YAY! My end of year show went well and I got an award for outstanding commitment in performance and my friend got one as well! The year 2's have all gone as well which kinda made it all a bit sad especially when one of them made a film and note...my friends and I cried...but on a lighter note new chapter and i'm now officaly a L 3, YR 1!.

Disclaimer: Not yet...but i'm hatching an evil plan...so all rights at the mo go to Donald P Bellisario and Joss Whedon

DiNozzo's P.O.V

"Can we pleaseeee go outside and play?" I was trying to act like myself again and pretending not to notice Angela enter in the corner of her eye and sit down at her desk picking up her phone once more. She nodded over to Ziva and McGeek which had my gut crawl once more, Angel had gone back home almost instantly after hearing her spiel most likely to go and brood. Gibbs came around into the bullpen giving a quizzical look at me which is never good for me. His eyes gazed from my phone to me; I didn't want to really listen in though, not after what I heard last time. Gibbs clearly knew this and wanted to tear me a new one for not finding out about Angel and contacting him sooner questioning the male's motives. He moved in anyway as Angela contemplated whether or not to actually dial the number. It was shaping up to look like a busy day.

Normal P.O.V

"Kid, want to tell me what's playing on your mind? Or do you just want to stare at the phone some more?"

"Oh Gibbs, boss, I mean, I didn't mean to! I just kinda drifted off and was about to phone some old friends but I guess now I can't, you caught me"

"No I didn't. Something you want to tell the rest of the class?"

"No, no, just, I guess that I don't want to shatter their illusions of me being fine which I totally am"

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. Don't tell me that underneath all this you got going on, Leroy Jethro Gibbs actually has feelings? Shocker"

"Funny thing about feelings, you can have plenty of them and not know what to do with them, they attack you all at once"

"How do you know that?"

"I just do, I've been through war remember. I'm still a marine to everyone who I served with as well"

"I guess that's what happens when you go into war, you're assigned positions and you can either go down or up, there's never an in-between. There's never any luck or joy either half the time because winning's only half the battle"

"Yeah and what's the other then?"

"Surviving"

Gibbs was taken aback by this answer, he had expected either a longer answer or at least a witty retort which he could start head slapping her and her team-mate from that town of Baltimore if only to establish a daughter/son like relationship like him and Ziva and Abby or Tony and Tim. It would make things a little less icy between the two teams despite it being almost three months now. She carried on despite him not wanting her too a little afraid of the answer reminding him that she was a child in his eyes despite her being 18.

"Yeah and why's that?"

"Let's just say, been there, done that. It's not as fun as you or your team may think"

The team leader was about to ask why when the girl's phone rang taking in the fact she didn't jump but instead reached for it like it was a lifeline for some odd reason he hadn't figured out yet while also taking a deep breath as if she should be preparing for something bad. A small smile appeared on her face however and he was quick to notice how despite her quietness with her phone calls, she made her words firm and had yet to witness her loudness. He nodded to his younger agent to pick up the phone once more which he did in record timing;

"Hi Xander, are you all doing okay?"

"Hey Angie, we're fine but what about you? I can tell you're not doing great because you've been crying"

"Haven't"

"Have, don't lie to me Angie, you know I can always tell when you lie to me so can Wills"

"Just about Gunn but I think I was just too close to these cases for a while now since I've talked to them, I think I got some distance"

"Oh, that's good to know"

"So how come you rang me?"

"Oh, we just got searched through our records by guess who?"

"Oh no, I'm going to take a wild stab in the dark and say, NCIS?"

"Yep, by your main techno man, Timothy McGee and let me tell you, Wills is not happy, she's been shouting death threats at Giles and wanting to know about where he kept those demon spells as in the really big ones with stuff like how to turn someone inside out. Giles however is having a field day"

"That sounds like her and Giles. Can you ixnay on that subject though. I suspect someone is hacking into the conversation and I'm pretty sure it's not McGee despite him and Ziva knowing about the 'Big Bad' they both have jobs and if they're told to background check, they will do so"

"Yeah, I had that feeling too, I'll have someone look into it later, Angel came back into town yesterday"

"Deadboy arrived in Sunnydale again?"

"Oh yeah he did, broody and all sorts, like in that movie –"

"Xander. I don't have time for this"

"Sure about that? Angie, I think you and Eddie need to come back home"

"Uhuh, no way, you know how much I hate it down there"

"Angie, it might be healthier for you to come out here again and help out the Scooby gang or the IWC at least"

"I have this thing which people don't seem to understand, it's called a job and it pays well"

"You're just a kid"

"Despite what you think, so are you"

"Angie, please, we're really worried, me especially, we know what you happen to be like and act around this time of year and the fact that only us here in Sunnydale know within our social group. You can't keep pretending it never happened"

"I can and I will"

"Okay, I won't pressure but I will want to know the whole story soon, everything you haven't told us"

"When I feel like it not when you want it"

"Sure thing, I think we're making some progress here. Angie, on the other hand about the deep underbelly of the world, I better go, Buff is calling once more and Giles is giving me some Latin books to read"

"Ouch, Giles is really getting on your case"

"More's the pity, just like in that movie –"

"Xander! That's it, I'm breaking out Rule 34"

"Wow, haven't had that one enforced on me for at least a year or so and it wasn't really needed"

"Trust me it was. Now I need to go, I'm being given a look by Tony of all people to get paperwork done"

"Sure, you'll inform Tim and Ziva? Don't tell anyone about Deadboy though"

"Yeah, that'll be the last of our worries. Tell me if anything changes, love as always to everyone"

"You too Angie, keep yourself safe, we love you so much over here and miss you like crazy sometimes, we need our favourite cop to keep us grounded giving out rules like they're going out of fashion. Bye Angela Callies"

"Everyone needs a code to live by. Bye Alexander Harris"