AN- Disclaimer is on the first page as usual :P Ok another two chapters in one Its really cute xx

9) The Shopping Trip

Gibbs awoke at 0830 to find the other side of the bed vacant. Thinking Kate had gone down to make brekkie, he got up, put his dressing gown on and went downstairs. Noticing that he couldn't hear the radio or a frying pan, he walked into the lounge room.

Kate was in a recliner, snoozing lightly. He smiled, turned around and silently made breakfast. After he put two plates of toast on the table, he quietly went back over to Kate and woke her up. "Kate. Kate! Come on, breakfast."

She opened her eyes blearily. "Huh? What?" She took a deep breath. "I'm sorry about last night." She muttered guiltily.

Gibbs chuckled a little. "It's fine. Not really. Do it again and I'll have to do something about it." He said in mock seriousness.

"Ha-ha-ha." Kate looked up at him with a small why'd-you-have-to-wake-me-up look. He shook his head at her and went to the table, so she followed. "What are we doing today?" she yawned, slowly inserting a piece of jam toast that was on her plate.

Gibbs thought about it. "Well, I wanted to work on my boat, but I need stuff down the street and you really need to get more groceries, or else we will be living on jam and bread for the rest of the week. So how about a walk to the shopping centre?"

Kate swallowed in surprise. A walk? Down the street? With Gibbs? He getting soft she thought amusing herself. "Uh, ok. Sure, but you're helping me this time."

Kate and Gibbs talked about a lot of things Kate had missed while she was away. Tony and his flirtatious ways, McGee getting less and less 'un-probie', Abby almost getting killed by one of her ex-boyfriends and Ducky having more interesting stories to tell. Kate smiled and laughed and asked questions as they went, occasionally stopping to look at a nice dress or shoes, before Gibbs back tracked realising she had stopped and grabbed her softly by the wrists, making her keep going.

At Wall-Mart it was busy, so to make Gibbs useful, Kate gave him the trolley and just said to follow her. "I have done this before Kate." He replied. Isle to isle, Kate got things from her list that she made and sometimes Gibbs would grab something for himself. At the counter, Kate used her new credit card to pay for it and they left with that weeks groceries. Walking out to the crossing on the road, Gibbs saw a car he had seen before. It was an old muscle, green and black with the number plate TDJ-468. "Kate, we need to get going." Gibbs said, lengthening his stride.

"Why? You said-" she started.

"Tony is here. We need to get going before..." he trailed off, making Kate walk faster in alarm. Someone had called out his name.

"Hi Boss!" Tony bounced up to Gibbs, who told Kate to go home without him. She went off, Tony not noticing her.

"DiNozzo." Gibbs acknowledged him.

"Two days of freedom, then the weekend! What are you going to?" Tony asked brightly.

Gibbs contemplated. "Work on my boat. Got to fix pipes in the laundry." He replied. "You're... Partying?"

"Yes sir! I have to go now Bossman. I'll see you on Monday!" And with that, Tony went off to the Bottle Shop.

Gibbs then realised what he was meant to be doing, and rushed off with groceries clanking haphazardly...

AN- That one was a little longer. Hope you like OMG, Who's seen PATRIOT DOWN? O.O the little green button loves you (and I will too lol)