"Tony, what are you doing?" Kate stopped in mid-stride, staring at DiNozzo as he sat at her desk.

'Uh, Kate, Hi!" he jumped in surprise, then quickly changed the web site he was looking at from to her screensaver.

"I thought you weren't coming in until tomorrow, are you sure your arm's okay." Tony cast a sympathetic eye at her multi-colored sling.

"It's fine, Tony. I appreciate the concern. Now you go back to your desk so I can delete all the spam you've attracted from those bimbo sites of yours." Kate retorted half-heartedly, seeing a vase with violets and baby roses.

Smiling, she looked at the card, then glanced up at Gibbs as he came into the bullpen.

"Thanks, Gibbs. These are beautiful." Kate shyly smiled, then flushed as he quietly replied, "You're welcome, glad to have you back, Kate."

"Why, boss, that's touching," Tony smirked, then added in a fake hurt voice. "But why didn't you send me flowers when I've been hurt?"

"Well, gee, Tony, I don't know." Gibbs started in his sarcastic tone. "Could be you're not Kate?"

Tony flushed. "Uh, no, I mean, yes, Boss."

Gibbs shot back at him, "Good, glad we got that straightened out. Kate, go to Ducky. He'll check you out before he releases you for duty."

"Yes, Gibbs." Kate grinned, then remarked as she went past DiNozzo, "Glad we got your confusion cleared up, wouldn't want to distract you from your, er, e-mails."

As she and the senior agent disappeared to Ducky's lab, Tony slumped in his chair.

"Face it, Tony, Kate strikes again." McGee came out from under his desk, dust bunnies on his dark suit.

"Shut up, McGee, nobody likes an I-told-you-so." Tony groused, sitting at his desk.

Mc Gee just smiled.

Finis