Amy kept bugging Tony. She was persistent with her questions. Everyday she'd ask him When are you gonna ask Kate out? and Why haven't you asked Kate out yet? Everyday Tony would come up with a new excuse, most having to do with the fact he wasn't supposed to date coworkers.
"Tony, you break rules all the time, what's so different about this one? You love her don't you?" She asked finally, getting sick of his excuses.
"Yes I do love her, but I could get fired or she could get fired, and that wouldn't be good."
"Well, you can either mope about holding you feelings in or you can ask her out and risk it."
"Since when did you become an expert at relationships?"
"Since I had to take a psych class at college. And don't try to change the subject; this is about you and Kate, not me."
Tony knew she was right, he had to do something, but he didn't want to talk to his sister about it anymore, she was too hard to beat at an argument.
"Well, I have to get back to work, I'll see you tomorrow." He said getting up, kissing her on the forehead as she glared at him for quitting the argument.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." She said, gathering her books and walking away.
Tony was sick of his sister bugging him, so he decided to finally ask Kate out. He spent the next three days trying to figure out something to say. Finally, he asked her out.
"Hey Kate, wait up!" he called as she got into the elevator at the end of the day. She held the elevator for him. "Hey, I was wondering if you'd like to join me for dinner tonight."
"Um, why, what's going on?" She was skeptical about why he was asking her now. She didn't want to fall for some bet he had with his buddies or be one of Tony's one night stands.
"Nothing's going on; I just wanted to have dinner with you, to talk. We never really talked about what happened while we were stuck in isolation together."
"Ok, but don't try anything funny Dinozzo."
"Great, I know this awesome little café that's about 15 minutes away. Do you want me to drive you, or do what to meet there?"
"I'll meet you there; I need to get gas for my car anyway."
They both walked to their cars, which always seemed to be parked near each other.
"Follow me" Tony shouted to her.
When they got there, Kate was a little surprised that Tony would take here, it was very romantic. She didn't think Tony could be romantic, she thought that all he thought about was sex. They sat at a table and ordered their food before either one of them spoke.
"So what exactly did you want to talk about?" She asked.
"I dunno, it just seems like a lot happened and we never talked about it." He hadn't really wanted to talk; he wanted her, to be close to her, with out being at work.
"Yeah, a lot did happen, you almost died."
"You cried, I might have been near death at the time, but I remember that."
"Yes I did cry." She was trying not to blush, so she decided to turn the conversation on him. "But that look on your face when I told you that I had it too was priceless."
"Yeah, you lied to me." He laughed. He suddenly turned very serious. "Kate, I realized something that night. When I saw you run out of the isolation room in tears I could only think one thing. I just kept thinking that I was dying and I never told you the truth. I never told you that"
"Tony, don't say it, please. It'll only make life harder for us. It's against the rules, we can't." Kate was near crying again. She knew what he was going to say and she felt it too.
"Screw the rules Kate. I love you; I have since the first day we met."
"I love you too Tony, but we could loose our jobs."
"I don't care Kate, I don't. I love you and no one can make me stop, not even Gibbs and his stupid rule 12." He stood up, walked over to her and kissed her. She kissed him back; she had wanted this for so long.
When they broke the kiss they sat down again. Tony suddenly got up from his seat and went to the jukebox near the door. He chose a song, walked back over to Kate and asked her to dance as the music started playing. The café had a small dance floor, there were a few couples already dancing there and they joined them. Kate felt safe in Tony's arms; she rested her head on his shoulder. The kissed again as the song ended, and that night the tune and the words echoed in both their heads.
What day is it?
And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down I've been losing so much time