Tony could tell from the moment he woke up today. He had a gut feeling today was going to be bad. He would not have thought it could be this horrible.
It couldn't be true, Tony would not believe it, it was not true. He had been best friends with Jedidiah since they were eleven. Their parents had sent them to the same boarding school, where they shared a room for two years. They had gone to the same college, been in the same fraternity house, they even lived right next to each other in D.C. Tony was the best man at Jedidiah's wedding, he had met the wife- Sasha- before Jedidiah's parents. Tony was there when both Antonella and Sarah were born; Tony was the godfather of both of the girls. I guess the word god was no longer in that sentence. How could both Jedidiah and Sasha be dead? Tony just got the letter in the mail, the death certificate of his best friend. Tony could not be happier that everyone else was not in the squadroom. He didn't want anyone to see him like this. The only other people who knew Jedidiah were Abby and Kate. Ruling out Kate, Tony went downstairs to talk to Abby. To his dismay, McGee was down there, checking up on evidence. Tony made up an excuse and told McGee that Gibbs wanted him, pronto.
After Tony was sure McGee had left, Abby looked at him almost curiously, she knew something was wrong. Tony handed her the letter, he had been holding the letter tightly. As Abby read it, her eyes started to water. Looking up at Tony, he was already there. Abby gave him the biggest hug she's probably ever given someone, this must have been the worst for Tony. He confirmed her suspicion when he wrapped his arms around her neck, and sobbed into her lab coat. He was probably crying for ten minutes before he let go of Abby, asked for the note back, thanked her, and left. Reluctantly, Abby asked when the funeral was. Tony told her two weeks, only to be interrupted by Ziva, who obviously wondered what was in two weeks. Making a joke, she asked if it was Tony's therapy session, Tony just answered with a simple "Yeah, sure." and left quickly.
Ziva could tell something was wrong, but let it slide, asking Abby what she had found. Abby snapped awake, and went through all she had found, ignoring Ziva's later question of why her jacket was so wet.
The rest of Tony's day was just a haze. He kept getting off track, earning several headslaps from Gibbs. Reaching the point where Gibbs asked if he wanted to skip out on this one. To Gibbs' surprise, Tony said yes, and headed up to the director's office.