I don't own NCIS, the characters or anything related to the show, just need something to take my mind off of my unemployed status. If you're going to sue, you gotta get in line behind the government. I got loans to pay. Small spoiler for "My Other Left Foot." If you blink, you might miss it.

The room had finally stopped spinning. She could make out the fluorescent lights of the bathroom, the cold gray steel of the stall. She felt as if she had just finished running a marathon in one hundred degree heat. Agent Kate Todd never thought that this day would come; reality had set in. So many thoughts ran through her head, but how did she get to the bathroom. She remembered being in the autopsy room with Tony and Gibbs going over some results with Ducky when she suddenly she felt queasy. She never had gotten sick from an autopsy before why now? She knew the reason. Through all these thoughts, she felt a hand rubbing her back, trying to calm her down. In between the tears she saw him. The familiar face that was always so tough and grim now held a look of pure compassion.

"Wanna tell me what's going on?" Gibbs asked quietly.

"I'm taking a leave of absence."

"For how long?"

"Permanently." Kate could see the look of sheer shock on his face. The strong female agent who always stood her own in this man's profession was now weak, looking for the right words to express her feelings. "What is going on Kate? It can't be that bad that you are going to up and leave."

"I'm pregnant." She whispered. That was the first time she had said the words out loud to anyone. Kate thought she had met the man of her dreams. After he missed their date, she gave the good doctor another chance, and he made up for it. Treating her like a princess. She believed she had found her Prince Charming, the man she would spend the rest of her life with. Kate had no problem picturing her wedding day, walking out of the church on the arm of the man she loved. That was until she missed her period, took a home pregnancy test and it came back positive. She was always so careful, wanting nothing to come between herself and her career. It was then that the good doctor showed his true colors. At dinner, she told him, hoping that he would be happy, and if he wasn't he wouldn't get upset in a public place, but she was wrong. He took a deep breath, looked her in the eye, got up and left. Her fairy tale had come to an evil end. Her loving prince had ridden off into the sunset.

"You're pregnant? Are you sure?" "Why else would I have my head in a toilet, puking my guts out?" Kate retorted. "At least you haven't lost your sense of humor." They both smiled. Then the tears started to fall, she had never felt so lonely in her life. Her big life plan was rapidly falling apart in front of her. Kate felt Gibbs' strong arms around her. "What am I going to do? I'm all alone, she sobbed into his chest" He cupped her face in his hand, looked deep into her eyes and said, "You got me. Now let's get out of here before Ducky sends a search party." For the first time in days, she smiled. Everything was going to be okay.