Yankee White-Kate sat at home thinking about the events of the past few days. Gibbs’ words still flying around her head.
‘Pull that crap at NCIS, I won’t give you a chance to resign’. Did he really want her on his team? Did she want to be on his team? She thought back to when they were back on the plane.
‘ Are you going to lecture me about sleeping with people you work with’.
‘No’. It was at that moment she was drawn to him, or was it when he had called her ‘Katie’. That was it. She had made up her mind.
“ Gibbs” she heard him answer.
“ Hi, it’s Kate. I thought about your job offer”.
“ And?”.
“ I accept” she said with a smile on her face, which she was sure he could hear in her voice as well.
“ Good. Navy Yard 0900 tomorrow”.
“ Ok. See you then” she didn’t get a reply before he hung up. She looked at her phone and sighed.
“ I better get used to that” she told herself before settling in to get some sleep before dealing with him again tomorrow morning.
Hung Out To Dry-“ Put this on. You can’t work a field in high heels” Gibbs said handing her a box. Kate took the top off and looked inside, there was a pair of black boots.
“ How’d you know my size” she beamed at him. He returned her smile. Of course Tony had to ruin the moment with his x rated mind.
Kate was learning a lot, being her first real case working under Gibbs. She especially enjoyed helping Abby. She thought the Goth was really fun and easy going. She was also extremely smart.
“ Are they your only tattoo’s?” Kate asked motioning to the one on Abby’s neck.
“ You show me yours I’ll show you mine”. Kate knew this was the start of a very special friendship. As the day went on Kate knew she had made the right decision in joining Gibbs and his team. It felt good knowing that she helped capture a murderer, which meant their family were at peace knowing he would get what he deserved.
Gibbs sat at his desk thinking how good of an idea it was to hire Kate, when his phone rang for the 100th time. He looked at the caller ID before hitting the ‘reject’ button. He put the phone down and starred at it. He wished she would move on, just like he wanted to. He looked over at Kate’s empty desk. He knew he shouldn’t even think about it but it was only a thought after all.
Sub Rosa-“ Wonder what he said to make Tony speechless” Kate said looking at Tony who stood frozen by the elevators.
“ He told him he got a tat on his ass” she heard Gibbs chuckle as he walked away. Kate couldn’t help but think what Tony would do if she ever told him about her tat. She smiled at the thought then went back to her desk. They all worked in silence for the rest of the day. Tony still trying to get over the fact that McGee got a tat on his ass. Kate was thinking about the events that happened on the sub. Mainly during the emergency blow when he was pressed up against Gibbs. She remembers how his body felt against hers. How his arm wrapped around her to keep her against him.
‘ Wow’.
‘That’s what they all tell me’. She smiled at the thought. Tony looked up to see the smile spread across her face.
“ What’s so funny?” he asked.
“ What?” her smiled disappeared.
“ You just smiled”.
“ So. Can’t I be happy?”.
“ Doing paperwork?” he cocked an eyebrow.
“ Just drop it Tony” she told him going back to her paperwork.
“ Or where you thinking about something? Something that happened on the sub?” Tony pushed.
“ DiNozzo, she said drop it” Gibbs barked. Tony didn’t say anything further. Gibbs looked over at Kate who gave him a sweet smile, a silent thank you. He simply nodded his head and went back to his work. Truth be told he was thinking about that incident. He remembered how her small body felt against his. How her hair had smelt and how he didn’t want to let her go. He shook his head to get rid of the thoughts from his mind. It was only a temporary solution.
Minimum Security-“ Are you speaking from experience?” she had asked. The look he gave her said it all. But did he really mean it.
“ Relationships between agents never works”. Maybe with the wrong agents, but with the right ones? She rolled over and looked at the clock, 2:08am.
“ Damn”. She couldn’t stop thinking about her bosses words.
‘Why? I don’t even think of him like that. He is my boss’ she told herself. She couldn’t help it, all she could think about was him and it was driving her crazy.
‘ She’s right, I am a bastard’. Gibbs laid on his bed starring at the ceiling just thinking about his and Kate’s last conversation. He was sure Tony hated him at this moment, Kate as well, but that came with being the boss. He wasn’t one everyone was supposed to love, but respect and trust. He was desperate for Kate’s trust. He wasn’t sure why, but he longed for it.
“ Why do women feel the need to fix things that don’t need to be fixed?” he asked her when Tony went back to sit with Paula.
“ It gives us a warm feeling inside” she smiled. God he loved that smile. It made her look like an angle. He couldn’t help but return her smile. God she loved his smile. When he smiled, it wasn’t just his mouth but she also saw it in his blue eyes. The blue eyes she loved to stare into. She knew better but she just couldn’t help herself.
My Other Left Foot- ‘Could he really be attracted to Melissa?’. The question kept running through Kate’s head.
‘Of course he could. She was pretty, around his age and of course a red head’. Kate tried to ignore her thoughts but the more she thought about it the more she believed it. It wasn’t until they were going over her house and questioning her that it was just a ploy to get Melissa to trust Gibbs and hopefully slip up.
Things were winding down as Kate and Tony traced down the rest of the body parts. Abby soon joined them, followed by Gibbs.
“ Anymore tattoos” he asked.
“ Just the rose on Kate’s butt” Tony said with a smirk. Kate went to comment when Gibbs jumped in before her.
“ It’s not a rose”. Kate couldn’t believe her ears. She didn’t know what to tell Tony or Abby to make them believe that he didn’t know, because he didn’t. She gave up and decided to go home. She couldn’t let it go. She pulled out her phone and dialled his number.
“ Gibbs” he answered.
“ Why did you say that?” she demanded.
“ What?”.
“ You implied that you know what my tattoo is”.
“ Don’t you have a sense of humour, Kate”.
“ I do but that wasn’t funny. Abby and Tony are going to bug me until I tell them how you know” she said in one long breath.
“ Just a lucky guess”.
“ Like they will believe that” she rolled her eyes.
“ If you’re worried about it I’ll deal with it” he was finally being serious.
“ Thank you”.
“ But I was right wasn’t I”.
“ Yes you were right” she hung up the phone before the conversation could go anywhere else.
One Shot, One Kill-It had been a long day and so far there was no body that fitted the snipper’s profile. It wasn’t until almost closing time that the right person walked in. When he left Kate told Tony who they thought it was. Gibbs and Kate where over by the water cooler looking out the front when a bullet stopped in the glass, aimed right for Gibbs. Kate was thankful that they installed the bulletproof glass as Gibbs wasn’t wearing his vest and he would of definitely been dead.
After making fun of Tony and his ‘Village People’ like outfit earlier in the day, Kate made her way home. She sat up watching some late night TV as she couldn’t sleep. Today’s events had unsettled her to much as thoughts of what might have happened ran through her head. She couldn’t take it anymore, she had to hear his voice.
“ Gibbs” his voice greeted her.
“ Do you ever say hello?”.
“ Hello Agent Todd. Why are you calling?”.
“ Well I couldn’t sleep and kept thinking about what happened today. Why didn’t you wear your vest?”.
“ You could see it under my shirt”.
“ Your so paranoid. Do you know what would of happened if the glass didn’t stop that bullet” she was almost sounding angry.
“ Yes”.
“ Good. So next time you’ll wear the goddamn vest no matter what”. With that she was gone. Gibbs looked at his phone thinking it had died or cut out. He closed it and put it back on the bench. He was taken aback by her call. He didn’t know how to take it. She didn’t sound angry or upset, more as it was a normal conversation. There was nothing normal with ringing your boss at 11pm, but for some reason he didn’t mind. The sound of her voice was a nice change to the silence he was used to.
Bete Noire-Kate sat up in bed hugging her knees to her chest. Every time she closed her eyes she saw him. She heard the gun shot to Gerald’s shoulder. She imagined Gibbs on the floor in pain after being shot. It was all her fault. She was taken out of her thoughts by her ringing phone. She smiled at the name.
“ Hey” she greeted in her most cheery tone.
“ Kate are you ok? You didn’t look to good when you left earlier”.
“ I’m…Abby could you come over? I really need the company” she couldn’t lie to her best friend, especially not after what happened today.
“ Sure, I will be right there”. Kate put her phone down and waited for the knock on the door, which came in a quick 20 minutes. Kate almost ran to the door and ripped it open to see a concerned looking Abby.
“ I’m here, everything is going to be ok” Abby rushed into Kate’s place. Kate simply shook her head as she followed her friend into the lounge room.
“ Gerald has a shattered shoulder and Gibbs is in the hospital because of me”. Abby scooted closer to Kate on the lounge.
“ None of this is your fault. You weren’t the one with the gun” Abby told her, putting an arm around her.
“ But it is I could have stabbed him”.
“ What are you talking about?” she asked confused.
“ I grabbed a scalpel when he had his back turned. Ducky warned me not to, but I did it anyway” she sighed.
“ What happened?”.
“ He knew I was going to do it, he stopped me. All of this is my fault. Gibbs must hate me” She hung her head.
“ No he doesn’t, how could he” Abby said running a hand over Kate’s hair.
“ I got him shot”.
“ Kate stop doing this to yourself. I was just with Gibbs and the only person he hates is that terrorist”.
“ I just feel so guilty, angry and scared. I don’t know what to do”.
“ Why don’t you call him” Abby suggested.
“ Who?”.
“ Gibbs. It’s obvious that you are worried about him and I’m sure he is just as worried about you”.
“ Abby” Kate started but Abby didn’t want to hear it.
“ Where’s your phone?” she asked getting up off the lounge.
“ Bedroom” Kate pointed. Abby went to fetch Kate’s phone. When she came back she ordered Kate to call him. Kate took a deep breath before dialling Gibbs’ number.
“ Gib” Gibbs started to answer, but Kate didn’t let him.
“ I am so sorry for what happened”.
“ Kate” he tried to speak.
“ I shouldn’t have let you go down there without a vest then maybe you wouldn’t be in the state you’re in and I wouldn’t feel as bad” she said all in one breath.
“ This is not your fault” he finally got to say.
“ It certainly feels like it. I’m a highly trained agent, I should have”. Gibbs stopped her.
“ He was a smart terrorist. There was nothing you could have done without getting yourself or the others killed”. Abby watched Kate intently. She guessed whatever Gibbs was saying was good because she could tell it was making Kate feel better.
“ Are you ok?” Gibbs asked Kate after a moment of silence.
“ Yeah. I have Abby here with me. I..I just wanted to make sure you were ok” she told him in a small voice. Abby’s face lit up when she heard her friends words and she desperately wished she was recording the conversation to hear what Gibbs was saying.
“ I’m ok. You and Ab’s get some rest. Night Kate” he told her.
“ Night Gibbs” Kate closed her phone and held it tightly in her hands.
“ So?” Abby asked eagerly, wanting to know what Gibbs had told her. Kate looked up at her with a soft smile.
“ He said we should get some rest. Abby do you mind staying? Every time I close my eyes I see his face” Kate told her. Abby let out a sigh and gave her a small smile.
“ Sure”. Abby followed Kate to her bedroom. They laid on top of the blankets and talked about nothing important until they both eventually fell asleep.
Unsealed-Kate stood in the driveway waiting for Gibbs to arrive. She couldn’t believe what had happened, what she had let happen. She was nervous as hell. Gibbs was still pissed about what had happened with the terrorist. She felt bad enough for being so careless last night and she couldn’t help sacred of what her boss was going to do to her. In her eyes this was her third mishap, and you know what they say ‘three strikes and you’re out’. She spotted him heading up the driveway and she couldn’t help the butterflies in her stomach. She started to fiddle with her PDA to keep her hands busy. Gibbs stood in front of her and pinned her eyes with his. She explained to him briefly what happened last night.
“ Where were you?” he asked.
“ Tied up in the living room” she saw what she thought was a look of disappointment in his eyes, but in fact it was one of concern, but he wasn’t going to let her know. She told him about shooting him.
“ How bad?”.
“ Don’t know”. ‘That went well’ she thought as Gibbs walked away. Throughout the rest of the investigation Kate noticed Gibbs’ mood got worse as they weren’t any closer to finding their man. It wasn’t until Abby solved the mystery of the herpes that they could catch him. Kate stood, gun pointed at the escaped convict. Tony and Gibbs walked in and cuffed him. It didn’t bother Kate that she was in a red silk nightie that showed more leg and cleavage then anything she has worn to work. She realises this as Gibbs turns to face her and his eyes run up and down her body. He gives he a small smile before following Tony out. Kate stood there stunned at what she had just witnessed from her boss. His eyes had taken in every inch her body and she couldn’t but smile to herself, thinking he liked what he saw.
Gibbs was once again working on his boat after yet another stressful case. He had to stop as a surge of pain shot through his shoulder. He grabbed it an breathed through the pain as well as the anger that rose inside him at the thought of the man who had done this to him. It annoyed him that he couldn’t find the terrorist anywhere. His thoughts turned to his female agent that had been held hostage, along with his oldest and dearest friend. He felt terrible that he couldn’t have saved them before Gerald got hurt. He would have to make it up to them, but first he had to get some information.
Reveille- Kate still couldn’t believe that he had actually asked her to profile him. She had tried so hard to forget about him, but it all came flooding back when Gibbs had asked. She was hoping the lunch with Ducky and Tony would help take her mind off him. She was so wrong.
“ He’s got her” Gibbs said angrily storming back to his desk. Tony had a bad feeling that today was going to be a very long day and he had no idea if he would see his partner ever again.
Kate was scared out of her mind but she would never let him know that. She wished Gibbs would come and save her soon. She didn’t know how long she had left. He had just killed the blonde and she thought she would be next. She didn’t want to die, not yet anyway. There were still so many things she wanted to do. Get married, start a family, tell her boss she loved him, see the rest of the world, go to that concert with Abby, wake up in the arms of one Leroy Jethro Gibbs. She looked up into Haswari’s eyes and hoped he would not kill her.
Gibbs stepped off the elevator and entered the dark autopsy room. He spotted the body bag. His heart skipped a beat. It was exactly like his dream. He stood above it and slowly pulled the zipper down. He saw a blonde who had a single gun shot wound to her temple. It was exactly how he dreamt Kate had died. He looked to see Ari standing opposite him.
Gibbs sat in his car not sure what to do. He felt like he should go and check on Kate. He hadn’t really seen her since the paramedics insisted on checking her out.
Kate was sitting on her lounge starring at the TV which showed the news. She heard a soft knock at the door and leaped off the lounge to open it.
“ Gibbs. What are you doing here?” she asked surprised to see him again. Gibbs couldn’t say anything. His eyes were focused on her split lip.
“ It looks worse than what it is” she tells him, noticing him starring at her lip.
“ That’s hard to believe” he said stepping into her place. She closed the door behind him. There were so many things she wanted to say but couldn’t.
“ I’m sorry he took you Katie” he stated.
“ Don’t apologize, it’s a sign of weakness” she told him in a small voice. She saw a slight smile on his face as she used his own words.
“ When it comes to you, I am weak”. Kate froze. She couldn’t believe what he had just said.
“ I…but” Kate was at a loss for words. She looked up into his deep blue eyes, which she noticed were on her lips once again. He slowly made his way over to her and stood in front of her. Her eyes went up his body and stopped at his lips. With their silent agreement, he leant down and took her lips with his in a soft, gentle kiss. When he pulled back and looked down at her, he saw the single tear that rolled down her cheek, her eyes still closed. He wiped away the tear with a soft finger. She took in a deep breath at his sudden touch.
“ I prayed that he wouldn’t kill me so I could see you again” she told him, the emotion evident in her voice. Gibbs couldn’t say anything, he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close into a tight hug. Kate wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her head on his chest. She finally felt safe.
Story Notes:
Was written as requested from meherm, who has been good to me.
the seasons are done in chapters and as you will read the first two havent got major changes.its from the later seasons that will have changes.every episode is exactly how it is except for what you read.
hope you enjoy.
keep an eye out for updates.
Author's Chapter Notes:
NCIS from start to season 6.With some minor-major adjustments to accommodate some KIBBS.
Chapter End Notes:
Was written as requested from meherm, who has been good to me.
the seasons are done in chapters and as you will read the first two havent got major changes.its from the later seasons that will have changes.every episode is exactly how it is except for what you read.
hope you enjoy.
keep an eye out for updates.
the seasons are done in chapters and as you will read the first two havent got major changes.its from the later seasons that will have changes.every episode is exactly how it is except for what you read.
hope you enjoy.
keep an eye out for updates.