A/N: Hey! Thank you for not coming after me and killing me for keeping you waiting so long for an update! Actually, I'll bet most of you forgot about me! Well, I could blame going to Germany, and school, and working on my other stories, Tying Up Loose Ends and Justified Injustice, and writer's block. But, I won't, because what kinds of excuses are those (and, yes, they all happened. Germany was AMAZING!)? But, you don't want to see my ramblings! You want chapter 2 of Lies and Double Lives!

Gibbs and Abby rushed to the doctor's aid. She was hysterical, crying and trying to make sense of the situation. Tony could almost read Jeanne's thoughts: "Why is Tony claiming to be someone else?" and "Oh my god! Tony's been shot!" going around and around in her head. Finally, an orderly came in and escorted her out, with Gibbs following behind, trying to figure out what in the world was going on.

"God, Tony, what'd you do to her?" Abby asked as the door shut behind them.

"I don't want to talk about it, Abby."

"But—"

"Don't. Want. To. Talk. About. It," he growled.

She was about to protest again when Gibbs stormed back into the room.

"DiNozzo, you wanna tell me what's going on? That doctor says she knows you, but she knows you as Professor Tony DiNardo, not Agent Anthony DiNozzo. I want an explanation, now!"

"I can't."

"Why not?"

"The director told me—"

"Do you think I care what Jen Sheppard says?" he spit the name. "You are my agent and you will tell me what this is about, NOW."

That did it. Not that underlying threat, but Gibbs' calling him his agent. Since Gibbs got back from his "hiatus" in Mexico, Tony's trust in him had been strained, incomplete. How could anyone have been sure that Gibbs was back for good? What was stopping him from going back? But that – Gibbs yelling for Tony to go against their director's orders – proved to Tony that Gibbs was here to stay.

Grinning to himself, he obliged. "All right, Boss. But…" he glanced pointedly at Abby, who crossed her arms defiantly.

"No way. I am not missing this."

But after one look from Gibbs, her platform boots were stomping out the door.

"So what is this big secret that you can't talk about with anyone but Jen Sheppard?" Gibbs asked, unable to keep the bitterness out of his voice.

"An undercover op. Jenny is really hard bent on finding the international arms dealer La Grenouille."

" 'The Frog?'"

"I know, it's weird, right? It's almost like in –"

Gibbs tapped his head, in a light Gibbs smack. "Focus, DiNozzo. She's not a frog, as far as I can tell. What's the story?"

"Well…" he hesitated. "She's his daughter," he finished with a flinch. He had just learned about Kelly and Shannon; how would his boss react to Jen's – and his – using a daughter to get to her father?

He needn't have worried, however; Gibbs kept his thoughts to himself. "And Jen told you to get close to her to get close to him." It wasn't a question.

"Yeah. And it was working… Until now." This time he earned himself a full head smack. "Ow! Gibbs, what was that for? It's not my fault my cover was blown!"

Gibbs looked down at him. "Rule number 10."

"Never get personally involved with a case," they stated together.

"Sorry, Boss."

Gibbs, instead of smacking him again for violating Rule 6, gripped his shoulder. "I know, Tony. That's the hardest one for me, too."

"But what do I do?"

"I think you have no choice but to tell her the truth. She deserves it."

Tony looked uncomfortable. "But…"

The door slammed open and Abby ran straight to Tony, squeezing him a bit too hard for a recent gun shot victim. "You love her, don't you? That's so sweet!"

"Ow, Abs!" Tony was complaining, as Gibbs shouted, "Abby! Out!"

"Oh, sorry, Tony!" she exclaimed, taking a step back, and blatantly ignoring Gibbs' orders. "But you do, don't you?"

"Abs…" Gibbs warned.

She whirled on him. "No, Gibbs, I will not get out. I understand why this was such a big secret; I really do. I just can't believe that you're excluding me from knowing now!" She turned back to Tony. "And I can't believe you'd tell Gibbs about this, and not me! Don't you trust me? Who do you think I'd tell? Tim and Ziva? No way. You should know me better than that, DiNozzo."

"Abs…" Gibbs said again, but softer, trying to calm her down.

"No, Gibbs. Why don't you get out? You had your turn; it's mine now. Go get yourself some coffee," she suggested coldly.

Tony, not wanting Abby and Gibbs to fight, decided to intervene. "You know, Boss, coffee sounds really good right now. And I could really go for a nice burger and fries…"

"All right," Gibbs agreed. He wasn't happy about it, but he could tell when he'd lost. It was hard enough not to give Abby everything she wanted – she was everything Kelly never got the chance to be – but when she teamed up with Tony, he was almost powerless; he thought of Tony as the son he'd never had. "I'll be back in twenty minutes." He wasn't so much informing them as warning them.

"And, Abs," he added seriously, "be careful with him."

Before she could do anything more than roll her eyes, Tony added, "Please!"

"You'll be fine," she assured him half-heartedly. Then, seeing Gibbs' face, she repeated, "He'll be fine. Go get us some lunch."

Looking once more at his senior field agent – telling himself that he was still there – Gibbs left.

A/N: My goal is to get chapter 3 up tonight... but there's a good chance I won't finish it, because I only have an idea for the beginning. But I'll try!