Ladies and gentlemen, they have a THING! It's finally official… wohoo! But as glad as I was because of the talk they had by the ambulance, the sadder (and in tears) I was at the end. Deeks looked like a lost little boy standing there all alone. So to find my peace for Daniela's and therefore Kensi's upcoming absence from the show I had to write this peace. Enjoy!

Last note: Thanks to all the members who helped me out last time I asked for a summary. Special thanks to Kyra73 for the little hint;)

She simply hated Granger! How dare he put her on a long-term mission right now? He really has the worst timing ever! So here she was following him to the waiting car without a chance to collect herself and without telling Deeks that she was sorry. She had been looking forward to their second – or was it first real – date and she had been so brave earlier by telling him what she wanted but that she needed him to be patient. And he had looked so happy. Those blue eyes of his had reflected all his emotions. She wanted to kiss him right there, hug him whatever just touch him in any way to feel him. Just like she had last night. He had done a bold move by telling her he wanted to be with her at his place but she had followed. They had gone to his place and had talked and touched and kissed for hours. Proof of that were the dark circles under his eyes this morning and the fact that she was still wearing the same shirt as the day before. Of course, Callen and Sam had noticed but they hadn't said anything further and she was glad for that. She had been confused all day. Things were awkward this morning. None of them knew what to do or how to react. They had talked, they had argued, she had slapped him in the face, she had given him her dad's knife to keep him safe, she had finally admitted they had a thing and they had agreed on a date tonight – all of this in just one day. And she was exhausted because of all this. She had looked forward to spending a quiet evening with him maybe straightening some more things out. She just wanted to be close to him, she wanted to feel him around her again. But then Granger and Hetty had come and had reassigned her. She didn't like this – she like this at all. She had so many regrets the moment she entered the black SUV with Granger she had a hard time not to break down crying.

"Agent Blye, you okay?" Granger brought her out her thoughts.

"What? Yeah, sure, I'm fine," she lied.

"As I said before this mission is Level 4 – classified. Only a few people will know where you are and what you do."

"Yeah, okay, this just came so sudden. It would have been nice to have some more time to…"

"…to say goodbye to Det. Deeks?" he asked knowing exactly what was going on. He was neither stupid nor blind.

"To prepare," she said instead. Yes, it would have been nice to a few more minutes with him.

They fell silent after that and she thought about anything she could do to let him know.

Deeks couldn't believe what Hetty had just told him. Kensi was gone, nobody knew for how long. She didn't even have the chance to tell him herself. Or didn't she want him to know? No, that's not possible. It was just some hours ago that she had told him she wanted 'them'. She had admitted there was a thing and she needed him to give her time. He would give her all the time in the world. Kensi Blye was definitely worth waiting for and fighting for. Like the little guy in the ambulance had told him – help her off the frozen lake but do it slowly and look left and right so that you don't miss anything. And he would do that. He would go to the end of the world with and for her. But now he was standing in the middle of the empty bullpen not knowing where to go and what to do. He felt hopeless and alone. Even though they seemed to be on the good side for now there was so much more they still needed to talk about. He had been happy when she had asked him about tonight and he had been looking forward ever since. He had texted her some minutes before he arrived back at the mission and his heart had beaten twice its normal pace when he had entered only to find her gone. Worst part was that he didn't know when she would be back, how long he would have to wait to see her beautiful face again. God, he missed her already and he wanted nothing more than to have her back in his arms again to feel her, to smell her, just surround himself with her.

He suddenly felt his phone vibrate and his heart skipped a beat when he opened the message.

Hey Max, this is Fern. I have to leave for a while but I'll be back. Still need you to help me off the frozen lake. *F

This was probably the last chance for her to get into contact with him so he had to be quick to reply.

Don't worry Fern, I'll walk every step on the ice with you. Stay save out there and come back to me asap. Will miss U. *M

They both still hated that new mission but at least they knew where they stood with each other and had something really good to look forward to as soon as they were back together.

I'm pretty sure my mind will soon come up with my version of when they will meet again so I leave this open for a 2nd chapter… but that's it for now. Like it? Didn't like it?