If Kensi wasn't going to let Deeks in and tell him what was going on, he would have to find out some other way. And what better way than using his detective skills. That night he followed her home, being sure to keep his distance, after all she was a highly trained Federal Agent, she could spot a tail easy.

He parked across the road from her place in the darkness, watching, waiting. He was there for quite some time, and was about to give up when a dark SUV pulled up and a very tall muscular man got out and made his way to Kensi's door. Deeks watched with anticipation, hoping she didn't answer. To his disappointment she opened the door, but only enough to peer out. A sense of relief washed over Deeks, glad that she was hesitant to let the man in. Maybe he was over thinking the whole thing, Kensi was tough she could look after herself. But the fact that she shut him out and wouldn't talk to him still bothered him.

Suddenly he heard a scream that pulled him out of his thoughts and back to the current situation. The man was now forcing himself through Kensi's door. The protective side of Deeks kicked into over drive, he had to do something, and he had to do it now. He lept out of his car and ran to Kensi's door, yelling could be heard coming from inside as he approached. He stopped and listened for a moment.

"You're breaking up with me!" the man yelled.

"Yes, I don't want to be with you anymore, just leave okay" Kensi yelled back.

"Please just give me another chance, I can change, I swear" he pleaded.

"You have blown all your chances, these bruises prove that you can't change, just get out" Kensi spat back at him.

"No! Not until you say you want to be together! Now sit down!" he screamed at her.

By this point Deeks was fuming. How dare he talk to Kensi like that, he didn't even want to think about what else he might have done to her. He had heard enough. "Kensi, it's Deeks open the door" he called out as he thumped on the solid wood.

"Don't you move!" the man yelled at Kensi as he flung the door open. "Who the fuck are you!" he growled.

"None of your business, I'm here to see Kensi" Deeks said angrily.

"Well she's busy so why don't you just get lost"

This guy was really starting to piss Deeks off and was lucky that he didn't knock him out right there and then. Deeks bowled past the man and into Kensi's living room. There she sat on the couch, a large bruise visible on her face, others on her arms, her lip split and bleeding.

"Hey! Get the fuck out of here!" the man shouted as he charged toward Deeks, grabbing his shirt. Deeks shoved the man aside.

"Kens, did he do this to you?" Deeks asked, both sadness and rage visible in his stormy blue eyes. Kensi didn't speak, she just looked down at the floor, embarrassed that she had failed to defend herself against the monster of a man.

Deeks grabbed the man by the collar of his shirt, "You get the hell out of her house now before I call the cops! And don't bother ever coming back here" Deeks yelled, finding it almost impossible to hold back his rage. All he wanted to do was beat the crap out of the guy.

"Make me punk!" he yelled as his fist collided with Deeks stomach. Deeks quickly regained his footing and drove his fist with all the force he could right into the man's jaw. Realising he wasn't going to win the fight and the thought of the cops being called was enough to make the douchebag reconsider sticking around. Little did he know, Deeks was the cops.

"This isn't over!" he growled as he stumbled out the door holding his jaw.

Deeks slammed the door shut behind him and made sure it was locked. "You okay partner?" he asked as he sat down next to Kensi, putting an arm around her shoulders.

"Yeah, I'm fine Deeks" she replied trying to hide the shakiness in her voice. But Deeks wasn't fooled, her knew Kensi better than anyone.

"C'mon Kens, you're not fine, look at you, how long has this been going on?"

Kensi hesitated for a moment. "A few weeks, but I was handling it" she tried to convince him.

"Why didn't you just tell me, you know I got your back, we are partners that's what we do, you know I would do anything for you Kens" he said as he lifted her chin to look into her eyes.

"I'm sorry Deeks, he… he kept telling me he loved me, and that it… it wouldn't happen again. All I wanted was to be loved and I was stupid enough to ignore what was really going on and believe that things would get better and that he really did love me" Kensi told him, tears building in her eyes.

"That's not love Kens, you are worth so much more, you deserve so much better than that, and no one should ever lay a hand on you" he whispered.

"I know" she sobbed.

"Hey, hey come here" he said as he pulled her into a tight embrace. "He won't ever touch you again, I promise you that, I will keep you safe okay" he whispered to her as she cried softly, nestled in his chest. He sat there holding her tight as she let it all out.

"I got an idea, how about I order us some take out, you can have a shower, and then we will watch Titanic together and just chill out, how does that sound?"

"Good idea" Kensi said as she wiped away the last of her tears and shifted so that Deeks could get up. "Deeks… thanks you"

"Hey… partners right" he said with a reassuring smile.

As she emerged from the bathroom, she found Deeks in the kitchen serving up Chinese food, the Titanic DVD in the player ready to go. She cuddled up close to him as she ate her dinner and watched the movie. Knowing that Deeks cared enough about her to come to her house to make sure she was ok made her feel a little safer. Most of the time she hated the over protective side of him, but tonight she was thankful for it. She was now seeing another side to Deeks, a side that she really liked, not that she would ever admit that to him. The more of each other they got to see the closer they became…

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