Chap 10.
Kate thought for a moment and decided she could use a little alone time with Abby before the hit the bar. She drove down the populated streets and stopped at another red light. She cracked the window a little to let a breeze flow through the window as she tried to find a station on Gibbs's radio but all she received was the fuzz of static. She shook her head with slight impatience and she flipped open the mirror above her seat to take a look at herself. A little piece of paper fell on her knee and she picked it up and stared at it.
It was a little pocket picture of a little boy; he had dusty blond hair and Gibbs's crystal blue eyes. The little boy was smiling for all he was worth, a little gap in his teeth made Kate smile the first time since that after noon. She turned it around hoping to see a name but instead found another picture glued to the back of it. She stared at it in shock wondering why the hell would he have a picture of her in his car.
The more she stared at it she the more she began to forget where she was. A loud honk of a horn behind her woke her up from her reverie and she made a tight turn left and she sighed. Shifting her gaze from the picture in her hand and the road in front of her; she remembered that day; it was one of her first days at NCIS, she remembered that far back because it was the day that she solved her first case.
She shook her head confused and tucked it back in the flap on top of the windshield and put her hands back on the steering wheel. She turned on Abby's street and parked on the side of the road.
She parked it, turned off the ignition and shut the door behind her pressing the lock button on the remote in her hand and walked up the driveway after hearing the 'beep beep' of the doors locking. She knocked once and Abby opened it with a big smile on her face.
"Hey Kate, I thought we were going to meet at the pub in a few minutes." She said moving out of Kate's way to let her get in. Kate stepped in and stripped off her jacket and hung it across her arm.
"Just wanted to get your point of view on something." She said looking at the spunky/ gothic lab tech. Abby smiled and led her to the kitchen where Kate sat down at the table and Abby opened the fridge and retrieved 2 cokes. She opened one took a big gulp and placed the other in front of Kate.
"Ok Kate, you've got my attention." Abby said sitting across the table and took another sip.
"Alright here it goes. I dropped Gibbs back at his place and found Tony handcuffed to his steering wheel." Abby laughed at that which drew a little smile and chuckle from Kate. She took a little sip from her can and wrapped her hands around the cold, wet surface and stared at it as she continued.
"I told them what their little escapades caused me, then when I thought Tony was being the grown-up for once he starts up and throws insults at Gibbs across the couch. Gibbs being the man he is throws them back and I lash out, I completely lose it." Kate said going to take sip but pausing it right before it touched her lips then lowered it halfway. "Then I run out, and steal Gibbs's car leaving both him and Tony to wallow in self pity." She said and took the previous sip and concentrated on the fizzing sensation on her tongue.
Abby sat there with her chin cradled in her palm and taking multiple sips.
"And you're thinking if you should get back in the car and drive back?" She said before leaning back in her chair balancing her weight on the two back legs.
Kate nodded and ran her finger through the ring of moisture on the table tracing lines and zigzags through the water.
"Personally I'd let them think it out, then come to you groveling and begging on their knees for your forgiveness." Abby said receiving a smile from Kate's end. "But that's just me, if I were you…yah I'd pretty much do the same thing." This time Kate laughed a little at if she'd asked anyone else's opinion she would probably come up her own, but when it came from Abby's mouth she somehow found it to be the right one.
Abby got up and drained the rest of her coke and tossed it in the recycle bin beside the sink and walked over to where Kate sat and tended out her hand.
"Let's get you dressed; we're going to have a girl's night out." Abby said with a devious smile on her face.
Kate's eyes widened and she took another drink before placing her hand in Abby's.
"What did you have in mind?" She asked as she let Abby drag her down the hall towards her room.
Abby smiled the biggest smile Kate had ever seen and looked over her shoulder at Kate.
"First I'll take you out to a bar, we'll party there, then we'll come back here, watch movies and eat popcorn and stay up all night and we'll both take a sick day tomorrow and spend some quality time together throughout the weekend." Abby flipped the switch in her room and the dark purple walls became a little brighter; Kate's eyes shifted through the room as Abby walked across it and began tearing her dresser apart randomly throwing shirts, pants, and skirts over her shoulder all of them pelting Kate in the face.
Kate laughed and held out her arms to catch all the articles of clothing. By the time Abby had thrown out every single article of clothing Kate's direction Kate couldn't see in front of her due to the humongous mountain of clothing in her arms.
Abby turned around and burst out laughing at the picture in front of her and walked over to where Kate stood and helped her dump all the clothes on her water bed and both of them sorted through the pile; either throwing them over their shoulder in Abby's case or in Kate's case folded them up again and placing them aside.
Gibbs put the clutch in forth gear and the sped down the streets towards Kate's house, zigzagging past cars and switching lanes. Ever so often Gibbs would look at the passenger's side and his lips would rise in amusement when he saw Tony's eyes shut really tight and him holding on the handle of his door ready to jump out.
"Gibbs, for once in your life…PLEASE RESPECT THE SPEED LIMIT!" Tony shouted as he opened his eyes briefly just in time to see Gibbs nearly miss a truck.
Gibbs chuckled and swerved again.
"Come on DiNozzo, you'd think I've never drove a car before." He said as he sped up at a yellow and turned onto Kate's street and came to a stop at the curb in front of Kate's apartment. Tires screeching to a halt; treads dragging on from what seemed like a mile away. Gibbs turned off the ignition and tossed the keys over to Tony where he locked him in the glove compartment and jumped out of the car and dashed around to check if he had dented it in any way.
Gibbs walked up the steps the building and buzzed Kate's apartment number, and he waited for the dial tone.
"Come on Kate." He whispered as he stared at the little computer. When it stopped ringing and the screen displayed the 'no response' message Gibbs forcibly hit the screen hoping that by some slim chance it would open the door.
Tony walked up next to him and stopped Gibbs from pounding the electronic device.
"That's not what you do Gibbs, you can't always get your way by pelting everything to a pulp." Tony said as he went back to the initial welcome screen and hit Kate's neighbor's number. He waited a second for the number to dial and smiled when an elderly woman answered.
"Hello?"
"Good evening mam, my name's Anthony DiNozzo, I work with your neighbor; Caitlin Todd."
"Ahh yes Katie told me all about you, you're the Italian Gigolo."
Tony's eyes widened and he shot a glare at Gibbs when he heard the older man chuckle.
"Who's that laughing beside you dear?"
Tony mentioned for Gibbs to step up to the speaker.
"Hi my name's Jethro, I'm her boss. I was-" He started but the elderly woman interrupted him.
"She told me about you too, you're the Bastard she keeps talking about."
This time it was Tony's turn to laugh out loud. Gibbs smacked him upside the head to shut him up.
"Yes mam that's me, I was just wondering if you could let us in we need to speak to Katie." Gibbs said letting the name slip again.
"Oh why didn't you say so?"
Tony's jaw dropped when she said that and he pointed at the intercom as if saying the woman's nuts. Gibbs narrowed his eyes at the younger agent and pressed the button again.
"We appreciate it mam." He said and was greeted back with a buzz coming from the door and a green light appeared on the panel. Tony grabbed the door and they walked into the building and headed for the elevator.
Author's Note: Here's another snippet of my story hope you enjoy it as much as I did…I did my part now you do yours pleeassseee!
Brit -x0x-