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Gibbs looks into her eyes and whispers, "Come here."

Kate moves closer to him and meets him for another kiss. She swears that this kiss is different, but she doesn't care. They aren't rushed, or interrupted this time, and she never wants to let him go.

Once they break their kiss, she rests her forehead on his. She can definitely get used to kissing him like this. She feels him smooth her hair out, and inwardly smiles at the feel of him stopping to play with her natural curls. She leans her head back and gazes into his blue eyes.

"What is this we're doing, Gibbs?" Kate asks, she hates to ruin the moment, but she is already in way too deep and she needs to protect herself.

"If we're being honest, Kate, this is the start of something that has taken far too long to begin. I have wanted to kiss you since I first stepped on Air Force One."

She smiles, then begins her interrogation, "But what about the rules you made me memorize? You are so sure that relationships between agents don't work. And I don't want us to be another statistic."

He casually waves her off. "I mostly made those rules to keep DiNozzo in line, besides," he pecks her lips once more, and smiles at her, "Rules were made to be broken, Agent Todd."

"What about work? You're my boss, and every time we go out into the field there is always that chance of one of us not coming back. I don't want to lose you. How do we keep it professional?"

She's asking all the questions that he's asked himself, but he only has one answer. "We'll figure it out."

"Once the Director finds out about us, he's going to reassign one of us, you know that right?"

"Then he's not going to find out, you're my agent, Kate, I'm not going to lose you to another team. We don't have to figure everything out tonight, it's late and we both have work in the morning. I'm going to head out."

She watches him rise from the couch but before he could get too far, she grabs his wrist and stands in front of him. He automatically places his hands on her small waist.

She looks up at him, "Stay."

She wasn't asking him to stay, she was telling him to stay. He nods once, "Okay."

So if there's any way to cheat
Don't tell me 'cause I don't wanna know
And if there's any way to leave
Don't tell me 'cause I don't wanna go
I don't wanna go to sleep 'cause I don't wanna miss you
This is a team and I love my position
Lead me anywhere, I'll go with you there
I'll go with you there

Kate smiles and leads him down the hallway to her bedroom. She flicks the light on, and like the rest of her house, he notices that every thing is kept very tidy and organized. He watches as she grabs her pajamas off the foot of her bed and disappears into her bathroom.

He walks around her small living space and looks at all the pictures she has. There is one of her and who he assumes to be her three brothers, and their parents. Everyone in the photo is smiling at the camera, and dressed in red tops and black slacks; it's the family portrait for the previous Christmas, he's seen a smaller photo like this on her desk at the office. There are also a few candid photos of her and her brothers, one of her and her parents, then one of her with her dad and mom alone.

"That was taken on father's day. It's a tradition that he and I have. I'm the only girl and the youngest, so I've always been special to him, or so he says," Kate says, explaining the photo to Jethro as she walks over to stand beside him.

"Kelly and I did the same thing. They're in a box in the house if you want to see them sometime."

Kate glances up at him with sad eyes, she smiles gently at him and nods, "I'd like that."

Jethro leans down and kisses her on her forehead. She smiles at the gesture, and leads him over to the bed. She pulls the covers down and slides under them, and watches as he hesitates.

"What's wrong, Jethro?" she asks, still shocked at how easily his name slips from her lips. She doesn't feel the least bit awkward.

His eyes travel over her body and her bed and he clears his throat. "I can sleep on the couch, Kate."

She furrows her brow, "Why?"

He motions to the bed, "I'm not sure that this is a good idea right now? I've wanted you for so long, and I don't know if I can control myself."

"Jethro, nothing will happen between us tonight, and not until you take me out on a proper date," Kate says in a joking voice, and moves to kneel at the foot of the bed where he is standing. She grabs both of his large hands in her smaller ones and kisses his lips softly. "I just want you to hold me tonight."

He looks into Kate's eyes, and wants to just go to the couch so he won't do anything that they may regret before they're ready, but the look on her face is enough to win him over, so he nods. "Okay."

He removes his jacket and his shoes and socks before ridding himself of his sweat pants. Since he was working on his boat before rushing over to see Kate, he's already in his old NIS t-shirt, and ready to pass out. He climbs in the bed, and lifts his arm so that Kate can snuggle into his chest.

She throws her arm over his toned stomach, and smiles when she feels his fingers rake through her hair. This, she thinks, is the text book definition of a perfect moment. The sound of Jethro's beating heart is enough to lull her into a peaceful slumber, and after all the crying she did, she's quick to succumb to the calls of her subconscious.

As he lies in Kate's bed, hearing her even breathing, he smiles. He knew that he was breaking every one of his rules when he initiated the kiss on the submarine today; he just couldn't help himself. Her body was pressed to his, clinging to him, scared-which she would never admit-because she didn't know what was going on.

Finally, after what seemed to be hours, his eyes close and he has the best nights sleep in years.