Thanks so much guys for all the reviews. I really appreciate it. I'm really surprised at the support that Deeks got Thank you soo much for letting me add him to the story and I'm glad everyone gave me such sweet reviews. Also thanks to Dayashree who knows about Densi and gave me such an encouraging review wanting me to continue, also hope I'm doing justice to his character. Please let me know Dayashree. And now I'll stop the thanking and let you read the story. Oh btw it's DeekS with an S, not implying it towards anyone just saying cause Deeks without an S sounds pretty weird. I also realized that the link for how Deeks looks didn't show up so if you go to google, copy and paste this. NCIS: Los Angeles Detective Marty Deeks. Then click images and that's how he looks.
Disclaimer: I don't own CID, the characters, NCIS: Los Angeles, or the characters, just like playing with them. Only person I own is Drake.
DYLM: 15
Tarika looked into Deeks' eyes and almost loosing herself in his bright blue orbits. Deeks smiles while looking at her.
"I… I don't know how to put this so I'm just gonna say it…" He said.
Tarika gave him a confused glance and he smiled nervously. He ran a shaky hand through his shaggy blonde hair.
Tarika bit her lip and was getting anxious by the minute.
"Spit it out Deeks, your making me nervous here."
He smiled and went on with what he was saying.
"Tarika I know that you really love Abhijeet…"
She gave him a confused glance.
"Clearly anyone can tell… but I really don't want you to get hurt and I know you don't want Abhi to get hurt either so I think it's best if you stay away from him a little while, until this case is finished."
Tears filled Tarika's eyes and she knew Deeks was right. She didn't want Abhi to get hurt and nor did she want to create trouble for anyone else.
She nodded and grabbed his hand.
"Will you play along with me on this then?" she sniffled.
"Course I will princess." He replied smiling a bit.
She gave him a watery smiled and he grabbed her head and kissed her forehead.
She closed her eyes and buried herself in his embrace.
"Just don't tell Kensi."
Tarika laughed and sniffled at the same time.
"Oh I won't, wouldn't want to ruin your 'thing' or my friendship with her." She replied, wiping her tears away.
"I'm sure she'll understand if she finds out." He said.
"Who's she gonna find out from?" Tarika asked in a confused tone.
"Hetty." Deeks simply said.
"Oh yea she's a ninja."
"Actually I have a confession." Deeks said a bit embarrassed.
Tarika moved away from him and looked him in the eyes. He looked down.
Tarika raised an eyebrow "What?"
"Hetty is the one who sent me here." He replied running a hand through his hair. He tended to do that when he was nervous or trying to calm himself.
"But how did she find out?"
"She's a ninja remember?"
"Oh yea… but I'm not even her agent anymore." She smiled.
"You were and still are for her. She keeps an eye on all her agents and all the people close to her and you know it." Deeks said looking in her eyes.
Tarika nodded. "Yea I guess you're right."
"I'm always right." He smirked.
She punched him in the shoulder and he whined.
"OW!"
Tarika stuck her tongue out at him and he shook his head and turned the car back on and went to the sketch artist.
***CID***
"I can't believe her." Abhijeet exclaimed angrily.
"Abhijeet calm down." Daya replied putting a hand on his shoulder.
"How the hell am I suppose to calm down when she just kissed someone else?!" Abhijeet said gripping the steering wheel with force.
"Dada you gotta relax and focus on the case, maybe she is just doing this to protect you and herself." Muskaan said. She knows Tarika too well.
Abhijeet took a deep breath and nodded. "Hmm maybe you're right."
Muskaan sighed and looked at Daya who gave her a proud smile.
***CID***
They got to the lab where the autopsy was being done and got out. They looked at the bright blue building in front of them, which was an odd colour considering it was place where dead people were being held. Abhijeet took a sigh and headed towards the building hoping to find a clue that would lead them to the killer. They walked inside and flashed their badges towards the guard who merely just nodded and let them pass.
They got to the end of the corridor where a tall, handsome, short-dark haired man stood waiting for them.
"CID?" He asked them.
Daya nodded and showed him his badge.
"This is Muskaan, Abhijeet and I'm Daya." Daya said. The guy nodded.
"I'm Adam." He said looking at Muskaan.
"Follow me." He said, walking away.
They followed and got to the room with the files.
"So what did you guys find out?" Muskaan asked stepping forward. The guy eyed her and smiled.
"Well this girl was murdered with the same poison which you told us about earlier, other than that we have nothing. The girl's fingerprints don't match the fingerprints found in the area of the murder nor does she have a criminal record, it's wiped clean." He stated.
They nodded.
"Let us know if you guys find anything else." Abhijeet replied.
The guy nodded "Of course."
They turned to leave when the Adam called Muskaan. She turned and faced him.
"I was wondering if you would like to go out for a beer or something?" He asked her sheepishly.
Muskaan smiled and nodded. She took out a piece of paper and wrote down her number and handed it to him. Daya on the other hand was watching this from the corner of his eye and frowned.
They left the building and got into the car.
"Well that was useless." Abhijeet started.
Suddenly something popped in Muskaan's head.
"Abhijeet sir, Tarika ke chakkar mein hum uss chip ko bhool gya jo uss larkai nai meri purse mein rakha tha."
"Arrey haan! Maybe we can find something from there." Daya said.
"Muskaan chip kahan hai?" Abhijeet asked.
"Daya ke paas hai." Daya nodded and took the chip out of his pocket while Muskaan grabbed the laptop from the back of the car.
She turned it on and inserted the chip, then she handed the laptop over to the front where Abhijeet took it. What they saw was unforgettable. Abhijeet's eyes went wide as saucers.
Daya looked at Muskaan and she gave a glance back then both pair of eyes shifted to Abhijeet who look embarrassed as hell.
Daya put a hand on Abhijeet's shoulder and he shook back to reality.
"Who's gonna tell Tarika? She's going to want to know what's in the chip, along with ACP sir, Drake and Deeks." Muskaan said.
Abhijeet just shook his head.
"Well somebody's gotta tell her." Daya said.
He once again glanced at the picture which was of Abhijeet and Tania. Abhijeet was smirking as he was kissing Tania on the lips with a hand up her shirt. He was looking right at the camera. On the bottom it said 'See what I did to her… that's what will happen to Tarika'. Abhijeet closed his eyes to stop his tears from flowing out.
He slammed the laptop shut and groaned loudly.
"I'm So SICK OF THIS!" He slammed his hand on the dashboard.
Daya and Muskaan looked at him in shock.
"Hey Abhijeet it's gonna be okay. We'll work it out." Daya said in a consoling manner.
"I just want this case to be over. I just proposed to Tarika and all this happens."
"Pata nahi kis ki naazar lagi humari CID team ko." Muskaan said with a sigh.
"Ok everybody relax. Let's head back to the hotel and see what we have to do from there." Daya said starting the car.
***CID***
Deeks and Tarika got out of the car and stretched. They headed inside towards the sketch artist.
"How can I help you?" Asked a man with hazel brown eyes, with short brown hair. He seemed like the artist.
"I'm Detective Marty Deeks, LAPD, currently working with AFP and this is Forensic expert Dr. Tarika, from CID." Deeks said introducing themselves while flashing his badge across.
"Oh is there any problem?"
"No, no problem just need you to make a sketch for us." Deeks replied.
"Oh, Yeah for sure." He said leading them to his sketch pad.
***CID***
"Here you go." The sketch artist, Jack said.
He held the sketch out and Deeks took it.
"Thanks." He said and both of them headed out.
"Where to now?" He asked her.
"I guess back to the hotel." She replied.
Deeks nodded and they both got in the car.
They drove in silence and once they were there they got out and went inside the hotel.
***CID***
Tarika took a deep breath before they entered the room that supposedly everyone was in and Deeks took her hand and gave it a squeeze before they went in. Tarika gave him a small smile and they walked in.
Several heads raised in their greeting and then looked back down once they realized who it was.
"Did you guys get the sketch?" ACP sir asked.
"Yes sir." Deeks replied while handing him the sketch.
"Hmm, he's Indian so maybe Rajat and or Purvi can find out who he is. I'll send them a picture to see what they can find." ACP sir said. Everyone nodded.
ACP sir took a picture and sent it to Rajat. "What time would it be there right now?" He asked no one in particular.
"Sir it's 12 noon here right now which means it's 5:30pm there now." Abhijeet replied. ACP sir nodded and called Rajat.
Phone convo:
ACP: Hello? Haan Rajat main ACP sir bol ra hoon.
Rajat: Haan sir boliye?
ACP: I've just sent you a picture of a sketch which may or may not lead us to the criminal. I need you to do a record check and find out anything you can about this guy.
Rajat: OK sir I'll see what I can do and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
ACP: okay bye.
Rajat: bye sir.
ACP sir hangs up and turns back to the crowd.
"Sir what do we do now?" Muskaan asked.
"Umm arrey uss memory card mein kya tha?" ACP sir said.
Muskaan and Daya stared at Abhijeet and he looked away.
"Uhh sir who umm Abhijeet uhh..." Daya started.
"Woh wOh kya?" ACP sir asked.
"Woh Abhijeet aur usski purani girlfriend ki picture thi aur ussme likha tha 'See what I did to your old girlfriend, the same will happen to your new one." Daya said.
"KYA?!" ACP sir exclaimed. Everyone turned to look at Tarika. She sighed.
"Sir I knew what I was getting myself into." Tarika said.
"You're a brave girl Tarika." ACP said.
Suddenly Muskaan broke in, distracting the group.
"Wait sir, aaj holi hai!" Muskaan exclaimed.
"Arrey haan! Main tou bhool hi gya tha." Daya said.
"Sir agar humne raang nahi lagaya tou bura hoga. Hume thora sa tou lagana chaiya." Tarika said.
"Haan sir yeh sahi keh rahi hai." Abhijeet said.
"Hmm but we don't have any color sir." Deeks said suddenly.
Everyone looked at him surprised except Tarika.
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" He asked.
"Wait you understood us?" Muskaan asked.
"Of course he did, he knows a bunch of different languages." Tarika said.
"Oh wow the surprises keep coming don't they." ACP sir said.
"Uh huh." Daya agreed.
"Ok phir Tarika tum aur Abhijeet tum dono jakai le aao kahi se." ACP sir said.
Abhijeet and Tarika looked at each other warily and everyone stared at them.
"Umm Sir it's okay i'll go by myself." Tarika said.
'Nahi tum akele nahi jao gi, tumhare jaan ko khatra ho sakta hai." ACP sir said.
Tarika looked at Deeks and he nodded. She sighed and went out the door.
Abhijeet looked at Daya and he nodded.
"Jao Abhijeet." ACP sir said.
Abhijeet nodded and followed Tarika out the door.
***CID***
They went a local store and found something they could use as colour. They got back to the hotel and where headed on there way back when Abhijeet couldn't take the unbearable silence anymore.
He ran after Tarika and grabbed her by the arm gently and stopped her.
"Tarika..."
"Abhijeet please don't." She said stopping him.
"Please Tarika just hear me out."
Tarika nodded and started walking again.
"Tarika please stop. TARIKA tumhe meri kaasam!" He said. Tarika stopped and turned to face him angrily.
"What?!" She asked as tears welled up in her eyes.
"Tarika look i'm really really sorry baby, please forgive me. I should have understood that this was all just a trick for me to stay away from you." He said, his heart melting at her tears.
"Abhijeet just forget it, forget everything, forget us." She said as she looked up into his eyes.
Abhijeet took a step back. "Tarika please don't say that, we'll figure everything out. Please Tarika I love you." Abhijeet said almost tearing up.
"Abhijeet don't make it any harder for yourself."
"What do you mean myself? Are you telling me this isn't hurting you at all?" He asked her.
She swallowed hard and looked at him "No it isn't and I'm happy that I found Deeks again after such a long time. It stirred up some old feelings I had hidden a long time back and he feels the same way so I think we'll both be better off without each other. It's true that I love you and a little part of my heart always will but I love Deeks more, always have and always will."
"Tarika... Please don't say that. I know you're lying." He said grabbing her hand gently.
'You're right Abhijeet, I am lying but I'm sorry I have to do this to keep you safe. I love you a lot and I can't lose you. So sorry I have to hurt you once more.' She said to herself.
"I'm not lying Abhijeet. I have slept with him, more times than you can imagine and even if we were undercover it was real for us." Tarika finally said angrily. She snatched her hand away.
Abhijeet looked at her with red teary eyes. A tear slipped down his eyes and Tarika stepped closer to him. She gently wiped away his tears.
"Abhijeet I love you, I always will but as a friend not as a lover. You're better off without me, I hope you can understand that and I hope that we can always be friends." She said gently as she moved back and walked back to their hotel room.
Abhijeet watched her go as he let her words sink in.
'Oh don't worry Tarika, just wait till this case is over, I am not losing you at any cost' He said to himself. He wiped his eyes and fixed himself up and he then followed her back to the room.
***CID***
A/N: Ok guys I am so terribly sorry for the longest delay ever. Hope you all didn't forget this story. Anyways so Tarika just screwed with Abhijeet's head and Abhijeet is determined to get Tarika back. Let's see what the hell is going to happen. Have any guesses for me? Please Review and make a guess. Story is almost over FYI about 3 or 4 chaps left. :) Please review and encourage me.