In the mornings, if she were up early enough, Kate would have time to take a morning run to clear her head. She left her apartment early today; she had to be if she wanted to have any chance of beating the rain. Kate arrived at the office after her run before the rest of her team; she enjoyed being able to watch them arrive.
"Morning, Agent Todd…" Tony said, his tone almost mocking. She looked up at her partner, trying not to glare too harshly.
"What are you so happy about today? Find another young woman helpless to your charm and your supposed knowledge of the government system?" Kate asked flatly, pretending not to care.
"You're just jealous because I never take you out…" Tony quipped, smiling that smile, like he was so sure he was right.
Kate couldn't help but laugh, "Yea…Tony…that's the last thing I need, a date with you."
As much as she wanted to believe that going out with Tony was the last thing she wanted, there was a part of her that wanted nothing more. She thought of his charming ways, the moves he had that made countless girls helpless to that Italian charm; suddenly she actually felt jealous. She glanced up at her partner who seemed to be humming his way through work; and really she was jealous of the way he could sleep with someone the night before and take it as just that, a one night stand. Never feel the need to call her again, and what was even more amazing, is that the girl never got mad enough to get back at him. She felt the color rise in her cheeks as she wondered what it would really be like, to be taken out to dinner by Mr. DiNozzo, see what made him so irresistible. As if he knew she was thinking of him, or just thinking about something embarrassing he looked her way. Unable to hold his gaze like she normally would she quickly returned her attention to the file in front of her and the word document opened on her computer.
"Hey, Kate?" Tony asked, his voice sounding like it was coming from miles away, "can I see that file you're looking at?" She felt his eyes on her, but couldn't bring herself to look at him. When she didn't respond, he got up to grab the file from her, and she silently cursed to herself. She didn't want him too close; something might happen.
Before grabbing the file, he bent over so his eyes were level with hers. Finally she had to force herself to look into the green that she swore could see her deepest fantasies, her most secret dreams. She could smell his cologne, and felt his breath on her cheek; she knew he said something but by that point she didn't care. As she was about to lose herself in his presence, someone cleared their throat next to them.
"You two finished?" Gibbs snapped.
"Yes boss…" Tony said, clearing his throat. He glanced back at Kate, his eyes a darker green.
"What's going on today? Any assignments yet?" Kate asked, trying to shake the feelings that he seemed to provoke every time they were alone.
"I've got a suspect in between Charlottesville and Waynesboro that I need you two to interrogate…right in the mountains," Gibbs grumbled; knowing that Tony was likely to try and get out of it.
"Oh…boss…can't McGee go? I've got tickets…" Tony started.
"No…DiNozzo," Gibbs snapped, "I want my two strongest agents there to make sure this guy doesn't try anything."
A smug smile crept onto Tony's face, "really boss? I'm one of your strongest agents?"
"Not you alone…but when you're with Ms. Todd, yea," Gibbs in a slightly amused tone.
"That hurt…boss…" Tony said, turning his attention back to the file on his desk.
"Guess you better call Kimberly or whoever and tell them tonight isn't going to work," Kate said as Gibbs walked away, loving every minute of her partner's misfortune.
"Kimberly? Oh…no…not her…she was last week…" Tony began, his million dollar smile slowly crossing his features, "its Ayanna right now."
"Ayanna? Now where'd you meet her? She sounds intelligent," Kate said, trying not to sound too surprised.
"Might be," Tony said, winking, "haven't gotten to know her yet…doesn't seem like I will now."
"Now that you have to cancel this one date, you're not going to attempt to get to know her? Is it so hard to reschedule instead of cancel?" Kate asked, rolling her eyes at the immaturity of her partner.
"Well…I suppose I could…" Tony said, "but…it'd be easier to meet someone else."
"You still have new girls to meet?" Kate said, sarcasm showing in her voice.
"Ouch, Kate…" Tony began, but was interrupted by Gibbs coming around the corner.
"Get to work you two…enough flirting for today…" he snapped. The day went by smoothly; before the team realized, it was time to go home. Gibbs, never leaving when his team did still sat at his computer, reading data over and over again.
"Tony," Kate began, turning to face him, "I really just want to go home…can we make this interrogation as easy as possible?"
"Oh come on Kate, you know you like spending time with me," he said, trying to charm her.
"Be nice…no sarcastic comments and no movie summaries and I won't have to shoot you…" Kate said in mock seriousness walking into the elevator in front of her partner.
"Do I really annoy you that much Kate?" He asked, his face saying he hoped he didn't.
"No…you're not that bad," she said pausing briefly, "you're the younger brother type, the type who annoys you the most but you love them anyway."
"You love me?" Tony asked in mock surprise, the playfulness returning to his tone, "since when?"
"You know what I mean DiNozzo," Kate said without missing a beat, "now can we make this day with minimal immaturity?"
"Sure…whatever you say Agent Todd," he said allowing her to take the driver's seat for the ride to the mountains.