Forgive and Forget Part 2 - Tag to Season 7, Episode 2

"So you really just forgot?" Deeks asked as he slipped his tshirt over his head.

"Huh?" Kensi was lacing her boots when he spoke and turned to look at him confused.

"About my mom coming."

"Oh. Well... Yeah. I mean, you mentioned it weeks ago but never said when exactly she was coming, just that she was. Then you didn't mention it again. And with everything with Callen I didn't think to ask." Kensi reached for her watch on the bedside table and went about finishing getting dressed.

"My bad. I should have told you straight after she called with the date, but yeah, the whole Callen thing happened." He honestly had meant to tell her. But like was want to do in their lives, other things got in the way.

"And like you said last night, I never mentioned it so you figured I was freaked." Kensi nodded. After their talk last night she understood the situation so much more. When she didn't know what was going on yesterday she had assumed it was something with the IA investigation. And although she still hopes he'll talk to her more about it, she knows that his lack of communication in regard to the investigation is his own need to protect her and his fear of what's to come.

"Well that and I chickened out. That's why I wasn't mad Kens. Couldn't be mad at you for being scared if I was too. The plumber thing didn't spark a memory?" He asked as he sat to pull on his boots.

"Nope. Didn't even suspect that it was a lie until yesterday." Kensi stood and looked at him, her hands on her hips. "Can I ask you something?"

"Anything." He smiled and she was momentarily distracted. That smile again.

"Why'd you say that thing last night when you introduced me to your mom?"

"What thing?" The confusion on his face was actually adorable.

"Those are words that just came out of my mouth." She answered in her best imitation of him.

"Oh." He finished with his boots and leaned his elbows on his knees. He looked nervous. "Well, you see, I've never actually introduced a girl to my mom before."

"Ever?" Kensi asked surprised.

"Nope. You're the first." He answered sheepishly.

"Wow." She knew Deeks was no lily white virgin so she just assumed that he'd been through the introductions before. Knowing now that she was the first made her heart swell. All in.

"Yeah." He stood, his face and his body the picture of awkward embarrassment.

With a smile Kensi walked around the bed to where Deeks stood at the foot. She wrapped her arms around his waist and smiled up at him. "I love you."

The smile that lit his face was breathtaking. And when his own arms wrapped around her to pull her closer in, Kensi was sure that she'd never meant those words more in her life.

"I love you too."

So, I hadn't intended to post this part necessarily but after the reaction that first part received I thought I'd better. Apparently there were a few questions I left unanswered. Hopefully this part helps to give a clearer picture of what I think was going on in that scene. Despite the interview Dani gave before the episode aired, I still feel the scenes weren't played out the way she described in the interview. I still feel that part 1 and now part 2 of this fic describes what I saw when I watched this episode.