I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sooo sorry for taking like what, 2 months to update? I seriously didn't intend for it to be this late, but school caught up with me, as did other things, and its only now, when I notice I have nothing due until another 2 weeks, that I thought "Hey I have to write!" And so be it. To try and compensate, I'm halfway through the next chapter on SwaB, and I have a oneshot in mind that I will be posting shortly after. So will you forgive me:)

Onwards, and look at the longness xD


"Afternoon Lulu," Dr Parkes greeted her secretary as she gulped down herfourth cup of coffee.

"Er, afternoon Dr Parkes," Lulu welcomed her warily. "You do realise what time it is, don't you?"

"2:45, Tuesday afternoon I believe, why?" she replied casually.

"Well your office hours are only until 3:30 aren't they? And it's quarter tothree and your NCIS member hasn't shown up yet and how are you meant to assess her when your only open for three quarters of an hour and…"

"Lulu. Lulu. Lulu!" Dr Parkes tried to interrupt her babbling secretary, as Lulu listed many possible reasons as why her late arrival wasn't good. "I know it's late. But from the impression that Ms Sciuto gave me, I'm not going to be expecting her until after 3 o'clock and won't need that long. Trust me, it's all good," Dr Parkes reassured her secretary.

Lulu couldn't argue with her, after all, she was the psychiatrist. Dr Parkes smiled as she downed the littledroplets of coffee left in her cup.

"Could you refill this?" she handed over the empty Styrofoam cup. "Thanks!" she thanked Lulu a little too eagerly.

Lulu just shook her head as she watched the buzzing secretary enter her office.

x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.x.

Fingering her sixth coffee while waiting for 3 o'clock to roll round, the psychiatrist pondered what song Abby would bring in.

"Hmm… she seems the rock/heavy metal type…" she mused, "Maybe some old Ozzy Osbourne or Judas Priest?" (ANI just did an assignment onstuff do dowith the devils musicand they were some artists used xD. So if they don't match, meh.

3:08 and Dr Parkes was balancing her pen on her nose when a sharp secretarial buzz startled her out of her caffeine-induced loop. The pen clattered to the table as Dr Parkes stood up abruptly, smoothing her clothes.

Abby bounced in, twirling a CD around her pinky, a beam on her face.

"Hiya Doc," she tossed Dr Parkes the CD, which she caught clumsily, and sat down on one of the couches. "Brought my homework. McGee gave us the message, actually thought that you'd kill us, poor thing," she grinned, "Tony gave him hell for that, seemed to think that someone like you couldn't handle hurting one of us."

"Oh really now? And what about you?" Dr Parkes asked, arching an eyebrow.

"I know better," she tapped her nose.

"Got that right," Dr Parkes smirked. "So before we listen to this," she held up the CD, "anything you want to bring up? Or should we just get this over with?"

"I think the song explains it all,' Abby replied somewhat smugly.

Given the impression that Abby thought that she wouldn't get her music, Dr Parkes smiled discretely as she popped the CD into the CD Player. Abby's music wouldn't surprise her one bit.

Then the song started and Dr Parkes' jaw dropped.

"Oh good God."

Hiya, Barbie!

- Hi, Ken!

- You wanna go for a ride?

- Sure, Ken!

- Jump in!

(CHORUS:)

I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world

life in plastic, it's fantastic

You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere

Imagination, life is your creation

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

(CHORUS)

I'm a blond bimbo girl in a fantasy world

Dress me up, make me talk, I'm your dollie

(ken)

You're my doll, rock'n'roll, feel the glamour and pain

Kiss me here, touch me there, hanky panky

You can touch, you can play

if you say I'm always yours, oohoh

(CHORUS)

(BRIDGE:)

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Ah ah ah yeah

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Ooh woa, ooh woa

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Ah ah ah yeah

Come on Barbie, let's go party!

Ooh woa, ooh woa

Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please

I can act like a star, I can beg on my knees

Come jump in, be my friend, let us do it again

Hit the town, fool around, let's go party

You can touch, you can play

if you can sayI'm always yours

You can touch, you can play

if you can sayI'm always yours

(BRIDGE)

(CHORUS x2)

(BRIDGE)

- Oh, I'm having so much fun!

- Well Barbie, we're just gettin' started

Oh, I love you Ken!

Abby had an evil glint in her eye as she watched Dr Parkes prod the "stop button" repeatedlyand automatically reach for her coffee. Excellent.

Dr Parkes shut her eyes, sculled the coffee and pressed her fingers to her temples.

"Any psychiatrist in their right mind would declare you insane right now," she exclaimed, breaking the silence. She looked up at Abby, "But I'm scared."

"Weren't expecting that now, were ya Doc?" Abby replied gleefully.

"That's an understatement of the century. What possessed you to choose Aqua's Barbie Girl!" she asked desperately.

"Well it's what's in my head."

"It's in mine now, too," Dr Parkes muttered under her breath, the song doing circuits in her head.

Dr Parkes glared at her, "So this is what's in your head? You're not just trying to mess with me and my assessment of you, so you chose a completely random song?"

"I'm serious. It's in my head. Actually my 9 year old neighbour put it in there but the song has a point. Ever since the shooting the whole teams been treated like barbies, and objects of the media, because some idiot of an agent who saw the report blabbed everything that happened to a local news team. It's ridiculous!" she exclaimed.

"And for what? Some extra cash. Damn media. NCIS never used to be on the TV, but now it's a topic everyday! What we do is now scrutinized and elaborated on. Y'know their actually thinking of making an NCIS drama TV show based on what we do? Its crazy! Honest to God, if Gibbs doesn't kill Ari first, I'm gonna kill him myself. It's all his fault!"

"Now,all of us havebeen given super-hero status basically. Even Ari!But hey, at least the public are aware of what he's capable of," Abby added sarcastically.

"Surely you've watched the TV and seen what I'm talking about!" she turned to Dr Parkes for her input.

Dr Parkes ducked her head. Mostly Abby was telling the truth of what the media had done to their team.

"So all that, and the fact that yourDirector has you on a tighter lead, controlling your movements, makes you connect to Barbie Girl?" Dr Parkes summarised for her.

Abby nodded eagerly. "Pretty much yeh."

Dr Parkes scribbled in her book that she had retrieved from her drawer. "So you're not really affected by what happened to Agent Todd and the others?"

Abby shrugged. "Not so much. Kate's alive and Gibbs is gonna hunt and kill that son of a bitch. No problems there."

Smiling, Dr Parkes finished her writing in her book then looked up at Abby, "That's you done then," she glanced at the clock, "And what timing." It was 3:25.

Walking over to the door, she expected to see Abby right behind her. But Abby was still standing over near the couch. Looking at her quizzically, Abby walked casually to where Dr Parkes was standing.

"I was informed that chocolate was involved, and apparently words of wisdom. Where's mine," she asked.

Dr Parkes grinned and walked back over to her desk. She pulled out a chocolate bar from her drawer and fetched the empty Styrofoam cup.

"Chocolate," she handed it to Abby, "And wisdom," she handed the cup over as well.

Abby looked at her, perplexed as to why she was given a Styrofoam cup.

"Can you ask Lulu to refill this again? There's no such thing as too much caffine."

And she smiled as Abby nodded knowingly.


And Abigail hands part of her wisdom to the secretary, intending on purchasing a Caff-Pow as soon as she's out of the building. What knowledge will gentlemanly Ducky hand to our psychiatrist? Who knows. Maybe information on the formation of mangroves.

Taaadaaaa.

And so much better than writing my stupid unglish assignment. Ick.

Im still pretty much bs'ing my way through the psychological stuff.

Hopeing it wasn't too shabby for the liking.

Now onto Duckmans.

And I'm off.

R&R

Kthnxbai xD