"I'm in love with you Kate" Tony said as he looked deeply into her eyes, she looked at him, without saying a word, she was frozen. "It was you, it was always you, and I'm not sure why I couldn't tell you. But I guess I was afraid of being devoted. But with you I am ready" He told her, his voice was slightly shaking as he spoke those words. He had never said anything more real in his entire life, and it was scaring the heck out of him.
"I didn't think that you could be this deep DiNozzo" She said as she laughed. Oh, great, she was almost laughing at him!
She stretched her hand out to his cheek and smiled up at him.
"You are looking stunning like now and I might just have to kiss you" he told her.
Kate stood still. "Well, if you think that you just might?" She leaned closer to him and he placed an arm around her waist and kissed her. When they're lips met, they could feel all their tension and hesitation disappear. When they're lips slowly parted they could feel the chemistry that had been between them and they could finally give in to their feelings. Tony didn't want to let go, he wanted to hold her forever. But even Tony DiNozzo needed to come up for air every once in a while. He gave her one last peck on the lips before they broke apart.
"I think… I might love you" She told him, looking down at the floor. She was confused. He placed his hand under her chin and made her look at him.
"I'm pretty sure that's a good thing, or else you would just be using me. That's not very nice Kate" he said as he grinned down at her. She couldn't help but smile. Then she took his hand and led him into the bedroom and she closed the door with a bang.
Tony sat up in his bed, wet with sweat. He dried some sweat away from his forehead before he placed his head in his hands as he sighed deeply. "Kate" he whispered as he looked over at his nightstand. The alarm showed 04:07. He opened his nightstand and pushed over some papers before he found a picture of Gibbs, Kate and himself. Suddenly the phone rang.
"DiNozzo" He answered.
"We got a case, come right away"
"Yeah boss, I'll be right there"
"You weren't asleep?" Gibbs asked.
"No, I… I had this dream and I woke up" He told him with hesitation in his voice.
"It's time to let go DiNozzo" Gibbs told him.
"I know boss" He hang up the phone
He strokes his finger over Kate at the picture. It's been 3 weeks since she died. 3 weeks since he watched her get shot. 3 days since he could feel her warm blood over his face. And every night during the last 3 weeks he had dreamed about her. And every night for 3 weeks he had saved her. Every night for 3 weeks he had told her, what he really felt. He wasn't ready to let go. Not yet.