June 21, 2014. Washington, D.C. NCIS Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo is standing in a room in the Army-Navy Club, awaiting the arrival of Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
"McGee! Where's Jethro?" Tony asked Agent Timothy McGee.
"No idea, Tony," McGee replied, "but he should be here soon."
"I sure hope so. This thing starts in half an hour."
"Tony, you know how busy he is now, with his promotion and everything," McGee said, as Tony smacked him across the head.
"I know McGee. I'm just-"
"Excited? Nervous? It's all written in your face Anthony," said a man sitting in a chair in a corner.
"Thanks, Ducky," Tony replied, "and all of the above."
"It's only natural, Anthony," Ducky replied, "this is the beginning of the happiest time of your life," but Tony wasn't listening.
"It seems like yesterday," Tony said with an air of absentmindedness, going deep into a flashback.