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Chapter 2

Tony leaned down further to press a soft kiss to her lips, when a cold nose started to press its way between them. "Patches!" she squealed as the dog wormed his way in. Tony laughed, "He is your dog" he said standing. "Not for long" she mumbled as she tried to push the excited dog off her.

While moving towards the bedroom Tony said, "I didn't expect to see you tonight Kyle"

"My shift ended early, so I thought I would try and see if I could catch you between shifts." She paused, "Is it ok I am here?" she asked with uncertainty in her voice.

Tony poked his head out of the bedroom, "Of course it is, you know I love it when you and the mutt are here".

She got up and made her way to the bedroom, sitting cross-legged on the bed, with Patches following jumping up to sit on her lap, "Is everything ok? You seem unusually quiet."

Tony paused, not looking at her before he continued to remove his suit. "It was a long week." Was all he said as he changed into a pair of jeans and t-shirt, foregoing his socks. He made his way over to the bed and sat down beside her, "Work isn't what it used to be" he started, " I don't know what I am doing anymore. With Gibbs, things were easier, predictable; we had a routine. Now, we can't seem to find our stride, McGee is letting himself be influenced by Ziva, who thinks she should be running the show."

Kyle raised her hand and placed it gently on his cheek "Sounds to me like you have some thinking you need to do." She smiled, "I know you want to make Gibbs proud by holding down the team, but maybe you need to do what is best for you. If he knows you he will understand and respect your decision."

Tony nodded, looking down at the dog who was just happy to have them paying attention to him. "Pre-explosion Gibbs would, I don't know about the Gibbs who left here four months ago."

Kyle lifted Tony's chin so he was looking at her, "Don't make any rash decisions, but it is something I think you need to really think about." She smiled, leaning in to kiss him softly, as she pulled away she whispered, "I am here for you, in any way I can be."

Tony looked at the woman before him; he still couldn't believe he was lucky enough to have this amazing woman in his life. He met her almost five months ago and flirted shamelessly with her at the coffee shop, as he stole her drink pretending it was his in order to force her to engage him. What he didn't expect was for her to call his bluff. Sure enough, as soon as he took a sip of the drink, he knew she knew what he had done, as he tried to swallow whatever concoction she had ordered. He remembered the way she smirked at him, with her eyes daring him to drink; all the while he was thinking that she was going to be trouble.

It didn't take him long after they both laughed at his disgusted face for him to finally get her name; "Mikayla" she had said, "but everyone calls me Kyle". He found at that she was a nurse at the Children's National hospital, which was not far from where he lived on Monroe Street. He also learnt that she loved sports, had a crazy King Charles spaniel named Patches, enjoyed movies almost as much as he did and had wicked sense of humor. He was hooked. He asked for her number and the rest, as they say, is history.

"Earth to Tony" Kyle said, waving her hand in front of his eyes. He turned to look at her, "Where did you go?" he just shook his head, "Just thinking."

She laughed, "Always dangerous" she said as she got up off the bed.

"I didn't know if you were going to be home, but I went a head and made dinner, I hope you are in the mood for Italian tonight."

Tony just laughed and shook his head; "I am always in the mood for Italian, it's almost as if it is in my blood" he said as he followed her into the kitchen.

It was later that evening, and Tony and Kyle were cuddled up on Tony's couch watching ESPN's nightly sports re-cap. It was moments like this that Tony didn't realize how much he had missed not being in a relationship since his ex-fiancé Wendy. He truly had had a shit week and all it took was a quiet evening at home with his girlfriend and her crazy dog to put him at ease.

"You're thinking too loud," Kyle murmured from her spot on his chest.

His chest shook with his silent laughter, "My sincere apologies" he said, clearly amused.

"So what do you say, big spoon or little spoon tonight?

Tony laughed out loud this time; "I thought I was always the big spoon!"

She shrugged, "Sometimes everyone needs to be the little spoon."

Tony looked her in the eyes and leaned down to kiss her softly, "I will keep that in mind" he said against her lips. "Tonight though, I think I can be the big spoon."

"Perfect. Just the answer I was hoping for" she said as she got up off the couch and made her way into his bedroom.

In the five months since they started dating, given both their somewhat chaotic work schedules, they didn't get to spend the whole night together often, hence why they each had a key to each other's apartment, sometimes it was all they could do to just crawl into bed together for a few hours of sleep before going back to work.

Tony woke up the next morning, with two warm bodies attached to him. One was Kyle, who was sleeping soundly beside him snoring softly, her left hand gently holding on to his left bicep; and Patches who was laying half on his stomach and half on the bed. Sometimes he really just didn't get this dog.

He looked over to the nightstand and saw it was just past six in the morning, it was amazing what a good night's sleep could do to you. Feeling refreshed, but still not wanting to get out of bed just yet, Tony turned to Kyle and slowly began to pepper her face his soft kisses.

"I like waking up to your kisses rather than Patches," Kyle murmured, keeping here eyes still closed, not wanting to wake up just yet, "Not as much drool".

"As much drool?" he questioned indignantly.

Kyle laughed, "Well there does tend to me a wet spot on your pillow every morning."

Tony quickly rolled over and pinned Kyle's arms above her head and he leaned down and whispered in her ear, "Did you know it is dangerous to insult a federal officer"

"Is it now"

"Yes" was all Tony said as he leaned down to kiss her, slowly moving his right hand down her arm to gently cup her face and he continued his journey down her body. His fingers ghosted over her sides, eliciting a giggle from her, "Every damn time" she laughed as he moved his lips from hers to her neck.

Tony began to run his hand under her shirt, as she alternated her hands from running through his hair to down his back. Tony was just getting ready to lift Kyle's shirt up over her head as Tony's phone began to ring.

"I really hate that fucking thing," Kyle said as Tony broke away.

He nodded apologetically, "DiNozzo"

Kyle ran her hands down her face as she watched Tony, she could tell by the expression on his face that their morning together was cut short.

Wiggling out from under him, she grabbed a pair of yoga pants and a sweater, no point in delaying the inevitable. Just as she was putting her hair up into a ponytail she heard Tony end is phone call.

"Sorry babe, looks like we caught a case, Director needs us to head down to Norfolk."

Kyle walked over to Tony and kissed his forehead "Go be a hero" she said as she smiled down at him "Just try to not get hurt."

"I am not that prone to injury." he laughed, she shook her head and raised her eyebrow at him, "Tony, how many stitches have I given you since we've been together?"

He shrugged, "Hardly any, your memory clearly needs some work".

"Hey!" Tony yelled as he felt something hit him in the head. "My memory isn't the one that needs work," she laughed as she made her way out of the bedroom.

"Come on Patches, let's go for a walk, someone needs to be responsible around here!"

It was two weeks later, when Tony was just finishing up his notes for the case report; it had been a tough case, four dead bodies in a two weeks, but they had finally managed to catch the serial murder and rapist, a Navy Lieutenant with sever mental and anger issues. Tony felt like he slept at his desk, and that wasn't much of an exaggeration; Ziva had decided that all the "mundane" responsibilities of being a Special Agent were beneath her, so it was up to him to make sure all the procedures were followed, as he did not want the psychopath getting free on a technicality. As a result, Tony had also put an official reprimand on her file; he knew it wouldn't be long until she was informed and then he would need to be sure to have someone safety test his food.

The buzzing of his phone disturbed his thoughts. Looking down at it, he noticed he had a new text message from Kyle: If you can sneak away I have a coffee outside with your name on it.

Tony smiled and quickly saved his work before grabbing his badge and building pass and made his way to the elevator.

"Where you off to in a hurry Tony?" McGee called out, "Going for a fast one?" Ziva added.

"It's quickie Ziva, and I am going for a coffee McNosy, is that alright with you?" Tony said, not waiting for answer. He was not in the mood to embellish his playboy persona.

Looking around the Navy Yard, it didn't take long for Tony to find Kyle sitting on a bench with two drinks in her hands.

"Well hello there little lady" Tony said approaching her.

"I'm sorry sir, I don't talk to strangers, my cop boyfriend frowns upon it." she smirked up at him.

"Smart man" he said sitting down beside her. "What brings you to my neck of the woods?"

"Well seeing as how you got home after I was in bed, and left before I woke up, I thought I would stop by and say hi before my shift starts. So hi"

Kissing her softly he grabbed his coffee. "Well I see how it is, you really came down for the coffee," she laughed.

"Damn, you saw right through me."

"Hmm" she replied shaking her head at him as she took a sip of her drink. "How's the case?" she asked intertwining her fingers with his as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"Finally over, we caught him early this morning, so once all the paperwork is done, we can head home. Luckily we are off rotation this weekend, so we can all get a bit of R & R," he said placing a gentle kiss on the top of her head.

"That's great, so we will be able to see each other for more than a few hours this weekend?" she laughed.

He nodded, "How long is your shift?"

"Eight hours, should be finished somewhere around ten tonight."

"I'll pick Patches up on my way home, we will try and stay awake until you get home"

"I won't hold you to it" she laughed, "I won't be surprised if you make it to the couch and pass out."

He nodded, "That sounds pretty good right about now."

They sat there for a few more minutes before Tony sighed, "I need to get back up there and finish my case report."

Kyle sighed and squeezed his hand, "I know, I have just missed you these past two weeks."

"I know, but we have the weekend, just you and me."

"Sounds perfect."

They got up and Kyle threw her drink in the garbage. They walked a short distance before Tony stopped. "I will see you tonight" he whispered to her as he kissed her goodbye.

"Tonight" she said, as she slowly backed away, neither noticing someone pull Kyle's used drink from the trash.

Tony returned to his desk only to be accosted by Agent Lee as soon as he stepped off the elevator.

"Here is my report Agent DiNozzo" she said while handing over her file.

Taking the file, "Someone is an eager probie." Not sure what to say Agent Lee just nodded.

Walking towards his desk, "What about your report McGee?" he asked, not seeing Ziva at her desk.

"Almost done Tony" McGee replied.

"Where is Officer David? he asked.

"Washroom" McGee answered.

Tony nodded and made his way back to his desk. Just as he was about to sit down he heard the Director yell his name, "Agent DiNozzo, my office. Now" she said before making her way back into her office.

He could tell by her tone that it was not a time to doddle. Quickly rounding his desk he made his way towards the stairs.

"Someone has been a bad boy, called to the Mistresses office, yes?" Ziva smirked as she made her way to her desk.

Not bothering to answer her, he made his way up the stairs, but heard McGee say "Principal's office Ziva, although with Tony, Mistress is more appropriate."

Tony walked passed the Director's assistant as he entered her office. "You wanted to see me Director Shepard?"

"Yes Agent DiNozzo, have a seat." She made her way towards her conference table, bringing with her a large file.

"What I am about to tell you is highly classified and is not to be shared with your team." He nodded his agreement.

"I selected you for this mission Tony because of your experience in deep undercover operations. I need you to review this file and provide me with your assessment and recommendation. I need you to help me bring down La Grenouille Tony."

Tony sighed, his gut screaming at him that this was a bad idea.