A/N My father, stepmother and brother once ate the snow peas while they hadn't steamed long enough yet and when they chewed them it was like plastic squeaking over their teeth, truly disgusting. Now I know you guys want to know I'm telling you this so I'll let you guys go on with the chapter.
Also, this isn't a long chapter but I'll be having more time to write, my boss just told me that I'm working WAY to many hours so I'll be working four days a week until 12 and one day until 14:30! More writing time!
Chapter Fifteen
Tony had been living with Gibbs and Shannon for weeks before he finally found his own place.
The two apartments he had found together with Shannon had let out to nothing but he had finally found a nice place, a bit to far from the Navy Yard if you ask him, but it was close to Kelly so that made up for the driving distance to work as far as he's concerned.
The case hadn't gone cold...well technically is has but Tony refused to say it like that. They know the guy they're after, just not where the bastard's at!
Tony and Kelly had started seeing each other seriously, they hadn't really kissed yet, nothing more then a few quick pecks on the lips after a date.
Gibbs had asked Kelly to stop coming to the Yard for safety reasons, which luckily she understood after he and Tony had told her about Tony's family.
Tony had told Gibbs about the abuse because he had to, as far as Tony was concerned Gibbs had to know about it so it couldn't come back to bite Tony in the ass.
Kelly had seen the scars on his back which had scared the crap out of her.
Stan had finally left for the agent afloat position leaving Gibbs in Tony's (hopefully) capable hands.
'Kelly Gibbs, you better not be calling to let me down again or I swear to Hades, Zeus, God or Buddha whichever one you prefer, that I will hunt you down and make you eat all the not well cooked snow peas I can find!', came the voice of a royally pissed off Maddie Tyler.
Kelly who remembers the snow peach incident as they had started to call it, as if it happened yesterday, felt a shiver down her spine and runs her tongue over her teeth.
'I'm not canceling on you again I promise! And I have a really good reason for canceling on you so many times, I swear!'
'Then call for take out, buy some beer and be at my place in thirty minutes.'
They hung up and Kelly did as Maddie told her.
She ordered take out and let it be delivered to Maddie's place and bought beer for the two of them.
She understands why Maddie is angry, Kelly had canceled on her three or four times now and wants a explanation.
'Hey there Maddie, I brought the beer and dinner should be here soon.'
'You better start talking Gibbs, and your excuse better be a good one.'
They sat down and each took a beer.
'Remember when dad, mom and I went to Baltimore?'
'Yeah, how could I not, that's when you stood me up the first time'
'I went to get a coffee for dad but there was a hold up, a detective saved my life that day.'
'Jesus Christ Kelly!'
'My dad hired the cop that saved my life, he lived with mom and dad for a while.'
'And your excuse is?'
'Tony and I like each other Maddie, we've been dating for a little while now, getting to know each other and Mads, this could be it! HE could be it.'
'You've been dating and I knew nothing about it!'
'I first wanted to make sure that Tony and I were heading the way I hoped we would before I told you.'
Maddie nodded at that, hearing Kelly talked about that guy, saying that he may be THE one plus the fact that even Mr. Gibbs approved of this man dating his daughter must mean that the man's something special.
'Tell me about him.'
'His name is Tony DiNozzo and yes, he's Italian and yes he cooks better then me, he's 6'2 tall with the greatest green eyes you'll ever find.'
'In other words, tall, dark and handsome?'
'Pretty much yes.'
'Figures that you'd be the one to find him', Maddie says with a smile.
'When am I going t be meeting this prince of yours?'
'Well, he's got an apartment not far from mine, we'd like for you to come over for dinner tomorrow.'
'Do I need to bring something?'
'Just your appetite and dessert.'
'Alright, I'll be there, but he better be a real Italian and know how to cook!'
'He knows, and does that mean that I'm forgiven?'
'I'm thinking about it, still depends on how he cooks.'
'Why is it that like most men, you to, think with your stomach as well?'
'Ha ha ha, you are so freaking funny, did you know that? Now start the film and lets watch it.'
Kelly was about to knock when the door opened.
'Hello there beautiful, did we have a date I forgot about?'
'No, I came home after I ate with Maddie and realized that I missed you.'
'Only then huh, I started missing you when you went back to work right after lunch.', Tony says as he gives her a kiss, a real one this time.
When the kiss ended he smiled gently at her.
'Slow was never my thing, especially since I had wanted to do that ever since our game of truth or dare'
'Lucky me, I've been waiting for you to do that.', Kelly says.
'Are we going to wait for a repeat or just repeat?'
Kelly roles her eyes and just kisses him.
'We should stop this, shouldn't we?', Kelly asks.
'Probably should, yes.'
'Are we going to?'
'Do you want me to?'
'God no Tony, never, I've done the waiting before and now we've both done it, I'm done waiting!'
'Wiser words never have been spoken Kelly Gibbs', Tony says as he lifts her up in his arms and carries her to his bedroom.
