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Hetty wasn't concerned right now with Kensi. Yes, Kensi was critical and unconscious, but she would wake up eventually. It was no use getting all upset about it now; they would cross that bridge when they needed to later. But Deeks concerned her. She had brought him in as a liaison. She had been the one who had made him Kensi's partner. He was not inexperienced like Dom, whom Kensi had to mentor. He was her equal, capable of going undercover like Kensi. They had both been still raw from losing a partner in the line of duty. She knew how important it was for both of them to bond. Therefore, she had to accept the fact that Deeks would be out of commission until he knew that Kensi was out of the woods. Deeks, because of his personality, often found himself at the ridicule of the other team members. He was the perfect fall guy for the team because he could give as well as he got. She had happily noticed Deeks and Kensi getting closer. They really had a chemistry that allowed them to smoothly work together. Deeks had been her special recruit. After Dom died and Hetty had been ready to quit, Hetty had been convinced to stay because of her 'family'. She wanted to be there for Deeks like that.
All these thoughts were going through Hetty's mind as she observed Deeks talking to Kensi. She lowered herself into the chair beside Deeks and waited for him to talk to her first.
Hearing "Ms. Blye should wake up soon." brought hope and excitement it would happen soon.
"Are you done with the next case?"
"No, but I have some time, I thought I would spend some time with you Mr. Deeks."
"I appreciate that."
They sat together in contemplative silence. A silence that spoke volumes; just having Hetty there helped Deeks.
The whole time Deeks continued holding Kensi's hand.
The first time Kensi woke up she had a breathing cannula. She seemed to be doing better then. Now, because of her incident in the elevator, they weren't going to take any chances and kept the breathing tube in her mouth.
"If Ms. Bly wakes up, please let us know right away; don't let her move at all. I'll be off shift soon."
It took another hour before Kensi woke up. Hetty and Deeks were busy talking when Deeks noticed movement in his hand. He glanced up and saw Kensi's eyelids start to flutter. He immediately stood up and turned the overhead lights down more, while pressing the call button. This time when Kensi opened her eyes she seemed to recognize Deeks right away.
A goofy grin appeared on Deeks' face & Hetty couldn't help but smile too.
Tanya, summoned by the call button, came into the room with a cheerful mood as always.
"Good morning Ms. Blye. I've introduced myself to you before but you probably don't recognize me. My name is Tanya and I am one of your nurses."
Looking at Kensi's ever widening eyes as she tried to remove her breathing tube with her own hand, "We'll have to keep the breathing tube in you a while longer. We just want to make sure that you will keep breathing."
"Hetty and Mr. Deeks would you mind stepping out for a few minutes, I need to check her out."
"Not at all."
Hetty took this opportunity to call Eric, "Mr. Beale, could you please let the others know that Ms. Blye has woken up. Yes, she recognized Mr. Deeks this time. Is everything going well? Thank you Mr. Beale."
Deeks leaned against the wall and tried to will Kensi to be better so that he could talk to her.
Dr. Walter rushed past the two and entered Kensi's room and closed the curtain.
"What are you thinking Mr. Deeks?"
"I just hope she's on the way to recovery Hetty and that there are no new surprises. Wouldn't it be great if she would be fine?"
"We can only hope for the best Mr. Deeks, but head injuries take time to heal."
Having observed the Hospital's few minutes turn into hours, the two headed to the reception desk to let her know they would be in the waiting room again until they were called back.
Just like before a nervous energy could be felt in the room. What would this time be like? Deeks couldn't hide his anxiousness, while even Hetty's heartbeat was over 50 beats.
Just over half an hour later, a nurse summoned them, "I know you are excited to see Ms. Blye. She is awake but extremely confused and groggy and tired. She probably won't have a lot of energy."
Unbelievably, Kensi spoke to them, albeit in a whisper, "Hey".
"She is probably going to whisper for a while, until her throat has a chance to heal."
Startled Deeks looked up and noticed Tanya for the first time. She had been standing off the side and was writing in Kensi's medical binder.
Deeks was so relieved to hear Kensi. Maybe this time everything was going to go back to normal and she would be better soon.
The whole time Kensi had been unconscious Deeks really hadn't let himself feel much emotion. This time he couldn't keep the relief off his face and the tears out of the corner of his eyes.
"Hey yourself."
"Good day Ms. Blye. I need to get going but I am really glad you are awake."
Kensi turned up her lips in response to Hetty. She couldn't believe how exhausted she felt. A lot of the tubes were getting uncomfortable and her head seemed to be keeping tempo with the beat of the machines.
"I'll leave you two alone Mr. Deeks. Take care of her and yourself."
Deeks watched Hetty leave and turned back to Kensi.
I am moving the story forward since the first drama is over and a new one might happen.
This was it. They were going to try having Kensi sit in a chair.
The first few days had been a real strain on Kensi, Deeks and the nurses. It had been very important that Kensi didn't exert herself at all, but trying to keep her down had nearly been impossible. A head injury, dehydration, loss of respiration, two major operations were not enough to convince Kensi she should take it easy. But it was imperative that she do.
Many time Deeks had felt like shaking Kensi. Couldn't she see how she was hurting herself and him? He wished he could have taken her place.
Kensi, who usually hated showing her vulnerable side and tears to anyone in public, had to let herself be completely cared for.
Deeks was there to watch her breathing tube be removed. He was there when she had her first sips of water and he was there when she threw up and he was the one to wipe her face. He was there when they removed her NG tube. He had been there after they had removed the drainage tubes from her wound and tried to cheer her up about her hair. He had stepped out of the room to let the others have their turn visiting Kensi, but he was the one who saw the exhaustion after Kensi had put on a show for the others.
Slowly as all of the tubes and wires were removed and machines were turned off, most of the puffiness in Kensi's face disappeared. The large number of bruises covering her arms and face were going through the various stages of bruising, while others were completely gone.
Despite hating to be vulnerable, Kensi seemed to cling to Deeks' presence. She had wanted him to go with her to the CT scan. She wanted him there when the various specialists came to visit her. Deeks somehow always had to go somewhere when he thought something embarrassing would be done to Kensi.
In a few minutes the nurses were going to come in and help Kensi sit up in the chair. Hopefully it would go well. It was one step closer to getting Kensi discharged.
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