Disclaimer: I don't own them.
Notes: Two stories in one mainly because I still haven't figured out this document/chapter thing. I'm sure one day I will.
Tony sat quietly at his kitchen table. It was almost 2am and his apartment was silent. In front of him he had a small cake with a single candle in it. His head rested on his hand as he waited. He fidgeted with the booklet of matches in his other hand. He decided to rest his eyes for a moment and as he opened them he was greeted by the sight of Kate. She sat directly opposite him. "There she is." He smiled.
"You waiting for me?"
"I guess so." His smile faultered slightly. "I got you a cake."
"Chocolate?"
"And fudge, with a candle."
Kate inspected the cake and nodded her approval. "You gonna light that candle?"
"At some point." He spoke softly, he was visibly tired. "How are things Kate?"
She shrugged, "Same old. You?"
He nodded sadly, "Same old. It's not been the best day. For any of us."
"I'm sorry." She whispered. "I didn't want it to be like this."
"But it is. Abby and McGee were very quiet today. I think Abby was crying."
"She was. I was there. Tony, things change, you have to change with them."
Tony knew she was right. "I know that but it doesn't mean I can't remember. It's not like I can forget."
"I'd never want you to forget me but I don't want this. I want you to remember the good times. I know I'll never forget the time you kissed a man." She smiled evily.
"Or the wet T-Shirt photo." He smiled.
"You destroyed those photos!" She barked.
Tony smirked, "Happy anniversary Kate." He lit the candle and blew it out. Kate was gone.
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Abby buzzed around her lab happily setting up her tests and analysing results. She was still waiting for a DNA result when Tony walked in. He seemed a little flushed. Abby smiled as he handed her a Caf-Pow drink. "Did you get anything?" He asked looking over her shoulder and scowling. She ignored his obvious bad mood and started explaining something to him.
Tony looked over Abby's shoulder and scowled at Kate who was waving at him. She had been buzzing around him all day doing her best to annoy him and it was working. Abby was becoming very animated about some test result from the mud found on the victims shoe. "It contains loads of glass."
"Colour?" Tony growled as he watched Kate pick up the sample dish and stare at the glass.
"Looks like different colours." Kate whispered as she placed the dish down in the wrong spot. "It looks really pretty if you hold it up to the light."
Tony stared at Kate. "Why are you whispering it's not like she can hear you?" He hissed.
Abby looked confused, "Not like who can hear me?"
"Sorry Abby, go on."
"Well if you hold the sample up to the light you can see the glass is all different colours." She reached for the sample dish but realised it was gone. She looked confused and finally found it. "I'm sure I didn't put that there. Oh well." She shrugged it off. "If you look at it under the microscope you'll see that the glass varies in size." She moved away from the microscope to allow him to look.
"Let me see." Kate commanded.
"Move!" He shouted shoving Kate away.
"I'm not in your way." Abby's face said. She was obviously concerned. "Tony, are you ok?"
"I'm fine." He answered as he peered down the lenses of the microscope.
"You don't seem fine."
Tony looked over at Kate who had started singing. He put his hands over his ears and started shouting his reply over Kate's singing. "You know that scene in Ghost when Patrick Swayze is singing to Whoopi Goldberg to annoy her and you think it can't be that annoying. It is!"
"I'm Henry the eighth I am. Henry the eighth, I am, I am. I got married to the widow next door. She's been married seven times before!" Kate sang happily.
"It is driving me nuts!" Tony screeched. "Listen." He and Abby stood listening.
"Tony, I don't hear anything."
"Second verse same as the first!"
"Oh God!" Tony yelled and ran out of the lab.
Abby smiled wickedly. "What did he do this time?"
Kate stood next to Abby, "He still has the Spring Break photo. Thanks for not telling him you can see me."
"No problem."