Author's note: First, thank you to my big sister for the ideas. Second, thank you for choosing to read this. Third, please read the first story, The Heart and Head Connection, it might some sense of some things in this story. Hope you enjoy. Also, I was in a soap opera set up mood. So this is why you have the "Days of Our Lives" feel opening. LOL

Disclaimer: I own NOTHING!

Yesterday on Vegas Is Forever:

McGee was sitting on a bench in the park admiring the scenery. He was trying to get inspiration for his book, but nothing was coming to him.

Just then he heard a voice in the distance. He looked around to see where the voice was coming from. Far off he could see a couple embracing. They were too far off to see, but he could see that they were flirting with one another.

The girl of the couple started to run closer, apparently flirtatiously running from her boyfriend. The boyfriend followed and caught her in his arms.

They were close enough he could make out certain things, like the color of her hair. It was dirty blonde, in a ponytail.

That looks like Jessi's hair. McGee thought to himself. But who is that with her?

He couldn't make out who the guy with her because his face was hidden by hers.

Just then, Jessi squealed. "Tony, stop it." She followed that with a small giggle.

"Tony? Jessi?" McGee yelled to them.

The couple looked up, noticed McGee sitting there, and froze.

McGee stood up and walked closer. Sure enough, it was Jessi and Tony.

Today:

"Hey, McGee." Jessi greeted nervously.

"What's going on?" McGee questioned.

Jessi and Tony stood up straight and let go of each other.

"I asked, WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" McGee barked.

Tony stepped out in front of Jessi. "There is no need to get hostile, Tim." He snapped backing McGee up.

McGee shoved Tony's arm off of him. "Don't touch me, Tony." McGee turned red. "How long has this been going on?" He asked trying to sound calm.

"Since the day we got the annulment papers." Jessi announced.

"Is this the same day that you told me that I had nothing to worry about with you two?" McGee looked around at Jessi.

Jessi nodded starting to cry. She didn't blame McGee for being angry, but she didn't want him to find out this way.

"So you were lying to me?" McGee barked again.

"Tim, we only lied to you to help you. We knew that you wouldn't take this well." Tony stated.

"And you thought lying to me for a month was a better option?" McGee screamed.

Jessi walked up and wrapped McGee in a hug. "I'm sorry, McGee, I just couldn't bear hurting you again."

McGee shoved her off of him. "Well you did a good job of that." He bellowed.

Jessi lost her balance and fell on the ground.

Tony ran over to make sure she was ok. When he saw she was, he walked over to McGee and grabbed his collar. "I know you're mad, and I get that, but you DON'T shove my wife on the ground." He roared in McGee's face.

McGee broke from his grip. "You're wife? You guys got married in Vegas!" McGee accused. "That's not a real marriage. That's a joke. Tony, you wouldn't know what being in love really means if it walked by in a bikini. You guys want to live in your joke then fine, but just don't come crying to me when she lets you go because you just give her comfort and security." He barked and left.

Tony went and helped Jessi off the ground. She was crying her eyes out.

Tony wrapped her in a hug and stroked her hair. "You want to go back to the apartment?" He sweetly asked in her ear.

Jessi lifted her head slightly. "If you don't mind I would rather just go back to my sister's." Jessi gave a small smile.

"Don't give up on this just cause of him." Tony said grabbing her by the shoulders and looking into her eyes.

"I'm not; I just want to be alone right now." Jessi stated.

Tony just nodded. "I love you, Jessica Slater. You know that don't you?" he tried cheering her up as they walked towards the car.

Jessi gave her crooked smile. "I love you too, Tony."

Before they got in the car, Tony leaned her against the car and kissed her.

He then opened the door and helped her in. Then got in the car himself and they headed to Breena and Palmer's.

Time elapsed…..

It was a month since McGee found out.

McGee was ignoring Tony and Jessi, and when he would talk to them, it was snide comments, or pertaining to the case.

Abby and Jessi were in the lab working on something on the computers.

Jessi turned to face Abby. "Do you think McGee will come around on this, Abs?" she inquired.

Abby shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. He's pretty mad that you lied to him for a whole month." She pointed out.

"What were we supposed to do, Abs?" Jessi proclaimed. "It wasn't like we really had time to ourselves until that last week. And furthermore, he has no right to be mad. We were just trying to spare HIS feelings." She turned back to her computer in a huff.

"Well you did a great job at that, Jessica." A voice came from behind them.

Jessi turned around and there stood McGee.

"You know what, Timmy," Jessi snapped at him. "I'm getting really tired of you making snide comments to me and Tony when you have no right."

"I have no right?" McGee retorted. "I was lied to for a whole month, Jessi. You didn't tell me anything. And you come to me with that crap about you care for me and you only saw me as security when all the while you were banging Tony?" He yelled in her face.

"I wasn't banging Tony, McGee. We actually didn't have a chance to spend any time with one another until that week you found out." Jessi jumped out of her chair and got right back in his face.

"Oh, poor babies." McGee mocked.

"Ok, McGee you want to be like that fine. Tony and I have been sparing your feelings for the past two months, but all that's going to stop." Jessi barked then stormed out of the room.

McGee just walked up over to the computer that Jessi was just working at.

"You know, Tim, you could lay off on Jessi and Tony. It's not their fault they fell in love." Abby exclaimed.

"Don't you start on me too, Abby." McGee retorted.

"I'm not starting anything; I just think that you could lighten up. They don't deserve what you're giving them. You're going way too far with this." Abby declared.

McGee didn't say a word, just went to work. Abby rolled her eyes and returned to work herself.

Different scene…..

Jessi had made it to the bullpen and seen that no one was up there. So she went and plopped herself in Tony's chair and waited for them to return.

About five minutes later Ziva walked in and sat at her desk.

"Oh hello, Jessi." Ziva announced.

Jessi gave an abrupt nod. "Hey."

"Is something wrong?" Ziva inquired.

Jessi turned to look at her. "Not anything that hasn't been happening for a month now." She ground between clenched teeth.

"McGee again?" Ziva walked over to the desk and rested a hip on the side.

"Yup." Jessi said standing up and pacing.

"Would you like me to handle him?" Ziva offered. "It might be fun." She giggled.

Jessi smiled, still pacing, "No, we don't need a dead McGee cause then you would just have to train a new agent." She pointed out.

"True, but who said I was going to kill him. I could just torture him a little." Ziva said evilly.

"That would be fun to see, but he doesn't deserve that." Jessi stopped pacing and plopped back in the chair. "I just wish he would be happy for us."

"He will just give him time. He still needs to process this." Ziva put a comforting hand on Jessi's shoulder.

Jessi sighed. She knew Ziva was right. But she hated seeing McGee so mad at her.

Just then Tony and Gibbs were walking off the elevator. Tony saw Jessi sitting at his desk talking to Ziva.

"Hey, hun. What's the matter?" he asked approaching the two ladies.

"McGee again. But before you go and rip his head off, just know that I already did." Jessi told him.

Tony let out a chuckle. "So you finally told McGeek off?"

"Yes, I told you I was capable of it." Jessi laughed.

Tony took Jessi's arm and pulled her out of his chair, gave her a kiss, and sat down, pulling her on his lap.

Gibbs looked over from his desk and just shook his head. "Jessi, get a chair." He demanded.

Jessi stood up, walked to McGee's desk, and stole his chair. "Sorry, Gibbs." She giggled.

Time elapsed….

Later that night, Tony had drove Jessi back to Breena and Palmer's apartment building. She was really tired, and he wanted to hang out with some buddies, so therefore she just went home.

Jessi was walking towards the elevator when she heard voices screaming down the hall. It sounded like they were speaking in Russian. So the curious side of her took over and she went to investigate.

She got close enough to see everything. There was a man in, what looked like a very expensive suit, holding another guy up against the wall by his throat.

"Где это мои деньги, вам сын сука?" The man in the expensive suit yelled.

"Буду я его вам в пятницу. Я обещаю." The other guy whimpered, trying to catch his breath.

"Я ждал достаточно долго. Теперь вы умираете." The man in the expensive suit stepped back letting the other fall to the floor. He then pulled out a gun and shot him three times in the chest, killing him.

Jessi let out a scream and the man in the expensive suit turned around and saw her.

She ran for the elevator but he caught her before she could. He grabbed her by the throat and slammed her into the wall.

"You tell anyone what you saw, that will be the last words you ever speak." He barked in his thick Russian accent. "And your stupid American government doesn't scare me. I've been tortured worse for less." With that he released her and walked out of the building.

Jessi ran to the elevator and once she reached the floor to her sister's apartment, she ran into the apartment.

She slammed the door shut and locked it. She ran back to the bedroom to see if Palmer or Breena were there, but she saw no one. It was their date night so they were out.

Jessi toyed with calling Tony, but she decided not to spoil his fun. She couldn't call McGee because he was still pissed at her and she didn't want to involve Abby in this. So she just sat on the couch and tried to catch her breath.

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