Note: Yes, this is a slight continuation of The Greatest Reunion, you don't need to read it to fully understand what's going on here, but it's still a great story. :)


After being checked at the hospital, Hetty was allowed to go home to her beautiful Dovecote home, and everyone was there to greet her, with hugs and kisses.

'Ohhh, thank you Miss Blye! And who is this?' Hetty asked when she saw Rosa.

'Rosa, this is Hetty, Hetty, this is Rosa!' Kensi happily replied.

'Nice to finally meet you! I've heard so much about you.' Rosa said.

'Well, it's very nice to meet you as well! I trust Miss Blye and Mr. Deeks have taken good care of you?'

'Very much so! In fact, they have something very special to tell you!'

'Wait we do? I thought we were going to tell her later!' Deeks said, walking over.

'Tell me what?'

'I'm expecting a baby!'

Stunned silence.

'That's incredible! I'm so happy for both of you.' Hetty happily said.

After further congratulating them, Fatima and Roundtree came to talk to her.

'We're so happy you're okay!' Fatima said.

'Thank you very much! How are you and Mr. Roundtree doing?' Hetty asked.

'We're doing fine! In fact, this guy right here, is actually dating me!' Fatima chirped.

'Actually, she was the 1 who asked me out first, but hey!' Roundtree replied.

'Well, I'm very happy for you both! You 2 seem like such a lovely couple.' Hetty finished.

Hetty then walked over to other office workers.

'I'm glad she's so happy.' Callen said, sipping his beer. 'I was worried that she might have just wanted to be alone, try to recouporate.'

'She's been on her own for 2 years now. The only people she's seen and talked to is Keane, Nate and 2 ex NCIS workers!' Sam replied.

'You mean 2 workers who never actually stopped working for NCIS even after they left us? Well, I guess the twins count as well.'

'She's happy to finally be home and out of danger. Just hope she won't be too negatively impacted by what she went through.'

At 1 point, Hetty went out to by the swimming pool, and Callen followed.

'I'm just getting some air.' She said.

'I can see. I just want to make sure you're alright.' Callen replied. 'Everyone being here, might have seemed a bit overwhelming.'

'No, it's nothing really! It's really lovely to see everyone, and to feel everyone's love. I was a bit worried that you all might have thought I had forgotten about all of you.'

'We would never think that. You were involved in a classified mission and had to lay low, we all knew what that feels like.'

'You, probably know the whole truth about Subject 17 by now, right? I never meant to hurt you in anyway, protecting you was always my top priority, and what Pembrooke did to you, I was just so mad! I got you out of there as soon as I heard. The only thing I'm sorry about is that you couldn't have a normal childhood with a long term family. I, really do care about you, Mr. Callen.' Hetty said.

'Pembrooke told me everything. I wish you told me everything sooner, but in a way, I can understand why you didn't. I wouldn't have liked hearing that I was part of an abusive spy training program at either point. I just wish that I didn't have to suspect that you might have played a role in it.' Callen replied.

'I wish I could've told you before I left, but I couldn't get a later flight. And, at some point, I feared that you wouldn't ever want to speak to me again. That if I ended up dying, that you wouldn't care.'

That hit Callen hard. 'Hetty, both times that I thought you had been killed, I was really worried! Yeah, I was still upset, but I would never have been happy to hear of you being dead! If that ugly confrontation in the burn room had been our last ever conversation, I don't know what I would've done with myself! I love you, Hetty, even with all the secret keeping.' He said, trying to keep his voice stable.

Squeezing his hand.'I love you too, Grisha.' They then shared a close, intimate hug.

Later on, Hetty gave a speech thanking everyone for their care and love, and they all loved it!

After everyone went home, Callen offered to stay the night with her.

'You don't have to, doesn't your flight leave tonight?' She asked.

'Not until tomorrow morning. Anna loves your home in Greece, it's a very lovely place from the photos she sent me. How did you ever get a place like that?' He replied.

'It was a gift from a wealthy politician as a thank you for saving his life. It's a beautiful place, I'm sure you will both love it.'

'I hope you know that you can call anyone any time you need help. Kensi has a lot of free time on her hands now, so I'm sure she'll be by a lot.'

'I'll be fine, Mr. Callen. I'm home, safe, alive, and I know my family is all okay. I'll be fine.' She said.

'Well, I worry anyways. It was a long 2 years, and I don't know how affected you were.'

'Believe me dear, the fear of not knowing if I would ever see any of you again was worse then the nightmares. Maybe things will be easier now that it's all over.'

Callen tucked her in, and told her an amusing story about what happened during his wedding planning that had her giggling like a young woman.

Callen then held her hand as she fell asleep, finally safe and sound in her own bed.