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The briefing was over, and each partnership went their separate ways. Callen and Sam went to the crime scene, and Deeks and Kensi to the victim's house. The four people stayed close together on the stairs coming down from OPS, and parted once they reached their cars. Surprisingly, Kensi tossed her keys in Deeks' direction. He caught them with ease, but stopped to look at her.
"Woah. You want me to drive?" Deeks was standing at the back of the car.
"Yep." Kensi climbed in the passenger seat and shut the door.
Deeks stood there for a few more seconds, trying to find the reason Kensi would let him drive her car. "Okay then." He shook his head and climbed into the driver's seat.
Sam and Callen were standing at their respective sides of the Challenger watching the exchange. Callen turned to look at his partner. "Something's up with them." Sam said. They dropped the conversation. Sam and Callen were both afraid they didn't want to know what was going on.
Kensi spent most of the ride staring out the window, not saying a word. As usual, Deeks couldn't stand the quiet. "Okay. That's enough. What's up Kens?" Deeks turned his eyes to her briefly before they dropped back to the road.
"Really, Deeks? What's up? What the hell is up with you? You've gotten Sam and Callen suspicious already. Why can't you just act normal?" Kensi had turned to face him.
"I don't know, I mean they were being nosy as soon as I walked in the door. I just kept quiet because I knew if they started asking questions I would probably start rambling like always and spill the beans." Kensi chuckled.
"What's so funny?" Deeks glanced at her again.
"You and your rambling. It probably was a good idea to shut up, but it doesn't make you any less suspicious. There is no way they would believe you just weren't in the mood to talk. You never shut up." Kensi smiled in his direction.
"And that's why you love me." Deeks flashed a million dollar smile back at her.
"Yeah, Maybe." Kensi had turned her head back to the window.
"And you letting me drive isn't suspicious? You never willingly let me drive your car."
"That was a lapse in judgment. And that is what I will tell the guys if they ask. Which they probably will, they probably already know something is up. What are we going to do?" Kensi had sat straight up in her seat and began to chew on her nails nervously.
"Geez, Kens. Calm down. I will start talking again, you stop letting me drive. They won't know a thing. We just haven't gotten used to keeping a secret from the team. We can tell them as soon as we can prove that we can still be partners and be together." Deeks reached out and took Kensi's hand in his.
"Thanks, Deeks." Kensi gave him a warm smile.
"For what, Princess?"
"For being you." Deeks turned his eyes away from the road just long enough to wink at his partner.
The victim's apartment turned out to be a bust. There wasn't a shred of evidence that would help NCIS solve his murder. Kensi made sure that Sam and Callen saw her get out of the driver's side of her car after pulling back into the mission.
The rest of that day was a blur. Kensi and Deeks went from place to place keeping a safe distance from each other and acting as normal as possible.
The case was resolved without anyone else getting hurt.
The team ended up going out for a drink to celebrate a job well done, and Deeks and Kensi made it through another day without spilling their big secret.
As they drove home separately from the bar, both people wondered how much longer they would have to keep this up.
Two and a half months passed before they told the team, and that time had changed a lot.
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