Chapter 9
The next morning Kate was awakened by the first rays of sunshine. However, she refused to open her eyes. Her head ached from the wine. She still remembered the dream from last night. It was a clear indication that her last sex was too long ago. Why should she otherwise dream of sleeping with Tony?
She decided to forget about the dream and get a some sleep, because even without looking at the clock, she knew that it was still early morning.
Only now she noticed that Tony's arm was wrapped around her. When she opened her eyes she found that her head was on Tony's naked chest. Just to make sure she darted a glance under the cover; as she had suspected they were both naked. It hadn`t been a dream.
Kate panicked. She freed herself gently from Tony's embrace and pulled her panties and the first clothes she could find on – Tony`s Shirt -, took her cell phone and ran to the ground floor. On the stairs she dialed a number.
"Please, pick up, please." she muttered.
At the other end a sleepy voice answered the phone after a few times rings: "Hello?"
"Lexi!" Kate exclaimed almost relieved to hear her voice.
"What is it, Kate? Why are you calling me at this hour? I hope it`s important! "
"I'm sorry, I know it's early. I need to talk to you. I did something foolish. "Kate said as she walked into the kitchen and put on coffee.
"What's going on, Kate?" Alexis asked.
"I ... I ... well ... ."
"Kate," Alexis exclaimed slightly annoyed.
"I slept with Tony."
"YOU DID WHAT?" Alexis was shocked.
"I do not know why I did that. He is in a relationship with Sofia. It was wrong. "Kate was in tears. "I'm Catholic. How could I do that. That was quasi adultery. "
"Not really. None of you is married. "Alexis was trying to cheer her up.
"Lexi !"
"I'm sorry."
The two were silent for a moment.
"And how was the sex?" Alexis asked.
"How nice of you to laugh abou-." But Kate interrupted herself, because she had heard something.
"I think Tony is awake. I'll call you again later.", she said and hung up.
A few moments later Tony walked into the kitchen. When he saw Kate, he said: "There did my shirt got to."
Kate glanced down at herself, blushed and replied: "I'm sorry, I didn`t really pay attention to what I was putting on."
"It's ok. It suits you. "
Kate blushed again and distracted herself by pouring herself a cup of coffee. After this embarrassing moment, Tony asked: "Is there any coffee left?"
"Sure, I just brewed it." She poured him a cup and handed it to him.
For a while the two sipped her coffee and didn`t say a word. Then Tony said, "Kate, what happened last night-."
But Kate interrupted him immediately: "That should not have happened. It was wrong. You are with Sofia. We were drunk, but that's no excuse ... "Kate started to hyperventilate.
Tony went to her and put his hands on her shoulders. "Calm down. Breathe deeply in and out. "
Kate did what Tony told her and her breathing returned to normal gradually.
"Don`t lose it. We need to discuss this.", Tony said to ease the situation.
"I'm sorry that I have problems with being the woman with whom you cheated on your girlfriend.", Kate retorted angry.
Kate could see in Tony's face how much her words had hurt him. After all he was very fond of Sofia, but he had cheated on her.
"I'm sorry." Kate said, "The situation is too much for me."
"We agree that this was a one-time thing, right?" Kate continued.
Tony nodded.
"Ok. ... Are you going to tell Sofia? "
Tony looked at her confused.
"I just want to know to be able to prepare myself. She will be devastated and she surely will confront me."
"I don`t know yet if I`ll tell her.", Tony said.
"Please tell me if you do."
Tony nodded again.
"Are we going to tell Gibbs?" Tony asked.
Now it was Kate who looked irritated.
"One of us or both of us could lose the job. I think in front of Gibbs it's better when we act like nothing had happened."
"Agreed." Tony said taking a sip of his coffee.
"There`s one more thing." Kate said, "I'll sleep on the couch from now on. It`s the best thing I can do under these circumstances."
"I'll sleep on the couch." Tony replied and left the kitchen without another word. The guilt-ridden Kate stayed in the kitchen alone.
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