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Summary: Chapter four of "Tater Tots"
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"We're going to have to tell our parents." Kate said to Tony early one morning as they were getting ready for work. Tony gave her a look.
"Why don't we tell my parents first, at least then they'll have known about the baby before your father kills me." Tony replied. He was not looking forward to that meeting.
"I wish we didn't have to tell them at all. I can just picture what my mother is going to say." Kate answered. She lay down on the bed and struggled with the zipper on her black pants. "Ugh!" she groaned, "She'll tell me that I've ruined my life and that this baby will be an abomination in the eyes of God and that I'm living in sin."
"Aren't you already living in sin?" Tony wanted to know.
"Living with you isn't a sin Tony, it's heavenly." Kate kissed Tony's cheek. Tony's eyes lit up and he wrapped his arms around Kate, who was now standing at the closet looking for something big and baggy to wear. "Oh lord, just buy me a tent now." she muttered to herself as she searched the rack for an appropriate outfit.
"You look beautiful." Tony playfully nipped Kate's ear. "Besides, don't they have those nice maternity pants with the big panel of cloth in front?" Kate gave Tony a dark look and pinched him. "Ow!" he yelped.
"Until I absolutly have to, I will not be wearing maternity pants. And, if you mention maternity pants again, I will personally castrate you and stuff whatever it is I take off down your throat and suffocate you with it." Kate growled.
Tony placed his hand on Kate's still flat belly. "Hey kid, your mom's got some bad mood swings."
"They get worse." Kate retorted.
"Hey, are we going to tell Abby and the others today?" Tony wanted to know.
"Today." Kate sighed, she wasn't looking forward to that either, even though Gibbs already knew about their relationship, and their baby, Kate wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. But, suffice it to say, they had to tell them soon, or the baby would tell them itself.
That morning, when they arrived at work, Tony and Kate gathered everyone down in Abby's lab, later that afternoon. They would have just told their friends up in the bull-pen, but they didn't want everyone to know yet, and Autopsy just didn't see like the appropriate place to announce the coming birth of a baby.
"We have something to say." Kate said, her face flushed with happiness.
"You're getting married!" Abby squealed happily.
"No!" Tony rushed, "We're not getting married." he gave Kate's hand a gentle squeeze.
"Well?" Abby pressed, "If you're not getting married, then what?"
"Kate and I..." Tony stammered.
"What he means to say is that..Well you all know we've been seeing each other for a while now and..." Kate said, her voice nervous and choppy.
"Kate!" Abby moaned, exhasperation showing on her pale face.
"I'm pregnant!" Kate blurted.
The whole room was silent, Tony and Kate threw expectant looks towards their friends. No one said anything though, they were all anticipating blood being shed at the hands of Gibbs.
Suddenly, Abby's face split into a huge grin. She squealed and hugged her friend.
"Congratulations Caitlin, you as well Tony. A baby is a wonderful joy." Ducky said as he shook Tony's hand and waited to hug Kate.
"You have kids Ducky?" Tony asked the older man.
"When one lives with his mother his entire life, it makes it a bit difficult for one to procreate, if you know what I mean." Tony shuddered and gave Ducky a look of sympathy.
The hug-fest and congratulations continued all around, except for Gibbs, he didn't say anything, he just stood back and watched the commotion. It wasn't that he didn't care about Kate and Tony, because he did. It was more like he was thinking to the future. He doubted that once Kate's baby was born, that she'd be coming back to work. And on top of that, he now had to find a new field agent.