Author's Note: So today wasn't a good day. We didn't make it into finals. I decided not to take it out on you guys and post this like I planned. I hope you enjoy.

The next morning, Sarah walked in late. Gibbs looked at her for an explanation. "My alarm wasn't working." She quickly set her bag down and logged into her computer. He looked over and noticed the mark on her wrist.

"Are you alright?" By now the whole team had noticed.

"Oh, I'm fine. I got tangled in a cord last night working on electronics with a friend." She stood up and said to Gibbs, "I'm going to go see if Ducky needs any help," before walking over to the elevator.

McGee turned to Gibbs. "Boss, I may seem paranoid but she never does that. Abby and I have worked with her enough on electronics to know that she never gets tangled in the cords. Something is wrong."

"You may be on to something Probie," Tony said.

"Good morning, Duck."

Ducky turned around from where he was standing at the sink. "Good morning, Sarah. How are you this morning?"

"I've been better. Do you need any help right now?"

"Not right now, I'm afraid." He picked up the autopsy report from his desk. "I found Lt. Marshal was killed by the gunshot wound. She was killed instantly." He noticed an upset look on her face. "Is something wrong, dear?"

"Oh Ducky, I screwed up! I screwed up so bad that I don't know how to get out. I'm supposed to be able to deal with this but I can't!"

"Come sit down." He led her over to a chair. She sat down and looked at the floor. "Now tell me what's going on."

She sighed. "I met this guy when I went out with some friends. Real nice. We talked, exchanged numbers then soon started going out. But after a few months, things started to go sour." She buried her head in her hands. "How do I get out of this without getting hurt?"

Ducky kneeled down beside her and rubbed her back gently. "Try to talk to him. See if you can break it off peacefully."

She looked up. "He's not the peaceful type." She rolled up her sleeve and showed him the slight bruise forming from lunch the previous day. "That was at lunch yesterday."

"My god. He did this! Does it hurt?" She shook her head and quickly fixed her sleeve. "You better get back upstairs before Gibbs wonders why you're not working. Take this with you." He handed her the folder that held the autopsy report.

She laughed. "Yeah. Thanks for the advice. I'll talk to you later." She got up and moved to the door. "Oh, and could you please not tell Gibbs yet? I want to try to handle this myself."

"Of course, now go."

"Right." She turned and exited the morgue and rode up to the bullpen. She got off and headed for her desk. She stopped by Gibbs' desk and placed the folder in front of him.

"Autopsy report. Ducky says she was killed instantly by the bullet. No defensive wounds and tox screen came back negative for any drugs in her system." She turned to go back to her desk.

The rest of the day, the team worked on finding the Lieutenant's mysterious fiancé and any possible motive for killing her. Periodically, Sarah seemed to zone out and the team noticed. Although they all wanted to know what was wrong, they didn't want to be the one to push it.

It wasn't until it was getting close to ten that Gibbs said to the team, "It's getting late. Go home. Get some sleep and come back in the morning." The team turned to leave when Gibbs stopped her. "What's going on?"

"Nothing." She stepped around him. "See you in the morning."

AN 2: Like I said, today was not a good day. Reviews would really cheer me up. Seriously. It's not fun to cry and I want to be happy. Make me happy, please?
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