Kate drove through the streets of Downtown DC like a pro, zig zagging around cars and at the same time maintaining an excellent speed. She turned the dial to her CD player. She was about to put on her Vanessa Carlton CD but when her niece's Josie and the Pussycats CD started to play she skimmed the songs until she reached "You don't see me." Kate laughed a little at how that represented her little thing with Gibbs. She turned up the music and started to hum to accustomed herself with the song and the lyrics, by the second time she played she sang along gently and at the same tone as the music.
This is the place where I sit
This is the part
Where I love you too much
Is this as hard as it gets?
'Cause I'm getting tired
Of pretending I'm tough
I'm here if you want me
I'm yours, you can hold me
I'm empty and taken and
Tumbling and breakin'
Cause you don't see me
And you don't need me
And you don't love me
The way I wish you would
The way I know you could…
Kate paused in the interval and looked over at the digital clock on her dash 0800 she sighed as she stopped at a red light and lightly drummed her fingers against the steering wheel along with the tune. When the light turned green she took a left and continued down that strip of pavement for a good 10 minutes.
I dream of worlds
Where you'd understand
And I dream a
Million sleepless nights
I dream of fire when
You're touching my hand
But twists into smoke
When I turn on the light
I'm speechless and faded
It's so complicated
Is this how the book ends,
Nothing but good friends?
Gibbs got in his car and began to drive over to Kate's unconsciously. When he pulled up to her driveway he surveyed the darkened house and sat there for a while, just staring and thinking of the boundaries he had invented and mulled them over in his head. He ran a hand threw his silver hair and looked up towards the sky at the many stars; all shinning it's brightest, all distanced yet still grouped. He leaned there for a while on his hood staring at the sky and sometimes seeing Kate's reflection in them. He sighed and got back in his car.
He pulled out and made his way over to the Riviera Hotel at 100km/h down the well lit streets of Washington DC.
'Cause you don't see me
And you don't need me
And you don't love me
The way I wish you would
The way I know you could
Kate now sang at a minimum a lot lower then the singer. She was too busy running the meaning of the song through her head and contemplating it. She veered to the right and followed the traffic towards The Rivera.
She stared out the window at the filled sidewalk of party people and those merely out for the hell of it. Some were talking animatedly, while others either mooned the oncoming cars or threw empty can of beer at people's windshields. She laughed a little when she realized she was one of them. When she was 17 she wasn't the strict and controlled woman she was now. Though Christian she gave into peer pressure. She smoked and drank, stayed out at incredible hours even ran away from home a handful of times. She was glad that was over, and it was all help to her two older brothers; Davis and Michael. Now she had a great job, a nice house, great friends and the hottest boss she could ever imagine.
This is the place in my heart
This is the place where
I'm falling apart
Isn't this just where we met?
And is this the last chance
That I'll ever get?
I wish I was only
Crystal and see-through
And not enough to you.
Gibbs zoomed down the streets somehow he managed to avoid traffic jams altogether. With one hand he turned the steering wheel left and the other brought his large Starbucks coffee cup to his lips and savoring the caffeine as it slide down his throat. He put the cup in the coffee holder and rolled down the window to let in a gentle breeze to run through his hair and tickle his cheek. He sighed again for what was the fifth time that night. How could one woman change my night, causing me too break my old habits from working on my boat to become a social butterfly or at least a little more sociable. He thought as he chuckled. Count on Kate to do exactly that. He took a short cut that would get him there in less then 5 minutes. Hoping that in a slim chance he would beat Kate there.
'Cause you don't see me
And you don't need me
And you don't love me
The way I wish you would
Kate sighed loudly when she was cut off by some lunatic driving a black Matrix, and was forced to stay behind at a red light.
"This has to be the longest trip to The Riviera I've ever taken!" She exclaimed as she stomped her foot on the gas when it finally turned green and her tires screeched against the pavement causing treads to appear behind her. She would get to that party in less then 5 minute or someone would have to pay. She laughed out loud when she chose who her victim would be Tony.
'Cause you don't see me
And you don't need me
And you don't love me
The way I wish you would
The way I know you could…
Gibbs parked his car on the adjacent side of the sidewalk and turned off his engine. He took a deep breath, counted to 10 and slowly putting one foot in front of the other he slowly made his way up the stairs. He paused with his hand out and shut his hand into a fist at the handle and took another deep breath. He rolled his eyes when he heard Tony laugh and Abby shriek being her normal self.
He rolled his eyes and opened the door. The ballroom of The Hotel Riviera blinded him with the lights. Some were red, blue and white and yellow. Abby came over with an extra bounce in her step probably on account of the high amount of champagne in her,
"Hey Boss, glad you're here! Now the family's almost all here. All we're missing is Kate!" She said and ran off to where McGee and Tony were and entered an animated conversation.
Ducky walked over to where Gibbs stood and handed him a glass.
"What a rare occasion to see you Jethro, though merely the fact of it being the new year isn't the sole reason now is it?" Ducky said as both he and Gibbs walked off occasionally sipping at their drinks. Every now and then Gibbs would look towards the entrance to see if Kate would ever arrive.
When out of the blue a loud shriek overcame the immensely populated hall.
"KATE!" Abby bounced over and brought Kate in a bone-crashing hug.
Kate laughed lightly and hugged her back.
"Hey Abbs." She said a little embarrassed avoiding everyone's eyes around the room. Tony made his way over and gave her a glass of champagne.
"Wow Kate you clean up pretty good." He said giving her a hug. Kate looked at him with a confused glance and she slowly wrapped her arms around him and patted his back. When she opened her eyes hey brown-mocha eyes met up with Gibbs's crystal blue ones. He raised his glass and smiled lightly. She smiled brightly and even though she was still in Tony's deep grip she raised her glass and they both drank from it. Gibbs tilted his head to the side a bit indicating for her to come over.
Kate's eyebrow rose and she slowly withdrew from his hug.
"Hey Tony, ease up on the alcohol will yah, or your resolutions will be the same as last year's." He withdrew and took a big gulp of his champagne and cracked her a witty smile. "Cute DiNozzo." She said over her shoulder as she slowly made her way over to Gibbs. She took deep breaths and merely listened to the clicking of her heels on the highly decorated tiles.
Author's Note: Hey my fellow fictionners, sorry for the lateness hope you enjoy this chappy D -Brit- x0x