Tony was released from the hospital a few days later and Kate went to see him daily to make sure that he was ok. She came to learn that underneath all of his sarcasm and chauvinism he was actually a very sweet guy. She was happy though that he was still weak so she had the power in their relationship.
Kate had told Abby what was going on, and she was happy for her friends; Kate and Tony however had no clue how to tell the rest of their colleagues that they were together. Tony had suggested that she get pregnant and then tell everyone, which prompted her to smack him. They decided to wait until he was back at work to tell their closest friends and that the rest of their fellow operatives would just have to guess and speculate.
When he came into work again, he was treated the usual way by the team, he was even treated similarly by Kate, but for some reason neither of them could stop smiling at the prospect of dating and keeping it a secret from the others
They were able to keep their secret for a few weeks, but then something slipped, literally. A card slipped out of Tony's papers, McGee decided to pick it up, which caused a panicked reaction from both Tony and Kate. As Tony and McGee were fighting over the card, Gibbs came along and snatched it away from them, then he went over to his desk where he opened it and read it. Before Gibbs was even done reading it Kate and Tony started to blush bright red, right at the moment Gibbs finished reading it Abby entered the room.
"So, when did the two of you plan on telling the rest of us that you were dating," Gibbs asked.
Abby gave them looks of sympathy and McGee looked between them in confusion.
"Well sir," Kate began. "We didn't really know what to say and…"
"Sir, well it was mostly my idea that we not say anything," Tony interrupted.
"Really," Gibbs replied, he was clearly enjoying himself, although the two agents were too scared to realize it. "You do realize that the two of you should not be working with one another and be having a personal relationship at the same time."
"Sir, if I may be frank, it hasn't interfered for the past months that we've been in love with one another, what difference does it make now that we are together," Kate questioned.
"It doesn't," Gibbs replied. "There is also no regulation against it, so the two of you are allowed to have a personal relationship, but don't let it interfere with your job, is that understood?"
"Yes sir," the pair answered, they were very relieved.
They didn't allow their relationship to interfere with their work, in many ways they were enjoying it more, except for the dangerous assignments, which made them worry about one another more. Dating Kate was mellowing Tony a lot, he wasn't as annoying to his co-workers, and he was actually a more fun person to be around than before. They enjoyed their time together immensely, they were starting to know everything about one another, to the point where everything that the other one did started to make perfect sense, well mostly, they were both a little hard to understand even to themselves.
When they had been dating for about a seven months, Tony had an idea that he thought Kate would love.
TBC…
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