Chapter 1

Ziva walked into the office Monday morning, and was surprised to find Tony, asleep at his desk. She smiled mischievously and quietly walked over to him. Still grinning, she slammed her stuff down on the desk, right next to where Tony was resting his head.

"What the-" shouted Tony, startled, and sitting up quickly. He yawned and looked at his watch.

"Tony," said Ziva innocently, "You look as though you've slept here."

"Hilarious, Ziva," said Tony sarcastically, trying to maintain his composure, "As a matter of fact, I just happened to fall asleep last night while I was, uh, catching up on some reports."

"Sure you did Tony," said Ziva just as sarcastically.

"Did what?" asked McGee curiously as ha joined them in the bullpen, before he noticed Tony's unbrushed hair and wrinkled outfit. "Wow, Tony," he said, "You look like crap."

"Thank you McGee," Tony said glaring at him.

"Oh Tony, was just telling me how he fell asleep last night while 'working' on his reports," answered Ziva smirking.

"DiNozzo working?" asked Gibbs as we walked into the room, "Now that's unlikely. What really happened DiNozzo?"

"Hey," remarked Tony, offended, "Why is everyone so interested in my personal life? Is it that hard to believe that I was working?"

"Yes," the rest of the team answered in unison.

"So," Gibbs asked again, this time more seriously, "why did you sleep here last night?"

"Iwshhingfrmmgrlfrnd," Tony mumbled quickly.

"Didn't quite catch that Tony," said Gibbs. Tony sighed.

"I said, I was hiding from my girlfriend," he repeated, shuffling his feet and not meeting any of their eyes.

"You?" said Gibbs incredulously.

"Hiding?" asked McGee disbelievingly.

"From your girlfriend?" questioned Ziva, in turn.

"Explain," ordered Gibbs.

"Well," started Tony, "I met this girl at a bar,"

"Of course," Ziva sighed, shaking her head.

"What's so wrong with meeting a girl at a bar?" asked Tony indignantly, before seeing Gibbs' look and continuing, "We started talking but I wasn't that into her. Then she started getting all personal and deep and stuff, so I backed off. The more I tried to get away the closer she clung on. Her name was Anita, or at least that's what she said, she had to think about it for a minute when I asked. The next night she came over to my place to 'talk'. I have no idea how she found out where I live, but she came over night after night, so night before last I told her to stop coming, that it was over you know? She got really pissed off and started talking about cutting people up. She said she'd be back tomorrow night. So I decided to play it safe and sleep here," he finished, trying to smile as though it was all a big joke.

"This is serious," said Gibbs frowning.

"What that Tony still has bad taste on women?" asked McGee.

"No," said Gibbs impatiently, "That Tony was threatened."

"Oh," said McGee, understanding.

"You've got to be kidding me Boss," said Tony attempting to laugh, but seeing Gibbs' serious look, his own smile faded.

"You are kidding, right?" he asked worriedly.

"Do I look like I'm kidding DiNozzo?" asked Gibbs.

"Well no, but, come on, its just some crazy girl. She's not gonna actually-" Tony argued.

"You are a federal agent, we take threats very seriously," explained Gibbs beginning to loose his temper, "Go tell Abby everything you know about her. See if we can figure out how much of a threat she is."

"Bu-" Tony protested

"Go. Now." ordered Gibbs, "McGee go with him, and help Abby."

"Bu-"

"Now! DiNozzo," yelled Gibbs.

"Going Boss," said Tony, obediently starting toward the elevator, with McGee close on his heels.