Two weeks later
It's been two weeks and Kensi has requested to work with someone else every day and today Deeks had no doubt it would be any different. Walking into the bull pen the atmosphere was off, he wasn't sure if it had anything to do with decision to close this chapter of his life and go back to LAPD or if it was because he felt as if he was turning his back on Kensi.
Setting his bag down at his desk he walks to Hetty's office. "Morning Hetty you uh got a minute?"
"Of course Mr. Deeks have a seat."
"I uh.. I just wanted to let you know I am leaving NCIS and going back to LAPD. I feel that maybe this chapter of my life has come to a close."
"Are you sure this is what you want Mr. Deeks? This is a huge decision."
"Hetty I am pretty sure Sam and Callen would like for things to return normal and be partners again. This is pretty much the only choice I have since I am not an agent"
Returning to his desk he begins working on the paperwork he was to complete yesterday and figured it was the least he could on his last day of the job.
"So what was that all about?" Sam asks
"I'm leaving NCIS" he answers glancing towards Kensi "I figure you and Callen would like things to be normal again."
"Yeah it would be nice to not have twinkie wrappers thrown on me during stake outs and I swear I can't handle another day of that techno crap she listens to and don't get me started on her really bad jokes" Callen says laughing
"Come on I'm not that bad Callen and fine then I will work with Sam today" She says
"The first twinkie wrapper to land in the floor and you have to detail the car inside and out" Sam says
Deeks can't help but chuckle to himself listening to them. Remembering what it was like when he and Kensi first got partnered together and how hard it was working with someone who took everything seriously.
"What's so funny over there?" Kensi says
"Nothing. It was just.. It was nothing honestly." Deeks says
"Big mistake Deeks" Callen says
"Fine then, Kensi I was laughing because I remembered when we started working together, how you always complained about my jokes and how annoying I was. Now it seems the tables have turned. But hey that's just my observation" he says
A small smile crept across her face as the memories came to mind. She feels him staring at her and decides she needs a break and goes to the gym.
"You know you're an idiot if you let him walk away" Callen says
"What makes say that?" she says turning around
"Oh come on Kensi you have been stuck on him since the Zuna case three years ago, I don't believe for one minute that after three years you are giving up on him this quickly" he says
"Why not give up now? What if in the end he leaves like the others?" she asks
Callen lets out a sigh and looks at Kensi "Okay first off your dad and Dom did not leave you they were taken from you by evil people, Jack we will never know why he left, and all the other guys well that was you and your no second date rules. Now Deeks on the other hand will be your fault if you let him walk away now."
"What if it's too late?" she asks turning back around and hitting the punching bag
"If it was he wouldn't have shown up today." Callen says leaving the gym
Kensi hits the bag harder and harder as Callens words play back in her mind. She knew she wasn't being fair to Deeks.
"Kensi uh can we talk?" Deeks says softly
Kensi turns around slowly meeting his gaze and drops her eyes to the floor not wanting him to see her frustrations with herself. "So you're going back to LAPD?"
"It doesn't have to be this way Kens" he says taking a small step closer
Taking a couple steps closer and slowly reaching for his hand she asks "where did things get so complicated?"
A tiny smile forms and he says "My guess would be somewhere among the city walls of our guarded hearts"
Kensi started to laugh but stopped herself thinking it wouldn't be to kind to laugh at his words "Uh we should probably get back to work" she says
"Yeah uh I'm actually done with mine. I was just coming to say bye.. er see you around" he says
"Right, of course you were" she says still holding his one hand and reluctantly letting it go.
Deeks is half way through the gym when Kensi softly say "Stay.. Please"
"What?"
"Okay first that is my line. Second you and I both know we can't survive without each other, our constant worry about the other being safe will eat at us every day. I know that even though I ask for a different partner each day that when we all go into a raid that you have my back."
"What are you trying to say Fern?"
"Movie, beers, tacos, and rocky road my couch or yours which ever you prefer 7pm?" she says
"Skip the movie and watch the sunset instead?" he asks
"Date. Er I mean sounds good" she says cursing herself for saying date even though they both knew that it was.