A/N: Had a little thought.
"Should I give up? Or should I just keep chasing pavements? Even if it leads nowwwwhere."
Rosa turns around as she and Tay try to bite back their smiles. "Is he okay?"
A smile curls at Kensi's lips as her husband's movements jostle her a little and a tone that reminds her of his sad drunk persona belts out the lyrics to one of his favorite songs. "Adele makes him weepy."
"Adele does make me weepy." He nods in confirmation leaning his head against hers before belting out another line.
As they make their way down the hallway of the Colosseum the girls' excitement, buzzing. They're still in their own little world when they all reach the elevator. The four adults exchange smiles, silence filling the void for a few seconds before Tay's mom, Kelly, turns to the agent and investigator with a smile. "So Kensi, Marty, are you two excited about Hawaii?"
Mirrored looks of confusion cross their faces at the random question before the shaggy blonde speaks up. "Hawaii? We're always excited about Hawaii."
"Yeah, so much so he's been trying to convince me that we should get a timeshare in Diamond Head since we've been together. Actually, even before then now that I think about it." The brunette laughs, still, a bit confused by the odd question.
Tay's dad, Jason lights up at the mention of one of his favorite places on the island. "Oh, that'd be great. What's that like a 13-minute drive to campus?"
Kensi's brow furrows sharing a look with her husband before turning back to Jason. "Campus?"
"Yeah, UH." Kelly nods, brow furrowed.
Deeks tries his best to put the pieces together but nothing's clicking. "Okay, I'm confused now."
"As am I." Kensi reiterates her partner's sentiments.
Normally someone would realize that these things haven't been discussed yet, but Jason is not that person. "Did Rosa not tell you?"
"Tell us what?" Deeks asks as both he and Kensi turn their attention towards their 17-year-old and her best friend who have stopped talking all together and are now looking at them. The heat rising to Rosa's cheeks not going unnoticed.
"Rosa, what's going on?" Kensi asks, trying to hide the hurt in her voice.
Tay nudges her best friend. "I thought you were gonna tell them."
"I was." The raven-haired teen whispers, looking guiltily back and forth between her adoptive parents.
"Rosa?" Deeks calls her name once more trying to get some answers.
Releasing a calming breath, she relents. "A coach from the University of Hawai'i came to our scrimmage Friday."
"Okay…" Kensi nods, urging her to continue.
"He wants me to come to the soccer camp they're hosting this summer and…"
Her pause continues to lengthen and it's a little agonizing so much so that the blonde feels his wife's grip tighten around his hand more and more by the second. "And what?"
"He wants me to come to camp because he offered me a scholarship and wants me to get familiar with the facility."
Deeks's jaw drops as he releases his partner's hand, and closes the distance between him and their girl, wrapping her in a hug. "Oh my god, Rosa, that's amazing! Why didn't you tell us?"
The guilt in her eyes can't be hidden as she's released from Deeks' embrace and immediately wrapped in Kensi's. "I was going to when we got here but I fell asleep, and then I was gonna say something on our way to the concert but you guys were so happy, and I didn't want to ruin your mood."
The brunette pulls back, hurt shining in her eyes as she pushes the rogue hair out of the teen's face. "Ruin it? Sweetie, we're so proud of you. You know how major it is to get an athletic scholarship your junior year?"
"That's what I told her!"
"Tay, not helping."
"I am definitely helping." The corkscrew-haired teen rebuts.
A barely there smile pulls at Kensi's lips as she locks hands with her partner once again. Not really sure how to identify her feelings right now. "I just don't understand why you told them before you told us."
Tay looks between Rosa and her parents feeling somewhat at fault for this whole thing. "Oh, no, that was all me. I got offered, too, Mr. and Mrs. Deeks. I didn't tell them not to say anything cuz I thougt they could read social cues. Anyways, for what it's worth I'm really hoping you'll let her go cuz I need my girl there with me in O'ahu."
Rosa can only imagine what they're thinking. I mean can she really asked them for honesty when she hasn't been honest herself no matter how unintentional it was? "I know we talked about UCLA-"
Deeks shakes his head, stopping her before she can say anymore. "That doesn't matter. If you want to go to Hawai'i then we're gonna support you every step of the way."
"Yeah, this is about what you want." The brunette agrees, her eyes shining with understanding.
"Is this what you want?"
Taking another calming breath Rosa looks at Tay and then back to the two people who have shown her more love than she ever thought possible again. "Yes, I really do. I didn't know it until it was right in front of me."
"Well then, looks like our girl's a D1 athlete!" Kensi beams, shouting loud enough that Adele could probably hear it from the penthouse of Caesar's Palace.
"You know what this calls for?" The blonde asks to no-one inparticular.
The special agent looks at her husband with a knowing smile. "Rocky Road?"
"Rock Road!" Deeks throws his arm around Kensi's shoulders once again exchanging a dad smile with Jason before the elevator dings and they step inside the box.
A few minutes later as they're walking into the parking lot, a knowing grin forms at the corner of the form detective's lips. Leaning in, his lips but a breath away from his partner's ear his smile grows wider. "I knew my late-night Zillow searches for O'ahu weren't for nothing."
All Kensi can do is smile because as unexpected as it is, this is their new chapter. This is the life she never thought they'd get.
