April Fool´s Day again
Disclaimer: I don´t own any characters or anything.
Summary: It´s the end of March again and Tony starts to plan a new attack on his boss for April Fool´s day. (As I have not watched Twilight, I will assume that this is happening pre-twilightish) Taking place after the events in "April Fool´s Day".
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Chapter 1- Tony has a plan
As the month of March was slowly drawing to an end, Tony came up with yet another plan to make April 1st an unforgettable day for everyone at NCIS. The year before his plan had gotten all of them almost killed by Gibbs, who had been the victim of the prank. Thinking back, the idea of letting the boat vanish from Gibbs´ basement and returning it after a day had been very unique. Even Gibbs himself had said so, but Tony knew that he had to come up with something different than that this year. Plus, he didn´t want anyone getting hurt this time. Abby had suffered a broken wrist and Kate a torn muscle last year, not to mention the black eye Tony had gotten himself. This year it would be different.
"Hey, Kate!" He called over at his colleague when Gibbs was gone for coffee in the afternoon. She looked up and gave him a questioning look. "How about some fun next Monday?" He asked and saw a puzzled expression on her face.
Kate checked her timeplanner and felt her jaw drop. "No way! You´re not seriously thinking about pulling another prank this year, are you?" She asked and remembered the events just one year ago. Even in the three years she had been with the NCIS and the time at Secret Service before that, she had never feared more for her life than in this one night when Gibbs had been after their heads.
Dinozzo leaned back in his chair and grinned. "What do you think? Hey, come on, he´s beenworse than ever since he failed that eye exam last month. He was seriously pissed off when I handed my report in late -5 minutes late that is." He said and looked at her again.
"Yeah, and he yelled at me last week that I put salt in his coffee. Seriously, I just had one or two grains of salt on my fingers when I put the sugar in." McGee piped up from his desk, having overheard their conversation. "Count me in, Tony."
"See? Even probie knows when the time is right." Kate just rolled her eyes at her colleague and was about to say when a voice boomed through the bullpen.
"You better know the right time to keep your mouth shut, Dinozzo. Where´s that list of the paychecks I asked for half an hour ago?" Gibbs snapped and sat down at his desk again, a large cup of coffee in his hand.
"Come on, boss. There are more than 100of thoseon file -I´m halfway through. Give me another hour for that." Tony complained as he continued to fill the blanks on his screen.
"You have 20 minutes, Dinozzo. Kate, get that smile out of your face. I´m still waiting for the information on the package we found next to the body. And McGee, don´t you dare to go down to the lab again. Should I catch you playing computer games with Abby again, I will introduce you to the games we played in the marine corps." With that, he picked up his coffee and walked to the elevator. "I´m down in autopsy. Stay clear of my desk."
When the doors closed, Kate looked at Tony. "All right, what´s the plan?" She asked and Tony saw her a fire burning in her eyes. If there was one thing that could set her off, it was grumpy Gibbs telling her off for nothing. "Only because he´s got a rock instead of a heart doesn´t give him the right to control our emotions." She explained to McGee, who was looking a bit surprised.
"Not here, don´t know if he bugged the bullpen after what happened last year." Dinozzo said and grinned. "You got mail, Kate. And you too, Probie." He grinned and dug into the files again.
Kate opened the new message and grinned. "Tonight after work, my place, it´s pizza and beer -if you want something else, bring it along." The text read and she deleted it immediately. It was going to be an eventful evening, at least if there were the same people in it as last year.