Authors Note: Hey guys, I'm back with another update, yay me! This chapter and the one after it will take place during Minimum Security. I've kinda re-wrote the episode since Kate and Gibbs are together in my world. Hmm, what else...oh! I've been betaing my friend's story New Teammate, New Love? and you guys should read it, she's been working really hard on it...check it out, review it, story alert it...tell her she's awesome, I don't care...but you should really give her story a go.
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Kate and Jethro had managed to keep their relationship under wraps for a little over a week. During business hours, they are just Agent Todd and Gibbs but behind closed doors, they are Kate and Jethro, new couple trying to figure each other out. Over the week, Kate has stayed over at Jethro's house, and keeps a change of clothes in her bag.
Their current case brings the team to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Tony of course is thrilled at the field trip; Kate and Gibbs see this as just another case. But there is also a part of Kate that sees this as a week in Cuba with her boyfriend and that part of Kate is nervous as hell.
Kate sits across from Jethro during the plane ride to Cuba, and sadly she has to sit next to Tony. She has to smile at his child like behavior; but is the first to point out that the site he is reading all the information on is an official Navy site, and is for PR. Kate steals glances at Jethro when Tony is too preoccupied with the touch screen, and view. She smiles at him, and when he gives his half smirk back she feels the butterflies flutter in the pit of her stomach.
Breaking Tony's attention from the Gulf Stream that has him smiling like a five year old on Christmas, and Kate from day dreaming about their relationship, Gibbs hands both of his agents a file.
"This is Special Agent Paula Cassidy," Gibbs begins as Tony and Kate open the files. "She's an interrogator at Camp Delta. She is not to know that Sa'Id is dead."
Kate looks up from her paper work, "We're not working with her?"
Gibbs looks at Kate, "Sa'Id was carrying five un-mailed letters of hers; until we find out how she was involved with him she's out of the loop."
Tony goes back to his Gulf Stream and Kate glances at Gibbs, and shakes her head slightly. A week with Jethro in Cuba, unable to kiss him is going to be harder than she thought.
~*~
Once the plane lands and they gather their belongings, Kate looks over to find a blonde woman approaching them. She turns to Jethro, "So much for the element of surprise."
The woman introduces herself as Paula Cassidy, Gibbs introduces his team, and puts his luggage in the back of the car, grabbing Kate's and tossing it in the trunk as well. Cassidy hands Gibbs the keys to the car, and he tosses them to Tony.
When they arrive at the house they are staying in, Gibbs places his equipment on the dining room table; Kate and Tony just look around taking in their surroundings. "Ok, we'll set up here."
Tony dashes off in the direction of the bedrooms, and Kate glances at Jethro, and then takes off after Tony. Kate walks out of the bathroom as Tony places his bags down on the bed.
"No way," he says, turning to Kate.
"But it's the only bedroom with a bath," Kate whines.
"I know, and I picked it first."
"Women take baths, men take showers, Tony," Kate points out.
Tony stands in the door frame of the bathroom. "Why does the 'woman' thing come up when a ship is sinking or when there is only one bedroom with a bath?"
~*~
Kate and Tony finish setting up the bulletin board, and tell Gibbs that they'd like to speak to him.
"It'll have to wait until tomorrow, I'm going to bed," he says, heading down the hallway and smacking the hall light on with his bag. He walks into the room that Kate and Tony were arguing over, tosses Tony's bag into the room at the end of the hall and tosses his own bag across the hall. "Go to bed Kate. Enjoy the bath tub."
Kate looks at Gibbs shocked, and then turns to Tony and smiles. "I win; g'night DiNozzo. Thank you Gibbs."
"Boss!" Tony shouts in protest.
"Bed, DiNozzo," Gibbs says, closing the door to his own room.
~*~
The faint snores emanating from the room down the hall tells her that Tony is asleep. They have been together, the three of them, all day. In the week of her and Jethro's relationship, she's gotten used to having him to herself for a few hours. Not being able to take it anymore, Kate slips from her bed, and opens the door to her bedroom, silently thanking God that the door doesn't creak.
She silently opens the door to Jethro's room and is shocked at all when she hears him, "What took you so long, Katie?"
She closes the door behind her and walks over to his bed, "I was waiting until Tony was asleep. I figure snoring is a good sign."
Jethro slides over and holds the covers up so she can slide in beside him; she accepts his offer and cuddles up next to him. "Thanks for letting me have the room with the bathroom."
Jethro smiles, "Ah, the look on Tony's face was worth it."
Kate laughs, "Yeah, his face when I got the room was most definitely worth it."
"And the smile on yours, was worth it too," Gibbs says, kissing Kate's head.
"Aw, you old softie," Kate teases, and turns her face up to his.
Jethro's blue eyes shine down into her chocolate brown ones, and he leans in to kiss her softly. "You shouldn't sleep here, Kate," he says, noticing that her eyes are getting heavy and she's holding him close to her.
"We'll get up before DiNozzo, Jet," Kate says with a yawn, and smiles to herself as she feels Jethro lower them from their sitting position.
~*~
After Tony's run in with the iguana, and the translator showed up and explained that they had an interrogation room set up for that afternoon, and him running scared at Gibbs' glare, the team gets to work.
"Go check out Paula Cassidy," Gibbs says, to no one in particular.
"On it," Tony and Kate say in unison.
"Did I say both of you?" Gibbs asks, not looking up from his computer.
Kate squints her eyes, "You didn't not say both of us, Gibbs."
"She's got a point there, Boss," Tony adds.
"I am now. Tony goes; Kate will stay here and help me with this."
Tony releases a joyful laugh, "Bye."
The door closes and Kate turns back to Gibbs, "Jethro! Do you mind telling me why-"
He stands and walks over to Kate, grabbing her by the waist, "Yeah."
Kate looks into his eyes expectantly, "Well?"
"Tony's gone for a couple hours, and I figured we could use the alone time, Agent Todd."
Kate's anger towards Tony going on an assignment quickly disappears as she looks up in to her boyfriend's eyes. "What? Last night wasn't enough for you?"
Jethro leans down and kisses her softly, "Not nearly enough, Katie."
