Prolouge
Walking into the elevator, the young woman sighed to herself, pressing the button to the ground floor of the building and adjusting the strap of her bag on her shoulder. Settling against the wall, she closed her eyes. The elevator dinged and came to a stop. Raising her eyebrows to herself, she looked at the doors eagerly, ready to step off at her floor and go home. The elevator had stopped at floor level 4. Well, considering this elevator went slowly, she would at least have a companion for the ride. Not really wanting to talk at the moment, she leaned her head against the cool metal of the elevator and closed her eyes.
She heard the doors open and someone walk in, but stayed in her position. Not bothering to be nice at this particular time. The person that had just walked in pressed a button and stayed silent.
Not being able to stand the silence, she peeked one eye open and glanced at her companion. Looking back at her was a young man around her age grinning. Yes. Grinning. Like a Cheshire cat.
Startled by this, she quickly reacted by closing her eye again and squeezing it shut. She heard a small chuckle come from teh man and squeezed her eyes even tighter.
Her curiosity getting the best of her again, she opened both eyes and looked at the man only to see him grinning back. The whole time. Finally getting fed up, she raised both of her eyebrows and crossed her arms, looking at him. "Is your face permanently stuck like that?"
The man's grin seemed to widen… if that's possible. "No." He replied, the smug grin still in place, "I'm just wearing a new pair of socks."
Shocked at first, laughter bubbled in her; threatening to blow at any minute. Stifling the hysterical laughter threatening to emit at any second, she managed to keep her best poker face on. "Well then, congratulations."
The elevator finally dinged, and she strode out quickly without another word. Walking out the double doors, she looked ahead of herself. Her heels clicked on the bare pavement. Stopping at the curb she looked to both sides, "Taxi!" She cried, waving her right arm; her left arm holding the strap on her left shoulder.
Almost immediately, a taxi pulled up. Satisfied, she climbed in. One foot in, a hand rested on her upper arm, preventing her from climbing into the taxi any further.
Sighing in annoyance, she turned around only to come face to face with the man she was with in the elevator.
She was sure pure shock was evident on her face. At least his grin was gone. She looked at him with raised eyebrows, questioning him.
A small smile came across his face. "Sorry if I scared you in the elevator… you were just to beautiful not to smile at."
Her eyebrows rose even higher.
"Tony DiNozzo. Big 'D' little 'I', big 'n', small 'ozzo'." He introduced himself.
A small smirk spread across her lips, "Great description for someone that's going to look your name up."
Shaking his arm off hers, she climbed into the taxi, telling the driver her home address.
"Aren't you going to tell me your name?" The man asked; puzzled. He was clearly a pro at this and expecting her to fall for him within a snap of his fingers.
"Only fate will tell." She answered simply, closing the door, the driver starting to drive away towards her house.
