Chapter 18
(**Flashback**)
'Will you go out with me?'
At the lab...
„What?" Abby asked, shocked.
„As friends, of course" He said.
„Oh, ok... Yeah, sure thing" Abby says with relief.
„Ok... It's a poetry night at a restaurant called 'Black Cab'" McGee explained it all.
„Oh, great! I like that restaurant" Abby said.
„Ok, so... See you then? I'll pick you up at 7.00 P.M." He says.
„Yeah, sure. See you later..." She waves.
„Bye" He says while walking in to the elevator.
„Oh, boy" she said when he left.
At the stake out house...
„Kate, she got a packet!" Tony alarmed her. It was about 2 P.M.
„Can you zoom on it?" She said while typing something into the computer.
„Nah, already tried that. I'll go and check it out by myself" He says as he puts his jacket on.
„No Tony, not again!" Kate groans, but he already slams the door behind him.
„Tony!" She hisses angrily.
Tony...
Tony approaches again Amanda's house to see the packet. He looks to his left, and then to his right. There's nobody watching. He steps closer. He takes the packet, but Amanda already steps out of the house spotting him there.
„What are you doing?" She says loudly.
„Oh, I'm sorry, I just... Well, I... I lost directions and I, hm..." He tries desperately to find an excuse while she looks at him questionably.
„You must really like me, huh?" She says seductively. He smiles.
„Do you like coffee? Cappuccino maybe..." He says.
„Been in Starbucks twenty minutes ago, honey. Maybe we should go to a pub near here? " She suggests.
„Um, sure! " Tony agrees.
„Ok, sweetie. Let me just get changed" She says with a mild giggle.
„See you in ten minutes" He says happily. She waves and then shuts the door. Tony goes back to the stake out house.
At the stake out house...
Tony arrives at the house. Kate notices him and then says:
„What did you do now? "
„I've got a date, got to run" He said after taking his phone.
„Wait, what? " She asks, confused by him. He leaves again.
„Is this déjà vu? " She says angrily. She calls Gibbs.
At the NCIS building...
Gibbs is sitting at his desk looking trough the evidence. They now have another suspect. It's a former Navy commander, Voss. But he is deceased according to documents from the NCIS database. His phone rings. He picks up:
„Gibbs" He says.
'It's Kate. Tony's on a date with Amanda. I wasn't able to stop him. They're at the pub near her house, I think'
„Ok, Kate. I'm sending McGee to the pub, you are coming with me. I'll be there in five minutes "He says with a big sigh at the end.
'Ok'
Gibbs stands up and gets out of the building. He gets in to his car and starts driving.
10 minutes later…
Gibbs calls Kate. He's outside of the stake out house. She picks up.
'Hello?'
"Gibbs here. I'm outside."
'Ok'
He hangs up. After two minutes of waiting, Gibbs spots Kate coming in his way. She opens the car door and gets in. Gibbs starts the engine.
"I sent McGee to the pub" Gibbs says.
"Great. Sorry I didn't stop him" Kate says.
"I know what Dinozzo can be like" He said.
At the pub…
McGee walks in. He sees Tony and Amanda. He takes a seat at the shank near them. A waitress asks:
"What would you like to drink? "
"Um, I'll take root beer, please" He answers. She leaves then.
Tony…
Amanda and Tony are sitting at their table. They are both looking at their menus.
"What will you take? " He says when the waitress approaches them.
"I'll take the chicken salad, please" She says to the waitress.
"And you, sir? " The waitress asks Tony.
"Same for me" He says.
"Ok" waitress walks away. Amanda looks at Tony. They both smile.
"Can I sit next to you?" She says.
"Uh, sure" Tony says.
"Thanks" She said as she changed her seat. She sat really close to Tony. His phone rings.
"Um, it's my boss, I have to answer this one" He says to Amanda. She looks at him kind of sadly.
"Oh, but why? " She looks at him like a puppy.
"Sorry, I just have to" He says while taking his phone. She puts her finger on his lips.
"Shhhh… Work time is over, right? Now it's your private time. And we don't want to mix those two things, right? "She says in a seductive voice.
"Yeah. But I really have to…" He says quietly.
"Maybe you don't" She says as she leans close to him. He leaves his phone. She kisses him. They kiss pretty long, passionately, but still aggressively. They kiss about two entire minutes, when they break apart for air.
Waitress was approaching their table with their orders. She grosses a bit when seeing them, so she just leaves their meals quickly and goes away. They both giggle.
"Excuse me. I need to go to the restroom" She says.
"Ok" Tony says. McGee saw the 'show'. He rolled his eyes.
Kate and Gibbs…
"Why isn't he answering his phone!? " Gibbs says, irritated.
"Gibbs, come on. Let's go to the pub" Kate says trying to calm him down.
"We sure are! " He says angrily. He grabs the steering wheel and rashly turns to his left. He's driving 100km/h. His phone rings suddenly. He picks up.
"Gibbs." He nearly yells.
'Tony's here. Why'd you call me?'
"We found the killer, Dinozzo. Commander Voss" Gibbs says angrily.
'But, he's dead'
"No, he's not. He faked his death. He changed his name and look. He knows about the investigation, Tony! He's carrying a knife and a gun in his bag. We found files that prove he changed his gender" He says.
'Whoa. But, he could be anybody then!'
"Not anybody, Dinozzo. Amanda Reed is his new identity. She killed Chris, and will probably kill you too if you don't try to think a way out of this situation" Gibbs says while steering the wheel.
'Ha! Gibbs, come on, I know you're messing with me.'
"She is a he, you idiot! " He said. Afterwards, he hung up.
Tony…
Tony gulps, with his face pale. Amanda comes back.