AN: Brace yourselves! This is the last chapter of this story. Please read my AN on the bottom of the chapter. Enjoy ;-)

15/11/2011

They are a family. Despite all their fights and arguments, they're a family. They stick by each other's sides through anything and everything. They have each other's backs and suffer when that's not enough to keep one of their members completely safe. Their relationship is a strong one, one that nothing or anyone can shake. So, when Kensi gets shot in the middle of an operation gone wrong, they all feel that bullet as if it had ripped through their shoulders and not just hers. Deeks is by her side a second later while Callen and Sam handcuff their two bad-guys. Deeks puts pressure in her shoulder to stop the bleeding while they wait for the ambulance.

She gives him a light smile, despite her groan of pain, just to calm him down. "I've had worst, Marty."

That alone is a clear indication that he must look a lot more concerned than what he thought he did because she called him Marty with that gentle tone of voice she usually uses to comfort him. Deeks leans down and gives her a kiss on the forehead just to let her know he appreciates the gesture. The ambulance gets there before they know it and the paramedics put her in the gurney. Deeks rides with her and the other two agents promise to meet them at the hospital as soon as they can, warning Deeks that they want a phone-call with frequent updates until they can make it there.

Once on the way to the hospital, and after making sure that her condition is not a bad one, the paramedic starts asking some questions just to save time once they get to the hospital.

"Are you currently taking any kind of medication?"

Kensi shakes her head, the pain on her shoulder slowly subsiding with the help of the pain killers they gave her. "I was on the pill until a few months ago but I stopped because it was interfering with my hormones."

The paramedic, Jane, writes that down on her paper and asks another question. "So are there any chances of pregnancy?"

Kensi is in silence for a few seconds, under both Deeks and Jane's questioningly gaze, before she answers. "Actually, I don't know."

Deeks shakes his head. "Kenz, we always use condoms."

Kensi shakes her head. "There was that time at work when you just couldn't wait until we got home and didn't have any condoms with you."

Deeks remembers that time and nods slowly. Jane writes something down before facing Kensi once again. "We'll just run a test once we get to the hospital. It's not a problem."

Kensi and Deeks stay in silence, both not really sure of what to think about the whole thing. She's a few days late but her period has never been very regular. Besides, that only got worse after she stopped taking the birth-control pill. Deeks doesn't know how she feels about motherhood so he doesn't dare to ask her anything, even though his mind is all over the place.

They reach the hospital and she's taken away by the doctors, leaving him alone in the waiting room and completely free to think about the baby-issue. Now he's getting a glimpse of what she had to go through all alone, years ago, when she thought she was carrying his child. Not knowing is killing him. He could deal with either her being pregnant or no but not knowing what's going on is far worst. When a doctor walks up to him and tells him he can go and wait with Kensi by the test results, he gets up and walks down the corridor, not sure of what he's supposed to say to Kensi about this.

But he doesn't have the time to ask anything but how she's feeling because the doctor walks in with her test results in her hands. "Your results are here but I'd like to talk to both of you about safe sex."

Deeks cuts her in, not in the mood for this kind of talk. "Look, doctor, we know all about safe sex. We're not two irresponsible teenagers who just want to get some. We're both adults and we're in a serious relationship. Can you just tell us whether she's pregnant or not?"

The doctor understands what he said and nods with a gentle smile on her face. "She's not pregnant."

Deeks nods and looks at Kensi to understand what's going on inside her head. But she's not showing any kind of emotion. She's just staring at the doctor that is rambling about the cares she needs to have with that wound on her shoulder. Things like not moving her arm for a few days and taking the pain killers are coming out of her mouth but he's not really listening and he's got the feeling neither is Kensi. They've both dealt with things like this before. It's not the first time they have to deal with a bullet hole. But it's standard procedure and they both have to endure it.

And when they leave the hospital, she doesn't talk about it. And neither does he.

X

21/03/2012

It's just another normal Wednesday, or at least as normal as it can get for two federal agents who just happen to live together. Kensi is upstairs, getting ready for work and he's taking care of their breakfast. If she had it her way, they would eat burritos or donuts for breakfast every morning but he introduced her to what it really feels like to have a healthy breakfast in the morning and she eventually got used to it. It only took her two months to manage to eat cereal without winning about its lack of sugar when compared to donuts. Therefore, they made a compromise. During the work-week, he prepares breakfast for them and she eats it without complaining. On weekends, however, she can eat whatever she wants to and he doesn't say a word about it. The truth is that he joins her in that unhealthy breakfast every single weekend without minding.

Today, though, as he reaches for the cereal box on the top-shelf, he notices something's out. There's a box of chocolates next to the cereal-box. He grabs it and takes a good look at it, frowning when he notices it's the same box he bought over two weeks ago, when he figured she would be having her period around that time. He can't help but call her.

"Princess, are you late?"

Kensi answers him from upstairs. "No, I just need to find my earrings."

Deeks shakes his head and goes upstairs to find her in the bedroom, looking for said earrings. "That's not what I meant, honey!"

Kensi looks at him with a confused look on her face so he shows her the box of chocolates. Kensi gets a thoughtful look and he's guessing she's doing the math on her head. After a few seconds, she sits on the bed in shock. Deeks sits next to her and takes her hand.

"I'll buy you a test this afternoon and you'll take it, just to be sure."

Kensi nods and rests her head on his shoulder. Deeks kisses her on the top of her head and they stay like that for a few seconds, not saying a word. And they don't talk about it again until they get back from work that afternoon. She gets there first and he arrives a minute later with a plastic bag on his hand. He hands her the bag and she goes to the bathroom. He waits outside and only walks inside when she opens the door.

Kensi sits on the floor and he sits next to her, their backs against the side of the bathtub. He's the one who breaks the silence. "How long do we have to wait?"

She rests her head on his shoulder and he wraps one of his arms around her shoulder. "We have to wait five minutes. I set the timer on my phone."

Deeks nods and they wait, in silence because they don't need words right now. The silence is comfortable and they don't need to talk about anything, seeing as they don't know the results yet. After the five minutes go by, Kensi lifts her head but doesn't move.

Deeks kisses her head. "Do you want me to go see it?"

She nods and he gets up, walking to the sink. The result is clear. «Not pregnant» is written in the test and there's not a doubt about that. He turns to her. "It's negative."

Kensi nods but doesn't get up so he sits next to her once again. This time, she allows him to see how she feels and he smiles, taking her hand in his. "Am I the only one who was hoping the test would turn out to be positive?"

Kensi shakes her head and he pulls her closer, hugging her and knowing they're on the right path.

X

27/06/2012

There's a certain similarity with what they did three months before. They're once again sitting on the bathroom floor together, their backs against the bathtub and the pregnancy test on the sink while they wait for the five minutes to be over. This time, however, it's not another pregnancy scare. They've been trying to get pregnant for three months now. It's the third time they take this test without any kind of suspicion that she might be pregnant.

Kensi breaks the silence between them. "What if I've done so much crap to my body that I will never be able to get pregnant? What if I've ruined all my chances of having kids?"

Deeks shakes his head and squeezes her hand. "You've done nothing wrong."

Kensi sighs and looks at him. "I eat junk food, I drink and I've been forced to take strong pain-killers many times before."

Deeks gives her a sweet peck on the lips, just because it's too tempting to resist. "You're healthy so I don't think any of those things are an important factor. Don't freak out."

She's frustrated now. "How can I not freak out when test after test turns out negative?"

Deeks remains calm, for her sake. "It's normal, princess. These things take time."

"We've been trying for three months now."

He shakes his head. "That's not very long, Kenz."

His phone goes off, warning them that the five minutes are up and that it's time to go and see the result.

She's the one who gets up and sighs as soon as she looks at it. "It's negative, once again."

Deeks gets up and hugs her from behind, looking at her trough the mirror. "Let's try something different because this is stressing you out. We'll keep trying but you're going to stop taking these testes every month. You relax and when it happens, it happens. Is that okay with you?"

Kensi nods with a small smile on her face and he kisses her neck in a comforting gesture. But she has other plans and turns around in his arms, kissing him passionately and showing him what she wants from him right now. He's more than happy to comply and guides her to their bed, happy to see her clearly more relaxed.

X

17/08/2012

He proposes. He doesn't do it in the conventional way but, then again, they're anything but conventional. Getting down on one knee is too mainstream for them.

They tend to do things the 'wrong' way but it works for them.

They're having sex one night when he realizes that he doesn't want to spend a single day without this amazing woman. He doesn't want to ever leave her. So he asks her to marry him. Yes, they're having sex when he proposes. It's not exactly the most romantic way to do it but she lets out a 'yes' in form of a scream, hit full force by her orgasm.

He asks her again, after their brain is capable of forming coherent thoughts once again and her answer is the same once again. He kisses her with passion, overwhelmed with everything. Afterwards, she laughs and tells him they need to come up with a different proposal story to tell their future kids because that is not even slightly appropriate. The next day, he asks her how she wants to get married and her answer comes a second later. She doesn't even have to think about it.

"I know it's not exactly romantic but I want to get married in a small chapel somewhere, with casual clothes and a maximum of six guests."

He arranges everything and now, two weeks later, he's waiting for her to get ready to go. Sure, he didn't tell her that they're getting married. As far as she's concerned, they're just going to watch a movie. She comes downstairs with a smile on her face, her jeans and shirt giving her the causal look he's sure she wants to have on the wedding she described.

She frowns when he takes a right run instead of a left one, not driving in the direction of the movie-theatre. She asks him what's going on but he remains silent, a mysterious smile on his face. When he parks outside a small chapel, her smile is so big that could lighten up an entire room.

They get out of the car and he takes her hand, leading her inside the church. Her smile gets even bigger when she sees Sam, Callen, Eric, Nell and Hetty there.

Deeks looks at her and sighs. "I'm afraid I'm one guest short."

Kensi takes his hand and puts it over her stomach. "Actually, you're not."

The smile of pure happiness on his face and the way he twirls her around doesn't go unnoticed by anyone. The team rushes to congratulate the future-parents before they walk down the aisle to get married.

In the end, it's not her dreaming wedding. It's even better than that.

She knows that, as long as she has Marty Deeks by her side, everything will be alright.

And he knows that as long as he has Kensi Deeks by his side, nothing can go wrong in his world.

If, years ago when he first met her while undercover in New York, someone had told him he would be getting married to her, he would have laughed it off and called that person crazy.

But now, he has a wife, a baby on the way and a family. He's happier than he ever thought he would be and he makes the woman he loves happy.

What more can anyone ask for?

X

X

This is it, dear readers.

This is the end of 'Stuck Smitten Whatever'.

There won't be a sequel because I feel like there's not much to write in this story. I'm not exactly the type of writer that can describe their family life.

Besides, I think Kensi as a mother is a bit out of character for her and I wouldn't be able to write that.

However, I leave here a challenge for anyone willing to take it. I will allow one of my readers to write a sequel for this story, if there's anyone interested. Now, if any of you want to take the challenge, send me a private message and I'll decide what to do afterwards.

Anyway, it was a pleasure to write for you and I would love to read your comments one last time for this story. Reviews are more than welcome, even though it is the last chapter.

Love,

Sarah