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Wow, it's been a while since I've written. School has been crazy! I have an AP college course, (I'm in 10th grade) and an accelerated English course and German III and orchestra; It's just CRAZY. I'll try to get back on my schedule for chapter updates. I know a lot of you are probably kinda pissed that I haven't updated, but I will! Promise!

~TheHerringCalledOmnomnom

I stood in the elevator, tapping my foot. The doors opened and I stepped out. I walked in to Abby's lab, and saw her at the computer station hard at work. I walked up behind her and put my head on her shoulder.

"Ahh!" Abby shouted, jumping.

I started laughing while stumbling backwards. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you" I said between breaths.

"No, it's fine. You're just really quiet, kinda like Gibbs." She said.

"I have a question for you." I told her.

"Sure" she replied, turning to face me.

"Well… I went to the shooting range with Gibbs today…" I started.

"Oh no, did you make a bet with him?" she asked.

"Well… yes" I said.

"Did you lose?" she asked, smiling.

I looked down at my feet. "Maybe"

Abby laughed, and I looked back up and smiled.
"That wasn't what I wanted to ask you. So the bet was that whoever got the most hits on the bull's-eye won. Loser had to buy lunch…" I explained.

"You went out to lunch with Gibbs?!" she nearly shouted.

"Shhhh!" I said covering her mouth. "Is that bad?"

"No, no!" she said, pulling my hand away. "No, it's fine. It's just… not many people can actually get the privilege to go out to lunch with Gibbs." She said, giggling.

"Oh, well maybe he does it with all the newbies…" I contemplated.

"No, he doesn't. He never did it with Tony or McGee…" she started, then realized what she had said had sounded a bit dirty.

I looked up at her, and we both started laughing.

"No… I didn't mean… in that way…" Abby tried to explain while laughing in between breaths.

"Suuurrreeee" I said, while laughing just as hard as she was.

I was near tears now, and Abby was bending over the table and looked like she would fall on the floor from laughing. Abby looked up at me and suddenly, her laughing died down a little bit. I looked at her with confusion.

"What?" I asked. Then it occurred to me. "He's behind me isn't he?"

Abby nodded. I turned around and almost walked into Gibbs. I didn't know he was so close behind me, so I turned around expecting to see him at the door. But instead, I just ran right into him.

"Sorry, Boss" I said.

He just looked at me and a small smile made its way to his face. "Did you get your answer?"

I looked at Abby, then back at Gibbs. "Not really, we got sidetracked."

He looked to Abby, then back to me. "You don't have to" was all he said, then he walked over to Abby, handed her a CafPow, then kissed her on the head and walked over towards the door. He looked back, and I took that as a sign to follow him. I walked over and we got back in the elevator. How come she gets a kiss, and I don't? I don't understand why I got a pang of jealousy when he kissed her. It was on the head, and he didn't even think twice about it or make a big deal about it.

The elevator closed, and he pressed the button. We rode up in silence, which made it kinda awkward. We returned to the bullpen, and I sat back down at my desk. Gibbs went over to his desk, and just as he was sitting down, his phone rang. He answered it, and said very few words, then hung up.

"Gear up, we got a dead marine" he said, while grabbing his stuff. I looked over to see McGee and Tony getting their things, so I copied them. I grabbed my gear, and followed them over to the elevator. We all rode down and after a quick stop to the bathroom to change into our gear, we all met up at Gibbs' car.

"Shotgun!" Tony yelled.

"No, Bella gets to ride shotgun" he said, climbing into the drivers' seat. I looked over at Tony, and smiled sweetly. He just shook his head with a look of disbelief on his face, and climbed into the back with McGee. I sat down and buckled up.

"Bella, you may want to hold onto something…" Tony started, but was cut off by Gibbs pulling out of the parking spot at an insane speed.

Tony fell into McGee, and McGee fell into the window as Gibbs made a sharp turn onto the highway. I however, stayed put, not sliding around or anything.

I looked back at Tony, who was now trying to sit up and recover. "I think I'm okay." I said, smiling.

We drove for about 20 more minutes, and turned to the crime scene. Gibbs shut the car off, and we all got out.

"McGee, bag and tag. Dinozzo, photos." he said. Both of them went over and ducked under the tape. I looked to Gibbs questioningly, as I wasn't sure what my task was. He walked over behind the car, and I hesitantly followed him, unsure if I should.

He turned to me. "I want to warn you that you may see some pretty nasty stuff. You're new, and I understand if you feel uneasy about it. Just don't do anything that makes you uncomfortable. I do expect you to help out as much as you can, and I think that after a few cases you'll get used to it."

I nodded, and swallowed. I was getting nervous now.

"You ready?" he asked.

I nodded again. "Ready as I'll ever be."

He smiled slightly. We walked over to the crime scene, and stepped under the tape. Gibbs went over to talk to another detective. I stood there, and looked around, wondering where the body could be. I didn't see anything, and I began to wonder when Gibbs walked back over to me.

"Body's in the woods, we'll have to hike a little bit." He said.

We walked down a clear path into the woods, then Gibbs stepped off and started walking towards a group of people. I followed him over, and instantly recognized two of the people as McGee and Tony. But I didn't recognize the other two people. Gibbs walked over to the body, which I had just noticed. It didn't look too bad, it certainly wasn't gory like I thought it would be. I walked around to stand beside McGee. It was only then that I saw that the body had multiple bullet holes in it. I closed my eyes, and took a deep breath.

"You okay?" asked McGee.

I nodded, while swallowing. "Yeah"

"First time seeing a body?" he asked.

"Yeah, in real life anyway." I said.

"It gets easier, I promise." He said.

"Thanks." I said, smiling.

"What have you got, McGee?" Gibbs voice said from behind us. McGee remained unaffected by his sudden appearance. I, however, jumped. We both turned our heads as Gibbs squeezed in between us.

"Well, our dead guy here was a marine…" he started.

"I had no idea, McGee." Gibbs interrupted, giving him a no shit Sherlock look. I smiled at his remark.

"He also was a worker at the local phone company, lived just outside the DC area with his wife and 10-year-old daughter." McGee said.

"So, he was your average guy" I said.

"Pretty much. Tony is taking photos of the knife found a few feet away from the body." McGee said.

"Okay. I'm gonna talk to Ducky real quick." Gibbs said.

Ducky? What was that, some kind of code word or something? Gibbs must have seen the confusion on my face, because he smirked and pointed to two people walking to us from another path.

"That's our medical examiner and autopsy expert Dr. Mallard. But we call him Ducky. As for the other one, he's an intern, more or less. His name's Jimmy Palmer." He explained.

"Okay, Ducky and Jimmy. Got it." I said.

"C'mon, I'll take you over to meet them." He said. He walked over to them, and I followed.

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I'M SO SORRY IF THIS CHAPTER SUCKED, I HAVE MULTIPLE FANFICTIONS I'M WORKING ON AND SOMETIMES I FORGET WHICH ONE I NEED TO UPDATE. FEEDBACK PLEASE! Thanks again for all the reviews, I really appreciate it! Love you guys!

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~TheHerringCalledOmnomnom