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Chapter Sixteen
Kelly sat nicely snuggled in with Tony on the couch, happy just being together.
They should be going to the store to buy ingredients for dinner, but they are just so happy sitting there.
'Tony, Kelly will be royally pissed if we don't feed her tonight.'
'We could always call for take out,' he suggests.
'Then she won't be only pissed but she'll also be holding a life long grudge.'
'Then we call for Pizza put it on a plate and say I made it.'
Kelly gave Tony a swat on his arm
'Not nice Tony! I promised her you'd be making real Italian!'
'I'm just messing with you, go put on some shoes and we'll go, just a fair warning, I'm no fun to shop with.'
An hour and a half later they came back and Kelly was laughing.
'Man, you weren't kidding when you told me that your no fun while shopping!'
'I really hate it, sorry if I made you uncomfortable.'
'Tony, I've went on shopping trips with my dad, the drive towards the store was a hell imagine being in the store, he's got even less patient doing the groceries then on work.'
'Now that's a sight I never hope to witness.'
They laughed a little more on Gibbs' expense, Tony was sure that Gibbs would know they did
'Oh by the way, mom's been asking when you're coming by the house again, I think she misses you.'
'Why would I? I don't live there anymore.'
Kelly gave Tony a slap on the back of his head.
'Dad's right, you really are dense, they like you, their door is always open for you.'
'Hey! You picked up some bad habit's from your old man!', Tony fell silent for a second before he spoke again.
'And I mean the word old in the most affectionate way and I would appreciate it if you wouldn't tell him that I called him old.'
'Scared for my dad?'
'Who, me? That's silly, I just don't want the mother of all head slaps Monday morning', Tony said.
They spent the day bickering and teasing each other, when Tony cooked Kelly tried to help but was banned from the kitchen when it became clear that she would ruin Tony's kitchen.
'Babe, please, I only just moved in, please don't destroy my kitchen this soon,' he told her with a sweet smile on his lips.
'Oh come on Tony, I can change, I know I can.'
Tony kissed her on her lips.
'Don't change, ever, just don't cook either and we'll be just fine.'
Tony went beck to the kitchen.
Kelly whom loved this place better then her own apartment looked around with a fond expression on her face.
The apartment isn't big, just big enough for him and one other person to not feel crowded.
When Tony moved in the walls were very pink, it would hurt anyone's eyes.
Tony and Gibbs had worked a whole weekend to get them white.
Now don't forget that Tony lives alone, his apartment, as much as she loves it, is a real man cave, there were almost no pictures, nothing that really made it a home.
She had asked her dad to make a book/movie case which he is working on now.
'If you promise not to break the plates and glasses, you may set the table.'
'Your so funny DiNozzo, did you know that?'
'So I've been told, yes.'
Kelly rolled her eyes and set the table, she loved how they could banter and bicker the whole day and not get sick of each other to the point of kicking screaming, biting and scratching.
She really wasn't lying to Maddie when she told her that Tony really could be the one she'd want to settle with.
They hadn't told each other yet that they love each other but they weren't far from it.
The doorbell rang just as they both were done.
'Will you open the door? I still need to shower and change.'
'You already showered this morning.'
'Did you forget the incident with the red sauce? No way I'm meeting your best friend covered in it.'
'Oh yeah, might be a good plan indeed, go', said Kelly as she moves to open the door.
Tony entered his room to get ready and shamelessly eavesdropped on them.
'Hi Maddie, come on in.'
'Thanks, now introduce me to your prince.'
'You'll have to wait, hes under the shower, I got red sauce over him and his clothes.'
'He let you help cook?', Maddie asked scared.
'Threw me out the kitchen, I did set the table.'
Fifteen minutes after Maddie arrived Tony came out.
'Hi, I'm Tony DiNozzo, welcome in my apartment.'
'Maddie Tyler, it's a pleasure.'
'Dinner is ready, table's set, let's eat.', smiled Kelly.
'Good plan, your fate lays in his cooked meal.'
Tony had to laugh.
'It could never be worse then her cooking, I heard about the incident at her parents place.'
'Yeah, that wasn't pretty.'
'Are you two done laughing on my expense?', Kelly asks with a sigh
And to think she was afraid that they wouldn't like each other.
They took their seats and chatted, Maddie took one bite and forgave Kelly.
'You are so forgiven! And if I get invited more often I'll be the one owing you, man you can cook Tony!'
'Yeah, what can I say, I'm Italian, it's in my nature, anything your good at?'
'Drawing, I illustrate children books, tried writing them but I like drawing better.'
'That's pretty cool.'
'I heard that you are a federal agent and that you are working with her dad, now that has to be interesting.'
'Can be, he's a good teacher,' Tony says as his phone goes.
'If you'd excuse me,' Tony says and picks up the phone after checking who's calling.'
'Special agent DiNozzo speaking, who is this?'
Kelly and Maddie watched as Tony became paler and paler only just remaining standing.
Then his phone dropped to the floor.
