A/N: I unfortunately own none of the amazing characters of NCIS: LA.

Kensi awoke to the sound of her buzzing phone alarm. She slowly opened up her eyes and adjusted to the bright sun rays reflected in the room. Slowly, she realized where she was and remembered their mission. Slowly, she realized her proximity to Deeks. His head rested up against her bare neck, his lips touching her pulse. His arms were looped around her waist, holding her close. One of her hands was tucked under her head and somehow the other was in his hair. She quickly removed it and tried to scoot away from him but his grip on her was too strong.

"Deeks." She softly whispered. He responded with a gentle grunt which she felt against her neck. "Deeks." She said a little louder. No response."Deeks!" She said forcefully. His eyes shot open and he sat up.

"What? It wasn't my fault!" He looked around him and took in in his surroundings. "Oh, right." He said to himself as he turned towards Kensi. "Morning."

She propped herself up on her elbows. "Morning."

"We've got work to do." Kensi quickly got out of bed and walked over to her duffel bag which she had thrown next to the door. She grabbed a pair of jeans and a tight fitting tee. "I'll be out of the shower in 5."

Before he could respond Kensi went into the bathroom and closed the door. Deeks shuffled to the bathroom door and knocked.

"Fern!"

"Deeks i'm taking a shower." she responded as the faucet turn on.

"You alright?"

"Yeah why wouldn't I be?"

"Well you bolted out of bed..."

"I want to get to work."

"Is that all?"

"That's all Deeks!" Kensi said frustratedly as she locked the door.

"Kay. Don't take to long!"

"Deeks!"

"Okay I won't bother you anymore."

He heard the shower door open and close as he walked over to the bed. By the time Kensi was finished he had made it. She walked out of the bathroom fully clothed.

"Your turn partner." Her hair was damp and combed around her face.

"I'll be fast."

"Alright."

When he closed the door Kensi laid down, spread out on the bed. This mission was going to try her patience and she didn't know how long she could go without snapping. Plus Lennox was all over Deeks and that annoyed her more than anything. Why would it annoy her? He was her partner, her friend, nothing more. It probably annoyed her because she just doesn't like desperate people. Yeah, that must be it. She closed her eyes and slowly breathed in and out, these were the last sane moments she was probably going to have all day. She stayed like this until she felt someone standing over her. She opened her eyes and was greeted by Deeks.

"Ready?" He asked

"As ready as I'll ever be." She said with a sigh.

Deeks offered his hand and pulled her off of the bed. "Day two."

They walked downstairs together to find Tessa sitting on top of the dining room table with books scattered around her. She glanced up at them and then went back to studying. "There's cereal in the pantry." She said in a monotone, not really paying any attention to them.

"To the kitchen!" He shouted as he pointed in that direction. He walked out of the room and Kensi took a seat at the table.

"What are you studying for?"

"Physics."

"Oh. I hated physics. I was more of the phys-ed type." She said with a small smile. Tessa didn't pay any attention to her. "So," Kensi began, "Have you visited your dad? Some doctors think that it helps them recover faster if they have family members around them."

"No."

"Oh. Do you two have a good relationship?"

"Not anymore." Tessa had not once looked up from her textbook.

"What changed? If you don't mind me asking." Tessa snapped her book shut and looked up at Kensi.

"We're just not close anymore." She said as she began to collect the papers around her into piles.

"I was really close to my dad when I was your age, especially after my mom left him."

"Funny, it was the opposite for me. Before my mom left everything was great, then when she did he didn't even try to stop her. One morning I got up and she was gone."

"I'm sorry."

"I'm not. All that i'm sorry for is what it did to my dad. He became distant and then he started to drink, that's when my aunt came in. She pretended to care about him and then behind his back was using his money. He joined AA and then instead of being addicted to boos, he was addicted to work. Before he was deployed I barely ever saw him."

Tessa swung her legs off the table and hopped down. "I love my dad Agent Blye." She said, facing Kensi. "I just don't think I could see him like he is now, I can't lose another parent." Kensi saw her blink away her tear brimmed eyes. Tessa smiled sadly and walked upstairs.

Kensi walked into the kitchen and found Deeks pouring milk into two bowls. She sat down at the island and Deeks took a seat next to her, pushing her one of the bowls.

"I like her Deeks."

"Who? Tessa?"

"Yeah, she's a sweet girl, she just has issues and no one she loves around her."

"Yeah." Kensi was staring blankly ahead of her. And Deeks' eyes were trained on her face. "Kens, are you okay?"

"Yeah, it's just I know what it's like to have a parent leave and another who's in the army. And I also know what it's like to lose both of them, I just don't want it to happen to her."

Deeks put his hand over Kensi's and began gently stroking her thumb. It sent shivers through her. She turned towards him, "Your a great partner Deeks." She said seriously. This caught him off guard.

"Thanks Kensi." He said with a small smile.

He was there for her more times than she could count and all of the times she was there for him she could count on one hand. "I'm sorry that i'm never there for you."

"What? You're always there for me!"

"Ha!" She scoffed. "Deeks, you and I both know that that's not true."

"Just having you there is good enough for me." He said with a small smile.

"Well, good because I don't plan on going anywhere." She said with a laugh.

"Now, eat your cereal." Kensi ate it quickly and put both of their bowls in the sink.

"Nell came by yesterday." She started.

"Oh really? Why?"

"She was dropping off my duffle bag of clothes, which reminds me I should've reminded you to call someone to grab some clothes for you."

"Already did. Eric's coming over in two hours at 11:00 to drop some of my stuff off, this outfit," He said pointing to his current apparel, "Is my emergency clothes. Did Nell say anything about the case?"

"She said that they got a hit on the facial from the front gate camera, a man named Carlos Mesa. He's a member of the Los Banditos gang and has no ties to the group that captured Norris."

"So why was he here, I mean nothing was stolen so he had to be looking for something."

"It seems that way. Callen and Sam are currently trying to track down Mesa and bring him in."

"So we're still on babysitting duty."

"Yep." She said as she hoisted herself on the countertop. She sat there silently staring at the wall but then began laughing softly.

"What?" Deeks asked cracking a smile, her smile was infectious

"I'm just thinking about my conversations with Nell yesterday. First she called me and was speaking a million miles per minute and was freaking out. Then when she dropped off the bag she was so nervous and almost left with it."

"What was she nervous for?"

"I think she had a date."

Deeks laughed "I can only imagine your reaction to her being so flustered."

Kensi laughed along with him. "I'm sure it was priceless."

Lennox walked into the kitchen, over to the chair where Kensi had been sitting and sat next to Deeks. "Hey Marty."

"Ms. Ryder" He acknowledged her with a small nod.

"Please call me Lennox," She said as she put her hand on his thigh.

Deeks stood up and grabbed a water from the fridge, an excuse to slip away from her.

"Do you know any more about the men who ransacked my home?"

"Not much." Kensi responded not wanting to give away too much.

"Well I see your not very productive, maybe I should ask for another agent to be here."

"Agent Blye is tasked with staying here and looking after you and Tessa, and she's been doing her job. If she goes then so do I."

"And you wouldn't want that would you?" Kensi stated with a scowl.

Lennox's nostrils flared and she stood up. "I'm not sure I like your tone."

"I'm not sure I like you."

"I don't need you to like me I need you to do your job." Lennox's phone rang and she took the call as she moved into the next room. Luckily Kensi could still hear her.

"Hello? What do you want Victor?! Listen... Victor...I. Shut up and let me speak! I could ruin you. After all, I got you your success. Don't call me again." She hung up the phone and threw it in her bag. Lennox walked back into the kitchen and grabbed her jacket.

"I'm going out."

"Alright, we'll have one of our other Agents tail you."

"Fine." She left the house and they watched her car pull out of the driveway.

"I'm gonna call Nell." Kensi said to Deeks. "Lennox was just talking to someone named Victor on the phone. I'm gonna have her look into who the phone call was from and run a background check. Things sounded tense."

"Didn't Tessa say that Lennox's ex was named Victor?"

"Even more of a reason to look into the call."

Kensi dialed Nell and gave her instructions. She was about to hang up but then remembered about her date last night.

'How was your date?!' she asked quickly.

'Good.' Nell answered hesitantly.

'Only good, not great?'

'Well, it was pretty great.'

Kensi smiled 'Good. I expect all the details later.'

'Alright Kensi.' Nell answered with a snort.

'Bye Nell.'

'Bye.'

"I can't believe that we're stuck in this house doing nothing."

"I know."

"It's punishment."

"Feels like it." Deeks said with a laugh. "There's got to be a TV around here somewhere right?"

Deeks and Kensi spent half an hour watching ESPN until they heard the doorbell ring.

"Must be Eric." Deeks said as he got up off the couch. Kensi followed behind him as he walked to the door.

"Hi guys!"

"Hey."

"Hi."

Eric handed Deeks the bag. "How's it going?"

"I feel like a caged animal." Kensi responded.

"We've got no concrete leads."

"Sam and Callen just called ops and informed us that they've got Carlos Mesa."

"Really?" Kensi asked excitedly.

"Is he talking?"

"Unfortunately no."

Kensi sighed.

"Thanks for bringing this over Eric." Deeks said as he put the bag on his shoulder."

"Yeah, sorry I couldn't bring it over last night."

"No problem it was a Saturday night, i'm sure you had some sort of interesting gaming match."

Eric raised his eyebrow. "No, for your information, I had a date."

Both Kensi and Deeks perked up.

"Really?" Kensi asked.

"Really."

"With who?"

"A friend." Kensi and Deeks exchanged a look.

"How'd it go?"

"Pretty good." He said with smile. "Anyway I'd better get going."

Kensi closed the door behind him and turned to Deeks. "You don't think..."

Deeks raised his eyebrow.

A/N: Dun Dun DUHHHH. Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it :) !

- Socheerz