A/N: WOW, thank you for all the review. I never thought I would get this positive feedback. I think I get into this story more and more... So, here's chapter 2.

As for the timeline... I won't mention Siderov or the torture. It may contain some tags to past episodes but nothing major, I guess up to middle/end of S4 but without "Descent". There'll be nothing from S5.

"Mom?" Deeks suddenly asked. He looked at the woman sitting at the table in shock. Everybody stopped dead in their tracks.

"Martin?"

"Deeks?"

"Marie?"

They all looked at one another not knowing what to do or say for the moment. It seemed as if the world stopped moving for an instant.

Suddenly, Deeks started shaking his head ever so slightly and with one last glance at Marie and then Kensi he turned around and ran out of the kitchen.

"Deeks wait," Kensi yelled after him but he just kept on walking.

"I'll call you later mom, bye…" Kensi said hastily before running after her partner.

After some more moments of silence Julia fell heavily into a chair at the table and stared at Marie.

"Marie, what was that all about? Is Marty really…" She couldn't finish the sentence. She was still too shocked.

"Yes, he's my… son," Marie whispered. After the word 'son' the tears started flowing down her cheeks. She regretted so many things in their past, things she couldn't really talk about but she had thought about him every single day in the past 20 years. She didn't expect to ever see him again.

Seeing Marie's tears Julia couldn't help herself. She went over to her friend and hugged her. She had a troubled past with her own daughter and whatever Marie's story with Marty was they will figure it out.

"Ssh, it's okay. I'm sure everything will be alright." Julia tried to soothe her.

"You have no idea," Marie sniffled.

"You're right, I don't know what happened between you two but I'm hopeful. You know why? Because of what happened between Kensi and I. For so many years, I had thought I had lost my daughter. We haven't seen each other in so many years but then she stood on my doorstep one evening after I got involved in some case with her father. Sure, it wasn't easy at first but we both wanted it and we talked so much. I'm so glad to have her back in my life. And seeing your reaction, I'm pretty sure you want the same with your son. To be honest, I don't know Marty that much but I know he's a good man and he's my daughter's life line, so have some faith. You will figure it out."

Marie looked at her friend who, at the moment, had faith for the both of them. She was slowly overcoming her shock and thought back to the young man she had just seen. Seeing him for the first time in 20 years of course he had changed. He wasn't a teenager anymore. He was tall and muscular and looked as if he was still very sportive. What hadn't changed though was his shaggy hair, he still had these wild blonde locks which she so desperately wanted to cut properly when he was a child. His blue eyes had looked at her and she had seen many different emotions in them. She knew she wanted what Julia had said, she wanted to see him again, she wanted to talk to him, maybe they did have a chance to overcome their past. He was her son after all and she loved him.

"Thanks Julia," she told her friend.

"Deeks wait," Kensi said again when she caught up with him outside the car.

"You knew about this?" he asked her turning around to face her.

"What?" Kensi didn't know what just happened.

"Did you know she was there?"

"No… Deeks, you know how we ended up here. I wanted to get some photos. My mom didn't even know I was coming and she just told me at the door that she had a friend over. How could you honestly think I knew about your… her… Marie?"

Deeks let out a breath. He didn't know what he should think at the moment. He needed to sort out his head. He needed to get away from everything.

"Deeks, talk to me please," she pleaded with him. She had a feeling he would shut her out.

"I… You.. Kensi, I don't know what to say."

"So, Marie is really your… mother?"

"Yeah…" He needed to get away from here to think. He turned away from the house, away from the car and started walking.

"Deeks please, don't shut me out. You can talk to me," she said pleading again.

He turned to her again pleading with his eyes, hoping she understood him.

"I can't… please… just give me… I need some time to think."

Kensi put a hand on his cheek stroking it lovingly.

"Call me when you're ready, okay? I'm here for you." She said smiling softly.

"I know," he simply said. He started walking away again. She knew where he would be going but she wouldn't follow, not until she knew he was ready. She knew he would call her eventually.

TBC