July 7
Love is only the highest symbol of friendship, as all other things seem symbols of love. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Domestic Life"
"I don't believe it!" Tony exclaimed.
Across from him, Ducky chuckled. "Poor Anthony," he noted.
"I don't believe it," Tony repeated, still in shock. How could this have happened?
Ducky began to frown. "Are you accusing me of cheating?"
"Of course not," Tony managed to say. "I would never accuse you of such a thing."
Ducky smiled again. "Then you need to accept that I have the new high score on Box Office Trivia."
Tony was struggling to understand. Ducky?! Ducky beat him? Impossible. Something had to be wrong. Abby must have helped him, or Gibbs, or McGeek had played with the program.
It wasn't as though Ducky was a movie fan. Everyone knew that the doctor preferred novels to the moving picture. He even preferred the radio over television, saying that it was much more fun, that he had to use his imagination.
So something had to be wrong. He could perhaps understand if Abby managed to beat his high score one day. Naturally he would take her on and win again because he was the best. But Ducky?
He took several deep breaths to calm himself down. He was going to have to play Ducky in the flesh to see where he was going wrong.
