Deceiving ways 01
Author: Cordy4fashion
Summary: Kate has a date with a really nice guy. Or is he?
Pairing: Kate/other, Kate/Gibbs
Kate walked in the bullpen happy. She was going out tonight with a guy she liked a lot. He was named Kevin Smith. She met him at a friend's party.
"Wow Katie-girl, you look happy today. Care to share?" Asked a curious Tony.
"Nope, nothing to share, especially with you, Tony." She said with a sweet smile.
"Got a hot date to tonight, Katie?" He tried.
"Not your business and don't call me that." She said with a glare.
"Why, I'm hurt Katie. Really I am. And here I thought you really liked me as a brother and would confide in me. I always tell you about my dates." He said with a pout.
"Yes, and always more than anyone needs to know." She answered.
"Oh, come on. I can always look at your cell phone."
"Try that and I'll break all your fingers."
"Oh, you know you don't scare me with that look. There's only one person who can."
"Oh really? Who, pray tell?" She asked sweetly.
"Well, our resident hibernating bear that's a scare to us all."
"We don't have a bear here." She said.
"Well I mean our boss agent Gibbs, does that ring any bells?"
"More like an alarm, Dinozzo. Get to work!" Gibbs said with a smack on Tony's head.
Kate started to laugh then and stopped when Gibbs looked at her.
"Something to say, agent Todd?" He asked with a smirk.
"Umm, no, I'm gonna get to work now." She said.
McGee already was working. He already answered the phone and said; "Boss, we have another case. Dead petty officer in a shop downtown. A kid found him."
"Alright, Dinozzo, gas the truck." To the rest he said; "Grab your gear."
They arrived in the shop. The shop was some night shop.
"Dinozzo, pictures. McGee, sketches. Kate, question the witness." Gibbs gave them the orders.
They started right away.
"So, Kate, about that hot date." Tony started afterwards.
"You might as well just give up, Tony, cause I'm not gonna tell you anything and I think you should get back to work. Gibbs is glaring at you at this moment."
He sprung in action and worked further.
Kate laughed at this and saw Gibbs had a smile on his lips too.
"So, Duck. What you got for me?" Gibbs asked.
"Well, it appears our victim has been shot at close range in his back. He clearly was taken by surprise."
"Time of death?" He asked.
"About…three hours ago," he said as he checked the liver temperature. "don't you find this odd?" He asked Gibbs.
"What exactly?"
"Well, no one seemed to notice anything."
"We'll get our answers when we get the killer." He said.
Kate was questioning the child.
"So, you just found him about an hour ago?"
"Y-yes. Th-that guy, I s-saw h-him earlier t-too. About l-last night. H-he was n-nice." She was shaking terribly.
"Did he say his name earlier?" Kate asked gently.
"N-no. H-he held the d-door when I got in."
"It's okay. We will find the one who did this, okay?"
"Y-yeah. Do I have to stay h-here?"
"No, but I'm gonna give you my number, so you can call me later if you remember anything from last night, okay?"
"Okay, thank you." She accepted the card with the number and left.
"Poor kid. She was so upset." Tony said.
"Yes, she was. It's probably one of the first dead people she saw." McGee said.
They all started working again.
It was later at night and Kate called her date Kevin.
"Kevin Smith here."
"Hi Kevin, it's me."
"Hi Kate, how are you?"
"I'm fine. You?"
"Well, I'm looking forward to our date actually."
"Yes, about that. I can't make it tonight. I have a case that we're working on and we're not even closed to finishing it."
"You can't make it? But I thought you could get out of work early." He said.
"I'm sorry. I really am."
"You know what? I'll talk to you later. Bye." He said and hung up.
Kate was surprised by this. She didn't expect he would act like this.
"Something wrong, Kate?" Tony asked her.
"None of your business, Tony."
"But you are my business, I have to look out for you. You're like the sister I never had." He said.
"Nice try, Dinozzo," Gibbs said. "Get back to work."
