Chapter 3
Faults and All
Kate looked at herself in the mirror. Smoothing her hair down she smiled. She liked the way she looked in Gibbs clothes.
'don't get used to it, he doesn't see you that way.' She thought as she climbed into his bed. Snuggling down she slowly drifted off to sleep.
Gibbs lay on his couch studying the ceiling. He couldn't sleep. Not with Kate asleep in his bed. He wished he could just go curl up beside her. Pull her close to him, feel the rise and fall of her chest as she slept.
'She doesn't see you that way you fool. You're just her boss. A fatherly figure to her.' Gibbs thought as he ran his hands through his hair. Sighing, he stood up. There was no way he was going to get anymore sleep tonight. He made his way into the basement.
Kate woke slowly, squinting as the sun shone in her eyes. Looking around she couldn't figure out where she was. Squeezing her eyes closed a smile curled her lips as she realized whose bed she was in. Kicking the sheets off, she became very cold. Wrapping her arms around herself, she made her way down the hallway.
She could hear noise coming from behind a closed door. A little unsure if she should go in she opened the door just enough to see in.
She smiled. This was Gibbs basement. She could see him working with his back to her. Slowly she lowered herself down onto the top stair and watched him.
Gibbs rubbed the sand paper up and down. Taking a sip of his coffee he turned and grabbed another tool. Slowly positioning it, he began to drag it down the frame. Upon hearing a creek from behind him, he turned to see Kate watching him from the stairs.
She blushed once she realized he was watching her.
"Sorry." She muttered. "It's just, you're really good."
Gibbs smiled. "Come on. I'll teach you."
Gibbs smiled as he watched Kate. She had picked it up pretty quick and Gibbs knew she would be fine doing it by herself, yet he stayed behind her, guiding her hands with his. It was an excuse to be close to her.
He felt her lean back into him. Slowly he took the tool they had been using and placed it down on the bench. Running his hand down Kate's arm, he took her hand and led her over to the couch.
She was looking at him questioningly.
"Why'd you come here Kate?" He could see the hurt that flashed across her face. He cursed.
"I didn't mean it like that Kate. I mean why did you-" Gibbs sighed. "I'm not the best at these kinda talks. I just want to know why you came here, to my house." Gibbs looked at Kate. She looked like a scared little child. He realized he was still holding her hand. He gave it a slight squeeze.
"I honestly don't know Gibbs. I didn't even realize what I was doing." She looked down at the floor. "But one thing I do know is I like you Gibbs. I feel happy around you. I don't feel like I need to be someone else around you. I can be myself and I know you'll accept me. The way you talk to me, look at me, you make me feel so important Gibbs. And I like that feeling." She smiled weakly at him. "So I guess I came here because last night, I wanted to feel important to someone." Gibbs looked at her. She was crying. He raised his hands to cup her face. Wiping away some of the tears rolling down hr faces her lifted her head so he could see into her eyes.
"Katie," he whispered "You are the most important thing in my life." He could see what he had said had shocked her.
"I'm sorry for not telling you sooner. As you have probably realized with your super profiling abilities, I'm pro at relationships." Kate laughed at him.
"Don't worry; I'll take you faults and all." Now it was Gibbs turn to laugh.
Gibbs slowly leaned in towards Kate. He could feel her hands moving up around his neck.
Gibbs closed the distance between them. He kissed her slowly and passionately.
So that's the end of the story. Not really where I was originally going to take it but I thought it was sweet. Plus I'm trying to finish Merry Christmas before this Christmas comes so now I will have one less story I have to worry about updating.
Please tell me what you thought on your way out.
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