THE DINOZZO FILES

AUTHOR'S NOTE/DISCLAIMER

This is the sequel to Moments In Time and will have scenes from each episode with a Tony/Kate twist. For season 3 onward, Kate will most likely replace Ziva for any romantic or sexual tension scenes. In each chapter there may be one or more than one scene, depending on the episode. Some scenes may stay the same or they may be edited to reflect the newer nature of Tony and Kate's relationship and may not all be romantic in nature or focus on specifically Tony or Kate.

FIRST RUN IN

"Gibbs!" Tony called. "The pilot won't take off until the Secret Service chick gives us the…" his voice trailed off as he noticed the woman. "thumbs up," he finished. "Hey Babe," he finished. Crap. Didn't realize she was on this detail, he thought to himself. The last thing he wanted was to make her feel like she didn't know what she was doing, but at the same time, he wasn't thrilled about having to hand the case off to someone else.

"Cute, Tony," she responded. "I think that just made this my investigation," she smirked. Yeah, okay, she probably shouldn't get snarky with her husband's boss, but it had been a tough week already and now this mess. Just great.

"No, it just means I have to hijack the plane," he responded and Kate stared at him. Did he just seriously say that? Would he really do it? she wondered, mulling the statement around in her head. According to Tony, he didn't make jokes, so yeah…he probably would do it.

"Wait. This is getting us nowhere. Let's just work together. Your team," she stated.

"Good," he said and then lead her around.

SICK

After handing off the evidence to Ducky, Tony went back to where Gibbs and Kate were, his eyes widening when he saw Kate retching into a bag. What the hell? Is it the same thing the Commander had or has she been sick? he wondered. No, they wouldn't let her work if she had been sick, which meant…

"Babe?" he queried anxiously, stepping forward. However, the glare from his boss made him falter. Damn it. Hate this, he thought to himself. But obviously, Gibbs was treating the vomit as evidence. Which made sense. If one member of the crew had been poisoned, another one would've been as well. And he hated that thought. He didn't want anything to happen to her. Once she was done vomiting and had rinsed her mouth out, the younger man helped her to a couch and made her lie down on it as Gibbs logged the evidence and took it to Ducky, telling him what happened and a few moments later, the medical examiner took her temperature.

"No temperature. It's probably just a stomach virus or the flu," the man reported.

"Ugh, sorry, Babe. That's my fault. You were taking care of me before you got called in," Tony apologized and she gave him a reassuring smile as she squeezed his hand. At least I know she wasn't poisoned, he thought to himself, sighing in relief. Didn't mean that he was any less worried though.

"Don't worry about it. Not your fault." Just then, the intercom crackled.

"Agent DiNozzo, Agent Baur's on a secure line for you," a man said.

"You want me to take it for you?" Gibbs offered as she carefully sat up.

"I'd have to be dead," she told him and then walked off. Tony chuckled.

"That's my girl," he said.

GIBBS' CHECK

"What the hell are you doing?" Kate demanded as Gibbs shoved his gun at her.

"What was your relationship with Major Kerry?" he demanded and her face paled. Oh shit, she thought to herself. Had he found out? Had he talked to Tim? And if so, had he said they were dating?

"A coworker," she spat out. And I hate him. always coming on to me even though he knows I'm married, she thought.

"And you went to the bar and what?" he asked. That fight looked nasty. It was obvious she wasn't happy with him, he thought. But would she kill him? He hated suspecting her given her relationship with Tony, but he had to ask.

"Look, you can't tell Tony-he's really protective-but Major Kerry was harassing me. Always coming on to me and asking me out. I asked him to the bar to tell him to knock it off in a public place so he'd get the message. Obviously it didn't work."

"That why you give him the snake venom? To kill him?" At this, her face paled even more.

"He's-he's-?"

"Yeah."

"It wasn't me."

"I know."

"What?"

"I gave it to you cold to gauge your reaction. Liars can't pale on cue." At this, she gave him a dirty look.

"You're an asshole."

A NEW START

Tony glanced at Kate.

"What'd Gibbs want?" he wondered.

"Offered me a job with you guys," she responded.

"Yeah?" he asked, his face lighting up.

"Yeah," she responded. "Apparently, he's willing to make an exception to the rule of married couples not working together as long as we kept it professional at work."

"This is great," he told her and then he kissed her. The woman moaned and deepened the kiss.

"He did have one condition," she said.

"What's that?" he wondered.

"I use my maiden name," she answered. "Are you going to be okay with that?"

"Yes. Whatever we have to do to make it work." Then he kissed her again and she moaned and let herself get lost in the kiss.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Most chapters probably won't be this long as the plan is to only do one or two scenes, but I felt that scenes were necessary to set the tone of the fic.