The waiting room in the hospital symbolized the two things in live that Gibbs hated most: waiting and not being able to do anything. During the trip from the mountain to the hospital he had at least been able to stay close to Tony, but even that had been taken away from him once they entered the hospital. So now he was left in the waiting room with the rest of his team…condemned to just wait for any news that some nurse would give them. After he had given them the short version of what happened with him and Tony he was once again forced to do nothing. But Gibbs knew that he needed to think of something else, or else he would lose his mind, so he said the only thing that came to mind.

"Hey, McGee good work finding us so quickly, how did you manage to do it so fast under those circumstances."

What happened next would have been hilarious , if the man Gibbs loved had not been serious injured. McGee who had been sitting on a chair with his head resting against the wall, but when he heard the question he jumped up only to fall forward... straight into Ziva's lap. She as Gibbs could clearly see was less then thrilled since she immediately shoved him away on the floor.

Scrambling up but not looking anywhere near the vicinity of Gibbs or Ziva McGee mumbled a response, "hmm, sorry Boss. What was the question again?"

Knowing every trick in the book for stalling time Gibbs knew that McGee had heard the question and was trying to get out of it. Narrowing his eyes, Gibbs stared at McGee not repeating the question just staring at the younger man.

When McGee had heard the question he had dreaded to hear, he had been startled enough to lose his balance, and make the situation in which he found himself even worse by falling in Ziva's lap. 'Well,' McGee thought warily, 'at least he had succeeded in distracting Gibbs... or so he thought since Gibbs was using his special glare at him.' Internally praying for a quick death if he was not believed,... he took a deep breath before he stuttered out a hopeful believable lie.

"Umm well you see sir... ehh boss... I was lucky????"

The look that Gibbs gave him convinced McGee that he was not buying it, so cursing his luck he answered truthfully, "Abby and I thought that the two of you often came into a bit of a... well...tricky situation so... ehhmm... I... eh that is Abby and I came to the conclusion that it may be for the best to well..." Losing his nerve McGee rattled the rest of the sentence as quickly as possible,"putatrackingdeviceinthetwoofyou." before closing his eyes and waiting for the outburst which he knew would come.

"..."

The continuing silence convinced McGee to crack one eye open, to see something that had always been listed on his 'never-ever going to happen list': Gibbs stood with his mouth open, gaping at him, a total look of confusion on his face.

"You did what, when did this happen???"

"I... eh as I said Abby and I thought that it might be wise to put a tracking device in Tony and yourself Boss since you're both ehhmm accident prone. As for the when Boss, you remember your physical don't you?"

"You mean that...?"

"Yes, Boss and I'm very sorry to have done this behind the back of Tony and yourself, but..." and with that McGee straightened his shoulder. "... But I'm not sorry for the fact that Abby and I did it. I mean: thanks to this we found you and Tony in time before Tony's condition worsened."

Looking at Gibbs was at this moment was possibly the hardest thing McGee ever had to do but what he saw, eased his nerves especially when he heard the reply of Gibbs

"McGee, never ever apologise, it's a sign of weakness. And you really have nothing to be sorry for; you took the right decision, you did good McGee thank you."

However before McGee could reply to this praise, they were interrupted by the appearance of the doctor who was treating Tony, and was wearing a less then optimistic face...

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