A/N: - First I would like to thank my very faithful reviewers, YunaNeko, lyssmcgrath, lis3011, JustSearching, and XxJasper'sAngelxX. Your reviews and your support mean a lot to me.

So yay! I updated early this time! I will try my best to update as soon as I can, but I do not have chapters already written. I'm uploading as I write, so sometimes there will be delays when RL sets in. I'm a dentist, and I'm practicing currently and also studying to appear for MBA entrance exams, which I will be appearing for next year. These are the toughest entrance exams in India. So there will be times when an update is delayed, especially if I have a lot of patients...

Disclaimer: - I do not own anything, except the plot for this story. All mistakes are my own..

On with the story….

BPOV

We walked back to our desks in the squad room, all thinking hard about what our next step could be.

"We have never been so stumped in a case." Tony said dejectedly.

"We need to get the murder weapon. If we can find that, then it would help us to at least have a next step to go to. Imelda has not given us much to go on. She has eliminated Tom Winston though. According to her, our victim was alive when Tom had already left after he beat him up. I guess he was telling the truth then." Ziva said.

On reaching the squad room, we see that Abby is waiting for us, looking excited.

"Guys, guys, guys! Guess what I've got for you?" she said, jumping around, looking at each of us excitedly.

"Um, the murder weapon?" Tim said, jokingly. Yeah right, our luck would be that good.

"How did you guess?" Abby said, looking deflated. Wait, what?

"You got the murder weapon? Where did you find it?" I asked her, getting excited myself.

"Now, when we are looking for a murder weapon with a certain peculiarity, we can put it up on all the databases. So, if anyone else finds the weapon, we get notified! And someone found our gun which was shooting a bullet with the exact same striation that we found on the bullet in our victim. I have requested that gun to be sent to us. I do not think I will get much from it, but I won't be satisfied till I check it myself."

"So... Where did you find it?" Ziva asked impatiently.

"They found it next to another murder victim. He was using it apparently. Did not do him any good, from what it seems. They are transferring the case to us officially, since he would then be a suspect in our case. The body and the murder weapon are on their way to us!" Abby said.

"Well, at least now we might have something to go on!"

"Yes, till then go home, get some rest. I am sure that once Ducky and Abby are let loose on the evidence, they will find a lot of work for us to do. Go, go on." Gibbs said, appearing in his usual quiet manner.

"But, it's the middle of the day Boss" Tony said, looking shocked.

"I know that Tony. I also know that I might probably have you back here to work even if it's the middle of the night, if either Abby or Ducky find something. So it's up to you, if you want to sit here twiddling your thumbs. Or, you want to take advantage of the free time we have right now."

"On our way, Boss" Tony said, and we all rushed to leave, before Gibbs changed his mind.

Tim POV

We were on our way down in the elevator, Tony and Ziva were busy on their phones, and Bella seemed to be contemplating something. Bella. I sighed mentally. I agreed with her logic regarding our relationship, or the lack of it, thoroughly, but I did find it very disappointing. I have not been attracted to someone this way for a long time. Even now, I could not take my eyes off her, the way she twirled a lock of her hair on her finger, or the way she took her bottom lip between her teeth, made me want to forget everything else and just...

Whack

Tony just whacked me on the back of my head.

"Hey, what did you do that for?" I glared at him.

"Well, I'm sure our new probie over here would not prefer a McStalker Tim." He hissed at me softly.

I blushed, thankful that for once Tony was thoughtful enough to keep his volume low so that Bella did not hear him. Ziva did though, and started sniggering, causing Bella to look at us questioningly.

Luckily, the elevator doors opened just then, and I escaped, hoping that neither of them would mention anything to Bella. I walked ahead, while Tony, Ziva and Bella ambled along behind me, Ziva and Tony giving Bella ideas on how she could spend a free afternoon, as she was new in the city. I'm sure, that at this point, asking her to spend it with me would not be very well received. As we walked to the parking lot, I noticed a small disturbance near security. Someone was trying to enter, and did not have the authorization to do so.

"Look, I've told you, we do not care who you are, or who you know in the building, you cannot go up without authorization!" The guard told the person trying to enter, seeming exasperated with him.

I looked at the guy he was speaking to. Or rather, the guys he was speaking to. There were two of them, both very pale. The first was a big, burly man, a very big, very burly man, about 6'5" in height, muscled all over. He had curly hair, which were dark brown, almost black in colour. He had his arms folded over his chest, an annoyed look on his face, which looked out-of-place. I found that highly odd, as I had never seen him before, so why did I feel it was out-of-place?

With him was another man, he was about 6'3" tall, with blonde hair that most woman would refer to as honey-blond in colour. He was also muscular, but leaner in built than the first. He also seemed the more dangerous of the two.

Suddenly, I heard a squeal behind me, that I realized would be Bella (as Ziva was hardly the kind to ever let out a squeal). At that sound, both men turned towards us. I noticed both of them had golden eyes. The more muscular of the two smiled at us, and he had two very out-of-place dimples on his cheeks. Okay, wait, why was he smiling at us?

I got my answer when I felt a gush of wind pass me, and realized that it was Bella running towards the men. She runs straight into the arms of the dark-haired guy, much to my annoyance. He picked her up and twirled her around, both of them laughing with delight.

"Emmett!" Bella squealed, again.

"Hey, my Bellsy Bear! You're looking gorgeous girl!" Emmett said, finally putting her down. Bella, as I have come to expect from her now, blushed.

"Bellsy Bear?" Tony said, trying to suppress a smile. Oh, he is not going to let Bella forget this!

"You look the same Emmett! And Jasper too! Hey Jasper!" Bella said, hugging Jasper too now, the blond man who was there. What's with her and hugging people?

"Hey Darlin'!" Jasper said to Bella, with a southern accent. When are they going to let her go? These people hug a lot. I frowned at my own thoughts. Being friends looks like it isn't going to be easy. I sighed.

Ziva patted my hand, and smiled at me reassuringly. We started walking towards where the three of them were standing.

"Hey, Bellsy Bear! You gonna introduce us to the hulk here?" Tony called out.

A scarlet red Bella let go of Jasper, and turned to us. Emmett was sniggering, and Bella hit him across his chest. It seemed to hurt her more, from the way she was shaking her hand after hitting him.

"Guys, this is the team I am working with at NCIS. This is Special Agent Anthony Di Nozzo, Special Agent Timothy McGee, and Agent Ziva David", Bella said, gesturing to each of us as she called out our names. We all smiled at them while Bella introduced them to us. "This is Emmett Cullen and Jasper Hale. They are Edward's brothers."

Well now that she mentioned their names, I could see the family resemblance, the pale skin, the eye colour.

"Hale? How can he be Dr. Cullen's brother?"

"He isn't Carlisle's brother." Bella replied, looking bewildered.

Emmett nudged her. "Hun, I think they mean Edward, not Carlisle."

Bella blushed again. I think she is red more often than not. "Yeah, I'm not used to that thought yet. Dr. Cullen was always Carlisle to me." she replied to them and then looked at Ziva. "Jasper is Edward's adoptive brother. He and his twin sister Rosalie were adopted by the Cullens."

"Oh, ok." Ziva replied.

"By the way, where is Alice?" Bella asked Jasper, looking up at him.

"She is back at the house, getting it ready for a visit from you." He replied, winking at her. I didn't really understand what he meant by that.

"You guys don't need to do that!" Bella said.

"Yes, but you know, and we know, that we are not stupid enough to get in the way of Alice when she is on one of her shopping frenzies." Emmett replied, shuddering at some seemingly horrifying memory.

"Oh, yeah, that's for sure!" Bella replied, grimacing.

"So, you coming over then? We have a lot to discuss Bells." Emmett said, giving her puppy dog eyes. Do I have competition from all the Cullen brothers?

"Ugh, Emmett, not the puppy-dog eyes! Aren't you a little old for that?" Bella replied, trying not to look at him.

"I'm only as old as I feel baby!" Emmett said, smiling at her. "Come on, Bella. I want to spend some time with my baby sister."

I sighed a mental sigh of relief at the words 'baby sister'. Ziva and Tony smirked at me knowingly.

"Oh, alright!" Bella gave in. Emmett cheered, giving Jasper a high-five behind Bella's back, before dragging her to a huge jeep. And by huge, I mean monstrous.

"Whoa, you drive that?" Tony said, his eyes as big as saucers.

"Yep, my pride and joy. My Rosie keeps her running perfectly for me." Emmett said, his pride reflecting on his face.

"Wait, Rosalie is here too? Oh, of course she is! Maybe I shouldn't come." Bella said, looking flustered.

"I think you should Bella. You will be pleasantly surprised. Rosie has been wanting to apologize to you for a while now." Emmett said to her softly. Bella looked surprised at that.

"Rosalie is?" Tony questioned, being his usual nosy self.

"Rosie is my wife." Emmett said, smiling widely.

My phone suddenly rang, I looked at the ID it was Abby. "What's up Abby?"

"The body and murder weapon is here. Gibbs wants all of you back here pronto." she said. "Where are you guys?"

"We are still at the parking lot. Haven't even left yet!"

"McGee! You know Gibbs never gives such chances, you shouldn't dawdle around."

"Yeah, we'll come on up!" I sighed, looking at the rest of the team, hanging up the phone.

"We've got to go back up?" Bella asked, looking upset that she wasn't getting to go to her ex-boyfriend's place.

"Seems like it! Knew it was too good to be true!" Tony said, kicking a stone away in frustration.

"I'll take a rain-check, guys?" Bella said, looking at Emmett and Jasper.

"Yeah sure, no problem. Be careful out there Bella." Emmett said hugging her to his side.

"Yah, restraining Alice would be difficult, if she hears something else darlin'." Jasper drawled.

"Yeah, I'll do my best. You know me, danger magnet." Bella said, smiling.

"That we do girl!"

Goodbyes said, hugs done, we finally make our way back up. This looks like it's going to be another long day.

A/N: - So how is it progressing for you guys? Anyone glad to see Emmett and Jasper back in the story? Emmett is one of my favourite characters, he is just so lovable! And Jasper is the epitome of tall, quiet and sexy for me! ;)

Please review guys. I got a lot of reviews for the author note, asking me to continue the story. Not so many for the chapters. Please do tell me how you feel about the way the story is progressing. Your thoughts matter!

Love,

A.