Monday night

Tony yawned as he walked through the hallway to the kitchen to find Kate sitting there reading a magazine. She looked up and smiled as he walked in and held up her hand an indication she was reading something and to give her a minute. When she was finished she closed the magazine and turned to him.

"Hey how was your day?" she asked wrapping her arms around him.

"Tiring Gibbs, would not stop probing me about why I was in the directors office this morning I swear if I was there any longer I would have told him and the shock of what I said plus the jolt of what must have been pure caffeine would have killed him," Tony buried his face into her neck as his arms wrapped around her.

"Gibbs has always drunk what we thought to be pure caffeine," Kate commented sitting up on the bench.

"Oh not this time even he couldn't finish it, I think there was some one new at star bucks not used to how Gibbs had his coffee," Kate laughed and kissed Tony's head.

"Well if Gibbs has his say they won't be there very long, he's their main customer with out Gibbs they would go out of business, he drinks so much coffee they should name one after him, that or just give the man a drip so he always has coffee with him," Tony laughed and looked up at Kate.

"I know I have asked this before but how did I get so lucky as to be with you?" Kate shrugged.

"Must have done something nice in this or some other life, I think it would be the latter of the two my self." She grinned hopping down as the timer on the oven went off. Kate grabbed the tea towel hanging off its hook on the wall and opened the door. The smells of potato bake and garlic bread wafted out and up to Tony's nose.

"Oh don't do that you making me hungry now." Kate came back with the Garlic bread smiling at him.

"Good thing I cooked this first then isn't it?" She asked. Placing it on the tray and opening the foil that was wrapped around it. She hit Tony's hand away as he went for a piece.

"You want to burn your self its just came out of the oven let it cool for a minute first." He pouted and looked at her.

"By the time its cool enough to eat the potato bake will be ready now go set the table," she pushed him away taking out a bowl to place the garlic bread in.

"Ok I'm done food now," said Tony ten minutes later.

"Go sit down and take the salad with you, I'll bring the garlic bread and he potato back out with me," Kate laughed at the look on his face when he saw her pull what he wanted most away from him.

"I'll take the garlic bread too the potato back will be hot and needs both hands" Kate knew he had a point but if she let him take it she'd have to be quick in order to get some.

"Fine but if you touch a single piece before I get there, there will be no hanky panky later" Tony nodded and took the salad and garlic bread out to the table leaving Kate with the potato bake.

Kate walked out and placed the dish on the table surprise that Tony had done what she asked. She looked at him suspiciously.

"What did you do to it?" she asked Tony said nothing.

"Tony?"

"Nothing I swear, nothing at all well to the garlic bread any way" he chuckled.

Kate looked over the salad, it looked alright she placed the dish with the potato back on the table before putting her hands on her hips.

"Tony what did you do to the salad and remember I still have a valid license to shoot now ask questions later, but with you I'll ask questions now shoot later" He grinned at her before pulling her onto his lap. That didn't change the look on her face he sighed and rested his chin on her shoulder.

"Nothing I did nothing to it I just wanted you to think I did so I could get you sitting on my lap I missed you today that's all, first day back after two weeks with my girl and I have to put up with a heap of crap from Gibbs, McGee and Abby. The new agent who started while I was away decided she wanted to try and get me to go out with her so she'd be flirting with me all day, much to Ziva's amusement. All I wanted to do was tell her to go to hell and say that my girlfriend is a billion times better at being an agent then she is, but I couldn't so I had to bite my tongue which I did at one point it hurt" Kate smiled and rested her head on his.

"Well I should hope you think I'm a better agent then a probie and with Abby if she bugs you hold her Caf-Pow over the bin it always worked for me, if she tell you only I did that, tell her you remember me telling you to do it, but you held off till now and you will drop it if she continues to bug you," Tony smiled and kissed her softly.

"I don't know what I would do with out you," he said playing with her hair.

"Well for one thing you would not have had this for dinner and you probably would be out with that new bimbo at work." Kate got up and sat in her seat.

"You sure you did nothing to this?" Kate asked taking the salad bowl.

"Positive"

After they had finished dinner cleaned up, and stacked the dish washer they sat in the lounge room.

"What did Jen say to do?" Kate asked as she was playing with his hand.

"She's just as stumped as we are," Tony replied as his other hand ran through her hair. They sat there quietly for a while till Kate sat up.

"I would really like to be able to do something soon I miss being able to talk to Abby" Tony nodded and kissed her head as the door bell rang. Tony got up and looked out the peep whole to see the investigator Abby had hired standing at the door. He opened the door, but as he didn't take the chain off he couldn't stick his head out.

"I'm looking for Kate Todd and don't tell me she doesn't live here she does your Tony her boyfriend you friend hired me to watch you, I know she's alive I have proof not that I gave it to your friend though, I didn't want my little sister to die" Tony looked over at Kate who slammed the door shut undid the chain and opened it again.

"Turd face" she laughed and pulled her brother into a hug.

"Katie Todd you haven't changed a bit" Kate laughed and came back.

"Tony this is my brother Gavin although he doesn't look like my brother at the moment." Tony nodded and shook Gavin Todd's hand.

"I knew you were alive when I was asked to follow Tony, I got some nice pictures of the two of you and a couple while you were having rather intense make out sessions but I hide those so your friend doesn't know you are alive at the moment you are going to tell her aren't you?" Kate glared at her brother as he showed a photo of her and Tony in what was clearly a rather passionate kiss.

"Yes we just don't know how to yet, well not with out killing them or giving them heart attacks oh and next time you take photos of me in what is clearly a private moment I will send the ones Ashley has of you to Dad."

"Which ones?" Gavin asked Kate grinned evilly.

"Wouldn't you like to know," said Kate.

Ah this is where you choose where the story goes. I have two different ways this could go, One leads to an early end where ever one finds out what happend. The second carries on with out the team knowing a little longer then continues to where the team finds out. Your job is to pick what you want to happen this is a majority rules vote, so if you read and don't review don't suddenly go 'But I wanted the other one why didn't you do the other one I've read this story from the begining.' if you haven't reviewed its your FAULT not mine, if you didn't get the one you wanted. To make it fair you have till next Wednesday ( Aus Times so next Tuesday USA time) to vote. You snooze you lose, you don't bother you lose, the most votes wins. This is how this story will carry on now. So if it doesn't go a way you like Review try and swing the vote.

Choice A - I Believe( Short Ending)

Choice B - The case that bought Kate back. ( continue on)