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Chapter 11

Authors notes: Ok this chapter will explore Nell and Eric a bit as Kate's little sister really ships them and demanded I put them in the story.

The rest of the week went fast for the entire team. Case after case kept them more than busy. It was so bad they even ended up working most of that weekend. In a way Callen was glad for all the work. It gave him time to think and figure out what he wanted. Even though Mackenna told him to just let himself in the house he choose to stay at his own home. He was way too restless to share her bed right now.

Deeks was more of a nervous wreck because he was getting his caps in very soon. He was slowly driving Kensi up the wall. She was really thinking about drugging him to keep him quiet.

Finally Monday came and Mac was thrilled to go back to work. She walked in a huge smile on her face. Kensi was already at her desk as was Sam. Callen was nowhere to be found. As soon as Hetty saw her she called Mac over to her desk.

"Now Miss Taylor how are the stitches doing?"

Hetty smiled and stood up. Behind her she had a steel tray filled with medical items.

"Hetty that's ok really I can wait."

"Nonsense no reason to suffer all day." Just as Hetty was pulling on some gloves Callen walked over.

"Hetty I can drive her to the ER for that."

"Again nonsense. Now lift your shirt so I can see." Mac looked up at Callen for help. He simply shrugged. Hetty snipped the first stitch and Mac left out a yelp and jerked. "Mr. Callen please hold her still for me."

Callen stood behind Mac and held her tight against him while Hetty worked. He wished he could take the pain away but was glad to just be there for her. It took only a few minuet's for Hetty to get them all out.

"Now there you go." Hetty snapped off her gloves and smiled at her. "Now both of you get back to work.

Mac stood and she and Callen walked back to their desks. They both noticed how stressed Kensi was.

"Ok Kensi what's going on with you?" asked Callen.

"Deeks. He gets his caps tomorrow and is driving me crazy."

Mac sent a text then waited till Nell came down the steps. "Nell you up for a girls night?"

"Sure." She looked between Kensi and Mac.

"Good because Kensi here is about to go crazy and I really need a night out too."

"If you wanted to go out you could have told me." Said Callen.

"We can go out tomorrow night." Mac went back to focus on Kensi.

"Ok Kensi where do you want to go?"

"I don't care."

"Are we planning a girl's night out?" asked Hetty coming out of nowhere.

"Yes we are." Said Mac. "You coming too Hetty?"

"I wouldn't miss it."

Callen and Sam shared a look. They waited till Hetty went back to her desk before either spoke.

"Kensi you do remember the last time you guys had a girl's night out with Hetty?" said Sam. "You ended up at that strip club and Hetty almost got you guys arrested."

Sam enjoyed the look of horror that Callen had on his face for a second.

"Sam after the last week I don't care where we end up as long as there is beer and food."

The day went quickly sense they spent most of it training. Mac hardly saw Callen so it was a surprise when she found a note on her desk at the end of the day.

*I miss you. I'll be at your place tonight.*

Mac smiled at the note then tucked it into her bag.

"Nell come on tell me where you are going?"

"Eric it's a girl's night out." Nell stop at the bottom of the steps. "That means no guys. You are just going to have to find something else to do tonight."

"But I bought whip cream."

Mac and Kensi both looked at Eric and bust out laughing.

"For the ice cream Sundays." Added Eric very embarrassed.

"Yeah ice cream sure." Said Kensi. They would be teasing him about this for days. Eric ran back up the steps as Hetty joined them.

An hour later they were sitting on the terrace of a very upscale restaurant enjoying their dinner and drinks.

"So Nell you Eric and Whipped cream huh?" asked Kensi watching as her friend blushed.

"It was his idea." This had the other three laughing. "What like you and Deeks haven't done anything wild?"

"Define wild?" Kensi shook her head. "Deeks really isn't up to anything too demanding just yet."

"Sorry Kens I didn't mean anything by that." Said Nell.

"It's ok Nell. He's getting a lot better." Kensi took a long drink of her beer. "He's finally sleeping, which is good."

"So Mac what about you and Callen?" asked Nell.

"What about us?" Mac looked around the table a bit confused.

"Are you two doing anything wild?" added Kensi.

"No." Mac shook her head. "Callen wants to take things slow."

"Slow you're kidding us?" said Kensi "How slow are you two taking things?"

"Glacier slow." Mac shrugged. "I haven't seen him most of this week after his little melt down, even today at work he managed to avoid me."

"I Believe Mr. Callen is at a loss of how to handle a real relationship." Said Hetty studying the younger woman. "He doesn't have much experience in this aspect of a normal life."

"Great lucky me." Said Mac.

"Don't worry I'm sure he'll come around." Said Nell.

"I'll get Deeks and Sam to talk to him." Said Kensi.

"May I suggest you try seducing him."

"Hetty." Nell almost spit her beer across the table.

"Perhaps we should make a trip to Victoria Secrets when we leave here." Added Kensi. "Pick up some ammunition."

Mac shook her head and started to laugh. "Ok but if he bolts you're gonna be the one chasing him down."

Deeks was happy when the guys showed up with pizza and beers. He understood why Kensi needed some time out with the girls. What he didn't expect was Eric to be so upset about it.

"Man what is with you tonight Eric?" asked Deeks.

"I had plans tonight."

"So why are you here with us?" asked Sam.

"They were with Nell." Eric began to sulk. He checked his phone about ten times but she hadn't sent him any texts.

"So Eric you and Nell huh?" asked Deeks. Boy take some time off and you miss all the good stuff.

"Yeah. We had plans." He looked up and blushed. "You know plans."

"Oh you were gonna have sex. Just say it man." Said Deeks trying not to laugh at his friend.

"I even bought whipped cream." Murmured Eric.

Sam nearly fell off his chair. Ok this was way too much information but boy was it funny. Callen just shook his head then got serious.

"Do women really like that?"

This caused Sam to howl. "Oh man G no wonder you want to take things slow with Mac."

Deeks was dying. Oh this was too good.

"What?" asked Callen now wishing he would have kept his mouth shut. "It's been a while ok. And my last relationship was while undercover."

"G just get her naked and take it from there, I think you can figure things out on your own." Sam was never going to let his partner live this down.

Kensi and Nell were trying not to lose it as Hetty took over once in the store. She went around picking out what she thought would look good on Mac. Mac just stood there looking shell shocked. It's not every day your boss helps you get your boyfriend in bed.

Once Hetty had her pics made for Mac she started in on Kensi. This took the smile right off Kensi's face. Ok this was just plain wrong. Hetty left Nell alone seeing that she didn't want to give Eric a heart attack. They needed him too much to keep the computer systems up and working.

It was close to midnight when Mac finally got home. Callen was sitting on the couch and spotted the pink bag right away.

"What's in the bag?" Like he couldn't figure that out on his own.

"Oh just a few things I picked up tonight." Mac smiled and went into the bedroom.

"You going to show me?"

"Not tonight, I'm beat. Hetty doesn't seem to know when to call it a night." Mac yawned and grabbed her shorts and tank to sleep in. Callen no longer saw the bag and didn't push it. They both had to work the next day.

"So when do I get to see what you bought?"

"Let's see how the week goes." Mac smirked at Callen.

"You just want to drive me crazy don't you?"

"If I wanted to do that I'd already be wearing some of it." Mac climbed into bed. Callen just stood there for a second before grabbing his bag and heading to the bathroom to change.

He came back and climbed in to the bed. "Did you have a nice night?"

"It was nice. Kensi is less stressed." She's going to have a long day tomorrow with Deeks dentist appointment."

"I just hope we don't have a bad case tomorrow being an agent down." Added Callen.

"We can always get Nell out in the field."

"True. I can't believe her and Eric are together."

"Oh believe it. We had to hear about what those two get up too. I think I'm scared for life."

"Eric was so upset tonight he didn't get sex tonight." Callen laughed.

Callen pulled Mac back against him tightly. "So really what did you buy tonight?"

"I'm not telling you." Mac looked over her shoulder at him. "You're the one who wanted to take things slow."

Callen groaned. "Ok I change my mind. Slow is over rated."

"Still not telling you tonight. You may not need much sleep but I do."

"So tomorrow?"

"We'll see." Mac yawned again and drifted off to sleep. She just hoped he wouldn't go snooping around her room while she slept.

Nell got home and found Eric sitting on the couch pouting. He glanced up at her then back at the video game he was not really playing. "Have fun tonight?"

"Eric don't be like this. Kensi really needed a break."

"We had plans."

"I'll make them up to you." Nell sat down and snuggled into Eric.

"When?"

"Tomorrow night. We can go to the Olive Garden for dinner then come back here."

Eric smiled widely then turned the game and tv off.

"Ok sounds good."

Kensi walked into the apartment to find Deeks already in bed. He smiled as she walked into the bedroom.

"Hey Fern have a good night?"

"Yes I did." Kensi reached back out into the hall and pulled out her own pink bag and showed Deeks. "Look where I was tonight."

"God I love you."

"Hetty picked the stuff out so you may want to thank her when you see it."

"Should I be scared, it is Hetty were talking about?"

"I think you'll like it." Kensi slipped into the bathroom. Sense she had the day off tomorrow to go with Deeks she decided to show him one of her new outfits. She went with the jade green set and was greeted with a long whistle from Deeks.

"Ok Hetty has amazing taste."

"She picked out stuff for Mac too. Callen isn't going to know what hit him." Kensi giggled a bit at this. It was about time their team leader had a real life.

"Nuff talk get over here Fern."

Kensi joined Deeks in bed and it wasn't long before all thoughts of their friends were long gone.

Callen laid there and watched Mackenna sleep for a while. He placed a gentle kiss behind her ear then whispered "I love you" to her before closing his eyes and trying to sleep himself. Hopefully he wouldn't have to wait too long to find out what was in that bag.

The next morning Kensi was up before Deeks. She called in to make sure they didn't need her. Callen assured her they were fine and that no case had came in yet. She made Deeks pancakes and coffee. She wanted to make the day as stress free as she could for him. Once they ate they made their way to the dentist. Deeks was less stressed today sense there was no drills needed. He was surprised that it only took an hour and he had four new teeth in his mouth. Plus there was almost no pain which made him very happy.

He was told to be careful with what he ate the next day or two then he could eat whatever he wanted. Kensi decided sense Deeks was doing so good he could drop her off at work. Deeks of course wanted to talk to Hetty and see if he could come back now that he had his new teeth.

He was still meeting with a therapist that Nate recommended and was doing way better. He was sleeping good again, that was when Kensi left him sleep, not that he minded getting woken up in the middle of the night by her.

They walked into the mission holding hands. Kensi went to her desk while Deeks went to see Hetty.

"Ok Hetty I have my new teeth, can I come back to work now please?"

"Are you sleeping?"

"Yep when Kensi lets me." Deeks smiled. Hetty just shook her head at him.

"I will need a letter from your therapist saying you are cleared to return, then we will go from there."

"Yes, thanks you Hetty. You will have the letter tomorrow." Deeks jumped up to go tell Kensi the good news. He found her doing paper work.

"Hey Kens I need to run out for a bit but I'll pick you up when you're done tonight just send me a text ok."

"Yeah sure Deeks. I'll see you later." Kensi smiled up at her boyfriend before going back to her paper work.

A few minuets later Kensi looked up as Mac and Callen came into the bullpen.

"Come on Mackenna just tell me the colors?"

"Nope."

"Please?"

"Nope."

"You didn't show him yet did you?"

"Told him he has to wait."

"Change your mind about going slow yet G?" added Sam getting a kick out of his partner.

"I already told her that." Callen sat at his desk and looked over to his girlfriend. She simply smirked at him.

"This is because of that night, you're getting back at me aren't you?"

Mackenna just smiled at him and got back to her paper work.

"Welcome to being in a committed relationship G." said Sam laughing at his partner.

Callen just shook his head.