So, so sorry it's been so long! I hope you're all still with me! I'll do my best to update again as soon as I can!

The next day Kate was out walking Toni when her cell phone rang.

"Kate Todd."

"I can see you."

"What?"

"I can seeeee yooooou."

"DiNozzo?"

"That's me. You're looking mighty fine in those running shorts today Katie."

Kate looked around suspiciously.

"Where are you?"

She searched the park with her eyes. There was no reply on the other end of the phone.

"Tony? Where are you?"

"Right here!" He announced from right behind her. He made her jump and she hit him for it.

"It's too early for that kind of violence Kate."

"What are you doing here?" She asked him as she tried to stop Toni from growling at him.

"Walking."

She raised an eyebrow in suspicion but didn't question his motives.

"Breakfast?" He asked, gesturing toward a diner across the street.

Kate shrugged. "Why not."

The diner wasn't the fanciest of establishments. The pink booths and mauve walls made Tony a tad queasy, but the smell of pancakes and waffles enticed him to stay. They sat at a booth and waited for a skimpy blonde waitress to approach them. Kate couldn't help thinking that she'd probably have had to wait a lot longer to be served if Tony wasn't there.

"What can I getchya Hun?" She asked Tony while chewing on her gum and waving a pencil around. The way she was looking at him made Kate want to burst out laughing. What made the whole thing even funnier to watch was the fact that, for once in his life, Tony wasn't paying the slightest attention to her.

"I'll have the pancakes. Kate?"

"I'll just have a fruit juice."

"She'll have the pancakes too."

As the waitress pottered away, Kate gave Tony an exasperated look.

"Do you have any idea how bad those things are for you? All that sugar and syrup…"

"Delicious."

"Tony…"

"Oh come on Kate! It tastes way better than a fruit juice and it isn't as if you need to lose weight!"

"Not like I need to put on any either!"

"Kate you're beautiful and you always will be so live a little would ya?"

They both sat there glaring at each other mildly. Tony was silently cursing himself for letting that slip out. Kate was trying to decide whether to get angry or throw her arms around his neck right there and then. She chose to do neither.

After a moment's silence, the waitress came back with plates in her arms. She set them down in front of each of them and tottered away again. They both began eating their breakfasts and Kate silently thanked Tony for making her get the pancakes because they were delicious.

"So… beautiful huh?" She smirked at him, expecting him to start back-pedaling frantically.

"Yeah," he said softly, avoiding her gaze.

Kate smiled, shook her head and got back to finishing her pancakes.

Everybody say it with me now, 1,2,3.. awwwww! Lol. "Beautiful." sigh Why can't my life be like Kate's life is in my head?

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