Callen knocked on the door to pick up Sara. To say he was nervous was an understatement. When Sara opened the door, Callen thought he'd never seen anyone look better.

"You look beautiful," Callen smiled.

"Thanks," Sara blushed, "so where are we going?"

"That's for me to know and you to find out," Callen smirked, "come on."

Callen pulled into the parking lot of a small park.

"So I packed a picnic and at 8:30 they set up a dance floor and have live music. Nothing really big or loud though."

"Sounds nice." Sara smiled, as he opened her door.

Callen grabbed a picnic basket and blanket from the back of the car. They walked towards a pond and made idle chat.

"So what'd you bring for supper?" Sara asked, once they had chosen a spot and laid out the picnic blanket.

"Well..." Callen said, opening the basket. "We have Doritos, grapes, and my specialty... Pb&J sandwiches."

"Sounds perfect," Sara laughed.

"Well I figured I better not make anything fancy or this date might end up in the E.R."

"Good thinking," Sara smiled, taking a bite of her sandwich.

"Glad you agree," Callen smiled.

An hour later Sara and Callen made their way towards the small gazebo, where the dancing was.

"Why did you take me on an outdoor date when it's 46 degrees out?"

"Because it's romantic," Callen smiled.

"Oh, yes. Freezing is just the best way to romanticize me," Sara laughed.

"I don't think that's the proper use of word," Callen replied, as he spun her around.

"To bad, I just used it that way," Sara replied. Making the both of them laugh.

They danced for another hour before they got to cold and went home.

"I had fun tonight, G," Sara said, as they stood in front of her front door.

"Me too, Sara," Callen smiled, "so I'll see you tomorrow at Sam's?"

"Yeah," Sara replied.

"Ok," Callen said, as an awkward moment of not knowing what to say came over them.

"Are you going to kiss me or not?" Sara smirked. Callen chuckled and kissed her.

"See you tomorrow beautiful," Callen smiled, "sweet dreams."

"Good night, G," Sara said, blushing, as he walked away.

::

Sara walked into Sam's at 9 the next night. The whole team, including Nell and Eric were already there.

They had a fun night, playing games, talking without the stress of work, and even an hour of playing Sam's daughter's just dance game.

"Five minutes," Sam called, turning on the tv to watch the countdown.

Michelle came in with a bottle of champagne and glasses. Deeks brought in a bag of noise makers.

"Leave it to you to bring the most obnoxious thing," Kensi commented.

They counted down from ten and when it was midnight they blew the noise makers. Sam grabbed Michelle to kiss her.

"what do you say sunshine?" Deeks asked, directing his question at Kensi.

She swatted at him and pecked him on the lips, still not sure about doing stuff like that around their friends.

Sara smiled at Callen. They weren't going to kiss in front of their friend because they didn't know yet. They had discussed it but... Callen decided to hell with that.

He grabbed Sara's hands and pulled her towards him.

"What are you..." but Sara was cut off bye Callen's lips.

"I guess something happened in North Carolina," Sam said, disturbing their kiss.

Sara blushed and they both laughed a little.

Sam opened the champagne and filled the glasses.

"To the new year, new realationships, and family," Sam said.

"Here, here," everyone said.

Callen looked to Sara. She smiled brightly. He finally felt at home, here, with his family

A/N

There will be an epilogue posted soon. I've enjoyed writing this and the reading feed back. Thanks a million.