The Morning After
By that belle

Ending up in Anthony DiNozzo's bed was not at the top of Caitlin Todd's 'to do' list… ..Tony & Kate..

A/N: I was having a look at the stats of this story earlier, and I was surprised to see how well it's going! A big thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed so far. Please enjoy the next chapter!

"Oh, I am so glad I let you convince me to let you give me a backrub." Kate moaned as Tony's hands rubbed her shoulders. "That feels so good."

"I'm glad you like it." Tony grinned, placing a kiss on the back of her neck. "Feeling any better?"

"Unbelievably." The two were sitting in Kate's bath, and he was giving her a backrub. Kate had lit some candles, and the two had enjoyed a romantic evening at home. Tony had cooked, and Kate had chosen a DVD to watch. Now, they were enjoying a backrub in a bubble bath, and Tony was staying for the whole weekend.

Jenny Shepherd had been at NCIS for close to four weeks, and the tension between her and Gibbs was very noticeable. Everyone knew it, but no one discussed it. Kate wasn't sure whether she enjoyed working for Jenny directly, but it was a very different atmosphere from downstairs with three other men.

"You're nearly through your first trimester." Tony said, kissing her neck again. "Are you nervous?"

"A little." Kate admitted. She hadn't told Tony that she had an amnio booked for the following morning. If the results were the ones she was hoping for, then there was no reason that Tony ever needed to know. "I'm not so nervous, knowing you're with me."

Tony smiled. "Kate?" He asked.

"Yes, Tony?"

"I… I love you, Kate."

Kate grinned. She turned around so she was facing him, and kissed him. "I love you too, Tony."

He stroked her hair. "Are we spending the day here tomorrow?" Tony asked, kissing her cheek. He just wanted to hold her, because he knew there was nothing wrong. He loved Kate, Kate loved him back, and they were going to have a baby together.

"If you like." Kate replied, resting against him. "I have an errand to run in the morning, though. You may not even be up then. But for the rest of the day I'm all yours."

"Where are you going?" Tony asked. Kate winced inside; she didn't want to tell Tony.

"It's a secret," She teased, attempting to throw him off.

Tony just rolled his eyes. "You women and your secrets. Well, I might as well take the time to go into the office and pick up something."

"What?" Kate asked.

Tony grinned. "It's a secret."

Just as Kate had told him the previous night, when Tony woke up in the morning, she was long gone. Her side of the bed had even been made, and she had left him a note.

I'll be back around 11. Don't make any plans for lunch.

Love you.

P.S: Make the bed!

Tony grinned, and got out of bed. He headed for the shower. 20 minutes later, he was dressed and on his way to work. The traffic on the road was rather light, and he was there sooner than he expected. When he walked into the bullpen, he was surprised to find that it wasn't empty like it usually was. Director Shepherd and another woman were standing by Kate's desk, and Tony was shocked to see that the woman had a box. Full of things.

"Good morning, Agent DiNozzo." She said. The dark haired woman turned around, and looked at Tony.

"Director." He said, heading over to his desk. "Didn't expect to see you on a Saturday morning."

"I'm just showing Officer David her new desk." The Director said, causing Tony to turn around and look at her.

"But that's Kate's desk."

Director Shepherd raised an eyebrow at Tony. "Kate is working for me for the next five and a half months, remember Agent DiNozzo? Officer David is temporarily taking her place so that Agent Gibbs is not one person short on the field."

The dark haired woman held out her hand to Tony. "Ziva David."

Tony shook her hand reluctantly. "Anthony DiNozzo. You can call me Tony."

The two looked at each other for a moment. Tony knew it was going to be weird coming in to work every morning and seeing Ziva, not Kate sitting opposite him.

Ah well. He'd have to get used to it. He turned back to his desk again and looked through some paperwork. He stuffed it into his bag, as well as the real thing he came into work for; the card for the flower company Kate loved so much. He was going to order her a bunch of her favourite flowers, then go back to her place and enjoy the rest of the weekend on a mini cruise. He walked towards the elevator, whistling, when Director Shepherd called out to him.

"Tony! Can you ask Kate to ring in when you go back to her place? I need her help with something in the morning."

Tony turned on his heel and shook his head. "Sorry, Director. No can do." He smirked. "Kate and I are going on a 2-day cruise. See you all on Tuesday."

He walked out, grinning at the shocked expressions he imagined were on the two women's faces.

Kate's eyes opened slowly, and she found herself staring at a white ceiling. For a moment she didn't know where she was, but the strong smell of cleaning chemicals in the room brought her back to reality. She was at the hospital, and she had just had an amniocentesis. She had asked the doctor not to explain to her how the procedure worked, but the pain in her lower stomach was killing her, and she wanted answers.

The door opened, and in came her doctor. Kate quite liked her; she was a friendly woman, who Kate suspected was in her early fifties. She was a bit plump, but she had a kind face and Kate had always trusted her face. She had been coming to her for as long as she could remember.

"How are you feeling, Kate?" The doctor asked.

Kate groaned in reply. "What happened in the procedure?"

The doctor – Karen - laughed. "I thought you didn't want to know." Kate shook her head. "Well," Karen said. "An amniocentesis is the removal of fluid from the amniotic cavity."

"But why am I in so much pain?" Kate winced.

Karen sighed. "We inserted a fine needle through your abdomen into your womb," She explained. Kate turned pale. "The fluid contains cells that have shed from your babies skin. Usually women undertake this procedure to determine whether or not there are any abnormalities… but it can also be used to determine paternity. Since you requested it, I will send the cells over to your lab at NCIS in approximately two weeks."

"Why does it take so long?" Kate said miserably.

"Well, the cells are extracted and cultured." Karen said. "Two to three weeks are a sufficient amount of time for the cells to grow, so an analysis of chromosomes can be made."

"But I'm almost three months along!" Kate protested. "Wouldn't that make a difference?"

Karen shrugged her shoulders. "I would much rather have performed this procedure when you were at least four months along."

Kate sighed in defeat. She tried to sit up, but Karen rushed over to her and pushed her gently back on to the bed. "Don't think you're going anywhere."

Kate groaned. "What time can I leave? I'm meeting my boyfriend at 11!"

Karen snorted. "I don't think that'll be happening."

"But I have to meet Tony at 11…" Kate said, sighing. "Can I call him then?"

Karen nodded, and handed Kate her bag. Kate rummaged through it and pulled out her cell phone, and dialled Tony's number.

He picked up almost immediately. "Hey, Katie."

"Hi Tony." Kate couldn't keep her disappointment out of her voice.

"What's wrong?"

Thinking quickly, Kate replied, "Something's come up. I won't be able to meet you at 11." She didn't want Tony to know where she was.

"Oh. Well, that's alright, because I got a little caught up at work. You up for a late lunch then?"

"Sure. See you around 2, at my place?"

"Sounds good. See you then."

Kate turned off her phone, and lay back down. Karen's orders were to get some sleep, and if Kate wanted to be out of the hospital and meeting Tony by 2pm, she would need to get some rest.

Tony was waiting in the kitchen when Kate came home. It was a little after 2pm, and Tony had decided that he would make lunch for the two of them.

"Tony?" He heard her call from the hallway. "Are you here?"

"Yeah," He replied, as he served their lunch on two plates. "In the kitchen."

Moments later, Kate appeared, and her mouth fell open when she saw what Tony had done. He had cooked scrambled eggs on toast, with two glasses of orange juice. On the table was a bunch of Kate's favourite flowers.

"How did your thing go?" Tony asked, ushering Kate over to the table and sitting her down. She couldn't help but smile at the attention.

"Great." She lied. She was still feeling a bit of pain from the procedure, but had taken some painkillers, so it wasn't bothering her as much as it had been before. "What happened at work?"

Tony sat down opposite her, and shrugged a shoulder. "I just had to pick up something. Director Shepherd was there, with your… er, temporary replacement."

He knew instantly that he should have thought that sentence over before he said it. Kate's expression faltered for a second, and she looked away from him. "Oh. What's he like?"

"… she is… I don't know, Kate," Tony said. "She isn't you, that's for sure. I don't want to go into work every morning and not see you."

"I'll be at work." Kate said, trying to smile. "I'll just be upstairs."

Tony nodded. "Still won't be the same."

Kate rolled her eyes. "You can always come up and see me."

He leaned across the table and kissed her cheek. "I'll be sure to."

In the end, Tony and Kate weren't able to go on the mini cruise they had planned. On Monday morning, Tony rang in to tell Gibbs that the two weren't coming into work anyway, so they had the day to themselves. They decided to get out of bed at about 11am, and Kate was in the shower when the phone rang.

"Tony, can you get that?" Kate called from the bathroom.

"Sure," Tony replied. He got out of bed and went off in search of the phone. He didn't make it in time, but he heard the message that the caller left.

"Hey, Kate, it's Abby… I don't know how to say this, so I'm just gonna say it and hope Tony isn't around listening…"

Tony was startled by that comment, but listened on.

"A woman named Karen rang me this morning… said she was your doctor. She told me that she's sending the results of an amniocentesis over here for me to analyse in a couple of weeks. I know you, Kate. Your family doesn't have any history of child abnormalities. And I'm pretty sure Tony's family doesn't either… which means you're unsure of the paternity of your baby. Kate! What's going on? Call me as soon as you get this!"

The message ended, and Tony stood there, as still as a statue. He couldn't believe what he had just heard. He played the message again, just to make sure that he wasn't dreaming. Then he pinched himself. It hurt, which meant that he wasn't dreaming.

And the message was true.

"Who was it, Tony?" Kate came into the kitchen, wrapped in a towel. She was drying her hair with another towel. "Tony?" She asked again when he didn't respond. He just pressed the button on her machine, and the message played through again.

Kate paled. Tony was just looking at her. "It's not what you think…"