Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS…never will. If I did, Kate would have NOT died. Nowhere near that kind of storyline ever. So basically, my story is in denial for Kate is very much alive in my story. No, I'm not making any money off of this, however, if CBS is interested in paying me, then I'll gladly accept.

Ship: Tate

Spoilers: None really. Post-Twilight…except for Kate dying. And in ways, somewhat AU.

Summary: The playful side of Tony and Kate show during the sleepover at NCIS…and more.

Chapter 1:

"Do we all really have to spend the night here?" Tony DiNozzo whined as he stood with his arms crossed.

Kate glared at him. "Yes, Tony. We do. Now make yourself comfortable."

He smirked and sat down at his desk, signing onto his email account. He quickly typed a message and clicked send.

Kate, busy looking over some files, soon heard a ding on her end. Raising an eyebrow she glanced at Tony who appeared to be occupied with some paperwork. She opened the message and read what he had written: 'So, you think I'm hot?'

She rolled her eyes and quickly typed her reply and clicked send. She waited until she heard the ding on his end.

Tony opened her message and grinned. 'Kinda. Don't make anything out of it though.' He smirked and typed his reply.

Another ding and Kate opened yet another message. 'Wanna go get dinner after this is all over?' it said, referring to this mess with the terrorist Ari Haswari.

Kate sighed and thought about it. How bad could it be? Tony was fun when he wasn't being caustic and annoying. He always made her laugh at the worst of times. Determined, she wrote her answer and hit send.

'Sure. But don't mess around with me, Tony, if we're going to make something of this, be real.' Tony glanced up and caught her watching him for his reaction. "I'll be good," he said to her, crossing his heart and holding up two fingers like a boy scout.

Kate smiled slowly. "Good. But after this dinner, we need to determine where we both stand on this."

Tony nodded. "I agree." He glanced over at McGee who had fallen asleep already. He looked at his watch and was surprised to see that it was well past midnight. "I suppose we should catch some sleep as well."

Kate stood and stretched. "I guess." She looked over at Gibbs' desk and saw him reclining and could hear him snoring slightly. She kneeled down and neatly folded her jacket to make a pillow. Looking around her desk for anything remotely resembling a blanket and found nothing. She shrugged to herself and laid down, facing Tony's desk.

Tony also folded his jacket into a pillow and laid down, facing Kate. He pulled his bigger jacket over him and got comfortable. "Night Kate," he whispered.

"Night Tony," she whispered back. She closed her eyes and took slow breaths to calm her heart. She was anxious about the case and about the dinner that Tony had asked her to.

Tony watched as Kate tried to fall asleep. He noticed that she didn't have anything covering her so he got up and walked over to her. He draped his own jacket over her and tucked it around her.

Kate opened an eye to find Tony hovering over her. She looked down at herself and found that he had laid his jacket over her. "Thank you Tony," she said softly.

He smiled. "No problem," he said simply as he returned to his side. He resumed his earlier position before realizing he might be more comfortable on his stomach. Flipping over, he turned his head so that he could watch Kate as she fell asleep. She was really beautiful, Tony thought as his eyes started to feel heavy.

That was very sweet of him, was Kate's last thought before she succumbed to the sweet surrender of sleep.