A/N: So I saw the Rota episode and decided to write a story as if Tony had accepted the job! I think he should have! Gibbs treated him like crap after he came back from quitting and Tony deserved better! Plus Ziva and Mcgee were kind of rude to him also! So here is what I think should have happened!! They treated him so bad! TIVA of course eventually but not right now!
Tony walked out of the director's office stunned. He was happy that he had been offered the job but he didn't know what he was going to do about Jeanne.
He really liked her but she was supposed to strictly be a mission. As he descended the stair case he got a call from the dispatch. He liked that he still was getting called but he knew it had to stop. Gibbs was back now and he was team leader. Not Tony.
Although Tony could be a team leader. He had meant what he told the director about wanting to make sure Gibbs was fully okay before leaving. He had 72 hours to make that decision.
At the crime scene, Ziva was giving him grief about being demoted and saying that he should just get use to the fact that Gibbs was back and that Tony was no longer team leader. She was right. But he couldn't help but think it didn't have to be that way.
Later that night Probie had told him that he wouldn't be there if he could run his own team. This had upset Tony more than it should.
He didn't feel like he was respected by either of his team mates. They were defiantly making this decision easier for him with each diss they threw at him.
He had thought that this summer he and Ziva had grown to become pretty good friends. But then instead of calling Tony when she got into trouble she called Gibbs and now that Gibbs is back she doesn't need him anymore. None of them do. Except maybe Abby. And that was a big maybe.
After they were let go for the night Tony went to the hospital to talk to Jeanne. They were in a relationship and he wanted to know what she thought about the promotion. Although he would defiantly be lying about the promotion and where but he wanted to talk to her and get her opinion on the matter. She was just a pawn in La Grenouille's operation. She really was a nice woman and if they were under different circumstances he would defiantly be interested in dating her. Possibly being friends with her. Maybe if he took this job in Rota they could be friends. He wouldn't have to lie to her anymore.
"Hey Tony." Jeanne walked up and kissed him on the cheek. "This is a nice surprise."
"Yeah…I kind of need to talk to you about something." He looked down at his feet nervously.
"Okay. Is something wrong?"
"No, it's a good thing I think. Maybe. I don't know. I really just want to get your opinion on this before I make a final decision." He said.
"Okay. Hold on just a minute. I need to check on this patient and then I am all yours." She disappeared into a room and reappeared a few minutes later. She walked over to the nurses' station and told them to page her if they needed anything. She walked back over and took his hand and they went to the break room downstairs.
"So what is this good thing that you think you need my advice on." She said taking a seat at the table.
"Okay I don't even know where to start. Umm but I guess I'll just come out and say it. I was offered a really big job at a college in Rota Spain. It is an amazing opportunity. But I don't know what I should do. My boss gave me 72 hours to think about it and I can't talk to my colleagues about it. They wouldn't really care I don't think. But I figured you might care. I don't know where we are in this relationship maybe you don't care but I really want to know what you think." He spoke very fast and was obviously nervous.
She took his hand and smiled softly at him. "Tony I do care. I am so glad you came and talked to me about this. I don't know about your colleagues but I know that I will miss you because I think you should take this job if it really is an amazing opportunity. How often do you get to teach in a foreign country? I am so proud of you. You mean so much to me but like I said. I think you should take this job."
He smiled intertwining their fingers. "Thanks Jeanne." He kissed her on the cheek.
"So when do you leave?" she asked.
"I don't know yet. But I will let you know first. Promise. I gotta go." He kissed her again and left.
He felt better knowing that Jeanne supported him. He just wished the rest of his friends or who he thought were his friends believed in him as much. He would turn the Rota job down if he thought they trusted him and believed in him like he did in them. But he knows they don't.
He had made his decision. He doesn't need the other 48 hours. Tomorrow he would tell Jenny that he would take the Rota job.