Kate insisted on driving back to the hotel.
"Gibbs, when is our flight back?"
"Normally tomorrow, but we could leave tonight as well. I'll call if it's possible."
"Who would have thought it anyway?" Tony said, "everything was planned so well in advance, Ian Stevens is on a mission in Washington and doubles his life insurance there. His wife hires a private investigator because she thinks that he is deceiving her and they both come to Washington to spy on him. Darlene makes sure that the investigator sees the murder happen and that she is not far away from the beach to confirm that it was her husband who died. They of course thought that the local boys would investigate the murder and that they would get away with the whole thing, but that was of course not the case huh" he grinned.
"I feel sorry for Melissa" Gibbs added, "She's the victim of her parents' greed for money."
"Yeah, her grandparents will have to look after her." Kate said.
Kate slowly parked the car and the three of them stepped out. They walked into the main entrance of the hotel and walked towards the elevator.
"Hmm, I'll call your rooms later when our flight is confirmed" Gibbs said.
They nodded. They watched Gibbs enter his room and then Tony waited until Kate unlocked her door and followed her in.
"Tony..."
"Kate..." they both began simultaneously.
"You first" she said. He started coming closer and bit his lip, while he pulled his hands through her hair and leaned in to kiss her neck.
"What are you doing...?" she whispered.
"This" he answered and kissed her lips in a playful manner. She felt herself melting away again, but it was with dislike that she softly pulled him away from her.
"Tony...you told me yesterday that it was just once, so what are you doing here then in my bedroom? And don't start telling me that this is what women do, ask questions and make everything complicated, because it already is complicated. I want to know what yesterday night meant but we both need to think about it Tony. We cannot afford it to make a mistake and loose our jobs before thinking it over first!" They stood facing each other and then Tony nodded.
"Yeah..." he said silently, "maybe...I'll just go and pack." He looked sad.
"Tony... for what it's worth, I had a great time last night" she winked. A big smile appeared on his face; A smile that brightened her day. He silently left the room. She sighed. Did I do the right thing? Or did I just blow it?
Two hours later they were at the airport again, boarding the plane back to Washington. Kate was sitting between Gibbs and Tony and she looked at Tony sleeping peacefully. Oh God, I blew it.
The next day Kate opened her door to see Abby standing there, ready to take her lunching.
"So you had sex before your first date?"
"Hey, you sleep in a coffin...yes I did" she admitted shy.
"So was he as good as he pretends to be?" Abby asked with a develish grin.
"I can't believe we are having this conversation,"Kate rolled her eyes before answering the next part of her sentence, "Erm..yeah, he's good" she blushed.
"Abby..you think Gibbs knows?"
"Aw, c'mon Kate, we are talking about Gibbs here! He finds just about everything.."
"Lovely"she answered.
"So what are you going to do?" Abby asked curious.
"I'm not sure, I'm gonna wait and see for the time being, I want to know how long he can persist without getting back to his old habits..that is 18 year old blond bimbo's!"
"Ouch, poor Tony!" Abby giggled.
"Don't tell him this Abbs...I just hope I will persist as well!"she said worried.