Chap 12.
The minute they entered the club Gibbs's ears almost split open, the once terrible karaoke he heard before was now a rock-and-roll band. He followed Tony to the bar, looking around him he now understood what Tony meant by the "Who's-Who club". It was packed, people were dancing on the floor, on podiums, sliding on bars and the stage, lights were flaring everywhere; from strobe lights to florescent lighting on the stage to smoke machines. The people were dressed like they were in Vegas, strip clubs, bars, casinos, but this event was all the above rolled into one.
Tony was chatting it up with a waitress when he was hit in the back of the head. He flinched when he thought it were Gibbs, he turned around for an explanation and a smile broke out when his eyes met those of Abby's Stepbrother.
"Always so hung tight aren't we mister NCIS Agent." Joe said as he nudged Tony in the ribs playfully. Tony once again enveloped him in a hug and they sat down on the nearest barstool as Joe went behind the bar. "What can I get you Feds?" He sat as he flipped 2 glasses in the air and placed them beside each other on the table ready to pour any concoction they could come up with.
"Scotch on the Rocks." Gibbs said over the loud music booming through his ears. Joe nodded and reached behind him in the cabinets and took we he needed he passed the bottle behind his back and flipped it rightwards before he poured the scotch. Tony looked at the whole performance with the greatest interests; Gibbs looked on with a raised eyebrow. Joe tossed 2 ice cubes in the mixed and watched the whole thing slosh a little dripping down the sides. He slid it across the table to Gibbs and turned towards Tony who was still in awe.
"What can I get yah Tony?" He said as he laughed at his expression. Tony snapped out of his daze and looked at the array of bottles behind the bar. He couldn't decide.
"Mind if I whip myself up a drink?" he asked excited. Joe laughed and opened the flipping door to let him behind the tables.
"Have fun." They switched places and Joe joined Gibbs on the barstool. "So what brings you two here this fine Friday night?" He said as he kept a close eye on DiNozzo who was pouring different concoctions in pure joy behind the bar.
"We're looking for some friends actually; your stepsister and another Agent that might have been with her." He drained his glass and twisted his stool to face the crowd curiously.
"Abs and Katie, yah they're here, last time I saw them they for bringing it on the dance floor, but you're more then happy to stay, they're next on the list." Joe said as he reached behind the counter and took out a mic. He got up to leave but Gibbs put a hand on his arm to restrain it.
"Next for what?" He asked as he too got up.
"On stage…karaoke." He headed towards the stage and climbed on and faced his club and its occupants.
"HEY PARTY PEOPLE!" He yelled in the mic. Everyone yelled and screamed in reply. "HOW ARE YOU DOING?" He yelled again. Waves of responses returned to him and he grinned from ear to ear. "ALRIGHTY FOLKS, COMING BACK KAREOKE NIGHT, STARTING RIGHT NOW IS A FREE FOR ALL! SING WHAT YOU WANT ANYWAY WAY YOU WANT…PLEASE WELCOME ABBY SCUTIO AND KATIE TODD!" The whole crowd applauded and jumped up and down full of energy.
Gibbs looked towards the stage and squinted his eyes lightly then turned back to where Tony was tasting his drink then spitting it out on the ground.
"Needs more Whiskey..." Tony said to himself as turned towards the cabinet and searched the long array of choices, but at the mention of his friend's names he popped his head up and scooted over the counter and sat on the bar.
Kate peered from the dressing room door and gulped.
"You sure about this Abs?" She said closing the door and looking in the mirror at the get-up Abby had found.
"Sure I'm sure, whenever had a shown you wrong." She grinned ear to ear which made Kate smile. She tugged one last time on her long red salsa skirt and tied her hair up in a twist inserting a plastic red flower behind her ear.
"One last thing…" Abby asked as she slid a white flower in her own black hair. "I hope you know how to Tango." She pushed Kate out of the door as Abby led them onto the stage the moment of arrival they heard whistles, hooting, cheers and applause.
Joe appeared on stage and walked up to Kate. She looked at him and he held his hand out. She took it putting her hand on his shoulder as the music started he slid a hand on her hip and the stared in each others eyes giving each other the silent go.
Ain't
come to fight tonight
Too many ladies up in here tonight
Everybody
report to the dance floor please! Grab a girl!
Abby sang into the mic as she began to do her single tango steps she and her brother had learned from when they were younger.
I
never really knew that you could dance like this
She makes her man
wanna speak Spanish
Como se llama, Bonita? Mi casa, Su casa
Joe sang into the mic as he twirled Kate and dunked her. He spun her out and let go of her hand indicating her that she would dance this one single.
Kate grabbed a corner of her long skirt pulled it up and got ready to sing her part.
The
way you move, you've got me hypnotized
Especially when I look into
his eyes
Hey Papi, I wanna see you do the dance to the conga.
She rolled her hips and made her steps count making sure not to stare at her feet but at the people who were dancing to her performance. In the corner of her eye she could make out a man with silver hair at the bar, a man unable to look away, a man she had learned to love and respect. She smiled and spun back in step with Joe once more keeping in mind that Gibbs was watching her.
Hey
girl, I can see your body movin' and it's driving me crazy
And I
did not have the slightest idea until I saw you dancin'
The way
you walk up on the dance floor
Nobody could ignore the way you
move your body, girl
And everything so unexpected the way you
right and left it
So you could keep on digging it.
Joe sang into his mic as he dunk her once more sliding his hand down her waist where Kate lifted up her leg for him to hold at his own waist. Whistles and screams came from everywhere in the crowd, they had stopped dancing and were all just mesmerized with what Kate and Joe were doing.
Baila la calle de
noche
Baila la calle de dia
Baila la calle de noche
Baila la
calle de dia
Abby repeated as she grabbed a person from the crowd who was doing a single and pulled him on the stage and hastily placed her hand on his shoulder and he led her doing spins, hip rolls and dunks.
Senorita, feel
the conga
Let me see you move like you come from Havana
Joe whispered in his mic seductively, Kate smiled at their whole performance, they were pretty good, and they played the part.
From the bar Tony was frozen in place his mouth hung open. His long forgotten drink was pooling on the table as he stared at both the women on his team in both awe and amazement. Sure he knew Kate took Tango every now and then but to see her perform and be this good!
Gibbs's expression pretty much matched Tony's. His mouth hung open, he came here expecting to find a half drunken couple of girls having a good time, but what he wasn't prepared at seeing was his Kate dancing it up with the club owner, and certainly not in that manner. What he wouldn't give to dance that way with Kate, to feel her body against his, her eyes piercing through his, swaying to the music, absorbing the melody and feeling it coarse through their bodies.
Ohhh,
I didn't know you did it like that
Hey, you Papi, don't you stop
it
I wanna see you move your body
Ohhh, I didn't know you did
it like that.
While Kate was singing this in her headphone mic Joe suddenly turned into Gibbs right before her eyes. For a second she couldn't breathe, the intensity of his blue eyes were practically rendering her paralyzed. His smile wooing her into moving like she never knew she could, with such ferocity and heart she could over throw the next Tango dancer.
Later on…
Kate and Abby slowly headed over to the bar, Kate not meeting her boss's gaze in fear that if she did she would cry. Gibbs stared at her in bewilderment, he never saw her like this before; so nervous she couldn't look at him let alone talk to him.
The air around the club seemed to slow as the next singers took up the stage in a slow song. He took a breath and held out his hand.
"May I have this dance?" he asked timidly letting his hand dangle in the air in front of her.
Kate looked at him for the first time that night and searched his eyes for any regret, but all she saw was nervousness, and was that love! She smiled and extended her hand in his and whispered delightedly.
"I'd love to." That's all she said. Just those little words that sent his mind soaring as he took her hand and led her slowly on the dance floor, their gazes never altering never shifting from each other.
Author's Note: Sorry for the wait I had to find it in my folder, tell me what you think. And yes there's one more chapter ((snickers)) and Kibbs will fly through the roof.
Brit -x0x-