Disclaimer: (see the previous chapters.)
A/N: I know I haven't updated in a while, guys! I was so busy on my other Tate story... it is finished, now, so no more distractions. This is a sweet little chapter that I thought would fit right in. It's kinda short. Hope you enjoy! Please review!
As Abby put her key in the ignition and turned it, the car made a clicking noise. The noise sustained and then stopped. Abby pulled the key out and tried again. No luck.
"It's not starting, guys," Abby said, trying again. The car still wouldn't start.
"Great," Kate moaned.
"Well, Gibbs isn't gonna drive us," Tony assumed.
"Looks like we're going to have to walk," McGee stated.
Tony and Kate moaned from the back of the car.
"C'mon, guys, it'll be fun!" Abby said.
They all opened their doors and stepped out of the car. Kate and Tony did it slowly and reluctantly while Abby raced across the front of the car to McGee's open door. She grabbed him by the elbow and started running down the street, towards Abby's house. They only ran about 3 yards until they were stopped by Kate's voice, still back at the car.
"Hey, you left your door open!" she called.
"I got it," Tony said. He closed his own door and then closed McGee's. Kate walked over to him and they started chatting.
"Ah, I wish I could have that energy," Kate said, watching McGee and Abby running away as they walked in their same direction.
"McGee's? He's really not all that energetic," Tony replied.
"No, I meant Abby's."
"Well, she has all of that energy 'cause the only thing she drinks is Caf-Pow."
Kate nodded. "Oh, yeah."
As they walked, Abby and McGee became farther and farther ahead of them, leaving them to walk slowly, in comfortable silence, enjoying the scenery around them. They each stared at the row of houses lined up on each side of the road, every once in a while nudging the other and pointing at an especially large or weird looking house.
"I've always wanted a house," Kate said, breaking the silence.
"Yeah, that'd be nice," Tony said.
"You know what really confuses me about you?"
"About me? How can there be anything confusing-"
"One minute you'll be talking about something so sweet and touching like, 'I think it'd be nice to have a house...'"
"-I do not talk like that-"
"-And the next you'll be taunting me about my dates."
Tony paused, thinking. "...W-Well, you do the same thing!" he stuttered.
"I do not!"
"Yeah, 'one minute you'll be talking about something so sweet and peaceful-'"
"And I don't talk like that."
"Well, you were talking to me about a house."
Kate sighed. They turned the street corner and were suddenly at Abby's house.
"McGee!" Tony and Kate heard Abby calling as they walked inside the house to join her. Abby was standing in the living room as Tony closed the door after he and Kate entered.
Abby turned to them. "Have you guys seen McGee?"
Kate and Tony turned to each other, confused looks on their faces. "No.."
"I can't find him."
"Did you guys come in here together?" Kate asked.
"Yeah, then I went to the kitchen to get a snack, and I asked McGee if he wanted anything, and he didn't answer."
"Hmm," Tony said, barely concerned.
"He's not in the bedroom or anything?" Kate went over to the bedroom doorway to check. "McGee!" she called.
Tony and Abby followed her to stand in the doorway also. That's when McGee kicked open the bathroom door and jumped out. "I'm here!"
Kate and Tony shared more confused looks as McGee laughed uncontrollably.
"Haha, the last time I did that I was knocked over by Gibbs! But not this time!"
They all left McGee in the bedroom, still laughing at his own joke, and went into the living room.
"You know what we should do?" Abby suggested, "Watch a movie."
"Yeah that's a good idea," Kate encouraged as McGee joined them.
"What movies do you have?" Tony asked before reciting a never-ending list of movies he had seen to check if she had them.
"...The Notebook," Tony said.
"You watched The Notebook," Kate laughed.
"I wanted to see if it was good, okay?" Tony said.
"I don't have that movie," Abby said.
"What about Lean On Me?" Tony asked.
"Ooh! I have that one!" Abby confirmed.
"Never seen it," Kate said.
"Me neither," McGee said.
"Let's put it in!" Abby said, opening the DVD case.