A Dare, Or Something More Sinister?
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS... I wish I did, but I don't!
Author's Notes: Thanks for all the reviews... a few more wouldn't go unnoticed though! Please!
This chapter is a bit short, but the next one more than makes up for it
And again a huge thank you to Kate for all her brilliant work and ideas!
At midday, Gibbs returned to find Kate lying on her back, counting the tiles on the roof.
"How many?" He asked as he sat on the edge of her bed and looked up
"I got to three hundred and forty-seven, then I lost count." She replied looking at him.
The sat in silence, looking into each others eyes for what seemed like hours, but was probably only a few seconds. They could almost see the tension in the air between them.
"You're doing better than what I got" Gibbs said, breaking eye contact, looking back up at the tiles "I couldn't get passed a hundred"
The ship gave a few jolts as they hit large waves, causing Gibbs to fall back on the bed. Gibbs began laughing, and turned his head to face Kate, who was leaning back again "Hi there"
"Hey boss, the cho… boss?" Tony asked as his walked in
Gibbs sat up "What DiNozzo?"
"Chopper's ready"
"I know!" Gibbs replied
"Ok, I'll wait for you there" Tony said walking out again
Kate got up, and found her clothes in the draw of the bed-side table. She looked at Gibbs, "Ah, Gibbs?"
"Yeah, Kate" he replied
"I need to change" Kate said
"Yeah right. I'll wait outside" Gibbs said as he walked out of the room
When Kate had finished, Gibbs went back in. "The doctors aren't happy that you're leaving so soon, but I told them I'd get Ducky to give you a check up when you get back", when Gibbs saw that Kate was about to argue, he continued, "They also didn't want you to walk to the chopper, said it would be safer if you went in a wheel-chair"
"Gibbs, I am not…" Kate started but was interrupted by Gibbs, who raised his voice,
"However, I knew you would never settle for that, so here," He moved towards her and took her arm, putting it over his shoulders, putting his arm around her back, "Lean on me, it'll help. If you need to stop, just tell me"
"Why don't you just carry me?" Kate asked
"I would, but it's too far" Gibbs replied
Tony stood by the heli-pad waiting for Kate and Gibbs to appear. It'd been one hell of a day, and it had just started, he wasn't looking forward to the three-hour flight to get back to the base. Gibbs was still very cranky because he hadn't had coffee in around 28 hours and was probably going through withdrawals from the lack of caffeine. Tony looked up as he saw Gibbs supporting Kate as they walked towards the chopper.
"Hey, what took so long?" Tony asked, his concern evident
"We had to stop a few times" Kate responded, from the look on Tony's face she added "I'm fine, we had to stop for Gibbs"
Tony looked at Gibbs who had gone slightly pale and had sweat beads on his forehead
"Gibbs?" Tony asked
"DiNozzo! Get on the damn chopper" Gibbs barked between breaths
"Yes boss. Do either of you need help getting onto the chopper?" Tony asked
"No thanks Tony" Kate replied climbing into the chopper. Tony looked at Gibbs with a questioning look
"If I need your help DiNozzo, I'll ask for it!" Gibbs told him, recovering his breath, getting slowly into the chopper, sitting next to Kate.
Tony climbed in after him and sat opposite them, closing the door as he did so. The blades started turning and soon the chopper had taken off. Tony looked out the window and watched the ship slowly disappear. He sighed and looked back at Gibbs and Kate, to see that they'd fallen asleep, Kate had her head on Gibbs' shoulder and Gibbs had his head on-top of hers. Tony tilted his head to the side, a grin creeping across his face, he reached into his bag, and took out the camera, taking a picture of them. He could use this against Kate later, he smiled as he recalled the wet t-shirt contest photo and how he had bugged Kate with it. He looked back to Gibbs and Kate and wondered what Gibbs had done with that photo…
That's it for chapter 4... I hope you like it! Reviews please!