Chapter 17
(**Flashback**)
'I think I saw something'
At the stake out house...
„Wait" Tony says as he grabs his binoculars.
„Yeah, I think I saw her" Kate says.
„Wow, she gets up early" Tony says, surprised.
„Well, maybe she's heading to Starbucks" Kate assumed.
„Yeah, like Gibbs" Tony jokes.
„Hah, nobody's that coffee crazy" Kate laughs.
„Wait, she's picking up something" Tony zooms in the camera lens.
„Her phone is ringing, Tony. She's picking up the phone." Kate says.
„I see that. Wait, now she's gone" He says.
„Relax, she probably went to the bathroom" Kate says. She yawns afterwards.
„Hey, she's back now" Tony says pointing to the woman.
„Yeah" She nods.
„Wow, she's hot" Tony grins. Kate rolls her eyes.
„Oh, God. She's taking her clothes of!" Kate grosses.
„So hot" Tony says.
„Tony!" Kate hisses. „We're working..."
„Fine..." Tony frowns.
„Gotta go to the bathroom" Kate storms to the bathroom.
„I think I'm falling in love... No, don't put your shirt on, it's too hot outside" Tony whispers while watching Amanda. Kate comes back
„What did I miss?" Kate says.
„The love of my life..." Tony gets up and puts his jacket on.
„Where are you going?" She asked.
„To Amanda..." Tony says in hurry.
„Wait, you're not going anywhere..." Kate says, but Tony already slams the door. „Damn it, Dinozzo!" She hisses.
At the NCIS building...
Gibbs is sitting at the bullpen along with McGee. He's watching live security camera videos. He sees Kate alone.
„What the..." He gets interrupted by his ringing phone.
„Gibbs" He picks up.
'Kate here. Dinozzo couldn't hold himself.'
„Yeah, I see he's not with you anymore. Make sure he gets back in less than five minutes, or he's fired!" Gibbs says angrily.
'Ok, Gibbs.'
„I'll meet you guys later again. Bye" Gibbs says.
'Bye'
He hangs up, looking frustrated. McGee lifts his head.
„What's the matter, boss?" McGee asks.
„Dinozzo" He rolls his eyes.
At the stake out house...
„Come on, Tony, where the hell are you?" Kate says anxiously. She sees a man approaching Amanda's house. Amanda is outside. She's watering flowers in her garden. The man approaches closer. Kate tries to zoom in his face on the camera. She then realises it's Tony.
„Bastard..." She murmurs.
Tony...
Tony sees Amanda, so he decides to approach her.
„Excuse me?" He smiles at the woman. She looks at him, confused.
„Can I help you, somehow?" She says, sounding utterly impudently.
„Um, well, no. I just wanted to say that your flowers are really nice. And I'm new in this neighbourhood, and I really can't find a good door paint" He says charing her with his smile.
„Thanks. Yeah, it was really hard for me to find a good paint when I moved in too. I'm Amanda, and you are?" She says flattering, reaching her hand to shake hands with him.
„Me? Well I'm Stafford" He said hesitating at first point. He smiled at her. She looked at him suspiciously.
„Ok. Well, I'll meet you at the neighborhood often, I guess?" She says.
„Sure. Nice meeting you" Tony says. She smiles. He turns around and heads back to the stake out house.
At the stake out house…
"Tony, I swear to God, I'll shoot you!" She nearly yelled when doors opened. Tony appeared.
"Hello" he says.
"Tony…" She hisses.
"Oh, come on! I love her" Tony said.
"Tony" Kate said,"You love everything that has a skirt on" She said ironically.
"Katie… I think she's the one!" Tony whines.
"Every morning you come to work saying you found the one. And then, you always dump them at the end" Kate says. Tony sadly smirks.
"Beside that, she could be the murderer! The one that killed Chris" Kate says. Tony looks at her turning slowly pale.
At the NCIS building…
McGee heads down to the lab. Gibbs needs more DNA analyses. The elevator door open. McGee walks in.
"Hey, Abby" he says.
"Oh, hey McGee!" Abby greets happily.
"I just need to pick up some analyses for Gibbs, if you're not busy…" he says.
"No problem! Just wait for me here while I go get the results, ok?" She says before walking out of the room.
"Sure" McGee says. Abby walks in quickly, but now with DNA analyses printed out on a paper.
"Here you go" She says as she hands him the paper.
"Um, thanks" McGee says shyly.
"See ya'" Abby says.
"I wanted to ask you a question" He blushes.
"Yeah?" She says.
"Well, I, um… Would you like to go out with me?" He finally said.