Caught

Their eyes met across the crowded room. She knew in that instant that this was her soulmate, the one she had been searching for her entire lif-

"What the hell are you reading, McGee?" asked Kate, startling the preoccupied agent.

"Um-ah...no-nothing," he stammered, quickly placing the book in a drawer and closing it with almost too much force.

"Ri-ight," said Kate, drawing the word out in a smug, disbelieving tone.

"It's something my sister left at my place-"

"Which just happened to find it's way to the office?" she asked, crossing her arms and smiling at his squirming form.

"I just-"

"Don't bother, McGee. Nothing you say can explain this away."

He knew she was right. She knew she was right.

"Don't tell Gibbs?" he asked in a resigned voice, knowing this was going to cost him big.

"For a price," she said, her smile widening. "But it's not Gibbs you should be worried about."

"Oh?"

"If Tony ever finds out, he'll hold it over you until your dying day. Maybe even longer."

A deep sense of doom filled him, and McGee knew she was right. Again.

END

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