FIC: Who Knew? (10/?)
Title: Who Knew?
Fandom: NCIS
Genre: Romance/Friendship/Adventure
Rating: PG-13, T
Pairing: Kate/Tony, Abby/McGee, Jenny/Gibbs, Ziva/OC
Spoilers: Seasons 1 & 2 in particular. Season 3 sparingly.
Warnings: AUness, Babyfic
Summery: Kate has alot of adjusting to do. This includes a loss of a friend, a new relationship, a new team member, and a few other life changing events
(edited 4/9 to correct formating issues)
Previous Chapters.
This chapter is fluff. And more fluff. Next chapter...not so much. Some of this comes from watching too many movies, including When Harry Met Sally, which I totally see as a Tate movie. After watching Caught on Tape, I was sure of it. I'm not too happy with how a certain part of this chapter turned out, I kinda stumbled. Next chapter hopefully will be better (I always say that don't I)
Two announcements: The Mama Todd poll is still going on. Currently Admiral AJ is winning, followed by Ducky, then Nick, then Abby's Dentist. Also, for those of you on Myspace, I took leave of my senses the other day and made a Mama Todd myspace. She writes blogs!
However, since the Blog takes place now and this takes place in 2005, there will be spoilers for how this story ends.
If you want to see what the ultrasound might look like, here is an example of a ultrasound at 11 weeks
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Chapter 10
Kate awoke to find herself fully wrapped up in Tony. Sometime during the night he had pulled her close. His right arm lay across her holding her close, and his right leg was laying on her right. There was no way she could move without waking him. But she had to go to the bathroom, so slowly she moved herself out of Tony’s embrace, luckily succeeding in not waking him up.
When she returns, Tony was on his stomach, taking up most of the bed. The blanket lay around his waist, leaving his back bare. She smiled at the sight, and continued on into the living room, then the kitchen to see about making some breakfast. They had the morning off, which was nice. Then in the afternoon they had packing for the two nights and one day they’d be spending in Pennsylvania for the funeral, and her appointment with Dr. Frances to go to.
She spotted the mixings for French toast and got them out. She mixed together the egg mixture and put it away so that whenever Tony woke up she could make the toast.
She decided to explore Tony’s apartment while she waited for him to wake up. The last couple of times she had been here, they hadn’t been there long enough for her to take a closer look. Usually just long enough for him to grab something and go. They usually went to her place.
The place looked different in the daylight. She moved to turn off the light that she had turned on the night before to light their way made her way to the answering machine, noticing once again that there were a couple messages on there.
Friday, May 26. 2:05 pm
Hey Tony, Its’ Steve. The guys are getting together for a round of pool at O’Malley’s and wondered if you wanted to go. Feel free to bring that girl of yours. We all want to meet the woman who’s tamed one of the last bachelors of the group.
Oh, and bring Kate. I wouldn’t mind spending more time with her.
Kate raised an eyebrow. So Tony didn’t share all with his Frat buddies. They apparently knew enough that he was seeing someone and had been for over his last long term record. But they didn’t know her name. Otherwise Steve would have known they were one in the same.
Oh, that was going to be awkward. “Hey, Steve. I’m dating your ex-girlfriend and we are having a baby together.” She couldn’t have normal situations could she?
Saturday, May 27, 7:13 pm
Hey, Sweetheart! I guess you must be feeling better, seeing as you aren’t answering the phone. Out and about I guess. Call me back. Bye.
Kate wondered at that one. The tone seemed familiar, and it didn’t sound like the type of voice one of Tony’s girlfriends would have. More….young auntish.
She was about to go further into the living room when two arms wrapped themselves around her. Tony kissed her next, murmuring a good morning.
“How long have you been up?”
“Not long,” she answered, turning around to face him. “Your friends want to go to O’Malley’s and have you bring me and me,” she teased.
“I heard,” he said with a smile, his voice still sleepy. “I woke up to Steve’s voice. Would have preferred yours.” He leaned his head against hers, closing his eyes. Sleepy Tony was slightly amusing to be with.
“I bet. Who’s the second message from.”
“Shelly. My dad’s ex wife. Number 3 as a matter of fact.”
“How many did he have?”
“Twice as many as Gibbs.”
“Wow. “
“There was my Mom, Laura, Leslie, Shelly, Morgan, Meredith and Frances. The last one was two years ago.”
“And that’s in twenty years? I bet that made your grandfather happy.”
“Oh, yes. Spectacularly. Grandpa boycotted the last four. “
“So Shelly still talks to you?”
“Yep. She’s about the only one I felt comfortable with as a Step mom. I call her mom occasionally. She’s the one who keeps going after me to get married.”
She groaned. After having her mother and Tony’s grandfather after her to marry Tony, the last thing she needed was another person to try and get her to get married.
Tony had a pondering look on his face.
“Why not?”
“Why not get married?”
“Oh, Tony, please tell me you aren’t doing this because everyone has been pushing for it.”
“Nope. Not that. Although I have to admit they got me thinking. Just why not get married?”
“Besides the fact that we have only been dating for maybe 2 months, and you’ve never been exactly a promoter of the monogamous married life, Tony.”
“Well, thoughts changed and I always do monogamous. I just don’t do long term, usually.”
“It usually doesn’t become a question of monogamy till its long term. And your thoughts on marriage have changed?”
“Well, think about it. We are practically acting married already. Why not just get the paperwork done.”
“That’s a great look on marriage Tony. Its more than just paperwork.” There went her morning. She didn’t want Tony to have a ‘might as well’ marriage. She always wanted one of those “We got married because we want to announce to everyone we love each other” marriages. Where signing the certificate was not about the relationship, but sharing it with everyone.
Her mother had once told her getting married was about the same as shouting from a rooftop that you love someone. And if you weren’t willing to do that (pardoning some phobias), then you shouldn’t get married.
She walked away to go get the stuff out for breakfast.
“That’s not what this is,” he responded softly. She didn’t turn around, instead focusing on finding the bread. “There are a couple reasons for it.”
“And they are?” She started to dunk
“So far in the two years we have known each other, we have pretty much faced about every hurdle a married couple could, We love each other, we know each other better than most couples. “
“Do we really?” At this she turned around. “I didn’t even know your family.”
“That’s because I hardly think of them myself.” He paused. “Wait here.” He went back into the bedroom, and she turned back to her French toast. She managed to finish a batch by the time be got back and had it plated and setting on the counter between the kitchen and the living room. Another set was frying in the pan, almost ready to be plated themselves.
She turned to put the plate on counter and had almost sat down across from Tony when she noticed a box. A small box. One that was black and had the exact shape of a ring box. The ring box was familiar too. During a case a few months ago, not too long after Tony’s “I know you” comment, they had walked into a jewelry store. The clerk had been the only witness to a murder of a sailor. However after the interview was done and they had found out the witness wasn’t really a witness they had looked around. The store’s logo was embossed in gold on the top of the box.
She slowly took the box and opened it to find a small gold ring, almost reddish gold in appearance. It was smooth and had a Celtic design leading up to the encased diamond. It was an engagement ring she had seen and had mentioned in passing how much she had loved it. Beyond being pretty, the fact the diamond was encased instead of sitting on top of the ring meant she could wear it under her gloves with a less chance of them ripping.
And Tony had bought it. And given that he brought it out now said something.
It said he had put thought into this. That this wasn’t a rush decision in the aftermath of having her one sick day away from being dead. Or the fact that she was the mother his child.
Although why would he buy her an engagement ring when they weren’t even together back then. They were just tittering then, half in the “just friends” category, half in the “Be glad there are other people here or I’d tear your clothes off’ territory.
Maybe Tony had a point. They did not have a conventional relationship. They hadn’t met in a bar and hooked up, or at a friend’s party. They had met during a murder investigation. Both of them had faced death several times, mostly together. They had spent many nights together in various stakeouts and late night investigations.
Ducky had mentioned sexual tension once when talking about their relationship. Said it sounded like they needed marriage counseling. Back then she had been horrified at the thought of someone seeing them as a married couple. And Ducky hadn’t been the first one. Even Gibbs said their fighting sounded like a married couple.
“Ok.” She said. She was surprised she didn’t fight it more, but somehow knowing that Tony had been planning this for awhile had relived her worries that he was doing it because everyone wanted it but him. If anyone asked, she could just say hormones. If she was going to suffer with fluctuations, she should be able to use that excuse if she wanted to, even if the hormones hadn’t really done much so far.
“Wow, that was quick.” Tony said with a smile.
“Shut up and eat your breakfast,” she said with a smile of her own. She took the ring and put it on, surprised when it was an exact fit. Then realized she shouldn’t be surprised. Tony knew a bit too much about her sometimes.
If they were a normal couple, he would have taken her out to dinner, asked her in some fantastic way. Tony could be romantic if he wanted ot be, and he had watched enough movie proposals to know a few good ones. But they weren’t a normal couple. They were just Kate & Tony.
“We shouldn’t tell our parent’s.” Tony said after finishing a bite of the toast. “They’ll just start asking when the date is,” he was quick to add when he saw her face.
One step at a time.
~*~
They finished eating in silence and then Tony went off to get dressed. She was still dressed in his he didn’t mind. When he left the room she went and got her cell phone. He was right about not telling their parents. Her mother for one would start calling the local churches to see how soon they could plan a wedding.
Her mother loved weddings, particularly those of her children.
But he had not said anything about telling Abby and the gang. She bet Gibbs already knew. Probably McGee too. She picked up her phone and put it on camera mode and shot a picture of the ring and sent it to Abby.
It was very long at all before her phone was ringing and ABBS came up on the screen. She answered it and said hello, and moved it away from her head quick enough to avoid loosing a eardrum to Abby’s squeeling.
“I knew he’d ask you!! Didn’t I McGee!” She heard an a noise in the background and assumed it was McGee agreeing that Abby did in fact know that Tony was going to propose. “So how did he do it? Down on one knee?”
“With an argument and over a plate of French toast.”
“Oh. Well, that’s certainly you two. Well, the arguing. The French toast element is new.”
“I made it this morning…my mom’s personal recipe.”
“Speaking of mothers how was the DiNozzo family dinner last night?”
“Think My Big Fat Greek Wedding meets the psych ward.”
“Really?”
“Let’s see, I was being vetted out to be the next mother of the DiNozzo family line by Grandpa D, also known as Anthony,” she started.
“So Tony’s a second? Cool.”
“Yeah. Then we had my mother flirting with Tony’s cousin, and his dad and grandfather getting into a fight about the fact that Tony’s mom was depressed and Anthony saw it more of a weakness. Oh, and then he decided to announce to Tony that he had a brother who died before he was born.” By this time Tony had come back and she mouthed Abby to him and he nodded. He put the dishes into the dishwasher as she continued to talk.
“Tony has a brother!”
“Yep. Not the best time for that little bit of news.”
“Wow.”
“Yep.”
“Hey, Kate, Can I talk to Tony a little?”
“Sure, hold on.” She motioned for Tony and handed over her cell phone.
“Abbs!” He said as he started to walk away.
He was only gone a few minutes when Kate just started to laugh. It had only been four days since Becca died and in those four days, her boyfriend had found he was going to be a father, they had gotten engaged, her mother and his family had decided upon him, and they caught and killed Ari Haswari.
Whenever she was older, and had to retire from NCIS she was going to write a book. Her life was too crazy not to put into print. Maybe she’d let McGee do it, he certainly liked to write.
She had finished her random laughing fit by the time Tony came back. He tosses her to phone and flops on the couch, causing her to roll her eyes. He responds by tugging on her arm to bring her closer, hugging her close to him.
“Abby seemed flabbergasted that I have never seen When Harry Met Sally.” She sat up.
“Do I want to know how that came up in conversation?”
“Abby said she had just watched it and it reminded her of us.”
“I’ve never seen it.”
“I own it, mostly due to Amy, but I’ve never watched it either. But Abby insists we watch it. McGee told me it wasn’t as bad as it sounded.”
“McGee’s seen it?”
“McGee reads Redbook and dates Abby. Either he did it because he wanted to ‘know woman’ or Abby made him.”
“The question is do we do as Abby says?”
“Why not.” He let her go get the movie and put it on in the living room. After it was in she grabbed the remote, and the two settled down to watch. Or not watch, because as much as Abby was their friend, they had other activities they’d rather be doing.
By the time Sally was talking about Sheldon, Kate could care less.
~*~
“I don’t think this is a good idea. Couldn’t we just fly to Pittsburgh International?”
“It costs several hundred dollars for a round trip ticket that far, and it’s within driving distance.” Kate looked over at her bo…fiancée as he he finished carrying the suitcase they were sharing for the overnight trip to the door. Gibbs and the Director were supposed to pick them up in the next couple of minutes and Tony was spending the time complaining about being in a car with Gibbs driving. Not that she was overly looking forward to six hours. Or four the way Gibbs drove. If they were lucky, the director would insist on driving. Or Kate could drive. Tony drove a little fast himself.
She found it kind of interesting that Tony only got car sick when Gibbs was driving and he wasn’t in the front. Well, mostly when Gibbs was driving. Kate had already made sure there was Dramamine in her purse. Tony usually wasn’t too bad, but she had seen it happen, so it was better to be prepared.
She went back to looking at what else she had packed in her bag. Hand sanitizer, her cell phone, her keys, her general make-up, wallet, the Dramamine and the pictures they had gotten at the doctor’s appointment.
That had been an interesting experience. She was definitely not taking her mother with her to another one. As much as she loved her mother, having to deal with her mother trying to give her advice while they sat in the waiting room and trying to do the ultrasound technician’s job later on was just too much. She was just glad that Tony had decided to not come to the first appointment. He had to go see his father before Anthony and Nick went back to New York.
She could only deal with one of them at a time. But Tony had promised to go to the next one. Due to the fact that Kate had been exposed to both the plague, and a heavy duty antibiotic, Jessica had decided to see her more often. Every two weeks instead of every month, particularly as Kate’s due date was closer. They had December 12th as the due date. And sonogram pictures.
The baby was larger than she expected, given how little she was showing, but the doctor had assured her that within the next week or so she’d start showing more. Since it was her first pregnancy it would take longer to show then it would be whenever she had more children.
Her mother had made a noise when she saw the baby that previously Kate thought only Abby could make. Needless to say, but Natasha Todd was excited about her grandbaby!
It made it more real. Even three weeks ago, when they had first done an ultrasound she hadn’t really felt like a soon-to-be mother. Part of it was shock; another half of her was too preoccupied with her boyfriend dying. Another part of her started to notice the symptoms and wondered how she could not have known.
But now she had a small black and white photo of her baby. She started to grin as she looked at it. This wasn’t part of her plan in life, it wasn’t close. But oddly she was happy. It almost felt…right for this to happen when it did.
Tony walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her as he looked down at the photograph himself.
“I think he has your nose.”
“She does not have that big of a nose to tell. What made you assume it was a boy. It’s too early to tell.”
“It was just a statement and I just got a hunch.”
“Because Cameron’s the only name you’ve come up with yet?”
“Hey, Cameron can be a girl’s name too!”
“I know. But it’s more often a boy’s name.” Tony was about to reply when there was a knock on the door. Tony frowned and walked to the door, opening it to find a hyper (as usual) Abby and a less-hyper (as usual) McGee. Abby pushed past Tony and ran to Kate. She could hear McGee in the background explaining why Gibbs and the Director were not there.
“Ok, I need to see the ring in person!” Kate held out her hand. She had just put the ring back on a few minutes ago, having taken it off while she was with her mother. It was amusing listening to her mother list the reasons why she should get married all the while knowing she was. That and it was nice to be able to keep a secret from her mother. Tasha Todd had a lie-detector almost as good as Gibbs. But she managed to keep this one.
But as Abby went to grab the hand, she noticed the baby pictures. And for the third time that day she heard the sound that only Abby and her mother could make.
McGee and Tony held back, clearly wary of this overly excited version of Abby.
Kate on the other hand let the other woman’s enthusiasm sink in. Might as well get used to it. They had a six hour drive ahead of them.
Fandom: NCIS
Genre: Romance/Friendship/Adventure
Rating: PG-13, T
Pairing: Kate/Tony, Abby/McGee, Jenny/Gibbs, Ziva/OC
Spoilers: Seasons 1 & 2 in particular. Season 3 sparingly.
Warnings: AUness, Babyfic
Summery: Kate has alot of adjusting to do. This includes a loss of a friend, a new relationship, a new team member, and a few other life changing events
(edited 4/9 to correct formating issues)
Previous Chapters.
This chapter is fluff. And more fluff. Next chapter...not so much. Some of this comes from watching too many movies, including When Harry Met Sally, which I totally see as a Tate movie. After watching Caught on Tape, I was sure of it. I'm not too happy with how a certain part of this chapter turned out, I kinda stumbled. Next chapter hopefully will be better (I always say that don't I)
Two announcements: The Mama Todd poll is still going on. Currently Admiral AJ is winning, followed by Ducky, then Nick, then Abby's Dentist. Also, for those of you on Myspace, I took leave of my senses the other day and made a Mama Todd myspace. She writes blogs!
However, since the Blog takes place now and this takes place in 2005, there will be spoilers for how this story ends.
If you want to see what the ultrasound might look like, here is an example of a ultrasound at 11 weeks
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Chapter 10
Kate awoke to find herself fully wrapped up in Tony. Sometime during the night he had pulled her close. His right arm lay across her holding her close, and his right leg was laying on her right. There was no way she could move without waking him. But she had to go to the bathroom, so slowly she moved herself out of Tony’s embrace, luckily succeeding in not waking him up.
When she returns, Tony was on his stomach, taking up most of the bed. The blanket lay around his waist, leaving his back bare. She smiled at the sight, and continued on into the living room, then the kitchen to see about making some breakfast. They had the morning off, which was nice. Then in the afternoon they had packing for the two nights and one day they’d be spending in Pennsylvania for the funeral, and her appointment with Dr. Frances to go to.
She spotted the mixings for French toast and got them out. She mixed together the egg mixture and put it away so that whenever Tony woke up she could make the toast.
She decided to explore Tony’s apartment while she waited for him to wake up. The last couple of times she had been here, they hadn’t been there long enough for her to take a closer look. Usually just long enough for him to grab something and go. They usually went to her place.
The place looked different in the daylight. She moved to turn off the light that she had turned on the night before to light their way made her way to the answering machine, noticing once again that there were a couple messages on there.
Friday, May 26. 2:05 pm
Hey Tony, Its’ Steve. The guys are getting together for a round of pool at O’Malley’s and wondered if you wanted to go. Feel free to bring that girl of yours. We all want to meet the woman who’s tamed one of the last bachelors of the group.
Oh, and bring Kate. I wouldn’t mind spending more time with her.
Kate raised an eyebrow. So Tony didn’t share all with his Frat buddies. They apparently knew enough that he was seeing someone and had been for over his last long term record. But they didn’t know her name. Otherwise Steve would have known they were one in the same.
Oh, that was going to be awkward. “Hey, Steve. I’m dating your ex-girlfriend and we are having a baby together.” She couldn’t have normal situations could she?
Saturday, May 27, 7:13 pm
Hey, Sweetheart! I guess you must be feeling better, seeing as you aren’t answering the phone. Out and about I guess. Call me back. Bye.
Kate wondered at that one. The tone seemed familiar, and it didn’t sound like the type of voice one of Tony’s girlfriends would have. More….young auntish.
She was about to go further into the living room when two arms wrapped themselves around her. Tony kissed her next, murmuring a good morning.
“How long have you been up?”
“Not long,” she answered, turning around to face him. “Your friends want to go to O’Malley’s and have you bring me and me,” she teased.
“I heard,” he said with a smile, his voice still sleepy. “I woke up to Steve’s voice. Would have preferred yours.” He leaned his head against hers, closing his eyes. Sleepy Tony was slightly amusing to be with.
“I bet. Who’s the second message from.”
“Shelly. My dad’s ex wife. Number 3 as a matter of fact.”
“How many did he have?”
“Twice as many as Gibbs.”
“Wow. “
“There was my Mom, Laura, Leslie, Shelly, Morgan, Meredith and Frances. The last one was two years ago.”
“And that’s in twenty years? I bet that made your grandfather happy.”
“Oh, yes. Spectacularly. Grandpa boycotted the last four. “
“So Shelly still talks to you?”
“Yep. She’s about the only one I felt comfortable with as a Step mom. I call her mom occasionally. She’s the one who keeps going after me to get married.”
She groaned. After having her mother and Tony’s grandfather after her to marry Tony, the last thing she needed was another person to try and get her to get married.
Tony had a pondering look on his face.
“Why not?”
“Why not get married?”
“Oh, Tony, please tell me you aren’t doing this because everyone has been pushing for it.”
“Nope. Not that. Although I have to admit they got me thinking. Just why not get married?”
“Besides the fact that we have only been dating for maybe 2 months, and you’ve never been exactly a promoter of the monogamous married life, Tony.”
“Well, thoughts changed and I always do monogamous. I just don’t do long term, usually.”
“It usually doesn’t become a question of monogamy till its long term. And your thoughts on marriage have changed?”
“Well, think about it. We are practically acting married already. Why not just get the paperwork done.”
“That’s a great look on marriage Tony. Its more than just paperwork.” There went her morning. She didn’t want Tony to have a ‘might as well’ marriage. She always wanted one of those “We got married because we want to announce to everyone we love each other” marriages. Where signing the certificate was not about the relationship, but sharing it with everyone.
Her mother had once told her getting married was about the same as shouting from a rooftop that you love someone. And if you weren’t willing to do that (pardoning some phobias), then you shouldn’t get married.
She walked away to go get the stuff out for breakfast.
“That’s not what this is,” he responded softly. She didn’t turn around, instead focusing on finding the bread. “There are a couple reasons for it.”
“And they are?” She started to dunk
“So far in the two years we have known each other, we have pretty much faced about every hurdle a married couple could, We love each other, we know each other better than most couples. “
“Do we really?” At this she turned around. “I didn’t even know your family.”
“That’s because I hardly think of them myself.” He paused. “Wait here.” He went back into the bedroom, and she turned back to her French toast. She managed to finish a batch by the time be got back and had it plated and setting on the counter between the kitchen and the living room. Another set was frying in the pan, almost ready to be plated themselves.
She turned to put the plate on counter and had almost sat down across from Tony when she noticed a box. A small box. One that was black and had the exact shape of a ring box. The ring box was familiar too. During a case a few months ago, not too long after Tony’s “I know you” comment, they had walked into a jewelry store. The clerk had been the only witness to a murder of a sailor. However after the interview was done and they had found out the witness wasn’t really a witness they had looked around. The store’s logo was embossed in gold on the top of the box.
She slowly took the box and opened it to find a small gold ring, almost reddish gold in appearance. It was smooth and had a Celtic design leading up to the encased diamond. It was an engagement ring she had seen and had mentioned in passing how much she had loved it. Beyond being pretty, the fact the diamond was encased instead of sitting on top of the ring meant she could wear it under her gloves with a less chance of them ripping.
And Tony had bought it. And given that he brought it out now said something.
It said he had put thought into this. That this wasn’t a rush decision in the aftermath of having her one sick day away from being dead. Or the fact that she was the mother his child.
Although why would he buy her an engagement ring when they weren’t even together back then. They were just tittering then, half in the “just friends” category, half in the “Be glad there are other people here or I’d tear your clothes off’ territory.
Maybe Tony had a point. They did not have a conventional relationship. They hadn’t met in a bar and hooked up, or at a friend’s party. They had met during a murder investigation. Both of them had faced death several times, mostly together. They had spent many nights together in various stakeouts and late night investigations.
Ducky had mentioned sexual tension once when talking about their relationship. Said it sounded like they needed marriage counseling. Back then she had been horrified at the thought of someone seeing them as a married couple. And Ducky hadn’t been the first one. Even Gibbs said their fighting sounded like a married couple.
“Ok.” She said. She was surprised she didn’t fight it more, but somehow knowing that Tony had been planning this for awhile had relived her worries that he was doing it because everyone wanted it but him. If anyone asked, she could just say hormones. If she was going to suffer with fluctuations, she should be able to use that excuse if she wanted to, even if the hormones hadn’t really done much so far.
“Wow, that was quick.” Tony said with a smile.
“Shut up and eat your breakfast,” she said with a smile of her own. She took the ring and put it on, surprised when it was an exact fit. Then realized she shouldn’t be surprised. Tony knew a bit too much about her sometimes.
If they were a normal couple, he would have taken her out to dinner, asked her in some fantastic way. Tony could be romantic if he wanted ot be, and he had watched enough movie proposals to know a few good ones. But they weren’t a normal couple. They were just Kate & Tony.
“We shouldn’t tell our parent’s.” Tony said after finishing a bite of the toast. “They’ll just start asking when the date is,” he was quick to add when he saw her face.
One step at a time.
~*~
They finished eating in silence and then Tony went off to get dressed. She was still dressed in his he didn’t mind. When he left the room she went and got her cell phone. He was right about not telling their parents. Her mother for one would start calling the local churches to see how soon they could plan a wedding.
Her mother loved weddings, particularly those of her children.
But he had not said anything about telling Abby and the gang. She bet Gibbs already knew. Probably McGee too. She picked up her phone and put it on camera mode and shot a picture of the ring and sent it to Abby.
It was very long at all before her phone was ringing and ABBS came up on the screen. She answered it and said hello, and moved it away from her head quick enough to avoid loosing a eardrum to Abby’s squeeling.
“I knew he’d ask you!! Didn’t I McGee!” She heard an a noise in the background and assumed it was McGee agreeing that Abby did in fact know that Tony was going to propose. “So how did he do it? Down on one knee?”
“With an argument and over a plate of French toast.”
“Oh. Well, that’s certainly you two. Well, the arguing. The French toast element is new.”
“I made it this morning…my mom’s personal recipe.”
“Speaking of mothers how was the DiNozzo family dinner last night?”
“Think My Big Fat Greek Wedding meets the psych ward.”
“Really?”
“Let’s see, I was being vetted out to be the next mother of the DiNozzo family line by Grandpa D, also known as Anthony,” she started.
“So Tony’s a second? Cool.”
“Yeah. Then we had my mother flirting with Tony’s cousin, and his dad and grandfather getting into a fight about the fact that Tony’s mom was depressed and Anthony saw it more of a weakness. Oh, and then he decided to announce to Tony that he had a brother who died before he was born.” By this time Tony had come back and she mouthed Abby to him and he nodded. He put the dishes into the dishwasher as she continued to talk.
“Tony has a brother!”
“Yep. Not the best time for that little bit of news.”
“Wow.”
“Yep.”
“Hey, Kate, Can I talk to Tony a little?”
“Sure, hold on.” She motioned for Tony and handed over her cell phone.
“Abbs!” He said as he started to walk away.
He was only gone a few minutes when Kate just started to laugh. It had only been four days since Becca died and in those four days, her boyfriend had found he was going to be a father, they had gotten engaged, her mother and his family had decided upon him, and they caught and killed Ari Haswari.
Whenever she was older, and had to retire from NCIS she was going to write a book. Her life was too crazy not to put into print. Maybe she’d let McGee do it, he certainly liked to write.
She had finished her random laughing fit by the time Tony came back. He tosses her to phone and flops on the couch, causing her to roll her eyes. He responds by tugging on her arm to bring her closer, hugging her close to him.
“Abby seemed flabbergasted that I have never seen When Harry Met Sally.” She sat up.
“Do I want to know how that came up in conversation?”
“Abby said she had just watched it and it reminded her of us.”
“I’ve never seen it.”
“I own it, mostly due to Amy, but I’ve never watched it either. But Abby insists we watch it. McGee told me it wasn’t as bad as it sounded.”
“McGee’s seen it?”
“McGee reads Redbook and dates Abby. Either he did it because he wanted to ‘know woman’ or Abby made him.”
“The question is do we do as Abby says?”
“Why not.” He let her go get the movie and put it on in the living room. After it was in she grabbed the remote, and the two settled down to watch. Or not watch, because as much as Abby was their friend, they had other activities they’d rather be doing.
By the time Sally was talking about Sheldon, Kate could care less.
~*~
“I don’t think this is a good idea. Couldn’t we just fly to Pittsburgh International?”
“It costs several hundred dollars for a round trip ticket that far, and it’s within driving distance.” Kate looked over at her bo…fiancée as he he finished carrying the suitcase they were sharing for the overnight trip to the door. Gibbs and the Director were supposed to pick them up in the next couple of minutes and Tony was spending the time complaining about being in a car with Gibbs driving. Not that she was overly looking forward to six hours. Or four the way Gibbs drove. If they were lucky, the director would insist on driving. Or Kate could drive. Tony drove a little fast himself.
She found it kind of interesting that Tony only got car sick when Gibbs was driving and he wasn’t in the front. Well, mostly when Gibbs was driving. Kate had already made sure there was Dramamine in her purse. Tony usually wasn’t too bad, but she had seen it happen, so it was better to be prepared.
She went back to looking at what else she had packed in her bag. Hand sanitizer, her cell phone, her keys, her general make-up, wallet, the Dramamine and the pictures they had gotten at the doctor’s appointment.
That had been an interesting experience. She was definitely not taking her mother with her to another one. As much as she loved her mother, having to deal with her mother trying to give her advice while they sat in the waiting room and trying to do the ultrasound technician’s job later on was just too much. She was just glad that Tony had decided to not come to the first appointment. He had to go see his father before Anthony and Nick went back to New York.
She could only deal with one of them at a time. But Tony had promised to go to the next one. Due to the fact that Kate had been exposed to both the plague, and a heavy duty antibiotic, Jessica had decided to see her more often. Every two weeks instead of every month, particularly as Kate’s due date was closer. They had December 12th as the due date. And sonogram pictures.
The baby was larger than she expected, given how little she was showing, but the doctor had assured her that within the next week or so she’d start showing more. Since it was her first pregnancy it would take longer to show then it would be whenever she had more children.
Her mother had made a noise when she saw the baby that previously Kate thought only Abby could make. Needless to say, but Natasha Todd was excited about her grandbaby!
It made it more real. Even three weeks ago, when they had first done an ultrasound she hadn’t really felt like a soon-to-be mother. Part of it was shock; another half of her was too preoccupied with her boyfriend dying. Another part of her started to notice the symptoms and wondered how she could not have known.
But now she had a small black and white photo of her baby. She started to grin as she looked at it. This wasn’t part of her plan in life, it wasn’t close. But oddly she was happy. It almost felt…right for this to happen when it did.
Tony walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her as he looked down at the photograph himself.
“I think he has your nose.”
“She does not have that big of a nose to tell. What made you assume it was a boy. It’s too early to tell.”
“It was just a statement and I just got a hunch.”
“Because Cameron’s the only name you’ve come up with yet?”
“Hey, Cameron can be a girl’s name too!”
“I know. But it’s more often a boy’s name.” Tony was about to reply when there was a knock on the door. Tony frowned and walked to the door, opening it to find a hyper (as usual) Abby and a less-hyper (as usual) McGee. Abby pushed past Tony and ran to Kate. She could hear McGee in the background explaining why Gibbs and the Director were not there.
“Ok, I need to see the ring in person!” Kate held out her hand. She had just put the ring back on a few minutes ago, having taken it off while she was with her mother. It was amusing listening to her mother list the reasons why she should get married all the while knowing she was. That and it was nice to be able to keep a secret from her mother. Tasha Todd had a lie-detector almost as good as Gibbs. But she managed to keep this one.
But as Abby went to grab the hand, she noticed the baby pictures. And for the third time that day she heard the sound that only Abby and her mother could make.
McGee and Tony held back, clearly wary of this overly excited version of Abby.
Kate on the other hand let the other woman’s enthusiasm sink in. Might as well get used to it. They had a six hour drive ahead of them.