This is a stand alone story that has nothing to do with my series. It is set some time after Hiatus. There will only be a couple of chapters I think. This is a short one.
I wrote this story for Gibbsfan. I hope she likes it.
Slapfest!
Chapter 1
"So Jen, how did the team really cope while I was away?" Gibbs asked. She smiles.
"On the whole not bad Jethro. Tony did a wonderful job of rallying the team under difficult circumstances. Not everyone coped as well. There were a few little hiccups though. The famous 'slapfest'!"
'What slapfest?" Gibbs said.
"That would be your two ladies Jethro. Abby didn't cope at all well when you were injured and didn't remember her Jethro. She didn't play any music in her lab. She was short tempered and sad all the time. Ziva's way of coping was different. She was brought up to never show her hand so to speak. Doesn't mean she doesn't feel anything. She just hides it well. Abby was upset that Ziva didn't seem to be upset about the bombing and you being hurt. She tried to get some emotion out of Ziva and what she got was a joke."
"What was the joke?"
"Oh Jethro that doesn't matter now!"
"It does to me. I'd like to hear it."
"They were looking at aphoto of the crime scene and Abby said someting along the lines of 'Whatif that had been Gibbs blood splattered all over there? And Ziva said. 'Then it would have been more coffee brown than red."
Gibbs chuckled."I take it Abby didn't see the funny side?"
"Not so you'd notice." she said smiling.
"So what did she say to Ziva?"
"It wasn't what she said so much as what she did. She slapped her."
"Abby did? My Abby? Slapped her where?"
"Across the face!"
"What did Ziva do?"
"She slapped her back."
"And?"
"Abby slapped her again!"
"And then?"
"Ziva slapped her back."
"Where did all this take place?"
"In the lab."
"Anybody else see?"
"McGee saw it and then reported it to Tony. I think more as a friend than anything 're boys. They found it exciting." Gibbs rolled his eyes.
"What action did you take Jen?"
"I left it to their team leader Jethro. The same as I would have done if you were here." I should have made sure that he actually handled it she thought, but I was distracted as well.
"And how did Tony HANDLE it?" Surely he wouldn't have written them up he thought. He would have thought of something creative at least.
"I think he made them shake hands and hug." She said scrunching up her face. She realised now that it didn't sound like much of a punishment.
"And?"
"That's about it." She said. He 's already not happy about it she thought. I better not add that he also suggested they tongue kiss. How does he manage to make her feel this way. She was the Director for God's sake. And yet, he made her feel like a naughty school girl. "After you were injured Jethro, we had to manage the best way we could. Those girls were both struggling. You know that they look up to you as a father, and they didn't understand each others different ways of coping."
"Don't make excuses for them Jen. They behaved like a couple of uncontrolled brats in a school playground. This is a Federal Agency! Not a high school!And they are not cheer leaders fighting for the top spot!"
"You weren't here Jethro!"
"I know. I couldn't help that. But guess what Jen? Daddy's Back! And I am going to have a word to my two girls."
TBC