While Sam was picking Callen up from his house and Nell and Eric was practicing a dance routine for toys for tots Kensi and Deeks were having some family obligations.........

"It's one of the best restaurants in LA, and their Christmas dinner is supposed to be out of this world." Kensi said on the phone to her mother pacing up and down "Yeah, no. I know it's your tradition. I'm just saying, we start a new tradition." Deeks also said to his mother on the phone sitting at his desk "No. I know, but we want to do this. This is our treat." Kensi replied on the phone "Uh, just, you want to come all this way just to slave over a stove. Are you sure about that?" Deeks asked his mom "Yeah, okay. Okay. Nope. Nope. It's fine. All right. I will talk to you later. Okay. Bye" Kensi said as she hang up "Okay. All right. Uh-huh. I'll talk to you soon. I love you, too. Bye, Mama." Deeks replied as he also hang up on his mother too "My mom is insisting on cooking Christmas dinner." Kensi said to Deeks "My mom is insisting on cooking Christmas dinner." He replied to her "Hmm. Well, so, they cook it together?" Kensi asked sitting at her desk "Not a snowball's chance in hell. My mom does not play well with others, especially in a kitchen where there's sharp objects." Deeks mentioned "Okay, so what do we do?" She asked him "I think we have to elope." Deeks said "What?" Kensi replied looking quite shocked "No. I mean, go off alone, and spend the holidays alone. Not alone. Together, but alone. Not other people there. Just you and I." He tried to explain "So you're suggesting that we abandon our mothers on Christmas? Their only children?" Kensi asked "Yes?" He replied "That's actually not a bad idea. Why do families have to complicate everything?" Kensi answered and asked

"Oh, please. Wait till you're married with kids, and you have two sets of grandparents fighting over where you spend Christmas." Sam said as he and Callen came round the corner "You know what? I'm just gonna be optimistic about this. Maybe we get a big case, and we have to work straight through the holidays." Deeks explained "No, no, no, no, no. I solved all my cases. I will not be working during the holidays." Sam explained "Oh, you're not working." Deeks asked "No!" Sam replied "Ah, looks like you are now." Deeks mentioned as he saw Eric come down from the stairs in elf shoes "Oh, no, no, no, no. No. Back to your cyber cave, Jingle Bells. No, I'm not in the mood. Go." Sam said to him "Be gentle." Deeks said "Go! Bah, humbug." Sam replied as Eric walked back upstairs "Sam, he's cute!" Kensi mentioned "It's ridiculous." He replied "You broke his little elfin heart." Callen said as they got up from their seats "You better watch out on Christmas, Sam. Santa's always watching." Kensi said to him walking upstairs "It's kind of like Hetty. Come to think of it, she does have an elfin quality, and probably could fit down the chimney." Deeks explained as Sam was laughing (Hetty clears her throat) "What are you looking at me for? Deeks said it." Sam said as Hetty looked at him with a very strong look

As the team was filled in on the case Kensi and Deeks decided to go and check out the store.......

"Thank you. It's the least I can do for Christmas. Because it's a good charity, and Hi. How are you? What?" Deeks asked Kensi was she came out from the door as he was putting in money in a pot "Really, sweetheart? I'm working and you're perving." Kensi asked "How dare you? I wasn't perving. It's a witness to a crime." Deeks said pointing it out "Oh. What did she witness?" She asked "Uh, not much, actually. Lam was hit by a Christmas tree truck, which is morosely ironic. Unless, of course, he's Jewish." Deeks explained "Well, the toy shop's security cameras don't record. It's just a deterrent. But did you find any other, uh, "clues or stuff," other than what's propping up Mrs. Claus's bikini?" She continued to explain "Wow. Nothing else, but I'm sure somebody else did, 'cause three guys came by, gave donations, took selfies. You combine that with all the tour buses going by, and" Deeks said as he was cut off by.......

"And you ask Eric to scour through social media, in case anybody posted anything from that time." Kensi said "Tannenbaum! Sorry that's Christmas for "Bingo." Deeks mentioned "Oh, I got it." Kensi said as they both crossed the road "Mrs. Claus taught me that. Speaking of sexy Mrs. Claus, you know who would look good in that outfit?" Deeks said "Don't say Hetty!" Kensi replied "Oh, wow. Wasn't gonna say Hetty. But now that you mention it" Deeks said "Deeks." Kensi said warning him "I was talking about you. Yeah." Deeks said looking at her "Why is it that men always expect women to dress in lingerie for them, and yet it's fine for them to be in a stained T-shirt and ripped underwear?" Kensi explained "That's a totally valid point. You want to switch? You can rock the, uh, stained T-shirt and ripped underwear, and I'll put on the sexy lingerie. A sexy teddy." Deeks offered "Not a teddy, but I've always had a thing for a sexy Mr. Claus." Kensi said walking off "Wait, are you serious? Hmm. 'Cause I can make that happen. Tie you up with a bow, unwrap you like a present. Oh, girl." Deeks explained

Kensi and Deeks then went over to Lam's house to try and find something that could help them with the case but they were in for a surprise..........

"If you could have anything for Christmas, what would it be?" Deeks asked as they both got out of the car "Anything?" Kensi asked "Anything." He replied "Baby tiger." She answered "What? A baby tiger?" He asked "They're very cute." She mentioned "Yeah, until they grow up to be a full-size tiger and maul you to death." Deeks said "No. I would raise this one from a cub. It would love me. Plus, Josephine Baker had a cheetah." Kensi said as she knocked on the front door "Yeah, and Nigerian warlords have hyenas. Because they're Nigerian warlords." Deeks explained "Okay. That would actually be pretty badass, too. But, you know what, I would prefer to have a tiger, and I would train it to work with me. Oh, my gosh, that would be so cool. Imagine me busting through this door, spitting lead with my tiger as backup. What? NCIS, bitches. (chuckles) Ready. That was a trick question. I was supposed to say "world peace," right?" Kensi explained as she was picking the door

"Good talk." Deeks replied with a weird face on as they both had their guns out busting through the door "Clear." Kensi said looking around "Clear! Wow. That's a lot of robots." Deeks said also as he looked at the robots on the table "Do you smell that?" Kensi asked him (sniffs) "That's gas. Kens, go, go, go, go, go!" He said to her as he rushed in the kitchen to turn it off "Deeks, come on!" Kensi said as she didn't go without him "Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!" Deeks said as they both ran outside behind the car (panting) (groans, exhales) (line ringing) "Yeah, Kens." Eric said on the phone "Eric, we need the fire department, bomb squad, and gas company out to Lam's house. Somebody beat us here." Kensi explained and asked "Copy." Eric replied as she hang up "They were hoping to burn this place to the ground before we found anything." Deeks said "A bunch of those same toy robots were at the store Lam visited before he was killed." She explained "Well, maybe he's a collector." Deeks replied "Shop owner said he didn't recognize him. How do you not recognize a guy who's been to your store a dozen times?" Kensi asked "Maybe he buys 'em in bulk." He answered "Maybe we need to take a closer look at the people who work at the shop." She suggested looking at him

Kensi and Deeks then decided to stake out the shop to take a closer eye on it..........

(over phone): "Right. Okay, so, uh, what else?" Eric said on the phone to Deeks "Yeah. Find out who owns the business, Who owns the business. who owns the property, Who's paying utilities, the phone records, the employees, the whole Monty." Deeks tried to explain "Did you say employees?" Eric asked "Yeah, that's what I just said to you." Deeks replied "No, I know, I heard it, but I" Eric said rambling on "Eric?" Deeks asked "Yeah?" He replied (giggles) "Are you listening to me?" Deeks asked him again "What are you talking about?" Eric said sounding very high pitched "Are you sure? 'Cause you sound crazy." Deeks mentioned "What is he saying?" Kensi said quietly to Deeks "Okay. All right, call me back. Okay. Bye." Deeks said looking at Kens as he hang up "Bye." Eric replied "What just happened there?" Kensi asked him "Pretty sure one of the wonder twins got into the candy canes, and now he's on a sugar rush." Deeks mentioned (sighs): "Ah okay. All right (clears throat) what would you want for Christmas if you could have anything?" Kensi asked him changing the subject "That's easy-- forgiveness." He quickly replied "Forgiveness for what?" Kensi asked him "For not telling you something I should've told you a long time ago. And I fully recognize this is the most bizarre of circumstances and the weirdest timing to have this conversation." Deeks explained "What conversation, exactly?" Kensi asked as they both pulled their ear pieces out

"The whole Internal Affairs investigation. I was trying to protect you and trying to protect NCIS, because because John Quinn didn't kill Boyle. I did, and I did it to protect Tiffany." He continued to explain "I know." Kensi said "What do you mean you know? No, you don't." Deeks replied to her "I didn't know, but I figured it out." Kensi answered "Well, why didn't you say anything?" He asked her "I just figured you'd tell me when you were ready to." She replied (softly): "I'm sorry." Deeks said "It's okay. Just no more secrets. Okay?" She asked him "No more secrets. Do you have any idea how much I love you right now?" Deeks said looking at her with a big smile on his face "No. But I'm hoping that it will be reflected in my Christmas gift." She replied as she winked at him with a cheeky grin on her face "I need to kiss you." Deeks said "You can't kiss me right now-- we're on the job." She mentioned "Yeah, but it's Christmas, and these are special circumstances." Deeks said looking out at the window "I understand that, but we have to keep our eyes on the shop now." Kensi replied "We don't even know what we're looking for in the shop. Forget the shop. I need to kiss you." Deeks said once again (sighs) "Fine. I'll do it." Kensi said as they kissed "That that's not a kiss. That doesn't count as a kiss.,That's, like, a fourth of a kiss, it's, like, a fraction of a kiss." Deeks mentioned "Well, then you'll get the other fraction at home." She said looking at him "Oh, wow." He replied looking at her

The case was done and closed and everyone was packing up their stuff for Christmas break but some people still had things on their minds..........

"Why don't we just cook?" Deeks asked Kensi "Okay, I don't cook, and unless you're planning on making frittatas, neither do you." Kensi replied "Wow, Christmas frittatas, huh? Boom, new tradition." Deeks suggested "You know what, forget it. Why don't you guys just come to my place? There's plenty of room, Michelle will love it." Sam explained and suggested "Um, I wouldn't mind, but we have our moms with us." Kensi replied "No, that's perfect. They won't be able to cook and they can talk to my mother-in-law so I don't have to. Everybody wins." Sam continued to explain "It's the best idea ever. So does that mean you want me to bring my Santa Claus outfit for Kamran?" Deeks asked "No." Sam replied "You can still bring it, though." Kensi said looking at him "Ho, ho, ho, ho! Down the chimney." Deeks said walking out with Sam and Kensi "Okay." Sh replied (chuckles) "Ooh. Hetty, I d I didn't" Callen said as Hetty stopped him "Oh, no, no, no, no. This is not for you. I-I mean, not-not per Se. It's, uh, your backup plan. They're vintage earrings. She should like them." Hetty explained giving them to him "Thank you, and Merry Christmas, Hetty." Callen said walking out "Merry Christmas, Mr. Callen." Hetty replied

Christmas couldn't come sooner........