The next morning the two agents walked into the office; trying to pretend like nothing had happened the night before, but grinning continuously nonetheless. The silver haired man looked up from his desk noticing that they weren't engaged in their morning bickering; also that not only one but both of them were late.

"Kate…DiNozzo, care to tell me where the hell you two have been?" Gibbs snapped, glancing at his watch to confirm they were nearly forty five minutes late.

"My alarm…" they both began to say, they glanced at each other trying not to laugh.

"Traffic was bad, boss, worse than expected, it won't happen again," Tony explained, heading to his desk.

"Yea…and my alarm clock didn't go off," Kate said, trying to avoid his blue eyes. She knew there was no use lying, that he would find out sooner or later; even with that knowledge, she had no motivation to let the secret into the open now.

"Well, Ducky's been waiting for us; it appears he's found some evidence on the victim's skin."

Gibbs led the two to the autopsy room; again noticing that they were quiet. In a way he found it unsettling but more over he found himself relieved that he didn't have to witness or hear anymore of their immature fights over who finished whose sandwich or who went through the others garbage. Smiling to himself he was reminded once more that Kate was always the mature one; Tony the complainer.

"Ah…Jethro, I see we're ready…" Ducky began, "we've been examining Ms. Larsen's neck area…"

"Yes, now what exactly did you find?" Gibbs asked through his teeth. Ducky looked at his old friend; knowing he was as anxious as anyone to find out what was going on.

"We found evidence of strangulation…" Ducky said, "we think that is what killed her."

"But didn't she have a high amount of rohypnol in her blood tests?" Kate asked, not sure what he was getting at.

"Yes, Caitlin, but it appears that isn't what killed her…" Ducky began, sounding as if he was starting a story.

"They waited for the drug to wear off, before killing her," McGee said slowly, as if he was thinking aloud.

"Precisely," Ducky said, glancing at Gibbs.

"So where does this lead us?" Gibbs growled, not liking that this meeting wasn't bringing out any conclusive evidence.

"I've sent DNA from her neck up to Abby for testing; I'm afraid it's a waiting game now Jethro…" Ducky answered.

"You two…" Gibbs snapped, pointing at Tony and McGee, "Go find Audrey and bring her in for questioning."

"Right away, Boss," Tony said; heading towards autopsy's sliding glass doors, "come on Probie."

"What about her friend? Natalie…" Kate began.

"We're going to pick her up right now," Gibbs said, sounding smug and almost happy for the first time in days. Kate headed to the elevator to gather Natalie's information and her gun from her desk.

"Thanks for talking to them, Duck…" Gibbs said, turning to face the doctor as a friend after Kate had left the room.

"Talking to whom?"

"Tony and Kate, they've been getting along for once," Gibbs explained, "what'd you call it, 'marriage counseling'?"

"I stopped talking to those two months ago," Ducky said, not knowing the significance; yet proud it had worked.

"Well, it must've really worked," Gibbs said, heading up to the main floor. He knew it all along; but now that his suspicions were confirmed he wasn't sure how to react. Something had happened with his two strongest agents; not necessarily bad, but he couldn't be certain of that now. He knew they wouldn't be so stupid as to slip up in a crucial moment, he knew they were mature enough to handle this. He smiled then, a real smile for the first time in weeks; 'if something is really happening between those two, I could have some fun with that.' Stepping into the elevator he made a mental note to himself, 'I ought to get Kate a new alarm clock.'