…………..A few hours later…………..
"So we'll probably not find out where he is but we'll widen the search tomorrow. Get some sleep." Gibbs told his team. It was a bit of a let down not getting any clues about where the commander could be. He felt he was losing his touch. Would the commander get away for the second time around?
"Kate…"Tony said before getting interrupted by her cell phone.
………..
"What did you want to say?" Kate asked him after finishing her call.
"Are you coming home with me?" Tony asked.
"My mother is staying with Tony's mother while we're here." Kate explained to everyone since she knew everyone heard him. It was just typical him to say things like that to spread rumours.
"I'll come and pick her up." Kate told him. Then she made a phone call on her cell phone.
………..
"I just have a few things to do. Why don't you go ahead?" Kate told him after the second phone call.
"So what's happening?" Abby asked after Tony had gone.
"Dan called and asked why I hadn't called him as promised. I had promise to call him and maybe spend the weekend with him. It slipped my mind that I promised him that." Kate told her.
"So what are you going to do now?" Abby asked her. She knew Kate and Dan had met a few times but it wasn't serious.
"Call him and tell him we'll have to meet up next weekend instead if I'm not working. I got to go and pick up my mother. Bye" Kate said to Abby.
……….Two hours later……….
"Didn't you say she was coming?" Mrs Todd asked Tony.
"She was." Tony said puzzled. It wasn't like her not telling anyone where she was.
……………….At the same time……….
"Dan…It was a big surprise that you were outside my apartment but I really need to pick up my mother." Kate told him.
"Stay in the bed for a little while longer? Please." Dan asked her.
"Dan…I don't think this will work out. Every time we meet we end up here. It was good but I've had enough. Sorry to end this but you have to go." Kate told him.
Then her cell phone rang and she saw who it was. Unfortunately Dan saw it too.
"So it is because of him you're ending this?" Dan asked.
"No. It is because of you. Dan put on your clothes." Kate told him while getting up from the bed. She didn't answer Tony's call. She already knew what he wanted.
…………At Tony's house…….
"I'm going to swing by her place to see if she is there." Tony said grabbing his jacket.
………..A while later……….
Dan and Kate left the building together when Tony arrived. He saw them and they saw him.
"So that's him. I hope he can handle you. Dumping people in the bed hurts." Dan said before walking over to his car. Tony stepped out of his car and walked up to her.
"Your mother got worried. It's late so maybe she should stay over. You can pick her up tomorrow." Tony told her.
"Dan wanted to talk and time went so fast. I'm sorry." Kate told him.
"There is no need for an explanation. Either call her or come and talk to her. I'll drive home now. You have your own car." Tony said before going back to his car.
………A while later………
Tony couldn't drive home. Something told him to drive around for a bit before going home. He knew what had happened and he wondered when Kate got to be so much like him. It must be so much he didn't know about her. He ended up at all night open diner.
………..At Tony's house………..
"Where is Tony?" his mother asked Kate when she arrived.
"I don't know but I think he's alright. I thought I'll sleep in the sofa tonight. I'm keeping my promise to be with you as much as possible while you're here mom." Kate told her mom.
…………Next morning……….
"I didn't hear you come home." Kate told him when he came down.
"I didn't know you where here." Tony told her.
"I slept in the sofa. I went back to my apartment and packed a little bag so I could stay over. I promised my mom to be with her as much as possible when she is here so I thought it was easier for me to stay here than for her to come back home." Kate explained to him.
"I see. I have an extra fold out bed. You could have slept on it." Tony told her.
"No one knew about it but I slept pretty well on the sofa." Kate continued.
"Apparently since you didn't hear me come home." Tony stated.
The conversation felt a little forced from both parts.
"I'm sorry for worrying you. Dan wanted to talk." Kate lied. Dan wanted something else and she couldn't resist. It wasn't everyday she had time to be with a guy and she ceased the opportunity. She wasn't like Tony who always had an opportunity.
"I went to a diner and stayed there for a little while before I came home." Tony told her not telling her the whole truth. Something else had happened too.
"I guess Gibbs will let us work a lot today. I only got around four hours of sleep and it's only 6.20 am." Kate told him. Tony then knew that she knew he came home pretty late.
"I guess I came home just when you fell asleep." Tony quickly said. He couldn't remember when he came home but he knew he was home before three.
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Tony drove Kate to work in his car since they were coming back to his place after work. They didn't say much to each other.