DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES

A/N: Okay, here's chapter three, this would probably be the quickest I've ever updated, so consider yourselves privileged. So a bit will be explained in this chapter; Kate's going to elaborate more on high school andhow to impress her class mates. Very Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion. I'm a big backer of the underdog and Kate will get her revenge on her high school tormenters. Just not now. So enjoy, while I set up the Tate action. Rubbing hands together This is going to be interesting!

Kate sat on the floor of her living room, pouring through boxes of high school memorabilia. It was hard, reliving her teenage years, but she knew it had to be done. Kate had to walk into that hall, head held high, pretending that she didn't remember anything that had happened. She just had to. It was her own personal mission; to look these people she had once feared in the eye and say 'you don't scare me anymore'. And this trip down memory lane was the first step.

Kate slowly flipped through a yearbook when she heard a knock at the door. She glanced through the peephole.

"Hey Abby," she greeted her gothic friend and ushered her inside.

Abby took in her surroundings.

"This is very…not you, Kate," Abby said, making her way through the clutter to the couch. Kate sat next to her.

"Yeah, well, I haven't had much time to clean lately, you know, with work…"

Abby cut Kate off.

"And the reunion." Abby took a deep breath. "We're worried about you Kate," she flipped aimlessly through a yearbook, avoiding eye contact "since you decided to go, you've been focussed on nothing else."

"That's not true!" Kate exclaimed.

"It is," Abby replied stubbornly. "From using the NCIS databases to research old classmates to that ridiculous diet you're on. I just don't understand it, Kate. One minute you're refusing to go, and now it's a matter of life or death. What the hell changed?"

Kate sighed.

"I had this dream the other night,"

"Was it about Tony?" Abby interrupted. Kate blushed.

"NO! No, it was not about Tony! Why do you always bring up Tony whenever I mentioned I had a dream? How would you feel if I mentioned Gibbs?" Kate snapped.

"Now that you mention it…" Abby gave a mysterious smile.

"Abby!" Kate cried.

"Sorry Kate," Abby said, grinning evilly "what was your dream about?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter!" Kate said, tiredly "Just a high school flashback. But instead of feeling sad, I felt angry. A part of me wanted revenge." She took a deep breath. "So that's why I'm going now."

Abby nodded quietly and dropped her attention back to the yearbook in front of her. She paused at the page she was on. She held up the book.

"Is that you?" She asked softly.

Kate looked at her teenage self for a minute, taking in the sight. She swallowed.

"Yeah, yeah it is,"

There was silence for a while as the girls sorted through photographs and letters. Abby gave a short laugh.

"Cindy, Mindy and Lindy? Only Satan would make those girls best friends!" Abby laughed.

"Together, those three girls were the ultimate evil," Kate said, shuddering "they made my life a living hell. Just because they were cheerleaders, they thought they owned the place."

Abby gave a slight cough and turned a bit red.

"Yeah, tell me about it," She said nervously. Abby brightened. "On the bright side, they might be really fat now!"

Kate gave a small laugh.

"Yeah, I hope so."

Abby continued going through Kate's yearbook, when she saw something that caught her eye. Correction: a certain someone caught her eye.

"Who's the hottie?" Abby asked, holding up a picture. Kate grabbed it for closer inspection.

"Travis Van Zant," Kate sighed loudly "I had the biggest crush on him."

"Did you go out with him?" Abby asked.

"God no!" Kate answered "firstly, he wasn't interested in me. Secondly, he was arrogant, vain, immature and chauvinistic. Thirdly, he didn't know I existed."

"Sounds like someone we all know," Abby said slyly.

Kate narrowed her eyes.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kate demanded.

"Maybe, just maybe your dislike of Tony isa reflection of your past, you know, something lurking in your sub-conscious." Abby suggested.

"I never said I disliked Tony, I just find him annoying and immature." Kate said stubbornly.

"And arrogant, vain and chauvinistic," Abby finished. She grinned at Kate. "Face it Todd, you can't stand Tony because to you, he represents Travis." Abby grinned confidently. "And, like Travis, that's what attracts you to Tony."

There was a stunned silence.

"I do not like Tony!" Kate cried.

"So you've been saying for the last year," Abby said rationally "but when his name is mentioned, you instantly start blushing."

"I do not!" Kate said, blushing.

"See?" Abby laughed.

"Look, can we change the subject, I'm sick of talking about my disastrous teenage years!" Kate exclaimed angrily.

"Okay, what's your game plan for the reunion?" Abby asked.

"I was just going to go," Kate said, shrugging "I didn't really have a detailed plan."

"So, you're not taking anyone?" Abby gasped.

"No, is that important?" Kate answered.

"It is if you want to impress." Abby said sternly "People will sit up and take notice if they see Kate Todd looking hot, with an even hotter guy on her arm. Gosh, Kate, don't you know anything?"

"Who do you suggest I go with then?" Kate asked.

"Um, How about Rick from the night shift?" Abby asked.

"He's too boring."

"Um, that lawyer guy, Peter, you used to date?"

"He's got a girl friend." Kate answered, sighing.

Abby thought for a minute, then sat up straight.

"I've got the perfect person, but I don't think you'll like it." Abby said, cautiously.

"Who?" Kate asked.

Abby looked her in the eye, her serious expression turning into a smiling one.

"You have to be joking!" Kate exclaimed.

Abby shook her head.

"Tony!" Kate yelled.

Abby nodded her head.

"But…" Kate stuttered.

"He's perfect, Kate. Handsome, charming, witty, unattached. Sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures. You know this."

Kate sighed.

"What other choice do I have." She said, defeated.

Abby slapped her on the back.

"That' the spirit Kate, you go to that reunion and kick some fat, ex-cheerleader ass!"

A/N: I loved the idea that Cindy, Mindy and Lindy might be fat; I just couldn't resist not putting it in there. Thanks for all your support you reviewers have been sweet. Except for kap0w. I'll get you tomorrow at band! Grrr! Any hoo, currently starting chapter 4, so enjoy and review!