This is the longest chapter so far. I really wanted to capture reactions of every team member in this chapter because I felt that was important for the story. The one opinion you won't be hearing is that of Hetty, I purposefully left that out because it's going to be important down the line. Anyway, without further ado I give you (after a little recap) chapter 6. Enjoy!

She can see the wheels turning in his head, processing her words, before he speaks "So you have thought about it" he finally breathes out, smiling

"I did"

"And?" Deeks eyes lock with hers and he searches them expectantly

"And I am" Kensi answers, determination lacing her voice. She smiles when she sees the confusion on his face; sometimes it's so entertaining to see how little effort she has to put into flustering him.

"Am what? Ready? Willing?" he asks in disbelief. It's been a while since they've been talking in metaphors and he's a little rusty on the meaning of it all.

Kensi takes a beat, considering this the now or never moment, she puts on her biggest smile, squeezes his hands and breaths

"No" she finally says, heart beating loudly in her chest "Pregnant"

Life opens up opportunities to you,
and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them
-Jim Carrey

He's been staring at her for over five minutes, frozen in his seat quietly processing her words. "You're what?" he finally asks, surprise evident in his voice.

Kensi smiles, a smile so bright he's sure she'll start glowing any second "Pregnant Deeks, I'm pregnant" she answers. When she first thought about having 'the' conversation with Deeks about their possible future kids she had no idea she'd become pregnant so easily. When she first held the positive pregnancy test in her hand she had internally laughed and considered it a mistake. But, after buying ten more, who also turned out to be positive she allowed her mind to track back her movements to see how this could have happened. Kensi had been on the pill since she was 15 and it had always worked perfectly fine. About three months ago she was shot during an op and even though the bullet only graced her Deeks had insisted to go to the hospital and have her get a round of antibiotics. She hadn't realized at the time that it would be that round of antibiotics that would render her birth control useless for the time being.

"But we've just been talking about the idea of it" Deeks says flabbergasted. If her sudden 180 about wanting to have kids shocked him this news was considered to unleash a full blown tornado of emotions.

"I know" she admitted. When she finally had calmed down from the shock herself she'd figured she had to find a way to tell Deeks. But, how do you tell someone you're pregnant when you've been adamant about not having them for so long? To say she didn't have sleepless nights because of it would be a lie. She also knew that she didn't want to keep the news from him for that long. This was not something she wanted to go through alone.

Deeks sighs heavily, his eyes searching hers questioningly "You're really pregnant?" he asked. Somehow the idea still hadn't registered with him. Kensi was pregnant, with his child. They where going to have a baby, they where going to be parents.

"Yes I am" Kensi answered proudly. It had taken her quite a little time to get used to the idea of having a tiny human living inside her uterus but when she finally allowed herself to dream she'd come to the conclusion that she was actually really happy about it. If there was one person she wanted to have kids with it was with her ridiculously good looking, funny and extremely compassionate partner. Her Deeks.

"When? How long have you? I mean how far along are you?" Deeks looked at Kensi's stomach. He had absolutely no idea how far along she would be, but considering the fact she wasn't showing yet he'd figured it wouldn't be that long.

"about 8 weeks" she answered, having done the math herself. Her first thought finding out was to make an appointment with an OBGYN but she knew that would be something she wanted to do with Deeks. She wanted to share every part of this pregnancy with him and she'd knew he'd appreciate it

"WHAT" Deeks looked at Kensi shocked. She had been pregnant for almost two months and she hadn't told him sooner. Why not? Suddenly a lot of thoughts ran through his head. Hadn't she wanted to tell him because she wasn't planning on keeping it? Didn't she tell him because she wasn't sure he could be a good father?Neither of those options where considered to be acceptable excuses for him.

She knew she should have told him the minute she found out, but she had needed some time "I only found out last week myself. I was just as shocked as you are" Kensi elaborates, hoping to put his mind at ease.

"Why didn't you tell me" He tries to keep the disappointment from his voice. For her it was only a week, for him it was seven whole days of not knowing they where going to be parents. Seven whole days wherein he could have gotten used to the idea of the life altering state of their relationship.

"I was scared, scared you'd change your mind once we talked about having to change our whole world because of it" she admits. Although she had consciously made the decision to wait she hadn't at the time considered how it would affect him. Seeing his crestfallen face now, she knows it wasn't her decision to make. She might be the one carrying the baby, but she's not the only one taking care of this baby in the long run.

"We're having a baby?" she hears him ask again.

"We're having a baby!"Kensi confirms once more. Seeing the sheer joy wash over him upon finally realizing what the news means, she wills herself to relax.

"So, now what? How do we move forward?" he asks. If it was up to him they'd keep the news to themselves a little while longer but he knew it wasn't ONLY up to him. They have to start making decisions together now, for their future, for their family.

"You sure you want this?" her voice startled him from his clutter of thoughts.

He thinks about what she's asking for all of one second before answering with a resolute"Absolutely" before adding "And you?"

"Yes I do" she answers truthfully. A week ago she couldn't have answered this honestly if she wanted to. The doubt about all the changes this was going to bring clouding her judgement and making it hard to be happy. But now, a week later, having some time to think things over and actually visualize a future with a child she'd wholeheartedly knew this was what she wanted.

Deeks huffs out a breath he didn't know he was holding,"Then I guess we'll need to figure out the logistics, tell Hetty first."

"Hmm, hmm" she answers vaguely. She wants him to take the lead on this. she felt like she had taken something from him by not telling him the moment she found out and this is her way of trying to make up for it.

If he knows what she's doing he doesn't call her out on it. He just gets into logistics "And then we'll like throw a party or something when the 3 month mark is up and we tell all the others?"

Feeling relieve and happiness wash over her like a warm blanket she can't help but smile. For someone who first was shell shocked he was quickly adapting, something Kensi was extremely proud of.

"Sounds like a plan. But what about my mom?" Kensi asked, not really sure as to what to do with that. The relationship with her mother had been strained for years to say the least, until she finally re-entered her live a couple years ago during an dangerous op.

"What about her?" Deeks asks. Ever since Julia re-entered Kensi's (and subsequently his) life things have been casual. They had their weekly diner dates, went shopping on occasion but nothing beyond that. Their relationship had been that of casual friends and Deeks didn't like it.

"We tell her now? Wait until we had the party? Invite her to the party?" Kensi elaborates. As much as she treasured the relationship she had managed to rebuild with her mother she really didn't know how to react in a situation like this. It was not something she had experienced before, and that scared her a little.

Deeks knew that as much as she would want him to make this decision for her this was something she needed to decide herself. "Do you think she'd be mad if we waited to tell her with the others?" he opted, hoping to trigger a response.

"I don't know" she answered, shrugging her shoulders casually. And that was the truth. She really didn't know HOW her mother was going to react either way.

"What do you want to do?"

The question startled her. When she first found out she was pregnant she knew she needed to tell Deeks first because there was no way she could justify not telling him. The second thought she had was about her mother. She might not have been acting like a daughter for over a decade but that didn't mean she wasn't one. Thinking about that life growing inside of her she knew that no matter WHAT relationship they ended up having she would want to know her child was expecting,"I guess I want to tell her."

Deeks quirks his eyebrows "You guess?" he questions.

"I know" she admits "I do, I want to tell her" she repeats smiling. Kensi knows that she wouldn't be able to keep the news from her mother for that long even if she wanted to. It was going to be hard to stay mum at work but she just KNEW it was impossible to fool her mother, and on top of that she didn't want to. She wanted to share this with her mother, wanted the stories of her childhood but mostly she wanted to know what to expect and tips on how to deal with it. It would be a great way to bond even further.

"Mom, can you sit down for a second. We need to tell you something" They had been sitting in Julia's backyard for hours with Julia slaving away in the kitchen, never giving Kensi or Deeks any room to bring anything up. At first she had chastised them for their impromptu visit but then she had ushered them outside and told them they had just given her the best excuse ever to use her new oven. She had come back half an hour later with lemonade and the first dish to try, and had disappeared as quickly as she came. This went on for what felt like hours, other than the occasional "Yum" and "Delicious" nothing shared between the three of them.

That one sentence rendered a response from Julia. Setting the latest dish down, she planted herself down on one of the seats across from them "Oh lord what did Marty do this time?"

Kensi smiled. She couldn't blame her mother for going there. From all of the talks they had casually, Deeks was usually the main topic "Uhm"

Deeks was being uncharacteristically quiet, waiting for Kensi to tell her story. He had offered to come with her but drew the line by telling her mother. Deeks knew that Julia thought he was good for Kensi, she had told him as much the last time they talked, but knocking up her little girl, that was something else entirely. He would guess that the first thing she would do is chop his balls of and sell them on the black market, making sure it NEVER happened again.

"He asked you to marry him didn't he?" Julia suddenly says. Her whole face lit up "Oh Kensi, I'm so happy for you"

Kensi sighed,"No mom. He didn't." For someone who pride herself on being so perceptive she wasn't doing such a good job. If she'd just taken the time to sit down and eat with them she'd realized that over half of the things she'd bring out Kensi hadn't touched. Not because she didn't want to, god how she CRAVED some clam chowder and a mozzarella sandwich, but because she COULDN'T eat them anymore if she wanted a healthy baby.

"Wait? What? He didn't?"Julia asked, face shocked. Her eyes darted from Kensi to Deeks "Marty, you keep surprising me. Why haven't you asked Kensi to marry you?"

"MOM!" Kensi sputtered, almost choking on a piece of cucumber. Her face turned as red as a tomato, and she had to look away to contain the fit of giggles that threatened to erupt upon seeing Deeks' face

Julia wasn't about to let her daughter of the hook that easily,"Kensi come on, from what I've been told you guys have been inseparable for the past five years. And maybe you weren't really together for most of those but you both got your act together now, haven't you? So what's the hold up?"

Kensi sighed,"Mom, can you please stop talking for one second and sit down. You spend way too much time with Deeks; you start to ramble just like him"
She had enough rambling to deal with on a daily basis, and she wasn't in the mood for more.

"I don't mind spending time with Marty Kensi, you know that" Julia started but upon seeing her daughters -not so- amused face she sobered "I don't ramble"

"Yes, you do. But that's beside the point" Kensi countered. Upon hearing the tone of her voice Deeks put a hand on Kensi's shoulder to ground her. This was supposed to be a fun visit, to share something special between family. Deeks wasn't about to let it get turned into something else.

"What exactly is the point of this impromptu visit if it's not to announce you're getting married" Julia asked, her own annoyance now clear in her voice.

"We just wondered something" Deeks said, taking over the lead before things got out of hand.

"What?" Julia asked, the calmness returning in her voice.

Deeks swallows, he hadn't really thought this would be something he'd have to break to his mother in law. He didn't really have a plan, so he said the first thing that came to mind "Have you seen any storks lately?"

"What? What kind of IDIOTIC question is that?" Julia raised an eyebrow, looking questioningly from Deeks to her daughter. Kensi stifled back a laugh, if she didn't know where this conversation was going she'd for sure be lost herself

"Just tell us, have you?" Deeks asked again, trying to keep the seriousness in his tone.

He saw the flicker of understanding before they heard the "O-H M-Y G-O-D." Julia all but screamed, eyes wide, realization written clear over her face

"I think it landed" Kensi whispered smilingly. Her breath tickling his ears, making him shutter.

"You're pregnant" Julia all but screamed, excitement clear in every syllable.

"Oh, it most definitely landed" Deeks laughed, kissing Kensi on the cheek before getting lost in a bear hug between Kensi and her mother.

"How on earth are we going to tell the guys?" Deeks asks one night while they're laying in bed. They had a long excruciating day at work and he had been worried about her pretty much round the clock. He wanted to shelter her from the bullets, keep her from bumping into things, even have her relent on giving him the keys to the car, but he didn't know how he was going to justify all of this to the rest of the team. He had wanted to tell them for a little while now but ever time they came close he'd imagine their faces, mad as hell "On second thought maybe we shouldn't. I mean, I'm pretty sure they'll either kill or castrate me to make sure I can't make any more"

Kensi laughed,"Drama Queen". She knew that it was going to be hard for Callen and Sam to accept that she wasn't some little girl that needed protection anymore, and if she did she had Deeks now to take care of that and things had been that way for years now.

"Kens, have you forgotten how they reacted when we first told them we were dating? They practically killed me with their looks" Deeks says, recalling that conversation with a shutter.

"They were just a little overprotective. I'm like their little sister. I'm sure that they'll be happy for us" Kensi laughed, turning to face Deeks. If she was being honest she'd practically KNEW they'd be happy for her. Ever since Sam came up to her last month asking her if she wouldn't mind babysitting his daughter again because she'd loved it so much last time. Kensi knew it was going to be great when she saw his eyes lid up when she told him she'd love to. But, sometimes it was so tempting to just play with Deeks a little.

Deeks swallowed,"I'm not so sure."

"We've been together for years Deeks. It's not like we had a one night stand and you knocked me up" Kensi smiled warmly, proud of the relationship she had managed to build with Deeks. After everything they'd been through, she thinks back to that first time they crossed that line. How different things would've been if she'd become pregnant then, if she hadn't been shipped to Afghanistan for some bogus classified mission to shoot/save/spare, whatever the hell they told her it was, her ex fiancee.

"That might have been better. I could say it was an accident and I had nothing to do with it"

Kensi's hysterical laugh echoed through the room "Your sperm magically made its way into my uterus and made a baby? Yeah, they'll be MUCH less mad about that" she said sarcastically

Deeks scrunched his nose "If you say it like that"

"YOU said it like that" she countered.

"Touché Kenselina, touché" Deeks said, smiling. He figured that he'd just have to suck up whatever punishment the boys would be dishing out on him, because as much as this might not have been planned, it was surely wanted and he would do ANYTHING to make sure Kensi knew that.

When they sat down at their favorite little restaurant for a get together with friends a couple days later, the jitters came back in full force. Kensi's hand reached out to his on instinct and he squeezed it for reassurance.

"Thanks for inviting us, guys. It's been a long time since we've hung out together outside of work" Eric's voice filled the quiet restaurant, quickly followed by Nell's

"We should do this more often" she added, giving Kensi a friendly hug while clapping Deeks on the shoulder.

"Deal" Sam's voice came from behind one of the waiters and before he could settle down Callen came rushing in, worriedly looking at Kensi "Kens are you okay? You look like you haven't slept in days"

"Hello to you too, is that your nice way of telling me I look like crap?"Kensi said, frustration clear in her voice. She had been dealing with her mother for days. Days of pampering, because according to her mother she looked like she was about to jump of a cliff and not come back up. Dramatic much?

"I wouldn't say it like that but you've looked better. Are you sick?" Callen clarified, casting his worrying eyes upon her once more.

"Sick? No, not really" Kensi answered truthfully, trying to keep her frustrating tone out of her voice. She wasn't about to get into a fight with Callen over something as insignificant as not looking all that great.

"Kensi, what's wrong?" Nell cuts in, adapting the worried tone of Callen.

Kensi pushed out a strangled breath through closed lips "Nothing" she says, pinching her nose, feeling a headache coming up.

"We all know that nothing means everything in your vocabulary" Nell answers, but quickly looks away when Kensi's agitated look penetrates through her

Kensi locks eyes with Deeks, reaching for support. He squeezes her hand in recognition "Let's eat, I'm starving" he opts, giving a fake growl of his stomach for good measure. "What do you want to order Kens?" he asked, already knowing what her answer was going to be.

"I will have the lamb chops with baby carrots and tiny potatoes" They had talked about how they where going to bring the news to their friends and Kensi had hoped that the conversation with Callen didn't steer him in another direction, she was extremely grateful it didn't

"You never eat baby carrots" Nell cuts in, having found back her braveness. She knew that her friend wasn't really mad at her for agreeing with Callen but she still managed to look somewhat guilty.

"I love baby carrots" Kensi says overly cheery, mischievous eyes locking with Deeks. They had a bet going on who would figure things out first, Deeks had opted for their team captain because according to Deeks you could NEVER put anything past Callen but Kensi had put her money on Nell, her friend always knowing what she was thinking before she even thought it herself. When she looked around the table, seeing the scrunched up faces of Callen and Sam alongside Eric she knew she was close to winning.

"Since when?" Nell asked, amusement in her voice. Her eyes twinkled and Kensi knew she putting two and two together

Kensi deliberately stayed quiet for a little while. She wanted to commemorate the look of each of their faces when she uttered the next words "Since about 13 weeks"

"What?"Sam was the first to break the silence, looking at Kensi questioningly

"KENSI MARY BLYE, are you saying what you think I'm saying?" Nell's voice came booming through the restaurant.

Kensi smiled, eyes twinkling,"Yes."

"What? Am I missing something?" Eric asked. Deeks looked at him sympathetically but didn't say a word. He was too busy gawking Callen and Sam's reaction. But the boys gave him absolutely nothing to work with. He could see Nell whispering something in Eric's ear, and then realization dawned on him, evident in his eyes.

"Congratulations guys, we're so happy for you" Callen eventually says, the only one who hadn't said anything during this little ordeal.

Deeks locks his eyes with him "You are?" he asks, shocked.

"Off course we are. We had bets on how long it would take to either have a marriage proposal or a pregnancy" Sam chimed in, " I think Nell won" he said, sticking his tongue out to her teasingly.

"Oh my god, seriously?" Kensi couldn't believe they had a bet going on this. She knew that she and Deeks where the topic of most of their bets and jokes but she didn't know it was THAT bad.

"You where nervous weren't you Deeks?" Callen asks amused, bumping his shoulder with Sam, pointing towards their joined hands.

"No" Deeks lies, jerking his hand away from Kensi's. It's one thing to SAY you're nervous and it's another thing to let others know you ARE.

"Yes. You have no idea. He thought you'd kill him" Kensi smiles, clapping him on the shoulder casually.

"Come on guys, you aren't anything new. You've been together for a long time now and I know you're good for Kensi, you've proven that time and time again.
You two belong together" their team captain said, clearly meaning every word.

It startled Deeks, if there was one person he'd expect problems from it was Callen but he seemed to be just as supportive as the rest of them "Thank you guys that means a lot"

"You think we're ready for this, Deeks?" Kensi asks later that night, feet propped up on his legs, lazily chewing on a piece of chocolate.

Deeks takes one of Kensi's feet and starts rubbing it "I don't think you can ever BE completely ready for something as life altering as this. All we can do is prepare the best way we can for this little creature, and that we can do. I believe in us" he admits.

"And that's how I know that everything will be okay. As long as I have you by my side, I can handle anything" Kensi says seriously, pushing herself up a little so that she can ruffle his hair.

Deeks smiles "You" he says "Me" he points to himself, smiling wider "And baby makes three" he finishes, kissing Kensi's still flat stomach.

Kensi sighed from relief, although the responses of the team had put their mind at ease a little, they where still a little scared about the future. This baby was a blessing in disguise, something they didn't know they wanted THAT bad until they got it. They knew that eventually all they could do was prepare for it the best away they could. There where still a lot of things uncertain in their future but there was one thing they knew without a single doubt in their minds. They where going to do anything in their power to be a family. To keep this a family, safe, and happy, for the rest of their lives.

A/N: I was really happy with the responses I got last chapter. The majority of you didn't know it was going to go the route it did when the 'conversation' first started and I love that. I am a person who likes to give you something you don't exactly expect or see coming from a mile away. On that note I want to warn you guys once again that this story is NOT going where you might have figured I would take it. It may seem like it now but this story still isn't a 'happy romantic' story, it's hard, it's heavy, it's emotionally draining (for me to write anyway since I've written quite a bit ahead and know where I want to take this). My main goal at the end of the day is that when you finish this story you say to yourself 'wow, this was not what I expected when I first started this story'.

See you all next week?