I went to put up chapter four, thinking that I had already put this chapter up. Sorry for the hold up guys. If I would have known that I had forgotten about this chapter then it woulda been up like last week.

Gibbs just sat at his desk, still perplexed with the technology that sat before him. With a scowl on his face, he pushed a few keys and watched in aggravation as his computer went haywire.

"McGee! Fix it!" he yelled, jumping up out of his chair and pointing his finger.

"I... I don't... don't exactly know how," McGee stuttered.

"Go get Abby," Tony suggested.

"No use," Kate said walking into the bullpen.

"What did she say?" Gibbs asked.

"Throw it out the window," Kate laughed.

"Do you find this funny Agent Todd?"

Kate suddenly stopped laughing. "Not at all. I was just..."

"I got it," Abby interrupted, exiting the elevator. "I figured it out. I finally got the new program working."

"Cough it up Tony," Kate said, holding out her handd. "I told you that Abby would figure it out before McGee did."

"It's only twenty bucks Kate," Tony sighed. "I can pay you back some other way." He smiled and Kate just shook her head no. Tony sighed again as he handed Kate a twenty dollar bill. "You let me down Probie. You really let me down."

Kate lay in her bed that night, thinking about her relationship with Tony and exactly where it was going, if anywhere. He had originally planned on staying with her that night, but she just wanted to be alone. Something just felt strange, something about her... her body. It made her want to be by herself and Tony said that he understood. He'd had days like that too.

As they had stood in the parking lot together, Tony had taken her hands in his and kissed her lightly on the lips. "Feel better okay? I'll be lonely without you tonight," he had told her as he held her in his arms. Right before she got in her car to leave, Tony kissed her on the forehead and promised to call her later on.

It was now almost eleven thirty and Tony had yet to call her. Laying down in her room, Kate wondered just what Tony was doing and what had kept him from calling. She had to admit that she was worried about him. What if he hadn't called because he had been hurt or something had happened to him? Then there was the other thought lingering in the back of her mind: What if there was another woman?

Sighing, Kate rolled over and got comfortable in her bed. If he wasn't going to call, then she had no reason to sit up all night and wait. Closing her eyes, she began to drift off to sleep when she heard a knock at the door. She groaned as she flipped the covers off of her and got out of bed. She was tired and just wanted to go to sleep. Who was coming by this late anyway?

It took Kate a little bit to get to the door because she was half asleep, but she made it. She yawned slightly and opened the door.

"Sorry I didn't call. I fell asleep right after I got out of the shower. Then I woke up a little while ago and I couldn't go back to sleep... because you weren't there with me," Tony explained as Kate let him in. "Did I wake you up?"

"No," Kate smiled. "I couldn't sleep either."

"I know that you wanted to be alone, but I couldn't stay away."

"It's okay."

Tony leaned down and kissed her on the lips, letting his tongue slip into her mouth. She lifted her arms as he pulled her shirt off and he picked her up, carrying her to her room.

Kate yawned as she sat at her desk the next morning. She felt so tired and not to mention sick to her stomach. She couldn't remember ever feeling quite this way. Her and Tony had stopped to get breakfast before they came to work, so she knew she wasn't hungry. Maybe it was just the weather.

"Sleepy Kate?" Tony asked from his desk as he ate his breakfast burrito.

"Just a little," she replied.

"Well it's not my fault. Someone didn't want to stop. You were like the energizer bunny."

"Tony!" Kate yelled. "Shut up and worry about your buck eighty-five."

"Oh please," Tony sighed.

"You should have returned the money."

"Well I'dburn more than a buck eighty-five driving back there."

"It's gonna come back to haunt you."

"What is?" he questioned.

"Karma. What goes around comes around, like a boomerang and when yours comes back around... you better duck really low," Kate taunted.

"Well you don't have to duck if you don't believe," Tony replied.

"Believe what?" McGee asked, walking into the room.

"Having a private conversation McGee," Tony told him.

"With all the bad karma you've built up with women alone, I'm surprised something hasn't just fallen off," Kate said, ignoring McGee's nosiness.

Tony quickly glanced down into his lap... just to be sure.

"Missing something DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked, walking by Tony's desk, coffee in hand.

"No, it's still there."

"How can you be so sure it was there to begin with?" Kate asked, trying to keep up with their banter.

"Because, you apparently found it last night."

Kate's eyes grew wide and Gibbs gave them each a questioning glance.

Tony could see the anger and hurt in Kate's eyes. "Guys, I'm just kidding. You know that," he laughed, speaking mostly to Gibbs and McGee.

"Enough with the joking around DiNozzo. We all still have to get a grasp on this new program," Gibbs ordered.

Once Gibbs had sat down at his desk, Tony looked over at Kate and noticed she still looked upset. "Hey Kate, I'm sorry. You know I was just..."

His apology was cut off by Kate. Her voice was kind of cracking and her eyes looked glossy from tears threatening to fall. "Just leave me alone Tony! Just leave me alone!"

Chapter Title- I titled this chapter "Ice Queen" because that is kinda how Kate is to Tony after he makes the slip up... cold and stand-offish. Abby also mentions this to Kate in the next chapter, "Conspiracy Theory."