I know you guys probably hate me for making them come together then almost breaking them up again, but Tony's not that kind of guy who goes into a real relationship without hesitating. But don't worry I am a Tate fan all the way so you will have your Tate, but there will be some drama here and there. Thank you so much for reviewing, I love getting feedback!

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Kate was looking at Tony while he looked through the case files. He looked like he was about to give up, so far they hadn't found anything that could place Gregor at the scene of the murders. His "gorillas" as Tony called them had given him alibis. When he noticed Kate was looking at him he looked up from his papers and looked back at her. She stood up and walked over to him.

"Can I talk to you for a second?" She asked, she could feel her lips shaking and her breathing changed, it became faster and deeper.

He looked around to see if someone was looking, but Gibbs was downstairs with Ducky, and McGee wasn't paying attention. "Sure" He said as he stood up and followed her down the hallway.

"What's up?" He asked, even though he was pretty sure they weren't going to discuss the case.

"I just…" She started as she looked around, agents were walking back and forward all the time. No privacy. "Come here" She said as she dragged him into a janitor's closet.

"Kate I don't think this is the time for this" He said with a smirk.

"You and your dirty mind" She said. "Actually I needed to talk to you about us, you became all absent in the car when I asked and I… Do you want this?" She asked him as she tried not to meet his gaze.

Tony didn't know what to say, he had doubts about them, but then it hit him. He looked at her and he saw her eyes the same way he saw them the night she had come to him to check up on him, before she had hugged him that night. And he could see her all vulnerable and it was beautiful in his eyes. Everything about her amazed him, and then he realized something. It was himself he wasn't sure he could trust. Not them, together.

She looked into his eyes, his eyes were shining down at her, and he smiled. "You know me Kate; I don't do relationships very well"

She was about to yell at him, tell him what a jerk he was for leading her on and breaking her down again. Not once, but twice. But then he said something.

"But maybe I can make this one work, maybe you and I can work… I think it can" He said as he gave a small smile.

Kate looked down as he grabbed her hand. "But, I might need some time to adjust, and everything that's going on right now, I need time" He told her. Now he was feeling very vulnerable and it wasn't too fun, so he didn't say more, he just waited for her to reply.

"Thank you" She told him in a whisper, before she leaned in and gave him a light kiss on his cheek, it was more like a light brush than a kiss.

They stood and looked at each other and then suddenly Tony grinned as he almost laughed.

"What?" Kate asked surprised.

"I'm sorry, I'm not good at the whole staring into each other's eyes thing" He said, she laughed with him.

"Okay, time to get out of this closet?" Kate said.

"Yeah okay, I'll go out first and you'll come out a few minutes later okay?" He said

"Okay, can't have people think we've been doing something… Hinky" Kate said with a smile

"Please, we've only been here like 5 minutes. Anthony DiNozzo doesn't…"

Kate cut him off. "Just wait here" She said as she walked out the door, as she closed the door behind her. He leaned up against the wall. What was he getting himself into? What was he getting her into? "This is crazy" He told himself, but he couldn't help but smile. He couldn't help but be happy.

Tony had did like he was being told and he didn't come out for a few minutes. He smirked at Kate as he walked by.

"Where have you been?" Gibbs said. He jumped a little of his voice. He hadn't noticed he was back from Ducky's yet.

"I was getting coffee" He said at the top of his mind.

"Where is it?" Gibbs asked, since Tony was not holding a cup.

"Idiot" Kate thought to herself.

"The machine wouldn't take my money" he said as he sat down at his desk.

"Kate, just go downstairs to Abby and see if she'd been able to match the prints" He said.

"What prints?" Kate asked.

"My guess is that Gibbs took something from the gangster guy" Tony said looking from Kate to Gibbs. Gibbs just smiled.

"Just go do it Kate!"

"I'm on it Gibbs!" She said.

"And McGee?" McGee quickly turned away from his computer.

"Go with her, Abby's being having trouble with one of her computers" He nodded and followed Kate.

Kate turned around one last time to look at Tony, but he was already busy with his computer.

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Down in the lab Kate and McGee was surprised when they heard what kind of music Abby was listening to.

"That sounds like pop-country" McGee said and Kate nodded, when they walked inside the lab Abby was dancing while SINGING to the music.

"But Kate is young, and, man, she just don't care, She'd follow Tonyanywhere, She's in love with the boy!" She sang along.

"Abby!" McGee yelled.

"Oh, hey guys!" Abby said, Kate looked at her with a straight look.

"What are you doing?" McGee asked. "And doesn't that song go: Katie's young and man she just don't care, she'd follow Tommy anywhere?"

"I'm surprised you know that McGee!" Was all Abby said, before she turned off the music and sat down at her computer.

"Well, I couldn't find anything in Gregor's prints that could lead him to the killings, but with Ducky's help I've been able to find out what the murder weapon is!" Abby said proudly. "The cut from Stefania's body and head was clean but you could find some bruising on the inside of the neck so my best guess is this" She said as she tapped on the computer and a knife with a weird looking wooden handle showed up at the big screen.

It's a special kind of knife that's only used in butchery's on the finest meat" She told them as she turned around in her chair. "And if you see the cut wound on Jake Michaels I would say he was killed with the same knife or at least the same type"

"Good job Abby!" Kate said. And Abby smiled. "Thank you, I know" She said.

"You should send that up to Gibbs" McGee said. "And by the way Gibbs said you were having trouble with one of your computers?"

She shook her head. "I can fix it myself!"

McGee just nodded. "Okay"

They were about to walk back outside before McGee turned around and said: "Why were you singing Kate and Tony instead of Katie and Tommy?"

She just smirked and turned around in her chair and started tapping again. He looked at Kate. Who gave a very fake "I didn't do anything" look before she walked out of the lab. She was really happy Gibbs hadn't come with them downstairs.