Chap 3

Now that that was over she took the plain dark blue tee-shirt in her hands and carefully slid it over his head. And brought one arm through and did the same with the other. Finally she was done changing him, but then noticed the splotch of vomit on his pants.

"Woah naha that's to far Todd." Still she thought about what she felt if someone made her sleep in soiled pants.

"Gibbs you are too stubborn for your own good!" She blew a strand of hair away from her face and tackled the job of his pants. She took a breath and lowered the pants, she took a deep breath when she got them to his ankles and she hastily took them off sending them soaring over to the rest of his discarded articles of soiled clothing.

"Okay…just don't look." She kept her eyes on his sleeping face as she pulled the covers over his waist. She hurried to the bathroom and wet a washcloth and re-entered Gibbs's bedroom. He had shifted his body. "Damn him!" He was facing the opposite side of the room. This meant she had to crawl over the bed to wipe his face.

"If you weren't sick Gibbs I swear!" She said to herself by quickly realized it was aimed at the man in bed.

She ran the wet washcloth over his face, wiping the vomit and sweat off at the same time.

Her features smoothed out as she gazes into his face. Just then the grudge of ruining her blouse, taking her away from work and making her carry him all disappeared.

His face was now relaxed also at her touch and gentleness. She swore she felt his eyes flutter but thought nothing of it. She lent down and posed a sweet kiss on his forehead.

She picks up his clothes and is about to leave the room when she stops at a weak voice behind her.

"Katie…." She turned around and smiled a little.

"Get some sleep Gibbs I'll be here when you wake up." She swore she say him smile a little before dozing off but brushed it away. She exited the room quietly and headed to find his washing machine.

She had finally found the laundry room, conveniently placed outside Gibbs's room. As quietly as she could she closed the door behind her and placed the bundle on top of the dryer, she lifted the lid of the washing machine and dunked the soiled clothing and stripped off her own blouse and put that in the load also. She poured in some liquid detergent and closed the lid and turned it on.

"Shit, now what am I going to do?" She whispered to herself, she walked over to the dryer and opened it. "Gotcha!" She took out a hunter green tee-shirt and slipped it over her shoulders. "It'll do for now." She exited the laundry, closing the door behind her and tiptoed towards the living room.

The living room was quite spacious. A black leather sofa was adorning one side of the room; a handsome looking book shelf adorned the corner. Books filled from left to right top to bottom shelf. A fireplace was cross the room in front of the other leather couch. She stepped into the kitchen and immediately went for the fridge. She took out a water bottle and shut the fridge and went to search for some Tylenol.

One second later she heard a moan from down the hall. She slowly walked over to the room and opened the door wide. She walked across the carpeted floor and went to his side.

His face was sweaty his hair matted to his face.

"Here take this." She handed him the water bottle and two tablets of Tylenol.

"You changed my shirt?" He said after swallowing the tablets dry and draining the water.

"You threw up on it." She shrugged her shoulders as if their conversation was natural.

"You're wearing one of mine." He said looking at her threw groggy eyes. He liked the fact that she was in his house and in his shirt it made him feel loved.

"You threw up on mine too." She said accepting the bottle and placing a wet towel on his forehead. He closed his eyes and welcomed the coolness of the towel over his sweaty skin. He was trying to get out from under his heavy duvet when he noticed he wasn't wearing any pants. He shrugged off the covers despite his lack of clothes.

"You changed my pants." He said and looked over at her. She blushed, Gibbs fully aware of her and smiled weakly; amused.

"Them too." She said not meeting his gaze; but continued talking to him all the same. She left the water bottle on his bedside table and headed out of the room.

"I'm sorry." He said as he got up slowly. He slowly got to his feet and attempted to walk but stumbled. Kate was automatically at his side, she swung an arm around her head; letting him lean against her.

"And where do you think you're going?"

"Back to work I can't stay here." But she merely sat him back down on his bed and kneeled down in front of him.

"Until you can keep your meal down, walk a straight line and are able to look at me without faltering…then you can leave, but until then, I'm sorry Gibbs but you're stuck with me." She put a gentle hand on his shoulder and gently helped him settle down on to his mattress.

"Why?" She asked sitting beside him on the bed holding the towel over his forehead.

"Why what?" He asked making himself comfortable; even though nothing could surpass this moment.

"You said you're sorry…why?" She asked tucking a strand of silver hair out of his eyes. At that moment she didn't know why but nothing felt better in the world then being here.

"For making you take care of a stubborn bastard, and for ruining your clothes." He said looking up at her lovingly, but the darkness hid the gaze from Kate's eyes. She smiled and for a moment laid the towel over his forehead.

"Don't be, god knows I'd rather be here then in a sweltering office under Dinozzo's orders. And don't worry about the blouse it'll come out." She gave his hand a reassuring squeeze and went to leave when he tightened his grasp on her wrist.

"Stay?" He asked shyly not quite meeting her gaze but kept his attention on her.

"If you really want me too; I guess I could." She said gently. He let go of her wrist and watched as she brought a chair closer to the bed and sat down on it bringing out a book she had picked from the shelf in the living room. She felt his gaze on her as she turned the page. "Go to sleep Jethro." She said not even looking over her book.

"Thank you Katie." He said slowly drifting off to sleep. She smiled at him and returned to her book.

Author's Note: I really enjoy writing this fic and watching it even more D Tell me what you think…please no heat.

Brit -xox-