Two Peas In A Pod Series 2
Post – The Good Wives Club
Title – The Good Wives
Summary: Tony and Abby discuss things that propped up during the Good Wives Club case.
Spoilers: The Good Wives Club, Stepford Wives (2004)
References: Stepford Wives, Desperate Housewives, The Others
A/N: No offence meant to anyone who likes Nicole Kidman
Tony was lying on the bed in the 1950's bedroom that Kate had set up and he flipped through the pages of the Good Wives Guide. The fifties seemed like a great time to be alive. The birth of rebellion and the fact that women knew that their role in society was to please their husband. It was also a time when Men would provide everything for their family such as protection, moral guidance and sustenance. That was a role that seemed to be lost in today's world. The book revealed a fantastic world of family. It was no wonder somebody would use it to create their perfect fantasy.
"You still got your nose buried in that?" Abby asked as she entered the room.
Tony looked up. "Yeah, I've just been thinking about the Stepford Wives actually," Tony said as he thought about the movie more and more the more he began to like it. The idea of being able to upgrade your wife to a newer and more efficient wife was beginning to make some sort of sense.
"I never took you for someone who liked the idea of a yes sir, whatever you say sir kind of guy," Abby jumped on the bed and laid down next to him. Luckily they weren't using exactly the same bedding as used by the victim.
"Do you ever think you would've been a Stepford Wife?" Tony asked and turned his head around to face her. "Stupid question… Of course not. How about that new show coming up… Desperate Housewives?" Tony laughed.
"Can you really see me as a Desperate Housewife or even a Stepford Wife… Conformity is my enemy, you know that," Abby looked at the ceiling.
"Wouldn't you want to please your husband?" Tony waggled his eyebrows.
"The way I like to please people is not the Stepford way… And it's sure not the Desperate Housewife way," Abby laughed then thought for a moment. "What would you prefer? A Desperate Housewife or a Stepford Wife?" She asked him.
Tony thought long and hard over that one. "Hm, I don't know. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. Stepford Wives are so sexy but there's a high probability that they'd malfunction and go haywire… By what I've seen of the upcoming series I kinda like Bree. She seems to be the one willing to stick by the ideal housewife. From a man's point of view anyway," Tony smiled.
"I thought you'd prefer whatshername… You know the one with all the kids," Abby said with a shrug.
"No way," Tony almost shouted.
"Hey it'll prove that you're getting some action," Abby laughed hard. "Would you class Kate as a Stepford Wife or Desperate Housewife?" She asked him.
"That's a hard one since I haven't seen any episodes yet but she's definitely a Desperate Housewife," Tony said as he laid back and put his arms behind his head. "She can be erratic at times," he smiled again. "It should be an interesting show when it comes on," Tony commented.
"Which Stepford Wife movie do you prefer Tony?" Abby rested her head on his arm.
"Well you know I always like the original movies better. Again, they both have their merits… Such as the original didn't have Nicole Kidman… So that's one gigantic plus for the original... But then again, the remake had Ferris Bueller's Matthew Broderick," Tony said.
"Hey… I thought you liked Australian women," Abby said. He always seemed to speak very highly of them.
"Not Nicole Kidman," Tony said with an overdone shudder of the body. "But if there was a choice for someone to play a robotic housewife… It'd be her," he said.
"She was good in The Others though," Abby commented.
"Oh, of course," Tony responded quickly and went silence as there was now a lull in the conversation. The wives conversation had run its course. Without thinking, he sighed. With the silliness out of his mind, there was only room for more serious thoughts. There was something bothering him about the order of things. "Hm," he responded to something that Abby had said but he wasn't paying enough attention to catch what she had said.
"Ok, what's troubling you today?" Abby said. She could always tell when something was troubling him. That and the fact that Kate had told her about Tony's reaction to being introduced last. Kate thought it was funny. Of course it was funny if you didn't know the real Tony DiNozzo. "Well?" She prodded.
"It's just that… You know there's always an order of things right?" Tony said. "If we go on seniority, I go first, then Kate and then McGee," he tried to make sense of it. "So I have no idea why Gibbs would put me on the bottom of that chain," Tony shook his head.
Abby schooled her expression. He was still so fragile when it came to earning Gibbs' favor. If she had to reassure him again then she would. "Well you know Bossman was referring to in alphabetical order right?" Abby asked.
"If that was the case, then I should have been referred to first… Because D for DiNozzo goes before M for McGee then it's T for Todd. The way it was," Tony answered. Of course he knew Abby was trying her best.
"What about alphabetically for your first names… It's K for Kate coming before T for Tim and then T for Tony," Abby told him.
"But who does it alphabetically by first names while they call the last names," Tony wondered. It didn't make one ounce of sense to him.
"Apparently Gibbs does and you should know by now that he really loves messing with your head at times," She told him.
"You think that's all it was?" Tony asked with a relieved smile.
"Yes," Abby responded.
"What are you doing?" McGee walked into the entrance of the makeshift room and saw Tony and Abby in bed, together.
"We're in bed together," Abby answered quickly and in a cheerful tone. "Want to join in?" She asked him.
"Uh, no thanks… Uhm I think I'll go and just go," McGee stammered as he left the area.
"See?" Abby said. "Everyone loves to mess with someone sometime," she laughed. "It's just so much fun… You, my NCIS agent friend really need to learn that," Abby said as she closed her eyes.
"Hm, you're probably right," Tony closed his eyes to. Thinking of how great the fifties must have been. That was a time where families actually meant something.