CHAPTER12#

Kate woke up at nine the next morning she slowly rolled over to her dismay he was gone.

Kate through back the covers then she noticed a single long stem thornless crimson rose.

Her favorite flower resting on the pillow beside her.

Kate picked up te rose and looked at it carefully.

Kate then noticed a note attached to it.

The note read.

I'll be wanting this back.

Gibbs.

Kate smiled and put the rose on the nightstand.

She changed her clothes then headed to work.

"hey Tony"Kate smiled walking past his desk.

"your in an awful good mood today Kate.Haven't you heard Gibbs is leaving us?"

"NO"Kate looked up to see Gibbs packing his desk up.

Gibbs winked at Kate and she blushed hoping nobody would notice.

Kate heard her pager go off and looked at it.

Abby was paging her so she went to the elavator and went to the lab.

"Abby I got you page.what's up"

"Yeah I paged you nothing is up just thought I'd......."

"what???"

"I know about you.....and Gibbs"

"What??"

"Last night I came to your hotel room to see if you were ok and you were both asleep together.

"SO?!?!?THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING!"Kate yelled.

"Kate...I know you are with Gibbs.....but I also know you'll lose your jobs if anyone finds out so I won't tell"

"Thank you Abby"

"you're welcome"

"I gotta go before they miss me"Kate said walking out the door.

Kate walked to her desk and was surprised to see a note sitting on her desk.

Kate hid the note in a file so nobody could see it then she read it.

it read:

Abby knows

Kate smiled and through the paper away she then began to do her paperwork.

Kate arrived at her house at around ten that night and went to her kitchen not bothering to lock her door.

Kate was making dinner when she heard a knock on her door.

Kate andswered it it was Gibbs.

"hi I wondered when I would see you again"

"Well here I am"

"Come in I was making dinner you can jion me"

Gibbs stepped in and Kate shut the door behind him.

Kate walked past and he caught her hand and pulled her to him.

"what is it??"Kate asked.

"What if we get caught??"

"then it wasn't meant to be"

Gibbs leaned down and kissed her softly.

Kate wrapped her arms around his kneck.

Gibbs carefully pushed her away not wanting to rush her.

Kate was nervous and unsure of what to do next.

offer him coffee,ask him to sit down ask him if he wants to spend the night.

Gibbs noticed she was acting wierd.

"Look Kate if you're not ready for this yet I can just go..."

"No it's ok"

"If you change your mind......"

"I won't"

Kate walked into the kitchen and Gibbs folowed.

"What can I do"

"Nothing"

Gibbs walked up behind Kate and put his hands on her shoulders.

"do you know how long I have wanted to be this close to you?"

"No"Kate said not paying much attention.

"you know there was always one thing I wanted to do more then the rest"he said playing with her hair.

"really?what was that?"

"this"

Gibbs brushed her hair to the one side and kissed her neck.

Kate tilted her head to one side as he kissed her kneck up to her ear.

"we're never going to get dinner at this rate"She sighed.

"Sorry"Gibbs stepped away from her.

"Don't be sorry"

Kate turned around to face him and he caught her by the waist and kissed her.

Gibbs pinned her against the counter in a long kiss.

"wow"She sighed when they broke apart.

"that's what they all say"Gibbs said as he retreated to the living room.

Kate walked into the living room and sat next to him.

Gibbs moved closer to her and played with her hair some more.

"I love you"He said softly.

Kate jumped at his words and ran into the bathroom.

"Kate??"Gibbs got up and followed her.

Kate came out of the bathroom and she had been crying.

"Kate??was it something I did?"

"No it's just......"

"what??"

"Nobody ever told me they loved me before and meant it not even my parents"

"I meant it"

"I love you too"

Gibbs smiled.

"Why do I always fall for the one guy I can't have??"

"I don't know"

"If we do get caught what do we do???"

"I don't know we'll cross that bridge if we come to it"

Kate nodded and sat down on the couch Gibbs sat next to her.

"so what are our dinner plans???"

"roast beef and then desert"

"What's for desert??"

Kate stood up and walked in the kitchen.

"whats for desert??"he asked again.

Kate winked and he stood up.

"Ever hear about starting with desert?"

"No I haven't but I can give you a sample"

"Ok"

Kate walked over and gave him a long soft kiss.

"that will hold me over"

"you sure??"

"No"

Gibbs stood up caught her by the shoulders and kissed her then sat down pulling her with him onto the couch.

"are you trying to seduce me??"Kate asked when he left her go.

"Why am I seducing you??"

"Maybe"

"I don't want you to feel I have to be here Kate you if you want I'll leave"

"No.it's just Gibbs....."

"Kate quit calling me Gibbs you can call me Jethro when we're alone"

"oh.....ok....Gi....Jethro"

"Just call me what ever makes you feel comfortable"

"Ok Gibbs"

Gibbs had to smile upon realising she went back to his last name.

"I want you here but I gotta ask why are you here???"

"I came to see you"

"Oh"

"why did you think I came?"

"I.....I...thought that you came for........me...in other ways...."

"Kate no I just came to see you"

"Oh"kate suddenly felt like an idiot.

"I don't know how you could have ever gotten that idea but that was the last thing on my mind when I came here"

"Sorry I doubted you"

Kate and Gibbs ate dinner then cleaned up.

"Where is desert?"Gibbs asked.

"hang on"Kate soon came back with a pumpkin pie.

"Pie?"

"Uhhu"

"looks great do you have coffee?"

"Yes I made you coffee"

Gibbs and Kate ate the pie and drank the coffee she made while watching gone in sixty seconds.

"Ok wich do you think is more exciting???"Kate asked.

"What???"

"Wich is more exciting?"

"what are my chioces?"

"Let's be different.car chases,having sex or being in a bombing and serviving"

"Uh......"

"and you can't say all three"

"ok how about the last two at the same time?"

"well you pass that test"

Gibbs smiled.

"What movie do you want to watch?"

"it's getting late"

"oh"

"i'll see you tomorrow night if you are ok with that"

"yeah"

Kate stood up and walked with Gibbs to the door.

"Goodnight"Kate said.

"Goodnight"

Gibbs leaned down and kissed her.

Her arms went around his neck and she kissed him back she kicked the open door closed.

Gibbs started kissing down her neck.

"maybe you should stay here it's getting dark out there"Kate said.

"Yeah I was thinking the same thing"

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**** If I could grant you one wish I'd wish you could see the way you kiss oohh I love watching you baby oohh when you're driving me crazy

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OOh I love the way you love the way you love me there's no where else I'd rather be OOH to feel the way I feel with your arms around me I only wish that you could see the way you love me love me OOH the way you love me

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It's not right it's not fair what you're missing over there someday I'll find a way to show you just how lucky I am to know you

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(CHORUS)

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OOh I love teh way you love the way you love me there's no where else I'd rather be ooh to feel the way you I feel with your arms around me I only wish that you could see the way you love me

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You're the million reasons why there's love reflecting in my eyes

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( CHORUS )

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OOh I love the way you love the way you love there's no where else I'd rather be OOh to feel the way I feel with your arms around me I only wish that you could see the way you love me

*** THE WAY YOU LOVE ME *** BY *** FAITH HILL***

AN: I want to keep the PG-13 rating so I think you can pretty much guess what went on after that.