A/N: muahahaha. another chapter. long as shit. read and enjoy :) (oh sry about the tiva stuff...i got carried away cuz they make things so damn HOT.) ok now READ.

The doors swiped open and one very Special Agent Gibbs walked into Ducky's headquarters; autopsy. Since there were currently no cases, Ducky was simply leaning up against an empty autopsy table, accompanied by his assistant, Jimmy Palmer. He heard the swooshing of the doors and the footsteps of his friend and turned around to greet him.

"Ah, Jethro, how are you this fine morning?"

Jethro grumbled and glared at Jimmy and then turned his eyes towards the doctor.

Dr. Mallard had known Jethro for a long time, and if there was one thing he learned over the years, it was how to take a hint. He cleared his throat and proceeded. "Mr. Palmer, would you please excuse us for a second?"

Palmer smiled and nodded. "Of course Dr. Mallard," he said before leaving. The sounds of the doors opening and closing were enough to let Ducky and Gibbs know that they were alone, well, besides the dead bodies.

"So, Jethro, what can I do for you?"

Gibbs took a seat on one of the cold, metal tables and sighed. "I need your opinion on something." Actually, he needed Ducky's help. But he would be damned if he ever said he needed help on anything. He was after all, the mighty Leroy Jethro Gibbs.

"Mmm, it doesn't happen to involve the Director, does it?"

Gibbs raised an eyebrow. "How'd you guess?"

"Oh I just figured," he replied while shrugging. "So what seems to be the problem?"

Gibbs sighed and relaxed his shoulders. He hated talking. But if there were two people that he could really stand talking to, it was Ducky and Jenny. And obviously the later was out. "Last night after dinner, I asked her…" he trailed off. Thinking about last night was killing him.

"Go on."

"I asked Jen to marry me," he said, straight faced and looking directly into the doctor's eyes.

"Oh! Congratulations, Jethro! It's about time," he chuckled.

Gibbs shook his head. "No, Duck…she said no."

Ducky's face instantly became serious as he felt sorry for his friend. "Jethro I'm sorry to hear that. What went wrong?"

"That's why I came to talk to you Duck. I really have no idea."

"Hmm well, how did you ask her?"

"I was telling her what things I loved about her and then she got up to leave and so I pull her back. I told her that I thought it was time to take things to the next level and I proposed. The next thing I knew her hands were over mine, closing the box and the words "I'll think about it" rang through my ears. Then she headed upstairs and that's the last we talked about it." He sighed. That was a mouthful.

"Hmm, maybe you…oh never mind."

Jethro stood up off the table. "What is it?"

Ducky shook his head. "Nothing."

"Ducky…" he hissed.

"Maybe the way you proposed wasn't all that romantic, at least in her eyes," he suggested, leaving out the extra "and in everyone else's eyes" at the end of his comment.

"I didn't know it had to be romantic, at least with her."

"Jethro, you always have to be romantic when proposing, no matter who the girl."

"Yeah but Duck, this is Jen we're talking about!"

Ducky shook his head. "Tsk tsk tsk, Jethro! She's still a woman! Now if I were you I would take her out to a nice restaurant, share a well cooked meal, and then try asking her again. This time with a well prepared speech!"

Jethro rolled his eyes and began to walk to the door. As it opened he said his thanks and then left for the bullpen. Somehow Ducky's advice didn't seem very…reasonable. He figured Jenny wouldn't even say yes if he went through all that. No, he had to do something huge.

Maybe DiNozzo could help.

--A few minutes earlier—

"Come on Ziva, you gotta tell me!" He whined, leaning up against her desk.

"No Tony. When I promise to keep something a secret, I keep it a secret. Unlike you of course."

He stuck his tongue out and walked around her desk so that he faced her back. He leaned in close and whispered in her ear, "Please Ziva, for me?"

Her heart beat picked up instantaneously and his breath on her ear and neck sent shivers down her spine. Unfortunately for her, he could tell. "No Tony," she barely made out in a whisper.

"Please? I'll do anything," he continued seductively.

Ziva placed her hands on her desk in front of her and let out a deep breath, trying to regain control. After the past few months of her very intimate relationship with DiNozzo, she had become weaker in front of him. Maybe it was his voice or maybe it was those piercing green eyes that she got lost in every time she made eye contact with him. But most likely, it was the way he teased her. He had always teased her but this, this was something new. Because this time she knew he really would do anything!

"Zee-vah?" He teased.

She let out another heavy sigh. "Fine, okay."

After hearing those two words Tony let out a small squeal and ran over to pull up Gibbs' chair next to her own. "So what did the Director tell you?" he pushed.

"She said that he…" She stopped short and looked around to see if anyone was listening. She noticed McGee's face plugged into the computer and his headphones in as well and thought it safe to go on. "…that he proposed." She whispered the last word.

"Pro-WHAT?!" he practically screamed, drawing the Probie's attention towards the two.

He took out his earphones and carefully placed them down in front of him. "Tony…Ziva…what are you two talking about?"

Ziva glared at Tony for making so much noise and so he quickly stared down the Probie. "Nothing McSnoopy! Go back to playing Dungeons and Dragons or whatever!"

McGee just shook his head. "Nuh uh," he said while raising an eyebrow. "I heard you scream something, Tony. If you guys are whispering about me behind my back…"

"It's not about you, McGee! It's about the Director! The boss proposed to her!"

"TONY!" Ziva punched his shoulder and glared at him.

He gently rubbed his shoulder, cursing under his breath. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. But hey, it's not like McGee has anyone to tell it to. We're his only friends!"

"No, you're forgetting Abby! And if Abby finds out that---"

"If Abby finds out what, Ziva?"

Tony and Ziva turned to find a cheery Goth clad in a white lab coat standing before them. At once they both turned their attention to their left. "McGee!"

The Probie shrugged. "I thought she ought to know."

Abby nodded and smiled. "Know what?"

"Abby I am sorry but I cannot tell you."

"But you told Tony!" she whined.

"Yes, but that is only because---"

"Because he's your boyfriend, yeah yeah, we get it," Abby exclaimed which made both Ziva and Tony blush. Abby turned to face McGee. "Timmy?"

"Don't look at me! They're the ones who know everything!"

Abby put on her best puppy dog face and began to plead. "Pleeeease, Ziva!"

She cursed under her breath in Hebrew and sighed. "Gibbs asked Jenny to marry him." Ashamed, she lowered her head but raised it again when she heard Abby's loud gasping and squealing. "Abby you have to keep it down! And do not even think about telling anyone!"

"Eeek, I'm sorry! I'm just so happy right now! So how did she respond? Was it like a "yes, oh YES Jethro! I love you so much!" or was she stunned speechless and just nod?! Come on, tell me tell me tell me!"

"Yeah Ziva, you never told me what she said. She said yes, right?" Tony questioned, leaning in closer.

"No," she let out slowly.

Suddenly everything went quiet.

After what felt like forever, Tony was the first to speak. "She said…no?"

Ziva nodded.

"Why?"

Ziva shrugged. "She did not tell me why."

"Wow," Tony and McGee said simultaneously.

"H-how could she say no?" Abby almost whispered. It looked like she could cry. Then suddenly, she looked like she could murder. "HOW ON EARTH COULD SHE SAY NO?! WHO SAYS NO TO GIBBS?! NO ONE, THAT'S WHO! GOD WHY DID SHE SAY NO??!!" she screamed in furry.

Ziva, Tony, and McGee were so shocked by her reaction that they all stood up, ready to comfort her.

Abby huffed and stared at her feet. "I should go talk to her, change her mind."

"No, Abby! You can't do that!" Tony let out.

"Why not?" she said in frustration.

"Because, if Gibbs knew that we knew, it would kill him. You know that." Plus, he wanted to be the one to tell Gibbs that he knew.

"Fine, I'll keep my damn mouth shut. But I still don't understand why she said no."

"Don't worry Abs, he'll get her to say yes. This is Gibbs we're talking about!"

Abby smiled, feeling reassured by Tony's warm smile. "Gosh…I can't believe he asked her to marry him. Next thing you know, you'll be asking Ziva the same thing. Then the only single ones here will be me and Timmy!"

"We could fix that," McGee said from the sidelines, barely realizing that he was speaking out loud.

Abby smirked and skipped back towards the elevators. She hopped on and was gone in a flash.

"Damn, McGee that was a good one!" Tony laughed.

Tim blushed. "I'd like to think so."

"You know…by the looks of that smile she gave you…I bet she wants you to go back down to her lab…" he trailed off.

McGee's face brightened up. "You think so?"

"Oh yeah, definitely."

He stared at Tony for a moment until he got a "go on" signal. In less than a second, he was out of the bullpen and down the elevator.

Tony chuckled to himself.

"You know Tony," Ziva began, "you should not get McGee's hopes up like that. You know that he barely stands a chance."

Tony smirked. "I know, but this way I get to be alone with you." He scooted the chair closer to her. Taking her hands in his, he gently pressed a kiss to them. "You know, I was thinking about what Abby said."

"Hmm?"

"Next thing you know, I'll be asking you the same question."

Ziva smiled and laughed inwardly. "I hope this is not your way of proposing, Tony."

Tony grinned. "Not just yet…but one day…" he mumbled as he leaned forward and buried his head in the crook of her neck, kissing her repeatedly.

He would have continued too, but someone interrupted.

"Tony, Ziva! Separate."

Tony jumped backwards, almost falling out of his chair. He pushed the chair back to its original desk and began to stride over to his. "Yes boss!"

Gibbs shook his head in frustration. Had he not made it clear that everything between them had to stay off the job? He grumbled and took a seat at his desk, figuring paperwork would distract him from his thoughts on last night. Everything was going well until he noticed himself being watched. He looked up to find Tony staring at him, and Ziva staring at Tony with a "don't you dare" look on her face. "DiNozzo."

"Yes boss?"

"Do you have something to say?"

"Ah---" He looked over at Ziva. Her face said "shut the hell up or I'll kill you" but he couldn't help it. He had to say something. "I uh, we…we heard about you and the Director." Tony noticed that the glare his boss was giving him was now 10 times stronger. But it was too late to stop now. "We…well, I was wondering if you needed some help with ideas for, you know, proposing again."

Gibbs continued to glare at him before turning back towards his computer.

"Boss---"

"I don't want to hear it, Tony," he said while getting up and walking towards the elevators.

"But---" Tony began, the elevator doors opening slowly. He watched as his boss entered and turned to stare at him. He frowned, knowing that he had a million tricks up his sleeve that could surely help out Gibbs.

Tony was about to turn back to his paperwork when all of a sudden he caught a glimpse of something in the corner of his eye. He looked back up to find Gibbs standing inside the elevator, keeping the doors open with his hand. Tony smiled and ran quickly to the elevator. After he entered, he turned to wink at Ziva, who was sitting there looking perplexed.

The elevator doors closed and Tony turned towards his boss. "So, where are we going?"

Gibbs ignored him and pressed the emergency stop button.

Tony grinned, whispering the words, "I see."

Gibbs obviously wanted his help, whether he said so or not. And Tony was full-on prepared to deliver it, no matter how many head slaps he might endure.

A/N: i should be watching NCIS right now..but my dumb as fuck sister is watching the dumb as fuck show, 90210. i cried after yelling at her to let me watch NCIS. then i stomped upstairs. but not before telling her "I fucking hate you."

well...the new chapter :) ill update asap! PLEASE review!! i LOVE ur lovin ;)