A/N: Takes place a while after Rosa has moved in with Kensi and Deeks had time to adjust a little. Kind of silly and possibly similar to other stories I've written. Written prior to this becoming canon in the show.

"Hey Rosa, who's the hot, older guy who always picks you up from school sometimes," Jessica Niemeyer asked, sitting down across from Rosa. She had a conspiratorial glint in her eye, always in the market for gossip. She was also incredibly nice and one of the first students to welcome Rosa into the new, strange high school with open arms.

"You mean my dad?" Rosa responded, following Jessica's gaze to where Deeks had parked his truck and was heading there way.

He and Kensi took turns picking her up from school most days, so she rarely had to ride the bus. On nice days, she waited outside at one of the picnic benches in the small courtyard to the side of the school.

"That's your dad?" Meredith Smalls repeated, frowning at Rosa. "He looks nothing like you."

"Really?" Rosa kept her expression innocent, a skill she'd perfected courtesy of her adoptive parents. "Everyone says I look just like him when he was younger."

"But he has blonde hair and–"

"Oh, who cares, Meredith," Jessica interrupted. "He's hot."

"He's twice your age!"

"Doesn't make him any less cute." Jessica fires the last comment back more quietly as Deeks drew within a few yards of them. Rosa was caught between amusement and vague discomfort; while she didn't exactly have a typical father-daughter relationship with Deeks, she still didn't think of him in any romantic terms.

She made a face at the thought.

"Hey Rosa, Ladies, how's it going?" Deeks greeted them, giving a half smile that made Meredith flush and Jessica giggle.

"Good. I'm Jessica, one of Rosa's friends." Smiling up at him, Jessica offered her hand, and tossed her hair back. "And this is Meredith."

"Nice to meet you."

"Oh, the pleasure's all mine. You have no idea how glad I am Rosa's here," Jessica added.

"You gotta be kidding me," Meredith muttered behind her hand. Rosa snorted in response while Jessica firmly ignored them.

"Hey, would you like to be a chaperone for the homecoming dance?"

"Uh," Deeks said, looking pretty startled by the thought.

"Here, I have a flyer." Pulling a bright orange paper from her bag, Jessica offered it to Deeks. "Or I could text you the information. I'm on the planning committee and we need at least three more parents or guardians to volunteer."

"Oh, well, I'll certainly keep that in mind," Deeks finally managed, glancing at Rosa who just shrugged. "We get pretty busy in the Deeks-Blye household, so I'm not sure if we'll be able to make it."

"I'll keep my fingers crossed," Jessica said as Rosa stood and moved towards Deeks.

"Well, we better get going. It really was nice to meet you both."

Checking over her shoulder as they walked away, Rosa saw that Meredith and Jessica had immediately leaned over the table, heads close together, and were clearly whispering to each other.

"So, do you want me to chaperone at the dance?" Deeks asked when they reached his truck. "You haven't mentioned it before. Cause you know we'd be there in a second if you do."

"No, I'm not sure that would be a good idea," Rosa commented, laughing softly as she remembered Jessica's enchanted expression.

"Hey, I promise I wouldn't embarrass you. Well, at least not too much," Deeks promised, nudging her shoulder playfully.

"Exactly."

"Ok, now I am completely confused."

"That's probably for the best," Rosa decided. She could only imagine his embarrassment to find out one of her classmates had a major crush on him.