"Arghh," Callen suddenly screamed out as Lori grabbed him forcefully.
"You okay G?" Lori asked concerned.
"Yeah. Just a little warning next time."
Callen wanted to take the initiative but he knew it wouldn't be a good idea with his injuries so he let Lori have the initiative but his hand was however working Lori. With Lori's pregnancy hormones Callen didn't have to do much. Callen watched as Lori started quivering from his ministrations. He always loved to see her like this, knowing it was the things he did that brought he so much pleasure. Once Lori came down from her high she turned Callen on his back and straddled him.
"Just lay there honey and let me do the work."
"Alright, but can you please hurry."
"Oh impatient are we?" Lori replied with a smile.
"Oh you have no idea."
Lori kissed him as she moved down on him. Callen grabbed her hips and help her move up and down. Callen wanted to be on top so he could have his way with her. It felt so good to make love to his wife.
Lori had come two more times before Callen joined her. Exhausted Lori fell down on the bed next to Callen.
"Wow," Callen breathed out.
"Wow is right, that was amazing."
"Oh yes it was. Thank you for that honey."
"You're welcome baby."
They pulled their pajamas back on and lay back down on the bed. Lori lay cuddled up to her pregnancy pillow and Callen lay behind her with his arm around her.
"Goodnight honey," Callen spoke and gave Lori a soft kiss on her cheek.
"Goodnight honey."
…
Lori was now thirty weeks pregnant. Callen had healed from his injuries and was back at work again. Lori had four more weeks left before going on maternity leave. She couldn't wait to have these babies. She was already more than ready to have them but she knew it was too soon for them. Everything was ready for the babies at home. The nursery was completely finished. All they needed to do was go buy a bigger car. With everything that had happened lately they hadn't done that yet. They were going to do that this weekend. Lori's mom was helping around the house on the days Lori was home from work. It was nice for Lori to have her family close by and the girls loved it too. They saw more of grandma and grandpa.
Today was Lori's day off. Susan was there to help.
"You excited about meeting the two little babies?" Susan asked Lori as they were having lunch.
"Oh yes very excited. Both me and G can't wait to meet them."
"I can't wait either. I'm curious to see what you're gonna have." Callen and Lori knew but they had decided not to tell anyone else but they knew Lori and Callen knew already. "Do you have names picked out already?"
"Yes we have a few, still haven't decided which ones we're gonna use. We haven't come to a decision yet. G likes one name and I like the other."
"Well good thing you're having twins then."
"Haha yeah. Well, we've settled on one name already. We both liked that one. Just have to decide the other one."
"Well, you still have a few more weeks."
"Yes we do. I just hope it's not gonna take ten more weeks. I don't think I can make that."
"You'll be fine sweetie. You can handle it. G will be there to help you and so will we."
"Thanks mom. I like having you, dad and Sylvie close by."
"So do we sweetie."
….
That Saturday Callen and Lori went to buy a car. Sylvie was at their house watching Myra and Julie. They had a car from work but this would be a personal car. There was no reason for NCIS to give them a mini-van since they didn't need that for work. They wouldn't have to transport the kids while they were at work. They went to the car dealer to look for a mini-van. After looking at a few and test driving the Dodge Grand Caravan and the Honda Odyssey they decided to go with the Honda Odyssey. They picked a blue exterior with gray interior. The car had two rows of three seats behind the driver and passenger seat. The back row could be folded flat so the space could be used as a trunk. They also bought a roof box with the car. In total the car was around $32000. They didn't have this model in the store so they had to wait about a week to get it.
"Well, that's one car I never thought I'd be driving, a mini-van," Callen spoke as they were driving back home. "If someone had told me I would be having this life now, before I met you, I would have said they were crazy. I never thought I would have a wife, let alone four kids."
"Yeah, I never would've thought that we would get two sets of twins, let alone one. But we can handle it, together. It will be getting used to, for Myra and Julie too."
"Yeah, but I'm sure they are gonna be great big sisters."
"Oh yes they are very excited to meet them. They very often ask me when they will be here. Thank god they are not asking yet the how part of the pregnancy, cus I have no idea how to explain that to a two year old."
"Hmmm yeah. We should have a few more years before they start asking questions like that. They are too young now to fully understand I think."
"Yeah perhaps. It's gonna be funny to see how daddy is gonna explain these things to them."
"Me? I think you're better qualified than me."
"Cus they are girls?"
"Well yeah and I think you know better than me what to say."
"Perhaps. Well then you can tell the boys and there are always books in the library that can help you explain it on a kids' level."
"Well, we should have a couple years before we have to answer these kind of questions."
"Yeah….. Ah son of a….." Lori suddenly yelled and she grabbed her stomach.
"You okay honey?" Callen asked concerned.
"Yeah. The boys just think it's nice to use my kidneys or my bladder as a trampoline."
"They are not kicking the outside yet?"
"No not yet. When they do, you'll be the first to know."
"Hey guys," Sylvie spoke as Callen and Lori walked back into the house. "Found a car?"
"Yes, we can pick it up next week. A Honda Odyssey mini-van, dark blue," Lori replied.
"Ah okay nice. So enough room for the kids."
"Yeah, drive and passenger seat and then two rows of three seats and the back row can be folded down so you can use it as a trunk. But if we all go we can't do that so we bought a box for on the roof too."
"Sounds nice."
"Thanks for watching the girls Syl."
"No problem. They are sweet girls."
"Did you have fun with Aunt Sylvie?" Callen asked Myra and Julie.
"YES!" Myra and Julie yelled.
"Yeah we had fun. We played a little game," Sylvie added.
"That's nice."
"Mommy, Aunt Syl stay fow dinnew?" Julie asked.
"If Aunt Sylvie wants to," Lori replied.
"I'd love to, if you have enough," Sylvie said.
"YAY!" Julie cheered.
"Oh yes we have enough. I'm making an oven dish so we have enough."
"Okay good."
Callen took the girls outside to play as Sylvie helped Lori make the dinner. Lori watched through the window as Callen played with Myra and Julie.
"He's great with them," Sylvie stated.
"Yeah he is. The girls love him."
"I've gotta say, when I met him for the first time I wasn't sure what to think of him but I can see he's changed a lot."
"Yeah he has. He's an orphan, he never had much of a family growing up so this was all new to him. But he has changed a lot. He loves being a dad."
"Yeah and in a while you will have two sets of twins."
"Yeah, it's crazy. We were surprised to find out when had twins the first time let alone this time. It's not that common that you get two sets of twins so yeah we were surprised, but we're also happy about it. Two pregnancies and four kids."
"Yeah and maybe two of each."
"Yeah perhaps." Lori smiled internally since she knew they were having boys. So they would have two of each.
"Just a few more weeks."
"Yeah. I'm really excited and ready to meet them. I just hope everything goes fine and not like with the girls."
"Myra and Julie turned out fine but yeah it was not nice. I remember how scared G was while you were unconscious and with the girls in the NICU."
"Yeah I can imagine that. He didn't just worry about Myra and Julie but about me too. I was so glad when we finally could take them home and look at them now. They are so cute and so sweet."
"Oh yes they are. They are two amazing girls."
Once the dinner was in the oven Lori and Sylvie went outside as well. Sylvie went to play with Callen and the girls while Lori sat down on one of the chairs and watched them play.
Sylvie was right, Callen really had changed a lot since Myra and Julie were born. When they just started seeing together he wasn't really trustworthy and he didn't really let anyone in. In the beginning it was hard in their relationship, partially because they kinda dove into it because Lori got pregnant. But as they spend more time together Callen let in her slowly. After Lori disappeared to Seattle and came back home it changed. They both knew they were committed to each other and that they loved each other. Everything was fine between them. Lori could see his walls getting lower and lower around her. Since they had Myra and Julie Callen became more open and freer. Lori could tell he was enjoying life more and it was so cute to see him with their daughters. He really loved them and they loved him. They were definitely daddy's little princesses. He loved family life. He was always happy to come home after work and he hated going on long term undercover assignments, especially now that Lori was pregnant again. Luckily there hadn't been that many, just a couple of small ones. Lori just hoped Callen wouldn't be away on an undercover assignment when she would go into labor.
"Mommy!" Myra called, snapping Lori out of her thoughts.
Lori looked over to Myra. Myra sat on the swing and Callen was pushing her. Julie sat on the other swing and Sylvie was pushing her. Myra and Julie had a big smile and waved to Lori. With a smile on her face Lori waved back.
"Dinner's ready," Lori called when dinner was ready.
Everyone went inside and sat at the table. They had lasagna. Callen put some on the plate for Myra and Julie and let it cool off. Callen gave them a few pieces of bread and some cucumber to eat while the lasagna cooled off. Once the lasagna had cooled off Lori and Callen cut it into smaller pieces and the girls lapped them up with their spoons. Callen and Lori were glad that the girls ate almost anything. They only thing they didn't like were Brussels sprouts.
After dinner Callen took the girls upstairs as Sylvie helped Lori to clean up after dinner. Myra and Julie could go downstairs after the bath for a little while since it was a Saturday. Just after they came down Sylvie went home.
"Can Aunt Syl get a hug goodbye?" Sylvie asked as she crouched down.
Myra and Julie walked into her arms and gave her a hug. Sylvie gave both of them a soft kiss on their head.
"Bye girls."
"Bye Aunt Syl."
Lori showed Sylvie out. The family sat on the couch for a while before Myra and Julie had to go up to bed.
"Okay girls, give mommy a kiss goodnight," Callen said.
Both Myra and Julie gave Lori a kiss.
"Goodnight sweeties," Lori told them.
Callen took them upstairs and put them to bed. Callen read them a story before going back down.
…
Monday they had to go to work again. Before going to work they dropped the girls off at pre-school. The teacher was already outside the classroom when Callen and Lori walked inside.
"Hello Myra, hello Julie," Kelly greeted them once they were closer.
"Hi Miss Kewwy," Julie and Myra greeted her back.
"Have a good day girls," Lori told them. "Emily is gonna come pick you up okay."
"Yes mommy."
Myra and Julie gave Callen and Lori a kiss. Lori gave them their snacks and the girls put them away in the boxes. They grabbed a book and sat down at their tables waiting until the other kids were there. Callen and Lori left and went to work. They were glad that the girls loved going to pre-school and that they didn't have a struggle every time they dropped them off.
"Morning," Callen and Lori spoke as they walked into the bullpen. Only Sam was there.
"Morning," Sam replied. "How are you doing Lori?"
"I'm okay. Just tired and sore feet. Just a few more weeks."
"Everything still going fine with you and the babies?"
"Oh yes we're all fine. Doctor says we're doing good."
"That's good. Bet you're excited to meet them."
"Oh yes we both are. We can't wait to meet them. I just hope everything goes fine this time, not again all the stuff that we went through with Myra and Julie."
"I'm sure it'll be fine."
Just after Kensi and Deeks arrived Eric whistled them up.
"What's up Eric?" Callen asked as they walked into OPS.
"This morning there was a standard weapons test done by the navy. They were testing new missiles and such. When they went to clean up the scene after the explosion this is what they found," Eric informed them and he put a few pictures up on the screen. On the screen they could see a heavily burned out body. "And no, it's not a dummy."
"Any ID on the vic?"
"Not so far. Since the body is heavily burned it's gonna take a while."
"Should any civilians or navy personnel be in that area?" Lori asked.
"It's a disclosed area so it's forbidden for civilians. Navy personnel should have been there this morning to set up but it was giving all clear before they started the test," Nell told them.
"We'll go check out the scene. Lori, Nell and Eric, see what you can find out. See if there are any navy personnel missing and check the area. Maybe there are cameras somewhere."
"Got it," Eric replied.
The four agents got into the chopper and went to the scene near Pendleton. The place was covered with coroners, CSU's and MP's. The agents showed their badges to get onto the crime scene.
"You in charge here?" Callen asked.
"Yes, Commander Pete Foster. And you are?"
"Agents Callen, Hanna and Blye, NCIS and Detective Deeks, LAPD. We're here to look into the death of our John or Jane Doe. Do you have any idea who this could be?"
"No, not a clue. Everyone should have cleared out. We got the all clear before we started the test. We're looking into the navy personnel, see if we're missing anyone."
"Our techs are doing the same."
"I'll have our people contact them."
"Anything else you can tell us about this? Was there something unusual?"
"No everything went normal. We set up the blast zone and put signs out so no one would go in. When they were done setting up they cleared out and they gave us the all clear. We did the test like we were supposed to and it all checked out. When we went to clean up the blast zone we noticed a body in the car. The men who set it up swore there wasn't anybody left and certainly not anyone in the car."
"Can we talk to them?"
"They are back at base."
Kensi and Deeks went to Pendleton and Callen and Sam went to look at the crime scene. There wasn't much to find since the blast had destroyed about everything and there were no devices found since the missiles were probably used as the bomb. Callen and Sam went back to base after a while to see what Kensi and Deeks had found. As they walked into the conference room Callen's phone rang. It was Eric.
"Yeah Eric," Callen answered on speaker.
"We've been doing some digging and together with the navy techs we found a few people who weren't at work while they were supposed to be, four to be exact. Now according to the navy's files two of them should be on sick leave and one should be currently home with a broken ankle."
"And the fourth?" Callen asked after Eric didn't continue.
"There's no reason why he's not at work."
"Do you have the names and addresses?"
"Already on your phones."
"Thanks Eric."
Callen hung up. A little later Kensi and Deeks joined them in the conference room. They hadn't learned anything new from the guys they questioned. Callen told them what Eric had told him and Sam. Kensi and Deeks took two addresses and Sam and Callen took the other two. It were all houses near the base.
Both the ones Kensi and Deeks visited, their story checked out. One was indeed on sick leave and the other did have a broken ankle. Callen and Sam first went to the guy that had no reason for not being at work. Sam knocked on the door. They stood there for a while but the door didn't open. Callen looked through the window but he didn't see anyone. They had permission to search the place so Callen opened the door with his lock pick. Guns raised they walked into the house.
"Clear," they spoke after a while.
No one was in the house. They looked through the place but they couldn't find anything so they walked out again.
"Is everything okay?" The woman next door asked.
"We're NCIS. Have you seen Jack around?" Callen replied.
"No, not since last night. He was home late and I was just putting out the trash. We greeted each other and went back inside. When I got out this morning I assumed he would be already at work. Did something happen to him?"
"We're not sure yet, pending investigation."
"Do you know if he was in any kind of trouble?"
"No, Jack's a sweet man. When my husband is on deployments and he's here he helps around the house. He's a good sailor."
"If you think of anything or see him please contact us," Sam told her and gave her his card.
Callen and Sam went back to the car and drove to the last address.
"Petty officer Will Shaw," Callen asked once the door opened.
"Yeah, who are you?"
"Agents Callen, Hanna, NCIS," Callen replied as he and Sam showed their badges.
As soon as Callen said that the man slammed the door in their faces and made a ran for it. Sam caught the door before it closed and he and Callen went after him.
After a while Sam caught up with him and pushed him down on the floor.
"Let me go! I didn't do anything!"
"Why'd you run huh?"
Sam put the cuffs on him and they took him to the base. They put him in interrogation. Callen and Sam went to interrogate as the Commander and NCIS agent on base watched from behind the mirror. So far he wasn't talking. They would let him sweat in there for a little while before they would go back.
"Has he been in trouble before?" Callen asked the others.
"No, not a spot on his record. Since we can't find Jack Miller I had the lab look if the body we found matches that of Miller."
"Did Miller and he have contact?"
"Yeah they were on the same team. I'll ask his commanding officer if there was something between these two."
"I'll go with you," Sam offered and the two walked out.
Callen went to the conference room and contacted OPS.
"Hey Callen," Nell greeted him.
"Hey Nell, have you found out something more?"
"No not so far."
"Look into Will Shaw and Jack Miller. We believe they are connected to this."
"Will do," Nell replied and Callen disconnected the call.
They got word back from the lab and the body was in fact Miller's. After some more searching they found evidence that Will Shaw was involved. Sam went back into the room, to talk sailor to sailor, and pressured Shaw. Shaw cracked after a while and gave it up. He had killed Miller because Miller was going to expose his drug problem which would have him kicked out of the navy. He thought that no one would notice if he put Miller in the car and that everything would be gone by the blast.
Since the case was over the team went back to OPS and back home after finishing their reports.
…
The next weekend they could pick up their car. They took the girls with them. So far they had Callen's work issued car and Lori's work issued car so they didn't have a car to return for this one. After handling all the necessary things Callen drove home in the mini-van as Lori drove home in her car. Lori drove a little bit in front of Callen. Callen had to wait in front of the traffic light while Lori could go through onto the freeway, the freeway was easier to use than to go through downtown LA. A little later Callen could go onto the freeway as well but he was stopped immediately because there was a lot of traffic. The traffic was completely stopped. Callen wondered what was going on. Had an accident happened? Callen looked out his window if he could see what had happened. He couldn't see the car and the number plate clearly but it looked like Lori's car in the distance. The car was totaled, it was definitely involved in the accident.