Author's Notes: Okay so this is the redone and resubmitted version of this fic! I have extended and rewritten a lot of it and changed a few things around along with adding more detail. Also in the older version I wasn't utterly sure where it was going whilst now I am planning it ahead etc. If you've read the older version or not, I really hope y'all like this one and please review to let me know whatcha think! This fic is pure Tate, well...there is McAbby/Tibby as well :). If there is anything you'd like to see etc please let me know. I'm currently finishing chapter four and them moving on to chapter five so this fic will certainly not be "abandoned" because of lack of planing etc. I also made it more to character. I hope you like it. Anyhow...enjoy!!
Chapter One: Playing Along pt1
'No Gibbs, please!' Kate continued to beg. 'You can't do this to me!'
'To you?' Tony spoke for the first time since he heard the news almost fifteen minutes ago. 'I have to put up with you' he told Kate and walked into the second room of Abby's lab to where everyone was standing around near her desk.
'Shut up, DiNozzo!' Kate hissed at him. 'Gibbs…' she turned back to him.
'Kate' Gibbs sighed and could sense a headache coming on. He tried to reason with her but nothing he said could convince her that spending time in a hotel room with Tony was in anyway related to a good thing.
'It's all ready, guys' Abby smiled from her desk.
'This is not happening' Kate crossed her arms and frowned.
'Which room did you get?' McGee asked Abby in interest as he stopped working on fixing her printer nearby and came over.
'Room 807' Abby smiled proudly. 'It's got cable TV on a huge plasma screen, room service, a balcony…there is also a pool downstairs and access to a gym. Oh and did I mention the king-sized bed?' she smirked.
'Wait, there isn't just one bed, is there?' Kate gasped and looked close to a mental breakdown.
'Afraid so' Abby nodded but her smirk remained.
'Tony can have the floor' Kate said. 'Because there is no way I'm sharing a bed with him'
'Hey!' Tony yelled and came over to join the group. 'In a hotel room like that, I am not sleep on the floor'
'There's carpet?' Abby shrugged but they hadn't heard her.
'Well, I am certainly not sharing a bed with you!' Kate snapped back at him, placing her hands on her hips.
'Then you take the floor, Katie' Tony said.
'Don't call me that!'
'Take the floor' Tony said again while everyone just watched in amusement, well except Gibbs, he was far from amused by this childish act of behavior from his federal agents.
'No!' Kate yelled.
'Yes!' Tony yelled back just as loudly.
'NO way, DiNozzo!'
'Yes way, Katie'
'GIBBS!' Kate screamed and turned to him as if it was all his fault, which in a way it was.
'What? It's only a week' Gibbs sighed while his ears felt numb. He sipped his coffee cup but wished it wasn't almost empty. He then glanced up as Kate and Tony had gone silent for a moment as they processed what he'd just said.
'A week?' they gasped in unison.
'Heh, they didn't know' Abby grinned at McGee.
Three hours later, McGee dropped them off at the luxurious five-star hotel and helped them get "settled" into their room.
The three agents got into an elevator and McGee pressed the button for the eighth floor.
'I have to spend a whole week, working with Kate?' Tony complained.
'Like hell you'll be working' Kate replied with a frown. 'More like, watching TV, eating junk food and talking to the ladies'
'Ohh, the ladies' Tony had a dreamy look on his face for a moment. 'Hey, careful Kate…that frown might stick that way' he said but was relieved as the elevator opened and they started walking to their room, which was halfway down the right hallway.
'McGee, surely you can reason with Gibbs?' Kate pleaded but knew there was no way.
'Oh yeah, Gibbs loves to listen to Probie' Tony teased.
'We're here' McGee breathed in relief and took the earplugs out of his ears. He then made a mental note to thank Gibbs for advising he wore them while dropping Kate and Tony off.
'Not bad, not bad at all' Tony commented as they entered the room and he looked around. 'Three rooms: the main for eating and TV…kind of like a living/dining room, then we have the bedroom and a bathroom…huh, the bathroom is the only room without a TV, sad' Tony said.
'Did you say, one bathroom?' Kate panicked. 'DiNozzo!'
'Hey, I didn't pick the room' he reminded her. 'Abby did'
'Urgh!' Kate growled and stormed off into the bathroom and Tony winced in her direction.
'You're settled, have fun' McGee said quickly and rushed from the room and back over to the elevator as he sensed Kate was going to let hell loose soon.
There was silence in room 807 for a few minutes, and then Kate came sneaking back.
'Is he gone?' she whispered and Tony checked.
'Sure is, as fast as his Probie legs can carry him'
'Good' Kate sighed. 'So what channels do we have?' she asked and took the remote out of Tony's hands but he didn't object. 'Woah' Kate gasped. 'Do we really need all of these?'
'Beats me' Tony shrugged and picked up a menu on a nearby table. 'Room service, Kate?' he asked calmly.
'Yeah. How about a Pizza with at least one healthy thing on it'
'No Problema' Tony winked and called room service to order their Pizza and then joined Kate on the lounge where she was going through the list of channels. 'There a movie guild somewhere?' he asked and she passed it to him without taking her eyes of her own guild.
'Did Abby say there was a pool downstairs?' Kate then remembered and put the TV channel guild on the coffee table.
'Yep, we can go tomorrow' Tony replied. 'The bodyguard!' He smirked, reading over the titles.
After room service arrived and dropped off their pizza and drinks, the two agents made their way into the bedroom so they could watch TV. They both sat on the bed, using the wooden part and the wall for back support to make it more comfortable while they watched cable TV and ate pizza.
'I think this will actually be fun' Kate smiled.
'Oh yeah' Tony smirked back.
Kate was awoken the following Monday morning at around 8am to find her cell phone was ringing. She stretched and noticed that they had fallen asleep watching TV and that Tony had fallen onto the floor, which he was now asleep on the carpet.
'Yeah. Todd?' She yawned as she answered her cell phone.
'Everything okay?' Gibbs asked.
'Sure…' Kate then realized she probably shouldn't sound so relaxed after one night with Tony. '…Because Tony ended up on the floor' she covered smartly and looked down at him, since it wasn't a lie.
'What did you do?' Abby asked curiously, making it clear to Kate that she was on speakerphone.
'Yeah, you really want to know?' Kate challenged, knowing Gibbs wouldn't.
'Ye…' Abby started to say but Gibbs cut her off, just as Kate predicted.
'No'
Tony yawned and sat upright, looking very lost and confused as to his surroundings and why he was on the floor.
'Ka-' he started to question her but she placed a hand over his mouth and the look on her face alone told him all he needed to know…Gibbs was on the phone.
'And what do you plan to do today?' McGee asked.
'Your jobs, hopefully' Gibbs growled.
'It's a full time job Gibbs, working the files and keeping Tony away from the pool' Kate replied, she was good at this game…after all, she and Tony had been playing it for over a year. 'And I am going to go now before Tony wakes up and finds yet another stupid, juvenile thing to complain about. Bye' Kate did a Gibbs and hung up on them suddenly.
'Funny' Tony yawned as Kate removed her hand from his mouth. 'Why am I on the floor?' he then asked. 'Not that the carpet wasn't comfy…'
'What time are we planning on going to the pool?' Kate wondered, grabbing her suitcase in search of something to change into. 'And I would like a shower first, since I didn't get one last night'
'Same. And sure…ladies first' Tony said, rubbing his head sleepily. 'We could go right after, and then head out for some breakfast?' he suggested as he got up from the floor to sit on the bed, still not fully awake.
'Thanks. Sounds good to me' Kate sighed and grabbed her bikinis, which surprised him because he always pictured her as a bathing suit kinda gal.
'My pleasure, Katie' Tony grinned.
Kate gave him a glare in return and headed to the bathroom for a shower and to change.
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After several minutes, Kate came back into the room in a pair of black bikinis. Her wet hair was out resting neatly on her shoulders as she patted it gently with a bath towel.
'I didn't even know you owned a pair of bikinis' Tony smirked as he searched his bag for his swimming shorts.
'Abby got them for my birthday' Kate replied.
'Of course' Tony smirked and glanced up. 'I won't take long…ah' he tried to focus on her face, but her bikinis showed off every curve of her figure. There was the natural sexual attraction but he then glanced at her face and saw how beautiful she looked, which wasn't something he usually noticed in a woman, well…apart from Kate. Woman were supposed to be gorgeous, hot…sexy, attractive…not, beautiful.
Kate finally noticed the attention she was getting and smiled with a hint of warning in her tone. 'Don't get used to this look, Tony. Now go have your shower…you might need one' she said and put the towel down to find her brush and a hair tie.
Tony grabbed the stuff he needed and headed to the bathroom, wishing he didn't have to.
Author's Notes: Okay that's the first chapter!! Oh and sorry it's a bit shorter than what I usually write but it's only because I had to break chapter 1 and 2 into two sperate chapters otherwise it would be too long as one chapter. Let me know what you all think of it so far! :)
-Mel