Spick-and-Span
Authors Note : This is my third fanfic. Please review. Be honest and tell me what you like and what is wrong with the story. English is not my first language, don't hesitate to correct it! It probably makes more sense if you see the spick and span scene first.
"Mornin' Tony" Timothy McGee said brightly with a large smile on his face. Tim glanced at his college, to the junior team member his great amazement Tony sat behind his, Tim's desk, reading in a thick book. ยจ
"Why are you sting at my desk, reading in my dictionary?" Tim asked wondering if Tony would have the guts to answer him truthfully.
"Quiet Probie. Not a word to Gibbs or Ziva about this." Tony replied sounding irritated by Tim's question.
"But why are you reading in my dictionary?" Tim asked again, getting more curious as Tony refused to answer, but before he got an answer, Tony had jumped up and ran to his own desk. Surprised by this sudden action Tim looked at the lift, he was not surprised to see Ziva and Gibbs coming out. The duo walked toward Tony and Tim, both sipping from a take-away cup of coffee. Gibbs had a large, brightly coloured Caf-Pow! in his hand and didn't say a word as he placed his coffee on his desk and walked back to the lift. Ziva walked to her desk as well and took off her coat. Tim looked at Tony and asked another question as he had given up the hope of getting an answer to the previous one. "Why is Gibbs going to Abby?"
"Why is Ziva late?" Tony fired back, once more not answering Tim's question. Tony got out of his chair and hid the dictionary under a large pile of papers. "Hey, Zee-vah!" He said while walking to her desk, "Remember asking me about spick and span ?" there was a show-off tone in his voice and Ziva David looked at his suspiciously. There was a faint look of surprise on the face of the Mossad officer as she hadn't expected tony to come back to that question.
"I remember you didn't know what it meant." She replied, being the first person to answer a question this morning.
"I did know, I just couldn't remember it at that moment." Tony could see that Ziva knew he was lying. "It can mean more than one thing, you know. It can be a stretch between two limits in time or between supports. It can mean to form an bridge or span. To span can also mean to reach over." Tony looked incredibly proud of himself and Ziva had to try hard not to bust out laughing. Ziva managed to control herself and nodded while Tim's mouth fell open. He had not realised tony know how to use a dictionary. When Tim closed his mouth he figured why Tony had been looking in HIS dictionary: Tony probably didn't have one at home and most likely didn't know there were some in the library across the street, or that there were good dictionaries online. Before McGee could see something about Tony's unexpected action, Gibbs came appeared from behind.
"Don't ye have any work to do DiNozzo?" He said loudly to the man who was standing very close to Ziva.
The morning passed quickly and it was late in the afternoon that Ziva had a change to ask Tony something about that morning. "Why would someone use a word which means 'to reach over something' to express how clean something is?" Tony looked as if he had been hit with a baseball bat. He had tried so hard to find an explanation and still it made no sense. Feeling defeated, he took his coat and left the squat room. In the lift he met Gibbs. The two men did not say a word until Tony got out. The older man grinned and mumbled "Didn't know you knew what a dictionary was Tony." After that short statement he left, leaving Tony behind in the, now empty, lift.