Two more days passed for Tim. That meant two more days of sleepless nights, going to work, barely noticing the world around him, only thinking about one thing, trying to do his job, making sure he ate so he wouldn't pass out again, going home the second he could, and spending the night thinking of what he could do to find Sarah.

It was 7am. Tim was sitting at his desk… falling asleep.

Tony looked over at him, a worried expression on his face. He had taken more notice to Tim's odd behavior ever since Tim had passed out at the crime scene. Before that, he knew Tim was acting strangely, but he shrugged it off… now he was more concerned. Tim had fallen asleep at his desk before, but that was when they were working a tough case and hadn't been able to go home. And, right now, they were getting to go home by seven o'clock every night.

Now Tim was fully asleep. His arms crossed on his desk, and his head resting on them.

The elevator doors opened, and Gibbs stepped out. Tony quickly began making lots of noise. Slamming his desk drawers and coughing, trying to wake up Tim… It didn't work.

Tony stopped making noise when Gibbs entered the bullpen.

Gibbs glanced at Tony, then looked over at Tim, "How long?" He asked.

"About three minutes."

Gibbs nodded, "Where's Ziva?"

"Down with Abby… You, uh, want me to wake him up?"

Gibbs looked at his watch then shook his head, "No. Go get Ziva, then you and her go pick up the husbands of our Gunny's mistresses."

Tony gave one last look at Tim, knowing Gibbs was just as worried as he was, "Yes, Boss," He replied as he got up and walked to the elevator.

An hour passed by. Gibbs stayed at his desk, not really doing anything. He watched as agents passed by laughing, arguing, dropping things. All those loud noises passing by… and Tim still slept.

Gibbs got up and walked over to Tim's desk. He cleared his throat, then sternly said, "Tim."

Tim's head popped up immediately, "What?" He answered quickly. He blinked a few times before realizing Gibbs was standing there… once he did notice, he stood up quickly, "Boss! I was… I was-"

"Sleeping?"

Tim swallowed hard, "Yes, but only for a…" His voice trailed off as he looked at his watch, "Hour?"

"Follow me." Gibbs turned before Tim could say another word… not that he could anyway. He was too embarrassed and nervous to speak.

He followed Gibbs to the elevator. When the doors opened, Ziva, Tony, and the two husbands were exiting. Tony kept quiet, but he knew what was coming. He gave Tim a sympathetic glance, then walked off.

"In," Gibbs said, holding the door open.

Tim took a deep breath and stepped inside the elevator, Gibbs stepping in after him.

Gibbs pressed a random button and the doors closed, then he pressed the emergency switch.

Tim waited. Waited for the yelling. Waited for the "What were you thinking, sleeping on the job for a whole hour?"...That didn't come. What did come was a stare. A long, almost painful stare.

Then, in a normal tone, Gibbs asked, "What's going on, Tim?"

'Oh God, he's using my first name.'

"What- What do you mean?"

"You know what I mean."

"I just… I haven't been sleeping well, I guess."

"You haven't been sleeping, or eating, well, McGee. Why?"

"Well, I was- I was sick for a little while. I had lost my appetite from that… The sleeping is from loud neighbors."

Gibbs came up even closer to Tim, forcing the younger agent to look him in the eyes, "Don't lie to me, Tim."

"I'm not."

"I swear, Tim, if you're lyin'…" His voice trailed off. This was pointless, Tim wasn't going to be honest. Gibbs sighed and flipped the switch back, "Get earplugs!"

Tim's eyebrows furrowed, "What?"

"The loud neighbors. Get earplugs."

"Oh, right. I will, Boss."

The doors opened and Gibbs stepped off, but Tim didn't.

"You just gonna stay in there all day?"

Tim cleared his throat, "I'm gonna get some coffee. I'll be back up in a minute."

Tim sat on a bench, sipping his coffee, worrying about the fact that there was no way he could hide his secret for much longer. Everyone knew it, he is a horrible liar. Even if he didn't tell them, they would figure it out.

Just then his cell phone began to ring. He answered, unsure of it was one of his team members or Jack, "Hello."

"I have some news for you, Timothy."

Anger rose inside of Tim, "What?" He asked through gritted teeth.

"Phase three is about to begin."

Tim feared the answer to his next question, "What's phase three?"

"It's where you tell your team about our relationship, and you try to find your sister."

Tim's heart skipped a beat, "I've already been trying to find her."

"Yes, I know, but that's going nowhere. Now you will have help."

"Why do you want me to tell? I thought you didn't want the rest of them to know."

Jack sighed, "You're full of questions aren't you? Always asking, why this, or why that. Just know that I have my reasons for everything I do. Now listen to me. You are not going to tell until you get the third picture. I can not tell you when that will be, but have patience. If you tell them before receiving the next picture, I'll kill your precious little sister."

Tim stood up, "Let me talk to her," He demanded.

"Oh, I'm sorry. She's unavailable at the moment. She was getting a little mouthy, so now I have her resting. Goodbye, Timothy."

Jack hung up and Tim put his phone back in his pocket. He paced back and forth a few times, cursing Jack's name under his breath.

A sudden burst of anger flashed through him and he kicked the bench he had been sitting on. All that accomplished was a broken bench, and a throbbing foot.

He shook off the pain and headed back into NCIS, never knowing that Tony had been watching from a window upstairs.

So, I'm leaving today and I'll be staying with my grandparents for a few days. I'm not sure if that means I'll have more, or less, time to update. So, I may not be updating as regularly for a few days. No worries, things should return to normal after Sunday.

Random: I had a dream last night that everyone at NCIS had to go to Mexico for a case. While there (and I'm making a VERY long story short), Abby voiced her love for Tim. Twas a pretty awesome dream... then I woke up :P BLERG!

But I digress...

Thanks for all the reviews! They're so much fun to read!