Chap 5
Spoilers: There is a spoiler…((the flashback))but I'm not quite sure what the episode's called though…sry
Kate heard the water shout down the pipes as Gibbs turned on the shower. She sighed deeply and walked over to the fridge to see what she could work with.
What were you thinking Todd? He's your boss for crying out loud! She opened the fridge and nearly laughed. There was nothing in the fridge apart from old mouldy green cheese and what might have once been a Caesar salad. She wrote a brief note to indicate she had gone grocery shopping and that she would be home soon.
She put on her light jacket, slipped on her boots and opened the door to reveal clear blue sky and a blazing ball of fire in the sky. As she walked down the path of stones to the sidewalk she took in her surroundings for the first time.
The grass surrounding his house was lush and green. Little pansies popped out from here and there along the grass. In the middle of his lawn was a big handsome willow tree; its branches slouching to cover a secret spot meant for protection and comfort. On the side of his house laid a flower garden. Somehow she had never figured Gibbs a flower man; but he was married three times. Once again she reprimanded herself for thinking of him again.
Snap out of it Todd, take care of him then return to your old life; being alone yet happy. She continued down the sidewalk towards the little corner store she remembered stood for nearly a decade; when her cell phone vibrated at her hip. She un-clipped it from her belt and held it up to her ear.
"Todd." She said looking both ways before running briskly across the road.
"Hey Katie he killed you yet?" Tony said smoothly, Kate rolled her eyes as she moved out of the way of two ids skipping in the middle of the sidewalk.
"One; don't call me Katie and no he hasn't killed me yet. I'd say it's the other way around…aren't you suppose to be working DiNozzo?" She said as the store came into view she switched the phone to her left ear and cradled it with her shoulder.
"FYI Kate since our fearless leader is sick crime as taken a rest…well that's how Ducky puts it. And I'm just finishing up my paperwork…you have quite a bit yourself Katie." Tony said as he propped his feet up on Gibbs desk and breached the phone between collar bone and ear.
"I do? I was sure I had finished it all." She pulled the door open and went over to pull a cart from the long line.
"Yah you were…but I gave you some of mine."
"Like hell I'm going to do it!" She snapped in the cell, and several onlookers gaped and tended their ear to catch the conversation. Upon noticing them she hushed her voice to a minimal whisper and pushed her cart angrily into the fruit and vegetable aisle.
"Oh I'd reconsider Katie…" He said putting on his Armani shades and taking a bite out of his breakfast burrito.
"Oh I would; would I?" She sneered as she began loading her cart full of ripe tomatoes, bananas, oranges and she was now heading over to the vegetables.
"Yup…you would, since I have in my hand the picture you thought I deleted." He said taking a big bite and swallowing it whole.
"ANTHONY DINOZZO! You promised me you deleted that picture! You're such a pig!" She stomped her foot and closed her eyes tight to try and control their anger. Her mind went reeling to the day he did it.
FLASHBACK…
They had just finished a hard case and were making the final touches to their paperwork when Tony began angrily clicking at his keyboard. With a wide grin on his face he clicked on 'enter' and brought his hands behind his head.
Across the room Kate's e-mail flashed alive with the tell-tale 'Beep' of receiving mail. She put her pencil down and scratched her head as she opened up the e-mail. The minute the picture uploaded her eyes went wide as saucers and her mouth fell open.
On her screen was a picture of her in her college days at 'The Wet Bikini Contest' in Panama City over spring break. She blinked and closed her eyes annoyed; when she re-opened them she noticed a new addition to the already offensive picture. In white bold letters at the top of the picture was written NCIS Of The Month. A malicious smile crept over her painted red lips as she clicked reply and added a picture of her own. She hit hard on the Enter button to prove her point in which caused Gibbs to look up from his work briefly.
Tony curiously dropped his pen and intrigued he opened the email to nearly fall of his chair in shock. He looked over at Gibbs who was talking on the phone and leaned over his desk to whisper/shout to Kate.
"That's real mature Kate." Tony spat leaning on his elbows.
Kate leaned over herself and spat back.
"I learn from the best Tony!" She flung an elastic at him and hit him square in the face.
"No one is going to believe that!" He spat looking at the picture again.
Kate had sent a picture of him in a cowboy suit leaning in on another cowboy.
"Want to test that theory DiNozzo?" She added with a mischievous smile.
Tony sighed and leaned over again.
"Okay fine at the count of three we both delete it."
"One…" Kate said lifting up a finger.
"Two…" Tony replied adding another to the match.
"Three!" They exclaimed in unison as a 'Beep' was overheard by both computers.
Tony and Kate both relaxed and was about to continue with their work when they heard Gibbs's computer beep signalling he had two emails.
Both their faces dropped as they hurriedly began gathering their things to leave.
"Bye Gibbs got to go." Tony said grabbing his jacket and racing over to the elevator.
"Yah bye Gibbs see you tomorrow." She draped her jacket on her arm and grabbed her purse and raced DiNozzo to the elevator.
Behind them Gibbs opened his first email and upon seeing it a smile appeared on his features.
END FLASHBACK
She added a cucumber, lettuce and carrots to her cart and wheeled it over to the canned soup aisle.
"Yah I thought about it Katie but I would some kind of leverage against you." He looked as his nails and took a big sip from his 'Gulp' cup.
In anger Kate threw in a can of lentil soup and Lipton's Chicken Noodle Soup. She hung up on him and tossed the phone in her purse and continued down the aisle. She place in a can of Garden Varieties 'Carrot Soup' and moved down the aisle in search of something else…
At the end of her expedition she went to the cash register and paid for her bounty.
On the way home after several attempts to keep herself from falling she got back to her charges house without a scratch or spilt milk.
Author's Note: Sorry for the wait but my muse must of left but rekindled itself…hope you like it…I sure enjoyed writing it…Review please…no flames
Brit -xox- 3