Title: Secrets
Author: Claudia J. Chan (Claudie)
Disclaimer: Characters from the NCIS do not belong to me. They are properties of Belisarius Productions, Paramount Network Television, DPB and CBS. but sometimes I do wish they were mine!
Spoiler Alert: mild references to all episodes aired, especially on "Yankee White" and "Sub Rosa"
Note: I know in the show there is nothing between Gibbs and Kate. not even any hints, but I do love to mess with their love lives.. :-P . I'm a die- heart shipper.
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"Hey, Kate, are you leaving yet?" Anthony asks when he shuts off his computer and starts packing up. "Gibbs has gone home already, you know. No need to pretend you're working."
"Leave me alone, Tony," she snaps without looking at him.
He stands there, looking at her, and when she continues to ignore him, he shrugs and says before he walks out of the bullpen, "You gotta get a life, Kate."
Once she's alone in the bullpen, Kate puts her head down on her desk and groans. For the past hours, she's been reading - pretending to read, actually - the same page of the report. Has Tony walked closer to her desk, he would have noticed the up-side-down report. Thank God he hasn't. She would never live it down.
She needs time, alone, to think about what is happening to her. It's been almost a week since she's gone down to the submarine with Gibbs, and it's been a quiet week, which has become more torturing for her as it gives her more time think.
Damn the man for being so sexy. She doesn't blame herself for being attracted to him though. She figures she won't be the only one in the NCIS population. If she were to be honest to herself, she is attracted to Gibbs since the first saw him. She realized the man is a jerk most of the time, but he is capable of caring. The way he hugged her when he confirmed she was indeed innocent unnerved her.
She concludes she probably would have a much easier time forgetting about the hug had she not been put in such close proximity with him during the emergency blow in the submarine. It wasn't intentional, and when she first landed in his arms, she thought of moving away. But the force of the rapid movement of the sub has made it more difficult - that, and also because she enjoys being in his arms too much.
His smug remarks have sent her mind racing. Gibbs and his innuendoes are constantly driving her to insanity. She has to remind herself ever so often to not think too much into these things.
His innuendos are not the only things that make Kate crazy. She has resigned the fact that she cannot stop herself from admiring his broad chest. What she didn't know before the emergency blow was how secure it makes her feel.
Kate has always been a strong willed woman and a mild feminist, and she doesn't care much about being in men's arms that much, but she had to admit it feels good to be in his arms, and she won't deny herself that chance whenever it presents itself.
And the shirt he wore when the air conditioning was turned off. She was about to scream when she saw how nicely the T-shirt outlined his chest and his muscles. Thank goodness it was hot in the cabin and he didn't notice she was blushing.
"I don't even know him that well," she tells herself. "How can I be so attracted to him even though I hardly know him outside of the office?"
Her logic tells her it's stupid to be so attracted to her boss, especially after she had to resign from the Secret Service because of her previous relationship. Apparently, her heart has not learned the lesson well.
"What can you probably see in him?" her mind asks. "He's a jerk most of the time, so arrogant and impolite. What do you see in such a man, Kate?"
"Why are you still here and why have you turned off the lights?"
She literally jumps at the voice and starts to curse, "Do you have to do that?" she demands.
"Well, isn't it a natural question to ask, considering it's almost 9 already?"
"Tony said you've gone home hours ago," she shoots him a look. "Besides, I can always ask you why you're here now."
"It's not your problem," Gibbs states simply. "Now, why are you here?"
"It's not your problem, either."
"Kate," he sighs loudly. "Why are you here this late? I know for a fact that you usually don't stay that late. You're usually gone by 8:30 at the latest."
"And how do you know that?" she is still not willing to give up.
"Because I come back at night almost every night, and sometimes I just waited until you left the office before I came in here."
"Oh."
"That's all you have to say?" he sounds surprise. "No smart come-backs? Nothing?"
"I am not all that predictable, Gibbs," she retorts as she stands up and starts packing her things away. Her best strategy to not make a fool out of herself is to leave as soon as possible.
"Yes, you are," he smiles when she stops packing for a second and glares at him. "See?"
"Gibbs, please leave me alone?" she finally asks. She needs to get out of here, and be quick about that. If he keeps asking her all these question, she might very well blurb out her secrets - and that will not be a pretty thing.
Without saying anything, Kate walks around him and try to leave the office.
"Kate, what are you keeping from me?" He grabs her arm when she passes by and swings her around. "I know something is wrong, so you better tell me about this."
"Is this an order from my boss?" she challenges, "because as far as I know, my boss has no place in my private life." Only she knows how wrong that statement is. She has constantly thought about him in her private time, and that he sure does have a place in her private life."
"Kate, you don't have you to be so stubborn," Gibbs sighs and lets go of her hand. He watches when she starts moving away. "I can be asking because I'm your friend and I do care about my friends, you know?"
She stops as he finishes, but keeps her back at him. Yes, she is his friend. Sighing, knowing Gibbs won't give up, Kate turns around to look at him. "There is something you can never help, Gibbs, and that includes the way I'm attracted to someone I shouldn't be attracted to."
He looks puzzled for a moment, "Why shouldn't you be attracted to him?"
"Because he's my boss," she says, turning away, defeated, and walks away from the stunned man in the bullpen.
Author: Claudia J. Chan (Claudie)
Disclaimer: Characters from the NCIS do not belong to me. They are properties of Belisarius Productions, Paramount Network Television, DPB and CBS. but sometimes I do wish they were mine!
Spoiler Alert: mild references to all episodes aired, especially on "Yankee White" and "Sub Rosa"
Note: I know in the show there is nothing between Gibbs and Kate. not even any hints, but I do love to mess with their love lives.. :-P . I'm a die- heart shipper.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Hey, Kate, are you leaving yet?" Anthony asks when he shuts off his computer and starts packing up. "Gibbs has gone home already, you know. No need to pretend you're working."
"Leave me alone, Tony," she snaps without looking at him.
He stands there, looking at her, and when she continues to ignore him, he shrugs and says before he walks out of the bullpen, "You gotta get a life, Kate."
Once she's alone in the bullpen, Kate puts her head down on her desk and groans. For the past hours, she's been reading - pretending to read, actually - the same page of the report. Has Tony walked closer to her desk, he would have noticed the up-side-down report. Thank God he hasn't. She would never live it down.
She needs time, alone, to think about what is happening to her. It's been almost a week since she's gone down to the submarine with Gibbs, and it's been a quiet week, which has become more torturing for her as it gives her more time think.
Damn the man for being so sexy. She doesn't blame herself for being attracted to him though. She figures she won't be the only one in the NCIS population. If she were to be honest to herself, she is attracted to Gibbs since the first saw him. She realized the man is a jerk most of the time, but he is capable of caring. The way he hugged her when he confirmed she was indeed innocent unnerved her.
She concludes she probably would have a much easier time forgetting about the hug had she not been put in such close proximity with him during the emergency blow in the submarine. It wasn't intentional, and when she first landed in his arms, she thought of moving away. But the force of the rapid movement of the sub has made it more difficult - that, and also because she enjoys being in his arms too much.
His smug remarks have sent her mind racing. Gibbs and his innuendoes are constantly driving her to insanity. She has to remind herself ever so often to not think too much into these things.
His innuendos are not the only things that make Kate crazy. She has resigned the fact that she cannot stop herself from admiring his broad chest. What she didn't know before the emergency blow was how secure it makes her feel.
Kate has always been a strong willed woman and a mild feminist, and she doesn't care much about being in men's arms that much, but she had to admit it feels good to be in his arms, and she won't deny herself that chance whenever it presents itself.
And the shirt he wore when the air conditioning was turned off. She was about to scream when she saw how nicely the T-shirt outlined his chest and his muscles. Thank goodness it was hot in the cabin and he didn't notice she was blushing.
"I don't even know him that well," she tells herself. "How can I be so attracted to him even though I hardly know him outside of the office?"
Her logic tells her it's stupid to be so attracted to her boss, especially after she had to resign from the Secret Service because of her previous relationship. Apparently, her heart has not learned the lesson well.
"What can you probably see in him?" her mind asks. "He's a jerk most of the time, so arrogant and impolite. What do you see in such a man, Kate?"
"Why are you still here and why have you turned off the lights?"
She literally jumps at the voice and starts to curse, "Do you have to do that?" she demands.
"Well, isn't it a natural question to ask, considering it's almost 9 already?"
"Tony said you've gone home hours ago," she shoots him a look. "Besides, I can always ask you why you're here now."
"It's not your problem," Gibbs states simply. "Now, why are you here?"
"It's not your problem, either."
"Kate," he sighs loudly. "Why are you here this late? I know for a fact that you usually don't stay that late. You're usually gone by 8:30 at the latest."
"And how do you know that?" she is still not willing to give up.
"Because I come back at night almost every night, and sometimes I just waited until you left the office before I came in here."
"Oh."
"That's all you have to say?" he sounds surprise. "No smart come-backs? Nothing?"
"I am not all that predictable, Gibbs," she retorts as she stands up and starts packing her things away. Her best strategy to not make a fool out of herself is to leave as soon as possible.
"Yes, you are," he smiles when she stops packing for a second and glares at him. "See?"
"Gibbs, please leave me alone?" she finally asks. She needs to get out of here, and be quick about that. If he keeps asking her all these question, she might very well blurb out her secrets - and that will not be a pretty thing.
Without saying anything, Kate walks around him and try to leave the office.
"Kate, what are you keeping from me?" He grabs her arm when she passes by and swings her around. "I know something is wrong, so you better tell me about this."
"Is this an order from my boss?" she challenges, "because as far as I know, my boss has no place in my private life." Only she knows how wrong that statement is. She has constantly thought about him in her private time, and that he sure does have a place in her private life."
"Kate, you don't have you to be so stubborn," Gibbs sighs and lets go of her hand. He watches when she starts moving away. "I can be asking because I'm your friend and I do care about my friends, you know?"
She stops as he finishes, but keeps her back at him. Yes, she is his friend. Sighing, knowing Gibbs won't give up, Kate turns around to look at him. "There is something you can never help, Gibbs, and that includes the way I'm attracted to someone I shouldn't be attracted to."
He looks puzzled for a moment, "Why shouldn't you be attracted to him?"
"Because he's my boss," she says, turning away, defeated, and walks away from the stunned man in the bullpen.