Hey all! Thanks for the reviews! I thought of this story while I was on vacation. I couldn't wait to get home to write it. Sorry it took me so long for this chapter. Stupid writers block.

Ch2

The next morning, Tony groaned as the alarm went off at 4:00 A.M. He never even had to get up this early for work. He shut it off and looked down. He saw Kate in his arms her head on his chest and he smiled. He unwrapped his arms from around her.

"Hey. Katie-girl. Come on we have to get up."

She moaned and snuggled into his chest more. He leaned down to tickle her to get her up. That worked.

"Tony! Stop! That tickles! Ok Ok I'm up!" She sat up and pushed the hair from her eyes and yawned. Tony smiled at her.

"Jump in the shower while I start the coffee."

She started to get up and then after a thought she sat back down on the bed and leaned in and kissed Tony on the cheek. He looked at her.

"What was that for?"

"For staying here with me last night. For taking care of me. For being you." He took her hand.

"I will always be here for you Kate. No matter what. We are parterns and I will ALWAYS have your six. Now get moving."

She smiled at him and got out of bed and into the shower which made her more awake. She got out wrapping a towel around her. She opened the bathroom door; made sure Tony wasn't in the bedroom and walked out. She closed the bed room door a crack and took her towel off…

Tony started the coffee, and then Tony being Tony walked into Kates room without knocking. He and Kate looked at each other in shock and Kate quickly grabbed the towel off the floor and covered herself.

"Tony! Oh my God didn't you ever hear of knocking? Get out!"

Tony quickly backed away and shut the door behind him his heart beating out of his chest. He just saw Kate…naked….oh how embarrasing. He couldn't help but smile too. He really liked what he saw, but damn now things were probably going to be ackward between the two of them.

Kate was fuming as she was getting dressed. How could he just barge in on her like that? She cant believe he saw her naked. Damn it now things were going to be ackward between the two of them.

Tony was pouring two cups of coffee as Kate walked out of the bedroom and glared at him. He sighed.

"Kate, I'm sorry. I really am. I should have knocked. I just didn't expect you in the bedroom. I thought you would still be in the bathroom." She nodded and sat down at the table and sipped her coffee.

"Are you not talking to me now Kate?"

"Its just a little ackward and embarrasing Tony. You saw me NAKED. My partner saw me naked. "

"I'm sorry Katie. I should have knocked. I wasn't thinking."

"Don't apologize Tony it's a sign of weakness, and after all you did for me last night how can I stay mad at you? I know you didn't mean to do it. I'm sure we'll both be thinking about for a few days, but we'll get passed this. Now….you go jump in the shower and I'll make breakfast." Tony hugged her and went to go take a shower.

As he showered he couldn't stop thinking about it though. Even though Kate was his work partner, he never could deny to himself that he always thought she was beautiful, but when he saw her….naked…damn she was BEAUTIFUL. Damn Gibbs and that rule number 12.

By the time Tony finished, Kate had breakfast waiting. They sat down to pancakes and bacon. As they were eating they couldn't help but give each other glances. Tony couldn't get the image out of his head and Kate was still feeling ackward. HOWEVER in a way she didn't mind that Tony saw her with no clothes on. She kinda liked it, but would NEVER admit that to him!

By the time they finsihed breakfast and finished getting dressed and brushing their teeth, it was 5:00. Their flight left at 7:00 so they had to be at the airport by 5:30 the latest. Good thing Kate lived only about 15 minutes away. They took a cab so they wouldn't have to leave their cars at the airport and pay the ridiculous parking.

By the time they arrived it was 5:20. Since it was the middle of the week and so early in the morning thank God the security line wasn't too bad. They checked their bags, and then waited on the securtiy line. They got through pretty quickly as it was only 5:30. They made their way to the gate and sat down. Tony took out one of his girlie magazines and Kate glared at him.

"Really Tony really? You take those magainzes with you wherever you go? I'm surprised you didn't wear them out yet." Tony grinned at her.

"These magazines keep me entertained thank you very much." He gave her a look as she took out a Readers Digest.

"Oh come on Kate Snorsville!"

"For your information Dinozzo this magazine tells me a lot of things. Wish I could say the same for yours." Tony grinned at her again.

"Who cares what is being said? The pictures are the most important thing!" Kate just rolled her eyes and went back to her magazine.

By the time they finished reading, they started to board. The two of them walked onto the plane and sat down in their seats and buckled their seat belts. Kate turned to Tony.

"Thanks Tony. You really got my mind off everything and made me feel better." He took her hand.

"You are going to be ok Kate. I promise you."

He held onto her hand as the flight attendants prepared for take off. He still held onto it and wouldn't let go as they went over the safety features and the plane pulled away from the gate. It taxied to the end of the run way, sat for about 30 seconds, and then rolled down the run way picking up speed. Kate squeezed Tonys hand as the plane went into the air. The flight was going to be about 3 hours.

Kate leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes. Before she knew it she was asleep and her head was on Tonys shoulder. He looked down, kissed her forehead, and went back to reading.

About an hour later Kate was still asleep and Tony found his eyes closing. He put his "reading material" away and put his arm around Kate; closed his eyes and fell alseep.

Tony sat by the pool; sun glasses on; shirt off. He had a drink in his hand. Ah this is the life. He looked over his sunglasses as Kate walked over to him in a blue 2 piece. He put his drink down and smiled.

"Oh come here beautiful."

Kate straddled him as they began to kiss. Kate pulled back and started to untie her top…

Tony awoke with a start. Wow what a dream. He looked down at Kate was still sleeping and he actually felt himself blush. First he saw her naked, now he was dreaming about her. What was going on?