1A/N: O my gosh, I am so sorry it took me so long to update. But truthfully I watched the season finale for the second time, and I got very depressed about the ending. So depressed that I had trouble writing this chapter and it took me awhile to get back into it, because let's face it, the show is not going to be the same without Kate. But I want to keep her alive for as long as possible so her it is! Enjoy!
And i do not own any of the songs they belong to: Wonderwall-Ryan Adams, It's not Just Me-Rascal Flatts, Hold on to the Nights-Richard Marx
Ch. 9: Undercover
Tony and Kate ended up getting chewed out by Gibbs for being late. They barely had time to go over their backgrounds before Tony got sent in. Everything went smoothly and Tony ended up in an apartment on the third floor. He met and talked to Matthew Williams, and from what Tony could tell he seemed like a pretty nice guy. Tony started a casual conversation with him about working construction and how he had gotten a job just down the street. And without hesitation Matthew told Tony that his brother was also working at the same construction site. He didn't want to be too inquisitive seeing as how it was his first day in the apartment, so he soon bid Matthew farewell and told him he needed to finish unpacking.
Around 3:00 that afternoon Tony heard people talking out in the hallway. He opened his door and looked out to find Matthew Williams talking to Kate about the building. Kate had her back to Tony, so she didn't see him, but Matthew did.
"Ah, Mr. Taylor" Matt said, causing Kate to turn around and see Tony, "This is going to be your new neighbor, Ms. Laurence"
Tony walked over to them and held out his hand, which Kate gladly shook.
"You can call me Tony. I'm sorry did you say you were Mrs. Laurence?"
"Ms. Laurence, but please call me Kate." she said, letting go of his hand.
"Well since you two have met now, do you mind if I run back downstairs and get the lease for you to sign?" Matthew questioned. Tony and Kate both shook their heads and then Matthew turned to head back down the hallway.
Kate very casually looked at Tony with her eyebrows raised. Tony knew what she was asking and he said,
"I haven't seen him since I got here."
They were talking about Michael Williams, but they didn't want to give away who or what they were talking about to anyone who might be listening to them.
A few minutes later Matthew came back and Kate signed the lease. Then she preceded to go back downstairs and start moving her stuff into her new apartment. Tony and Matthew both stood there as she walked away, and once she was out of earshot Matthew commented to Tony,
"Wow, she is definitely some eyecandy"
"What?" Tony asked, not really paying attention.
"Did you not see her man, she is a hottie"
That caught Tony's attention and he smiled inwardly to himself.
"Yeah, Yeah she is"
"Maybe we should go help her move in" Matt suggested
"Oh that's alright, I'll go help her. I'm sure you have things you need to do."
"No not really" Matthew said as he headed down the hallway.
"Okay well then wait for me" Tony replied, jogging down the hallway.
They pretty much raced each other down the stairs and decided they would both help her unpack. Tony and Matthew both helped Kate move in and the more time Tony spent with Matthew the more he grew to like him. He wasn't sure what it was, but something about Matthew reminded Tony of someone, but he couldn't think of who it was.
That evening Matthew bid his farewells to the both of them because he was meeting a friend for dinner. When Tony and Kate were finally alone they began placing the hidden transmitters around the apartment. This was so that Gibbs and McGee could hear everything that was going on in Kate's apartment. Tony had already placed his around his apartment. Gibbs was taking no chances with either of them. While they were placing the transmitters around the apartment Tony began talking to Kate about Matthew.
"You know, I like him" Tony commented
"Who?" she asked without looking at him.
"Matthew, or Matt, as he said to call him. He seems like a cool guy."
"Tony" Kate said, turning to look at him.
"What he is" Tony said, looking over at Kate, "he reminds me of someone, but I can't think of who it is"
"You've got to be kidding" Kate replied, rolling her eyes.
"What?" he asked
"You know why he seems familiar to you?" she asked, looking at him "because he is you Tony"
"What"
"He's got the good looks, the charm, and he is a sweet talker" Kate commented, "If his brother is anything like him, he wouldn't have any problems getting women"
"Ah-hah, so you do admit that I have all of those very attractive qualities" Tony said with a huge grin.
"Tony" Kate yelled at him, as she threw the only thing she had in her hand, which happened to be one of the transmitters embedded in a throw pillow for the couch, and it hit him square in the face.
"Oh, so it's gonna be like that" Tony said, as he ran towards her.
"Nooo, Tony we have work to do" Kate yelled at him, as she ran into her bedroom.
"Well you asked for it by reverting to your childish ways" he told her, as he cornered her on the other side of her bed.
"Well if someone didn't have such a huge ego that takes up an entire room we wouldn't be having this conversation." Kate said with a smirk.
"Oh really"Tony replied, before lunging at her. But Kate was quicker and ducked under his arm and went to run around the bed, but Tony regained his composure quickly and turned to leap at her, grabbing her around the waist and throwing her onto the bed with him.
"How do you like that?" Tony asked, as he laid on top of her. Kate squinted her eyes and smiled right before flipping him over and rolling on top of him.
"I don't know, how'd you like that?" she asked with a smile.
"I actually prefer this position. Less work for me." Tony said seductively, with a smile.
Kate slanted her eyes and then jabbed him in chest with her elbow before rolling off of him,
"Forget it DiNozzo," she said walking out of the bedroom, while Tony was still trying to catch his breath.
Just then his cell phone rang. When he answered it he got chewed out, yet again, by Gibbs,
"What the hell are you doing"
"Unfortunately nothing" Tony answered
"You got that right. I don't want you trying to seduce Kate while you are on the job. You aren't there to play house. You can do that on your own time. Got it."
"Yes sir" Tony replied, but Gibbs had already hung up. He then got up and walked into the living room, rubbing his chest, to find Kate unpacking the rest of the boxes.
"Geeze Kate, you trying to kill me"
"No, just hurt you" she replied turning to smile at him.
"Mission accomplished" he replied
"Tony are you seriously mad" Kate questioned him, "because we are on the job. We aren't playing house"
"Ironic. That's exactly what Gibbs just told me" he said, looking at Kate.
"I figured that was him calling you" she said "and I figured that is what he was calling about"
"But how did-"
"Tony, transmitters, remember"
Tony raised his eyebrows and said, "Ooo Kate you know what we could do. We-"
"No Tony, I know what you are thinking" she said, glaring at him.
"But Kate, it's kinda like making a movie, except there is only sound, and the picture is left to the imagination" Tony replied with a grin.
This time she threw a shoe at him, but he was quick enough to duck.
"Geeze Kate, what is your deal?" Tony asked
"You DiNozzo. We are on the job, I'm not sleeping with you. I mean for God sakes Tony we just did it this morning."
"Kate calm down, I was just kidding" Tony responded, stepping closer to her.
"The hell you were Tony. Why don't you just go back to your apartment before one of us says something we are going to regret" she told him, as she shoved past him and into her bedroom, where she slammed the door.
Meanwhile Gibbs and McGee had heard everything that was going on.
"Aww geeze, that's too much. Can we stop listening while they fight. I really don't want to know about their 'private life'" McGee stated
"I can't believe those two. What the hell is their problem. If you wouldn't have been so damn dorky, I would have sent you in as the construction worker." Gibbs told McGee
"Really?" he questioned
"Well you would never pass as a construction worker, so I guess we will never know" Gibbs told him, looking at a stunned and little confused McGee, which caused Gibbs to smile.
Back in the apartment Tony was still trying to apologize to Kate, unsuccessfully. He finally decided he should go back to his apartment. When he was getting out the key to his door, he heard someone behind him.
"You must be my new neighbor" said a very attractive blonde woman.
Tony turned around and smiled,
"Yes I am. Allow me to introduce myself, Anthony Taylor. My friends call me Tony."
"Well hello Tony. My name is Rebecca, but my friends call me Becky." she said with a smile.
"Well it's very nice to meet you Becky" Tony said with that charming smile of his.
"Tony, could I ask you a favor"
"Of course"
"My sink is stopped up and I can't seem to get hold of the landlord. How are you with pipes" she asked
Tony coughed and felt a little nervous because he wasn't sure what she meant by that. He felt bad if he didn't help her out, but she was a very attractive woman, and if Kate ever found out she would definitely kick his ass, actually she would kill him.
"It's okay if you don't know your way with the plumbing" she told him "I'll just find someone to call."
"Wait" he told her as she was about to go back inside the apartment across from his, "At least let me take a look at it."
He turned and followed her inside her apartment.
Meanwhile Kate finished unpacking most of the stuff and then decided to shower and go to bed so she could be rested for whatever lied ahead. As she finished showering, she couldn't help but think of Tony. He could be so immature sometimes, okay most of the time. And he was usually always inappropriate when he shouldn't be, like earlier when he was in her apartment. He couldn't help himself, he had to make it into a sexual situation. They were undercover for Gods sake, not to mention Gibbs and McGee could hear everything going on in the apartment. And of course when Tony realized that he was totally turned on.
Sometimes Kate wondered why she put up with him. He could turn almost every conversation into something sexual, not that she couldn't, she just refrained herself, most of the time. He constantly annoyed her in whatever way possible, from his movie talk to his stupid practical jokes, or just his joking in general, which was almost always egotistical and sexist, although sometimes it was funny, but she didn't like to admit it.
As Kate lay in bed thinking about all of the things that Tony did that annoyed the hell out of her, she wondered how they had made it through just about ten years of marraige. And it made her think back to right after their first undercover assignment together and the things Tony had said to her, and how she began to see a different side of Tony. And how he never gave up trying to prove to her that he could be a better man. And he had a romantic way of showing, unfortunately for Kate. She smiled as she thought back to almost 11 years ago.
Flashback:
It had been a week since Tony and Kate's undercover assignment and Tony expressing his true feelings towards her. Believe it or not things were back to normal around the office fairly quickly. Tony and Kate were back to their constant bickering. However when Kate came back into work Monday morning she got a surprise when she opened her desk drawer. There was a piece of paper with a typed note on it. But as she read the words, she realized it was a song.
Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna give it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you got to do
I don't believe anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
Backbeat the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
And I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead the way are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
I don't know how
I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me?
And after all
You're my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the day
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't' believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
And all the roads that lead to you were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
I don't know how
I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me?
And after all
You're my wonderwall
You're my wonderwall
You're my wonderwall
Kate couldn't help but smile as she read the words to the song. She looked up to see Tony watching her with a smile on his face. When he saw her look at him, he winked at her, which made her blush a little and smile back at him. Just then Gibbs and McGee came around the corner and Kate quickly put the song back in her desk drawer, and then went back to her paperwork.
Kate began to fantasize about having a relationship with Tony, but when she realized what she was thinking she came back to reality. 'Okay so he can be romantic, but I already knew that much. And it's always sexy when a man knows how to truly romance a woman. But that doesn't mean that he is capable of having an actual steady, long-term relationship. Geeze Kate what is wrong with you, it would never work.'
The rest of the week went by pretty smoothly. And that Monday when Kate came into work, McGee and Gibbs were already at their desks.
"Someone dropped off a letter for you" McGee told Kate as she sat down at her desk. She opened the envelope and knew exactly who it was from when she saw the typed words. She smiled as she read the words to yet another song,
Tell me you've had trouble sleeping
That you toss and turn from side to side
That it's my face you've been seeing
In your dreams at night
Tell me that you wake up crying
And you're not sure exactly why
Tell me that something is missing
In your life. In your life baby.
Tell me that you live for love
That forever is never enough
That you've waited all your life to see
That you want so badly to believe
Tell me that it's not just me
I could have sworn I saw you smile at me
Standing in the pouring rain
At a loss for words and running out of time
I said this crazy thing
I said tell me that you live for love
That forever is never enough
That you've waited all your life to see
That you want so badly to believe
Tell me that it's not just me
Hold me now and tell me
That you do believe in a soul, a soul mate
And tell me, and tell me, tell me
Tell me that you live for love
That forever is never enough
That you've waited all your life to see
That you want so badly to believe
Tell me that its not just me
Tony walked around the corner just as Kate finished reading the lyrics.
"Hey Kate, whatchya reading?" Tony asked her, giving her his charming smile.
"It's private DiNozzo" she said glaring at him
"Aww, c'mon Kate. The letter's addressed to NCIS, therefore whoever sent it to you must know that you work here." He said, bending over and leaning on her desk.
She had trouble not smiling at him, and said, "DiNozzo don't you have anything better to do than annoy me?"
"No" he smiled, and as she looked at him, he snatched the letter.
"Well it looks like someone has a boyfriend, or maybe a secret admirer because there is no signature at the bottom."
"Tony give it back" Kate said getting up and walking around to the front of her desk, where he was standing.
"DiNozzo give it back to her" Gibbs said to Tony, without looking at them, "Is it true Kate, do you have a new boyfriend, or an admirer?"
"Possibly" she responded, turning to Gibbs.
"Well which is it Katie, boyfriend or admirer?" Tony questioned with a smile, as she turned around and glared at him. Then she punched him in the gut, smiled, and took the letter back from him, before saying,
"It's private Tony"
He made a couple grunting noises before going to sit back down at his desk. Once he did, he looked up at Kate and smiled, to which she winked and smiled back at him.
End of Flashback
Meanwhile Tony was at Becky's apartment, looking at her kitchen sink, which was in fact leaking. He finally gave up and stood up to find Becky only inches from him. He took a deep breath, swallowed, and said,
"You should call the manager and he will get someone to fix that for you."
"Yeah I know. I just wanted to meet you and se if you were as nice as you look."
"What's the verdict" Tony questioned, playing along and giving her his charming smile.
"Well you passed the test, even though you don't know your way with plumbing. That's probably a good thing because at least it means you aren't a real plumber." She told him as she smiled, "so what do you do?"
"I'm in construction"
"Oh yeah, you know thats what the managers brother does. He lives next door to me on the left."
"Oh yeah. Is he a nice guy?"
"He seems nice. I mean I have only lived here a couple of months, and he's gone a lot, so I haven't had any long conversations with them."
"Well if he's in construction, why is he gone so much?" Tony said out loud.
"I don't know, why do you care? Oh wait, your not gay are you?" Becky asked, with a look of shock on her face.
"What! Me. No No No No No" Tony told her, "I am 100 straight."
"Thank goodness. For a minute there I was feeling a little embarrassed. I mean most guys now who are hot and sweet are usually gay or unavailable." she said, stepping closer to Tony, "Are you available?"
Tony was getting more nervous the more she kept talking, and he didn't know if it was because he wasn't sure if he would be able to stop anything that might pursue or if he was afraid that Kate would find out he was in Becky's apartment in the first place, or if he truly was afraid of hurting Kate because he was so in love with her. And he was in love with Kate, but Becky was a very attractive woman. But then he thought back to how much effort it took for him to get Kate to trust him in the first place. He thought back to all of the memories they shared. He thought about the four kids he had at home that looked up to him and were counting on him, especially Kayden, and he wasn't about to screw that up.
"Hello, earth to Tony" Becky said, snapping her fingers in front of his face.
"Sorry, what did you say?"
"I asked if you were available"
"Umm, not really per say. I mean I am kind of interested in someone" Tony told her with a smile.
"Oh really"
"Yeah, she's really great"
"You don't strike me as a one woman man"
"Hah, yeah, tell me about it. I'm really not. Look it's getting kind of late and I start my new job in the morning, so I should really be going." Tony told her, walking towards the door.
"Okay well thanks for trying. And just so you know, I'm always available if you just need to get away and forget about anything, or you need a break" she told him, stepping closer to him and touching his arm, "I'm a lot like you because I'm not really a one man kind of woman" she smiled.
"Okay, I'll remember that" Tony choked out, before going out the door and into his apartment as fast as he could. Once inside he locked the door and leaned up against it.
'Geeze, Kate will kill me if she ever finds out I was in that woman's apartment' he thought to himself, before heading to bed for the night.
As he laid in bed he couldn't help but think about Kate and the fact that she was mad at him. I mean she was mad at him quite often, but it usually took a lot to get her like that. Or either it was that time of the month and so every little thing ticked her off. But Tony knew her like clockwork in that area, and that definitely wasn't the reason this time. And he had noticed the last couple of weeks that's he had been more short tempered than usual, but he didn't know why and he wondered if that mad him a bad husband. I mean he had been married to Kate now for almost 10 years now, shouldn't he know why his wife is pissed off so easily? But then again she got on his nerves and pissed him off also. She was constantly hounding him about stuff, like making sure the cap was back on the toothpaste and not oozing everywhere, or yelling at him to clean out the sink after he shaves. And she constantly teased him about how much money his family had and it started to bug him after awhile, even though he was glad that his family was rich, sometime he liked acting mad because then Kate would apologize and do anything to make it up to him. And she always thought she knew him so well, okay so maybe she did and in a way that upset Tony, but he knew her too, so why did it bother him so much?
And sometimes he just didn't like to snuggle at bedtime, sometime he just wanted to sleep in whatever position he felt like. But nooo, Kate wants to snuggle then we are going to snuggle. But God forbid on the nights that Tony does want to snuggle and Kate doesn't, he better not mess with her unless he wants his ass kicked. And she thinks she is so neat and clean with the house, yet Tony is the one who picks up Kate's clothes off their bedroom floor. Yep that's right she is not as neat as she seems. Well okay the rest of the house is usually clean, it's just their bedroom that lacks the neatness.
It's things like that which make Tony wonder how they made it through ten years of marriage. He laid there thinking about how he used to leave her lyrics to certain songs to let her know how he felt about her. He remembered Gibbs' comment one day after Kate had finished reading the lyrics to yet another song.
Flashback 11 years ago:
"Why wouldn't you just tell the person how you really fell by speaking to them and letting them know who you really are?" Gibbs asked the rest of the team after Kate had gotten another note. It had been two and a half months now since Tony had been leaving them for Kate and he could tell she enjoyed it. "I mean why go to all of the trouble of covering up who you really are. It seems stupid."
"I don't know boss, sometimes it wins the girl over." McGee replied
"Yeah, but he has a point McGee, I mean if the girl finds out who you are, and you are butt ugly, it doesn't matter how romantic and sweet you have been, she is going to run the opposite way as fast as she can." Tony stated
"Tony" Kate snapped at him.
"What, it's true. You can't fight the laws of attraction." he said with a smile.
"Ugh" she responded, rolling her eyes at him.
"You know what I find strange?" McGee said, changing the subject.
"No, but I have a feeling you are going to tell us" Tony replied
"I find it strange that for the past two months we haven't had to listen to Tony brag about the women he has slept with or about his newest 'love'" McGee said, ignoring Tony's comment.
"I guess that is a little weird, why haven't you graced us with any of your recent accomplishments, as you refer to them Tony?" Kate questioned with a smile.
"I have my reasons"Tony answered, looking at Kate and then over to McGee.
"C'mon Tony, seriously, what gives?" McGee asked again.
Gibss who had been quietly observing the conversation at hand, while looking something up on the computer, now decided to join the conversation.
"They do have a point DiNozzo. I haven't heard Kate or McGee begging you to shut up about you love life, why is that?"
"Did you date everyone in the city already, and you don't have anyone left now?" Kate said with a laugh.
Tony got up and walked over to her desk with a serious look on his face and responded,
"As a matter of fact Kate, and the rest of you" he said as he turned to look at Gibbs and McGee, "I think I met the woman of my dreams. The one I might want to spend the rest of my life with."
"Tony every woman is the woman of your dreams." McGee pointed out.
"And take it from me DiNozzo, don't get married" Gibbs added.
"You mean you haven't been on a date in two months?" Kate asked, a little shocked.
"That's right. Surprised Agent Todd" Tony asked, looking at her.
"Actually I am" she replied.
"Me too Tony, I mean you haven't slept with anybody in two months, that must be a new record for you" McGee said.
"It is, thanks for reminding me McGee."
"So what makes her different from the other women you have been 'in love with'" McGee questioned.
"Well, she's smart, funny, and very beautiful" Tony answered, stealing a glance at Kate 'and she can kick my ass and argue with me while having fun doing it' he thought to himself.
"Wow, so does she know how you feel about her?" McGee asked.
"Yeah, she is still sorting out her feelings" he answered, sitting back down at his desk and starting some paperwork.
"Are you saying you have given up dating and a sex life for a woman who might not even want to be with you" McGee asked
"Oh she definitely wants me" Tony smirked and stole another glance at Kate, who rolled her eyes at his comment.
"Okay people that is enough love talk, back to work" Gibbs told everyone.
McGee sat there for a moment with a puzzled look on his face, and then he looked up at Tony and Kate who were both looking over some paperwork and he said,
"You know what is funny. Kate has an admirer and Tony thinks he is in love and is trying to win this girl over. What if it was Tony trying to win Kate over and it was him leaving those notes for Kate?" McGee commented
Tony and Kate both stopped what they were doing and slowly looked up with looks of shock on both of their faces. And Gibbs looked up from what he was doing, with a very serious look on his face that said that it better not be true.
"This better not be true, because now that McGee mentioned it, it does seem kind of suspicious." Gibbs replied.
Tony looked up at Kate and then looked over to Gibbs and McGee, "You two can't be serious. First of all Kate is a coworker and that is just bad news for the job. Secondly she would never ever in her right mind even consider going out with me, I mean have you not heard what she thinks about me, she thinks I am a neanderthal. And thirdly I would never attempt to date her, because I don't deal well with rejection, and honestly, she is too high maintenance. Oh yeah, and lastly, I would never ever leave song lyrics for around for a girl to find, I wouldn't need to because I am Tony and every girl wants a piece of me, and I think leaving something like song lyrics, that is kinda dorky. It sounds like something McGee would do."
Gibbs nodded slightly in agreement with Tony on what he said but still didn't buy the whole thing, so he looked in Kate's direction.
Kate saw him look at her and she looked at him like he was insane and said,
"Gibbs please, you told me if I ever tried having a relationship with a coworker I would be fired. And after what happened at my last job, I would never jeopardize this one. And I would never consider going out with Tony because, like he said, I think he is a neanderthal. I mean he is a sexist womanizer who only thinks about sex. Ugh, I don't even want to think about it." Kate said shaking, with a look of disgust on her face.
Gibbs smiled at her remark and believed what she said and then looked over at McGee who just shrugged and said,
"It was just a thought, I didn't say it was true."
"Alright seriously people, back to work." Gibbs ordered.
Kate got up to go to the bathroom shortly after that conversation, and so Tony got up and asked Gibbs if he could go see if Abby had anything interesting for them. On his way down the hallway he stopped outside the women's bathroom. A few minutes later Kate came out and nearly ran into Tony.
"Geeze Tony what the hell are you doing?"
"Waiting for you" he smiled, "you want to go see Abby?"
"Well I've got a lot of paperwork left to do-"
"Please, I really need to talk to you and I think the elevator is the only private place around here." Tony said to her.
"Okay, but only if you swear not to make any moves one me. Got it."
"Okay"
They headed to the elevator and as soon as the doors closed Tony stopped the elevator and looked at Kate.
"What are you doing Tony?" She asked a little nervous.
"Kate do you really think I am still a neanderthal?" he said, looking a little sad.
"Tony you are the one who said I was too high maintenance" she said a little ticked off.
"I was just trying to get them to lay off us. I mean you probably are a little high maintenance, but that is what I love about you, always trying to figure you out, it's fun." Tony said smiling.
"Tony why are we even having this conversation? It will never work." Kate stated, reaching around him and pressing the button to move the elevator before someone upstairs started to get suspicious.
"Kate if you look me in the eyes right now and tell me don't have feelings for me, then I will never bother you about it again. I won't leave you anymore notes, okay."
Kate looked up into his eyes, and her heart melted. She wanted to tell him that she had no feelings for him, but instead she said,
"Tony we cannot do this okay, no matter how much we care about each other."
Tony looked at her with that huge smile of his and said,
"So you are saying you feel the same way about me as I feel about you."
"Tony don't push it" Kate said right before the elevator opened to the lab.
Later that day Tony thought about the next song to leave Kate and then he thought of another idea. That night he went home and made a CD with every song that he had left her the lyrics to, including some future songs that he hadn't left her the lyrics to yet.
That Monday he got to work fairly early and dropped an envelope on Kate's desk. He then headed down to the lab to see Abby before everyone else showed up.
When he got back upstairs he saw that Kate was there reading the lyrics, and he watched her smile as she read it. Then McGee walked in and Tony quickly ran over to both of them and told them that Abby wanted to see them ASAP. After he saw them leave, he took Kate's car keys and ran to the elevator to take the CD and put it in her car.
When he got ack upstairs he had just enough time to drop Kate's keys back at her desk before her and McGee came around the corner.
"Tony that wasn't important" Kate stated as she sat down at her desk.
"Yeah Tony, she just wanted to show us her new tattoo" McGee added
"I know, but I am just relaying what she told me to" Tony smiled
At the end of the day Tony, Kate, and McGee took the elevator down together and then walked towards their cars.
"Have a safe trip home Kate, and don't listen to too much heavy metal music" Tony smiled at her as she unlocked her car and he continued on to his.
When Kate got in and started her car, the CD began to play and it was the song that she had just received the lyrics to today. At first she was stunned, then she just smiled and shook her head as she listened to the words,
Just when I believed
I couldn't ever want for more
This ever changing world
Pushes me through another door
I saw you smile
And my mind could not erase
The beauty of your face
Just for awhile
Won't you let me shelter you
Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
I wish that I could give you something more
That I could be yours
How do we explain
Something that took us by surprise
Promises in vain
Love that is real but in disguise
What happens now
Do we break another rule
Let all lovers play the fool
I don't know how
To stop feeling this way
Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
I wish that I could give you something more
That I could be yours
Well, I think that I've been true
To everybody else but me
And the way I feel about you
Makes my heart long to be free
Every time I look into your eyes
I'm helplessly aware
That the someone I've been searching for
Is right there
Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
I wish that I could give you something more
That I could be yours
Tony sat in his car and watched Kate's car as it sat there and he figured she was listening to the first song on the CD. He smiled to himself, 'You're a genius Anthony' he thought to himself.
Little did they know what the next day, not to mention few weeks would bring, and how it would change the rest of their lives forever.
End of Flashback
Tony had fallen asleep thinking about the past, and Kate had done the exact same thing next door, but neither of them had any idea what the future weeks would bring, and how their lives would be drastically altered.
A/N: So I hope this was an okay chapter. The more we get into the case, the more flashbacks there are going to be, because they are going to reminisce about how they got together, because relationships and love are going to be tested as the case gets deeper. That's right someone is going to be put in a difficult situation, and has to decide if they want to deal with the consequences it will bring if they go through with what is offered to them. Once again I am so sorry for the delay, but please don't let that stop you from reviewing!