Title: The Week That Changed Everything

Chapter: 7

Disclaimer: I do not own ANY of the original characters from the show, they belong to the writers of NCIS but i do however claim ownership of Josh and all other non-original charachters from the show.

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"Hey Bossman, you all right?" Abby's voice snapped Gibbs out of his thoughts.

"Ya, now come on, let's get this test over with."

Abby stared after Gibbs as he walked away though, wondering what was wrong. She could've sworn that she just heard him mumbling something to himself, and he had a distant look on his face. Maybe she should just double-check to make sure he's okay.

Hold it Abby. It's just your imagination running away with you again. Abby smiled, that was all it was, Gibbs was fine, she just worries too much.

She hurried down the hall, everyone else was already in the room Josh had led them to. Josh smiled at her as she walked through the door, and she couldn't help but notice that Tony didn't have a problem with it when Josh smiled at her. Of course he didn't look at you in the same way as he did with Ziva, but still…

She looked around the room. It was set up almost like a classroom and Abby chose an open seat next to McGee. He smiled at her, and she smiled back, blushing a little under his gaze.

Josh went to the front of the room and addressed them all with a smile. "As you all know my name is Josh and I am your guide here at Jayton Lake. So you all know who I am and what I do, but I would like to get to know you better."

Abby didn't fail to notice that Josh had looked directly at Ziva when he said the last part and judging by the look on Tony's face, he noticed too.

Josh continued, "So, if you will all just shortly introduce yourselves, you can say your name, job and one fact that you don't think anyone here knows about you."

Josh gave everyone a dazzling smile , almost as good as DiNozzo's, then turned to Tony.

There seemed to be some tension between the two that Abby couldn't help but notice, and Josh met Tony glare for glare before Ziva looked his way, then he smiled and said, "Agent DiNozzo will you begin?"

~~~NCIS~~~

Tony really didn't care if Ziva was looking or not, If she chooses him over me, then so be it.

Even just thinking that Ziva didn't care for him and would prefer Josh made Tony flinch. He glared at Josh with ice in his eyes and remained silent even after Josh asked him to begin.

Josh just stood there, smiling at him, looking innocent while others could see, while only a moment ago he matched Tony's stare with his own.

Gibbs slapped Tony's head and barked a "DiNozzo!"

Tony shot one more glare at Josh before he began, "My name is Anthony DiNozzo, I am a special agent for NCIS and something you all wouldn't know about me is…"

I'd like to kick Josh's butt.

"that..." Tony looked right at Josh and stared him in the eyes as he said the last part of the sentence, "I always get the girl I'm after."

Josh simply gave him a smug smile as if to say, "not this time" and turned to Ziva, who sat between Tony and Gibbs. Ziva looked a little hurt at Tony's comment but she once again went into Mossad mode.

She straightened her back and showed no emotion as she said, "My name is Ziva David and I am a liason for NCIS. Something no one here would know about me is…" Tony was still glaring at Josh but at this he looked to Ziva, he really wanted to know more about his mysterious partner.

He noticed her expressions soften and saw a hint of a tear in her eyes when she said "…I blame myself for Jenny's death."

Her comment dropped like a bombshell on the room, no one knowing what to do or say next.

Since Ziva was not one to reveal much about herself no one was expecting this revelation, it seems that even Josh, who never met Jenny was surprised at Ziva's honesty. Everyone turned to look at her, sympathy and shock in their eyes.

No one knew what to do, but Josh was the first to recover and he smiled sympathetically at Ziva when he said, "Thank you for sharing. Agent Gibbs, do you have something to say?"

Tony's mind was spinning too fast to listen to Gibbs answer though. How could she think that it's her fault? She wanted to stay with Jen despite her orders, she shouldn't feel guilty at all, it was my fault.

Then Tony closed his eyes at the pain of what he just realized.

I kept feeling so sorry for myself that I got lost in my own pain and completely forgot about Ziva's suffering. How could I do that? She means the world to me yet I wasn't there for her when she needed me most.

Tony rubbed his forehead, completely unaware of everything going on around him. He failed her. There was no excuse. He didn't deserve her, the one time she needed his strength, and he didn't even try to comfort her. How could he ever make it up to her?

Tony was so caught up in his thoughts that he hadn't realized that everyone stopped talking and was staring at him.

Gibbs brought him back to reality with a smack on the head and nodded to Josh signalling for him to begin.

Josh smiled and said, "Next we are going to play charades; this will help us evaluate how well you communicate without words. There will be no teams, one person will act out an object or action without words and everyone else will guess what they are acting out."

He smiled and looked around the circle, "Who would like to go first?"

Normally, Tony would be the one eager to step up and go first but he was in no mood to help Josh out, so he simply stood and glared at him.

Josh looked from person to person waiting for a volunteer and finally found one in Abby.

"Okay Ms. Scuito, you can act out anything you want, or if you need ideas, please feel free to pick from this bag."

He held out the bag to her and she gave him a huge smile as she picked a small sheet of paper. She giggled at what was on it, then started acting.

She dropped on all fours and hung her tongue out of her mouth. Everyone shouted all at once, "DOG!"

She smiled and nodded, getting back to her knees and sitting back down.

Josh took control once again saying, "Okay, since everyone said that at the same time, Ms. Scuito gets to choose who goes next."

Everyone looked to Abby who shrugged and said, "McGee, you're up!"

~~~NCIS~~~

After half and hour of charades Josh stood in front of everyone. "Okay, so I am just about to let you guys go. You all communicate very well without words. I want to thank you for your co-operation, and right before you go, I want to do one more activity."

Ziva saw Tony roll his eyes and wondered what it was that had him in such a bad mood.

She turned her attention back to Josh who said, "I have noticed that although you all communicate very well, and seem to be quite close, you all seem to be hiding a good deal from one another. So I will help you get some things off your chest"

Ziva looked nervously towards Tony not sure if Josh should try to get them to share their secrets, Tony didn't feel the same way that she did and when that is the case some things are better left unsaid.

Josh noted the worried looks on all of their faces and how almost all of them glanced towards one other team member. He wasn't too pleased to see Ziva look at Tony, but let it roll of his back. He smiled and continued, "Don't worry; you do not have to tell each other anything."

He almost burst out laughing at the looks of relief on their faces, but continued, "Instead, I will get each of you a small piece of paper on which you will all write down your deepest secret that you don't want anyone else, especially on the team to know. No one will see these papers so you can all write your real secrets. Once you have written your secret, you'll be allowed to take it with you and you'll all throw them in the campfire tonight. Research has proven that people work better without secrets. So you will release these secrets, knowing that no one will ever find out, and then the fire will take it away from you."

Ziva thought that this was a stupid idea, but both Gibbs and the director ordered her to follow directions at the camp and she complied.

She took the paper and sat down. Realizing she forgot a pen, she asks Tony, who is grabbing a pen from the front to get one for her.

He nods and grabs an extra pen, but when he hands it to her, their fingers touch and a pleasant shock flows up both their arms. Ziva blushes, which is uncommon for her and Tony clears his throat then sits down, a little red-faced himself.

No one noticed the glare Josh gave Tony, or the fact that Gibbs was rolling his eyes at the exchange between his two agents.

When everyone was seated they silently wrote down their secret, leaving quietly with their sheet of paper in hand. What they didn't notice was the five small video cameras pointed towards each of their seats, revealing all their secrets to the watcher of the tape.

~~~NCIS~~~

Josh smiled; no one even suspected what this was going to turn into. He was surprised that these investigators couldn't even notice the cameras pointed so conveniently at their sheets-- then again, the cameras were small and well hidden.

Of course the agents were going to burn their secrets and probably feel better to have gotten it out of their system, but he was going to reveal the tapes at the end of the week.

In order for them to work in harmony, they couldn't have secrets. Besides, the Goth and the geek were on the verge of telling each other their secrets anyways; he may as well help them.

As soon as all the agents were gone, Tony leaving him with an icy glare which was matched by his own, Josh took the tapes out and decided to watch them in the staff lounge. He smiled at Gibbs' secret: My team is my second family.

Josh was sure that the hard-headed, business-minded team leader wouldn't ever tell his agents that, which made Josh's plan even better, his team should know that they are appreciated, even DiNozzo.

At the mention of Tony's name Josh's smile disappeared. That guy had serious issues, it's not like DiNozzo was actually dating Ziva, so why couldn't he?

Josh popped the next tape in and pressed play. It only confirmed his suspicions about McGee's feelings when he saw a simple "I love Abby" scribbled on McGee's sheet. Next, Josh popped in Abby's tape, already knowing what was on it. Again, his suspicions were confirmed and Abby confessed her love of McGee.

Josh smiled, now its DiNozzo's turn. He popped the tape in and smiled, he had him. His smile disappeared though when Tony's tape didn't work. Josh swore and banged the TV, without one tape, he couldn't reveal any of them. Sighing, he decided to try and catch a video of Tony's secret before it was destroyed that night in the fire.

He took Tony's tape out and popped the last one in--Ziva's. This he wanted to see, wondering what her secret was, he turned the tape on.

He smiled when he saw Ziva grab the pen, Man she's hot! He thought to himself.

His face paled however when he saw what she wrote, "I saw the camera."

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