A DiNozzo Dinner
Tony looked around at all the family members that were about to bombard him with questions, he squeezed Kate's hand and walked in. Taylor and his brother noticed him first.
"If it isn't the other middle child" Tony laughed and poked his tongue at his big brother. Damien looked his brother over, a sports jacket over a nice polo shirt and fitted jeans. Next to him his girlfriend who he had heard about from his wife and mother, she wore a simple white sundress.
"I'm taking that this is Kelly?" Damien asked Tony nodded.
"Nice to meet you"
"You too" gradually she meet the rest of his family, laughing as they gushed over him, his aunts pinching his cheeks like he was a baby. Then kissing him and trying to wipe the lipstick marks off his face only to create a colourful mess on his right cheek. He went to the bathroom and came back. To find his aunts crowding around Kate, he chuckled and watched for a bit then decided to rescue her.
"ok, yes she's very pretty but unlike a toy she needs to breath so could you back up a bit please" his aunts backed up enough for him to get to her side. They gushed over how cute they thought the two of them looked and sighed as Tony wrapped his arms around Kate kissing her temple.
"Oh Anthony you have grown up so much I remember when you'd ask one of your friends to come and- his aunt Mimi shut up when his mother glared at her. But he and Kate chuckled and went to sit down. The table in which they would be eating was massively long to long for the house so they were eating out side. His nieces and nephews sat at one end the younger ones sitting next to their parents. Tony found two seats together and they sat down.
"Now normally the closer you sit to my mother the more traditionally Italian the food becomes the closer you sit to the kids the more American it becomes. I thought the middle would be a nice mix as I know there would be a lot of things near my mother you would not eat, and I didn't think you'd want to be eating hotdogs and sloppy joes" Kate laughed and shook her head. Where they were sitting was a nice mix of both cultures.
Tony looked up to see his cousin walking down to the table with his girlfriend. Tony put his arm around Kate pulling her closer. She looked at him questioningly.
"My cousin's girlfriend was my high school and college girlfriend." Kate nodded and kissed him her hands resting on his face as they sat down.
"Hey Tony, Dude save the kissing for later man there are kids here" Tony rested his head on Kate's as they came apart. He smiled at her and nipped at her nose making her laugh and turn away.
"Hi, Tony who's that?" Tony turned and pretended he hadn't seen his cousin coming.
"That honey would be my cousin, Neil, and Kayla hi" he wrapped his arm around Kate's shoulder. She rested her head on his shoulder.
"Hi Tony" Kayla battered her eyes at him, Kate raised an eyebrow. Strange woman she thought.
"Kayla don't you go wrecking Tony's relationship your only here because your ment to be going out with my son" Tony smiled at his aunt who sat next to Kayla.
Kayla watch Tony during the rest of the dinner as he'd place something on his fork and feed it to Kate he'd laugh if she made a face and grabbed for her glass of water. She watched as he constantly played with Kate's hair; how before desert he pushed it to one shoulder resting his chin on her shoulder nipping at her neck and ear, laughing as she tried to get up him. He never did any of that with her when they went out, he'd hold her hand while flirting with the person beside him. Now Kate was the only person he paid attention to unless he was talking to some one. Even then he'd poke her till she poked him back.
"You leave them alone," Taylor said walking past.
"I didn't do a thing Taylor" Taylor stopped place the bowl she was carrying on the table then lent into Kayla.
"You do anything to hurt either on of them I'll do more then yell at you. Face it Tony's happy and it's not with you. You had your chance and decided against it. Don't go trying to get him back just because he's changed, he's with Kelly now so leave them alone" Taylor picked up the bowl and walked off.
The table had been cleared and every one was getting up and walking around to the people they hadn't been able to talk to during dinner. Kate looked over at Tony and smiled.
"Penny for your thoughts" Tony smiled and turned to her.
"Just wondering what Kayla is going to do" Kate looked at him questioningly.
"When I was going out with her I was well my usual skirt chasing self. She broke up with me because of it"
"And now that she sees you, with me and your not flirting with every one in a skirt she wants you back" Tony nodded, Kate smiled and winked at him.
"She's gonna have a fight on her hands then cause I don't intend on giving you up easily. Or at all if she wants a fight she's going down" Tony laughed and kissed her.
"What did I do to deserve you?" Kate shrugged
"Not sure maybe cupid made a mistake" she laughed and got up to run as he glared at her.
"Get back here you, that was not funny" Kate looked over her shoulder poked her tongue at him and kept running.
"Kelly I'll get you, remember we share the same bed" she laughed and darted out of his reach as he went to catch her.
"Catch me if you can" she ran off again. He finally caught her spinning her around, he laughed as she screamed.
His family watched as he turned Kate around as he let her down wrapping his arms around her "Your evil."
"You love it"
"Maybe" she laughed as he glared at her again
"Maybe? Well maybe I'll just have to prove it" he pulled her closer capturing her lips in a soft tender kiss, then deepening it as he pulled her even closer to him. Kayla glared as she watched his family sighing and smiling. His aunt rested her hand across her heart looking up at her husband.
"You'd never win in a fight for his love. He's totally one hundred percent hers and you know it," Jasmine said walking past Kayla. She huffed and walked out of the dinner.
Kate opened her eyes looking into his as they came apart. "I love you Kelly"
"I love you too"