Tag to Season 7, Episode 2.

"Are you sure this is ok?" Kensi asked as Deeks climbed into bed beside her.

"Of course it is." He answered wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her body flush against his. Kensi couldn't help but smile as he nuzzled against her neck. She'd missed this, missed him.

"I'm really sorry." She whispered and felt Deeks stiffen behind her.

"For what?"

"For forgetting your mom was coming into town. For being suspicious and annoyed all day." When he'd spoken of his mother earlier she'd been genuinely surprised, shocked at herself for forgetting something so important. If roles had been reversed Deeks never would have forgotten. And although it was no excuse, everything with Callen had sufficiently distracted her and his mother's visit had completely slipped her mind.

"It's ok." His voice was small, and quiet, and it only served to make her feel worse.

"No it's not. This was super important and you never would have forgotten." Kensi took his hand and intertwined their fingers.

"I'm just glad you did forget."

"What? What do you mean?"

"Well, at first I thought you had freaked out and were avoiding it. So I made up the plumbing thing because I didn't want to make you feel pressured or make things weird between us. Then today I realised that you really had forgotten but I didn't want to bring it up in front of Talia and all that weirdness." Talia certainly had made things interesting today, and Kensi would happily admit that she did not want something this important brought up in front of the DEA agent with a penchant for stirring the pot.

"I'm sorry I forgot, and I'm sorry you were worried." Kensi spoke softly before raising their joined hands to place a gentle kiss on the back of Deeks's hand.

"Thank you. I'm sorry you were worried all day too. And I'm sorry I ended up springing her on you. I just didn't know a better way to handle it after everything."

"As much as I would have preferred to have been dressed nicer and not smelling like woods after lying in the grass, I'm glad it happened this way. I only had seconds to stress out rather than hours or days." And Kensi knew she would have stressed about it. Worried about making a good impression and what it would mean for their relationship if his mother didn't like her. She would have torn her closet apart trying to find just the right outfit that sent the right message. Worried about saying just the right thing, worried about every second and gesture. Tonight she hadn't had the chance to worry and for a moment she feared she'd blown it all in the first 60 seconds. Thankfully, his mother had laughed off her dismissal of cooking and things had progressed positively for the rest of the night.

"First, you look amazing. You always do." He moved to place a gentle kiss on her bare shoulder and she smiled as he whispered "so beautiful" against her skin. "And second, you smell like sunshine."

"And gunpowder." She smiled.

"Two of my favourite things." His lips moved against the skin of her neck as he nuzzled against her.

"Do you think she liked me?" Kensi asked softly, terrified of the answer.

"She loved you. I love you."

Kensi turned to face Deeks and brushed his bangs off his forehead. "I love you too."

"Now come here, I haven't kissed you in two days, and that's just unacceptable." He smiled and her heart skipped. That smile did things to her.

"Completely unacceptable." Kensi smiled in return before taking his mouth in a deep kiss. Two days was far too long and totally and completely unacceptable.

I wrote this after seeing a lot of comments on social media regarding kensi's reaction to Deeks's mother. So many thought she didn't know his mother was visiting. But when I watched it the first time, and then again after reading those comments, I came to a completely different conclusion that was unchanged no matter how many times I watched it or what I was looking for. Kensi clearly knew his mother was coming. She just had forgotten. There was no anger, which you'd see if he hadn't told her, there was guilt instead. And if you listen closely to their whispered conversation before Mama Deeks appears Kensi is upset that she didn't have time to wash up and change before meeting Mama and Deeks reassures her with a very sweet "Baby you look great."

If you saw something different I'd urge you to watch it again.

Thanks and I hope you review.