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Kensi woke with a start. She had slept better last night. In fact, she slept better than any other night this week. Something was off though, and whatever it was had woken her up. Then she felt it again, the lurch in her stomach. Her dream came back to her in a flash. She had been alone in a dark place and all she could hear were their voices screaming pain. Deeks was screaming for her as their captors tortured him.

With the memories of the dream coming back she felt the same panic set back in. Her stomach lurched once again. She scrambled up from their bed and ran to the bathroom. She barely made it to the toilet before she threw up. Once she started throwing up she felt like she couldn't stop.

He was awoken by her tossing and turning again. He was half asleep when she sat up. He became fully awake though when she jumped out of the bed and ran. He heard the bathroom door hit the wall as she flung it open. He saw the glow of the light slip out from the bathroom. Then he heard another sound, one that worried him even more. Was she throwing up? He jumped out of his bed and went to the bathroom. She hadn't even bothered to close the door. He rushed in and sat down behind her. He held her hair as she threw up. He lovingly stroked her back and was surprised when she didn't resist. It broke his heart to see his ladybird like this. After what seemed like forever, but in reality was only a few minutes, she leaned back into his arms. She was shaky and looked defeated in the low light. He hadn't seen her like this in so long. Just as everything had got better, almost normal, Sam lost Michelle. Why did all of this have to happen to them? Sure it made them stronger as a couple, but it just sucked. There was nothing more to describe it than, it just sucks.

He just sat there and held her. Then she began to cry. He held her and whispered that "everything was going to be okay." She looked up at him with tears in her eyes. They were pleading with him, but he didn't what she was asking. All he could think to do was wipe a tear from her face and simply say, "I'm right here sugarbear." It must have been the right thing to say because she seemed to relax in his arms. They sat there, on the bathroom floor, in comfortable silence. They felt safe in each other's arms.

What was going on with her? She felt all out of sorts and then this? She didn't realize she had woken him up until he was sitting behind her, holding her hair. He stayed, even though it was gross. He held her. When she had thrown up what she swore was everything she had ever eaten in her life, she fell back into his loving arms. It felt good to be in his arms. Then she starting crying. Why? Kensi Blye never cried. Something was wrong and she wanted it to be fixed. She looked up at Deeks, wanting him to fix it. She knew he could have no idea what her eyes were trying to say. Somehow though, he knew exactly what to say. He fixed it, at least for a little while. She sat there in his arms for a while thinking.

She thought back to the nights she had woken up from terrible dreams in his arms, him being sound asleep. Was he really asleep? She must have been kicking and mumbling, that's what she did when she had nightmares. She must have woken him up. He had looked more tired recently. She knew she needed to talk to him, to explain what was going on. He would understand, they'd been through so much, but they had done it together. She just didn't know what to say. So, she sat there.

He spoke first. He had been thinking about everything that had been happening to her recently. He figured he had to try and get her to talk to him. So, he said, "Kens." and he waited.

"Yeah?"

"Just tell me, Princess."

"Deeks, I… I don't know what to say… I-I"

"Please?" He felt bad the moment he said it. He was pushing her. He saw the look on her face when he said it. She looked so hurt because she realized she was hurting him.

"Okay."

"I'm sorry I pushed you and if you're not ready, I unders…"

"No, you're right, I need to talk to you." She chuckled to herself as she said, "It is fun to see you beg though." Just like that, she smiled. He could see it in the dim light and it made him feel better.

"Okay, I'm not exactly sure how to put this, so no interruptions. You can speak when I'm done, okay?"

"Fine, but I'm just gonna say this now, whatever it is we're gonna get through it together, we always do."

"Deeks, I'm scared." He tensed as his fears about her having doubts returned.

She felt him tense as she told him and she realized what he must be thinking. "It's not what you think." She said as she grabbed his hand in hers. "I'm not scared to marry you. Marrying you is all I can think about. Of course, I'm nervous, but that's not it. Don't speak."

"I didn't and I promised I wouldn't."

"Your speaking!"

"Hey! You started…"

"Deeks!" She said lightly punching him in the arm.

"Okay, continue."

"Don't say a word. I'm scared you're going to leave me before we make it to the wedding."

"Kens, I would never…"

"Deeks!" She said punching him in the arm a little harder this time. "I said no talking, you have to let me finish." He just sighed in response. "I know you wouldn't leave me willingly, but what happens if you die before we get married. I keep having these dreams where I walk down the aisle and you're not there. You're dead and I can't...I just." She started to cry again. All the while she was mentally kicking herself for crying this much, she never cried.

"Then let's do it right now."

"What?"

"Let's get married right now."

She laughed at the thought, "Right now, Deeks? On the bathroom floor?"

"Yes."

She looked up at him and realized he was being serious. She freed herself from his embrace and turned to face him. "And how exactly would that work?"

"We say our vows and we say I do. We promise to spend the rest of our lives together. That's all marriage really is. It won't be official, but it will be official to us. Come on princess, what do you say, will you marry me?"

She paused for a moment. "Why not, but this is stupid," she said, pretending she didn't love the idea. He knew from the look in her eyes how much it meant to her. They said their 'I do's', kissed, and then Deeks carried Kensi back to their bed. Kensi slept without any nightmares for the rest of the night.