It was about time for an AN before you read. This is another pretty long chapter. I hope you like. I also want to thank for all your awesome reviews. It's your reviews that keeps me motivated to write moooore :D So here it is, the fourth chapter

Chapter 4

Around three pm that afternoon, a small nervous looking brunette showed up. Rachel, petty officer McKenzie's sister. Gibbs shook her hand politely and then led the way down to interrogation. Kate, Tony and McGee followed and took their places inside observation. Kate felt for the young woman. She couldn't be older than twenty. She looked very uncomfortable, hands shaking and she barely looked up at Gibbs when she answered his questions.

"I hope she can give us something to go on" Kate said, more to herself than anyone else. The interrogation went smoothly and was over within ten minutes. Gibbs told McGee to show her out while he, Kate and Tony went over the information in the Squad Room.

"Anything, boss?" Tony asked as they took seat by their desks. Gibbs sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Not really. She hasn't talked to him in three weeks, she's been visiting a friend in France. And according to her, her brother was pretty shy, spent a lot of time at home and didn't have any enemies"

"Could it have been, a robbery gone wrong or something?" Kate said.

"No, he had his wallet, cell phone, watch, everything" Gibbs said. "And there were no unknown fingerprints on the items"

"Everything seems like a dead end" Tony sighed. Only once, he'd experienced one of Gibbs' cases go cold. Gibbs checked his watch.

"There nothing else we can do today. Go home" Knowing that you shouldn't seem to surprised when Gibbs let them go early, Kate and Tony quickly grabbed their stuff and left.

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"It's your time to fix dinner" Tony said as they sat in the car.
"I made breakfast!"

"We haven't had real dinner for two days and since I made tea last night, you'll make dinner!"

"I can't cook" Kate tried.

"You're lying" Tony said.

Silence. They both stayed quiet for the following five minutes before Kate spoke. "Let's order take out"

"Good idea" Tony said and their eyes met for a moment before they both began to laugh.

And roughly thirty minutes later they were seated by Tony's kitchen table with a pizza box between them.

"This is pretty fun" Tony suddenly said.

"What do you mean?"

"You know…doing something and not working" as fast as he'd said it, a faint blush spread over his face. Kate smiled to herself, knowing what Tony meant. He liked spending time with her.

"Yeah, I guess you're right" she said softly. And she meant it; it was quite nice, not being alone at night, having breakfast with someone. Seeing the other side of Tony…

"You think Gibbs'll give up on this case?" Tony then asked, sensing it was time to change subject.

"It has only happened once and he goes through the case every month so probably, no. He won't give up"

Kate smiled. "Gibbs needs to learn how to let go"

"Definitely" Tony agreed and picked off a slice of salami from his pizza.

"You don't eat salami?" Kate said surprised. "I thought you ate everything" she said and nonchalantly picked up the salami slice Tony just dumped back in the box.

"Kate, I'm only human"

"Whatever you say"

Soon the food was gone and since it was only seven pm, they had to do something.

"Snowball fight?" Tony suggested.

"Over my dead body"

"Okay, no snow. How about a movie?" Kate shrugged. "Why not?"

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"Are you seriously asking me to choose one of these?" Kate exclaimed as she stood before his tall bookcase, filled with DVD:s.

"I have more than that"

"You do you even buy them all? You don't have time to watch it again before you buy a new one. Rent them!"

Tony chuckled. "Girls buy make up, clothes and purses. Guys buy movies. So, wanna check out the other ones?"

"Sure" Kate said with a half smile. Tony began to walk down the hall and into his bedroom. Kate unconsciously slowed down. Tony's bedroom. So this is where it all happens, the location of all his stories. She mused. His bed wasn't made and Kate was pretty sure it never was.

"I have a few more here" he revealed another bookcase and a plastic box.

"I can't decide!"

"Then, may I come with a suggestion?"

"Please do"

"The time machine"

"What?"

"New movie my cousin sent it to me last week. I haven't seen it yet"

"Okay"

"Wanna watch in here?"

"What? Here?"

Smirking, Tony walked over to an antique looking cupboard and opened the doors. It looked exactly like the entertainment system in the living room, only smaller.

"You've got to be kidding me"

"Nope. So, wanna watch?"

"This seems like a chick flick meeting science fiction. I thought you were the action type…" Kate said after reading the back of the cover.

"Do I have to mention that my cousin's name is Aurora, she is 15 years old, a sucker for romantic chick flicks and she's planned her wedding since she was three and learned what marriage was?" Tony said with a grin.

"You suggested it because I'm a girl" Kate deadpanned.

"Pretty much, yeah"

"Chauvinist. How do you know I don't hate chick flicks?"

He eyed her skeptically. "Favourite movie?" Kate gave an awkward kind of smile.

"Titanic" she then admitted.

"I knew it! So, let's watch" Smiling, Kate handed him the DVD and sat on the edge of his bed.

"Aw, don't be silly, Katie" Tony said and crawled across his bed and leaned down against the pillows.

"Kaaate…" he smirked and patted the vacant spot beside him. Kate eyed him. Even if it seemed to be playful and innocent, Kate knew better. Cuddle up with Tony, on his bed…The whole idea screamed wrong. But nonetheless, Kate soon found herself under the covers, pressed up to Tony's side. They didn't speak a word for a good while until Kate broke the silence.

"That's true love"

"What is?"

"The guy builds a time machine to save his girlfriend from dying"

"Very chick flick-ish" Tony laughed and casually hugged her against him. They watched the rest in silence, Kate secured snugly to his side.

"Well, how was it?" Tony said and turned off the TV. When he didn't get a response, he turned his head and immediately smiled. Kate was asleep, one hand lightly resting on his chest. If he let her sleep, she would probably kill him, if he woke her up, she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep and feel like hell tomorrow and kill him anyway. Giving it a final thought, Tony carefully made himself comfortable with Kate on his arm.

"G'night, Katie" he murmured and gently kissed her hair before drifting off to sleep.

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The moment Kate opened her eyes, she knew something wasn't right. She'd had the same feeling the morning the heating system died. But then she'd been like an ice cube. Now, the temperature was significantly higher. As she turned to her right, her eyes widened in shock. Tony was sleeping soundly, his body mere millimetres from hers. Not good. Obviously confused, Kate checked that she was still fully dressed. She was. Good, at least one step closer to the accidental "falling asleep to a movie with no intentions to do anything else"- conclusion. But the position they were in bothered her. She had his arm under her head, his sleep face turned to her and a leg loosely draped over her own. If it wasn't for the fact that they were fully dressed, they looked like lovers. The thought made Kate sit right up. Her sudden move awoke Tony who barely seemed to comprehend it all. But soon he spotted a pyjama clad Kate and his eyes widened, much as Kate's had done. Now he remembered. The movie, Kate falling asleep, not waking her up.

"Kate…"

"No, it's okay, I'll just go and um…take a shower" Quickly she pushed the covers aside and slipped out of bed.

Safely locked into his bathroom, Kate began to pace the small area. What the hell had just happened? Okay, nothing really happened but something had changed between them. They'd just spent the night together, curled up in each other's arms. Suddenly Kate felt her stomach flutter. What the…Then a small smile spread on her face. She'd never slept this good before. It had been warm, soft and she had to admit that their bodies fit together. Remembering that she should probably shower, Kate turned on the water and pulled her shirt over her head. She froze. Her shirt smelled like Tony, and as she sniffer her hair she realised that she was surrounded by his smell. The thought made her blush even more furiously as she shed the last piece of clothing and stepped in under the hot water. This keeps getting ever more weird with each day.

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The rest of the morning was more than awkward. They had breakfast standing, avoiding eye contact at all times. As soon as Kate finished she put away her mug and quickly disappeared to make herself ready to go. Tony didn't try and talk to her, he seemed busy on his own, trying to figure what the hell had changed last night and what he should say to break the ice. If having breakfast in awkward silence, the ride to HQ was a hundred times words. The radio played in the background and Kate kept her eyes focused on the trees flying by. This is so not good….She always hated tension. Even if it was at a family party, at work or just an awkward silence, she immediately became uncomfortable. Gibbs will notice, was her current thought. He would notice and confront them. That was not good. He would make assumptions and when Leroy Jethro Gibbs had made his mind, no one could change it.

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But lucky for them, Gibbs wasn't by his desk when they arrived, once again taking the chance to come in together. Maybe the chance was smaller for him to notice, if they both were already working. Apparently sharing the same kind of thinking, both Kate and Tony sat down to continue working on the case and maybe finish up som old paperwork. When Gibbs stalked in both agents involuntarily tensed but didn't say a thing. Gibbs noticed of course, but remembered what Jen said about them making their own decisions so he left them alone. As long as it didn't affect their work on the field…But the awkward mood in the bullpen wasn't something Gibbs would like to experience every day…

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Jen stood outside MTAC and looked down at Gibbs' team. The youngest, McGee just came in, nervously apologising for being late and said something about his sister being in trouble with a boyfriend. At that Gibbs smiled to himself. Jen smiled as well, even if Gibbs mostly seemed bothered by his agents messing around and bickering, she knew he found it amusing. Sexual tension between partners was fun. She'd experienced it herself. A few years before she met Gibbs, she'd worked with another guy and there had been an attraction between them but they'd only worked together for a few months so nothing evolved out of their friendship. From what she knew now, he'd retired and lived with his wife and teenage kids. Wow, time really flied…

Jen kept her focus on Kate and Tony, silently working. They'd worked together for almost three years and still nothing seemed to have happened between them. The attraction had been there from the beginning, she could tell from their actions but also from what Gibbs had told her. Their trips to Colombia, Cuba and Paraguay just to mention a few of the histories Gibbs had shared. People never thought that about him, but Gibbs liked to share. To pass on advice, very much as Ducky did. Gibbs really had a lot to tell and teach. And from what Jen could see, there was a lot of Gibbs thinking in his agents. Tony would become a great leader of his own team some day, maybe not for the next two years but then, who knew. And Kate, well, she'd done pretty much already. What could top protection the president of the United States? McGee had potentional. He had his brilliant computer skills and was developing an own strategy and way of working out on the field. Gibbs really had the best team.

And as director but also a good reader of body language and her own history, Jen knew that if Tony's and Kate's relationship would become more than friendship, it wouldn't change that much. What Gibbs was afraid of was that someone would get hurt and their tight team would fall apart. It wasn't surprising. He'd lost his family and loosing his team would be like another failure to protect them. It was like reading an open book. And now Jen saw that something had happened between Kate and Tony that made them extremely uncomfortable but not ever she could figure out what.

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Around lunch, Kate snuck away to talk to Abby. She needed to vent and Abby was the perfect one to talk to. She knew them both and maybe had a few advices to give her. Pressing the button to the right floor, Kate closed her eyes and sighed for a moment. This was what she was afraid would happen if she and Tony took it to the next level. Not that they'd really done it but they'd crossed one of the lines that had been there for a good while. And now, not knowing what to do, she turned to her all-knowing best friend. The doors swooshed open and Kate stepped in, only to have Abby's voice firing a question at her:

"You slept with Tony, didn't you?" Kate rolled her eyes, maybe talking to Abby wasn't the best idea…

Another appearance of the director. Was it OOC this time? Was the description of Gibbs OOC? Please review, I need reviews!