NCIS LA "I do"

chapter 9

This morning, very early.
Kensi closes the door behind her and starts to run. This morning she decides to go to the beach. In the meantime she thinks about today. Nell comes over in an hour, to help her with her dress and hair. Then everyone will go to the church and then… she and Deeks will be married! After running a few miles Kensi arrives at the beach and slows down a little bit. She falls down in the sand and watches the sun rise. “He what are you doing here?” a voice wakes her from her thoughts. She looks up and sees the face if her soon to be husband. “what are you doing here?” she asks accidently ignoring his question. “I asked you first” he answers with a smile and he comes down to sit next to Kensi. “Ehm I was.. I am running here” Kensi says. “I can see that” Deeks says sarcastically. “Since we are here now, I wanted to ask you something” Deeks says. “Yeah?” asks Kensi. Then her phone rings. “It’s Nell, I have to go. Can it wait?” “no, it can’t. We’ve been busy with the wedding, but I realized that I never had the chance to properly ask you”. Deeks gets on one knee and takes Kensi’s hand into his. “Kensi I know it’s just an assignment, and that we’re divorced before we even celebrate our first anniversary. But I need to know. Do you wanna marry me?” Kensi smiles and wipes away a tear. "Yes I want to marry you" she says. Deeks smiles back and gives her a hug. Then Kensi's phone rings again. "I really have to go now" Kensi says. She stands up and starts to run without looking back to Deeks. But she can hear is scream: I'm the luckiest man in the world!

When Kensi arrives at her home, Nell is already at the front door. "Where have you been?" she asks a little bit worried. "We have to hurry now or you will be late on your own wedding" she says. ignoring the fact that Kensi didn't answer her question. A few minutes later Kensi sits in a chair in front of a mirror while Nell does something with Kensi's hair. "How did making the guest list go?" Kensi asks. "Don't remind me of it" Nell says with a sigh. "Why, what happened?" Kensi asks. "Eric and I thought that it would be fun if we both made a list on our own and the compare them to each other. We thought that it would work, but apparently we both thought that the list was to short, and added our own friends. As result that the list was way too long". Kensi starts laughing. how did you solve it?" she asks. "We just sent the most important people an invitation.

A few hours later.
Nervous standsDeeks beside the altar. The hole church is filled with family, friends and colleagues. Callen and Sam are standing beside him. They are his best men. Nell appears in doorway, she weaves at the woman sitting behind the piano. The woman nods back to Nell and starts playing the wedding march. Nell starts to walk down to the front of the church. A few seconds later Kensi appears. She walks next to her mother. A little bit shy because of all the people who stare at her. She takes a deep breath and looks up to Deeks. “Wow” Deeks whispers. He hears Deeks laugh but he doesn’t respond. When Kensi stands next to him the priest says: “Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to witness the marriage between Marty Deeks and Kensi Marie Blye. I request the next spouses to give hands and answer my question. Do you, Marty Deeks, take Kensi Marie Blye as your wife to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?" "I do." Deeks replies and give Kensi a wink. "And do you, Kensi Marie Blye take Marty Deeks as your husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?" "I do." For a moment it's like there is no one else in the room then just the two of them. "I now pronounce you husband and wife! You may kiss the bride." Deeks leans in and kisses her on the lips. All the guests stand up and applause. Hettie gives them a proud look. It almost feels like Kensi is her own daughter.

Deeks and Kensi decide to greet all their guests. They walk by some of the tables hand in hand. Then two new guests arrive. Sam and Callen all suit up. Even though Callen hates suits, he made an exception for this once. Sam shakes Deeks hand and leans towards him to whisper something is his ear. "The area is secured, no one in our out from now on. Eric and Nell are going through the footage for anything suspicious". Deeks gives him a quick nod and says out loud: "yeah, I know she's pretty!" And wraps an arm around Kensi. Sam and Callen sit down at a table where they have a clear view of the Afghanistan team including Kensi's cousin; Ayoub Amali. Everything seems to be calm. Nothing out of the ordinary. Then Deeks and Kensi stroll through the room and end up at the table next to the one of Ayoub and his teammates. Then Deeks sees a man from their table stand up and reach for something that looks like a gun. It looks like he's aiming for Ayoub. He lets out a scream. He gets up and jumps in front of the gun. Everything happened in a blur. For Deeks, after the bullet hit him everything happened in slow motion. Deeks looks at Ayoub and sees that he looks very angry. Then everything falls into place. It was Ayoub all along. Kensi holds him in her arms and falls down on her knees. “It’s not … It’s” Kensi hears Deeks say before He faints.