A/N: This is something that I've been working on for quite some time, basically around the end of last season... when I got my own little puppy! So Lily is based on my little baby Nikki, except Nikki is a mini, not a standard poodle.

Animals bring people together, and this is the story of how an innocent dog brings our favourite Agent/Detective team closer together.

I've also added Julia's family in this because I think that house was waaaaay to big to only have one person living in it. I wouldn't say that she moved on from Donald Blye or Kensi, but found someone to help her deal with what happened and helped her get through it all. So please don't hurt me! We meet them in the next chapter :)

I'd also like to say that this, and basically anything else I write, is dedicated to Tom. The world is just a little dimmer since Monday, when one of it's brightest lights was extinguished. Tom died on his way to uni. it was a complete and utter shock, because out of everyone, he was the one who was going to go places and really succeed. It just shows you life is short, and his life of 19 years was cut way too short. So tell people you love them, take chances (not with your life though, please!) and don't waste a second because you never know when you're going to leave. All of us who knew him, were lucky to have known him and he will be eternally missed.

Ok, deep breaths before I flood my laptop with tears. I just feel that needed to be said, but on that sad note, I hope you enjoy the story :)

25/11 A/N: hey again. For everyone who is up to date with this season, it's a little AU. I don't want to give too much away if people haven't seen the latest eps and are reading this :) hopefully you will still like it :)

The engine roared to life as it was gunned down the freeway. Lights and sirens blazed after the black vehicle that had just been clocked at 20 over the speed limit. The policeman behind the wheel smirked as he caught up to the sports car easily, sitting right on its bumper until the driver decided to pull over.

Eyes flashed a little fear as they looked at him through the rear view mirror as the car slowed to a stop. Ok, it was a slight power trip, but he liked that look, he was a big enough man to admit it. The engine cut off as the officer picked up his hat and checked his appointments before exiting the vehicle.

'Licence and registration, please.' He demanded to the open window, politely of course.

The brunette flashed him an enchanting smile, handing over the details he requested. 'What seems to be the problem officer?' The voice was chirpy and a little ditzy coming from her mouth. And it was a gorgeous mouth, but he expected more than the faux high voice the woman gave him.

He cleared his voice, looking over her information, trying to act uninterested in this beautiful woman. It was almost an impossible job, but he managed somehow. 'You were going 20 over the speed limit. I'm going to have to write you a ticket.'

'Isn't there something we can do to work this out?' Sweetness wafted through the air as this 'Mary Winston' batted her eyelids at him seductively. Many women tried to seduce him to get out of tickets; he was a handsome man, and some of these women would do anything to try and get out of a speeding ticket. This woman however, was one that he was having a hard time resisting. She has to be one of the most beautiful – scratch that – the most beautiful woman he had seen in his life, and it was so very difficult to resist her charm.

'Step out of the vehicle, Miss.' He told her, stepping back from the driver's door.

'You can't be serious!' the brunette's blonde friend in the passenger seat sounded outraged. 'Mary! What about-'

'Hey, Brittany, don't worry. It's gunna be fine.' She smiled, the policeman knew that tone though, she didn't quite believe it herself. There was an instant maturing to her voice as she spoke to her friend though, more like what he expected her to sound like.

'Mary-'

'Just take the car and go if it goes bad.' The brunette interrupted her passenger, giving her a stern look, as if to quiet her from saying anything.

'Miss, out of the vehicle.' The officer said more forcefully.

Mary stepped out of the mustang in an incredibly short dress showing so much leg that he had to check himself. Damn these tight pants. And damn her being too sexy.

'Yes, Officer?' she asked, stepping into his personal space. She was a little shorter than he was, though that didn't seem to stop her from trying to reach his lips. Oh, he liked this one. This was a woman he could get into a lot of trouble with, and not care about the consequences.

'Miss, do you know it's illegal to proposition an Officer of the Law?' he countered, though not removing himself from her space.

'You don't seem to mind.' she said, getting just that little bit closer, sticking out her breasts just that little bit more and played with her hair. Keep your control, jackass! This woman – goddess – was teasing him; pushing all of his buttons just so. And he was a sucker for brunettes. She stepped up to him again, her lips bee lining for his, but he kept just out of her reach.

'So what can we do to forget the whole thing and let me and my friend on our way?' her whisper was warm on his skin, making him tingle. Was she part siren or something?

'Well,' he breathed, keeping her very much waiting on baited breath. 'It involves you, the back seat of my car...'

'Ahuh,' she bit her lip, and traced her hands up his chest, toying with his clothing; that top button just begging to be undone. 'Keep going.'

'And handcuffs. Turn around, you're under arrest.'

He turned her around against the car and handcuffed her in one swift, well practiced movement. She stayed silent, not once struggling to get free. He put a hand on her head and guided her into the backseat of the car before climbing into the front seat himself and pulling into traffic, leaving the sports car and the blonde behind him.

But not too far.

The brunette huffed in the backseat, and he looked at her in the revision mirror. Pearly teeth took her bottom lip again, but not seductively like before; like she was debating whether or not to say something. It was cute.

And so very different to about two minutes ago. The contrast was amazing, but that's what made her so very good at her job.

'You are going to give me hell about this later, but I miss your scuff.' The brunette said, throwing the silver bracelets to the seat next to her. 'And the hair.'

He looked into the backseat to see the small blush on her cheeks and her arms folded.

'Great thing about hair is that it grows back, Kens. I'll be your scruffy looking, shaggy haired surfer bum you know and – well, tease relentlessly.' Deeks smiled. He watched her roll her eyes and look out the window.

Deeks sighed. He liked – loved – the way she came on to him, it was so very un-Kensi-like in her attitude towards him. Her seduction would keep his fantasies running for quite some time. Sure, he'd seen her work over marks in the field, but never on him. Oh, yes; his dream sequences would be aided and abetted by this undercover OP. God bless Hetty sometimes; but then again, damn her for giving him more things to dream about. Deeks knew what he was missing out on now.

He snapped out of thoughts and cracked his neck a little. Time to get his head back in the game. His finger went to his ear. To anyone else it would look like a simple scratch, but he clicked the hidden earwig on. 'Guys, Brittany's driving to the rendezvous now.'

A few hours later they had successfully gotten the bad guys, and ridden off into the sunset... Ok, they would have if it was still daylight when they made it back to OSP. Deeks sat at his desk, waiting for his partner to finish her paperwork, pretending to do some of his own that he had finished over an hour ago.

'Go home, Deeks.' She sang, not looking up from her paperwork.

'I still have some stuff left to do.' Deeks defended, rather pitifully.

'Bull.' Kensi smiled, finally looking up her partner. Those brown eyes were fierce when she looked at him, but there wasn't any anger in them, just intensity and a little challenge in them. 'You've been 'working' on that same report for at least an hour.' Kensi was daring him to say she was wrong.

He couldn't help but laugh, flipping the folder closed. 'Fine, you caught me,' Deeks held his hands up in surrender. 'You wanna go grab a few beers?'

She laughed and raised her eyebrows at him. 'You've been waiting here to ask me to go get a beer?'

Deeks shrugged yes. 'Well, you do owe me one every day for the rest of my life.'

'Not tonight, Deeks. I've got plans.' Kensi flipped the folder closed after a hasty, practiced scribble Deeks knew as her signature.

'Oh.' He tried to hide the disappointment in his voice. She had a date. Of course she would. What man wouldn't be fawning over her like a little lost school boy? God knew he was.

'Yeah,' she said, picking up her gear and backing away from him, grin on her face. 'I'll tell mom you said 'hi'.'

Oh, the smile that she gave him lit up the room. He loved the way she sidled up to him today, and wished that it was real. It took a lot to concentrate on the operation at hand when she was in his personal space with the way she smelled, and the way she looked at him. So what if all of it was fake? It wasn't going to stop him from dreaming about her; no, far from it. It gave him ammunition to fuel his fantasies.

Deeks ran his hands through his hair, only to find it short, and his fingers clutching at empty air a few inches away from his head. Kensi had said she missed his hair. It made him smile at the memory. She liked him as her Shaggy. Her Shaggy, that thought had his heart beating wildly in his chest. He'd give nearly anything to be hers. Stupidly, Deeks willed his hair to grow back faster. The beard would be back in a few days, but his hair would take longer.

He let his head drop to the desk with a loud bang, probably planting a bruise on his forehead, before grabbing his bag and leaving for the night. Ok, so tomorrow he would try and get over his partner.

Ha! Yeah, right.

A silver SUV pulled up in front of the white painted mansion. The engine cut off and the headlights dimmed. It creaked and cracked as it cooled in the night air. The driver hesitated, not getting out of the vehicle straight away.

Kensi was tired, and she wanted nothing more to curl up in bed, and think about everything that happened. She had pushed the limit with Deeks today, but she couldn't help it, he was just too damn inviting, and her self control was waning; it had been for the longest time. But there was also that little part of her that wanted to keep one-upping him, daring him to cross that ever changing, wavy line they had between them.

Who knew she was this controlled? Normally when she wanted a guy, she didn't need to have any control; she would just go ahead and take him home. But none of them had ever been her partner, and God did she want him more than any other the others. Kensi hadn't felt like this since... Jack. And maybe – just maybe – these feelings were a little stronger than what she had felt for her ex-fiancé. The rest had been short flings, nothing really to get attached to, but this clawing feeling at her chest screamed something deeper for the first time in many years.

She slumped against the wheel, rolling her forehead along the curve back and forth. It didn't help. How she wished her brain would turn off sometimes and just be numb for a little while. Just a little relief from the complications of being head over heels for her partner.

Kensi sighed and grabbed her purse before heading around the back of the house. Why did she agree to this? Kensi could be in her bed right now, warm and cuddly, but no. She was cold and tired and at her moms house. As soon as the side gate clicked shut, she heard the booming bark coming from the house.

Her mother's voice rang out in the back part of the mansion, quieting the dog, using that calming voice Kensi remembered so well from her childhood. There were no more barks after that as Kensi made her way to the back door. The white flash attacked her as soon as she crossed the threshold, barelling into her legs.

'Hey, Lily.' Kensi said as the poodle jumped on her legs and licked her hands. 'Down,' she said, slightly irritated, but really welcoming the attention. When Kensi put her bag on the table and greeted the dog properly, kneeling down and rubbing the dog and giving her as much attention as possible. A tongue flicked out and attacked her nose, making her crinkle her face and push the fluff ball away. Lily wagged her tail – Kensi swore the thing never stopped – her tongue hanging out the side of her mouth as the brunette got off the floor to greet her mother.

'Hi, Kensi.' Her mother said. Kensi could hear the tiredness in her voice, and guilt rushed over her.

'Hey, mom,' Kensi went and hugged Julia. 'Sorry about this, I didn't think we would be out so late.'

'Don't worry about it.' Her mother chuckled. 'I like having a puppy around the place,' The older woman bent down and patted Lily's head, earning the older woman a lick in the process. 'How's Detective Deeks?'

Kensi scoffed. 'You always ask about him. I do have two other team mates, you know,' she shook her head with a smile. 'He's fine, mom. Cut his hair and shaved for the first time in his life, though.'

Julia raised her eyebrows immediately. 'You miss the 'scruff', don't you?'

Typical, her mother could see right through her, as usual. They had been talking nearly every day since her father's case, and she had regained her ability to see every lie her daughter told, or could see every small detail Kensi didn't divulge.

Kensi just smiled and shook her head. There was no use in admitting or denying, her mother knew the truth regardless.

'You look tired Kensi, go home and sleep, I'll see you tomorrow' Julia said softly, hugging her daughter.

'Bye, mom. Thanks for babysitting.'

'I'd like to do it with an actual baby,' Julia mumbled, just loud enough for Kensi to hear.

'Not anytime soon. C'mon Lily.'

With her lead hooked on, Lily pulled Kensi out of her mother's house, tail wagging as they got to the car.

This dog wore her out, but she'd never take her back though. It had only been two weeks since Kensi had brought Lily home and she had already turned her life upside down. She could only imagine what it would be like if she decided to have kids and they were anything like this energiser puppy.

Lily laid down quietly in the backseat of the car, content and drifting off to sleep as Kensi drove the twenty minutes back to her house; but regained off of her energy again as soon as the car pulled up into her driveway. Her bag made a loud thump when it hit the floor and Kensi went around her house, opening the doggy door and turning on a lamp before finding Lily's favourite monkey chew toy without tripping over anything on her newly clean floor. Actually, the whole house was pretty damned spotless, but Kensi couldn't give up all of her clutter. The kitchen was clean, the floor was free of mess, the couch was no longer a clothes horse, but she still had little orniments and things all over the place that made it hers.

Squeaking reverberated off the walls as Kensi changed and flopped into bed. There was something about this puppy that made her life just that little more interesting. Wide, brown eyes had drawn her in as soon as Kensi laid eyes on the white, standard poodle puppy. They were so full of life and excitement that had Kensi signing on the dotted line before she could really think about it.

She didn't know why she hadn't told her partner about her new roommate, Kensi kind of wanted to keep Lily to herself for a little while, and maybe surprise Deeks with her one day. That's why she had been trying to avoid going out for beers with him lately. They would end up back at one of their apartments, lying on the couch, watching stupid TV shows and slowing drinking more beer as the night went on. Kensi couldn't risk him coming over and seeing her now clean home and her bouncing baby poodle. Not yet anyways.

Kensi sighed and got more comfortable. It had been hours since she was in Deeks personal space and at least an hour since she had seen him, but she could still smell his cologne and his usual beachy smell. When she went to sleep smelling him, Kensi would have varied dreams about her partner. Some were... raunchy, others were fluffy: the pair sitting on the couch cuddling, and some were nightmares where one of them would die; it was him more often than not.

The squeaking noises stopped and Kensi heard the massive paws coming towards her bedroom. Who would have thought she would eventually own a standard, white poodle? It's a poodle for god's sake! Those things that people dress up, and get clipped to look like lions, with pom poms on their tails and around their feet.

Deeks would probably comment that she would own a pit-bull before a poodle, but here she was with Lily, cut to look like a long nosed lamb, with a fluffy tail and slightly fluffy head and ears. That and she was a complete and utter clutz with those big paws that she hadn't grown into yet.

The puppy used the springs in her legs to jump up on Kensi's bed, her wet nose worked overtime as she sniffed her owner's body until she moved up to Kensi's face.

'Hello, Lily,' Kensi murmured sleepily, patting the fluffy head. Lily answered with a yawn and stretched out with her back against Kensi's stomach. She was a much better sleeping partner than Kensi had had in a while; a big fluffy teddy bear.

Kensi smiled to herself, putting her hand over Lily's coat stroking it a few times before finally falling asleep. It seemed a cloud-like woollen coat and her partners beach cologne, was conducive to a good night's sleep and happy, sweet dreams.

A/N: What do we think? When Deeks meets her, we get a better introduction of the fluff ball, but I felt that seeing as Kensi has had her for a fortnight, the introduction and description of Lily would be better from new eyes.

Before people start hating on me for the doggie clothing and everything, my mum dresses both of our puppies up on occassion (i swear the woman is clucky again, and she isn't getting grandkids out of me anytime soon) and Nikki gets a lion cut coz she's a pedigree and is going into shows. :)

And there will be heaps more Densi in the next chapter.

As usual, if there are any mistakes, let me know.

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