A/N: Thank you for all the amazing reviews! I didn't expect to get so many. And to the person that put this fic on her recommendation list on tumblr – THANK YOU! I can't believe you did that. XD
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Because That's How We Roll Part 2
"It will be fine," Callen told them, "Sam and Kensi have fixed worse." As he spoke Kensi yelled an obscenity at the car and kicked it in the undercarriage. As soon as she did, the engine roared into life.
"Seriously?" Deeks gaped at his partner. "If I did that, I would just break my foot but when she does that-" He stopped talking as he watched, horrified, at the car rolling down the hill. "Kensi!"
He sprinted down the hill as everyone else turned to look, moving in what Deeks considered slow motion. It would have been comical if it wasn't his only chance to get out of the middle of nowhere. "Stop!" He yelled at the car to no avail. The car continued to roll backwards, picking up speed as it gained momentum. Deeks put on an extra burst of speed, sprinting after it. He could hear shouts from behind him but he couldn't make out the words. They could have been swearing at him in fifty different languages and he wouldn't have been able to tell.
Reaching out, his fingers brushed the bumper bar. "Come on!" He groaned, trying again. "I am not going to die out here." This time, his hand wrapped around the slightly rusty metal and he pulled back, his muscles straining. His feet slid, digging into the dirt road. "A little help would be nice!" He yelled over his shoulder.
Sam appeared on his right and Callen on his left, "What does it look like we're doing?" Callen asked dryly, as they slowed the car to a stop. Kensi zipped past them and ducked into the driver's seat and pulled the hand break.
"Crisis averted," She declared, standing up with a flourish.
"Ok, let's move out," Sam waved at Eric and Nell to gather everything they'd taken out of the tiny bug and put it back in.
"Hey, whoa," Deeks held out his hands, "Can we take a moment to reflect on how I just saved our lives?"
"You stopped a car," Kensi's mismatched eyes narrowed at him, "You didn't save us from a burning building."
"If I didn't, we'd be trapped in the middle of nowhere with no food and water and we'd end up being cannibals!"
"Someone really needs to cut down on watching TV," Sam drawled, getting into the driver's seat.
"It's a valid theory," Deeks retorted. "And it was on a reality TV show."
"Lord of the Flies isn't real Deeks," Eric informed him as he dumped a tattered picnic basket into the boot. He also checked that the surfboard was securely tied to the roof of the car.
"It wasn't Lord of the Flies," The blonde detective glared at the tech. "I know the difference between reality and fiction."
"And yet you still believe women fall for the 'I'm in a band' trick," Kensi scoffed, settling into the middle.
"Oh, you wouldn't believe how many times that worked," He smirked cockily at her.
Nell screwed up her nose, "I really don't want to hear about that."
"New rule," Callen declared as he turned the ignition back on, "No one complains, whines or backchats anyone until we get to the beach."
"What about when we get to the beach?" Deeks asked, just to be annoying. He had a reputation to maintain after all.
Sam twisted in his seat, "If you piss us off, I'll demonstrate some SEAL techniques I'm sure you've heard about."
Deeks gulped, "I'll just sit here then."
"That's the best idea you've had all morning," Kensi told him.
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Eric and Nell scrambled out of the vw bug. "Freedom!" Eric exclaimed overdramatically, raising his arms above his head in a 'hallelujah' gesture.
"I think someone's been coped up inside too long," Nell said, an amused smile playing on her lips.
"I haven't been to the beach in forever," He gazed at the white-crested waves longingly.
"24 days is a long time," The analyst agreed, nodding her head. "But forever?"
"He's a surfer- it's an addiction," Deeks explained as he untied the surfboard from the roof. "But I have first dibs on the board," He put a hand on it possessively.
"Hey, no fair!" Eric whined.
"A, I was here first. B, I'm a capable detective and you do not want to mess with me."
"Okay, we're gonna play dirty are we?" Eric glared at him, taking what was supposed to be a menacing step forward. "In that case, A, I found it first so finder's keepers."
"What are you, grade school?" Kensi scoffed at the two glowering blonde men.
"And B, I'm one of twenty people in the world that can destroy your credit rating, decimate your bank account and ruin your online reputation without getting caught."
"Oh my god, they're teenagers!" Kensi through her hands up in exasperation.
Nell gave her a queer look, "What school did you go to?"
"Are you serious?" Deeks gaped at the tech.
"Like the plague," Eric nodded and pushed his glasses up on his nose.
"Break it up," Sam intervened. "You'll flip for it." He pulled out a penny and flipped it. "Call it G."
"Heads," Callen called out from behind Sam where he was getting stuff out of the boot.
"Eric gets first go. Now you two play nice or I'm going to break the board, ok?"
"But it's a masterpiece," Eric's jaw dropped at the threat.
"It's worth more than you make in a fortnight," Deeks' added. "You wouldn't."
"Play nice and you won't have to find out," Sam told them. "Now go."
Deeks grabbed the board and ran down the beach with Eric on his heels.
Sam sighed, watching them go. "Anyone else fell like we just unleashed two terrors on society?"
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Kensi stretched out in the sun, relishing in the warmth on her skin. It was getting cooler as it go further into December and even though it was California, it was starting to get to chilly at nights for her liking. "This is so good," She moaned, her eyes closed against the glare. Without the chance to go shopping for swimwear, they all had to resort to old clothes and underwear and Kensi had pinched one of Sam' t-shirts to use a as a cover-up.
"The best," Nell agreed, lying next to her under the shade sail Callen had constructed out of a sheet, two sticks and a rock. "It's so quiet out here."
"That's because the noisy ones are out there," She nodded to the water where Deeks and Eric were surfing.
"They make it look so easy," Nell said with a trace of jealousy in her voice. Deeks was passing through the tube of a wave and exited with an excited whoop and a back flip.
"I'm sure Eric would teach you. If he doesn't, Deeks is hounding me to learn and you can come with us after we get the all clear to go home."
The petite redhead shook her head, "It's ok. Sports aren't really my thing."
"I like my feet on solid land but I'm willing to try anything to get him to shut up," Kensi rolled onto her side and looked up at Nell. "You know?"
"I know," She nodded. "But you like him, don't you?"
"Like what?" Kensi froze, trying to decipher the many possible meanings of those words.
"As a partner," Nell clarified, "What did you think I meant?"
"Nothing," She said quickly with a shake of her head. "Nothing at all."
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Callen's feet pounded the sand, propelling him forward. Beside him, Sam ran at a matching, steady pace. "We should have done this before," The SEAL said.
"Yeah but we had to wait for a bit before we could claim temporary insanity," Callen replied. "Otherwise we'd been keelhauled for mutiny."
"Hetty wouldn't keelhaul us," Sam disagreed, "She'd make us do more paperwork."
"I'd personally rather being keelhauled."
"You have problems, buddy," Sam shook his head at his partner's opinion.
"And I'm your partner so they're yours too," Callen shot back, slowing to a jog.
"Why are you stopping? Getting too old?" Sam teased.
"No," Callen frowned at the taunt, "I was just thinking about how we could get Kensi back for her stunt when we went shopping."
"And how's that?"
Callen just grinned in response.
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"Okay," Kensi twisted over so she was lying on her back, propped up on her elbows. "McDreamy or McSteamy?"
Nell pulled a face, "George."
"Seriously?"
"Yes, seriously. You?"
"McSteamy all the way," The brunette said with a dreamy sigh. "McDreamy's too hypocritical."
"Okay, would you rather Captain America or Ironman?"
"Captain America," Kensi said as if it were obvious. "Hello, navy brat here," She pointed at herself. "It's in my blood to be patriotic."
"Even though he's army?" Nell asked, knowing the feuds between the armed services.
"I'll overlook that fact because of other endearing qualities," Kensi answered, her lips twisting into a smile. "What about- AAh!" She screamed as she was suddenly picked up and tossed over a large shoulder. "Sam!" She hollered, her voice a much higher pitch than normal. "Put me down!"
Before Nell had a chance to react, Callen had scooped her up and carried her underarm towards the water. She struggled in vain. "This isn't funny!"
"Kinda is," Callen grinned down at her as he continued to jog slowly towards the water.
"Put me down this second!" Kensi growled, pounding Sam's back with her fists. She wasn't hitting him hard enough to hurt him; she knew it was all in good fun. Mostly.
"Okay," He agreed amicably and threw Kensi into the air. She screamed as she hit the water
Callen dropped Nell with a small splash and she came up and splashed him. "I didn't do anything," She pouted, acting younger than either of them had seen her before.
"Exactly," Sam said, "Who goes to the beach and sits there and does nothing."
"Everybody," Nell answered snarkily.
Callen frowned at the water, "Where's Kensi?" The foam from the white crests made it difficult to see through the azure water and he couldn't see the female agent anywhere.
"She can swim, can't she?" Nell asked, a little worried.
"She can swim," Sam answered, scanning the water. "We work for NCIS it's-" He was interrupted by Kensi launching herself at him from behind and forcing him to face plant in the water.
"Ha-ha!" She crowed, standing up. "Kensi 1, Sam 1."
Sam pushed himself up into a sitting position, spitting out a mouthful of seawater at Kensi. "Very funny."
"Actually it was," Callen told him, smiling a little.
"Whose partner are you anyway?" Sam mock-glared at him.
A/N: So I have no idea what happened to this little section. I like the start of it then it goes down the drain. Sorry about that. Hopefully it was readable for everyone!