Ok so I made a mistake when I said that this story was inspired by a line from Truth or Dare. It isn't. It's actually a line from Marshmallows, which isn't part of this "trilogy" I'm writing. But if you will, I'd like for everyone to pretend, just for this chapter, that Marshmallows is connected to T or D and MTT. Ok ok…so on with the story!

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"You take them for sex, leave them, and take another one. It's a cycle. Dammit, I wouldn't be surprised you are actually the father of a bunch of illegitimate children."

Kate couldn't remember when she'd said those words, but she knew that she spoken them to Tony sometime before they got together. The words had come back, she decided, to haunt her.

Oh, it wasn't like she didn't know that marrying Tony was a big risk. He was the biggest player in NCIS history, but she knew that he could stay committed if he tried hard enough. And it was true. During their six months of dating and their seven months of marriage, Kate had not a single reason to doubt that Tony was seeing her and her alone.

But then, where did this-this Liz- fit in with the picture she'd painted of Tony?

It didn't really matter. Kate wasn't thinking about how to squeeze the new comer into their lives. She wasn't thinking about how absurd Liz's claim was. She was only thinking about how much her heart hurt. She was betrayed, to put it simply. And as Kate's delicate, paper heart was ripped into two by the man she trusted more than any one in the world, she let out a heart wrenching cry and ran from the room to the elevators, dodging Gibbs, who'd come in with his usual coffee.

Gibbs loved Kate. Not love love. It was more…parental love. Kate, Tony, McGee, Abby…they were all his children, and as any parent would, he loved his children deeply, and would just lose it if anything hurt them.

One glance at the sobbing Kate as she stepped into the elevators was all it took for Gibbs to realize that Tony had hurt her. Bad. Just like he'd warned him not to. Looking over at Tony's desk, he saw that Tony was staring off in the direction that Kate went. A spurt of anger raced through him as he noticed the blonde woman next to Tony. He thought he saw a flash of nervousness race across her face before it was replaced by scorn.

"That whore. She's also pregnant with your kid, huh?"

Gibbs was upon her in a flash. He didn't hesitate has he reached out and grabbed a fistful of Blondie's golden locks. Jerking the hair toward him, he ignored her cry of pain. "That whore is the best damn agent we have, and if I ever hear you talk about her like that again, I will make sure that you're going to be sorry."

Liz struggled against Gibbs's grip on her hair. The former marine had already turned his attention to Tony, though he still gripped the golden strands tightly. "What does she mean that Kate's also pregnant?"

Tony looked at his hands. "I don't see how it's possible, but Liz here insists that she's pregnant with my baby."

Liz's hair was abandoned. Instead, Gibbs's hand now clutched Tony's brown hair, jerking his head forward. "YOU WHAT?"

Tony stumbled, his voice cracking. "I-I couldn't have. I don't how it's possible." Trying to look up at Gibbs, he cried, "I would never hurt Kate! You know that Boss."

Gibbs flung Tony from him. Pointing a finger at Liz, he snapped, "Get the hell out of here."

She nodded. "You should probably talk to Kate," she advised before breezing out of the room.

As soon as she stepped into the elevator, Liz felt her knees buckle and give way. She flung out her arms and clutched the railing for support, feeling tears well at her eyes.

Once again, she found herself in the room with the man. "I did it."

The man grinned wolfishly. "Good." He reached over and patted her hand. She pulled it away as if it'd been stung.

"This can't be right. That woman-Kate, she was crying when I told them."

A look of pain crossed the man's face. "Ah, we must hurt Kate in order to make her truly happy."

Liz shuddered. "I should be going now."

The man nodded. "Come back if anything happens."

Gibbs and Tony sat alone in an interrogation room. The younger man looked worn, and he stared at the tabletop as his boss yelled at him, hateful words flung toward him at 100 miles per hour.

"I specifically told you that if you ever hurt Kate, you'd be sorry! And being the heartless bastard you are, you apparently didn't take my threat seriously!"

A chocked cry escaped Tony's lips. "Gibbs, listen to me!" he pleaded. "I didn't knock that woman up! She's lying I tell you!"

"How do I know that you didn't run off to a bar one night?"

Tony's eyes hardened. "Because you know that I'd never lie about that." He looked away. "Gibbs, there is one test that a woman must pass before I hit on her."

"Oh? And what's that?

"I never date women named Liz."

Gibbs stifled a look of shock from appearing on his face.

Tony continued. "When I was little, I lived next door to a girl named Liz. She was such an angel. I really did love her, in a childish way. One day, Liz committed suicide. I was there when they took away her body."

Gibbs placed a hand on the younger man's shoulder.

"It was really windy that day." Tony's voice started to crack. "The wind blew off the sheet covering her body. I saw her, so bloody with those huge gashes on her wrists. I knew that the name Liz would always be connected to that image, so I've avoided women named that."

Gibbs saw the point of Tony's story. "That means you wouldn't have talked at length with Liz, much less sleep with her."

Tony nodded. "I told you she was lying." He paused. "But how do we prove that? No one's going to believe that I never sleep with women named Liz. Especially not Kate."

"Well, I know one way to prove that she is lying."

Tony looked up.

"We get Abby to prove that you scientifically can't be the father."

TBC
Next chapter, we shall seehow Kate's faring.

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