Kensi, Deeks, Sam, and Callen all came walking slowly back into the mission after lunch. As they sat down Deeks said "Man, I hope we don't get called out onto a case any time soon. I'm about to fall into a food coma. Not so good for catching bad guys."
Callen looked over at Deeks with a look of disbelief. "Are you kidding me? You're such a lightweight! Kensi ate half of your food plus all of hers."
"That is a testament to my fitness. It isn't healthy to eat so much in one sitting. I prefer to eat small meals throughout the day to keep from stretching my stomach out, which leads to over eating and gaining unwanted pounds."
"Well, consider my stomach stretched." Sam said as he leaned back in his chair, trying to get comfortable.
Kensi, who hadn't been paying much attention to the banter but had been focused on the paperwork on her desk, popped her head up and looked at Deeks. "Hey, do you have any Twinkies left?"
Sam and Callen's jaws dropped and they just stared at her as Deeks rolled his eyes and leaned over to check his desk drawer for any Twinkies that may have gotten shoved to the back over the last 5 months.
"No, you are out in there. I was talking about the stash in your locker."
"You mean my stash in my locker, in the men's locker room? How do you even know about that one?"
"Never mind that" Callen interrupted "how do you still have room for dessert after eating all of your food plus half of Deeks'?"
Sabatino, who had been walking down the stairs during the latter part of this conversation, piped in. "It's no surprise she pigged out on decent food after what we've been eating in the desert. You can only eat so much roasted buzzard."
"Ah, no wonder Kensi isn't falling at your feet. Everyone knows the key to her heart lies in prepackaged pastries filled with sugar, preservatives, and cream." Deeks said.
"I see where I went wrong now." Sabatino replied with a smile as he walked out to the courtyard to make a phone call.
Sam looked over at Kensi after Deeks left to go find a Twinkie and asked "That one, gesturing out to the courtyard, make a play for you or somethin'?"
"Yep."
Callen sat up straighter in his chair. "And…..?"
"Well, clearly he crashed and burned, G. Seems to be taking it pretty well though, yeah?"
"Yep. We're good."
"Good, 'cause if he's giving you a bad time girl, you know you just have to say the word and we'll take care of it."
"I know Sam, but really, it's fine. Deeks already took care of it."
"I guess we trained him well, huh Sam?"
"Ha! I don't think we had to train him to do that."
"Good point."
Kensi just rolled her eyes at them. Five minutes later Deeks had returned, Kensi had eaten her Twinkie, and the entire team was tucked into desks working on paperwork.
At the end of the work day Sam invited Kensi and the rest of the team to drinks, but Kensi asked for a rain check since she had grocery shopping to do and Deeks said he had to go with her in order to make sure she put something other than Twinkies and Hershey's bars in the cart. An hour later Kensi and Deeks stood in the dairy section putting some almond milk in the cart, hoping it was the last item they needed.
"Ok, I've got all my food, food for you to cook when you're at my place, and your breakfast and snack foods. Is that everything?"
"Not quite, wait here. I'll be right back." Deeks said as he walked over to the personal hygiene section. Kensi just stood there waiting to see what on earth he needed from that section of the store. He already had deodorant and a toothbrush at her place from before they were even together. A couple minutes later Deeks walked back and put two boxes of condoms in the cart.
"Wow! You're really optimistic!"
"Ha! Not exactly. I happened to notice this morning that the box of condoms at my place actually expired a few months ago. I thought it was possible you had the same situation at your house, so to be safe I grabbed a box for us both."
Kensi just looked at him with eyes bulging out of her head and her mouth hanging open while Deeks looked down at her with a calm, relaxed smile. When she finally collected herself a couple of minutes later she said "I have so many questions but I don't think the grocery store is the ideal place for this conversation. Let's go check out and take all of this back to my place."
~~Densi~~
Talia was relieved to be wrapping up her day. It had been so hard to concentrate on anything since her run in with Marty. She couldn't get over how good he had looked, how happy he had been. Happy to see her, or to be out with that other woman? As much as she had convinced herself that they weren't together, she couldn't seem to shake the jealousy. Talia had resolved on calling Marty and setting up a time for that drink, but then she realized she didn't have his number. She had Hetty's card, but no one else on the team and frankly that woman frightened her a little. She just seemed a little too perceptive and she didn't want her desire for Marty to be in her bed known to that many people until she was able to make it happen. She supposed she would just have to keep visiting places she guessed might be frequented by Marty until she ran into him again. Tonight she was tired and not just a little bit horney from having been thinking of and daydreaming about Marty all day. A trip to the grocery store for a nice bottle of wine to relax with and a one of those pre-made meals they have in the Deli section was definitely in order. Today she decided to try going to the natural foods store near the boat house since she had never had any luck at the one near Marty's house.
Talia had put her meal and her wine in the small carrying basket and had trolled most of the isles in search of her favorite blonde surfer when she realized she needed to grab some coffee creamer as well while she was there. As she approached the dairy isle she saw the woman Marty had been with the night before just standing there with a full grocery cart. Talia was deciding whether or not to introduce herself and find out who this woman was when she saw Marty approaching her with something in his hands. She couldn't quite make out what it was until she heard the woman exclaim how optimistic he was as he tossed the boxes into the cart. Condoms. Shit. He was buying condoms with this woman. In just a split second her world crumbled. But then she heard his explanation. He realized the condoms at his house had expired. He was just buying her some in case hers had too? Clearly they weren't sleeping together if his condoms were expiring! She was on top of the world again. He could still be hers. The thought that maybe he had checked the expiration date because he had seen her last night and he had the same ideas she did sent her soaring. Boy that woman was really shocked. She just kept staring at Marty like a deer in headlights. Clearly she wasn't such a good friend if his lack of frequent sexual partners surprised her that much. Talia initially thought Marty was a playboy too, but then her time spent with him taught her that he was a very sincere man that wouldn't play with a woman's feelings that way. Oh no! That woman is telling him she wants to go check out and go back to her place. Well, Talia wasn't going to let this opportunity to speak to Marty pass her by, and if she could get him away from this woman, even better.
"Marty Deeks?" She called out as if she wasn't fully aware it was him.
Deeks whipped his head around and saw Talia standing behind them. "Oh, hi Talia. This is a surprise. What are the odds of running into you two days in a row?"
"I don't know. You're not stalking me now are you?" She said flirtatiously.
"Ha! Definitely not, but since we were here first maybe I should ask you the same thing."
Talia smiled and laughed on the outside but on the inside she was rationalizing her behavior as increasing her chances of meeting him, not stalking.
Kensi bumped Deeks' arm with her elbow, trying to get his attention and hoping to communicate that she wants to leave, not stand here talking to this woman that clearly wanted nothing more than to get into her boyfriend's pants.
Deeks didn't get the message, either that or completely ignored it (let's be honest, that was probably the more likely of the two). "Talia, let me introduce you to my partner, Kensi Blye. Kensi, this is Talia DelCampo she's with the DEA" he said as if he hadn't explained who she was yesterday.
'The partner. Shit, this is the partner he seemed so enamored with. Well, I'll just have to up my game' she thought. Talia stuck out her hand to greet Kensi. "It's nice to finally meet you. I heart a lot about you when you were gone."
Kensi took a deep breath, remembering what Deeks had told her the night before. He loves her, only her and anyone else pales in comparison. She resolved to be nice, for now at least. "Hi. It's good to meet you too. Thank you for taking care of Shaggy here. Lord knows he could always use the help." She said as she sent a teasing smile Deeks' way.
Talia, wanting to pull Marty's attention away from Kensi, ran her hand through her hair as she said "So Marty, about that drink. If you're free we could meet up tonight. It is Friday night after all."
"Um, thanks Talia but I actually have plans tonight. I have to help this one, gesturing toward Kensi, get all this stuff home before I cook her dinner and she fills me in on a meeting I missed this morning."
Talia, realizing she lost this round, smiled and reached in her pocket for her card. "Well, here's my card. Give me a call when you get a chance and we'll figure it out. It was nice to meet you Kensi. Have a good night." As she waked away she thought about how she handled the situation and she was proud of herself. It was so tempting to call Kensi by the wrong name when she was leaving but she was smart enough to realize that as Kensi's partner Marty was bound to be protective of her and insulting her wouldn't earn her any points. She would simply be patient. Deeks had her card and he would surely call her soon.
After Talia left Kensi looked at Deeks with her 'I told you so' look and said "So, are you willing to admit that she wants to jump your bones now?"
"I never denied it. I just said that I love you and because of that you have no need to be jealous."
"Well, whatever. We have bigger things to worry about, like expired condoms."
"And we'll talk about that as soon as we get out of this PG rated zone and into the car."
Kensi managed to hold her tongue through the check-out line and even while they were in the parking lot, but the second they were both in the car with the doors shut she burst. "Expired? What do you mean expired? How can that happen? I thought plastic lasted forever! How long has it been since you had sex? How long are they good for before they expire! Why didn't you mention this earlier? Holy Crap! Here I was thinking we were being smart and safe and it turns out we may as well not have bothered! I could be pregnant Deeks! Do you realize what that would mean? Pregnant! Big belly! Not able to work! A BABY! I don't know what to do with babies! We would have to tell everyone about us! They could send you off somewhere horrible this time and I would never see you again! I can't raise a baby by myself Deeks!" By this time Kensi had tears running down her cheeks and she was waving her hands around like a crazy person.
Deeks calmly reached over and grabbed Kensi's hands, bringing them down to her lap and holding them there while he put his face in front of hers, forcing her to look into his eyes. "Kensi, calm down. It's ok. It's going to be ok." He then released her hands and pulled her into a hug, letting her wipe her tears on away on his t-shirt where her face was buried in his shoulder. "Honey, first of all there is no way on this earth I would let anyone take me away from you. If, and that's a big if, by some chance you got pregnant I would never leave you. If that means going back to LAPD or back to being a lawyer, so be it. I'll do whatever it takes to stay with you. And would it be such a horrible thing to have a baby with me? Huh? I know it wouldn't be ideal for it to happen now, but I'm in this for the long haul Kens."
"I suppose it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. As long as you are there to help me, anyway." Her words were muffled because she still had her face pressed into his shirt, but he was able to make them out and he loved her all the more for what she had said. He knew this was a huge step for Kensi to even say that much.
Suddenly she sat up and pulled away from him while exclaiming "But my God! How could this happen?"
"Wow, you really needed to pay more attention during sex ed. Kens, condoms are made of silicone, not plastic, and over time can become dried out and brittle meaning it can have small holes or tears that are too small to be seen with the human eye. That's why they have expiration dates on the box. Generally they are only good for a couple of years. I'm sorry I didn't mention it earlier, but I didn't want you freaking out while you were at work. Besides aren't you on birth control anyway?"
"No, I was before I left but when I left I didn't have time to stock up. I just had what was in my purse and I knew I wouldn't need it over there anyway. I haven't had time to get to my Gynecologist since we got back so I could get a new prescription since my old one has expired."
"Well, that definitely increases the risks, but my stash only expired a few months ago so I'm sure they were fine. The real worry is how long ago yours did."
"Well considering I have no idea when I bought them, I'm going to guess a while ago."
"Well, why don't we just wait to see how long ago it was before we stress out, ok? Now, let's get this ice cream home before it melts?"
"Yes, the only think that could be worse than an unplanned pregnancy is melted Ben and Jerry's." Kensi said sarcastically.
When they got back to Kensi's place Deeks started unloading groceries while Kensi raced into the house to look at the expiration date on her box of condoms. Deeks knew it wasn't good news when he heard her cursing before he could even get in the door. He put the bags on the table and when he saw Kensi walk out of the bedroom he asked "When?"
"February"
"Well, that's not so bad"
"2013"
"Oh"
"Yeah, oh"
Deeks could tell that Kensi was on the verge of tears so he tried to calm her down. "Look Kens, I know this is scary but we'll get through it. No matter what. We'll just take this one step at a time. Worrying won't help so why don't you go make an appointment with your doctor and I'll finish taking care of the groceries."
Deeks calm demeanor helped calm Kensi even more than his reassuring words. Truth be told, Kensi already knew Deeks would stick with her no matter what. She would never have allowed things to go this far if she thought for a second he would behave any differently. But if Deeks wasn't scared then she knew there was no reason for her to be.
By the time Kensi came out of the bedroom Deeks had all of the groceries put away and was starting on dinner. "How does chicken alfredo sound?"
"Heavenly" Kensi said with a smile as she came up behind Deeks and put her arms around his waist, resting her head on his back. "I have an appointment tomorrow evening at 6:00. Come with me?"
"I don't know if I'll be able to and still keep things with us under wraps, but I'll try."
"You know what? Never mind. I have to have a PAP and that would just be all kinds awkward, and there is no sense in you coming just to sit in the waiting room. I'll be fine. Meet you at your place after?"
"You sure?"
"Yep. I got this."
Deeks turned around and embraced Kensi, giving her a long, slow, deep kiss before saying "You do. And I've got you."
Kensi laughed at his corniness and slapped him in the chest before pulling away and hopping up to sit on the kitchen counter next to where he was working on the stovetop.
"So, I have some interesting news."
"Really?"
"Oh yeah. Turns out the CIA found there mole despite, or I guess because, all our bumbling. Only a few guys stayed behind to pack up the operation, Jack, Matt, and a guy everyone called Digger. I have no idea what his real name is. Anyway, apparently Digger was the mole and when he snuck out of camp one night Jack followed him. Turns out he was meeting up with his Taliban connections to let them know what had happened and that he was being transferred they told him he was to be punished for his failure and they killed him."
"Granger got a call from Jack explaining everything this morning so even though we had to go over everything that caused the mission to break down initially Granger was feeling generous enough to skim over things like what exactly my connection to Jack was and there wasn't a bunch of people trying to place blame on anyone else."
"That's great Kens. I'm glad everything worked out." He said as he leaned over and gave Kensi a quick peck on the lips. "Now could you please go set the table, because dinner is going to be ready soon."
A/N: I am so sorry! I told you all that Callen and Sam would find out about Kensi and Deeks' relationship in this chapter and obviously they didn't. I promise it will absolutely happen in the next chapter, in fact the next chapter revolves almost exclusively around them finding out.
For those of you who are worried about this turning into one of those "pregnancy, rush to the alter, sunshine and rainbows" fics, don't worry. It won't. I do enjoy that kind of story sometimes but this won't be one of them.