Chapter 1

When I stepped into the forensics lab, I almost turned around and walked right back out. I stared at the back of the regret that I once called a friend. He turned at the sound of my entrance, when he started to rushing towards me, I took a step back, out of reflex, only to realize that it wasn't me that he was rushing towards, but the door. The door closed behind me just as he grabbed the knob "Damn," He said looking at me unpleased.

"What?" I asked him wanting nothing more than to vanish, though I told myself upon returning to work that I would no longer be his ghost. "What is going on?" I continued walking away from him towards the sliding glass door. Only to be stopped by a closed door. I waved my hand over the motion sensor nothing, then typed a code in the keypad again nothing I turned to ask.

"Welcome to lock down," He told me as he hoisted himself up onto a counter. "What?" I asked going back to the door, trying to open it. "No, no, no..."I told myself as I shook the door. The last thing that I needed was to be locked in a room and spend more time with Anthony DiNozzo.

I pulled out my cell and started to dialing but I received no signal. Walking back over to the keypad to try again. "You might as well sit down and relax there isn't any way out of here."

"At least I'm trying to do something, Tony," I told him
"Oh right. Now why didn't I think of that?" He started to say which just made me roll my eyes "May because I already did everything that you're doing, about 20 minutes ago, but still very smart thinking,"
"Do you always have to be such a condescending ass about things?"
"Not always, but it does help me pass the time, when I'm locked up in the forensics!"
"Damn it Tony enough! I don't want to play again, alright. I'm expected a very important called and I need to get home. Now can you please get your wanted to be rich lazy ass up off the counter and help me find a way out, I would really like to go." I told him

"Well, you can't," I hear Abby voice as we both turned to see her on the flat screen "You two are not coming out until whatever issue that you both have is resolved. "
"Abby, there is no issues, not open the door," I told her
"You may be able to fool yourself, but you can't fool me, something is going on and you're not leaving till it's fixed," She told me
"Abby!" I started
"There are blankets and pillows in the cabinet." She told us then the screen went dark.
"Looks like I'm not the only one that noticed," Tony said to be "Want to tell me, what's going on?"
"Well since there isn't anything to talk about, no I don't," I told him, not wanting to go into it. I could feel my insides tearing at the stitches on my heart. The love that I once felt was growing cold.
I went to sit down, wondering just how long Abby was playing on keeping us locked up here. It wasn't long before I could feel his eye on me. I didn't want to look at him, "Didn't your mother ever teach you that staring is rude." I asked still not able to look at him.
"She did," he told me as he moved closer and out of reflex I shifted my chair away from him. "Then why are you?" I told him as he sat on the side of the desk, "Why won't you talk about what is wrong?"
"I told you that everything is fine and that there are no problems and this is just a big misunderstanding." I told him
"Uh-huh," As he leaned in his arm came close to mine, causing me to get up from my chair and crossing the room. "Really? Because that seems like there is something wrong."

A month, I was fine for a month, and in just one week, just one it turns all to hell. I learned to be okay with everything. Why couldn't people just let things be? Why did being in the same room with him hurt so much? I admit I had a problem the first two days, but I have moved on from us or was that what I told myself to sleep at night? We weren't together long, a few months, not long enough to know where anything was going. Why was this so hard?
"I thought that you were going to be okay with what we decided, I thought we agreed that it was a mutual between us."
I scoffed at him "Yes, it was a mutual decision. A decision that was easily made, by your choice. So what other choices did I have?" I told him

"I guess we know the reason for Rule 12,"

"Rule 12 only applies to coworkers and at the time we weren't so it doesn't count, not that it really matters, Gibb's isn't here anymore." I told him angry building inside me "it doesn't matter anymore, it's done it's over, now can we please stop talking about it?"

"It matters if it is going to affect our work, so we should.."

"Has it? Has it been affecting our work? Sure you have noticed something's, so what it, it doesn't mean anything." I told him, I just wanted to stop talking about this. I felt as if I was going to fall apart something I don't think that I could handle. Not when the only person to comfort me was the one who caused all this pain. I mean who did he think he was?

"It's affecting us right now, we're locked in a room, till we get this issue fixed,"

"That is because Abby locked us in here, that is the only reason why it's affecting us now. There is NOTHING to fix! It's Done, it's over with! Please, I'm begging you, stop talking."

He stood up and came to me

"No!" I told him holding my hand up, I didn't want him near me, I just wanted to fell alright, I didn't want to remember. But here he was standing before me, eyes hurt and confused. I couldn't take it anymore.

"Abby! Open this door! Or I swear I will shoot it! I yelled

Then the sliding door opened, and I wasted no time, I didn't even care what I looked like I got up and practically ran to the door skipping the elevator entirely, I just wanted to leave and be out of his sight.

Was he that blind? Does he not know who he affects women? How was I supposed to feel? How does one feel when you're being dumped so they are free to be with someone else? He is the one that chose to take the case, he is the one that ended things between us. Why did it seem that I was the only one hurt by this? 5 months almost 6 months, then it all stops, I gave myself a month before I accepted my old job back thinking that I could put it all behind me, maybe I was wrong.

I thought about everything on my drive home. My phone wouldn't stop ring, but each call wasn't who I was waiting for. A total of ten calls by the time I reached home. Abby 3, then McGee, Abby probably making him call and one from Jimmy. The other five were all from Tony, but I didn't want to deal with any more stupid drama tonight, I wanted to get home, eat take a shower and then curl up in my bed and dream of happier times. Once I was home I made myself something to eat and went to check my answering machine.

three message, first one was a wrong number, one from Abby, I listened to her as I poured myself a glass of wine, once she finished it continued to the next one

"Yes, Ms. Mitchell, this is Doctor Mull, I am calling because I just received your test results, and I am pleased to announce that you're pregnant, congratulations, I will try and reach you again tomorrow, have a nice evening"

(Glass Shattering)