'Where am I? Oh god... it hurts like hell... Hey why can´t I open my eyes? What is it?! Damn shit! It hurts!' Tony thought and drifted back to sleep.
Tony shifted restless in the hospitalbed.
Gibbs laid his hand on Tony´s arm and it calmed him. Tony got back to a deep slumber.
"Special Agent Gibbs? Am I interupting? I just need to check his vitals, give him a new injection and then I´m gone." The nurse said.
"Yeah." Gibbs said. Not one bit intrested in what the nurse said.
"So, now I´m gone." She smiled.
Half an hour later, Gibbs sat in the chair with a cup of coffee and the newspaper. Much calmer now.
Tony groaned and shifted again. Gibbs still read the newspaper.
"Oh god... That fucking hurts." Tony cursed.
Gibbs finally put his newspaper down. "Nice that you finally decided to join us, DiNozzo. How are you? And don´t lie."
"Mhmm... was better..." Tony said and cleared his throat.
"Ah... Mr. DiNozzo. I´m Doctor Peters. Good to see you awake. Are you in pain?" He asked.
"Everything´s fine. When can I get outta here?" Tony asked.
The doctor laughed. "You just came out of coma. I won´t release you for a while now and without having someone around you, I won´t let you go for a week or more."
"What?!" Tony exclaimed. "I´m as good as new!"
"Tony." Gibbs warned.
"I´ll come back later." Doctor Peters said and went out.
Tony winced in pain.
"I thought you were as good as new." Gibbs teased.
"I am. I think. I just can´t stand hospitals..."
"Me neither." Gibbs said.
"Cool! So you´re going to get me outta here or what?" Tony asked excited.
"No."
"Aw... come one. I want to go home." Tony chided.
"Go back to sleep."
"Why?"
"Because you don´t talk when you´re asleep." Gibbs said, but then smiled at Tony, who grinned back.
Tony just wanted to close his eyes as someone ran to him.
"Tony! You´re awake!" Abby hugged him. "I´m so happy you´re awake.
Tony groaned. "Me too... Abbs... but I can´t breathe."
"Oh sorry." Abby laughed and released him. "You okay?"
"I´m fine. Just want to go home."
"I see want I can do." Abby said and gave Tony a kiss on the cheek. "See ya later."
"You wanted to explain." Tony said looking over at his boss.
Gibbs chuckled. "You never forget, huh? So..." He began.
"Wow! I knew I never liked them..." Tony said after Gibbs told him everything.
"Yeah..." Gibbs sighed. "Tony... I want you to know, that I didn´t mean what I said."
Tony grinned at his boss. "You show weakness? Wow, I have to be dead."
SLAP!
"Outch!" Tony exclaimed.
"So that you know, and I´ll only tell you this one time and you tell nobody. Tony, you´re not only a good agent, you´re my best agent. And I did not a mistake when I hired you."
Tony opened his mouth only to close it again. "Thanks, boss. I needed that." Tony finally said.
"Yeah, but let nobody know I said that."
"Understood boss." Tony answered.
A few seconds later. "I´m your best agent?"
SLAP!
Gibbs laughed.
"Boss, you can go back to the others. I´ll be okay." Tony said.
"Are you sure?" Gibbs asked.
"Yeah, I´m not a little child anymore."
"That´s your opinion." Gibbs answered and went away laughing.