Disclaimer - I own nothing of NCIS just playing in their universe

Tony awoke early on Saturday and sent a quick text to Palmer to call him when he got a free moment. He looked around his apartment and began to run through the list of things he needed to accomplish before Tuesday and his pending confrontation with his team. His old team he corrected himself. Tony started in the kitchen and cleaned out all his cabinets and refrigerator of all the food items he could find. Anything perishable went into the trash the rest into a large crate he would drop off at a food bank. After a quick call to his land lady he was set to return his key on Monday after he cleaned everything out.

Palmer finally called just after noon while Tony was in the middle of boxing up some items.

"Dinozzo" Tony answered as he opened his phone.

"Hey Tony its Jimmy, you asked for me to call you?"

"Hey Jimmy, can you swing by my place this afternoon? I have a favor to ask and some news to share."

"Sure Tony, probably around 2:30 if that works?"

"No problem Jimmy, see you then." Tony snapped his phone shut and got back to boxing up his expansive DVD collection.

Tony worked until a knock at the door interrupted his thoughts, sighing he turned to look over his living room. Most everything he owned that wouldn't be making the move was in boxes that covered the living room neatly stacked and labeled. Stepping to the door he looked through the peephole to notice Jimmy on the other side holding a pizza and a six pack of beers.

"Jimmy, you're my favorite hero right now" Tony spoke has he eyed the beers in Jimmy's hand.

"Well only the best for you!"

"Well come in already Palmer"

Jimmy stepped into the apartment and a look of confusion crossed his face as he spied all the boxes all over the room. "Moving somewhere Tony?"

"Um, yah that's sort of what I wanted to talk to you about today, well that and ask for some help"

"Tony, what's going on?"

"I've taken a new position as a team lead, in Spain."

"Wow Tony, I mean just wow. When do you leave? Are you sure about this? I mean I know you've been leading the team for a few months but leaving the States? I'm just; wow sorry this is a lot all at once"

"I know Jimmy trust me. Yes I'm sure about this I really need a change and the Team really wanted Gibbs back. Well he's returned and already tried to shove me back into the roll I was in before. Yanno he didn't even say thanks for holding things together while I drank myself into oblivion in Mexico. He didn't even bother to really say he was back he just showed up at work after Ziva called him to pull her ass out of the fire with the FBI. Ziva didn't even come to me, or let me know she was in trouble; she went straight to Gibbs who was 1000 miles away on a beach instead of coming to her team. If that isn't a ringing endorsement I don't know what else is. McGee told me yesterday I didn't deserve my own team. They don't respect me at all honestly, and they instantly forgave for Gibbs for just walking out. He ditched us when he threw a temper tantrum and just tossed his badge over and said You'll Do. I mean what the hell is that anyway, the team damn near fell apart everyone was so used to him handling every one of their problems all the time for the first week every time the damn elevator dinged they would look up hopping it was him."

"I know Tony, I really do I just can't believe you're going to take off. Won't Tim and Ziva think you are doing the same thing? Throwing a temper tantrum and running off? I mean what will Dr Mallard say?"

"I already spoke to Ducky, I told him of my offer. He was pretty happy for me actually told me he would support me whatever I decided. What about you Jimmy, can you be happy for me?"

"Of course Tony, I'm happy for you really. Will we still hang out whenever you're back stateside?"

"Well of course, beside I'll be relying on you as my DVD hookup! How else will I get Region 1 DVD's without having to mail order them and wait 2 years for them to clear customs!"

"Oh I see just using me for my movie skills, I see how it is Tony" Jimmy replied grinning.

"Let's eat before the pizza gets cold, hand me a slice"

Tony and Jimmy sat in comfortable silence as they both grabbed a beer and a slice of pizza. Tony gave Jimmy some time to get his head around the rather large change he had just dropped on his friend. Tony reflected it was odd, he never really talked to the autopsy gremlin before Gibbs left but ever since he had actually made an effort to talk to Jimmy they found they enjoyed hanging out. Jimmy even had a nice pickup basketball league that Tony would tag along to and play a few games with on occasion.

"So Tony, what else you need some help with?" Jimmy asked after grabbing another slice.

"Well I've rented a storage place nearby the Navy Yard and I'll be moving a lot of this stuff there on Monday. I have a moving company handling that, no way I'm going to deal with my back being out moving all this crap. Mostly I'd like to use you as a forwarding address, I don't want to deal with getting my mail redirected to Rota so can I have the Post Office send everything to you and send me anything important?"

"Sure Tony, that's no problem. Anything else you need? When are you leaving anyway?"

"I'm shipping out Wednesday; I've got Monday off to handle personal stuff around here. I'll be in the office on Tuesday to fill out transfer forms and hand over the gun and cell then I'm catching a military bird from Andrews to Madrid."

"Man that's fast, when I got assigned to Dr. Mallard it took me 3 weeks to get off TAD to get the transfer to go through."

"Hey what can I say Jimmy, when you're wanted your wanted. Director Sheppard wants me there by Friday."

"Well hell, you got time to go shoot some hoops? You've got 2 days to finish boxing stuff up lets go meet the guys and play a bit."

"Sure thing let me get changed and we can go." Tony replied as he walked back to his bedroom to grab some sweats.

Tony spent Sunday getting things handled at his apartment. He had two go bags packed with items that would be making the transport plane with him. Everything else was neatly boxed away and two boxes were set aside to give to Jimmy incase he could ship them over that included his DVD player some movies and some household items including his picture albums of his mother and aunts. Things were actually moving pretty quickly, it was surprising easy how it was to move himself. The utilities were all set to cut off on Tuesday night after midnight.

Looking at his calendar on the phone he noticed Mothers Day was next Sunday and he wouldn't be around for it. He decided to call the groundskeeper at the cemetery first thing tomorrow since he wouldn't be able to deliver the flowers he brought ever year himself. The thought struck him as odd, for over 20 years he'd made every Mothers Day and this would be the first he would ever miss. He also briefly wondered if maybe Jenny would appreciate flowers as well.

Finally he knew he had to do something he had been putting off for two days now. Something he had dreaded with more fear than a man on death row. Each time he had thought about making the call to the scariest person he could ever think of when angry he had hung up the phone and found some excuse to put it off. Finally with nothing left to distract himself he had to bite the bullet and make the call.

He quickly grabbed his cell and stared at it in cold dread. Pressing the speed dial he waited as the ringing started. Finally the click at the other end and the voice filtered back to him. "Hey Tony I was just thinking about calling you, I bowled a 240 last night with Sister Ann!"

"Um that's great Abs, um Abby I need to talk to you it's sort of important"

A/N - I'm looking for a Beta if anyone wants to take on this project with me, I've got a bunch of ideas here for things for Tony over in Spain. Also thank you very much for the feedback, its wonderful to read reviews and I appreciate it taking time to let me know your thoughts.