Jethro bounded out the door pulling Abby, who was holding tightly onto his leash, into the hallway with him. McGee walked out the door behind them and locked it. He turned around to see that Abby was already at the door to the stairs.

"C'mon, McGee!"

He walked quickly over to where Abby and Jethro stood waiting and watched as they ran ahead of him yet again, both excited for the walk. McGee chuckled to himself at Abby's unique animated personality before jogging to catch up with them.

"So where are we walking to today?"

Abby though about it for a moment before replying, "How about the park?"

"Sounds good."

They walked to the park with Jethro trotting obediently between them, but as soon as he caught sight of the ducks swimming in the park's pond, he took off with his leash dragging on the ground behind him. Neither Abby nor McGee were worried; Jethro didn't really need a leash, and there was nothing to worry about when he ran around without one. They approached the pond and sat at the edge, watching Jethro chase the ducks around.

The two were quiet for awhile, until McGee noticed that Abby looked unusually down; she had done nothing but stare into the pond in front of her for the past half-hour.

"Are you okay, Abbs?"

She looked up and smiled. "Yeah," she placed her hand on top on McGee's, "I just miss everyone…"

He smiled at her and she moved to lie on the ground, resting her head on McGee's lap.

"I know we can't bring the director back, but I still really miss her. Tony and Ziva, too…"

"Well, at least they'll come back eventually."

Abby sighed, "Eventually…"

As if sensing his masters' change in mood, Jethro ran over and began playfully nudging Abby and McGee with his nose, causing Abby to giggle.

"I guess it's about time to head back…it's starting to get dark out."

"Okay." Abby got up and grabbed Jethro's leash, then bent down again to pet him. "Come on Jethro, time to go home!"

The walk back did not relieve Jethro of the abundance of energy he still had, even after running around the park for so long.

"Well, how about we walk to my apartment, then to yours? That'll probably tire him out, and I need to pick up my mail anyways, I forgot to do that today."

"Alright, let's go."

Once they reached Abby's apartment, she ran inside so as not to keep McGee and Jethro waiting long. A few minutes later, Abby emerged from the building and walked back over to where McGee was standing. When she got close, Jethro started barking madly and lunging toward her. McGee pulled back on his leash to try and settle him, but he wouldn't heel. Abby didn't come any closer while McGee tried to subdue Jethro, and finally he succeeded.

The whole way back to McGee's apartment, Abby had to walk behind McGee, whose hand grasped Jethro's collar and leash. Jethro would not stop growling and barring his teeth until they got back to the apartment; McGee let go of Jethro's collar, and he started barking and lunging again. McGee lost the grip on his leash, and Jethro jumped up onto Abby, knocking the mail out of her hands and pushing her to the ground.

McGee rushed to get Jethro off of her, when he jumped away and began attacking the mail that had been scattered on the floor. McGee helped Abby up and she went over to Jethro and ripped a letter from his teeth.

McGee took Jethro's collar and led him into the bathroom, where he left him so he would calm down.

"Hey Timmy, come here!"

He walked back into the other room where Abby sat on the couch, the slightly torn and chewed envelope in her hand. She looked up when he sat next to her.

"Tim, this letter's addressed to both of us."

"What?"

"Yeah, it says 'Timothy McGee and Abby Scuito'."

"Who's it from?"

"There's no return address, I dunno…"

She opened it, and tilted the paper so she and McGee could read it at the same time.

Once she finished reading, the letter slipped from Abby's hands. She looked over at McGee, who was already looking at her, his eyes wide.

Neither could think of a single thing to say.

Sorry for the delay, I've got band camp from six thirty in the morning until four in the afternoon...doesn't leave much time to do stuff. Especially with school starting in two weeks.

By the way, I don't have a beta or anything, so sorry for any errors in this fic.