Last chapter. I want to thank everyone who followed my story and for your comments. It meant a lot. I hope you like the ending.

The next day's sun rose.

The night that passed was the most difficult for everyone, especially Kensi. She lost her father, again, but this time she saw him passing away in front of her. As much as Deeks and her co-workers tried to convince her stay with someone, she didn't want to. She didn't even want to stay with her partner. She still wasn't aware of the fact that Hetty knew everything. No one tried to tell her something. They knew what they were doing. Telling her that someone she trusted had kept from her something so much important will be another hit.

The funeral was today. The agency had taken care of everything. The last thing Kensi could do was prepare a second funeral for her father.

Her door was opened. Wearing a black skirt and jacket and a white shirt, she came out of her bedroom looking for her black heels. Searching around her desk, her eye caught a picture in a frame. She was with her father, a year before he 'was killed'. She picked it up and with tears in her eyes she was staring at it. Her mind started running back. All good memories she had with him came back.

Her memories were interrupted by a knock on her door. She put down the frame, wiped her tears and turned around to see who was. To all her surprise, it was Granger. She was expecting Deeks. He had convinced her to pick her up and go together to the ceremony.

"Good morning." Kensi didn't say anything. She just nodded her head. "How are you doing?"

"I've been better."

He stared at her for a moment and finally asked what he wanted "Why did you tell Clairmont that you killed his father?"

Kensi was taken aback. She didn't expect such a question from him. It took her a few minutes to answer.

"Because you saved my life three years ago. I owed you."

Now it was Granger who was surprised. He didn't expect to hear that.

"Your father is dead because you lied to Clairmont."

"My father is dead because of both of us. You killed Clairmont and I lied to his son about that. I'm not blaming you for that. I did what I thought was right." She paused for a moment and looked at him. "If I had told him the truth, he wouldn't probably believe me. Or if he did, you would be dead now. For the last eighteen years of my life, I lived without him. Coming back would make my life a big mess."

Kensi was willing to risk everything, even her own 'blood', to save someone. She risked her father's life to save someone she didn't like at all but who was like a second father to her. She felt like that when the two of them were working together in Afghanistan.

They were interrupted by Kensi's phone. "Damn it. It's my mom."

"She doesn't know?"

"She's not even here. She went to Boston last week to see her sister." and she answered it. "Hey mom! Yeah, everything is fine here. How's aunt Jen? Good. Um, mom, we're working on a case and it's pretty hard. I'll call you later, oaky? Kisses to aunt. Yes mom, I'll water them. Bye." and she hung up.

"Will you tell her?"

"I don't know. This is the last thing I want think right now."

And that's when Deeks knocked her door. "Good morning. Am I interrupting?"

"No detective. I was just leaving." He turned to Kensi and said "Thank you Agent Blye." and he left.

Deeks walked toward his partner. "Are you okay?"

"I will."

They drove together to the cemetery.

On top of the coffin, the USA flag was paved. Sam, in his uniform, Granger in a black suit, and four other marines were carrying it. Kensi and Deeks were behind them. Callen, Hetty, Eric, Nell and some other people who knew Donald Blye were following them. With his hand holding hers and the other one around her waist, Deeks was walking with Kensi.

A few minutes later, the flag was wrapped. Sam knelt in front of Kensi and gave it to her. She hadn't cried until then. When she held the flag, it was like her eyes opened and tears started coming down.

When the funeral was over, she left alone. She wanted to be alone.

It was a little after seven. They were all at the bullpen. No one hadn't seen her since the ceremony. And they were all worried about her. To all of them surprise, Deeks seemed to be the only who wasn't worried. Or at least, not as much as the rest of the team. He left the bullpen saying he knew where to find her.

He drove to the beach where he thought she was. And he was right. He knew his partner very well. He got out of the car and approached her.

She was sitting on the sand with her knees against her chest. She had taken off her heels and had placed them next to her. Her cheeks were still wet. The flag was still in her hands. She was watching the sunset when she heard someone coming her way. And she knew exactly who was.

Without turning around, she asked "How did you know I'll be here?"

Deeks made a few more steps and sat next to her. "You were here three years ago, too." That's when she turned to him and looked at him for a while.

"You followed me that night, didn't you?"

"I needed to know you were going to be okay." That brought a smile on her face. "That's my girl."

She kept looking in front of her at the sea. "Will you lie to a bad guy when he is threatening someone you love to save someone you don't like at all but you feel him like family?"

Deeks stared at her confused. It took him a few minutes to understand what it was about. "I don't know. It depends."

"On?"

"Whose life will be threatened, whose life I will save."

"I lied to Clairmont to save Granger. And now my father is dead."

"I thank Granger for what he did Kensi. He saved your life and I'm glad he did it." He remembered that day like it was yesterday. If Granger hadn't done what he did, his partner would be dead now. She kept her eyes away from him. "I have an idea. Why don't we go to my place? I'll cook your favorite food and we can watch a movie. Um? Plus, Monty has missed you so much."

She turned and looked at him. "Sure." Deeks got up and offered his hand to Kensi to help her get up.

Within ten minutes, they were at his house.

Deeks started cooking as soon as they walked in the house. He was the only one who made her favorite food so good. It hadn't been thirty minutes and the food was almost ready. He walked to the living room where he had left Kensi. "Kens, the food will be ready in five. You want to eat here or in the kitch…." She had fallen asleep in the couch. Monty was on it, down to her legs. "Monty down! You'll wake her up." he ordered his dog and Monty obeyed. He brought a blanket from his bedroom and covered her with it. He was more than glad to lift her up and take her to his bed and he was so sure that she will wake up. And he didn't want that. God knows if she had slept last night.

He sat down, next to her, and held her hand. She was sleeping like an angel. Yes! Bad ass Blye, with the lethal look that was scaring you, was sleeping like an angel. God, she was so beautiful! Deeks stayed there all night looking at her. This was probably his best time he had ever had with her. Doing nothing but this; looking at her.

THE END

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