Title-COYOTE UGLY
Summary-MARTY DEEKS LOVES COYOTE UGLY.
Rated K
Sometimes a light ray of light is enough to lighten up the entire room
It was at some point during his 2nd year in law school when Marty Deeks realized that he was miserable. Normally people that get to study what they want are thrilled, especially if that includes getting accepted to and being in the top of your class in law school. This wasn't the case with Deeks, he simply just wasn't happy anymore. The misery was mainly brought about due to the circumstances that he was forced to deal with.
He had just recently started taking cooking lessons from his boss at the restaurant because quite frankly the money he was pulling in while working as waiter wasn't enough to cover both his tuition and his basic needs. So his daily schedule usually consisted of early morning classes on campus, double shifts at the restaurant, and cooking classes that often ended up lasting into the early morning hours.
Deeks was no stranger to hard work, and from a very young age he'd had to struggle to provide for himself. No, he was definitely not afraid of the work and long hours so he knew that he could and would continue.
His living situation was definitely not helping his frusteration. He lived in a small dismal two bedroom apartment in a shady neighborhood, with a questionable roommate. He hated it. It was dark and no matter how many times he cleaned it everything had a dingy appearance. He was not only afraid to open the windows for his own safety, but there were some dumpsters in front of the place that stunk pretty bad most days. His previous roommate had died at a party in the neighboring apartment due to a drug overdose and his new roomie was an alcoholic, who loved to get drunk and then turned mean. Deeks was pretty sure that the jerk beat his girlfriend on a regular basis. Deeks hated him with a passion so he basically avoided his own apartment until it was time to go to sleep. So he wasn't just restless and tired of the monotonous routine but pissed at his surroundings and the fact that there was absolutely nothing he could do about any of it in the foreseeable future.
His day to day life was getting worse and honestly he was at a point where he didn't know how much longer he would be able to go on like this. The depression was becoming overwhelming and he felt like he was drowning, he realized that many more days like this and he might end up doing something that he would regret for the rest of his life.
It seemed that the only good people around him were the people from the restaurant where he worked. The manager was a 65 year old retired LAPD officer, Mr. Frank, who thankfully turned out to be more of a friend than a boss. Mr. Frank had taken him under his wing and was helping him out as much as possible. Deeks found himself trusting the old man and sharing bits and pieces of his past, and he's to this day entirely convinced that Mr. Frank is the reason that he finished law school and proceeded to make something out of himself. He was the catalyst that inspired him to continue to persue his dream.
One Sunday after finishing up his cooking class; Mr. Frank noticed that Deeks was particularily tired, depressed, and frusterated, the old manager ordered him to take some leave and handed him a ticket to the movie Coyote Ugly. When he saw the name of the movie, he started laughing and questioned his manager as to whether he looked like the kind of guy who watched chick flicks.
With a smile, wise Mr. Frank told him, "Don't watch the chick in the film son, watch the message behind it. Trust me." He found himself unable to refuse, so he accepted the tickets.
A couple days later when he returned to the restaurant, the first thing Mr. Frank did was corner him, pull him aside, and question him about whether or not he liked the movie and if he had learned anything from watching it.
A grinning Deeks had replied that he in fact loved the movie. That it had taught him to never give up. That no matter how bad the situation you are faced with you should keep going; one day you will achieve your dream. Never think that you are alone. There's always a person somewhere looking out for you. With a newfound determination and inspiration; he started working and never look back.
Even today when he needs to find some faith in himself or some inspiration to continue fighting for what he wants, he watches the movie.
What he didn't say to Mr. Frank that day was that not only had he loved the movie, but he saw a lot of himself in the main character. He was shown that if he works hard and keeps on struggling through he will eventually get what he wants. So he applies these lessons to his daily life he works hard doesn't give up and almost always gets what he wants in return.
He finished law school at the top of his class, became one of the best undercover cops LAPD has ever had, learned to cook, managed to move out of that crappy apartment into one that is walking distance from the beach, got a job with NCIS, met his new family, has an amazing partner, and hopefully with a little convincing one day she will be his everything.
To this day he still doesn't have everything that his heart desires, but he's working on it.
One thing is for sure, he loves Coyote Ugly.
AN:- Hope you like it.
Much Love
Nikita