Charity sat in her hospital bed trying to remember the specifics of what had happened. Just then there was a knock on the door. "Miss Gibbs?" The woman asked.

"Yes?" Charity asked the nurse.

"I hope you don't mind, but we are running out of rooms and we're gonna have to stick you with a male roommate. I hope you're alright with this?"

"As long as he's cute, I'm fine with it." Charity answered.

The nurse smiled. "Alright, we'll be bringing him in in just a few minutes." Then she left.

Charity sat back and waited until they were wheeling in Charity's company. Charity was surprised when she realized that it was her father's senior field agent. The nurses left and Charity looked over at Tony. He was lying on his belly the bed laid completely flat for him. Tony looked over at Charity. "I thought you were in the ICU." He told her.

"They moved me." Charity replied. "So what happened to you, DiNozzo?"

"I got shot." He answered.

"Where?" Charity asked, curious.

"Out in the field. Your dad and I were chasing down a suspect." Tony answered.

Charity took in the position Tony was laying and then it hit her. A smile spread across her face. "You got shot in the ass, didn't you?" Charity asked.

Tony looked at her. He could see that she was having to hold back the laughter. "It's not funny. If it had gone just a few inches higher, the bullet would have gone into my spine and paralyzed me."

Charity tried to supress her laughter further. She swallowed around it and forced it down. She just couldn't quite get the smirk off of her face. "I'm sorry. Getting shot is never funny. Would it help if I kissed it to make it better?" She added the last part with a teasing tone.

Tony looked at her straight in the eye. "I would love nothing more than for you to kiss my ass right now." Tony answered, a smirk on his face.

Before Charity could say anything her father was entering the room. "DiNozzo, don't tell my daughter to kiss your ass." Then he gave Tony a head slap.

"She led me into it boss." Tony protested.

"So, why are you two having to share a room?" Gibbs inquired.

"Running out of rooms." Tony and Charity answered at the same time.

"So, did you find out who shot me?" Tony asked.

"Yes." Gibbs answered. "Ziva and McGee are working on tracking him down right now."

Gibbs stayed a while longer and then it started to get a little late. He had to leave because the room would have been too crowded for him to stay. He gave Charity a kiss on the cheek and gave Tony a very light smack on the back of the head.

Once Gibbs was gone, Tony turned to Charity. "So, since it appears we are going to be stuck together for a while, why don't we get to know each other better?" Tony suggested.

"Sounds alright." Charity answered. "Twenty questions?"

"Okay." Tony agreed.

"You go first."

"Alright," Tony said, pausing to think for a moment, "what is your favorite TV show?"

"Magnum PI." Charity answered.

"Seriously?" Tony inquired. "It has been a long time since I've met somebody else who loves that show."

Charity grinned. "Alright, my turn. What is your favorite food?"

"That is a hard one." Tony replied. "There's too much good food to pick just one thing."

"That is true." Charity replied. "I bet I can guess one thing that's not on your favorite food list."

"What do you think that would be?" Tony asked.

"Hospital food." Charity answered.

"Hospital food is not real food." Tony agreed.

"Alright, your turn."

Tony thought for a moment. "Why did you join the Marines?"

Charity looked thoughtful for a moment. "A couple of different reasons." She replied.

"Can I know what those reasons are?"

"Well, I'd wanted to join the military and I chose the Marines, mostly because of Dad." Charity answered. "But joining in the first place...that had to do a lot with Mom and Kelly."

"What do you mean?" Tony asked.

Charity sighed. She'd never told anyone about this before and she had no idea why she was telling Tony, someone who was practically a stranger, but she was. "Kelly was eight and I was fourteen. I always felt like it was my job to protect my little sister, but I couldn't. I couldn't do anything to save her or Mom. I figured joining the Marine Corps, I would get the chance to save people and help them. Like that can make up for what I couldn't do for my mom and my little sister."

"It's not your fault." Tony replied. "It's not your fault that they died."

"I know." Charity replied. "But I can't help but feel that I should have been able to do something. Kelly was my little sister. I'd protected her from bullies on the playground and all kinds of other things, but in the end, I feel like I failed her."

Silence filled the air for a few moments. Then Charity spoke up. "Alright, my turn."

They continued to play the game for a while, both avoiding the more probing questions. After a while they fell asleep.