FRIDAY NIGHT FANTASIES...
She watches him walk to his desk, smiles to herself as he bends to drop his bag, the shape of his backside accentuated by the stretch of his perfectly ironed pants. Her heart speeds up a little when he notices her watching, he walks over to her desk.
"Something wrong Kate?" he asks quietly.
"No Gibbs" she responds, "I was just thinking".
Gibbs walks back to his desk , his heart pounding, sure she was checking out his ass. Gibbs has wanted Kate from the first time he saw her on Air Force One, damn his rules.
Throughout the rest of the day, they continue to catch each other out, it becomes a game of sorts, who can catch the other and who can blush the most. Gibbs has never blushed in his life, but Kate brings out a shyness he never new he had. As much as he wants her, he is apprehensive.
Kate on the other had, has never felt more bold, Gibbs takes away her inhibitions, she wants him to know how much she wants him. Purposely she taunts him with her body, sometimes without even realising how far she is going. She brushes against him at the printer, she brings him coffee making sure her hand brushes his as she lets go of the cup. By 6.00pm that night Gibbs is about to explode and Kate is ready to climb the walls out of sheer frustration at his lack of response to her. How can he remain so calm and collected when she is burning up inside.
Kate looks at the clock and switches off her computer. A nice warm bath should help to relax her body and hopefully her mind, she doesn't need another wakeful night, she's had to many caused by Gibbs lately.
"Night Tony" she calls on her way to the lift.
"Hey Kate, wait up", Tony leaps up and heads toward her "Whatsup?"
"Nothing, I'm tired and I need to sleep" she says half yawning at him, not in the mood for her partners normal banter.
"Shouldn't spend the day staring at Gibbs' ass, then you wouldn't have so much trouble sleeping" he turns around to wiggle his butt at her.
"I was NOT checking out his butt Tony" Kate slaps his arm and steps into the lift.
Tony follows her in and turns to face the closing doors.
"Were to" he mumbles
"Was not" she mutters back
"Were to", she turns on him, smacking the back of his head the way Gibbs does "Was not".
There is a quiet ding and the doors open to the outside world, a world Kate desperately needs to escape into right now, fearing that Tony will see the truth in her eyes if she stays with him much longer. She wants to keep her secret to herself for a while, or at least until she and Gibbs have had a chance to talk.
As she steps through the doors, the heat hits her in the face, oppressive and thick. "Might have to make that a cold bath" she thinks to herself. Kate falls into her car and flicks the air conditioning on sighing with pleasure as the cold air swirls around her. She starts the car and heads out of the car park toward her home.
Needing to break the silence she reaches for her favourite Fleetwood Mac CD and shoves it roughly into the CD player, hitting a random button. The sultry voice of Christine Mcvie fills the car, she loves this song and starts singing...
For you, there'll be no more crying,
For you, the sun will be shining,
And I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right
To you, I'll give the world
to you, I'll never be cold
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right.
And the songbirds are singing,
Like they know the score,
And I love you, I love you, I love you,
Like never before.
Kate puts the song on repeat and plays it all the way home. As she pulls into her driveway, she notices a package by her front door. She stops the car and just stares at it for a short time, before climbing out of the car and walking to her door.
She picks up the box and turns it over slowly, experimenting with it's weight and feel. The box is hard, but there is something moving inside. Kate quickly opens the door and steps inside, locking it behind her. She walks toward the breakfast bar, dumping her bag and keys on the table as she goes past. Climbing onto one of the stools, she slowly undoes the ribbon and slides it off the box. As she opens the lid, she gets a glimpse of bright red foil. Lying in a bed of red tissue paper is an assortment of exquisite chocolate hearts, wrapped in red foil, with a small card on top.
Kate takes the card out and opens it, "Each time you eat one of these, think about how sweet we will be together", Kate sucks her breath in and smiles, there is no signature, but she knows who it's from. Slowly, unwrapping a heart, she pops it into her mouth, savouring the sweet melting chocolate. Kate is a confirmed chocoholic, she leans back in her chair and closes her eyes, letting her imagination wander for a while.
Her day dreaming is interrupted by the shrill of her telephone, tempted to ignore it, Kate sits for a minute. Feeling guilty and thinking it may be urgent, she answers it with a sharp "Agent Todd".
"Kate, it's Abby, what are you doing tonight"
She smiles into the phone at the excited tone of her friend "I was planing on a bath, a movie and bed, it's been a long week Abbs"
"Could I talk you into dinner and a movie with me" Abby asks hopefully, she hates nothing more than sitting at home on a Friday night.
"Can I have a rain check Abbs, I'm falling asleep as we speak", Kate yawns for effect.
"Sure thing, take care Kate, see you next week" the lab technician sighs.
"Night Abbs" Kate mumbles back, hanging up the phone.
Feeling guilty for blowing her friend off, Kate slides off the stool and heads for her bathroom, a bath is what she needs right now.
TBC..