Tony muttered as he, on all fours, was wiping off the scuffmarks and dirt off the wall of the apartments third floor. Kate walked up the stairs, puffed, but lightened up when she saw Tony.
"Oh, very sexy DiNozzo. What women could resist a man who cleans…" She whispered not looking at him as she fumbled with the keys.
"Then it's a date?" He questioned smirking, continuing with his cleaning.
The dream popped up in her mind, but she pushed it away as fast as it had come.
"Keep dreaming Tony…" She muttered
"Oh, I will" He said, just before the landlord arrived.
Kate shuddered.
"Ah Lieutenant Katrina, would you like some help?" He asked, shooting a dirty look at Tony.
"Please, just call me Katrina. Yes, I would love some help."
"Mike…" He barked, and Tony jumped up.
"Yes boss?" He questioned.
"I'd like you to help Katrina here with her things. "He told Tony, then added. "Katrina, this is Mike Barbarow, the apartments fix-it man. If you ever need a hand, he's the man to ask. Just dial 0-12. Well, I've got a meeting in town, so I gotta dash. Sorry I can't help you anymore." He smiled and marched off down the stairs.
Kate smiled "Oh Mike, would you be a darl and get the two last boxes down stairs?" She asked, with pleading eyes.
"Sure Kitty Kat" He winked and walked down stairs.
15 minutes later there was a knock at the door. Kate was just placing the last listing device behind a picture. She opened the door to see Tony, very red in the face.
"Took your time, I should complain to Andrew about this" She smirked as she let him in.
"Yeah, right. What the hell do you have in these things anywayz?" He remarked.
Kate bent down and open the box and inside where 6 bricks and another box. She opened that and inside was the listening devices for Tony to put out in the hall.
"What's with the bricks?" He asked.
Kate smiled "Thought you could use the work" She grinned.
Tony had placed the last device as the brothers and another man a bit behind them walked up. He watched them as they went into the room and the other man kept going up stairs to the fourth floor. A few minutes later as he was cleaning, Kate walked out of the room. She was wearing jeans and a dressy brown singlet. Tony couldn't take his eyes off her.
Kate could feel Tony's eyes on her, which made her skin tingle in delight. The feeling that had come over her astounded her and she tried hard to ignore it. She knocked on the door of the brothers and Mark answered the door.
"Hey, I'm Katrina from across the hall. I just moved in here and thought I'd meet my new neighbours." She smiled.
Mark just nodded, "I'm Marcus, me brother is Jason…"
"Who is it?" Came a shout from the depths of the apartment.
"Some new chick from next door" He yelled back, staring straight at her breasts. Kate started feeling a little uncomfortable and she heard a snap from behind her. She spun around to just catch Tony, stashing the broken dustpan brush in his wheelie trolley.
"Hey, I'm Jason" Came a voice, which snapped her back to reality.
She spun around with a smile.
"Oh, I'm Katrina Parker. I just moved in from next door."
She realised Jason had shoved Mark back inside. He was just staring at her, but at least at her face.
"Well ermm, I just thought I'd say hi."
Jason gave her a half smile and nodded "Yeah, nice meeting you. And watch out for the guy on the fourth floor. He's a bit odd" and with that he shut the door. Kate turned around and went back inside, knowing Tony's eyes watched her all the way.
The way that disgusting jerk had just stood and starred at Kate's chest and snapped something deep inside him. It took all his strength to stop himself from bashing his lights out.
As he lay on the lumpy bed, in his little room down in the dank basement, he thought about why he had become so annoyed by the guy looking at Kate like that.
"It's not like I like her or anything…" He pondered on the thought.
"Na, not Kate, it'd be like going out with a sister" he tempted to reassure himself as he tired to sleep.