"I thought you said you finished packing yesterday." Deeks queried from the front door Kensi had just opened as she flew past grabbing various items on the way to her bedroom.

"Yeah, about that…" Kensi called out. The rest of her words were lost to the walls that separated the couple as Kensi moved further into the house.

Pushing himself off the door jam, he closed the door behind Monty who had casually trotted in after him. The house was in a deeper state of disarray that normal. As Monty laid down beside the couch Deeks followed Kensi's muffled voice into her bedroom. He stopped at the doorway and took stock of the sight before him. All he could see of his partner was her backside - her very nice backside, he mused - as she rifled through the bottom of her closet to find god-knows-what.

"So, what you're saying is that yesterday, when I asked 'Are you all packed?' and you said 'Yeah.' What you really meant to say was that you hadn't started at all?" Deeks confronted, grin plastered to his face.

"I had started packing." Kensi justified as she stood, tugging a puffy ski jacket from a plastic tub at the bottom of her closet. It didn't want to come easily. "And I know you were ogling my ass just now." She grunted as the jacket finally came free of whatever was trapping it, throwing her back slightly.

Deeks shrugged off the ogling comment and powered ahead on his search for truth.

"Really? What exactly had you packed cause this," He gestured to the half-full duffel bag on the bed, "looks woefully empty Kens."

Kensi threw three sweaters and a few pairs of jeans onto the bag, letting them land haphazardly not just on the bag but on the bed as well. She placed her hands on her hips as she faced him, "Socks. I'd packed some socks, alright. That's still counts." She confessed. Deeks chuckled.

"Now, are you going to help me finish packing or are you just gonna stand their staring like a dumb-struck teen?" As she finished the question Kensi turned toward her dresser drawers.

"Well, it is a great view." Deeks smirked.

"Just get your ass over here and -" Kensi spun around, underwear and bras in hand, and ran headlong into Deeks' chest.

"You never even said hello to me you know." He pouted down at her. Kensi took a deep breath.

"Hi Deeks." Her body language screamed exasperation but the light behind her eyes gave her away. Deeks leaned in as if to kiss her but just as she closed her eyes and canted towards him he ducked away, grabbing the undergarments from her hands and strolling towards the bed as he rifled through the handful of clothes.

"Hmmm, practical, plain colors. Where's the lace Kens? It is our first vacation as a couple after all." Kensi was stalking towards him but Deeks' eyes lit up in sudden realisation. "Or the Wonderwoman sports bra! Surely you have the underwear to match!"

"That's the opposite of helping Deeks." Kensi snatched the underwear from his hands and shoved it carelessly in the bag along with the sweaters and jeans, not bothering to fold or organise them at all. She zipped the bag up and threw it at her boyfriend, it thudded into his chest as he caught it. She proceeded to saunter out of the room, being sure to add extra sway to her hips as she moved. She stopped at the door and glanced saucily over her shoulder.

"As for the lace, well, you never know what Santa might have for you. That is, if you've been a good boy of course." Kensi winked as she left the room. It took Deeks a moment to regain his composure. His wide smile split his face in two as he went after her, bag in hand. He didn't have to search far to find her though. As soon as he emerged into her hallway she all but tackled him, fusing her lips to his. As she ran her tongue across his bottom lip Deeks dripped the bag, repurposing his arms to wrap around her waist and pull her closer. When they eventually pulled apart, lips swollen, cheeks rosy, Kensi ran her fingers through Deeks' hair.

"Ready to go Shaggy?"

"Like you would not believe." He picked up her bag again, glancing another quick peck off her cheek, and headed out to his truck, Monty following after him as he passed by. "Best Christmas ever." Deeks muttered under his breath as he put Kensi's bag in the back of the truck.

"I told you we shouldn't have turned off the main road." Kensi lectured from the passenger seat.

"You said you were hungry!" Deeks justified. "And like a good boyfriend, I found you food."

"There was a rest stop ten miles further, we could've stopped there. We might not be lost if we had just kept going." Kensi retorted.

"Come on Kens! You of all people have to admit that no rest stop burger could compete with the ones we just ate." Deeks replied. Monty growled in his sleep from the back seat. "See! Even Monty agrees!" Deeks crowed. "Kens…" He cajoled good-naturedly, glancing to her every few seconds as he drove.

"They were pretty good." Kensi admitted, reaching out her hand and stealing his away from the steering wheel, intertwining their fingers before bringing the back of his palm to her lips. "But we're still lost. Will you at least let me look at the GPS?" Deeks had taken it as a point of pride that he knew where he was going and how to get there without the aide of a GPS and he had told Kensi as much.

"Fine." Deeks huffed.

Extracting her hand from his and tugging her phone out she pulled up Google Maps and pressed a few buttons.

"Deeks." Her tone rang of warning.

"What? What is it?" His eyes were wide as he glanced at her again.

"You've been taking us in the completely wrong direction for the past hour!" She couldn't help but laugh, of course they'd get lost.

"No way!" Disbelief tainted his word.

"Yes. Pull over." Kensi was chuckling now.

"What? Why?"

"I'm driving the rest of the way. Pull over." Despite her light-hearted tone and giggles he knew she was serious. He pulled the car over onto the shoulder of the road.

"We're never going to get there with any daylight left now." Deeks groaned, resting his head on the steering wheel in defeat.

"No we aren't." Kensi agreed, pushing the passenger door open and moving around to the driver's side. When she got there she opened Deeks' door. "But I'm sure there is plenty more to do other than snow boarding." Her grin was wide and Deeks' soon matched hers. She leaned up to where his was sitting and kissed him for a moment.

"Now move over macho man. I'm driving." Kensi said as she stepped away to give her boyfriend room to jump out of the truck.

They arrived at the lodge just before seven. Originally they'd planned to get there just after two, it was only a five hour drive after all. But between Kensi's lack of organisation, Deeks' insistence that they actually stop for lunch, traffic, and getting lost, it had taken closer to eight hours.

"Booking for Deeks." The man announced after the three of them finally made it to the check-in counter, bags slung over shoulders.

"Not a problem." The smiling receptionist, who's name tag read Carolyn, smiled and began typing away at her keyboard. "We've got you in suite three-oh-five which is just round the corner. Three nights in the room and two days of doggie day care, is that right?"

"That's the one." Deeks smiled.

"Alright then Mr. and Mrs. Deeks, here are your keycards." Kensi moved to correct the woman but though better of it at the last minute, slinging her arm around her partners waist instead.

"Enjoy your stay!" Carolyn beamed, waving them off.

"Come on wifey, let's unpack and, if I know you at all, get some dinner."

"Mmm, you read my mind." Kensi sighed, leaning into her boyfriend of a few days. "And for that I'll let the wifey comment slide. This time." She threatened.

Deeks grinned and threw his arm across her shoulders, pressing a kiss to her temple.

They made it around to their room and simultaneously dumped their bags on the floor, flopping face-first onto the bed. Monty dutifully followed them into the bedroom where he moved to stand next to Kensi, tongue out, tail wagging. Shortly thereafter the dog leaned over to where Kensi's face was pressed into the quilt and planted several slobbery licks to her cheek.

"Ewww, Monty," Kensi complained, wiping her now slober-covered face into the quilt and rolling over to face Deeks.

"He probably wants to go out." Deeks murmured, rolling onto his back next to his partner.

"Dibs not it!" Kensi proclaimed, sticking her index finger onto her nose.

"Cheat." Deeks mumbled, prying one eye open to glare at her.

"How about you take Monty out and I'll order room service?" She offered, moving to sit cross-legged on the bed.

Deeks smiled, turning his head to fully face her and opening his eyes. "Best girlfriend ever." He grinned at her.

"Yeah, we'll see if you're still saying that after I beat your ass at snow boarding tomorrow."

"Believe it when I see Fern." Deeks teased as he moved to kneel on the bed. He framed her thighs with his hands, leaning in to kiss her. They were just starting to get carried away when Monty whined next to them.

"Okay, okay, come on then." Deeks said, pulling back and standing up. He pulled the leash from the top of his bag and clipped it to Monty's collar. He was just about at the door when he turned back to Kensi. "And just so you know, just because you were laying there doesn't make that your side of the bed!" He called.

"Hmmm, I might be willing to share… if you make it worth my while." She grinned.

A/N: This will be a multi chapter fic that follows Kensi and Deeks on their mini-vacation. I have a few ideas of what's going to happen on the trip but if you have any ideas that you want to read drop me a line and I will probably work them in. I'm expecting this to be around 5-10 chapters long.

Hope you enjoyed it!

Sacha