Johnny follows Tony and Ziva into the bullpen. He groans, grunts, and scowls at the paperwork otherwise known as mail he has to hand out. This is no fair. Kyle gets to go to school and see all his friends. No fair, no fair. After 'work' he must start reading a book for school and do a report on it. The book is The Giver, which Johnny has heard from Mattie and Kyle that it's a really stupid book. How can you write a report about a book that has no color of any sort.
"You recruiting kids to do you're work for you" agents joke with Tony who manages a short smile. Ziva is already at her desk sifting through the cold cases.
Tony walks Johnny over to his desk. "Alright, kiddo, you hand out all the mail. If you don't know who it belongs, then come back here and I'll tell you. Okay?" Tony asked kindly and patiently.
"Don't people email shit anymore" Johnny garbled. Tony smacks Johnny's butt as a warning to watch it.
"Don't let me catch you swearing again. When you're done you report back to my desk. You don't go anywhere else. Are we clear?" Tony said very sternly.
"Yeah" Johnny nodded. This is going to be a totally long and boring day.
"Good, try not to drop anything" Tony cautioned handing him the mail. Johnny's eyes become as wide as a saucer, that's a lot of mail. He thought people were modernizing and getting into email.
"Umm…uhh sure, okay" Johnny walks off with the mail struggling to hold it all at once.
Once Johnny isn't in hearing distance, Tim looks over at his two friends. "What'd he do this time?" he asked with an amused smile carelessly placed on his soft red lips.
"Cherry bombed the teacher's lounge" Tony answered with a bark in his tone. There's no doubt that Johnny is his son.
"Really? He did that. Why?" Tim sounds shocked. Johnny would never go this far with a joke. Not ever, he usually isn't that bad.
"I don't know. He probably just wanted to start trouble" Tony shrugged. Gibbs doesn't say anything. While Ziva gets up from her desk deciding to go down to Abby's Lab for a bit.
Tim smiles softly. "No doubt he's yours" he joked causing Gibbs to look up from his computer and half grin as well.
Johnny slums from desk to desk handing the mail out. Many of the agents all joked around with him tons. Saying things like "didn't know ten year olds qualified as agents" biting his tongue Johnny would plaster a smile onto his face. Usually he'd tell this dufus to shut up. Then again he doesn't want to risk getting swatted cos Tony already is mad enough as it is.
Skimming through the mail, Johnny grins happily when he sees Abigail McGee. Practically running for the elevator excitedly, Johnny pushes the button over and over again. This is gonna be fun. Even before Johnny walks through the doors he can already hear the music blasting. Abby smiles at him and then frowns.
"Hey hon" she gives him a bear hug. Then she pulls away and frowns suspiciously. "Wait a minute. What are you doing here, Johnny? Isn't it a school day?" Abby asked raising an eyebrow.
"I got suspended for a few days" Johnny mumbled. Why is everyone so distrustful to him? They always think that he's up to no good.
"What did you do?" Abby asked her eyes bright with amazement. Not actually believing that he got suspended.
"Just a…an innocent prank and now everybody's mad at me" Johnny said angrily. His arms are folded across his chest. He looks so adorable when he's mad; Abby struggles to keep from laughing.
"You're 'innocent prank' result was a burnt teachers lounge" Ziva cut in. Johnny spins around; he didn't even realize Ziva was here.
"Johnny, that's terrible. How could you do that? Why would you do something like that? That's just horrible" Abby asked amazed and angry with her dear nephew.
"It was just a joke" Johnny grumped. "You don't need to keep bein mad at me" he's beginning to wonder when everyone will quit being so angry with him.
Seeing the growing argument between mother and son, Abby suddenly regrets ever asking why Johnny was here. Sighing Ziva suddenly sees that she isn't going to get anywhere with him, today. "Just keep working, Johnny" Ziva prompted.
"What else would I be doin?" Johnny spat angrily. Abby gives him a stern look and lightly taps his head. Worry seeps into her bones, what if Luke starts to act like Johnny? She loves Johnny, but he has no respect for anyone and lately he's been acting out.
Ziva steps forward and grabs his upper arm; not caring if the mail starts falling onto the floor. At the moment she wants to deal with her petulant son. "Just because you got in trouble last night, doesn't mean you need to have an attitude" Ziva hissed.
"Bug off" Johnny said pissed that he has to work and Kyle doesn't. Plus he's getting yelled at tons more and lectured. This sucks so much, and it sucks worse cause Kyle is bringing home all of his homework.
Ziva, who has had enough, firmly grabs Johnny by the ear and leads him out of Abby's Lab and into the elevator. Johnny keeps looking back at the discarded mail on the table and ground. The ride up is in silence; Tony doesn't look all that surprised when he sees Ziva dragging Johnny out of the elevator by his ear.
"What did he do? Johnny, what happened?" Tony asked his army green eyes are darkened.
"I didn't do nuffin. I promise" Tony looks at Ziva who nods to confirm Johnny's statement; a pang of sadness overwhelms Johnny. Tony doesn't trust him anymore that's worse than one hundred spankings.
"Come on, we're going to the conference room" Tony said seeing the look on Ziva's face. Once again Johnny is led to another place. This time, he is lucky because he isn't being tugged at the ear.
Tony sits Johnny down and glances at him. What has gotten into him? Lately his behavior has been getting worse. Tony really thought he was improving. Johnny swallows his spit and looks up at his father.
"Sorry?" he ventured.
"Is that a question or a statement?" Tony asked with raised eyebrows.
"I dunno" Johnny said shrugging his shoulders. "Are you gonna spank me?"
Tony looks at Ziva for the answer. "Nope, we just want to talk to you" Ziva asked kindly and warmly. "Is that okay with you?"
A little reluctantly Johnny nods. "Why are you being smart today?" Ziva asked once again sounding so very nice.
"I'll be dumb tomorrow" he promised with that award winning smile. Ziva rolls her eyes, but smiles anyway.
"You know what I mean" she answered with a growing smile. Even Tony has to smile at his son's previous statement.
"You're all mad at me" he paused unsurely. "Tony and you hate me"
"That's not true" Tony and Ziva replied at the same time.
"We're disappointed in you, for your previous choices" Ziva said calmly. "We're upset that you did this, but we could never hate you"
"Then why did you smack me?" Johnny asked weakly. The look on his face; makes Tony regret smacking him, but Johnny was being rude.
"You were being disrespectful" Tony explained simply. Johnny has to admit that he was a little disrespectful, but Tony doesn't hafta always be so unfair.
"It was just a joke" his son said sourly.
"Johnny, there's a big difference between good jokes and bad ones. But, I think you already know that"
"I'm sorry…but, I wanna go back to Fairview" Johnny cried out.
"How many times must I tell you, can no longer go there. I know this doesn't seem fair, but this decision is final" Ziva exasperated trying desperately to get it through Johnny's head.
"No! No! No! You aren't fair…Tony isn't fair. None of you are fair!" Johnny folds his arms over his chest.
"It seems unfair now, but Nobles is a great school. You'll get to do and see things that you wouldn't at Fairview" Tony explained giving his son a look.
"But, this isn't fair. I wanna go to Fairview" Johnny complained, sighing Ziva really doesn't know what she's going to do.
"You can't get everything you want. You're going to Nobles and that's final" Tony proclaimed slamming his fist onto the table.
"I hate you" Johnny declared pushing past both of his parents and sprinting out the door; going faster and faster each stride. He doesn't stop running until he can feel the cool air stroking his cheek. Wiping his eyes with his sleeve, Johnny takes a deep breath and decides on going to The Hideout; he and Cody made last week.
Thalia claps her hands with delight. She takes a small bite out of her peanut butter sandwich. "Kyle it's perfect. Awesome and amazingly perfect!"
"I don't know" Kyle said unsurely. His butt is still sore from yesterday's spanking and to be honest he doesn't wanna risk it.
"Oh come on. It's great and you know it" Thalia gloated in a sing-song like tone.
Kyle has to admit her prank does seem great. It sounds worse than it is. He knows that for certain, but there could be trouble with cops. His father and Ziva are federal agents, so what kind of trouble could he really get into? The law wouldn't be on his side since they might just get off Scott free.
"I don't know" Kyle kicks the dirt. He licks his dry lips, doubting Thalia by the second.
"You're such a wuss" Thalia said sounding totally annoyed and uninterested in Kyle or his past antics.
"I am not" Kyle said wondering if he really is a wuss. Ever since he came to Nobles, his friends have stopped hanging out with him.
"Okay" she sounds so sarcastic. "I'm gonna ask Eddie Clemens. He's not a wuss, like you" Kyle chews on his lower lip. Eddie will try to make a move on Thalia. He'll flirt with her like crazy. He's that type of guy.
"I'm in" Kyle replied trying his best to sound confident. If he doesn't then Thalia will think he's a wuss and won't like him anymore.
"Perfect! You get Mattie, Bart and Dennis, to come too. I can get the stuff" her eyes are shining brightly. It's so easy to get on Thalia's good graces. All you have to do is agree with her and you're golden. A thought comes into his mind...Bart? Why would you want Bart to come? He's a thug and a jerk. Mattie hates his guts, well sort of. Mattie is beginning to like Bart, probably because Bart supplies him with beer. Other than that Mattie has said that Bart cannot be trusted. He'll weasle on you, the first chance he gets.
"Cool" Kyle lied. He doesn't think this is cool. Not one bit, this is illegal and downright wrong. But, he doesn't wanna get Thalia upset. After all this prank might be okay. If the Sisters have a nice sense of humor. Then, everything should be fine.
"We're going to be legends" Thalia whispered not able to contain her excitement. Kyle fakes a smile and nods. He'll be a legend with a sore ass.