Tony took Kate out to a nice restaurant for dinner one evening, it was late autumn, but there had already been a small snowstorm, so the ground sparkled outside. When they were done with their meal they went for a walk in a park near where Kate lived. The moon was full, and the air was crisp. They walked closely to avoid being too cold.
When they made it to the swings in the park he asked Kate to sit down, she looked at him quizzically, but she did what he asked. She fully expected what was coming next, but it still surprised her.
He got down on one knee, and he pulled out a small jewelry box. She suppressed the smile that was coming to her lips, and she let him say what he was planning on saying.
"Kate, you know that this relationship is a little crazy and not even we get it at times, but I want to know if you would be willing to marry me, and to make things even crazier and less predictable."
She was still suppressing the smile and the urge to say yes. She looked at the ring for awhile, it was beautiful, and then she looked at his face, she was making him nervous, which she enjoyed more than anything else.
Finally she smiled and said, "Yes Tony. I do want to marry you and make things more complicated."
He put the ring onto her finger and then he picked her up off of the swing and kissed her. Then he continued kissing her as her carried her to her house. He finally set her down when they reached her front door.
"Mrs. Kate DiNozzo, I think I can live with that," she said with a smile.
"So can I. And all it took to get us to this point was for me to be infected with the plague and then to get shot."
"Am I worth it Tony."
"Well, I don't know if it was worth nearly dying from the plague…"
She hit him lightly, and then they kissed again. "What will the others think?"
"Everyone should be happy. But I don't know if we should tell Gibbs."
"Why, he would be happy too, if he ever does get happy."
"You just think that because he's nice to you, he doesn't hit you all the time, he'll hit me when he finds out, and after awhile it starts to hurt."
"Well, run from him when you tell him."
"Very funny Kate."
"You're the one who wants to marry me, do you think you can handle my sense of humor," Kate challenged.
"Only if you can handle mine," Tony reciprocated.
"Do you want to come in, it's cold out here?"
"What did you have in mind to warm up," he asked suggestively.
"Oh I think I can come up with a few ideas," Kate said in an equally suggestive voice.
So they went in and they made love for the first time with one another.
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