Idea for this given to me by jasadin, this is a chapter to 'forgetting and the consequences' but it is set before.

Disclaimer: Yes, I do own it…in my dreams – but in reality I will continue fighting for it (so no, I don't own NCIS or any of it's characters.)

"Kate, Kate!" Abby squealed as she saw Kate get out of the elevator and into her lab.

Kate clamped her hands over her ears, for two reasons – one; the music was way to loud and two; the sheer excitement from Abby was quite overwhelming. "Yes, what do you want Abs?"

Abby fiddled with the ends of her tight ponytails then sat cross-legged on the floor like a schoolgirl. Kate eyed her, wondering what was going on in her head, "Abby?'' Kate stretched out the word.

There was a small giggle that escaped Abby's lips, "Yes, Kate."

The less Abby said, the more curios Kate became, "What is it Abby – why won't you tell me?"

A huge smile spread across Abby's face, "I know your secret."

Kate acknowledged Abby's sly face and her determination not to blink or look away from Kate, "What secret?"

Abby could hardly control the laughter that was building up inside, "Not telling, because it's more fun if you find out. Go…go!"

Kate still had no clue what Abby was on about, or on, she did still 'go' though.

Bullpen

"Kate?" Tony whispered from across the bullpen, "Kate?"

"Not you too, Dinozzo – what do you want?" Kate snapped back, not meaning to be so harsh.

"I just got a message from Abby," Tony replied.

"Shocker!" Kate retaliated sarcastically, trying to get on with her work.

"No. It's weird, come here – look what it says," moaned Tony, raising his voice to draw attention.

Kate let out a heavy sigh and forced herself to come over to Tony's desk, she read the message aloud, "Kate knows that I know, I know Kate is, I know Tony is – do you know?" Kate looked puzzled, "Okay, you're right, that is weird."

She went back over to her desk and left Tony looking back over the email, "what do you think it means, Kate?"

"Do I look like I God damn care?" Kate replied, getting tired of the constant interruptions.

"Come on Katie…"

Kate quickly cut him off, "Don't call me Katie – don't you dare."

Next day

Kate was already at her desk when Tony came through the elevator doors exactly ten minutes after Kate had arrived.

"Hey, Dinozzo? You're late," Gibbs called from behind him, carrying his signature cup of coffee.

Tony looked down at Kate and scowled, "Some would say make-up comes before work."

Gibbs looked up, confused – so did Kate even though she knew what he meant.

"What's that supposed to mean, Dinozzo?" Gibbs asked.

Tony sighed, he didn't want to complicate matters further so he just went and sat down at his desk. He pulled his chair from under the desk and was about to sit down when he noticed a little package on his seat. He knelt down next to the chair and speedily pealed back the wrapping like a child at Christmas to reveal a small white bird, a dove, with an inscribing the said: 'love'. Tony smiled to himself and looked up at Kate, "Ah, Katie. You didn't have to."

"What, I didn't have to what?" she replied, oblivious to what he was on about.

"The bird?" Tony kept asking.

"I know, I had one too – how odd," she said, Tony now realised that Kate had not given him the bird, "Yeah, mine says 'birds' what does yours say?"

Tony looked down, "Love."

"Love birds," Kate 'cleverly' put the two words together.

"Hey, you two lovebirds stop gossiping – go down to Abby's lab, she has some useful stuff," Gibbs' voice came.

They dropped the doves and hurried into the elevator and came out in Abby's lab.

"What do you want?" Kate begun.

"Did you get my prezzies?" Abby asked, looking at the two of them.

"The birds were from you?" Tony questioned still not getting it.

Kate came closer and nudged him, she whispered, "I think she knows."

Tony laughed, "no she doesn't, no, no," as he saw the expression on Abby's face his 'no's' grew louder, "no, No, NO! NO! She can't know. How? How did you know we were married?"

"What?" Abby shouted.

"What?" Tony and Kate shouted.

"You two are married?" Abby asked.

"You didn't know?" Kate said.

"I thought you two were just dating, but this – well, this is much better," Abby laughed.

"We were so careful, how did you find out we were involved?" Tony questioned.

"Well, you know that guy, er, Frank? That delivery guy – well, Kate uses him and so do I, and so do you. Anyway, I got this delivery and I was like, what? This says Tony Dinozzo on it – I better take it to him," Abby looked up at Tony, "So I looked at the address and I went. So during the journey I opened it – sorry – and saw that it was loads of romcoms and chick flicks, and then I turned up at the address and realised that I was at Kate's house. I was really confused and then I looked at the DVD's and thought…"

Kate cut off Abby, "that I ordered the DVD's and put them in Tony's name."

"No. I thought, obviously, Tony was gay and ashamed of it so he sent it here," they both gave Abby a strange look, but Abby gave Kate a strange look for her suggestion, "Anyways, I kept knocking at the door and there was no reply so eventually I went round the back and tapped on the window and then I saw the evidence," Abby took a dramatic pause, "you and Tony, well, you know..."

"What!" they both screamed.

"Um, this is getting a bit awkward, so anyway, I thought you were dating but you're married!" Abby exclaimed excitedly, dismissing the previous point.

"Yes, but no one can know. I can't believe you found out anyway," Kate replied.

"Your secrets safe with me."

"Thanks Abs – you're the best!" Kate ran over and hugged her before leaving.

"So," Tony began, "How were we? You know…"

Abby stopped him, "Yeah – you and Kate. Pretty hot, but you're my friends so I currently live with a sick-bucket and I have revived all my old toys to sleep with incase I have nightmares and I no longer go to my palates class as I would have to drive past your house."

Tony looked at her quizzically, "gotcha!"

And with that Tony went out and got into the lift leaving Abby alone. Abby let out a sweet sigh, "Ah, Kate and Tony," she hummed – her mind started to wonder, "Kate and Tony?"

Abby quickly pulled out the sick bucket from under her desk – you don't really want to know much detail about that.

The End