AN/Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS!
Warning! Tony get's tortured in a very humorus way! You might want to go to the bathroom before reading the second half of this chapter lol j/k it's not that good...
A week later saw Andie feeling much better, running around like a chicken with her head cut off. Ronnie was still moping around, just not as badly, though she never made eye contact with Andie, and only spoke to her when Andie asked her a direct question. She sat in her room, watching TV most of the time when Brodie was running errands or at work. Andie sighed and went up to see her one afternoon. "Hey...Ronnie tell me what's bothering you, please? Be honest with me..."
Ronnie lay on her bed, flipping from one channel to the other, frustrated with the commercials. "Nothin', why." She said. "You won't look at me anymore..." she said softly. "Did I do something wrong?" She shrugged, her eyes not even seeing the TV. "No." She leaned on the door frame. "My family's not coming to the wedding..." she said softly. "Why" was all she said. She still didn't know what to say to Andie, or what Andie wanted her to say. She was afraid she'd screw up again.
"They don't approve of the fact that I've fallen in love with Lee. They were hoping I'd get a divorce after the year mark was up." she said softly just wishing she had her Ronnie back. She couldn't help feeling like it was all her fault. "You're dress is done..." Ronnie randomly blurted. Andie looked over at her. "Really?" she asked softly, smiling at her friend.
Ronnie nodded, her eyes on her hands, where she was picking at her fingers. "I've been up the last three days and nights finishing it... I couldn't sleep..." She said, the dark circles under her eyes suddenly obvious. Andie went over and hugged her. "Thank you Ronnie...it means so much..." she said softly. "You, Brodie and Timmy are all I have left now. Ronnie, please come back? I miss you...how we used to talk and laugh all night..." "What about Gibbs?" Ronnie asked quietly.
"I know I have Lee, and I love him, but you're my sister and you'll ALWAYS be my sister no matter what." she said looking at her. She nodded and yawned so hard her jaw cracked. "Kay..." She mumbled. Wincing in pain she shifted on the bed. Her hands fell to her side. "That's it? That's all I get is 'Kay'?" she said dejectedly. Ronnie winced again and shrugged. "I'm sorry Andie...I haven't slept in three days, and haven't had any of my pain meds in a week, I'm not all there..." "Then take your damn meds and go to sleep! You need to take care of yourself..." she said getting her a glass of water.
"You shouldn't have given me your meds...if I had know how much pain you'd be in I never would have taken them." she said bringing the newly refilled bottle over to her. Ronnie shrugged and took her medicine. "No one ever had time to go get them, so I didn't bother." She curled up on the bed, tears in her eyes from the pain in her side. "I'm ok." She said. "No you're not...I know you better than that..." she sighed. "You know all you had to do was ask?" she smoothed her hair. "You're hurting inside and out..."
Ronnie shrugged again. "No one noticed, so I kept it to myself. I didn't care." Her eyes wandered to the movie she had been watching on TV and her eyes glazed over as the medicine took effect. Her voice started to slur and she babbled. "Ya know Gibbth, says he lurrves you. He watched you like teh hawk when you weren't ok." She mumbled. "And Tony eat the pizza all from the cold box in the kitchen..."
Andie tried not to laugh knowing Ronnie was trying to be serious. "I know...I'm making Lee sleep now and I'll go kick Tony's ass and make him get you more Pizza." she smiled. Ronnie nodded and mumbled some more. "Ziva kicked Tony in Xbox." she said. Brodie wandered in. "Did you get her to finally take her meds?" He asked. She nodded. "It's about time someone whooped that boys ass." she said to Ronnie. "Good." He said. "She wouldn't take them all week. She said you might need more so she hasn't touched the bottle since we refilled it four days ago." Ronnie's eyes closed as she left consciousness in the next world over.
Andie sighed and shook her head. "She told me that no one noticed she needed it refilled...oh that girl..." she watched her sleep before going downstairs to find Tony. "Hey DiNozzo! Did you eat my sister's pizza?" Tony's eyes went wide and he glanced at Ziva, who laughed. "Crap." He jumped the couch and ran to hide. Andie tackled him as he tried to run. "You're going to replace it right?" she said twisting his arm the way Ziva taught her to but only enough to cause minor discomfort.
Tony grunted. "Gah! Yes, fine, I'll buy her a pizza!!" He said. "Good." she said sweetly standing up and going to sit next to Ziva. He jumped up and grinned. "One of MY choosing!" He said and scooted out of the room as fast as possible. She chased after him catching him in the backyard as he tried to make his getaway. Gibbs came down the stairs looking around franticly, having woken up hearing Andie's battle cry as she took Tony down a second time. "Andie?"
Brodie laughed from upstairs, having seen them out their window. Ziva was laughing so hard she could barely breathe. "Out here boss!" Tony coughed. "Help!" he cried pitifully. He went out to see his senior field agent pinned to the ground by his fiancé. Andie started tickling Tony's side. "He ate all of Ronnie's pizza." she said simply and that was all it took for Gibbs to bust up laughing.
Brodie's laughing made Ronnie stir. "Wassat?" she asked. "Andie kicking Tony's ass." He said. She nodded, "Kay.", and went back to sleep. Outside, Tony was stuck. "Boss, a little help here?" Gibbs shook his head laughing too hard as he watch Andie torture Tony, finding his ticklish spots. Brodie came down the stairs carrying Ronnie and laid her on the couch in case she needed anything. "Is Tony gonna live?" He asked, coming outside to the back porch.
Gibbs shrugged. "That depends on if Andie gets him to the point where he can't breathe." he laughed. Brodie chuckled. "I have the same problem with Ronnie." "Never eat her pizza again unless she offers." Once Andie felt she had tortured Tony enough she stood and calmly walked into the house brushing off her jeans. "Mornin'" she grinned, giving Gibbs a kiss before going and sitting on the floor in front of the couch. Brodie wandered after her and leaned against the wall.
"You do know that the pizza was bought for all of us right?" He asked, trying to defend Tony even the tiniest little bit. "He upset Ronnie by eating all the pizza and I exacted her revenge." she said simply. "He knows he's still my fourth favorite." Gibbs chuckled and sat next to her on the floor putting his arm around her. Brodie chuckled and went to the kitchen to start marinating steaks for dinner. "Alright, Tony call her in a pizza or I'll kick you out." Brody laughed as he dug around in the fridge. Andie smirked. "I win...again!" she laughed, sticking her tongue out at Tony as he stumbled into the house glaring at her.