A/N: Thank you to everyone that read this. Like I said, I'm trying to get into case writing and the comments that you have left have helped me a lot.

The list of women that would want Deeks dead was surprisingly short, consisting of just two people, Charlene Rhys and Amelia Fink. Deeks had arrested both of them in the past on numerous occasions and they had both verbally threatened that when they got out that they would kill him. However, Amelia Fink had a pretty solid alibi since she had been arrested once again and couldn't have made it to Deeks apartment while in confinement, which just left Charlene Rhys.

"Ms. Rhys was arrested by Deeks twice for drug possession, once for mild child neglect, as if there is such a thing. And he also arrested her for breaking into her ex-boyfriends place and trashing it." Eric read off.

"This was before Deeks arrested her one last time for selling drugs to minors which resulted in the death of a fourteen year old. Once she was arrested, Deeks also testified against her in a custody dispute for her children, claiming that she was unfit and that the children would be better off if she no longer had any parental rights. The judge sided with Deeks." Nell continued.

"So she was not only put behind bars but lost her kids…I can see why she'd be angry." Sam stated.

"And she would have had the chance to go after him since she was released from prison a few weeks ago." Eric announced.

"And someone who was into drugs before wouldn't have much of a problem getting their hands on some drugs now. And Rohypnol is a date rape drug and isn't that hard to get a hold of." Callen said.

"Let's go talk to Ms. Rhys." Sam said and led the way out of the room.

Charlene Rhys was almost everything that they had expected her to be. She was deceptively thin with fresh track marks on her arms. Most of her teeth had been rotted out by what Kensi assumed was meth use, and she had a nasty sneer on her face when she first caught sight of them.

"Ms. Rhys, we have a few questions for you about the attempted murder of LAPD detective Marty Deeks." Sam said.

It only took a second for the sneer to vanish from her face and for Charlene to quickly bolt. Sam, Callen and Kensi quickly followed suit, splitting up to cover different areas as they chased after her. Kensi stayed behind the other woman while Callen went to her right and Sam her left.

"Sam cut her off!" Callen yelled out.

Sam didn't respond, but veered to the side only to miss Charlene by an inch. It was Kensi who finally caught up with her, tackling her to the ground.

"Stop running." She gritted into the other woman's ear.

"Get off me bitch." Charlene tried to knock Kensi off her.

"The man that you tried to kill is my partner." Kensi hissed. "He's my partner and someone very important to me."

"Get off!" Charlene tried to shake her again only for Kensi to quickly grab her hands and wire tie them behind her back.

"Why did you try to kill him?" Kensi asked, still pinning the other woman down.

"That bastard took my kids from me! He deserved to die!" Charlene yelled. "He needed to die!"

"Why make it look like a suicide?" Callen asked.

"To make him look weak! Weak people are the ones that take their own lives!" Charlene snarled. "He's nothing but a weak man that hides behind his badge to make him look like he's important, like he matters. But he doesn't!"

"That's where you're wrong." Kensi stated. "Not everyone that commits suicide are weak, and Deeks does matter, he matters very much."

"Get up." Sam instructed and pulled Charlene Rhys to her feet.

He then marched her to his car and called for a cruiser to pick her up. Once she was on her way to the precinct, Sam, Callen and Kensi got back into the car.

"Can you drop me off at the hospital?" Kensi asked.

"I can do that." Sam nodded.

"Thanks." Kensi said and sat back into her seat.

Sam and Callen shared a look as they drove her to the hospital. Once they dropped her off, she headed down the halls and to the room that had been given to Deeks. She peered in and felt a smile spread on her face when she noticed that Deeks was awake and looking around his room a bit bleary eyed.

"Hey there partner." Kensi said, entering his room.

"What the hell happened?" Deeks said in greeting.

Kensi sat down on the edge of Deeks bed and reached out to take one of his hands, running a finger over the white bandage on his wrist. She then explained everything that they knew had happened and that they had caught the woman that had tried to kill him.

"So she's being questioned?" Deeks asked, rubbing at his wrists.

"Yes." Kensi said and let out a small sigh when he laced their fingers together. "Everything will be over soon."

"Good." Deeks wet his lips and gently squeezed her fingers. "You didn't think that I…"

"That you tried to commit suicide?" Kensi asked and saw him nod. "No. I never once thought that you would have done this to yourself."

"What about the team, what did they think?" Deeks asked.

"They didn't believe it either. We know you Deeks, you're part of our team, our family. No matter how much we might tease you or pick on you, you're still very important to us. No one on the team thought for even a minute that you would leave us like that." Kensi explained.

"I wouldn't." Deeks agreed and took her other hand. "I wouldn't leave the team like that and I especially wouldn't leave you."

"Good." Kensi said, her eyes locking with his.

It was then that she saw in his eyes what she had come to accept herself; love.

"You're not gonna get rid of me that easily." Deeks announced and saw her smile.

"I don't want to ever get rid of you." Kensi shook her and welcomed his hand as it settled on her cheek just second before he pulled her into a soft kiss.

Deeks pulled back seconds later to gauge her reaction and felt a huge grin blossom on his face when she closed the space between them in a deeper kiss. Neither of them noticed the small woman was lurking in the doorway with a happy smile of her own.