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Chapter 16
Another month went by and Deeks and Kensi had settled in their new house. Deeks was surprised at how much stuff Kensi was willing to let go of considering how much she loved her stuff. She reasoned that a lot of it was from when she was with Jack and just didn't want it in their house. Deeks didn't question it and simply hauled it all to the curb.
It also became a daily occurrence for them to walk into ops each day holding hands. They never left go until they reached the desks, always leaving the same way holding hands.
This particular morning Nell greeted them as they came in and grabbed Kensi insisting she had something important to talk to her about. They ended up in the burn room and found Mac waiting there. Nell had already dragged her into whatever was going on.
Nell began to pace the small space making the other women wonder what was wrong. Finally Nell stopped and looked at them almost in tears. "I think I'm pregnant."
"Ok wasn't expecting that." Said Kensi. "I figured Mac or I would be the first one saying that."
"Guys this is important." Nell looked like she was about to cry. "I'm not ready for this. Eric isn't ready for this."
"No one ever is Nell." Said Mac.
"Did you take a test?" asked Kensi.
"No I bought one but haven't taken it."
"Then go take it." Said both Mac and Kensi at the same time.
Nell nodded and scurried from the room towards the bathroom nearly running Eric over in the process.
"Is she ok?" asked Eric.
"Oh yeah she's fine." Lied Kensi. They headed after Nell and found her in the bathroom watching a little white stick.
"Nell they take like fifteen minutes to do anything." Said Mac. Both women looked at her.
"What?"
"You have something you want to tell us?" asked Kensi with a smirk.
"No. Any ways Callen and I haven't really talked about that stuff yet."
Kensi and Mac leaned against the wall and talked about having another girls night while Nell paced. Once the time was up Nell refused to look at the test. Kensi offered to and turned to Nell.
"Ok you're not having a little Eric just yet."
"Oh thank god." Nell almost collapsed. "I'm just getting into the field and I don't want to blow this."
Kensi wrapped the test in a few layers of paper towel before tossing it. They didn't want anyone finding it and blabbing. Nell headed back to OPS as Kensi and Mac headed down to start on paper work.
The guys were smart enough not to ask what just went down, at least smart enough not to ask until they had the girls alone.
"So G you got plans this weekend?"
"Yes I do." Callen looked over at Mac. "We are going away for the weekend to celebrate my birthday."
"G you don't celebrate your birthday." Said Sam a bit confused. Usually they would have a beer and a steak dinner and that was it.
"Well we're starting a new tradition." Said Callen simply. He was still watching Mac to see how she reacted. When he had showed her the hotel reservation she hadn't said anything and had only smiled and kissed him. He just hoped he wasn't pushing things to far too soon.
Right now Mac was looking at her paper work but she had a smile on her face so Callen figured she wasn't mad he had just told everyone their plans.
"Man G you could have told me, I got us Laker tickets." Sam seemed more upset then he should.
"Take Kensi."
"Yeah I can't Deeks and I have dinner plans with my mom Saturday night."
"G these are prime seats, you have to fight for these seats."
"Sorry Sam." Callen felt a bit guilty but he was not about to put his plans on hold just for a ball game.
Just then Hetty came into the bullpen followed by Nell and Eric.
"Alright everyone I have the results of Mr. Deeks and Miss. Jones tests." Hetty handed them both envelops. Deeks ripped his open and jumped up out of his chair.
"98%" He grabbed Kensi and gave her a huge hug.
"Well Nell how did you do?" asked Mac.
"98% too." Nell giggled.
"I would expect both of you to begin receiving offers from other agencies. It is unusual for most agents to receive such high scores on these tests."
"Yeah well we aren't your usual agents said Deeks."
"No you are most certainly not."
"Hey Mac what was your score?" asked Nell.
"99%." Said Mac with a shrug.
"Only three other agents currently working have had such a high score."
Mac only shrugged again.
By the end of the day Callen was getting really tired of Sam and his attitude. He was starting to think he didn't like the fact that he had found someone. It's not like they didn't spend any time together. Ok so they didn't hang out every single night after work anymore. They went out for beers at least once a week and sometimes dinner.
Sam had left without saying a thing to anyone. Mac looked over at Callen as she got her stuff together.
"I'm sorry Sam is mad at you."
"He'll get over it."
"Yeah but I feel like it's my fault."
"Mackenna none of this is your fault. Sam has been telling me for years to find someone and now that I have he can't handle it."
"I still feel like it's my fault."
Callen pulled her close for a minute then led her out the door.
"So what was up with Nell today?" asked Callen once they were in the car.
"She thought she might be pregnant." Mac looked out the window as they drove. "Don't say anything she doesn't want Eric to know. I think she's afraid he'll freak out."
"Oh yeah he'd freak alright. Would be funny to watch."
"Like you wouldn't freak out if I got pregnant." Mac smirked at him.
Callen pulled up to a red light and looked over at her. "For a few minutes maybe then I'd be running out to buy every baby book I could find." Callen smiled at her.
Mac shook her head at him then went back to looking out the window.
By Friday Sam was no better. He asked Hetty to let him work with Deeks for a while even. Hetty told him no so Sam demanded to work alone or he was taking vacation time. No one could figure out what was going on with him.
"I hate to see how he acts when you two get married." Said Deeks as they watched Sam storm out of the mission.
Mac and Callen headed back to her place to grab their bags for the weekend trip to Baja. Callen headed out to the car and Mac pulled a huge box out from under the bed and put it on the kitchen table. Callen noticed it as soon as he came back in the house.
"What's this?"
"Your birthday gift." Mac smiled at him. "Open it."
"I thought you were my gift." Said Callen pulling her close for a kiss.
"Just open it will you."
Callen pulled the paper off and was shocked to find a super deluxe erector set. Over 10,000 pieces that he could fiddle with to build anything.
"I figured when you can't sleep you can work on this instead of taking apart my hair dryer… again."
"Wow." Callen ran his hands over the box. "I always wanted one of these as a kid."
"Well I got you the largest set they make."
"I love it." Callen pulled her close again. "I love you so much."
"I love you too." Whispered Mac.
Callen pulled back and looked her in the eye. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing it's just I've never said that to anyone before. Actually I've never had anyone say it to me either."
Callen pulled her as close as he could and just held her. "Guess I'll have to say it more often then."
Sam's house.
I just don't get it Michelle."
"Sam he's in love Callen has every right to want to spend all his time with her."
"Yeah but he's never passed up Lakers tickets before."
"I think you're just mad because he didn't tell you about his plans first." Michele sat next to Sam on the bed. "He's still your partner and best friend, just be happy for him."
"I am happy for him." Said Sam.
The phone rang and Sam answered it.
"Yeah Hetty I can be there within the hour." Sam looked at Michele. "Got called in for something."
"Go save the day." Michelle watched Sam leave and couldn't help but feel a bit sad for him.
OSP
"Mr. Hanna the CIA has asked for our help with an overseas operation. I was wondering if you would like to take a place on that team?"
"How long is the operation?"
"From a month to six months we really don't know." Added Granger.
"This operation could save thousands of lives."
An hour later Sam had been debriefed on the operation and after a call to Michelle had decided to take the job. He headed home to pack and then Michelle drove him to the airport.
Deek's and Kensi's house.
Deeks came home to find Kensi wearing only one of his shirts and dancing around the living room to a blasting iPod. He closed the door and took dinner into the kitchen. Kensi danced her way into the kitchen and picked a piece of pizza out of the box then danced around the kitchen as she ate it.
"Boy Fern you're in a good mood tonight."
"Something wrong with that." Said Kensi around a bite of pizza.
"No nothing wrong with that."
Deeks leaned against the counter and ate his own pizza while Kensi danced around eating her third piece.
Kensi stopped moving and looked at Deeks. She smiled at him then walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him. "I love you."
Deeks wrapped his arms around her and kissed her. "I love you too Fern."
Kensi pulled back and looked at Deeks for a minute. "I want a baby."
Deeks almost fell over. He couldn't say anything he just stood there with his mouth open looking at her. Kensi reached up and closed his mouth. "Deeks are you still with me?"
"Yeah." Deeks swallowed hard. "You want a baby?"
"Yes I want a baby." Kensi kissed Deeks. "I want your baby."
"Baby ok we can have a baby." Deeks really was confused. They hadn't talked about having kids; hell Kensi didn't even like kids.
"What brought this on?"
"Nell thought she was pregnant, turns out she isn't but it got me to thinking and I want a baby."
Deeks really didn't know what to say now. He wanted kids sure could he be a good dad he really didn't know.
"So I guess that means you're going off the pill then?"
"Deeks are you ok with this? I kind of figured you wanted little mutant ninja assassins running around." Kensi started to think she got this wrong. "You got us a house and all." She almost whispered the last part suddenly feeling very unsure of herself.
"Fern if you want a baby then let's go make a baby." Deeks picked her up and sat her down on the table.
"Deeks not here you nut." Kensi laughed. They headed to the bedroom Kensi explaining it would take a while to let her body adjust to being off the pill but Deeks insisted lots of practice was still needed.
MONDAY MORNING OPS
Callen and Mac walked into the mission and went to their desks. Mac noticed an envelope on her desk and opened it. She got up after reading it and handed it to Callen. Kensi and Deeks had just gotten there and knew right off something was not right. Mac looked pale and Callen well he just looked sick.
"Guys what's wrong?" asked Deeks.
"Sam left. He took a job on an overseas task force." Said Mac. Callen dropped the letter and went to find Hetty. Kensi picked it up and she and Deeks read it.
*Mackenna and Callen. This will be hard for everyone but it's something I need to do. I've taken a position on a CIA/NCIS joint task force overseas. I don't know how long it will be before I'm back. Please check in with Michelle when you can. Mac look after our boy and keep him out of trouble. Callen don't screw this up, you'll never find another women to put up with you. Your friend Sam.*
"Wow. Didn't see that one coming." Muttered Deeks.
"Hetty what the hell is going on?" asked Callen when he found her up in ops.
"Mr. Hanna was needed for this operation. I am not aware of why only that he was requested for it."
Callen knew that Hetty was holding something back. Right now he was too mad to think straight.
"For now Miss. Taylor will be your partner in the field. Can the two of you handle that?"
"Yeah we can handle that." Callen went back to his desk and sat down. No one wanted to say anything afraid to upset their team leader. Hetty soon joined them.
"In Mr. Hanna's absence Miss. Blye you and Miss. Taylor will be in charge of Mr. Deeks and Miss. Jones physical and weapons training. I will see that you get all of the information you will need to see they complete the training on time."
Hetty looked at Callen. "Mr. Callen I am very sorry that you were not informed of your partner leaving. You were already gone for the weekend and he didn't want to ruin your weekend."
Callen nodded but stayed quiet. He just hoped Sam would be ok and that he had someone to watch his back.