Discovering Damian
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS... I'm just taking the characters for a spin!
Thanks to Kate for all her wonderful editing. Any mistakes are her fault!
Kate sighed and looked up at the clock. Still an hour till they could leave. It'd been a slow week, the team had caught a case early, but it had turned out to be an accident, so there really wasn't much they could do. Kate had managed to catch-up on and finish all of her paperwork. She'd even found time to have a look over the cold cases that were kept in the filing cabinet.
Putting her hands above her head, Kate entwined her fingers and stretched with a big yawn. She slowly brought her hands back down, glancing at Gibbs whilst doing so. She found Gibbs staring at her, with an emotion in his eyes that almost looked like… no, the man probably didn't know what that was, although, he had been married three times. Before Kate could identify what exactly the emotion was, it was gone as Gibbs realised that she had caught him watching her, and turned back to his work.
"Boss, could we go now? I'm bored," Tony asked from behind his desk.
"I'm sure that game can keep you entertained for another hour, DiNozzo" Gibbs replied without looking up.
"What game?" Tony asked, with a small laugh, trying to deny that he wasn't doing any work.
"The one you've been playing all day" Gibbs answered.
"Oh, come on" Tony scoffed, then conceding defeat, tried to regain some dignity, "I did some work. I, ah, looked over some cold cases."
"Yeah, I know," Gibbs answered, still watching his screen.
"You do?" Tony asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yep," Gibbs said as he got up, throwing his empty coffee cup in the bin.
Kate watched Gibbs as he walked out of the bullpen and into the waiting elevator. Frowning slightly, she wondered how he always seemed to time it so he didn't have to wait for the elevator. Kate, Tony and McGee 'worked' in silence for several minutes, trying to keep their minds off of their boredom and impending time to leave the office.
"So, Kate, got anything planned for the weekend?" Tony finally asked, breaking the silence. He leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head.
"Yeah, I'm gonna do more paperwork," Kate replied, with a hint of sarcasm.
Tony laughed, "No, really" he insisted. When Kate simply looked at him with a raised eyebrow, he smirked, "Let me guess, you're gonna watch re-runs of Sex and the City, or watch Julia Robertson in …"
"Actually I have a date" Kate said, looking back at her computer.
"Really?" Tony asked, leaning forward, "Anybody I know?"
"If it was, do you think I would tell you, Tony?" Kate asked.
Tony narrowed his eyes at her and went around to squat in-front of her desk, "You would tell me, wouldn't you? Who is it? Dwayne? He still around? Haven't heard from him for a while."
"Tony, forget it, you don't know the guy" Kate said, exasperated already
"What about Damian?" Tony asked, wriggling his eyebrows
"How do you know about Damian?" Kate asked, looking up from her screen
"Hah, it is!" Tony exclaimed, getting up and leaning on her desk, "I love it when you confide in me, Katie"
"Confide in him about what?" Gibbs asked as he strolled back into the bullpen with a fresh cup of coffee.
Tony grinned, walking towards Gibbs' desk, "Kate has a date with Damian on the weekend."
Gibbs laughed as he sat down, then cocked his head to the side, "Gotta say, the girl has taste."
"You know him, boss?" Tony asked, frowning.
"Yeah" Gibbs replied with a smirk.
"Ah, Kate, who's Damian?" Tony asked, completely confused.
"You mean you don't know?" Kate asked, managing to keep a straight face Tony gave a small sigh, turning to McGee's desk, "Probie! Do you know who he is?"
"No, Tony, I don't" McGee replied without looking up from what he was doing.
Tony huffed and turned around, narrowing his eyes at Gibbs and Kate, who gave him charming smiles. Slowly he turned back to his desk and sat down, watching them closely.
After playing a game for close to ten minutes, Tony almost hit himself on his head for being so stupid. Grumbling, he did a search on Kate to figure out who her latest date was.
"So, Kate, where does your mystery man work? FBI? A hospital?" Tony casually asked, leaning forward on his desk.
"Kinda had him figured as a marine," Gibbs said offhandedly.
"You would," Kate said to Gibbs, who smiled in response.
"You didn't answer my question," Tony stated, looking between Kate and Gibbs and wondering if there was anything going on between them.
"He's um, unemployed." Kate finally told him.
"Yeah, and you won't find him in any database that you'd think to look, DiNozzo, so may as well quit looking whilst you're ahead," said Gibbs.
"Does Abby know?" Tony asked, "What about Ducky?"
Gibbs and Kate exchanged looks, "Yeah, they know, but they probably won't tell you," Kate said.
"Tony, they're not going to tell you, so why bother?" McGee butted in.
"Because it's fun, Probie, and they've got me curious," Tony replied.
"Curiosity killed the cat, Tony" Kate said
"Yeah, well I'm not a cat," Tony responded, "So, where are you going?"
"The movies," Gibbs replied.
Tony frowned, trying to lean forward in his chair even more, "Hang-on a sec, what! By that do you just mean, you know where they're going? Or that you're going with them, like … a threesome? Or is it a double-date?"
"Double-date?" Gibbs asked, raising his eyebrow
"Yeah, Gibbs, like when two couples go out somewhere, like the movies, together," Kate explained.
"I know what a double-date is, Kate," Gibbs responded.
"Good to know," Kate said, winking at him.
Tony's frown deepened as he walked around to the front of his desk and sat on the side, "So, you are going to the movies with Kate and Damian?"
"Yeah," Gibbs replied nonchalantly.
"What are you gonna see?" McGee asked.
"Haven't decided yet, not sure what's on," Gibbs responded.
"Oooh, you should go see 'Saw 2'," Abby said as she walked in, "That movie was great."
The team greeted Abby as she walked into the bullpen.
"Abs, who is Damian? Gibbs and Kate won't tell us who he is," Tony whined.
"Oh yeah, you're seeing him this weekend, say hi for me." Abby responded, "McGee, you ready?"
"Just a sec," McGee replied, crawling under his desk to retrieve something.
"We're going to my friend, Johnnie junior's, birthday party." Abby told them
"Johnnie junior? Who old is he?" Tony asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Twenty-six, twenty-seven tomorrow. But he'll be in Hawaii tomorrow, so we're kinda throwing him a going away/birthday party," Abby replied as McGee got to his feet
"Ah, Hawaii…" Tony said, with a longing look in his eyes.
"Okay, got everything" McGee announced.
"Good, let's go," Abby said, grabbing McGee's hand and dragging him away, shouting goodbyes at everybody.
"Yeah, it's about that time," Gibbs said, consulting his watch, "No need to hang around here any longer, we can have an early day."
Tony watched Kate and Gibbs pack up, "You're not gonna tell me, are you?"
"Nope," Gibbs responded, turning off his lamp.
"Kate?" Tony asked, hopefully.
"Nah uh" Kate replied.
Tony watched with a defeated expression as Gibbs strolled off to the elevator, holding the cart open for Kate to join him. Tony frowned, to hell with this! He thought as he gathered his gear and ran out of the bullpen and down the stairs.
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