Kate entered the house with her wallet between her teeth and her whole upper body hidden behind a mountain of bags.
"Ibbz!" She slurred his name from a covered mouth but not much volume came out. She lumbered her handful over to the table and dumped it all on the oak masterpiece. She spat out her wallet on top of the bags and hopped over to the door while taking off her sandals. She ran a hand through her hair when her mind wandered back to the earlier conversation with Tony. She took out a can of tomato soup from a paper bag and emptied its contents in a stainless steel pot. She was adding the cup of milk when it hit her.
She still had the picture of Tony making out with the transvestite/suspect on one her very first cases on NCIS she could now back up his mouth. While she let the soup simmer she slowly made her way over to Gibbs room and peaked inside.
The minute she did she yanked her head away and shut her eyes tight and ran to the kitchen. "Good going Todd! Check on him when he's changing props to you!" She reprimanded herself. She walked over to the door jamb and began to hit her hand against it continuously. "Stupid Stupid stupid stupi-"
"What's stupid?" A male voice said from the hall. Kate's head snapped up and jumped over from the wall. ((What to say...Oh nothing Gibbs i just walked in on you changing!...hahaha I THINK NOT!)) She headed back to the kitchen to busy herself with the soup.
"Nothing." She hit her fist to her forehead. ((Wow impressive Todd.)) She bit her lip and got back to the tedious task of stirring the soup. He raised an eyebrow and turned towards the basement door.
"I'll be in the basement." He said and slowly yet pretty steady walked the path to the basement door. She watched him go with a protective eye as he stopped at the top of the stairs took a deep breath and made his way down.
She sighed and headed over to the table to get her cell phone out of her purse and dialed a number. The person on the other end picked up after the first ring.
"DiNozzo's here nobody fear!" He exclaimed in the receiver. Kate rolled her eyes and with one hand started to unpack the groceries; putting the refrigerated ones in first.
"Okay Captain DiNozzo I need you to babysit Gibbs for a while whilst I come in and take over for a bit." Kate said as she walked over to the pot dipped in the wooden spoon and tasted the creamy elixir she was brewing.
"Babysitting Gibbs! It's like walking blind in a gun fight, like running in and yelling at the top of your lungs in a cave full of grisly bears, like…" He ranted about comparisons he found of Gibbs and dangerous scenarios, and he was doing a fantastic job at it too. But Kate never backed down.
"It'll only be for a little while Tony, and he's content and happy in his basement, all you have to do is put him to bed give him lots of liquid and pump him with fluids. You're a NCIS agent DiNozzo you can figure it out." She said as she turned off the oven and put the pot on another round and went to fetch some bowls. She hung up the hone and lightly tossed it back in her purse.
"Put him to bed she says, feed him she says…Well she won't be there when the abominable SnowGibbs wakes up I'll tell you that!" Tony exclaimed and ran a hand through his hair. He got out of Gibbs's chair and took the keys from the desk and headed down to the car park for his pride and joy.
Author's Note: I like this chapter hope you like it too…dedicated to Prinnie and her ways for me to write me more… -xox- Brixx