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A/N: ok, so it's been a while, so what. I'm sure you all will still enjoy it…I hope so anyways. This chapter's kinda boring, but it had to be there. The next one's better…
Tony was tapping his pencil again. He wasn't even using it, just thinking, and it drove Kate crazy! A constant, CONSTANT tap tap tapping that proved to be even more annoying as time went on. She had thought five minutes ago that it would fade into the background, but no, it just got more constant, more incessant, more and more and more annoying.
"Tony?" Kate said nicely, almost too nicely.
"Kate?" Tony asked. He had stopped tapping the pencil. It was a start.
"Would you mind keeping your pencil still?" Once again she was way to nice for pleasure.
Tony thought a moment. He looked down on his pencil and then back up at Kate. "If you tell me about your date."
"Urgh!" Kate exclaimed, "What am I going to have to do to prove to you that I did not, I repeat, DID NOT go on a date?"
"Good question," Tony replied calmly. He looked down at his computer screen and resumed the taping.
Kate had to do something. 'I know,' she thought, 'talk about the case.'
"Ok, let's talk about the case," Kate suggested.
"Sure," Tony replied.
"We found the body at 10:00," Kate began as she walked closer to Tony's desk to keep his attention, "Ducky said she had only been dead for an hour. That pins the time of death at about 9:00. She had been stabbed in the upper thigh with some sort of a blade about 4 inches long then shot in the chest. She was then dragged under the computer desk and left there. Is there anything I'm missing?"
"Nothing that we found specifically at the scene. Mrs. Daltry said that at 8:00 she had gone out to the store. Shelby was supposed to be going out with her boyfriend at 8:30 that morning. There was some sign of a struggle in doorway and the couch was about 2 yards away. That's where the blood trail starts."
"Okay, lets see if we can make a time line. 8:00, Mrs. Daltry leaves for the store. 8:30, Shelby's boyfriend was supposed to show up. 9:00, Shelby dies. 10:00, we're sent in."
"Okay," Tony said. There was silence, "So, some possible suspects would be Mrs. Daltry who has an alibi but has yet to back it up, and Shelby's boyfriend, who we have yet to locate."
"Actually," came a voice, "I've found the location of Shelby's boyfriend." It was McGee. Silence.
"Well, please share with the rest of the class, probie," Tony said.
"Right," McGee said, collecting his note, "3339 Edgewood Avenue, only 3 blocks down. His name's Ryan Smith." All three looked at each other for a few moments. Then another surprise voice arose. It was Gibbs.
"Kate, Tony, you two go talk to Mrs. Daltry, and McGee and me will talk to Mr. Smith." All confirmed that they would follow orders.
"Were you listening to us boss?" Tony asked.
"Of course," Gibbs answered. Tony expected for Gibbs to expand, but all he did was throw him the keys.
Gibbs saw Abby walking across the room and toward the elevator. She had a cup. Either she went to get coffee and was thus returning to her lab or she was walking around randomly having discussions with said cup. "Abbs," he called.
"Yeah boss?" she called back.
"We're out," he replied.
"Have fun. I'm sure you will." She exclaimed before turning back toward the elevator.
"Yeah," Gibbs replied almost sarcastically, but not quite.