Here is chapter 6. oh and by the way...We own nothing except for the characters that we have made up.
"So are you nervous?" Deeks asked casually after Sam and Callen had left to go home for the weekend. It was Friday and Kensi was doing her first full weekend with all three kids.
"I think I'm gonna be okay," Kensi said, trying to keep her cool, because inside she was a bit of wreck. She has spent the last half an hour going over her mental to-do list to make sure she had everything ready for the weekend. She'd gone grocery shopping the night before so she had something for the kids to eat for every meal, including healthier options because despite her addiction to junk food, she wanted the kids to eat well and be healthy so she would take one for the team. The only problem with this plan is that she sucked at cooking.
"Did you want me to come over tonight to help out?" Deeks continued, sensing her worried state.
"Hmmm?" Kensi snapped back to attention. "Nah, I'll be fine."
"You're sure?" Deeks asked, worried that she might just be playing stubborn.
"Deeeeeeeeeeks," Kensi whined. "It's just a weekend. I'll be fine."
"Okay, okay," Deeks backed off. "But if you need anything at all, you know how to reach me."
"I know," Kensi sighed, slightly annoyed that he didn't think she couldn't handle it. "I've gotta get going so I can meet the social worker at my place with the kids."
"K, have fun!" Deeks gave her two thumbs up and she couldn't stay mad at him anymore and responded with a grin.
"Thanks, you too," Kensi headed out the door with a little bounce in her step, already looking forward to getting home. The plan was an evening in with spaghetti and a Disney movie of the kids' choice as she got half a dozen different ones for them to choose from. She wanted to give them a chance to get used to the house before they ventured out from it.
When she got home she had half an hour to spare and she decided she would get in a quick shower and then tidy up her place before her doorbell was ringing. With one last deep breath, she opened the door and her knees were immediately wrapped in the arms of Elijah.
"Ken-i!" He squealed in delight.
"Hey Elijah," Kensi ruffled his hair. "Hi Will," Kensi shared a smile with the oldest who wasn't quite comfortable with physical signs of affection.
"The place looks great, Kensi," the social worker smiled, handing Isla over into her arms. "Mind if I take one last look at the rooms before I go?"
"Not at all," Kensi smiled brightly at Isla before giving her a raspberry on the cheek, making her giggle and flail her arms. Already each child held a part of her heart for their own so that each smile and laugh from them made her just as happy and each sorrowful look or pout seemed to sadden her as well. "So I thought tonight maybe we could eat spaghetti and watch a movie together. How does that sound?"
"Awesome!" Elijah jumped in the air with joy while stoic Will nodded his approval and gave her a small smile.
"I've got a few for you to choose from, so how about each of you picks one and then we'll go from youngest to oldest and watch one each day you're here," Kensi suggested and the boys nodded while Isla gurgled her general excitement.
"Everything looks great, Kensi," Jeffrey said as he came down the stairs smiling. "I'm sure the kids will love it."
"Can we go see?" Will asked, perking up some at the news that their rooms looked good.
"Sure," Kensi smiled. "Why don't we all go up and check."
"YAY!" Elijah shouted as he ran up the stairs right behind his brother.
"Am I dropping them off Monday morning then?" Kensi asked, edging closer to the stairs with Isla still in her arms.
"Actually, the judge has approved yours and the kids case early and if you're ready for them, you don't have to return them at all," Jeffrey said with clear excitement.
Kensi was silent at first, already trying to list all of the things she'd have to get ready to make a work week work with three kids.
"Kensi?" Jeffrey said her name to snap her out of her zoning out. "If you're not absolutely ready, you can drop them off and then pick them up at the next weekend for keeps."
"No, no, I'll be ready," Kensi nodded.
"Okay, well if you have any questions at all, you've got my office and cell number. Please don't be afraid to call me about anything," the social worker and insisted and Kensi knew she could call him with silly questions and he'd be okay with it. He really did want to see her succeed with these kids.
"I really appreciate that, Jeffrey," Kensi said, feeling some relief at this revelation. "Have a good weekend."
"Thanks, you too," the social worker left with a final wave.
Kensi waved back, before climbing the steps to chase after the boys. When she got to the top of the stairs she took a left to go down the hall to the last room on the corner where the boys' room was. Will was already climbing to the top bunk while Elijah scrambled around on the bottom bunk.
"This is soooo COO Ken-i!" Elijah squealed, already having the time of his life.
"Did you see the town-rug?" Kensi asked with a grin.
"OH MY GOSH! Wiw!" Elijah scrambled to the floor and traced the town's roads with his tiny hands.
Kensi couldn't help but melt a little at Elijah's reaction and pulled a few toy cars from the shelving and set them down beside him. His face lit up even more as he began racing cars around on the carpet.
"If you guys want, you can play around up here and explore while Isla and I work on dinner," Kensi offered, noting that Will was now losing himself to the bookshelf that she had filled with books and comics. Neither boy seemed to notice her anymore and she decided not to take it personally. As long as they were happy and entertained. "Guess it's just me and you Isla. Should we grab some toys from your room and go downstairs?"
"Yah!" The little girl bounced in her arms and Kensi laughed in response. They stopped in Isla's room which was toward the front end of the house and directly across from her own room. She set Isla down in front of the toy box and let her pick out what she wanted to bring downstairs before they continued down stairs so that she could play in the living room while Kensi cooked in the kitchen with a full view of the little girl and everything she was up to. It was only fifteen minutes into cooking that she knew something had gone horribly wrong with her cooking, because the oven was beginning to smoke and the noodles resembled more of a paste consistency. Kensi wanted to scream in frustration, but that would probably just scare the kids so she moved onto plan B; ordering in pizza.
Moving to the stairs she called up to the boys. "What do you like on your pizza?"
And without missing a beat they both answered pepperoni. Kensi silently thanked them for not asking about the ruined spaghetti and grabbed her phone to order their new dinner. Waiting for the pizza to come Kensi happily played with Isla on the floor of the living room with her choice toys which were mainly a couple My Little Ponies and a toy barn that could fit them inside. When the doorbell rang, signaling that the delivery guy had arrived, both boys were sprinting down the stairs.
"Will, can you set the table for me?" Kensi asked, pointing out a short stack of paper plates she'd left on the kitchen island.
"Sure!" Will got right to work, seeming pleased to be able to help out.
When she'd finished paying the man and taking the food from him the boys were already sitting at the table side by side and she had only to set the food down and put Isla in her high chair.
"So who wants a slice of vegetable pizza?" Kensi smiled brightly. "You guys did say you wanted vegetable pizza, right?"
The boys looked horrified at the idea of vegetable pizza and Kensi couldn't help but guffaw at their faces.
"Just kidding! I got pepperoni!" Kensi smiled, setting a slice on each plate before cutting up Isla's slice.
"That was'n funny! We amost had to eat veg-aba pizza!" Elijah gasped, but he was smiling at her joke and already diving into his slice.
When everyone had eaten their fill and faces had been washed of pizza sauce, Will helped Kensi clear off the paper plates from the table while she took care of the cups and leftovers. Elijah and Isla continued to play with their toys in the living room now that he'd brought a few cars down with him. Once everything was cleared up enough to be presentable, Kensi grabbed the stack of DVD's and laid them out before Isla.
"Okay, Isla," Kensi said, getting the girl's attention. "What movie do you want to watch first?"
The girl eyed each DVD case carefully before she picked The Land Before Time.
"Good choice!" Kensi beamed at the girl who returned her smile. "How about we put these toys away first and bring some blankets and pillows down so we're nice and cozy."
The boys nodded and between the two of them they got all the toys upstairs and put into the right bedrooms and they each carried a pillow or blanket down.
"Kensi, could we maybe make a fort in the living room to watch the movie in?" Will asked shyly.
"That's an awesome idea!" Kensi agreed enthusiastically. "But I'm not very experienced in building forts, I'll need lots of help."
Both boys leapt to their feet and began to rattle of a list of things required for a good fort. When Kensi thought she had a good mental tally of everything she instructed Will to keep an eye on Isla and Elijah came up to help her carry down a few sets of sheets, some light duty rope, and a couple more blankets for good measure. What ensued can only be described as slightly controlled chaos in which the boys helped build a pretty impressive fort using the furniture she had and the supplies she had brought down, while Isla crawled around, trying to destroy their efforts. It turned into a sort of game for half an hour until Will held his sister away long enough for the fort to be finished.
"Alright kids! Movie time!" Kensi shouted playfully and set up the movie before crawling into the fort with them, where Elijah snuggled up beside her on the left, Isla on her right, and Will on the other side of Isla.
Isla made it forty minutes into the movie before she was softly snoring with her limbs splayed out. Elijah lasted fifteen minutes past his sister before he succumbed to a slumber while clinging to Kensi. Will made it just shy of the credits before he too was fast asleep with his hands fisted under his pillow. Kensi didn't have the heart to budge an inch as she watched each child sleep peacefully. She couldn't ruin this moment by waking them to go upstairs or getting up herself, so she made herself comfortable and fell asleep to the chorus of soft breathing and adorable snore.
*Next Morning*
Kensi slowly woke to the feeling that something or someone was staring at her. Worst yet, that something or someone was pulling on her hair and poking her cheek.
"Grewanvffp…" Kensi garbled and tried to swat away the hand and she was greeted by the sound of childish giggling. She snapped awake in a moment at that sound when she remembered where she was and who she was with.
"Ken-I, bafoom," Elijah was dancing in place in his need to go and she quickly scrambled to her feet.
"Will can you keep an eye on your sister while I show Elijah the bathroom?" Kensi asked, still rubbing some sleep from her eyes.
"Yeah," the boy replied easily enough as he began playing a clapping game with his sister.
Kensi ushered Elijah into the main floor bathroom that only had a toilet and sink.
"I'll be right out here, bud," Kensi called as she shut the door.
"K!" Elijah called and began singing a nonsensical song to entertain himself while he went to the bathroom. Kensi was about to check on the other two kids when she heard Isla beginning to wail and picked up into a short sprint to the living room.
"I think she needs a diaper change," Will explained, looking apologetic.
"Okay," Kensi nodded. "How hard could that be?"
Will looked grim and Kensi felt the niggling of worry scratching away at the back of her brain.
"I'm gonna take her upstairs to do this and then I'll be down to get us all some breakfast," Kensi said as she hoisted a crying Isla into her arms before heading up the stairs. "Shhhh, it's okay baby girl, I got you. We'll take care of this diaper and you'll be as good as new."
Isla was not taking any form of appeasement though until Kensi had her laid out on the changing table and unlatched the diaper.
"Holy mother of – " Kensi gagged for a moment as she took a few steps back.
She heard the distinct sound of two boys giggling their heads off down below and it probably had something to do with this predicament she was in now.
"Isla, Isla," Kensi tried to coo at the flailing baby girl who was currently reaching her hands down to smear her business everywhere she could reach. "Hey now, we don't want to do that."
Kensi was just reaching over to grab supplies when the sound of glass breaking and a loud thud sounded before cries filled the downstairs. Her eyes went wide and she was frozen in panic for all of two seconds before she redid the diaper and hoisted a poo-covered Isla into her arms and ran down the stairs. The first thing she noticed was the mess of an Elijah standing in front of the fridge screaming his head off and then she saw the 'why' which was a mess of pasta sauce, milk, leftover Thai food, and juice. Isla was now screaming bloody murder over her still poo-covered state and one look at Will whose chin was wobbling dangerously close to crying himself and Kensi knew she was in over her head. She needed reinforcements now. First she set Isla down on the living room floor and then she carefully navigated the broken class to pick up Elijah who was still bawling.
"Shhhhh, it's okay Elijah," Kensi cooed, petting the curls on his head before rubbing soft circles on his back. "You're alright."
The boy's cries slowly faded to whimpers and hiccups and she took that opportunity to send out a one handed text with him still in his arms and to the constant cries of Isla.
SOS. NOW.
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