Chapter 3
Raina went back to her Office a frown on her face, she quickly sat down, and began watching the monitors and reading the most recent James Patterson book, every so often she would check the monitors but since they were on a case there wasn't much to watch. A smile graced her face as she watched Abigail walk in an albino Burmese python resting on her shoulders, she quickly stood and rushed out towards the bullpen only to slow down trying to be nonchalant. She descended the stairs a smile appeared on her face once she saw the Python. She kinda froze remembering that she wasn't welcomed, not really, her eyes lingered on the snake before squaring her shoulders and walked up to Abigail.
"Where did you find this little guy?" she asked; "He's beautiful."
Abigail smiled at Raina as she stared at the snake in awe.
"Murdered Naval Office's house." She replied, Raina nodded as she sorta pet the snake. Abigail smiled; Director Shepard walked out of her office and frowned upon seeing Raina and Abigail bonding over the snake.
"Ms. Allison, didn't I ask you to go over my speech for next Tuesday." She said causing the multicolor haired girl to jump in fright, a confused look appeared on her face, before realizing the director wanted her away from Abigail.
"Yes ma'am I'm sorry." she said quickly before rushing away from Abigail, she bumped into a male before rushing up the stairs.
"What's up with Hipster Barbie?" the man asked, Raina froze wanting to say something to him but the look in Director Shepard's eye made her continue to her office. She sat down in her chair and watched as Director Shepard said something to Abi which made the brunette glare at the older woman, before walking towards the elevator. A few minutes later Director Shepard walked into Raina's office.
"You're job here Ms Allison is not to get to know the agents it is to spy on them, I believe that Agent Gibbs and that tart Agent Jones are together, you will work extra hard on finding proof." Director Shepard said, "The sooner you find proof, the sooner I can fire the child, and the sooner you can become a part of an actual team, do we understand each other?"
"Yes Ma'am." Raina said before turning back to the screens only to see Agent Smooth being hit in the back of the head by Gibbs, Raina hadn't quite met him yet so she had nicknames him Agent Smooth, But since she had met everyone else on the team she assumed that the man was the infamous Anthony Dinozzo that Kate had complained about.
"That's another Gibbs Slap so Agent Smooth, so far today he has been hit a total of four times, if he keeps it up he'll break his standing record by the end of the day." Raina said in a fake announcer voice, she looked at the time and realized it was way past her lunch, she had planned on going before but the Python had distracted her. She grabbed her keys and walked by Director Shepard's office where she was speaking to Gibbs about the current case.
"I'm going to Lunch Director, is there anything I can get you while I'm out?" She asked sweetly; The Director shook her head and Raina headed out, she walked by the bullpen hoping to see the Python but frowned when she didn't see it. She waved at McGee before walking towards the elevator, she pushed the down button and it opened fairly quickly. She smiled at her luck before she entered and pushed the button to the garage where her car was parked, just as the doors came to a close a hand stopped them. Agent Smooth entered the elevator a smirk plastered on his lips, Raina froze, he was much more handsome in person than on those small monitors she had in her office.
"You're New." he stated staring at her hair; she frowned.
"That's an amazing observation, no wonder NCIS hired you." She sassed back rolling her eyes. Tony's eyes drifted her her face then to the rest of her body. "Are you going to get in this death trap or are you just going to annoy the hell out of me all day, I only have an hour for lunch."
he quickly hopped on the elevator much to Raina's dismay.
"So what's a girl like you doing in a play like this?" he asked her as the Elevator began to descend,
"What, you mean this isn't the way to Journey's?" Raina asked pretending to be shocked, "well shit I guess there goes my employee discount. And I needed a new pair of Vans."
Tony looked at her, his face twisted into an impressed yet confused look, Raina smirked.
"I'm Director Shepard's new Assistant." Raina explained before looking up to see how far they had to go before realizing he had never pushed a button.
"Heh, so Red needs two assistant now?" Tony asked; Raina glared at the man as he not so subtly checked her out again. She quickly turned the emergency stop on and turned to him.
"Listen here, I am here to work and if you check me out one more time, I will hit you which a sexual Harassment charge so fast you'll be in HR for the rest of you life." She snapped; Tony's looked at the female, a smirk on his face. "Besides, you're a little old for me."
She turned the elevator back on and Tony stay silent until they came to her floor, she walked off and just as the doors began to close Tony spoke up.
"YEAH WELL, AT LEAST I DON'T LOOK LIKE A BAG OF SKITTLES." he shouted just the doors shut, Raina rolled her eyes before walking towards her 1967 Chevy impala, A gift from her step-Dad when she graduated College.
After climbing in she drove to the nearest Cafe and parked, once she went inside she grabbed a real estate paper in hope that she would find her home, The waitress came by and she quickly ordered a Pepsi with a burger and fries and began looking through the paper. As she waited fore her food she circled the ones she thought were maybe going to be a match and couldn't wait for her day off so she could look at the two she narrowed it down to two different homes, One was a country cottage, it had an abundance of windows at the rear of the home, A deck access from the kitchen for when she wanted to have summer BBQ's, the Master Suite was on the first floor so when she would drink she wouldn't have to climb stairs to get to her room. The other was a brick, stone and siding two-story Modern home, it had an open living area which includes a kitchen with island bar, Which Raina loved so when the family was over they could see where everyone was. Raina was torn honestly, she loved the Country Cottage it had reminded her of home.
"Miss? Would you like a fresh Pepsi?" The waitress asked knocking Raina from her thought, she nodded and the waitress walked away again only to return with her food and Pepsi. As Raina ate she emailed the Realtor that was selling both to set up a time to see the houses.
Forty five minutes later she had paid and headed back to NCIS, when she got onto the elevator she was surprised to find Abi standing there.
"do want to see the snake again?" she asked; Raina grinned and nodded, Abigail smiled and pushed the button to the floor that Abby's lab was.
"I have a question but I don't want you to get mad." Abi said; Raina froze, had the woman known what The Director was up to.
"Okay..." Raina said taking a deep breath, Abi lead her off of the Elevator and towards the other Abby's lab.
"Why does someone with a degrees in Forensic science, someone with a great job at the Miami crime lab give it up for an assistant job at the NCIS." Abi asked; Raina looked at Abi, confused on how she knew but remembered walking in on the Abbies reading her file.
"Kate." Raina said; "Kate and I grew up with each other, even though we went to separate Colleges and into different Careers, we kept in touch. Abby was Only partially right when she thought Kate and I were in a relationship."
Tears welled up in the assistant's eyes before she quickly wiped them away.
"I had been in love with Kate, I don't know when it started but I sure know when I realized it. My jerk boyfriend, had just dumped me, Right before Prom, I had my dress, my Mom and dad had rented a Limo and even paid for a dinner at a super nice restaurant. Well I was heart broken, I didn't plan on going but Kate convinced me I should still get all dolled up and go out." Raina explained, Abi listened intently not thinking that their conversation would go down that road, but took it none the less.
"So my parents are making a big fuss about pictures when the door rings, My dad answers it and there stands Kate, a corsage. She had told her Date Kyle to take someone else because she was taking me. That moment, when she was standing there in the door, I didn't know what my sexual orientation was but I knew that I was in love with My best friend." Raina laughed shaking her head, Abi looked at her confused.
"Why are you laughing?" she asked.
"That's the first time I even admitted it out loud, in those words, that I was in love with Kate." She said, Abi nodded knowing how she felt, she felt the same for Gibbs.
"Do you only Like girls?" She asked curious. Raina laughed and shook her head. It was a common question that she was asked a lot.
"no, I'm Bi-Sexual. Kate, Well Kate was straight, except for that one time in collage, I was so jealous that it wasn't me, but I wouldn't give what we shared at the chance to have her as a partner. She was the Yin to my Yang. Anyway to answer your original question. Director Shepard promised that if I stuck it out as her assistant than I would be able to join a team, when there is a place to put me. So I jumped at the chance, do I miss being able to help solve crimes, yeah, but my friends in Miami make sure to call me whenever they need some help."
Abi nodded, understanding the woman a little bit better than she did before entering Abby's lab where the goth was running some test.
"Don't Mind us Abby we're just here to play with Popcorn!" Abi said; Abby looked up to see just who 'we' were and sent a knowing look to Abi.
"Oh." Abby said sending Raina a glare before turning back to the monitors. "Don't touch anything Rainbow Bright."
Raina clenched her fist and Glared at the Goth in hatred.
"There is only one person who can call me Rainbow and you do not look anything like her, call me that again and I will tell the director you were looking into my personal files which I know you didn't have any clearance to do." Raina said through clenched teeth, The Abbies looked at her shocked; Abi kinda got who Raina was speaking about but shocked that this person was in Raina, who seemed like a typical Blonde.
"No one wants you here Rainbow." She said; Raina shook her head.
"I did warn you." she said with a smirk before walking out and heading to the elevator. She didn't plan on telling the Director anything but what she observed, she didn't need enemies but hearing Rainbow come from the Goth's mouth made her insides twist. That word was ruined for her now, if it wasn't coming from her best friend, she didn't want to hear it.
"Shit." she whispered getting on the elevator, she had meant to ask Abi if she would go to the open houses with her, but Raina was sure that Abi hated her now that she had threatened her best friend. She quickly got off to go make amends because she didn't need enemies.
"She meant Kate, Abby, Kate called her that." Raina heard Abi tell the Goth.
"So it's just a word." Abby whispered; Raina could hear the regret in her voice and frowned,
"A word that the woman she was in love with her whole life called her." Abi said; "When you see her again you are to say you are sorry."
"But Abi I thought we didn't like her." Abby said confused.
"I didn't say we didn't like her, I said we don't trust her." Abi replied; Raina panicked as she heard her voice come closer; she ran to the stairs and ran up to the bullpen. Gasping for air by the time she reached the top she bumped into McGee,
"You alright, Ms. Allison?" he asked Raina laughed trying to regain her breath.
"First yes, I am, second it's Raina." she told him, he nodded before he started to walk towards his desk. "WAIT, Tim."
McGee stopped and turned to the woman who raised her hand before taking a deep breath of air.
"I'm going to two open houses to find a place, I don't know the area real well, and I don't want to go by myself, and you're really the only one who has treated me like a human being, I was wondering if you would come with me." She said; "It's alright if you can't."
McGee smiled at the woman and nodded.
"I have a doctor's appointment in the morning so Gibbs let me take the whole day off." McGee said; "I would love to help you find a place."
Raina smiled and thanked him before heading up to her office. She grabbed her phone and looked up the nearest Flower shop.
Five minutes later Raina was arguing with the woman on the phone.
"yes she heard me right I want black Daisies..." Raina said rubbing her temple. "Listen I know you can dye those things, you do it all the time with roses...NO! I do not want black roses, I am not trying to set the bloody mood, I'm trying to say sorry...listen are you the manager?...then yes I would love to speak with the manager...Thank you... Yes I would like black daisies, I was told by the first person I talked to that it wouldn't be a problem but your assistant manager tried to tell me that it couldn't be done...yes, thank you it will be shipped to the NCIS building... yes thank you, the card will just say I'm Sorry... Thank you...Goodbye."
Raina hung up and rubbed her eyes, she was use to rude people, being from Miami, but rude stupid people drove her crazy.
"have you captured anything today, Ms. Allison?" Director Shepard asked; Raina sighed.
"Kid in accounting and some Blonde Agent are going at in storage closets but we both know that isn't what you're interested in, Director Shepard." Raina said with a frown, "Have you ever just thought that Gibbs and Jones are just Team members and that's it?"
"THEY ARE DATING!" Director Shepard snapped; "and it is your job to find Evidence of this!"
"If they're dating then they are being very careful." Raina said before grabbing her bag, and putting it over her shoulder.
"Then maybe you should start playing dirty." Director Shepard an evil smirk on her face. Raina raised her eyebrow. "Tomorrow you will go through their text messages."
Raina nodded and passed the director before heading towards the door, as she descended the stairs she found herself staring at Kate's picture. She smiled, soon she will be a field agent.
The next morning, Raina sat at the same Cafe from the day before waiting on McGee, they had agreed to get an early lunch before heading to the open houses. Soon she spotted him running up to the door, a pair of blue jeans and a faded Star Wars shirt was is casual attire. Raina smiled.
"You like Star Wars?!" She asked; McGee blushed and nodded, Raina grinned. "One and the same Tim, Are We, as well I love Star Wars."
McGee laughed at her terrible intimidation of Yoda, their waitress walked up to take their Orders, once she was done McGee turned back to Raina.
"Did you see the Revenge of the Sith?" He asked; Raina nodded eagerly.
"HELLZ yea, Obi was savage! And don't get me started on Baby Leia and Luke." Raina gushed; "Or the heartbreaking scene between Obi and Anakin. I was in tears."
They spoke about Star Wars up until their food came before getting down to business.
"I really want the second house but I booked the first one cause I wasn't sure. So I guess it's going to be determined on if I see myself having a family in the house. Cause once I buy this I am not moving anymore, for anyone or anything." Raina told McGee as they ate. McGee nodded in agreement.
"So have you got a loan?" McGee asked; Raina grinned and shook her head yes.
"I saved a lot of money up since high school. I got a Sports scholarship for college and after that I stayed with a roommates in Miami so I was able to save more. And my last job paid me pretty well and I just saved it. But I don't have enough to pay for it out right and even if I did my dad wouldn't let me, he has a buddy that helps out with Home loans." Raina explained; McGee was impressed with her, and wouldn't mind calling her a friend.
The first open house went smoothly but Raina knew it wasn't the house for her. But as soon as they pulled up to the Cottage; she knew that it would be the house she could be living in.
"I'll take it." she said as soon as the realtor walked up, The woman sputtered.
"don't you want to see the inside, First?" She asked; Raina laughed.
"Sure but I already know that this is the house that I'm going to be living in." Raina said as she and McGee followed the woman into the house.
"A blend of stone and siding lends a rustic feel to this country cottage. The first-floor master suite appeals to privacy-seekers. The second floor houses two secondary bedrooms and a large, full bath." The Realtor explained, "Good for those who are starting a family. Garden tub in the master Bedroom. Fire place in the living room. Finished Basement, where you're in laws you stay."
"It's just me moving in, I already said I'd take it you don't have to sell me on it." Raina said; The realtor smiled and nodded before grabbing the paperwork Raina had to fill out.
The next morning, Raina found herself in the elevator with McGee and Dinozzo, She grinned seeing a chance to mess with Tony.
"Hey Tim, Thanks for yesterday." She told him. Tony's spun to look at the two friends, McGee smiled.
"Anytime Raina, I'm glad I could help." He told her; Tony looked between the two causing Raina to snicker.
"So what happened yesterday, you both had the day off?" Tony asked; Raina glanced at McGee who grinned at her; she returned it as she walked off the elevator. "OH COME ON! What happened yesterday probie!"
Raina grinned and climbed the stairs to her office. Yeah messing with Tony is her new favorite thing.
Hey Guys it's ShelbykinsBlu, I hope you like my chapter. I know it's kinda everywhere. No I will not be putting McGee and Raina Together, I ship Rainy (Raina+Tony=Rainy, Not original I know) too much to even think about that. So Technically, If we go by the date that NCIS wikia said Kate died 6 days after Revenge of the sith came out so yeah, it's taking a lot for Raina to talk about around that time. And Yes Abi still doesn't trust Raina. But she is beginning to like her somewhat. And Don't hate Raina on Abby. It's hard for Raina to hear someone call her rainbow after Kate. Anyway sorry I rambled, Please Review and let me know what you think!
