Callen walked into NCIS and flopped into his seat with a heavy sigh.
"What is it G?" Sam asked him.
"That woman is going to be the death of me. I need to give her something to do man." Callen looked up at his partner with a tired look.
"Yes G. She probably will. Now about that kiss…" Callen looked at his partner in horror,
"You're like a gossiping woman! I don't kiss and tell." He replied with a smirk.
"I am not a woman." Sam replied irritably.
"I beg to differ Mr Hanna. You are every bit the gossiping woman. Now then Mr Callen I believe I may have just saved your life for the foreseeable future at least." Callen looked up at Hetty.
"You have?"
"Yes. I have another undercover assignment for her that is to run concurrently with your current living arrangements."
"What's the job?"
"She is to get close to a patron of the Tiki Lounge." Callen raised an eyebrow while Sam tried not to laugh. "Yes Mr Callen the Tiki Lounge. She will have to get close to a George Dawson, he's rich and very volatile." Callen looked at Hetty,
"What do you mean volatile?"
"Well exactly what it sounds like Mr Callen. I'm sure she'll be fully capable to handle it. Now onto more pressing matters. Mr Getz would like a word with you Mr Callen."
"Why?" he asked her suspiciously.
"Why are you so suspicious Mr Callen?"
"I have a deep mistrust of psychologists?" Callen tried.
"No G. That's democrats. We've already had this discussion." Sam added.
"There's a difference?" Callen shot back.
"I believe he wants a word about how you're handling this current assignment."
"Fine. Everything is fine." Callen replied. Hetty just looked at him, "Fine. I'm going." Callen stood up and walked out of the bullpen. Once he was gone Hetty turned to Sam,
"How is he really Mr Hanna?"
"He'll be fine. I am a little surprised by his reaction to her though. Considering she's law enforcement and you know about his rule about female law enforcement officers." Sam smirked and Hetty smiled.
"Yes he doesn't date them if I remember the rule correctly." Sam nodded,
"Something about them having their own handcuffs."
"Yes. But she is from his past maybe this is why he's more comfortable around her." Hetty replied with a knowing look, which caused Sam to narrow his eyes,
"You knew."
"I know lots of things Mr Hanna."
"That's why you hired her. Are you trying to matchmake Hetty?" Hetty tried to look scandalised,
"I have no idea what you are on about Mr Hanna. Now I want you to keep an eye on Mr Callen. Keep him safe. Even if that means keeping him safe from himself. I trust that you'll know when to push an issue and when not to." Sam nodded and started his paperwork.
Back at the house:
Cameron was going crazy. She kept looking at the dishwasher and then trying to watch TV. When she gave up trying to watch the TV she walked over to the bookshelf and looked at the titles. Dracula I don't think so, ah ha! Cameron smiled and pulled out a book.
"Which one did you pick?" she heard Eric chirp in her ear. She grinned and held the book up to the camera, "A very good choice. Your favourite one?"
"One of them. I like three and six."
"I always preferred the fourth one." Eric replied. Cameron shrugged her shoulders and walked over to the couch and started to read it. Every now and then she would look over the top of the book to look at the dishwasher. She shook her head and continued to read. After twenty minutes she looked over the top of the book again and she started to fidget. It can't be that difficult to put it back together she thought to herself. Standing up she put the book down and walked into the kitchen. Pulling the dishwasher out of the hole in the units and she started to take it apart to see what Callen had done to it. As she peered around on in the inside she could see what he had done and she smiled and started putting it back together. Callen arrived at the house an hour after she had started. He stood in the doorway and watched her put the dishwasher back together. She looked so happy fixing it that he didn't have the heart to stop her. He watched her for a little while longer and then he cleared his throat scaring her. Cameron whipped around and pulled her gun out of her leg holster at the same time. Raising it she saw it was just Callen and she lowered it,
"What the Hell are you playing at? Creeping up on me like that!" she snapped at him as he laughed at her. "Stop laughing at me!" she screeched.
"Alright, alright. Hetty has a new assignment for you, you're going to be playing barmaid, as you play my wife of course. You need to get close to a George Dawson. I'm guessing Hetty will tell as when you need to know more." Cameron's eyes lit up in excitement.
"Cool." She went to walk past him and said, "Oh and by the way I fixed the dishwasher."
"I see that. How?"
"Its not that much different to building a K'Nex roller coaster." She grinned at his confused expression.
"It's a bit like Lego except its lots of rods and connectors that snap together. Instead of bricks." She smiled at him.
"You know you surprise me. You really do." He chuckled at her; she raised an eyebrow and said,
"You have no idea." As she walked past him she winked.
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