After McGee and I finished taking the man into custody, and Gibbs broke him in interrogation, Tony, McGee, Gibbs and I were all sitting around at our desks doing basic paperwork when Abby came flying in.
"Gibbs! Gibbs! Gibbs! Gibbs! Can Kate and I have the rest of the day off? Please? Pretty, pretty please? With a cherry on top?" she squeals
I look at her in surprise, not recalling any previous agreement, while Gibbs looks at her, half exasperated and half amused.
"Sure Abs. Have fun." He sighs
"Yes!" She shrieks, giving him a hug, before running over to me
"Come on! Girl's afternoon, let's go!" she says, bouncing on her toes.
I don't have the heart to tell her I really don't feel like it. My feet hurt and my back is sore and I am beyond tired.
"Sure Abs." I say, and before I know it, we're in her car and driving off.
"So, where are we going?" I ask, starting to feel a little excited
"First, shopping! Second, spa treatment! Third, makeovers! Fourth, we're going out to dinner!" She explains, grinning "my treat."
I blink, grateful "Thanks Abs."
"No problem!" she smiles as we pull into the mall parking lot.
I am tired, but exhilarated. It took Abby and I an hour and a half to find the perfect dresses for us to wear to the restaurant. Abby is in a black lace dress with a red silk slip. I'm in a maternity dress, to my frustration, but it's actually quite nice. It is a bright orange top, that cinches at the upper ribs, and a skirt that is a navy blue and cream that is loose and floats around my knees, hiding my growing stomach in a very flattering way.
After our spas were amazing, especially the massage, and it was nice to have my hair done. Now, we're sitting in the restaurant, which has a piano man.
Pretty soon, a familiar song starts to play, and a singer stands on top of the piano, his back to us.
"This song is dedicated from anonymous to Kit Kat." The singer announces and I narrow my eyes. Tony must have done this.
"You're just too good to be true… can't take my eyes off of you. You'd be like heaven to touch, I wanna hold you so much. At long last love has arrived and I thank God I'm alive. You're just too good to be true, can't take my eyes off of you." I look away from the singer, tears stinging my eyes. This is my favourite song and Tony knows it.
The song finishes and claps roar around the room for the singer. Out of nowhere, Tony appears holding a bouquet of red roses. Only now do I notice Abby's gone. I look around for her, desperately.
"Hey Kit-Kat." He says, his voice soft.
"Please don't call me that." I say back, and I quickly change the subject "What are you doing here?"
"For you." His smile fades "I'm sorry about this morning. I was wrong. Gibbs knocked some sense into me-literally and metaphorically- and I get what I need to do. I need to say how sorry I am that I freaked out on you this morning. I just needed time to think. I've decided that I would love to be the proper father of our child." He says, taking one of my hands in his.
Tears fill my eyes, but I blink them back. I can't trust him. Not yet.
"Tony, you don't have to do this-" I start, pulling my hand from his grasp
He cuts me off, before I can finish, grabbing my hand again.
"Kate. It's not that I have to. I want to be the father to this child. I love you, as more then just my friend, I really love you and I've never been able to express my feelings for you since the day I met you on Air Force 1. I just hope that you feel the same way. A-and I got you this." He pulls out a medium sized jewelry box and slides it across table to me.
I open it and carefully pull off the felt bag. Into my hand slides a beautiful open-heart white gold necklace. There are two small gemstones as part of the top heart; One Red, and one Green.
"The two stones represent you and me Kit-uh- Kate. My birthstone is a ruby, yours is an emerald. Then, when the baby is born, we can add their birthstone to the necklace, so you can always have our family together."
"Tony." I look up, everything inside of me torn between trusting him and not. "Listen this is sweet, with the roses, and the song and the necklace, but…you broke my trust. You broke your promise to me and to our baby, and I am not ready yet to just let you back when you've done nothing to earn it." I swallow, hard at the broken look on his face.
"Kate, tell me anything. Make me do anything and I'll do it, please." He begs
I shut my eyes, sighing, before reopening them "Tony, I will give you a chance to prove yourself. Not for me, but for the baby. I don't want you out drinking or being irresponsible. You are going to come to every doctor's appointment from now until the baby is born and you will do you research on pregnancy and child rearing. As I said before, I am doing this for our child. He does not deserve to grow up without a father. You said you want to try, then try. If you can't, then I will be able to honestly tell our child its not her fault or mine her Daddy isn't around. You are going prove you can be a decent father. As for me, maybe if you go the distance for our child, maybe I'll consider you myself. But until then, I want you to be nothing more than cordial with me. Is that clear?"
He looks at me desolate, but determined.
"Okay, thank you."
