Chp.3
Gibbs walked into the room and rubbed his eyes a little bit at the darkness. He sighed loudly as he took the chair Ducky had vacated and sat in it. He ran both his hands down his face as he stared at her back. He was more the aroused when he saw the opening of her gown show her golden flesh beneath the stale white gown.
"Kate…Katie turn around, I know you're not sleeping Ducky told me what you said to him." He said as he leaned on the bed a little and saw her body stiffen. He heard her sigh and she slowly rolled over. In the middle of the trial she stiffened a bit and she resumed turning all the way to face him.
"He tells you everything does he?" She said raising her voice as the tone grew harsher. "Nothing stays sacred around here, SOME FAMILY!" She yelled she shut her eyes to stop the assailing tears to slide down the slope of her cut cheek.
Gibbs pinched the bridge of his nose and kept his eyes shut.
"Why would you think that the only reason I came here was for your profile on Ari?" He said solemnly.
She turned away from him again so he wouldn't see her tears.
"Because it's true...it was suicide by cop Kate! Get over it! Remind you of someone…sir?" She spat out the last half which caused Gibbs to cringe.
"I guess I deserved that." He said, he got up and walked around the bed to face Kate.
She sighed impatiently and went to turn around again when Gibbs sat beside her and held her hand. She stared at it but looked away seconds later. "You have to understand that the only way I did that was because I knew you could take it. Tony would turn away and not speak to anyone all day, and McGee would walk off and not face anyone for the whole week. You would shrug and threaten to burn down my boat with me in it." She laughed mockingly and opened her eyes.
"You ever think that when I shot that boy it made a huge impact on my life!" She yelled again and sat up; Gibbs got up as well and held out a hand for her to lean on. She pushed it lightly away and held on to her bedding as she sat up on her pillows. She stared down at her hands and gazed at the dirt smudges on her hands. She rolled over, conscious of her injuries and rang the buzzer.
Gibbs stared at the shut window and opened it to let in a light breeze and gazed out looking out towards the downtown area. How could she think that? I'm not that much of a bastard…am I?
A nurse came in announcing her presence when she found Kate in a little reverie staring at the man near the window, her expression hurt and broken.
"What can I do for you Ms. Todd?" She asked pulling her red hair out of her face. Kate cringed when she saw the woman's gorgeous locks; everyone knew Gibbs was a sucker for a redhead, which was nothing new.
Gibbs turned around and walked to where Kate was sitting and sat on the edge of the bed starring at the nurse.
Kate took a tentative glace to Gibbs and noticed he was watching the foxy redhead, but not out of lust but out of annoyance.
"I was wondering if a basin of water and washcloth I could use…I don't like to stay dirty this long." Kate said as she drew a smile from both the nurse and Gibbs's lips.
"Certainly, would you like me too help you or would you prefer your husband to do it?" It was an innocent question on her part but it got Kate and Gibbs redder then a rose. Kate's cheeks were tinged and burning up while Gibbs coughed embarrassed.
"We're not together, and that's quite alright I prefer doing it myself." Kate said in half a hushed voice.
The nurse nodded an apologetic smile and exited the room closing the door behind her. Gibbs ran a hand through his hair and sighed heavily, he really screwed up big time. How could he let it get this bad?
"Kate I-" He started but shut his mouth when Abby bounced in the room unannounced and flew to Kate's side.
"Kate how are you doing, I was the last one to get the news, because somebody with silver hair and is addicted to caffeine didn't tell me, and Tony just happened to fill me in, he's at the video store getting us all a movie by the way." She gave a pointed glare in Gibbs direction and he left the room speechless and heartbroken.
Kate made room for Abby beside her and Abby happily but warily laid down next to her and brought the covers over to under her chin. Kate smiled as they both watched the ceiling in a comfortable silence.
"Abs?" She asked as she shifted her head a little to face the gothic lab tech. Abby took off her spike necklace and un-did her ponytails and put the accessories on the chair and turned on her side to face Kate.
"Yup?" She quipped and she shifted her weight. Kate let her eyes wander a little embarrassed and looked out the window.
"You think Gibbs…you know…" She stopped as she felt her cheeks heat up and redden.
Abby smiled and rolled her eyes.
"Diggs yah, finds you hot, wants you, shall I go on?" She smiled at Kate's increasement of embarrassment.
The nurse came back in and giggled when she noticed both women in the bed whispering like good friends sharing a secret.
"Here's the basin you asked for Special Agent Todd." She posed the bowl on the small table and let the cloth drop on the ridge of it.
"Thank you Grace, you can call me Kate by the way, and this is Abby." Grace smiled her 'hi' and turned to exit her room. "I'll be right back with her dinner; I'll knock when I come back." She smiled again and left the room. Kate looked over at Abby and they laughed out loud until they practically had tears coming out of their eyes.
"You're right, those can't be real. Anyway why did you want the water?" She helped Kate sit up as she posed her chipped-black fingered nails on Kate's lower stomach to help her stand.
"I wanted to clean myself I don't like the feeling of dirt this long." She said as she made her way to the table and dipped the cloth in the luke-warm water, wrung it out and ran it over her face. She moaned at the feeling and moved down to her arms and scrubbed thoroughly. Abby made her way to the edge of the bed and dug her hand in her pocket and brought out her nail polish tube and unscrewed the top.
"He does by the way." Abby said dipping the brush in the black polish and stroked the brush across her nail.
Kate paused in cleaning and re-dipped the face cloth in the bowl, taking a few seconds and she turned around to face her.
"Who does what Abs?"
"Gibbs…he does Diggs yah, finds you hot, and wants you and so on."
"How do you know?"
"Come on you actually believe he'd be here if he didn't. Well he'd be here but he wouldn't stay here the whole time, refusing to eat, sleep or build his boat." Abby said as she switched hands and resumed painted her nails again.
For once in her life Kate was speechless she shot one quick look towards the door and bit her lip.
"And if my memory serves me correctly, you want him too right?" Abby said as a mischievous smiled overcame her dark red lips. Kate sighed and finished up washing herself and wrung the towel out and folded it on the bowl and made her way back to the bed.
"I don't know when it happened, at Air Force One I was immediately attracted in him, the next day it dwindled, a month later it came back, then when he made-out with that blonde Petty-Officer in his basement it died again, I thought I was over him, I mean I should have been over him, but when the whole Ari thing arose it came back stronger then ever and no matter how hard I try it won't go away." She sighed and sat next to Abby and leaned her head on her shoulder. Abby, touched by the sentiment smile and put her head on Kate's.
They stayed there together just thinking when there was a knock at the door. Kate got up, minding her injuries and opened it. She smiled when McGee flung his arms around her and lightly hugged her. She giggled and returned the hug. McGee handed her the vase of orchids barring a shy smile.
"I love them Timmy, come in we were just about to put on a movie."
Author's Note: Rummaged through my documents and found this already completed lol hope you like it as well as the others.
Brit -x0x-