Kate and Tony both felt a little uneasy because they had to work together again, especially after the incident, which did or did not happen the previous night. Tony wanted to break the silence in the car with another one of his jokes.
"Hey Kate, did you see that movie 'Dude, where's my car'?", those guys also had a hangover and didn't know anymore where they parked their car," his laughter sounding forced and uncertain. Kate gave him a 'shut up or die look' and that was it for the rest of the trip.
Kate and Tony just arrived with their car at the villa of Darlene Stevens, when she left the house in her Porsche Carrera.
"Bingo" Tony said as they followed her. Darlene parked at a restaurant and stepped out. The man, whom she was talking to at the charity event was waiting there for her. They seated themselves down at a table and Kate and Tony did the same thing. Tony sat with his back to them, while Kate kept watch and saw them talking.
"He's kissing her on the cheek." She whispered, "Oh god, she is looking in our direction." Tony leaned close to Kate and hid, hoping that they wouldn't be noticed. Too close.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm trying not to screw up again Kate!"
"Well, I think it's a braindead idea!" she hissed back.
Darlene seemed to be looking in their direction and Kate suddenly pulled Tony back from his seat and started kissing him. She acted mindlessly, but not without feeling. She felt her body warming up and for a moment the whole world seemed to disappear. She was going to regret this. When she pulled back, Tony pushed forward towards her.
"Whoa Kate, now that I remember, don't stop. Where did you learn to kiss like that?"
"Back off you walking mass of testosterone! I'm just following in your footsteps...trying not to blow my cover here!" she promptly jumped out of her chair and sat on his lap.
"I'm in paradise" Tony grinned and then looked behind him and saw Darlene Stevens winking at them.
"O hell, they busted us." He smiled and waved back at her.
"Well, we'll just have to meet them then!" Kate replied, shaking her head in disbelief, could this day even get worse!
"Hi, I'd like you to meet Brian Shaw, he's a friend of the family and a great friend of Ian. He's helping me through this difficult period and I was just telling them about you guys of NCIS solving the murder when I saw you two sitting there. What brings you two here?"
"Well, the same thing that brings you here I guess. You see, Kate and I are an item, but we don't tell anybody because we are afraid that it would interfere our jobs."
"And certainly not our boss," Kate added, "Isn't that right, honey?"
"That's right," Tony grinned.
"Would you join us for lunch?" Darlene asked.
"No, that's ok, we have to get going, paperwork to do," Kate said.
"Oh god, we blew that one," She said, as they were walking back to their car. On the other hand she was relieved that the aspirine had taken away the nausea and her head ache, so she could function normally. What happened the other night, was still a mystery. And Gibbs was not going to be pleased that they had another failure. Luckily he wasn't here at the time to lecture them.