When the three men arrived to the Hospital Gibbs helped Tony out of the car while Bill stood close by to help if needed. He followed the two agents into the emergency room and watched as Gibbs tried to convince the medical staff that he didn't need checking out and wouldn't leave Tony, who was still pale and shivering on an exam table.

The head nurse was having none of that

"Mr Gibbs you have been in a car accident and for all we know could be suffering from internal injuries. Now please let us check you out. Mr Dinozzo will be in good hands and after you've been checked you can see him"

Bill saw that this Gibbs guy was about to protest not wanting to leave his man alone. So to avoid further confrontation between The man and the nurses he came closer and addressed the other man:

"Mr Gibbs, right?" at Gibbs' inpatient nod he continued "I think you should let the doctor do his thing so that you can get back to Mr Dinozzo, if you'd like i would be more than happy to stay with him so he wouldn't be alone"

Gibbs' eyes narrowed and he studied the man before him. For the first time he really looked at the man and took in his solid tall frame, brown slightly graying hair and kind eyes. He didn't want to leave Tony with this man, but thought that it would be a better option than leaving the young man alone. After all the man had helped them and given them a ride to the hospital and he had a feeling that this man was really just interested in helping them.

"It's just Gibbs and his name is Tony. I won't be long, don't leave him alone"

Gibbs waited 'till Bill nodded his understanding before addressing his lover

"Tony, I'll be right back let the doctors do their job" He pressed a kiss to Tony's temple and frowned when the younger man didn't respond, but allowed the nurse and a doctor to lead him to another cubicle. He hopped on the table and let the doctor get on with the exam.


Bill watched as Gibbs was led out of the cubicle before turning his attention back to the man sitting on the table with a doctor checking his head and palpating his ribs. Bill had already guessed that there was more between the two men than friendship and he didn't have any problem with that kind of affection between two men.

His thought were interrupted when Tony drew in a sharp breath as the doctor pressed a sore spot on his chest. The Doctor turned to Bill:

"We need to take him to get some x-rays of his ribs. You're welcome to come with us as far as the radiology but there you'll have to stay in the waiting room or you can wait here."

Bill thought about it but decided to wait in the cubicle so that if Gibbs was finished with the exam before Tony returned he could explain the situation to the other man. He settled into a chair to wait either for Gibbs or Tony to returned but secretly he wished that the younger man would return first so he wouldn't have to tell the older man that his lover had been left alone with the medical staff.

When Tony was wheeled back into the cubicle Bill let out a sigh of relief. He was also relieved to see that the man was obviously feeling better, he wasn't as pale as before and he was talking to the nurse that wheeled him in.

"the doctor will be here in a few minutes with the x-rays" with a final smile to Tony the nurse left the two men alone.

"Hi Tony how are you feeling?" Bill asked the other man as he came to stand before him.

Tony looked at the older man with confusion he looked familiar but still Tony couldn't place him

"mm I'm fine. I'm sorry but who are you?"

"I'm sorry, my name is Bill I'm the one who drove you and Gibbs to the hospital and i promised him to stay with you"

At that moment Gibbs walked in and looked at his lover and smiled when he noticed that he was looking much better. Tony looked at his older lover and was about to get up but Gibbs stopped him with a hand on his shoulder.

"How are you doing Dinozzo?" He asked the younger man.

"'m fine now that I've seen you. What did your doctor say? Are you okay?"

"Nothing wrong with me apart from some bruises. What did the doc say?" The last part of that was directed at Bill who was standing slightly to the side watching the two men interact.

"His doctor should be here soon, they took some x-rays of his chest but otherwise haven't said anything"

They all looked up when the doctor entered the space and went to the light table.

"Hello I'm Mr Dinozzo's doctor Dr Johnson." He turned to the x-rays and pointed out a few spot with his finger.

"The x-rays show slight fractures on three of Mr Dinozzo's ribs, probably from where he was slammed into the seatbelt. There are also some old breaks that have healed well but unfortunately aren't as durable as they used to so that explains why they fractured now. I'll get those wrapped and give you a prescription of painkillers. Other than that there are just some bruises and you'll be sore but in few weeks you'll be as good as new"

He turned off the light table and turned back to the men.

"If you two would leave I'll get Mr Dinozzo's ribs wrapped and you can then take him home.

Bill walked to the door and paused to wait for Gibbs who whispered something to Dinozzo before making his way out to the waiting room.

Gibbs looked at Bill like he just realized that the other man was still there.

"Thank you for helping us today and being with Tony. If you'd give me your contact information you can leave, there is no need for you to waist more of your time in here. If there's some questions for the insurance company we'll call you"

Bill looked at the other man and handed him his business card

"There is no need to thank me, I was just doing what anyone would have done. There are my work and home phone numbers if there is anything just call me."

The two men shook hands and with a nod Bill left the waiting room and headed out to the car park. He sat on a bench and started thinking everything he had heard. He felt the need to stay and make sure that the two men got safely out of the hospital and to their destination. He couldn't explain it but after hearing about the former breaks on Tony's ribs and seeing how controlling Gibbs was he just wanted to make sure that everything was fine.


By the time Tony made his way out of the cubicle and into the waiting room with his prescription, Gibbs had been joined by Doctor Mallard. Gibbs had called his old friend to come and pick them up and had told the older ME about the accident. Both men looked up when Tony entered the room and Ducky quickly made his way to the young man with Jethro following him.

"Dear boy how are you feeling? Jethro told me about what happened and let me tell you I had a few things to say about his driving. Why I wonder how he hasn't wrecked anymore cars with the way he drives, actually it reminds me of a Nepalese man that I met during my travels. It was most extraordinary how he could wreck over dozen cars and not get a scratch on himself yes, well that was before he drove over a cliff..."

Ducky's ramblings were cut off by Gibbs tersely saying his name. He looked from Jethro's annoyed face to Tony's amused one and turned to take his hat and coat from a nearby chair he'd left them on.

"yes, well perhaps we should get going. I take it you called the team to inform them of your little adventure. And I'm sure that young Abigail will be most distressed until she hears from you."

The three men made their way to the car park where Tony stopped at the sight of the agency sedan Ducky had came to pick them up with and his throat seemed to close when he saw Ducky hand the keys to Gibbs.

Tony pushed down the momentary flash of panic. He wondered where the feeling had come from, he had never felt like that even though Gibbs driving was enough to unsettle anyone even on a good day.

"Hey Dinozzo you coming?" Gibbs yelled when he saw Tony lagging behind.

Tony pushed all his apprehension to the back of his mind and moved to get in the backseat of the car, "You know boss maybe you should let Ducky drive after all I for one would like to stay on the road this time"

Gibbs glared at the younger man "Keep that up Dinozzo and you'll be walking"

Tony held back the retort that maybe it would be safer that way and instead buckled in. He couldn't help grabbing the edge of his seat when the car roared to life and anyone who would have been watching Tony's face when they pulled out of the hospital parking lot, would have seen the flash of panic and fear in his eyes.

And as it so happens, someone was there to see it.

A/N So there goes to second chapter yay! I was overwhelmed by the amount of people who reviewed, put this story on alert or PM'd me, thank you to all of you! I had few pointers about the length and format of my chapter and I thank you for pointing those things out and I hope that this chapter was easier to read.

The next chapter probably won't be up until next weekend (I'll try to get it done sooner but...) yeah, I had this story written in my notebook but for some reason when I started writing it on my computer it got a life of its own so I'll have to rewrite the whole story to accommodate the changes (I'm still wondering where Bill came from...) Hope you're liking the story!