Okay guys, this chapter is a densi piece. Don't worry we are getting to the reveal of deeks' connection soon. Anyway please read and review! Xxx

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Silent Secrets

Chapter 11

Kensi waited in the hallway of the women's refuge safe house as her partner, Deeks took Sharni inside to see his friend and manager of the hostel, Ellie. He had known Ellie for a number of years after the time he has spent in LAPD there had been quite a few cases of abused women needing help to escape their abusive partners that Deeks had dealt with.

"Hi Ellie, how are you?" smiled Deeks as he enveloped Ellie in a hug.

"Marty Deeks. It's good to see you again. I heard you're not in LAPD as much anymore though. How come?"

"I'm still with the force, just in a different role as I'm helping NCIS as their liaison for LAPD. It's much better and I'm a lot happier too. Anyway Ellie, this is Sharni Nichols, she's just had a shitty day thanks to her abusive brother Glen…who is now dead because he tried to blow her up and terrorise LA too".

Ellie raised a surprised eyebrow at Deeks and looked at the scared young woman beside him who was sticking close to the detective's side, her hands around his arm seemingly holding on for dear life, as if she was falling from the sky. Ellie had seen the vulnerable look of a tortured woman many times before so this was nothing new.

"Hi Sharni, my name's Ellie. I've known Marty Deeks for many years; he's a good friend of mine. You're going to be okay…you're safe from harm now. Let's go get you cleaned up and some food okay?" said Ellie, placing a reassuring arm around her shoulders.

"Thanks Ellie. Sharni, Ellie will take really good care of you. I promise I'll come see you soon okay?" said Deeks.

"Thanks for everything Marty…" sobbed Sharni, as she hugged him close.

With a final wave goodbye, Deeks walked back to meet Kensi and a silence hung in the air as they walked back to the car.

"Sharni okay Deeks?" asked Kensi, finally breaking the silence in the car.

"Yeah, it's gonna take time to heal. I'm glad Glen can't hurt her anymore…How about that dessert I owe you Kens? Apple pie and a dvd at either your place or mine sound okay?"

"Mmm yum. How 'bout your place for a change. My place is a little messy at the moment".

"What more messy than usual Kensi?" grinned Deeks, until he saw Kensi roll her hand into a fist. He knew what that meant.

…

Deeks was filling in the report details of the incident between Sharni and Glen in the hills earlier that day on his laptop, as Kensi was getting plates and beers organised for their dessert supper in the kitchen. Placing the food and drinks on his little coffee table, Kensi searched through Deeks' dvd collection and found what she was looking for and placed it into the player.

"Titanic again? Really Kensi? I have lots of movies better than that in there you realise" groaned Deeks as the now familiar sound of the beginning of the popular movie started up.

"I know and I don't care. I love Titanic. Besides why do you have it in your collection if you don't like it anyway Deeks?"

"I have it for you Kensi. I know how much you love it. You wish you were Rose don't you?"

"Being on a sinking ship is not my idea of fun, Deeks. I love the romance between Jack and Rose…I hope I can have a romance like that someday" said Kensi wistfully.

"I'm right here Kensi. You can stop looking. I'm your Jack…you just have to take that jump with me Kensi. You jump, I'll jump"

Kensi stopped and stared at her partner. Deep down she knew she had feelings for him and was too scared to say them out loud. So now, here was Deeks, openly admitting his feelings for her, coaxing, pleading almost begging her to admit her own admissions out loud to him.

"Deeks…I" Kensi stumbled.

Deeks stood up and stopped in front of her, placing his hands on her arms. He focused his blue eyes on her brown ones forcing her to glance away a little.

"Kensi…you jump, I jump. Deeks and Kensi could be just as good together as Jack and Rose" he whispered softly.

Looking into those amazing blue eyes, Kensi could see the longing and yearning for love he had inside of him. That love was for her, she knew it. She had that same longing and yearning for him too. The only way she was ever going to experience that love was to take that leap of faith into the deep blue ocean. She was scared, terrified in fact, hell Jack died in the movie for God's sake! But this wasn't 1915 in the middle of the Atlantic; this was 2012 in Deeks' apartment. This was real life and taking that leap of faith with Deeks was something she suddenly felt more confident in doing.

"Kensi..?" She reached up and gently placed her lips on his in a single kiss. This wasn't an undercover work kiss now, no this was Kensi kissing her partner and feeling oh so good about doing so too.

"Let's take that jump Deeks. I just hope we don't crash because as partners it will be too hard to be partners ever again if we do, you understand?"

"I have no intention of letting us crash Kens. You are everything to me, don't you get it? I really want to be with you. Let me love you Kensi…please just let me love you"

Love, there it was. That tiny little word that Kensi had only heard a few times before. As she stroked her hand under Deeks' shirt she realised the love she had been searching for was right in front of her now. Kensi took his hands in hers and tugged him towards the hallway that led to his bedroom. 'no going back now Kensi. You know you want this', she thought determinately to herself.

As Deeks and Kensi were blissfully caught up in their first time sex in the bedroom they were unaware of the message beep that rang out from Deeks' laptop. What the message would say would shock Deeks more than he ever imagined…

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