3 years later

Kensi wakes up with the sound she's grown used to by now and gets up, noticing that it's only four in the morning. She walks out of the bedroom as silently as she can, not sure why because they both know Deeks will be awake in just a few seconds. She walks inside the room next to theirs and immediately gathers the fussing baby in her arms, trying to comfort her. Little Maura Deeks is one of the calmest babies she knows and started sleeping through the night only a month after she was born. However, now that she's 7 months old, her teeth are starting to come up and that hurts her and makes her grumpy.

Kensi does her best to calm her down but, less than a minute later, two strong arms take her away from her. Deeks pulls his daughter to his naked chest and kisses her little face over and over again until she stops crying. Yep, at 7 months old, Maura is already Daddy's girl. Kensi leaves them alone in the nursery and goes to the kitchen to grab the teething ring, the only thing that seems to help Maura when she's like this.

Deeks sits on the rocking chair, playing with her fingers and trying to ease her discomfort. Her blue eyes are red now because of her tears and it breaks his heart to see his little girl like this. Kensi walks in and hands him the teething ring. It takes her a few minutes but Maura finally calms down and falls asleep on her father's arms.

Deeks looks at Kensi and she knows what's going to happen next. So she just smiles at him and nods before walking to their bedroom. Deeks follows her, the baby asleep and the teething ring in her small hands. He puts the baby on their bed, between the two of them. Kensi smiles at him and mouths the word 'softie' but he just grins because it's the truth. This baby turned him even softer.

Deeks turns around to turn off the light and his eyes land on the chair next to the door, the one with his NCIS badge. It brings back memories. Three years ago, he was waking up in the hospital and seeing that same badge on top of a chair. And, on his bedside table, there's a small piece of paper framed.

The words he wrote so long ago are there for him to see, every single night. The words that made Kensi finally admit her feelings for him…I love you, Kensi. Please, don't push me away.

Now, looking at his two girls, his family, he's glad she didn't push him away. And, with that thought, he falls asleep with his finger intertwined with Kensi's and their hands resting on Maura's belly.

The End

AN: I'm an awful person and I have no excuse to keep you waiting for this long. I'm finally out of bed-rest which is not as good as I thought it would be. Now, instead of being in bed all day, I have to walk around with crutches everywhere. I can't bend my knee so I will have to start physical therapy next week, something I'm not looking forward to. My doctor says that my muscles are lazy now and that's why I need it.

Reviews are important, even in the last chapter. Let me knows if you liked the ending. It seems a bit cheesy to me but this is what I came up with. If you have any questions, I'll be glad to answer them.

Love,
Sarah