Requiem for the boy

Chapter 20

For the first time in a long time, Deeks woke up smiling. He had no idea why he felt so good, but inside him there was this warm feeling and he liked it.

"Hey sleepy head you ok?" Dave asked as he looked at Deeks.

Deeks stretched and smiled. "I don't know why, but I feel fantastic…Did you change my meds?" he asked.

Dave laughed, "Something like that, I just added something you needed."

"What?" Deeks asked concerned.

Dave smiled, "Think…It'll come back to you."

Deeks shrugged and walked to the shower. Turning on the faucet and standing under the shower head it was a good two minutes before it hit him. "BLOODY HELL!" He yelled.

Dave let out a small laugh in the other room, "And the brain catches up!" he said to himself. He looked out of the window and down at the others by the pool who looked up at Deeks' yell.

Dave waved and pointed to Kensi and beckoned her upstairs.

Coming out of the shower his towel tied around his waist and his blond hair throwing drips of water everywhere he skidded to a halt in front of Dave, who looked him up and down appreciatively again cursing his luck that Deeks was straight. "It was real wasn't it?" Deeks asked standing with his back to the door not noticing Kensi walk in.

Dave smiled, "Yep…"

"What did I do…OMG what if she never wants to talk to me again? How am I gonna live without her!" He said.

Dave smiled, "Who says she doesn't feel the same way about you?"

Deeks' shoulders slumped, "I'm a junkie, and she's a federal Agent,"

"You are a recovering addict and an cop, she knows that you didn't want this and she knows how hard you've fought to get clean, you have a great support base, let them help you. Trust them." Dave pushed as Kensi stood with her finger to her lips to make sure Dave said nothing.

"I'll never be good enough for her, she's all I've ever wanted, she's the rock I clung to when I felt like I was drowning in rehab, through all that Jake….through all that, she was my lifeline, her smile, her laugh, the way she snorts when she laughs too much and tries to cover it up…I can't lose her, I couldn't come back from that." Deeks watched with sad eyes and Dave walked up to him and put his hands on his shoulders.

"Marty Deeks, you are a beautiful man and Kensi will be a lucky woman." He said and walked behind him.

Deeks sighed and turned around as he heard the door open and saw Dave, kiss Kensi on the cheek and walk out of the room.

"H…How much of that did you hear?" Deeks asked.

Kensi walked up to him but both hands either side of his face and kissed him, "Enough…" She answered.

Dave headed downstairs, grabbed a coffee and walked outside, Callen and Sarah were in conversation while baby Allie played. Sam and Jen were in the pool whilst Carl, Jeff and Hetty were enjoying tea on the patio.

Callen was the first to move, "Dave? What was that, is Deeks ok?"

Dave and the others looked up as a loud "WHOO OOH!" came from upstairs. He chuckled and grinned, "He's going to be fine, he just needed to find his rock." He said cryptically.

"What?" Callen asked.

"I think Deeks has found his soul mate and he's going to make it." Dave said slowly. "Deeks has turned his corner; I am, if you are all willing going to have a family meeting tonight. Everything needs to be cleared, any bad blood, any negative things you have any positive things need to come out at this meeting. You know we head back tomorrow, for the last part of Deeks' therapy…I can tell you I now have no doubts if things continue this way, he'll be out in about two weeks."