Chapter 3
"Hey Katie-Pie?"
"Yes Tony." Kate answered, looking up from her desk.
"I was thinking. I was a real camel's ass last week.."
"And you're only just figuring that out now?"
"...Anyways, I just wanted to say that I was sorry. And to show you how sorry I really am, I want to take you out to dinner tonight."
Kate thought about it for a minute. "Uh, sure. Ok."
"Great! I know this new Italian place….you do like Italian don't you?"
"Yeah. Italians fine Tony."
"Good. So uh, I'll pick you up at around 6.30. Is 6.30 good?"
"6.30's good."
"Ok, great." He replied, smiling on of those 100 watt smiles enthusiastically at her.
Kate smiled back and returned to her paperwork. Damn he was confusing when he wanted to be.
5 meters away, both Tony and Kate could hear the sound of a cell ringing.
"That you Tony?" Kate asked.
"Nope," he replied, "and it's not Gibbs."
Both of them looked across the room before landing eyes on McGee, who was still engrosed in his computer game.
"McGEE!" They both yelled, causing McGee to jump right out of his skin.
"Uh, yeah?"
"Your cell's ringing!"
"Oh, thanks." He said before answering it.
Almost immeadiatly, he was out of his seat, and into the elevator.
Back down in the lab, a ver impatient Abby was waiting for Tim. "C'mon McGee, where are you. When i say 'pronto', it means right now?"
As if on cue, the elevator doors dinged, and Tim emerged. "Abby, you ok? You said it was an emergency."
"Did Tony ask Kate out yet?"
"Tony's asking Kate out?"
"Yes, Tony's asking Kate out, so did he?"
"I dunno, if he did I couldn't hear. I was playing Medal Of Honor, and had my headset on."
"McGee!" She pouted.
"Sorry."
"I know how you can make it up to me!" Abby said, rubbing her ands in glee, with a rather devious look on her face.
"How?" He was sceptical. This could be dangerous.
"When you go back, tell Kate I want to see her."
"That's it?"
Abby nooded her response. "Yeah, why?"
"I thought you might want to use me for some sort of ancient voodoo or sacrifice."
"Me? Sacrifice you? Never! You're too valuable to me, for the time being anyways. Without you, I'd have no-one to help me hack into stuff."
"Oh ok, thanks." He replied as he turned to leave. "Oh, one more thing. Why's Tony asking Kate out?"
"Cos he loves her! Oops, I wasn't supposed to tell you that."
"Tony loves Kate hey? I always thought there was something between those two."
"Well, if you want to be technical, there isn't. But there will be if I have anything to do with it."
"So you're setting them up?"
"Think of it more like giving them a push in the right direction, so they don't have to go through that whole 'should I, shouldn't I, what if she says no' crap."
"I see. I'll send Kate down."
"Thank-you Timmy! And Oh, you didn't hear that Tony loves Kate from me, Ok? God I love saying that. Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate, Tony loves Kate,..."
"Abby. Slow down on the Caf-Pow."