It's been awhile since I updated this. I lost my inspiration and had a lot of trouble writing the ending for this one. I'm not quite satisfied with it, but hopefully I'll update more frequently from now on.


"Hobbies should be kept at home. Office time and materials should only be used to do work. To avoid misusing office property, always put work first in the office."


"C'mon, c'mon," McGee muttered under his breath, frantically clicking his mouse without taking his eyes off his computer. "Just a little bit more…"

"A little bit more what Probie?" Tony called from across the bullpen. "Time? Loving? Effort?"

"Nothing, Tony," McGee replied. "Mind your own business."

Tony slid out of his chair and walked over to Ziva's desk. "Did you hear that, Sweet Cheeks? The Probie told me to mind my own business. Sounds defensive."

"He does sound suspicious," Ziva agreed. "And a bit guilty. Perhaps he is hiding something over there?"

"Definitely," Tony said. "Let's go take a look."

Tony walked over to McGee, but stopped short of his desk. "You had better not be on a dirty website, McLoser. I don't want to know what kind of stuff you're into."

McGee looked up at Tony and rolled his eyes. "I am not watching porn at work, Tony. Now go sit down."

"You're right, Ziva," Tony grinned from McGee's desk. "He definitely guilty."

"He has good reason to be," Ziva agreed. "Computer games at work? That seems unethical."

McGee spun around to face Ziva, who was peering over his shoulder at his computer. He hastily turned the monitor off. "How did you get back here?"

"She's a ninja, McGeek," Tony drawled. "And really? A computer game? I thought you'd want a break from those, since that's what you do whenever you're not at work."

"I do other things besides play games," McGee replied defensively. "And this is just a one-time thing."

"Oh, really?" Tony asked.

McGee rolled his eyes. "Yes, really. I've been playing in a tournament. It was supposed to be over last night, but it went into overtime."

"Overtime for a videogame tournament?" Ziva repeated dubiously.

"Yes," McGee replied hotly. "It should be over soon, if you two would just go sit down and let me finish here."

"I'm afraid I can't do that," Tony said. "It would be wrong for me to let you keep doing this at work now that I know you're on a dirty website."

"It's a gaming site, Tony, not a porn site."

"Ah, but that's where it gets tricky," Tony nodded, sitting down on the corner of McGee's desk. "You love your games as much as other men love porn. Therefore, this is the equivalent of watching porn at work."

"Not to mention that you are using your work computer during work hours," Ziva added.

Tony nodded at Ziva and then returned his attention to McGee. "So, really, it would be unethical for us to ignore your blatant misuse of office property. It even says so in the Handbook."

McGee rolled his eyes at Tony. "You didn't even read the Handbook. Besides, last week you used a year's worth of paperclips and glue to make a crappy sculpture."

"It was abstract, not crappy," Tony corrected. "And I never got to finish it because I ran out of paperclips."

"What a surprise," McGee muttered.

"What's that, Probie? An admission of guilt?"

"What do you want, Tony?"

Tony glanced at Ziva, then at McGee. "A want all your paperclips so that I can finish my sculpture."

"Done," McGee replied, reaching into his desk for the clips. "Ziva?"

"I want you to finish my report for me by tomorrow morning."

"Okay," McGee said enthusiastically, handing Tony the paperclips and nodding at Ziva. He might just be able to finish the tournament.

Ziva leaned closer to his ear as Tony sat down at his desk. "And I want you to help me dispose of Tony's 'sculpture' when he is done with it. It is rather grotesque looking."

McGee nodded and grinned, turning back to his game.

"What the hell is going on here?"

McGee looked up quickly, only to find Director Vance glaring at him and Tony.

"Why is David the only one working?" Vance demanded.

"I-erm…" McGee stammered.

Vance glanced at McGee and shook his head. "Never mind. I don't think I want to know," he sighed, turning around. "But I think I'll take this with me."

He scooped up Tony's sculpture and glared at them. "Now get back to work."

"But McGee wasn't working either!" Tony protested.

Vance shrugged and looked back at the sculpture. "At least he didn't waste a year's worth of paper clips."

McGee grinned went back to his game. Both Tony and Vance would probably make him pay for this later, but he was going to enjoy the rest of his game first.


I usually respond to all of my reviews, but I was so swamped over the holidays that I didn't get a chance to. So, thanks to all the people that I never got back to. I'll try harder this time.