Okay, the finale sucked. Big-time. Urgh.

Anyhoo, thanks for all the great reviews, here in "Back Here" and in my other fics. You guys rock. I love your feedback, so keep those reviews coming!

By the way, does anyone know the name of theTony's frat brotherthatKate dated? I think they mentioned it in "Meat Puzzle". I just don't remember his name. I'd like to say it was Steve, but... It would be a big help to me if one of you remembered. I need it for the next part.

A bunch of you wanted to see Gibbs's reaction to their dating, so here we go.

PART TWO – THE BOSS WEIGHS IN

Two weeks later

They were doing a pretty good job of keeping their relationship a secret…or so they thought. Gibbs, McGee and Abby all noticed a change between the two, as well as the little looks they kept giving each other when they thought no one was looking.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs wasn't sure how to address the situation. He didn't even know if he should, since they were keeping their relationship out of the office and it wasn't in any way interfering with their work. (He chose to overlook the glances they often exchanged, since technically there wasn't anything wrong with looking.)

Yet he was still concerned about where their relationship was going, and like Abby and McGee, worried about one of them – Kate in particular – getting hurt. So he took it upon himself to have a little talk with Tony that morning.

"Kate, get me a profile on Petty Officer Stella Clark. McGee, I want her address. Now," barked Gibbs. "And Tony…" He tossed him a set of keys. "You're with me. Grab the sedan."

Tony quickly looked over at Kate, and they exchanged silent goodbyes before he headed down to the parking garage. After picking Gibbs up at the main entrance of the NCIS headquarters, they headed towards the petty officer's house.

"So," Gibbs said out of the blue. "How's Kate, DiNozzo?"

Tony nearly drove into a fire hydrant and managed to avoid it at the last possible second. "W-what, Gibbs?"

He fixed his blue eyes on Tony, who was already turning pale. "You heard me, DiNozzo."

Tony kept his eyes on the road, thoughts swirling dizzily in his head. He was panicking majorly. "I-I have no idea what you're talking about, boss," he said, lying pathetically.

Gibbs raised an eyebrow at him and waited.

He sighed in defeat. He had no choice but to admit. "Look, Gibbs, I know you frown upon relationships between agents," he said finally with a sigh. "But we thought we covered it up pretty well."

"Do you love her?" Gibbs asked gruffly, his eyes never leaving Tony's face.

Tony allowed himself a quick glance in Gibbs's direction. "I do," he said firmly.

"Good. Break her heart and I'll kill you," he said nonchalantly, looking out the window.

He gulped. "I won't break her heart, Gibbs…sir."

"She's good for you, you know."

"I know."

"She made you grow up. After all these years of you being convinced that you were still in college… She's practically a miracle worker, DiNozzo."

"Yes, sir, I know that."

"You do know that if you hurt her, it wouldn't just be me who'd be after you?" Gibbs said conversationally. "Why, Ducky would be happy to – "

" – I have no intention of hurting Kate, Gibbs, so I wouldn't want to hear what Ducky would do," Tony interrupted.

He nodded approvingly. "Huh. My BS meter isn't going off. You must really be serious about her. Amazing."

"Sure is, Gibbs. Kate…she's amazing." He paused, took a deep breath and plowed on. "So, uh… Does that mean we have your, er, blessing, Gibbs?"

"Why the hell would you need my blessing, DiNozzo?" he demanded. "I sure as hell hope you aren't getting married. It's too damn soon."

"No, no! We're not getting married. We haven't even discussed anything remotely like that! We just need your, uh…support. So you won't, er, fire us or anything."

"And lose two of my best agents? You're crazy."

"Boss… You-you mean that? We're 'two of your best agents'?"

Gibbs snorted, reached over and gave him a sharp whack on the head. "Don't flatter yourself, DiNozzo."

He knew he should've left it at that, but he blurted out anyway, "Just like that? You're letting us off, just like that?"

Gibbs fixed a steely gaze on the younger agent. "Would you like me to take it all back, DiNozzo?"

"N-no! Just… You're not going say something like, 'Don't let it interfere with your work', or something?" Tony threw the car into park and looked at Gibbs, who seemed to ignore him.

He finally shut up and quit while he was ahead. Pulling on his NCIS cap, he followed Gibbs up the front walk to the petty officer's house.

Gibbs rang the doorbell and they waited in silence, Tony fidgeting nervously.

The doorknob turned, and Gibbs turned to look at Tony as he fished out his badge from his coat pocket.

"Don't let it interfere with your work," he said simply.