The next morning Samantha arrives at work to find Gibbs, McGee, and Johnson standing around Gibbs' desk talking. She wonders what they are doing, but doesn't say anything.

Hearing the familiar ding of the elevator, she looks up to see DiNozzo walk in with two coffees. Standing next to Martin, he hands her one of the cups. She takes the coffee with a big grin on her face. She takes a sip and says, "Thanks DiNozzo. That's the good stuff." Now her day can truly begin.

Tony laughs and shakes his head at his partner's antics. None of this goes unnoticed by Johnson, who sees how close the two partners are.

They spend most of the morning checking leads and working on intel.

Around lunch time, Abby, Bishop, and Martin leave to get food for everyone. Of course, Abby takes this time to harass her friend. "So…How are things with you and the trainer?" Martin rubs a hand over her face and sighs. "What happened to you dropping it?" "What?" Abby asks innocently. "I just wanted to know if you were having a good day." Martin has to fight to keep from rolling her eyes. "Sure Abby. That's it."

They bring back bags full of Chinese food, to eat while the two teams continue to share information.

Some time later, Gibbs receives a call saying a body has dropped. It's a little extreme to work two cases at once. If anyone can do it though, it's his team. "Grab your gear. Dead Lieutenant in President's Park." Leaving the conference room, everyone hears DiNozzo say, "Oh a park. This should be fun."

The team grabs their gear, and leaves to investigate. Meanwhile, Johnson and Stevens head back to their offices at the CIA.

The team works tirelessly for the next three days, to solve the murder of the Lieutenant found in the park. They need to solve this case, so they can get back to their original investigation.

Johnson and Stevens continue to use the conference room as their offices, while the others work their case. Although Gibbs' team is not currently working the joint investigation, the two men regularly brief his team. Johnson and Martin talk about the case, but never anything more personal.

Three days after they received the case, Martin is interrogating a young male suspect while DiNozzo, Gibbs, and Johnson watch from the other side of the glass.

Gibbs gets a call from Abby and leaves, saying the scientist has found something. The two men watch as Martin slams her hand on the table, and manages to get the suspect to give up his two co-conspirators.

"I always knew she would be good." Johnson says under his breath. Tony doesn't miss it though. He smirks and decides to do a little interrogating of his own. "So….What's with you and my partner?" Johnson stares at Tony in disbelief. He thought he had hid is feelings well. "What do you mean?" Tony laughs. "Oh come on man. Anyone with eyes can tell there's a history." Johnson tries to cover, by saying he was her trainer at the academy. That's all there is to it. Of course Tony doesn't believe him, but lets the subject drop.

The team wraps up their case and completes the always boring paperwork. As it turns out, the Lieutenant had a gambling problem. He owed a few bookies too much money, and it was time for him to pay up. They all head home, with the promise of a fresh start tomorrow on their previous case.