AN: when you get to the part about the 'sleep in the eyes' , I meant eye boogers. But boogers just sounds a little...hinky, for this part of the story. (Like how I incorporated 'hinky' into my note? I'm good. :D lol I'm such a geek.) Story now.
Kate yawned and strolled into the livingroom. Tony was still passed out on the couch with his clothes on the floor. Kate gingerly picked them up and put them in the washer. Then she quietly crept into the kitchen to find something for breakfast. "Hmmm...Pizza, chinese, frozen waffles..." Kate shrugged and turned on the oven. "Waffles it is."
A smile tugged on Kate's lips as she looked over at Tony, sound asleep.
He'd been great last night. He'd make dinner and let her sob into his shirt. He'd even tucked her in. Kate chuckled. She almost could have sworn he was about to kiss her...Kate shook the thought from her head. He was her partner and he had done all of those for her because he was her friend. It didn't go any further than that. She'd only imaginged that he was going to kiss her. *Wishful thinking* Kate snorted. *I've got nothing to bitch about. I said it was just a brother, sister thing. But if I hadn't-*
Kate was pulled from her thoughts by a sleepy Tony. "Um, where are my clothes?" Kate smiled.
"I put them in the washer. I figured you'd want to take a shower and'd need clean clothes."
"Oh. What time is it?" Tony asked as he blinked the sleep from his eyes.
"0530. Breakfast'll be done by the time you get out of the shower."
Tony sleepily grinned. "Pizza or chinese?"
"Waffles."
Tony shook his head and half stumbled into the bathroom. Kate heard the shower start and ran to the door.
Kate called through the door, "Tony, I need your underwear."
"For what? You have a secret fetish or something?"
"No! Well, I might-I'm gonna put your underwear in with your other clothes."
Tony opened the door a few inches and threw out his boxers. Kate picked them up with the tips of her thumb and forefinger and tossed them into the washer.
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10 minutes later, Tony came out of the bathroom with a fluffy, white towel wrapped around his waist. "Is the laundry done yet?" he asked
"Nope. I have to put them in the dryer. I still have some of Tim's clothes though. You wanna wear those?"
"Thanks, but I'll stick with the towel. The idea of going commando in another man's pants freaks me out."
"Really?" Kate replied with a grin. "Well, there's always my clothes."
"If I fit into your clothes, I'll shoot myself."
Kate laughed. Tony smiled, her reaction was the one he'd been hoping for. Then she bit her lip.
"I- Thanks. I didn't- Thanks." Kate ended lamely.
"What are partners for if not to sleep on your couch, eat your food, and use your shower?"
"Speaking of food, your waffles are finished. You want syrup or sugar?" Kate inquired.
"Who eats sugar on their pancakes?"
"As a matter of fact, I do. Butter and sugar tastes great on waffles. Even better on pancakes." Kate retorted.
Tony shook his head. "You're as crazy as Abby."
Tony's eyes flashed. "What was the name of that bar?"
"What?"
"The one where you were attacked."
"Clava's, why?"
"Abby found a glass shard in the victim's cheek that came from Clava's. That's what killed her." Tony grabbed his gun off the coffee table and started for the door. "It could've been the same guy who attacked you."
"Where are you going?"
"To tell Gibbs." Tony replied as he headed out the door.
"You can't go like that."
Tony turned around and Kate pointedly looked at the towel.
"Right." Tony closed the door and sat back down at the table.
Kate went to the back of the apartment to put the clothes in the dryer.
"Your clothes'll be dry in about 30 minutes. You want to go ahead and call Gibbs?"
"Noooo. Not yet. He'll want us to come in as soon as we tell him. And since I'm essentially naked, at your place, it wouldn't be a good idea. He'd ask too many questions."
"I'll still have to tell him, won't I?" Kate said, more of a statement than a question.
Tony sighed. "Yeah. Otherwise he'll just- Shit!"
"What's wrong?"
"The reason I read your poem was because Abby handed it to me...After she read it.You know she'll tell Gibbs anything. She probably cracked right after I left."
"So they both think I was raped."
"Well, yeah. Aren't you going to say anything else?"
"No, shit pretty much summed it up." Kate sighed.
"I'll just get Abby, Gibbs, and Ducky together and tell the story once."
"Would you rather I did it?" Tony softly offered.
"No, I need to do it. But thank you. This is-"
"Weird?" Tony finished.
"I was going to say nice, but yes. I had you pegged as a chauvinistic skirtchaser and you aren't."
Tony grinned. "Eat your waffles before they get hard."
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AN: They'll be outta the apartment in the next chapter, I swear on my lilly white ass. As for this chapter, I know, I know. Kinda lame, but I couldn't think of any way to change it. Well, I took out a sentence and added 3, but this is as good as it gets. Until I make a final revision at the end of the story. That will be the version that'll be archived. After I do a contiuity sweep. :D I have a few, minor discrepancies in my story. The next chapter is dedicated to you if you can find them. :D Hehehe. Beta cheating. And my apologies for using 3 different forms of the word 'sleepy' within a paragraph. Groggy and boogers didn't sound right. Now! Hit me with the digits! (for those of you who've never watched Star Search, that means "review dammit!" :D
Kate yawned and strolled into the livingroom. Tony was still passed out on the couch with his clothes on the floor. Kate gingerly picked them up and put them in the washer. Then she quietly crept into the kitchen to find something for breakfast. "Hmmm...Pizza, chinese, frozen waffles..." Kate shrugged and turned on the oven. "Waffles it is."
A smile tugged on Kate's lips as she looked over at Tony, sound asleep.
He'd been great last night. He'd make dinner and let her sob into his shirt. He'd even tucked her in. Kate chuckled. She almost could have sworn he was about to kiss her...Kate shook the thought from her head. He was her partner and he had done all of those for her because he was her friend. It didn't go any further than that. She'd only imaginged that he was going to kiss her. *Wishful thinking* Kate snorted. *I've got nothing to bitch about. I said it was just a brother, sister thing. But if I hadn't-*
Kate was pulled from her thoughts by a sleepy Tony. "Um, where are my clothes?" Kate smiled.
"I put them in the washer. I figured you'd want to take a shower and'd need clean clothes."
"Oh. What time is it?" Tony asked as he blinked the sleep from his eyes.
"0530. Breakfast'll be done by the time you get out of the shower."
Tony sleepily grinned. "Pizza or chinese?"
"Waffles."
Tony shook his head and half stumbled into the bathroom. Kate heard the shower start and ran to the door.
Kate called through the door, "Tony, I need your underwear."
"For what? You have a secret fetish or something?"
"No! Well, I might-I'm gonna put your underwear in with your other clothes."
Tony opened the door a few inches and threw out his boxers. Kate picked them up with the tips of her thumb and forefinger and tossed them into the washer.
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10 minutes later, Tony came out of the bathroom with a fluffy, white towel wrapped around his waist. "Is the laundry done yet?" he asked
"Nope. I have to put them in the dryer. I still have some of Tim's clothes though. You wanna wear those?"
"Thanks, but I'll stick with the towel. The idea of going commando in another man's pants freaks me out."
"Really?" Kate replied with a grin. "Well, there's always my clothes."
"If I fit into your clothes, I'll shoot myself."
Kate laughed. Tony smiled, her reaction was the one he'd been hoping for. Then she bit her lip.
"I- Thanks. I didn't- Thanks." Kate ended lamely.
"What are partners for if not to sleep on your couch, eat your food, and use your shower?"
"Speaking of food, your waffles are finished. You want syrup or sugar?" Kate inquired.
"Who eats sugar on their pancakes?"
"As a matter of fact, I do. Butter and sugar tastes great on waffles. Even better on pancakes." Kate retorted.
Tony shook his head. "You're as crazy as Abby."
Tony's eyes flashed. "What was the name of that bar?"
"What?"
"The one where you were attacked."
"Clava's, why?"
"Abby found a glass shard in the victim's cheek that came from Clava's. That's what killed her." Tony grabbed his gun off the coffee table and started for the door. "It could've been the same guy who attacked you."
"Where are you going?"
"To tell Gibbs." Tony replied as he headed out the door.
"You can't go like that."
Tony turned around and Kate pointedly looked at the towel.
"Right." Tony closed the door and sat back down at the table.
Kate went to the back of the apartment to put the clothes in the dryer.
"Your clothes'll be dry in about 30 minutes. You want to go ahead and call Gibbs?"
"Noooo. Not yet. He'll want us to come in as soon as we tell him. And since I'm essentially naked, at your place, it wouldn't be a good idea. He'd ask too many questions."
"I'll still have to tell him, won't I?" Kate said, more of a statement than a question.
Tony sighed. "Yeah. Otherwise he'll just- Shit!"
"What's wrong?"
"The reason I read your poem was because Abby handed it to me...After she read it.You know she'll tell Gibbs anything. She probably cracked right after I left."
"So they both think I was raped."
"Well, yeah. Aren't you going to say anything else?"
"No, shit pretty much summed it up." Kate sighed.
"I'll just get Abby, Gibbs, and Ducky together and tell the story once."
"Would you rather I did it?" Tony softly offered.
"No, I need to do it. But thank you. This is-"
"Weird?" Tony finished.
"I was going to say nice, but yes. I had you pegged as a chauvinistic skirtchaser and you aren't."
Tony grinned. "Eat your waffles before they get hard."
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AN: They'll be outta the apartment in the next chapter, I swear on my lilly white ass. As for this chapter, I know, I know. Kinda lame, but I couldn't think of any way to change it. Well, I took out a sentence and added 3, but this is as good as it gets. Until I make a final revision at the end of the story. That will be the version that'll be archived. After I do a contiuity sweep. :D I have a few, minor discrepancies in my story. The next chapter is dedicated to you if you can find them. :D Hehehe. Beta cheating. And my apologies for using 3 different forms of the word 'sleepy' within a paragraph. Groggy and boogers didn't sound right. Now! Hit me with the digits! (for those of you who've never watched Star Search, that means "review dammit!" :D
