�Why don�t we ever get the easy cases?� Tony whined as he flashed the scene. It stood to reason that the parts, for lack of a better term, were from three different people, which made their scene a dump site rather than a murder scene. And if they were processing a dump site there was bound to be more than just the Lieutenant, the Commander, and the two-star in the grassy field that was in dire need of a flame thrower.
�Because the higher ups don�t give Gibbs the easy cases,� Kate said logically as she took measurements for her sketches. �And quit aiming that thing at me,� she said, turning the digital camera in Tony�s hands away from where he had aimed it. �As much as I like the attention, I don�t need Abby printing out pictures of my ass, thank you very much,� she said before carefully crossing the scene to put some distance between herself and her partner who, while adorable and endearing at times, was a royal pain in the ass most of the time. Especially when Gibbs wasn�t around to temper his habits with a swift head-slap or two.
�How far out did Probie say they were when he called?� Tony called over to Kate as he began doing his job in earnest.
�An hour if McGee�s driving, ten minutes if Gibbs is behind the wheel,� Kate said. She glanced over at Ducky who was in deep conversation mode with a torso almost forty feet away from where they were standing. Convinced that they were safe from the good doctor�s keen hearing, Kate bit her lip as she looked back up at Tony. �Do you think McGee will let on to Gibbs that I was the one who answered your phone at two in the morning?�
Tony chuckled. It was so like Kate to worry so much about whether or not Gibbs found out that they were sleeping together that she didn�t even know that Gibbs, being Gibbs, had known about their relationship from basically the first moment it became more than that of partners and friends. Gibbs had, after all, been the one to send them undercover together as a married couple and he had watched their first kiss on the surveillance monitor in Abby�s lab at NCIS Headquarters.
�You know, Tony, it hasn�t been as bad as I though. Being married to you,� Kate admitted as they walked, hand in hand, down the street. �You�re not a half bad fake-husband.�