OPS Shenanigans

Leave and Never Come Back

Kensi watched Eric trudge around mission. His usual happy demeanour was evaporating fast. The other half of the Wonder Twins however, came bouncing through the door. A huge smile on her face. "Morning Everyone" She called walking into the bullpen.

" Morning Nell, do you know what's up with Eric" Kensi asked her face full of concern.

"Nothing really he is just being a giant pain in the ass" half of mission stopped in their tracks. No one had ever heard Nell speak about Eric like that. Actually they had never ever heard her say a bad thing about him. What changed.

"hey what happened between you two" Deeks asked walking up behind Kensi. Nell's face twisted into a large frown causing her eyebrows to meet in the middle. Her hands clenching.

"I don't want to talk about it" then she stormed off up to op's.

Up in Ops

Nell walked trudging into OPS her cheery demeanor long forgotten, a one of utter sorrow in its place.

"hey Nell" Eric said barely audible.

"hey"

"what's up with you"

"they noticed"

"with you acting like a lost puppy and me in a cheery mood with making no effort to comfort you off course they noticed, it was a stupid idea"

"well we can't both be miserable can we, plus your skin is thicker than mine"

"but it's just I can't stay happy for much longer, I don't want you to go" Nell burst into floods of tears. Her mascara running down her face. She shuffled closer to Eric and he pulled her down onto his lap. He held her close.

"I know, I know I don't want to go either but what am I going to do, say no to Hetty" Eric trying to be supportive pulled Nell closer, so she couldn't see his face. He didn't want her to see that he was crying too.

"I know, I just wish we had more time, tell me again what it said" she lifted her head slightly pretending not to see the obvious streak marks down Eric's face.

Eric took a grubby piece of paper out of his pocket, it looked like it had been folded a thousand times over. But before he could read it. The team walked in. They had no time to move apart or to wipe there tear stained faces.

"told you something was going on fern" Deeks gloated. Kensi jabbed him hard in the ribs. "oghf"

"hey what's this about" Callen took the piece of paper from Eric ignoring the two techs scarlet faces and awkward position. He read it aloud.

"Technical Operator Eric Beale permenantly resigned to NCIS Pearl Harbor"

As he read Nell began to cry again leaning onto Eric's shoulder he had his arms round her protectively.

"And you were gonna tell us about this when" Callen half shouted. Eric jolted making Nell look up.

"It wasn't his fault he doesn't want to go but he has no choice" Nell answered feebly still clinging tightly to Eric.

Callen boiled over with rage he knew exactly who was to blame. Hetty. Why would she do this without consulting him first.

"WELL GO THEN, LEAVE AND NEVER COME BACK" He shouted pointing to the doors of OPS.

"but Callen"

"GO!!!!!!!" eric tipped Nell gently off and ran out. The sudden movement startled her and she fell to the floor. She started to cry again and shake uncontrollably, shouting all the while.

"How could you do that, he he" she couldn't finish her sentence as she currled into fetal position and just lay there shaking and sobbing.

Kensi bent down putting her hand on Nell's shoulder trying to comfort her the best she could. She turned to Callen a look of pure anger on her face.

"look what you have done, even for you this is harsh" she looked at him dissapointed. Sam scowled at Callen shaking his head.

Suddenly Nell let out a howl. "He can't go, he is my everything". Suddenly Hetty appeared as she often does, just to the left of Sam.

"what is going on here" she looked from a howling Nell curled up on the floor with Kensi leaning over her, to Callen looking more guilty than she had ever seen him. "So?" she asked.

Nell sprung from the floor looking straight at Hetty. "This is all your fault, he is going away forever and it's all your fault" she rushed Hetty but before she could even lay a finger on her, Nell fell to the floor unconscious. Hetty bent over her whispering.

"Sorry Miss Jones, you were histerical. Hurting me would have not helped your situation. Not that I would have allowed it"

"but she was right, it is your fault, this has you written all over it" Callen stated blankly not raising his voice above monotone.

"That is were you are wrong Mr Callen, this goes alot higher up, I believe Mr Beale would be better fit here but it was not my decision to make".

Two months later

Nell trudge into mission, two months without him was killing her. Plus the added workload wasn't helping. She heard a loud cheer from OPS. She wondered what was happening. As she walked through the doors Kensi turned to her "Hurry up, we arranged this for you it would be the worst for you to miss it" Kensi pulled her into the center of the room. She was standing next to Hetty.

"Now before we proceed, Miss Jones we have all noticed the lack of your cheery demeanor these past two months. So we have arranged this one time only offer as an early birthday present for you"

The big screen lit up. On it was Eric's face he had been told he was video conferencing Hetty and Granger. He had not expected to see Nell standing in the middle of the screen, looking happy just at the sight of him and like she hadn't slept in weeks.

Was there relationship gonna be like this now.