"NO!"

Tony sighed as he just finished explaining to the little girl in front of him why he was going away for a couple of weeks.

"TJ, I won't be gone long…"

"NO!"

"I promise I'll come back…"

"NO!"

"TJ!"

She screamed.

Tony just sighed and walked out the front door, getting some fresh air to calm himself down. He'd just spent the last half-an-hour trying to say goodbye to TJ, and she'd just plain refused to let him go. Kate was a much easier child to deal with.

As soon as he stepped back inside, he saw TJ standing in the corridor crying her eyes out. He picked her up and cradled her, rocking her gently until she stopped crying. As soon as she stopped, he put her down and knelt down so that he was level with her.

"TJ, are you listening to me?" he asked calmly. She nodded.

"Daddy has to go on a business trip, ok baby?" he said. TJ nodded.

"Daddy?" she said quietly, just loud enough that Tony could hear.

"Yes, baby?" he asked.

"I don't want you to go," she said before hugging him tightly around the neck. Tony hugged her back.

"I know, baby, I know." He kissed her hair. "But I promise to come back. I'll make sure to be here when Santa brings your presents."

"Pinky swear?" TJ asked, holding out her pinky. Tony grinned before linking his pinky with hers.

"Pinky swear."

"Agent DiNozzo, you're late."

Tony cringed when he heard the words come out of the Director's mouth. "There were a few problems that had to be take care of at home."

"Make sure it doesn't happen again."

"Yes sir."

Director Vance picked up a file and threw it at the agent. "You will be following an agent, more specifically Special Agent Martin Black. He has contacts outside the agency, but we suspect that he is actually one of our double agents. You and Agent Barrett will be posing as a couple to keep an eye on him."

It was only then that Tony noticed the young woman sitting at the end of the table. She had long blonde hair, which was tied back, and grey-blue eyes and she was smiling at Tony warmly. "Hi," she said to him.

"Hi," he returned, a little hesitantly.

"You two better get used to each other – you'll be out for at least four weeks, if not more," the Director warned.

"Woah, woah, woah. You know I can't do more than four weeks," Tony told the Director.

"We'll see how it goes, Special Agent DiNozzo," the Director said before leaving the room.

There was an awkward silence in the room before Agent Barrett broke it.

"Well, I'm EJ, but you'll be calling me Karen for this mission." She held out her hand for Tony to shake. "It's nice to meet you, Agent DiNozzo."

Tony nodded back at her, not taking her hand. "Nice to meet you, EJ. I'm Tony DiNozzo, and I guess I'm being called…" He looked in the folder. "…Peter for this mission." He smirked. "That's a lame name."

"Actually, I suggested it to the Director."

Tony stared at EJ for a few seconds. "That's a lame name," he repeated. EJ glared at him.

Tony DiNozzo was getting on her nerves.

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