pill immediately.

That makes her freeze and she's glad she's alone in the living room because Deeks would notice the change in her right away. She's late. The last time she had her period was…God, she can't remember. But she's sure she's late.

It doesn't take much for her to connect the dots. It all makes sense. She's late, the nausea only lasted for a little while after she got up and her horniness in the shower…Can it be?

Can she really be pregnant?

She knows Deeks well enough to know it's better if she doesn't tell him anything before she's absolutely sure of what's going on. Making a silent promise to herself to go to the doctor tomorrow, she forces herself to relax.

By the time Deeks walks into the living room after his small walk with Fern, she is the mask of calmness. Sometimes, all their training comes in handy. She's sure Deeks notices something but he chooses not to say anything. He knows she's tired today so he doesn't want to push her.

He simply pulls her closer to him so she can cuddle to his side and holds her. That's enough to calm her down, for now. They watch TV for a little while longer but her eyes start to get heavy and, before she knows it, he's carrying her upstairs. Deeks gives her a loving smile when he notices she has her eyes a bit open and puts her on the bed.

"Are you okay, princess?"

Kensi nods and curls to her side. Deeks takes his place behind her, his arm wrapped around her waist and his head right next to hers. "I'm just tired. Good night, Marty. I love you."

Deeks smiles and kisses the top of her head. "I love you too, sunshine."

She actually wishes the doctor tells her she's pregnant. They both want kids so why not start now? She covers his hand, currently resting on her stomach, and he intertwines their fingers as an automatic response.

And, right before she falls asleep, she wonders if there really is a baby inside of her, beneath their joined hands.

I'm sorry this chapter took so long to be posted but I had some issues with my computer. It's all good, now. I'm working on this month's chapter of 'A Year' so it will hopefully be up later today. If not, maybe tomorrow. I'm also working on a brand-new story and I have one one-shot almost ready to be published. The problem is that all the writing I did this week is on paper and it might take me a while to gather the courage and the will to put it all on my computer.

Anyway, review if you want a preview of the next chapter.

Love,
Sarah