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McGee and Ginny walked towards the bullpen, McGee slightly behind her. Before he could enter Abby grabbed his arm and dragged him away. Knowing better than to talk, McGee backtracked to the elevator. He followed her into the lab where Abby spun on her heel and crossed her arms.
"Have you talked to her yet?" Abby asked. McGee sighed. He was ready for this to end, or at least be able to forget for a while.
"Yes, Abby, I have."
"And?" she asked, her eyebrows raised.
"We worked it out."
"You worked it out?" Abby cried indignantly.
"What was I supposed to do?" McGee responded.
"Show her the injustice of what she did, shout a bit, pound your fist on a something!" For emphasis Abby banged her hand on the evidence table.
"Abby, I couldn't do that."
"Why not?" Abby pouted.
"She had no choice. She couldn't help it." McGee explained.
"I'll decide that when I interrogate her." Abby walked quickly towards the elevator.
"Do what?" McGee called in disbelief.
"Interrogate her. I'm going to find the truth. She's a trained operative and could've easily fooled you."
"She could not have!" McGee protested. Quickly he followed her into the elevator, just catching the door. Abby marched into the bullpen and stopped in front of Ginny's desk. Ginny looked up at Abby, who was looming over her.
"We need to talk: Follow." Ginny stood and walked behind her to the elevator. The team waited until the doors closed then McGee, Tony, and Ziva raced to follow her.
Abby led Ginny into interrogation and shut the door.
"Sit." Abby commanded. Ginny rolled her eyes and sunk into her chair. "I cannot believe what you did to McGee." Abby pointed at her accusingly. "You manipulated him!"
"I wish I hadn't in the beginning. After only a week, it wasn't about that anymore. I wish I could have stayed." Ginny replied simply.
"Of course you wish you hadn't. Of course you wish you could have stayed." Abby mocked her.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"What an act you've put on, full of false wishes and faked regret. You were happy to leave him and now you're just trying to keep up the charade you had the first time. What do you want now?" Abby sneered.
"I don't want anything. There was no charade, I really did love him." Ginny forced the words out; displaying emotion wasn't one of her stronger points.
"But for all your love you couldn't just leave your agency?" Abby challenged her.
"No."
"No? That's all you have to say for yourself? If you left now, why couldn't you leave then?" Abby's rage increased.
"How can you go up to someone after a few months of dating and say 'I used to be a spy and I was using you but I'm done with that now. I've done some really awful things I can't tell you about and I'm totally broke so I'm going to need you to spot me until I can find a job and actually straighten out the whole identity thing with the police. Have I mentioned people with guns will probably show up and ask where I am?'" Ginny responded sarcastically.
"Why would people with guns be after you?" Abby asked, her fury transforming to perplexity.
"My agency wasn't going to let me go that easy in the middle of an operation. You can't just quit." Ginny replied. Abby stared, her anger diminished.
Gibbs walked into interrogation for the third time that day and slapped Ginny on the back of the head.
"That's for hurting one of my agents. Now, I need the two of you to stop fighting. McGee," He turned to look at the observation window. "I need to talk to you." Tony and Ziva watched as McGee left the room to meet Gibbs in the hall. The two women in interrogation stared at each other. Both had cooled down but were still irked with the other.
"I know I hurt McGee. It is one of my greatest regrets but there's nothing I can do about it anymore." Ginny spoke quietly.
"I know you know and I know you do." Abby muttered. Ginny sighed.
"I'm sor—."
"Don't apologize." Abby interrupted. "Rule 6." The two exchanged small smiles and exited the room. Tony and Ziva quickly followed from Observation. Gibbs and McGee abruptly stopped whispering. Gibbs approached Ginny.
"You're on the team. I'll see you tomorrow." Gibbs walked off down the hallway. Tony, Ziva, and McGee congratulated Ginny and Abby managed a small grin.
"Now that you're on the team, there are a few things you need to know." Tony led her to the elevator and the rest of the team fell into place behind them. "First things first: what Gibbs did just then is a Gibbs-slap. It will happen often. Second thing: There are about fifty rules. Rule one: never let suspects stay together and never screw over your partner. There are two for the first three. Some are Mike Franks' rules. Mike Franks is Gibbs' old partner. He lives in Mexico now. Anyway, rule two…"
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