A/N: Thanks for all the wonderful reviews!

Not so sure about this chapter, and it's shorter than the other one I know, but it seemed to have a natural stopping point, so why fight it?

Oh, we meet Kensi's family here. I hope their not too out of character and you like them. I know we haven't exactly got any information that Julia got married again, but I like to think she did, but never truly forgot her first family, and that kind of gets explained in the next chapter.

Hopefully you'll like it better than i do :)


Deeks was quiet the entire car ride. Kensi knew him well enough to know this was unusual, but she didn't say anything, which in turn, shocked him a little. Normally they talked in car rides about stupid things, some flirty banter that resulted in his arm being bruised. Something, anything! Usually she was the one who broke the silence - which he had teased her for: "Can't get enough of my voice, Fern?' - asking him why he was being so quiet, or she'd make fun of him for the silence. The latter is the most likely. But she hadn't said anything either.

Deeks knew why he was quiet. He was meeting her mom. Ok, so he'd already met her technically, but this was different. The last time it was on a case that concerned her ex-husband and her daughter. This time, it was social. And it was scaring the shit out of him. It was meet the parents, and he wasn't really sure how to handle it. His palms were sweaty, his heartbeat was erratic and he's too jumpy on the breaks. That alone should have made Kensi say something, and the fact that he's driving Kensi's car without being threatened was miraculous. Maybe Kensi was just as nervous as he was?

Lily started whining as soon as he turned on to Julia's street. 'Someone knows where grandma lives,' Deeks said finally, his voice shaky. She hummed in response. He pulled up to the kerb and Lily was desperate to get out of the car, tail wagging and crying until she was let out. Kensi opened the back door and Lily ran straight to the front door to start whining again.

'That has got to stop,' Kensi mumbled. 'She's more excited to see my mother than she is to see me.'

Deeks was happy that Kensi was talking again to be honest. She could have teased the crap out him at that point, he was just happy that she was using her voice. 'She sees you all the time. She only gets to see your mother occasionally.'

'Is that why Monty loves me so much?' she smiled, and Deeks found he was smiling along too. 'He only gets to see me every so often?'

'Nah, my dog loves you. He pines at the door as soon as you leave and snubs me for at least an hour for letting you go.'

She opened her mouth but didn't get the chance to speak as Julia opened the door.

'Ah, there's my little baby!' she gushed over the ball of fluff. Deeks heard Kensi laugh under her breath as they walked towards the front door.

'And there's my other baby!' Julia said, taking Kensi into her arms and kissing her cheek.

'Hi, Mom,' Kensi smiled and returned her mother's hug and pulled back. 'Mom, this is my partner-'

'Detective Deeks,' Julia's smile grew instantly. 'So nice to see you again.'

'Please call me Marty, Mrs Feldman' Deeks told her.

'Only if you call me Julia.' She replied pulling him into an embrace also.

'If you two are quite done flirting with each other...' his partner said, rolling her eyes and following her pooch inside the house.

'Aw, you jealous, Fern?' Deeks called after her teasingly.

'Please!' he heard her scoff from somewhere inside the house. It never failed, he knew how to push her buttons, it was honestly his calling.

'We weren't expecting you today.' Julia told him, following him inside the house and shutting the door.

Deeks gulped and tried to stay calm. He's met the woman before! She's lovely! So why is he so god damned nervous? 'I turned up unannounced at Kensi's and she invited me along, I hope you don't mind.'

'Not at all,' Julia smiled gently. 'The more the merrier, especially you, Marty. I've been asking Kensi to bring you over for a few weeks now.'

'Oh?' he asked quizzically.

Julia reached down and caught his hands with hers, squeezing gently as she spoke quietly to him. 'Yes, I wanted to thank you for keeping her safe and to apologise for implying you didn't know my daughter, because it's obvious you know her more than most.'

'She's my partner,' he shrugged. 'It's my job to know what doesn't piss her off so I don't get shot.'

She laughed and it echoed through the large house. Deeks could see where Kensi got her smile from. They both had beautiful smiles, he mused. 'Kensi told me you do that.'

'Do what?' he asked, playing dumb, head cocking to the side.

'You make jokes when things get serious.'

'It's a gift.'

'Deeks!' Kensi called from one of the other rooms. 'You had better not be hitting on my Mom!'

'Don't be jealous, Princess,' He said mischievously. 'There's enough Deeks love to go around.' He could almost hear the imaginary bullet crack through the room as her head peeked around the corner, sending him a death glare.

She bit her lip and squinted her eyes at him accusingly. Deeks knew that look; Kensi was thinking about how she was going to kill him. Probably painfully. Her eye twitched and her face relaxed. 'Seeing as mom doesn't need any more blood stains in the house, I won't shoot you. Not here, anyways.'

Lily decided to come barrelling around the corner, her fluffy feet sliding on the tiles and hitting Deeks straight in the knees. He laughed as he bent down to pick her up getting a face full of tongue in the process. He put her on his hip like Kensi had done earlier and the pup put her paws on his shoulder.

'Did you miss Uncle Marty, baby girl?' Lily whined, almost like a squeak, and licked his nose. 'Oh, you did, didn't you?' he cooed, rubbing her ears. 'At least one Blye girl isn't immune to my charms.' Deeks shot at Kensi with a smirk on his face. Hair flicked across Kensi's shoulders as she shook her head and rolled her eyes, disappearing around the corner.

'Oh, she's not the only one.' Julia said quietly. Before Deeks could ask her what she meant, she pulled him by the arm. 'Come on. Everyone else is waiting,' she said, leading him through the house and out the back to the yard.

'Everyone?' Deeks asked, poodle still in one arm and Julia pulling on the other. There were other people here? There was more family Kensi had never told him about? He started to freak out again as Kensi's mom pulled him through the kitchen, towards the back doors of the house.


This was not what he had bargained for, at all. He was meeting her family. All of them. Kensi was keeping more than just a dog secret. She was keeping her stepfather, her two step brothers and a half sister a secret, too.

And they all knew of him.

They were sitting at the large glass dining table next to the pool, the barbeque spitting occasionally with the food it was cooking. Kensi kissed each one on the cheek, introducing him as she went.

Deeks plopped Lily on the ground, not before receiving a tongue up the side of his cheek, and she ran to the barbecue, sitting next to the man holding the tongs, waiting for some food. The detective tried hard not to look so shocked and stare at the scene around him. A family BBQ, on a lazy Saturday; this is not something he pictured doing anytime soon. Nor did he picture it being Kensi's family in attendance.

Kensi's stepfather, Michael – Mike, he corrected while shaking Deeks' hand – was prodding the food on the grill, now with a fluffy paw gently touching his leg, reminding him she was there. He picked her up and feigned putting her on the grill. Mike got a slap from his wife up the back of the head as she rescued Lily. Mike had slightly reddish hair that was greying with age. Freckles were scattered on his face and arms and he had rich blue eyes, reminding Deeks' of his mothers; they were pure and innocent almost.

The eldest boy was Joel, in his mid-twenties, Deeks estimated. He gave Kensi a one handed hug that looked like it crushed her as she bent to kiss his cheek. The laughter that came out of her mouth was music to his ears. She mussed his red hair as she pulled back leaving Deeks to extend his hand. The guy had the greenest eyes Deeks had ever seen; and a grip that would rival Sam's.

Next was Mitchell. He eyed Deeks as they clasped hands – not as bone crunching as Joel's, though. He had sandy blonde hair, much like Deeks' that went in every direction and blue eyes like his father and the same freckly skin. Deeks could have sworn he heard a "be nice" whispered into their ears as she passed.

Kensi moved to the young girl, probably around twelve or thirteen, at the end of the table with her earphones in and tapping wildly on the touch screen in front of her. She hadn't acknowledged anyone's presence at this point, and it scared him that this was what the world was coming to; kids glued to their phones.

The girl was basically a spitting image of her mother, meaning she was a ringer for Kensi. Deeks imagined that his partner looked the same when she was the same age, except the girl in front of her had her father's blue eyes. She'd be a heartbreaker when she grew up. Curly brown hair that resembled Kensi's fell down her shoulders as she squinted at the screen.

When Kensi trailed her fingers gently across the girl's back, she jumped out of her seat, flinging the phone on the table and wrapped her arms around her big sister while squealing.

'Someone's happy to see me.' Kensi smiled and returned the girls hug.

'Of course! You brought Lily, yes?'

'I swear that's the only reason why you want me over here.' Kensi joked and let go of the teenager. 'Mom has her at the moment.' The girl turned and did a double take at Deeks, making his grin widen

He held out his hand to her to introduce himself. 'I'm-'

'Marty Deeks, yeah I know. Kensi has told me all about you. I'm Kaylee.' She said, walking out from her chair and hugging him. Deeks' opened his mouth at Kensi, when she shook her head.

'She's a hugger.' Kensi shrugged.

Kaylee finally let go of Deeks and went back to her seat and excused herself – actually excused herself – as she went back to her phone; explaining she was reading an article for an assignment that was due.

Deeks' head was about to combust. What the hell had just happened here?


A/N:Do we like her family?

And did we love the banter in tonight's episode? I know I did. Hehee, Kensi checking out Deeks' butt. God I hope it doesn't take at least 7 years for them to get together like Tony and Ziva. Fingers crossed that their relationship gets resolved soon too. Come on, Brennan! 7 years is a long time to wait!

As usual, if there are any mistakes, let me know.

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