Chapter 1
Tony and Kate returned to the dead marine's apartment to collect some more evidence. They had just been there that same morning but Gibbs wasn't satisfied with some of the samples, probably because Abby couldn't find any DNA on it.
"This really s-cks." Tony said in a loud voice so Kate would hear him and know he didn't want to do this. But didn't pay him any attention "I mean why us?" he went on "I don't know Tony, can we now enter and get the those samples?" Tony opened the door so they could enter and start collecting evidence.
Tony just couldn't let it go and bothered Kate again "I mean why not Mcgee?" He looked in Kate's direction for an answer which quickly followed "God Tony, are you gonna be like this for the rest of the day? Because if you are I'm taking the afternoon off." "I'm just saying.." "Tony, listen to me, listen to me good: I don't care."
They both turned around in the same direction causing them to 'bump' into each other. "Sorry" Kate smiled, shook her head and went straight to the bedroom.
Once in the bedroom Kate, with her back against the wall, took a deep breath and tried to concentrate on the case which was pretty damn hard.
After Tony was done with the bathroom he followed Kate to the bedroom.
They were flirting again, just as usual, when they heard a noise. Two men were talking. They couldn't see who it was but they didn't want to take any chances and called Gibbs. Plus they decided to hide in the bedroom closet
"Tony, is that your hand?" "My what?... No.." "Tony" Her hand was on his hand so she could 'remove' his hand when Tony let his other hand rest on Kate's mouth, so she would keep quiet.
"shhh they're here"
They were only a few inches from each other. In fact they were so close that Tony felt Kate's warm breathes in his neck. He was excited and not only because of the thrill but because of Kate being so close to him. He had always felt strongly about her. She was so different than all his previous crushes. Maybe it was because she had the upper hand or just because she was so much more than just a beautiful woman. He didn't really know why, all he knew was that he felt so much better when she's near him. Although she didn't want to admit it especially to herself, Kate felt the same way.
When Tony removed his hand from Kate's mouth a stroke of hair got in Kate's eye, so he gently putted the stroke behind her ear. It was dark in the closet but not dark enough to prevent Kate and Tony from staring into each others eyes for several minutes. It was Kate that made the first move by moving her head closer to his so their noses touched. Her hand was still on his… "Tony.." Kate whispered but before she could say anything the closet door opened and Gibbs appeared. "What are you two doing?"
Kate blushed. "We strategically withdraw ourselves from the scene." Tony proudly answered
"There was no one here." "What? No Gibbs, Tony was right, there was. I mean I heard men talking." "The men you heard talking Kate, are those two there: detective Cahill and the house owner." Kate turned to face Tony who was smiling at her. "Tony!" "What? How was I suppose to know that." "You could have asked or looked." Kate pushed him and left the room angry.
She wasn't angry on Tony but on herself. She almost allowed herself to kiss him. That would have been the biggest mistake because then she couldn't deny it anymore.
"Kate wait." She stopped at the door. "What." He came closer and picked something what seemed like a little piece of wood out of her hair. "something in your hair." "oh, thanks… I guess."
Gibbs yelled at them: "you two done flirting?" Kate and Tony looked at each other, nodded and followed Gibbs outside. What the hell happened in that closet, Gibbs thought to himself.