They watched as Nell and Eric effortlessly preformed. Simple lifts and spins and a lot of footwork made them look really good. Nell and Eric's style was completely different. They had a more energetic, quicker style. There were a lot of little jumps and quick turns.

Kensi and Deeks had a softer, more graceful approach. Their song was faster so it wasn't as awkward. This round wasn't open for voting from the public, but there was one of those things where people called or texted their favorite team in order to have them win the VIP award.

They were obviously just seeing how to get the favorites into a position so more would feel the need to vote.

"You're on!" the backstage coordinator tells them as they skate out onto the ice.

"Ready?"he asks her, taking her hand.

She just squeezes it and nods, smiling a little, but also feeling very nervous.

"Next up we have a couple of LAPD officers, Miss Kensi Blye and Mr Martin Deeks!" The TV announcer says into the camera.

The music starts and Deeks does his little dance thing at the beginning. He leaps on his toe picks over to Kensi who loops her arms around his neck and swings herself over his back. She skates backwards while he follows her as she wags her finger in a 'come here' manner, following the lyrics of the song.

They do a couple twists and then the first lift where he flips her up onto his shoulder, just like on the surf board, but this time he spins with her there. After safely lowering her back down, they continue. Their next moves are a little more technical, they weave back and forth, him going backwards, while holding hands. Then he passes her behind his back a couple times while holding onto at least one hand at all times. She does a cartwheel type thing, holding onto his arm and they do more footwork before the final lift where she rolls across his shoulders, also like they do on the surfboard. They finish and stand in front of the judges.

He puts his arm around her shoulder, they're supposed to be playing a dating couple, but he knows she wouldn't want him touching her too much with everyone watching. She casually wraps her arm around his waist as they both catch their breath.

"That was incredible, you two seemed to work together very well out there" the first judge is a woman, she's in her early thirties and has jet black hair with hot pink highlights. She was dressed in a white mini dress that was cut very low.

"I agree, I didn't see one instance where you overstepped each other or were out of sync." The second woman has natural dirty blonde hair and is wearing a black, one sleeved dress.

"I also agree, but my complaint would be that you need to connect more." the first male judge says. He's wearing a dark heather colored suit.

"Yes, that would also be the only point I saw that you need to work on." the final male judge says. He's wearing a baby blue dress shirt and black tie.

"Thank you judges, now for the scores." the announcer says. All during this Kensi and Deeks had to keep smiling and acting like they were overly excited and nervous.

The judges went in the same order as they'd spoken to them.

"8"

"8"

"7"

"7"

"That brings you to the top of the board with a total of 30 out of 40 points!"

Kensi and Deeks skate off the ice and change into matching athletic pants and tops before entering the interview room.

They answer questions about what it was like and what they thought about their score. They wait with the other teams in a room where they watch the other couples skate. Some of them are pretty ugly. Kensi knows both they and Eric and Nell will make it through.

The judges come into the room with the camera crew and ask five teams to leave. There are now 20 teams. She and Deeks had come in first, followed by Eric and Nell, then a team of two bankers named Amanda and Chris.

The cameras are still rolling as they are told that they will have assigned songs for next week. The cameras stop rolling and they are given cards that tell them to come to the rink at a certain time for filming rehearsals and to find out their songs. Kensi and Deeks get theirs first, since they came in first place.

The next day at 5 am they show up at the rink.

"Hello," the guy says and Kensi immediately recognizes him as judge number 3. He goes on to tell them stuff they know is just for the effect of the camera.

"And here's your song." he says as he points to the booth.

Defying Gravity comes on over the speakers of the rink.

"Yes!" Kensi says as she pulls an elbow back in an excited manner.

"So, why don't you try working on this for a while and we'll film now and cut out parts later." he tells them as they work on putting their skates on.

They are out on the ice and Kensi just basically works him into her routine she already knew. Instead of a double spin he uses a new lift they'd been working on.

"No, you have to grab my leg higher so you don't run over my fingers!" she tells him as they stop again. They were trying a new move that he lifted her up by her waist then she flipped over and he grabbed her leg as she held onto one of his skates. It was a difficult move, but she knew they could do it.

"Okay, let's try again."

They do and he still doesn't do it right so she stops him, "Deeks!"

"Sorry, I'm trying!"

"Sorry to interrupt, but I'm just wondering why you call him Deeks."

"Oh, most of the guys go by their last names at work, I met him there first, so I don't know, it's just what I call him."

"Even outside of work?"

"Yeah, it's kind of like when you call someone by a shortened name like Andy or Bri, it's not easy to switch after years of calling them that."

"So is Kensi short for something?"

"Nope, just Kensi." she shrugs acting nicer than she usually is.

"Okay, you two get back to work, and remember what we told you about getting closer."

They finish their routine in about two hours and she can tell the judge, who she now knows as Max, is impressed.

They are skating closer in this one, him pulling her into his chest on turns and the jumps on the 'defying gravities' are replaced by graceful lifts by her hips where he holds her up on his chest, in the air, moving her onto his shoulder, and other variations.

They leave at seven thirty after changing and watching Eric and Nell start working on their routine to "Walking on Sunshine". The judges did really do a good job at matching the songs to the teams.

They stop by Kensi's place before returning to his apartment. She still wasn't to the stage of wanting to keep stuff at his house, but would pack for at least three days.

"So, what do you want to do tonight?"he asks as they settle on the couch with tacos they'd bought along the way.

"Nothing, I'm so tired right now." she replies before biting into the taco.

"Good, me too." he replies, copying her actions and biting the taco, which unfortunately cracked, leading to the meat juices dripping onto his gray sweatpants.

"Here." she says leaning across to dab it off.

"Kensi" he says as she gets closer to his slightly bulging member. She doesn't stop. "Kensi! Hands off!" he says and she leans back on the cushion laughing. Only now does he realize he used the exact words she had just a few weeks ago when he'd spilled pomegranate green tea on her leg in the car then tried to clean it off.

He relaxes and she pretends not to notice the obvious effect she'd just had on him, she wasn't blind and definitely caught sight of the slight change in shape the sweats took near his crotch.

They finish eating and start watching the classic movie 'The Sound of Music' she's obviously wiped out from the intense skating that day because she's asleep by the time 'The Hills are Alive' is over. He takes the garbage to the kitchen and debates on carrying her to the bedroom, but his arms are so sore from lifting her for almost two hours straight, he knows its best for both of them if he just leaves her there. He puts her pillow under her head and pulls her legs down as he covers her with her blanket.

He's thankful he doesn't bring her to the bedroom the next morning. They hear the door open and both have their weapons drawn immediately.

"Woah, just us." Callen says holding his hands up. Kensi is still on the couch, kneeling to see over the back and she draws her gun back and puts it on the table beside her. Sam walks in after Callen moves out of the doorway.

"How'd you get in here?" Deeks asks.

"One of your neighbors was walking in with groceries so we helped her. Sweet old lady. Anyway, she let us into the front door, then Sam picked the lock."Callen explains. Deeks rolls his eyes

"Hey, G, we only have to make one stop now."

"Care to share any information with the class, like why Kensi's sleeping here?"

"We fell asleep watching a movie." Kensi replies standing up, hearing her back pop into place as she stretches.

"And you just happen to have your blanket and pillow because..."

"How do you know their mine?" Kensi challenges.

"Because I've been to your house before and I know that you have that blanket on your bed and that pillow too."

"Fine, I left them here after I stayed for the competition."

"Which one?"

"Surfing."

"So you've been here since then?"

"No, I have other stuff at home."

Callen decides to drop it after receiving a look from Sam.

"Anyway, we traced the money to an offshore account belonging to a known group of terrorists. We have reason to believe that they're collecting it in order to buy a load of missiles that are most likely being put up for auction in a couple months. We can't track those down, unfortunately, they could be anywhere in the world. So we have to wait and hope they win in order to track them down." Sam tells them.

"The team from DC will be out to help us by the end of the month, probably right after the next competition." Callen adds.

With that the two agents leave and Kensi and Deeks head to the kitchen to find breakfast. Just another day in the lives of undercover NCIS agents.