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First Day Jitters
Tony nervously entered the elevator; not only was this his first day back from his leave of absence after the Michael Rivkin incident, but he knew that once he stepped off the elevator, the first person he would see was Ziva. This would be the first time he would lay eyes on her since their return from Israel and he was full of conflicted emotions. As the elevator doors shut, Tony felt not only physically confined but emotionally as well; so at the last moment he checked his watch and decided that since he was unusually early, he suddenly had a desire to hear one of Ducky's stories.
The "ding" of the elevator doors roused Tony from his thoughts of the day ahead and alerted him he had arrived to his destination. Putting on his second best game face, (he knew he had to save the best for later), he entered the morgue but stopped dead in his tracks. He was not prepared for the sight that greeted him…