A/N
Okay, so it's been a while since I've written so I'm sorry if this sucks. This is my first NCIS fanfic, so take it easy please. I haven't decided yet if this will be just a few chapters or if I'll make it long. As always, please feel free to review, favorite, and follow me and/or the story. Thanks guys! Love ya'll!
~TheHerringCalledOmnomnom
I tapped my foot nervously and twirled a strand of my auburn hair as I rode up to the second floor of the NCIS building. I had just finished my training and graduated from college and I was starting my new job today. I had gone into the employment office, and they had handed me an address and a badge and ID and sent me on my way. I'm only 23 and I already have a job working for a well-known detective service. Could it get any better than that?
Mom and Dad were happy when I mentioned going to the employment office. I have been out of college for about 6 months now, and they encouraged me to start looking for a job. So I did. Mom will probably want to know every detail of how work went today. I told them I got a new job offer, but I didn't really elaborate on that. I was torn from my thought by the elevator dinging. As the doors opened, I took a deep breath, tugged the edges of my T-shirt down with my left hand, as my right hand was holding a bottle of Mountain Dew, and stepped out.
The first thing I noticed was that all the people there were dressed a little better than I was. I looked down at my outfit. Black and grey skull print skinny jeans, a Skillet T-shirt with a purple transparent rose-print lacey long sleeved shirt underneath, and Converse knee-highs. I didn't want to dress up too much, as I didn't know what to expect. I also hadn't expected to actually get the job. I hadn't taken my piercings out either. I had my earrings in, a cartilage piercing on my right ear and four regular holes. Those didn't concern me. What concerned me was that I hadn't taken my nose stud out. It was small and didn't really call attention to itself much, but it still bothered me. Oh well, too late to take it out now. I adjusted the strap of my black and red purse, shoved my iPhone into my back pocket and walked over to the bullpen.
The man at the employment office had told me that the head of the team I was to be working with was Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. When I asked how I will know who to talk to, he smiled and said look for the marine cut. I looked around and saw that there were four computer work spaces, three of which were occupied. The first was empty, which I assumed was my space. The one across from it was occupied by a guy who looked to be in his late 20s to early 30s. He had dirty blond hair and was currently fighting with his keyboard.
In the work station beside him was another guy who looked to be about the same age as the latter. Only he was very focused on what he was doing, and wasn't having any problems with his keyboard, unlike Mr. Smash happy beside him.
Across from him was a man who had short cut silver hair. Wait a minute! This guy had a marine cut. That must be Gibbs, I thought to myself. He was working on his computer with a cup of coffee in his left hand. There were two other coffee cups sitting on his desk. Coffee addict much? I didn't blame him, I have an addiction to Mountain Dew, coffee, pretty much anything with caffeine in it. I gathered all of my confidence, swallowed the lump in my throat, and entered the bullpen. I noticed the guy who had been fighting with his keyboard look up as I walked over to Gibbs, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw him throw a ball of paper at the other guy, who looked up at him with annoyance, but then turned his eyes on me. I kept walking and stood in front of Gibbs.
"You must be Mr. Gibbs?" I asked, my voice coming out a lot less confident then I wanted it to.
He looked up at me. "Call me Gibbs"
"I'm Belladonna Winter, the new recruit?" I said questioningly. Am I at the wrong place?
He looked me up and down, then looked back at my face. I hated to think it, but this guy was pretty intimidating. The way he looked me straight in the eye made me think he was gazing right into my soul. It kind of scared me. He raised an eyebrow.
"Wasn't expecting someone so young" he said. He looked at my clothes. "Or dressed like a teenager" he said, smirking.
"Or pretty" I heard a voice say from behind me. I looked to my right and saw the guy who was having computer issues standing beside me. "Anthony Dinozzo, call me Tony" he said, winking at me. I rolled my eyes and looked back to Gibbs. He was glaring at Tony, who looked down and took a few steps away from me. Gibbs looked back to me.
"Well, Belladonna…" Gibbs started.
"Please, call me Bella" I told him.
He nodded. "Anyway, you already met Dinozzo. Over behind you is McGee." He said, pointing behind me. I looked behind me and McGee looked up and smiled at me. He seemed nice.
"He's also our computer nerd" Tony said.
McGee glared at him, which made me chuckle. I turned back to Gibbs.
He motioned to the desk area beside him. "That's your workspace over there. You have your badge and ID already, I suppose."
I nodded and walked over to my area. I sat down and put my purse down by my feet.
"Oh and one more thing" Gibbs said. I looked over just to see a box flying over to me. I reached up and caught it easily. I opened it and inside was a pair of black boots. I looked up and smiled, mostly out of confusion.
"Work can take you to some messy places" he said. He reached down and opened a drawer and pulled something else out. I didn't see what it was until he tossed that to me too. It was a gun holster. Inside the holster was a black Sig Sauer SP 2340. It felt nice in my hand. I shoved it back into the holster and strapped the holster to my hip.
"Thanks" I told him.
He just nodded and went back to work. He must not be much of a talker.
I turned to my computer. I saw a folder marked "files to be sorted". I opened it and saw close to 500 files that needed to be sorted and organized in alphabetical order. It wasn't something terribly hard, but I couldn't help but think of how long this was going to take me. I got started and was about 50 files in when a window popped up on my screen. I opened it and a message appeared.
You like Skillet, huh?
I looked at the sender and saw that it was from Tony.
Yeah. One of my favorite bands, I messaged back.
Tony: Ever been to one of their concerts?
Me: Yeah, too many to count. You listen to the sneak preview of their next album?
Tony: Yeah, it was awesome. I can't wait for it to come out.
I was about to message back when another message appeared on my screen.
Work.
I saw it was from Gibbs. I blushed and looked over at him. He was looking pointedly at me and Tony. I smiled, embarrassed, and he just raised his eyebrows at me in a mock scolding. I looked back to my computer. I looked over my computer at Tony. He must have gotten the same message because he looked at me, then to Gibbs, then back to me. He smiled slightly, then went back to work.
Shit. Only your first day, and you already got in trouble. No more distractions. Work Bella!
I went back to work. Time seemed to go by slowly. I looked at the time on my phone and saw that it was only 10:30. I had arrived at 9:30. I continued to work and soon got all the files sorted. I looked over to see McGee stand up and tell Gibbs that Abby wanted to see him. Who is Abby? He can't be allowed to go off to see his wife or girlfriend or something when Tony and I weren't allowed to so much as message each other. Gibbs nodded, then looked over to me.
"McGee!" he said loudly.
McGee turned around. "Yes boss?"
"Take newbie with you" he said, while looking at me. He smirked. I just glared at him, I hate being called a newbie. I got up and walked over to McGee. He smiled and started walking. I followed him over to a different elevator.
"So how are you liking your new job?" he asked as we stepped into the elevator. He pressed a giant "B", which I guess meant "basement".
"It's alright. I figured there'd be a little more excitement. Working on a computer all day isn't what I had planned." I told him, smiling.
He laughed. "It'll get more exciting. This is the one day we didn't get called to an investigation. It's been a pretty quiet week, actually."
"Well, hopefully it'll get more exciting" I said. "So who is Abby, your girlfriend?"
McGee looked at me with wide eyes and I raised an eyebrow.
"Sorry, was it something I said?" I asked him.
"N-No" He stammered. "She's the 'lab rat' here at NCIS. She's not my girlfriend. It just startled me that people would think that."
"Oh, okay. Sorry" I said.
He smiled. "No really, it's okay."
The elevator dinged and we walked out. We were greeted by loud music blasting from a room ahead of us. It sounded like The Offspring playing.
I heard a voice singing along to it.
"Now dance, fucker, dance! He never had a chance. And no one even knew, it was really only you, so dance, fucker, dance! I never had a chance, it was really only you!"
I smiled. "I think I'm gonna like this chick" I told McGee.
I walked in just as the chorus was starting, and I started to sing along with her.
"With a thousand lies and a good disguise, hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes!"
The girl jumped when I started singing and turned around. She was really pretty. She had black hair pulled up into two high pigtails, and had on a white lab coat. Underneath, she had a black lacey tank top on and a red and black mini skirt with silver crosses on it. She also was sporting black platform knee high boots. She saw McGee, and she smiled even bigger. She turned the music down and we walked over to her.
"Is this the new girl?" she asked McGee.
He nodded. I held out my hand. "I'm Belladonna Winters, but most people call me Bella".
I expected her to shake my hand but she ran up and hugged me. I stood there for a few seconds, then hugged her back, laughing. She must be a hugger.
"I'm Abby, it's so nice to meet you. You're an Offspring fan?" she asked, excitedly.
I nodded, then pointed to my shirt.
She looked down and squealed. "I love Skillet! Have you heard their preview to their new album? It's so…" she started, but stopped when McGee walked up to her.
"You said you wanted to show me something, Abby?" he said.
"Oh, right." She said, turning back to her computer station. "I dusted your desk for prints, but couldn't find any except your own."
"Damn it" McGee said. I looked at him, confused.
"However" Abby continued, "I did find a place on the edge of your desk that had some hair stuck to it. I ran the DNA and it turned up that it was Tony."
McGee looked really pissed. "I knew it, I fucking knew it!"
"Sorry to interrupt, but what is this about?" I asked Abby.
"Well…" Abby began.
"No, don't tell her Abbs!" McGee pleaded.
"He came into work a few days ago and went to work on his computer." Abby continued. McGee sighed and rubbed his hands over his face. "He started typing, but found that his fingers were glued to the keyboard" She finished with a giggle.
I smiled and started laughing.
"I guess Tony must have bumped his head or something on the corner of McGee's desk because his hair was stuck on with some dried blood. It was him alright." Abby said.
McGee looked back up, and he was blushing hard. "I'm gonna make him confess it was him, just to be sure."
I looked at McGee. "I can help you with that"
"How?" he asked me.
I smirked. "I have my ways"
A/N
Thanks for reading. As for you Skillet fans, I honestly don't know if they have a new album coming out, I just used it for the conversation starters! Please remember to review! It really helps!
