I wrote this on Valentine's Day, but found no time to update it until now. Sorry it's short, but I had to get Vance into this! :D Have fun!

Eric_Surferking: VALENTINE'S DAY :D :D :D

Nell: :D :D

Eric_Surferking: thanks, nell

Eric_Surferking: but honestly, I had hoped for somebody else to react

Nell: I know who you mean *sigh*

Eric_Surferking: yep

Eric_Surferking: some people to whom this day means more than to us singles

Eric_Surferking: you're still alone, aren't you?

Sam likes this

Nell: :D I think hetty gave you something to do!

Eric_Surferking: yes

Eric_Surferking: oh, don't deflect right now…focus on you, red head!

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Nell: sam, where are you?

Sam: observing

Sam: but don't tell g, I told him facebooking at work isn't allowed

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Nell: :D :D :D

Eric_Surferking: but you could ask kensi or deeks to go online, couldn't you?

Nell: he's bored whenever he can't stalk anybody :)

Eric_Surfkering: there should be a dislike-button here!

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Sam: like an old couple :) eric, if you're too bored, try to find out nell's date-to-be at

Thanksgiving

Eric_Surferking: as you like it, sir :D

Nell: :D :D as if you hadn't tried a thousand times^^

Sam: damn it, g's coming

Sam: don't tell him I was online

My Funny Valentine: alone again… :(

Eric_Surferking: funny valentine?

My Funny Valentine: someone has to bring romance in here

Eric_Surferking: okay… :D
My Funny Valentine: don't even try!

L.V.: _Hetty_: PLEASE CALL ME IMMEDIATELY! IT'S ABOUT YOUR TEAM!

_Hetty_: THAT'S NO REASON TO SHOUT, DIRECTOR.

L.V.: There would indeed be no reason to shout if you had your team under control.

_Hetty_: My team is under control, Leon. It's time for you to accept that. Besides the fact that

politeness bids us to do so, it would spare us a lot of time.

L.V.: Hetty, you know how high I esteem you and your team. But right now your agents

are ignoring the protocol in a way that is not tolerable anymore.

_Hetty_: I see…well, Leon, if I wouldn't know it better, I'd say you complain about a problem

while using it. Am I right?

L.V.: I am no friend of facebook, that's true. But I know long enough not to worry

about that right now. This is not what bothers me right now.

_Hetty_: Well, it bothers me, I have to say. I dislike – there should be a button for that, too, by the

way – it how often my agents seem to communicate via facebook rather than face to face

recently. It is sad to see the vanity of the spoken word.

L.V.: It is by no means more vain than the written, I fear. Get used to it, Hetty. Times are

changing.

_Hetty_: A most meaningless and sad sentence, Leon.

_Hetty_: If you don't mind, I would like to meet my friends who don't communicate via

glass cables.

L.V.: I guess we're talking about plants now?

L.V.: Please be so kind as not to deflect from our main problem and stay focused. Besides the

fact that politeness bids us to do so, it would spare us a lot of time.

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_Hetty_: What are you really talking about, Leon?

L.V.: I think you know that, Henrietta.

_Hetty_: Oh…consider I want to hear it from you.

L.V.: I will quote, then:

Nell: KENSI + DEEKS = DENSI! :D :D :D

Is that enough?

_Hetty_: Leon, please. I think we both know how ridiculous this part of the

protocol has become. We're not at the Cold War anymore. Maybe this

rule was useful once, but not anymore. Feelings can be oppressed, but they

will take over in the end. You can't forbid people to love.

L.V.: That we don't agree with our rules in every point doesn't mean we can break

them. These rules were set for a reason.

_Hetty_: And they can be changed for a reason. Get used to it, Leon. Times are changing.

_Hetty_: :)

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_Hetty_: I know that the relationship between Ms. Blye and Mr. Deeks may be not

allowed in our system, but it is necessary. For them and for the team.

L.V.: I actually do believe that…it seems that Mr. Deeks is more earnest now, and

Agent Blye may be a bit less stony, reading her entries.

_Hetty_: So?

L.V.: So I beg you to stop the never-ending posting of your team. Every word set in

the wrong place is gold for our enemies. And we both know that especially

Agent Callen has more murderous fans than he needs.

_Hetty_: I am fully aware of that, Leon. Thanks for the warning.

L.V.: It is my job, and I love it, Hetty. Like you. May it remain like this for some

more years.

_Hetty_: I hope so, director.

L.V.: All settled then. Have a nice day. And take care!

_Hetty_: I will, Leon. You too.