Chapter 5

Lexi woke Sunday morning to the smell of coffee and bacon. She pulled on the first thing she saw which just happened to be Callen's shirt and headed for the kitchen. Callen smiled at her and put a cup of coffee on the table.

"Smells good." Said Lexi taking a seat at the table.

"Pancakes and bacon coming up."

"Only question is I don't remember having bacon in my fridge or stuff to make pancakes."

"I ran to the store down the street."

"Ok who am I to complain."

"She noticed Callen's go bag on the couch and figured he had brought a change of clothing with him, confident bugger. Half an hour later breakfast was finished and the dishes were washed and put away.

"So how about I give you a tour of LA today."

"Ok sounds like a plan." Lexi gave Callen a kiss before heading to the bedroom. "I'll grab a shower and get dressed."

Callen watched her go and forced himself not to follow. If he did there was no way they would make it out the door before work tomorrow.

Lexi noticed she had a few texts, all from Nell. *Well how did the date go?*

*Lexi its Sat night where are you*

Lexi sent a quick text back. *Sorry date Friday was great. Sat Callen took me to the beach and he spent the night. Off soon for a tour of LA.*

Once Lexi was done with her shower and dressed she noticed Nell had texted back. *OMG! How was it? We need to talk. Call me tonight if you can.*

Lexi choose a pair of boyfriend cut jeans that had holes in them and a tee shirt plus her favorite flip flops. Callen was on the phone when she joined him in the living room.

"Sam you know I don't kiss and tell." Sense he was facing away from her Lexi decided to listen in for a moment. "Yes I spent the night and that's all I'm going to tell you." Callen laughed at something Sam said. "Hey you're the one who told me to make a move." Callen bent to look thru his go bag. "Yeah Sam I think she's the one."

*OMG!* thought Lexi. Could Callen be the one for her too. She took a deep breath and moved forward to wrap her arms around his waist. She felt him cover her hands with his free one.

"Got to go Sam, I'll see you tomorrow at work." Callen slipped his phone into his pocket and turned to look at Lexi. "You ready to go?"

"Yep lead the way."

The day flew past for both Callen and Lexi. He took her to see the Hollywood sign and all the other tourist spots he could think of. They even lucked out when they stumbled upon a film crew working on a new movie. Lunch was at a little sandwich shop Callen and Sam had found while on a case a year ago. Dinner ended up being takeout that they ate at the beach so they could watch the sun set.

"It's nice to enjoy some time without worrying about a case." Callen leaned back on the blanket to watch the waves. "We don't get too many times like this."

"What do you usually do with your off time?"

"We have team nights, Hetty love karaoke. Sam and I go to sports games or out for beer." Callen looked at Lexi next to him. "Guess Sam is gonna have to get used to me not being around so much."

"Well nights you go out with Sam I can hang with Nell."

"You too have really become close."

"Yes we have. I'm not sure what Kensi thinks of me yet. She's nice to me but seems to keep her distance."

"That's Kensi, she doesn't trust easily. Just give her time."

They stayed at the beach till the sun was down and it was dark. Once back at the apartment Callen crashed on the couch.

"Ok woman you wore me out this weekend."

Lexi handed him a beer and sat next to him. She put her head on his chest and snuggled into him. "Are you staying tonight or heading home?"

"I should head home I need to get stuff together for work."

"Ok." Lexi realized she didn't want him to go. When did this happen. She was never the type of girl to get so clingy with a guy. Guess he really was the one for her too.

Half an hour later Callen headed home. Once there he stripped down to his boxer and crashed in his bed. She closed his eyes and all he could see was Lexi's face. He was in deep. Callen opened his eyes and looked around his room. He could see Lexi there, her stuff taking up space. The idea of turning the room he had used as a boy into a nursery was there too. He knew better then to rush things but in their line of work no one knew how much time left you had.

Lexi got ready for bed and called Nell.

"OH MY GOD! Tell me everything?"

"Nell do you really want that much detail?"

"Of course I do." Nell laughed.

"Ok we need to get you a boyfriend of your own."

"Never mind that tell me what happened."

Lexi proceeded to tell Nell most of what happened leaving out a lot of details. She did tell her about the locked. Nell said she could get a photo of Callen to fit the inside as soon as she saw the size of the locket. She also told Nell what she heard Callen tell Sam. Nell gushed the entire time about how perfect it all way. Lexi teased her about Eric and Nell finally said she had to go sense it was late.

The next morning when Lexi walked into the bullpen only Kensi was there. "Morning Kensi."

"Oh hey how was your date?"

"Amazing." Lexi played with her locket.

Kensi smiled at her. "I take it Callen got you that?"

"Yeah he did."

"Look Callen is like my big brother, I don't want to see him get hurt."

"I promise you I'd never do anything to hurt him on purpose."

"Ok then."

Callen walked in then and noticed the tense standoff between the two women. He figured out that Kensi must have said something.

"Kensi back off."

"It's ok Callen. Kensi and I were just talking. We're good."

Kensi smiled at Callen and walked away.

"Ok what did she say?"

"She doesn't want me to do anything to hurt you is all." Lexi put a hand on Callen's chest. "I told her I wouldn't."

By then Sam and Deeks walked in and started to tease Callen about having a girlfriend. Because there were three of them that week they took Callen's car so Lexi didn't have to climb in and out of the back seat of the Challenger. The case ended up being a lot of just driving around looking for a petty officer that may or may not have stolen info. In the end the petty officer turned himself in realizing he had no idea what to do with what he had stolen.

"So G you want to get a beer?" Callen looked up from the file he was working on to see Sam watching him. Callen looked over to where Lexi sat packing up her stuff.

"Rain check Sam."

"See Deeks I told you our boy was a goner."

"You are so right Sam."

"Hey Deeks how's the thing with Kensi going?" asked Callen with a smug look on his face. Next to him Kensi's head snapped up. Her eyes went wide and she looked at Deeks. Deeks was trapped.

"Well it's going ok."

"Ok that's all you can say is ok." Kensi snapped.

"What do you want me to say, that I spent the weekend with you in bed."

Kensi's jaw dropped and she turned a bright red.

"Deeks if I were you I'd run." Said Lexi as she got out of the way. Deeks took a deep breath and stepped in front of Kensi.

"Sugarbear, Fern, Princess."

"Car now Deeks."

The others laughed as Kensi dragged Deeks out of work.

"I'll pick up dinner and meet you at your place." Said Callen as he stood next to Lexi.

"Ok I'll stop and grab some beer."

Sam watched them leave, he noticed Hetty watching too. "It seems that Mr. Callen has finally found his home."

"Sure looks that way Hetty." Sam watched the smaller woman. "You had this planned out just like with Kensi and Deeks?" Hetty simply smiled and headed back to her desk.