Hey!

So I'm back with a new story! It's the sequel to 'Chicken Pox'. I hope it lives up to your expectations and to my previous story! A lot of TATE and McGabby here!

Anyways – let's get it started!

Please R&R!

Tiana xXx

When Kate walked into the bullpen that Monday, she was honestly not surprised to see Tony already there.

It had been 2 months since the Jack incident, and the subject of it hardly ever came up. Although if it did, she was able to brush it off and joke about it.

'Hey. Where's McGee gone?' Kate asked as she went to her desk, taking into account the Probie's desk with the gear present.

'Hey, Kate. Yeah, I'm good, thanks for asking.' Tony joked. She looked over at him to where he stood in front of Gibbs' desk, already fascinated by something in his hands that he didn't even bother to look up at her as he spoke.

'Sorry. How are you?' she asked, walking up to him. She slid an arm around his waist as he leaned down for a kiss.

'I'm all good now.' He smiled at her. Kate couldn't help but to smile back.

They had spent the Saturday together, and Sunday morning naturally, but then Kate had a 'date' with Abby, which she had to go to, even though Tony tried to persuade her not to.

'What you doing?' Kate finally asked, reaching out with her other hand to see what was in Tony's hand.

'Do you know what this is, Kate?' he asked her as she pulled away, giving up on the task before he asked her.

'It looks like an iPod to me, Tony.' She quipped in an innocent voice. He gave her a glare as he approached her desk.

'Ha ha, Katie. I meant, do you know who's this is?'

'Is it yours?' she tried.

'Yeah right.' He scoffed. 'Mine's not this tiny. Anyway, back to more serious matters,' now it was Kate's turn to scoff. 'It's Gibbs'!' he exclaimed. Kate looked up at him as he sat on the edge of her desk, facing her.

'Seriously?'

'Yup!'

'But Gibbs hates technology! He can barely use his cell phone!' she informed him.

'Yeah, I know, Kate! That's why I'm surprised too!'

'Why would he have an iPod? I doubt Gibbs listens to music that's downloadable.' Kate murmured.

'Let's find out!' Tony jumped up, sounding like a kid at Christmas.

'Oh, Tony, I don't think that's a good idea, honey.' Kate warned him.

'I'm just going to check quickly. Gibbs'll never know!' he told her as he plugged it into McGee's iPod stand.

'Gibbs knows about everything that happens in here, Tony.' She reminded him.

'C'mon Kate. You sound like you don't wanna know what's on here.' He looked at her briefly before she sighed and turned to her computer.

'Just don't get me into it when Gibbs is about to kill you.' Kate said, sighing.

'Yuh-huh.' Tony replied absentmindedly. 'I wonder if the Doc bought him this.'

'Ew, Tony! You would think that!' Kate exclaimed. Tony looked up at her, chortling.

'Looks like my dear Katie has her mind in the gutter once again.' He sang. Kate gave him a glare.

'Must've caught it from you.' She shot back. Tony opened his moth to say something before shutting it and shrugging, turning his attention back to the iPod in front of him.

'C'mon, c'mon!' he begged the computer, looking out for Gibbs all the while. 'Yes!' his exclamation claimed Kate's attention. She looked at him as he started to smile like a maniac.

'What's on it then?' she asked. He never took his eyes off of the screen.

'If you wanna know, you can come here and see for yourself.' Kate thought about it before looking over her shoulder at the elevator and sighing. She got up and crossed over to McGee's desk.

'Ok. So what is i- whoa!' Kate broke off. She was standing behind Tony and she could see him nodded his head furiously at her words. Slowly, Kate leaned closer to the screen to get a better look, resting her chin on her boyfriend's shoulder.

'That's not the Doc.' He stated, referring to the very saucy pictures that he was flicking through very quickly considering that Kate was right there.

'You're telling me?' she murmured. 'Who is she?'

'Who are they… It's more than one girl, Kate.' Tony corrected her.

'Say what now?'

'There are like 2 red heads and about 5 blondes. No brunettes… so far.' He smirked and Kate hit him even though she couldn't see him. 'Ow!'

'You deserved it!'

'Why? All I'm doing is using my very good observing skills, which can I just say you, love, are lacking if you couldn't notice that it wasn't just one girl.' He smirked once again.

'Trust you to observe that!' Tony turned and gave her a "what?" look. 'You're looking at half naked girls. I could do a lot worse than hit you, DiNozzo.' She remarked.

'They're not half naked. Just… very… scarcely clad.'

'Ok… I think you should stop now. Gibbs'll be back soon. And I don't wanna explain this.' Kate said, heading back to her desk. Tony nodded but didn't move.

'DiNozzo!' Gibbs' voice came booming suddenly. Tony jumped up and grabbed the iPod as he did so, shoving it in his pocket.

'Yeah Boss!' he yelled back, walking back to his own desk. Kate looked on amusingly.

'Why are you at McGee's desk?'

'Uh…'

'Better yet… where is McGee?'

'Down in the lab with Abby.' Kate answered.

'Go get him then! He's a Special Agent, not a technician!' Gibbs instructed, sitting at his own desk. Both Tony and Kate looked at each other before she shot up and headed downstairs before Tony could move. She gave him a teasing look as she passed his desk.

As soon as Kate got off of the elevator, she knew that something was up. Not only was her instincts telling her so, the lack of music kind of hinted it to her too. Just before she reached the double doors to the main lab, Kate got a glimpse of inside the lab which shocked her. As it settled in, she let out a laugh and back away a bit, deciding to stay out there for a bit.

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5 minutes after he had sent one of his agents down to get another one, Gibbs was getting annoyed.

'DiNozzo!' he called across the bullpen.

'Yeah, Boss?' Tony replied, his eyes shifting from the computer to him.

'Go and find out what's taking Kate so long.' He demanded him.

'Gladly.' Tony murmured. Each minute that passed, Tony was sure that Gibbs was going to yell at him, or kill him, for taking the iPod. In the elevator, he checked his pocket to make sure it was still there.

Once he had reached the bottom floor where Abby's lab was situated, he exited the metal box prepared for the loud music to assault his ears. However, he was surprised to hear that there was no music on whatsoever, and that Kate was standing right there in front of him.

'Uh… Kate what ar-?' Tony began, but was cut off by her pulling him to her against the wall. 'Ok then…'

Kate slipped her PDA back into her pocket as she kept a hold on Tony.

'Shusssssh.' She said, putting one finger up against her lips.

'Why?' Tony whispered.

'Cos I don't wanna disturb them in there.' Kate stated. Tony gave her a weird look before realising what she meant.

'You mean… but… how?' was all that Tony could think of. Kate giggled at his reaction. Tony frowned. 'Are you laughing at m-?' Tony asked, a bit angry. Kate pulled him closer to her so that she was now trapped between the wall and him.

'Keep quiet. And no, I'm not laughing at you.' When Tony gave her a look, she carried on. 'Ok, so I was. But you should have seen your face…' Kate stared to laugh again.

'Oh you think it's funny, do you?' Tony teased her. Kate saw the twinkle in his eyes that told him that he was joking around.

'How did you figure that out, DiNozzo?'

'Ha ha. C'mon, Gibbs'll have my ass if I don't get you and McGee up there, like, 2 minutes ago.' Tony said, pulling away.

'No!' Kate exclaimed. 'I mean if he wanted you up there 2 minutes ago, then another minute won't hurt will it?' she covered up sweetly.

'I dunno, Kate. I might need some convincing.' He said suggestively. Kate rolled her eyes good-naturedly and pulled him closer. Their lips had just met and the two of them were getting into the kiss just as the elevator pinged, causing them to spring apart. After much practice, they were able to it gracefully so that no-one else had to know what they two of them had just been up to.

A slap upside Tony's head registered before he could turn to see who had come.

'Uh… Gibbs!' Kate tried to stop him but he ignored her, per usual. Of course, he was the exception to the 'no-one else' that could tell what she and Tony had been up to.

As the doors to the lab opened, entering Gibbs, followed by Kate and then Tony, the two inside jumped apart from each other as if they could still pretend that they hadn't just been tangled in each other's arms.

McGee jumped further back than he had intended and almost tripped over his own feet. Abby, however, seem to have gotten over the initial shock and stood as if nothing had happened. Both Kate and Tony exchanged looks and started to laugh, trying their best to hide it.

'Is there something in the water today? Or have you all forgotten that this is your workplace?' Gibbs boomed, looking around, eyes finally resting on McGee.

'Uh… sorry Boss, it… it… uh… it won't happen again, Boss.' He stuttered out, causing Tony to having to stifle his laughter one again, which made Kate smirk.

'Yeah, well if it does, then the four of you are going to be looking for new jobs.' He said as a final note.

'Was there a reason for why you came down here, Gibbs?' Abby finally spoke up in her usual manner.

'Yeah. To see where my Agents had got to.' He replied. Gibbs turned back to the other three. 'There's a lot of paper work up on your desks.' When none of them made to leave, Gibbs went on. 'Did I stutter?' he yelled. All three of then turned around and walked out calmly out of the lab. Well, Tony and Kate did. They were kind of used to Gibbs yelling at them now. But McGee jumped and walked in a rush to the elevator.

As he had gotten there quickly, he had left and gone up just as the other two reached the elevator doors. Tony sighed and leaned against the wall. Kate watched him. She knew that he didn't like the idea of McGee with Abby. She was like a little sister to him, and as he didn't have any siblings growing up, he was very protective of Abby.

And then there was the fact that Kate never got around to mentioning to him that Abby and McGee were dating. Whenever he asked, she'd change the subject to something that she knew would make him let go of the subject of them.

'Don't be too hard on him, Tony.' She told him as they stepped on the elevator. Tony smirked at her, but she knew it wasn't the normal smirk he'd give.

'Whatever you say, Katie-pie. But I don't think it's me you'll be warning at the end of the day.' He replied cryptically. Kate gave him a look as they stepped off at their floor.

'What?' she asked.

'Nothing.' He answered. As he approached the bullpen, he walked over to the Boss' deck, replacing the iPod under some papers to make it seem like it had been covered, not taken by him.

'He won't fall for it, Tony. He probably knows that you have it already.' Kate said. 'Hell, knowing Gibbs, he might've just set it up for you to take it!' she thought up.

'Yeah right!' Tony scoffed. 'It's not like Gibbs said anything about the iPod, now has he? And why would he want me to see what was on it?'

'Gibbs has an iPod?' McGee asked suddenly.

'No-one's talking to you, Probie.' Tony said harshly as he sat down back at his desk. Usually, Kate would have just ignored it, but this time she shot him a glare which he gladly returned.

'It's not Gibbs', McGee.' She answered him, never letting her eyes leave her partner's.

'Then why was it on his desk?' Tony countered.

'Because he knew that you would find it!' she repeated, exasperated.

'Why would he know that? He tells us to stay away from his desk, remember, Kate?' he snapped, but as always, his voice wasn't near to anger.

'Yet you still got the iPod from there!' Kate pointed out. Tony frowned. It was true and he couldn't think of a good way to argue back. 'Ha! Just admit it; you know that I'm right.' Tony thought about it for a minute before sighing inwardly.

'Only cos it would just clear my innocent mind of the scarring associated with that iPod.' Tony commented. Both Kate and McGee gave him a look. 'What?'

'You're anything but innocent.' She told him.

'Yeah I am. Maybe not in a total angelic way, but I still have an innocent state of mind.'

'Whatever you say…' she murmured as McGee snorted. Tony turned in his chair to look at him.

'You got something to add, McGeek?' he asked rhetorically.

'No, he does not!' Gibbs barked as he entered the bullpen. 'We've got a new case!' he walked over to his desk just to get his gun and equipment, as the other three did the same. 'McGee! Get the car!' he said, throwing him the keys.

Tony and Kate gave each other looks as Gibbs passed them. It was usually Tony's job to get the car.

'Are you two coming?' he snapped once again. They both made their way to the elevator, both knowing that they were in for a hard day with Gibbs in a bad mood.

What did you think about that?

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I'll get it up ASAP!

Tiana xXx