I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I JUST WANTED TO WRITE AT LEAST 2 CHAPTERS BEFORE I UPDATED BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE SHORT, AND WANTED A FEW UPDATES FOR YOU GUYS. DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW!

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Kensi looked at Deeks, thanking him silently through her barely visible smile. He nodded in acknowledgement.

"You gonna answer him?" Kensi asked, more confident now that the tables were turned.

"We just want to make sure that you're ok." Callen admitted.

"It would've been easier to ask instead of playing mind games." Kensi said angrily. What her colleagues considered a nice gesture, she found offensive. Normally, she'd be able to keep her anger and agitation under wraps, but the fact that she wasn't completely ok made her even angrier. She wanted to be ok, she really did. It's not like she ever asked for this.

"You'd deny it." Callen said, matching her tone.

"Don't say that. You think I'd lie?" Kensi asked, hoping to be convincing.

"Yes. Every time we've asked, you say that you're fine." Sam said. Deeks resisted the urge to leave the room. Part of him really wanted to see how this would all play out, but the other part was scared.

""That would be because I was fine when you were asking." Kensi said, as if it was the simplest thing in the world.

"Why are you so insistent on being fine all the time?" Callen asked, his temper definitely rising.

"Why are you so insistent on trying to make me seem weak?" Kensi shot back. Yup, Deeks thought, this is definitely going to get messy.

SO, WHAT DID YOU THINK? I'M ALL EARS FOR IDEAS! J