I hope you all enjoy this one, mainly for the Jimmy Palmer fans. Plz review and let me know what you think.
Nicky x
Another one of those days or is it?
Jimmy woke with a start, his phone buzzing on the night stand, he looked at the clock 05:30, he lazily reached out and grabbed the annoying object "Palmer" he said sleepily "Ah Mr Palmer, if you would be so kind and meet me at the office ASAP, I'm afraid we have multiple bodies arriving stated Ducky, "sure Doctor Mallard, I'll be right there". In all the time he had been working at NCIS and Doctor Mallard he had never been able to call him Ducky like everyone else, he felt that he hadn't earned the right to call his mentor 'Ducky' even though he had been told to many times.
He lazily rolled out of bed and headed straight for the shower, twenty minutes later he was ready and headed for the door stuffing a slice of toast into his mouth as he went. The traffic was non-existent as he travelled the three miles to get to HQ, he yawned and wondered if today would turn out like the other days with multiple bodies, he chuckled a stressed out and hyper Abby, an over talkative Ducky, although he liked the stories, a stammering McGee, a frustrated Kate and an annoying Tony who knew everything about anything, these people were the best of the best, he looked up to each and every one of them regardless of how they acted around him, the outsider who replace Gerald after the terrorist Ari.
Mostly he kept to himself, he could never actually read Agent Gibbs the way Ducky or any of them could, many times he kept all thought and opinions to himself, 'safer that way', he thought, in a way Gibbs reminded him of his father, sure his father loved him and taught him many things, the most important thing was to be invisible, even when he was visible he kept quiet, giving off the impression of a shy, mannered boy, who only spoke when spoken to, if they knew his past they would defiantly see him differently, this life suited him. He knew Gibbs looked after his own, but was he actually one of them? Did Gibbs or any of them have his back?.
He parked the car and shook his head shaking the cobwebs as he sat in the parking garage for several minutes enjoying the silence before the hustle and the bustle of the day. When Abby came bounding up to the window "Heya Jimmy!", Jimmy looked at her and got out of the car smiling, only Abby could be this hyper on a Monday morning, of all the people he knew Abby was the best, she always got him smiling and laughing when he was down "Heya Abby, good weekend?" "Oh the best Jim's, finally went to that new club by the peer defiantly the best spot for Goths!" she exclaimed as they entered the labs each going their retrospective ways "later Jimmy" she said as she sped towards her lab and her babies.
Jimmy sighed as he neared the morgue, he could already see the bodies as they lay on the cold slabs of metal 'yep another one of those days' he thought as he entered the morgue, Ducky was changed and signing the bodies in, by the time he got changed Agent Gibbs, Dinozzo, Todd and McGee had arrived looking extremely hacked off, each one of them covered in dirt and what looked like blood. Jimmy sighed as he was handed evidence bag after evidence bag, evidently Ducky had started taking samples, which meant a trip to Abby's lab as Ducky began checking over the team 'ah well a wee detour here and there won't be bad especially with a caffeine deprived and grouchy Gibbs' he thought as he entered the lab.
Abby was already running tests as he put the evidence bags on the counter "Abby, you got spare time or something" he joked as Abby's eyes almost popped out of her head "where the heck did this come from….the dump?, it's only 06:30 for crying out loud!" she huffed as she began sorting out the evidence, Jimmy chuckled as he gave her a hand, "you know Abs, you need an assistant or maybe more caffeine" he openly laughed as Abby spun around, "I already had as assistant Jimmy, who turned out to be mental remember!" she playfully punched his arm, chuckling he retorted "I give in I'll get you your precious caff-pow, back in a few" he told her walking out of the lab, returning a few minutes later with the heavenly drink. "Gotta go Abs, or Doctor Mallard will send out a search party!" he snickered as he headed for the elevator, "later Jimmy" she yelled at him.
Jimmy was still laughing, what amazed him the most was the fact that Abby had energy to burn, no matter how much she complained she always got the results in record time, he came off the elevator and heard Gibbs bellowing at his team and was almost knocked over by Kate, Tony and McGee came scurrying past, panic evident on their faces, he had to hold the laughter as they mumbled their greetings diving for the elevator.