Under the Covers
Chapter 11

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"Morning." Tony greeted, stretching out in their bed, his leg accidentally brushing against Kate's.

Kate groaned something that sounded like 'good morning' but Tony was one hundred percent sure.

"I'm going to have a shower." Tony said. "Unless you want the bathroom first?"

Kate mumbled something else and Tony headed for the bathroom and showered under the hot cascade of water. When he exited the bathroom in his bath towel Kate was up and making them both coffee.

"Hey," She smiled as he entered the room. She tried not to notice how good he was looking this morning.

"You're awake now then?" Tony smirked; taking the coffee mug that Kate offered him.

"It's not my fault that I'm not a morning person!" She replied, sipping from her own mug of coffee.

Tony smiled. "What are we going to do today then?"

Kate shrugged. "I'm sure we'll find some way of amusing herself." She didn't notice the innuendo of her words until it was too late.

Tony grinned but said nothing, he was happy drinking his coffee and not wearing it.

"Jethro, I've got work to do!" Jenny protested from her office the next morning. Gibbs kissed her softly, not releasing her from his strong embrace. She submitted to his kiss and ignored the ringing of her phone.

"I really have to get this." She finally said. Gibbs waited while she answered the call. He stepped closer to her and softly kisses her neck as she spoke. Fortunately it was only Abby Scuito on the end of the line.

"Jethro!" Jenny hissed, swatting him away with her hand.

On the other end of the line Abby was confused. Of course she had seen the sparks flying between Gibbs and the Director but she was sure she would have known if something had happened between them. Maybe she was just too preoccupied with Kate and Tony and of course the situation between her and McGee. He seemed to have read more into yesterday's kiss than she had thought he would and she couldn't decide if that was a good thing or not.

While Kate showered in the bathroom Tony got dressed and finished his coffee. As he swallowed his last mouthful the hotel phone rang causing Tony to jump. Kate and Tony exchanged a look before Tony got up to answer the telephone.

"Hello?" He answered tentatively.

"DiNozzo?" Came the reply, unmistakably from their boss.

"Boss." Tony replied.

"We've received a tip off." Gibbs continued. "We have reason to believe that the Clarke's are using the hotel spa as a front for their human trafficking business. We need you down there again today and please try and keep a low profile."

"On it boss." Tony replied before both he and Gibbs hung up. He turned to Kate to fill her in on the good news.

Gibbs stepped out of the elevator and entered Abby's lab. He smiled to himself over the pound of loud music and walked forward, holding the container of Caf-Pow out in front of him. Abby grinned when she saw him and reached out gratefully for the drink.

"What do I owe this pleasure?" Abby asked after taking two long sips from the Cap-Pow.

"How is the surveillance of the hotel room going?" Gibbs asked.

"It's hard." Abby confessed. "The provider that the GPS dot belongs to is proving harder to hack into than I thought."

"How long?" Gibbs asked, getting straight to the point as always.

"Four hours?" Abby guessed until she saw the look on his face. "Okay, two at the least."

"Better." Gibbs replied, turning to leave the lab.

"Congratulations by the way." Abby called after him.

Gibbs turned back and looked at her in confusion.

"What?"

"You and Jenny; I'm happy for you." Abby grinned. She could have sworn she saw Gibbs blush.

The sauna was empty when Kate and Tony arrived that morning. They left their bags in the lockers provided by the hotel and Kate slipped out of her baggy blue t-shirt and denim shorts. Tony pulled his own t-shirt off over his head in order not to drool at Kate who was wearing a patterned blue bikini today.

"You coming or what?" Kate hissed, breaking Tony out of his fantasy.

Colour rushed to his cheeks but at least as soon as they were in the sauna he could blame it on the heat. Kate grabbed her towel and led the way to the sauna. A wave of warm air hit them as Kate opened the door and spread out on one of the wooden benches.

"Whoa, it's as hot as that elevator in here." Tony commented. Sitting on the far end of the bench.

It was Kate's turn to blush now as she remembered the events of twenty-four hours ago. She was just glad that things between her and Tony had almost got back to normal already.

"So Gibbs wants us to spend all morning in here?" Kate asked after a few minutes of silence had passed between them.

"Pretty much." Tony nodded, smirking his trademark grin.

"Definitely one of Gibbs' better assignments." Kate smiled.

"You don't see me arguing." Tony grinned back.

After a few more minutes Kate reached out and placed her hand on Tony's arm.

"I'm glad things are okay between us." She admitted.

Tony looked confused which forced Kate to explain further. "After yesterday I mean."

"Oh." Tony replied, trying to maintain his usual tone of voice. "Me too."

Kate moved her hand away, breaking the physical contact between them. She wiped her face with the towel and pushed herself up off the bench. Tony caught her by the arm before she could exit the sauna.

"Where are you going?" He asked, pulling her around to face him and getting to his feet as well.

"I thought I might go for a swim. It's getting pretty hot in here."

Tony grinned. "Katie that would happen to be the point of a sauna."

Kate shot him a playful glare, having to crane her neck to look up at him due to their close proximity. She could feel the heat radiating from his body and it made her shiver despite the intense temperature of the sauna.

"Are you okay?" Tony asked, noticing her shiver and wondering if they had spent too long in the sauna.

Kate nodded, increasing the distance between them and heading for the door. Tony followed and headed for the pool.

"I'm just going to use the bathroom." Kate told Tony.

Five minutes later, from his seat beside the pool, Tony saw Kate enter the room again but a taller woman with curly brown hair stopped her. Tony watched their exchange intently and was surprised to see Kate following the woman. As she saw the woman from the side it suddenly clicked, he knew who she was. The question was why was Kate willingly leaving the room with Rowena Clarke?

Oh my god, have I actually included some plot in this chapter?! I think I need a lie down now! Please review! Xx.