Chapter 2.

Why Me?

Kate walked into Gibbs lounge room while he walked into the kitchen to grab some coffee. She looked around his lounge room. He had a large open fire place. On top were some pictures. One of a younger boy with two adults. A picture of the team sat proudly in the centre of the shelf. A little to the right stood a picture of Gibbs with two younger ladies on each side of him. All three of them had a huge smile on there faces. Kate was studying the pictures when Gibbs came in with two cups of steaming coffee in his hands. Kate didn't notice him entering.

"That's me and my sisters last year." Gibbs said as he approached her. Kate blushed; a bit embarrassed she had been caught staring at the picture.

"I thought you were an only child?" Kate asked as she tried to take a sip of her coffee but only succeeded in burning her tongue.

Gibbs placed his coffee down on the table and took Kate's and placed it next to his.
"My parents got divorced when I was 8. Both got remarried. These are dads other children." He explained.

Kate gave him a weak smile. She felt kinda bad. She looked him up and down. He had tracksuits on and a NIS shirt on. She realized she must have woken him up.

Gibbs, obviously realizing what was going on in Kate's head, gave her a warm smile and led her over to the lounge.

Sitting down beside her, Gibbs studied her. She had the same clothes on that she had worn to work that day. Her make-up had been smudged, and her eyes were black from where she had rubbed them, not realizing she had mascara on. Her hair had been pulled up into a messy bun, with strands of hair hanging everywhere.

Gibbs smiled. He could always tell when she was nervous. She would fiddle with something. Right now she was playing with her pants.

Every part of Gibbs wanted to know why Kate had turned up at his house in the middle of the night. He wanted to know why it had been his house and not Abby's or another one of her friends house. Why had she turned up at her grumpy old bastard of a boss's house? He could see her eyes starting to droop.

"I'll be right back." Gibbs stood up and grabbed the two full cups of coffee from the table. Dumping them in the sick he headed for his bedroom. Grabbing all his stuff that he had carelessly dumped in his room, he quickly stuffed it into his wardrobe and grabbed Kate a pair of pants and a shirt.

Back in the lounge room Gibbs found Kate almost sleep. He laughed. Kate's head snapped up.

"What's going? Where am I?" Kate eyes scanned the room until they landed on Gibbs and she sighed. Gibbs handed her the clothes he was carrying.

"Here. Put these on. I'll take the couch. You can have my bed." Gibbs said.
"What, no way Gibbs. I can't take your bed-Yawn-"
"Your buggered. You are going to go in there and get a good night sleep. It's down the hall to the left. Goodnight Kate."
Kate smiled at Gibbs. "Thankyou. Goodnight."

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