When Kensi and Deeks arrived back at OSP, Sam and Callen were just getting back from the boatshed after an interrogation with the Gallegos Cartel leader. It was nearing the end of the day, so they all gathered in the bullpen to share the information that had gotten and devise a plan of attack for the following day.

"So Kensi, Deeks, what'd you guys get?" Callen asked.

"We spoke to Lieutenant Lewis, Sandoval's C.O, he had nothing but good things to say about him. The only thing we did manage to find out, which may be our first decent break in this case is that Eduardo Sandoval recently requested a room change. And get this, his old roommate Gerard Henderson has been reported awol, never showed up for work this morning" Kensi told the two senior agents.

"That sounds like a great place to start, I'll have Eric and Nell track down Henderson and well pick him up tomorrow. Sam and I got nothing from the Gallegos Cartel leader, they aren't claiming the shooting as one of theirs. Go home, get some rest, we'll see you tomorrow" Callen told rest of the team.

Callen headed up stairs to Ops to get a search for their main suspect underway, yelling out 'goodnight' to the rest of the team on his way. Sam said his goodnights too and headed out the door, off home to spend time with his family. Kensi and Deeks both grabbed their bags and headed for Kensi's car.

"You good to drive Kens, or do you want me to?" Deeks asked as they neared the car.

"I'm good. What's the plan for tonight?"

"Plan?" he questioned.

"Yeah, plan. What are we doing tonight?" Kensi asked again.

"We? Okay umm you want me to stay Kens?"

"I'm not ready to be alone yet" she confessed, not looking him in the eye, knowing that if she did he would be able to see right through to her soul. Know what she was thinking, know what she was feeling.

"I understand. You want Chinese for dinner?" he asked her, giving her one of his signature smiles.

"Sounds good Deeks"

After collecting some dinner, they made their way back to Kensi's house. Luckily Deeks had packed more than one day's worth of clothes in his bag when she had asked him to stay with her the other night. He knew that she would need a shoulder, and he wanted to be there for her every step of the way.

They both changed into their pyjamas and settled in on the couch to eat dinner and watch TV. They had gotten to a point now where no words needed to be said between them, cuddling had become natural. Deeks lay on the couch with Kensi's back pressed tightly against his firm chest. Instinctively he had wrapped an arm around her waist, her head nestled into his shoulder. Just as the two agents were almost asleep, they were both startled by the ringing of Deeks cell phone.

"This is Deeks" he answered.

"Hey Deeks, its Wright here" the voice on the other end said.

"Hey man, what's up?"

"We need you to come down to the precinct tomorrow morning. We need to interview both you and your partner about the incident the other night. It's nothing to be worried about, the guys on the case are just trying to get the facts right" Wright told him.

"No, I understand. We'll be there. What time?" Deeks asked. At this point Kensi's attention was all on Deeks, knowing what the phone call was about.

"9am"

"Ok, we'll see you then. Thanks man." Deeks said.

"You got it Deeks" Wright replied, and with that the call was ended.

Deeks sat there silently for a moment, rubbing the scruff on his chin. He could feel Kensi's eyes on him, waiting to hear what was happening. All he wanted to do was tell her it would all be ok.

"Deeks? What's going on?" she asked softly.

"You and I have to go down to the precinct tomorrow morning for a formal interview. Just part of the procedure Kens, don't worry about it".

"Ok, are we being interviewed together… or separately?" she asked a little worried.

"Probably separately, they will want to hear the events of what happened from both of us. Its ok Kens, we got nothing to hide. You did the right thing, they will see that".

Although Kensi knew that what Deeks said was true, they didn't have anything to hide, she still couldn't help but worry about the interview. Sure, she knew how these things went, she conducted many herself down at the boatshed. She trusted Deeks, but Deeks didn't seem to have much faith in some of the guys at the LAPD. She felt safe with Deeks around, they had barely been apart since he found out about Aaron, and now the idea of being away from him seemed to hurt a little. When they were apart she felt a strange emptiness inside of her. It was as though he was such a big part of her life now, that without him there, she felt incomplete. At that moment she wanted nothing more than to stay in his arms forever. But is that what he wanted? She wasn't sure. The last thing she wanted to do was set herself up, to be hurt again.

"You okay Kens?" Deeks whispered as he played with a strand of her hair, not realising what he was doing. She was still nestled into his chest, his arm wrapped around her small waist.

"Yeah, I'm okay, just a bit nervous I guess"

"Don't be nervous, it's gonna be fine. Just tell them exactly what happened, I'll be doing the same thing. We both saw what happened, our stories will be the same they will have no reason to doubt us" Deeks reassured her.

"I know, thank you Deeks"

"For what?"

"For being such an amazing person, I don't know how I would be gotten through this without you, I really don't" she confessed.

"I've always got your back Kens, you know that" he smiled.

"You do, and I've always got yours"

"We make a good team you and I" Deeks whispered softly, his words implying more than just their partnership.

"We do… Goodnight Deeks" she said as she snuggled in closer, rolling onto her side with half her body draped over his. Totally unprofessional, yet it just felt so right.

"Night Partner" he replied, giving her forehead a gentle kiss.

Kensi slept like a baby cuddled up in Deeks strong arms. For the first time in what seemed like forever she had pleasant dreams instead of nightmares. Those pleasant dreams however were slightly inappropriate, involving a certain blonde, shaggy haired partner. As much as she thought it was wrong to dream about him in that way, she couldn't help it. There was no stopping it. It was only when she woke the next morning that she finally realised her true desires. She was deep in love with her partner, and she wanted to wake up in his arms every day for the rest of her life.

But she was scared, scared that maybe Deeks didn't feel the same way about her. If his flirting was any indication, he was definitely into her. He had been so amazing with all that had been going on. He stuck by her side no matter what, he was devoted to helping her through it all. Sure Callen and Sam would help her too, they always protected her like a little sister, but would they ever stay with her, and hold her at night. She didn't think so.

"Morning Sunshine" Deeks said groggily as he started to wake up.

"Morning" she smiled.

"You sleep well?" he asked.

"Best sleep I have had in a long time" she grinned, trying to tell herself that it had nothing to do with her dreams. "You?"

"Like a baby" he smiled. "You weren't dreaming about me again were you Fern?" he laughed jokingly.

Kensi couldn't help the blush that crept up on her cheeks which did not go unnoticed. "Yes Deeks, I was dreaming about you all night" she said sarcastically, throwing in a roll of her eyes for good measure, just to throw him off a bit. The last thing she needed was him knowing about her dreams. She would never live it down.

"We better get up, we gotta head down to the precinct. We got time for a quick shower each, you go first. I gotta call Hetty and tell her why we'll be late". Deeks said.

Kensi reluctantly pulled herself out of Deeks arms and made her way to the shower. She was still nervous about the interview, but she felt a little more certain about her future now that she had had some time to think about it…

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