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Kate groaned softly as Dinozzo dumped his foul smelling burger onto his desk, she could almost taste the grease in the air. Tony looked up and said "hey Kate, enjoying a hangover?" she glared at him, how can he not be hung over...he did most of the drinking. Still she felt that he deserved some parting comment "at least I wasn't the one doing a ridiculous caricature of Gibbs when he walked in" he winced and hissed "I thought you were drunk?" "I was...just after that" he glared and made as if to say something back, however Gibbs chose that moment to enter the bullpen. Oddly he didn't make a remark, it wasn't until she looked up from her report that she noticed he was reading something, she blinked...who would send Gibbs a letter?
However her curiosity was diverted when his cell phone rang, since he didn't have that many people that called him, she knew it had to be a case. She was right. "Gas the truck" he called, tossing the keys to Dinozzo, "Kate" she leapt to her feet, eager to stay in his good side.
The forensic van pulled up to the side of a cliff, Gibbs had already stepped out and charged his way over to the gaggle of Leo's that surrounded the path to the crime scene. She sighed 'I am never letting Abby get me drunk again' then hefted her gear and made her way across with tony.
She carefully made her way down the slope when misfortune decided to pay her a visit. She reached the edge of the small ledge only to have tony slide into a stop, knocking her over. She let out a cry and braced herself for the pain; instead all she felt was two warm arms, and the exhale of breath that whispered over her face. She opened her eyes and saw, to her surprise that Gibbs had caught her, she blinked and said in what she was sure was a shaken voice "thanks" he rewarded her with a rare smile "careful Kate" she smiled back as he gently put her on her feet. He turned and continued along the path. She stopped for a moment just to let herself inhale the supremely amazing scent of sawdust and coffee that was Gibbs.