Can i trust you?

Kate wiped tears from her face, walking steadily up the steps of the bullpen. She walked into the elevator, leaning against wall as the doors closed.

Kate lifted her hand to her cheek and winced at the pain of her touch where Daniel had hit her. The thought of him caused the rage she had just pushed down to rise up again, Kate stormed angrily out of the elevator and headed towards her desk, landing heavily onto her chair. Her eyes sparked rage, and Kate had a sudden impulse to hit something.

A crash in the kitchen made her jump, she got up and pulled her gun from her holster, tucked into the back of her dress. Steadily and swiftly Kate made her way to the back of the kitchen, she stood just outside the ajar door,then went to open it. wrong move. Just before her hand reached the handle the door swung open, hitting Kate straight in the face.

"aaaaaghh!" Kate screamed as she was sent sprawling to the floor. She writhed in agony as a shocked Tony dropped his midnight snack. "Kate?" he said as his sandwhich rolled around and under various desks.

He bent down and grabbed hold of Kate, leaning her on himself as he pulled her up onto a chair. "Kate, what are you doing here?" he asked Kate eyed him evilly, "i could ask YOU the same thing" she shot back. Tony looked around and found what he was looking for, he grabbed a box of tissues and pulled three out, handing them to Kate.

She snatched them away, tipping her head back and holding them up to her furiously bleeding nose. Tony took a stp back to reality and looked at Kate, she had on a halter-neck dress, black and short. He swallowed and raised his eyes to her face, astonished to see mascara lines where tears must have come.

"Kate, are you o.k?" he asked. If looks could kill Tony would be a pile of ashes right now. "Do i look o.k to you DiNozzo?" she retorted, she was about to yell something else at him when she saw the hurt look on his face.

Kate sighed and removed the tissues from her face, then grabbed three more from the box. "Look, im sorry, i just, i had a bad night" Tony shrugged, "well you did get hit in the face with a door" then flashed her a cheeky grin. Kate smiled weakly, the bottle of wine she and Daniel had shared earlier was starting to slow down her senses.

Tony's face filled with concern as he noticed the newly-forming bruise on Kate's cheek, He leant over and gently touched it. Kate wince, "sorry" said Tony. "It's fine".

"Kate" Tony said "the door didn't do this to you" Kate looked up into his eyes, his hand still on her cheek.

"When you said you had a bad night, you didn't mention why" he said. Kate looked down, not daring to trust what she'd say if she looked into his eyes.

"C'mon Katie, please, tell me, you can trust me" he said. Kate smiled bitterly "can i?" she answered. She instantly regretted it the moment she said it.

Hurt registered in Tony's eyes and he pulled away his hand, stepping away from her. He swallowed and looked down, not daring himself to look into her eyes. Not trusting that his voice would come out normally.

"i guess she couldn't trust me" Tony thought "not old skirt chasing Tony"

"Tony, im sorry, i didn't mean that." Kate said. Tony looked up into Kate's beautiful eyes, they bore into him like a laser, and Tony felt them cutting right through him. Through the obnoxiouness, rude, immaturity that he showed on a daily basis. Down to his inner core, where his most secret feelings lay for him to realise they were there.

Tony smiled weakly, as Kate had seconds before, "i gotta go" he grunted and picked up his jacket, heading towards the elevator. "see you tomorrow" he said.

"Wait" Kate said. She got up, and jogged as fast as she could in stiletto's towards him. She grabbed his arm and turned him around, he looked down, avoiding Kate's eyes. "Tony, you know i trust you, i trust you everyday. With my life"

Tony breathed out slowly. It was hard for him to think with Kate standing so close to him, he plucked up the courage to look in Kate's eyes, feeling consumed in thenever-ending depth of them. "Do you trust me Tony?" Kate whispered, edging closer, filling in the short gap between them.

Tony swallowed and filled in the rest of the space, before he chickened out. Their lips connecting, Kate's knee's almost gave way underneath her, she steadied herself on Tony, as the kiss deepened, he wrapped his arms around he waist, their bodies pressing together, when both their lungs screamed with lack of air they broke away, leaning on each others foreheads, filling their lungs with much needed oxygen.

"Tony..." Kate whispered. he looked up at her, recovering from their kiss. "That was" Kate couldnt answer, Tony's lips connected with her's once again.

oooooooooow! what do ya think? its my first fan fic in two years so im a bit rusty. reveiws very highly apreciated.

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