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On Monday morning Tony arrived early, a little apprehensive about seeing Gibbs, given what he had learned over the weekend and bumped into a distressed Abby, whose blue eyes glistened with unshed tears "Sorry Tony" she mumbled softly and continued walking in the direction of the lab. In an instant Tony forgot about his nervousness as his protective instincts kicked in. He marched into the bullpen, tossed his backpack onto his chair and planted himself in front of McGee's desk "What did you do to Abby?" Tony demanded, glaring at the young man who flushed and tugged on his tie "Nothing, why? What's wrong?" McGee asked, apprehension creeping into his voice "I bumped into her in the hallway and she looked like she was going to cry. So I repeat, what did you do to Abby?" Tony inquired angrily as Tim looked up at him "She was crying?" McGee asked, concerned as he rapidly stood up and headed for the elevator, completely ignoring Tony who looked vaguely impressed as he headed for his own desk to begin the day.
Tim paced up and down the hallway outside the lab and took a minute to think about how he should approach Abby without causing her to hurt him, when suddenly everything clicked into place: Abby's nagging virus, the sudden mood swings and the lack of caffeine. Abby was pregnant! He was going to be a dad! Tim stood completely still for a minute before a huge smile crossed his face. 'Abby must be waiting for the right moment to tell me' he thought and suddenly he marched into the lab, straight up to Abby and kissed her passionately "I love you Abby" McGee announced before he strode out of the lab, leaving a confused Abby staring at his retreating figure.
McGee sat down at his desk and quickly reached for the phone. He made a quick phone call to Abby's favourite theme restaurant before he reached for the local phone book, muttering to himself as Gibbs into the bullpen and sat down at his desk.
Gibbs sat at his desk silently contemplating the photograph of his daughter when his phone rang. He answered and after a brief conversation he stood up and looked around the bullpen. Kate was typing furiously at her keyboard, Tony was filling in paperwork, occasionally glancing at a framed photograph on his desk and McGee was talking quietly into the phone while looking nervously around the room. Normally Gibbs would have given McGee a little bit of grief about making personal calls but he guessed it had something to do with Abby, especially when he heard the word 'flowers' and decided to let it slide. He too, had noticed Abby's strange mood lately "I'm going up to see the Director. Be ready to go when I get back, it looks like we've caught a new case" Gibbs announced before heading towards the elevator, listening to the satisfying sounds of his team snapping to order.
Twenty minutes later Gibbs stepped off the elevator and marched up to the whiteboard, dragging it into the bullpen before turning it to the unmarked side and attaching a photograph of a laughing young girl to the board, and standing in front of the board with his back shielding the photo from view. "Okay team, we've caught a new case" he began and watched Kate, McGee and Tony focus their attention to him "This morning the Director received a phone call from an old friend who would like us to find his daughter, who ran away from home seven years ago. And yes, I know we don't usually investigate runaways, but the General asked for me, and therefore you, specifically. So here we are" Gibbs informed the team before he stood aside, revealing the photo "This is Allysia Bradbury, only daughter of General Frank Bradbury and his wife Marie. She ran away from home just before her eighteenth birthday, and her only contact with her family has been a card to her mother every mother's day, birthday and Christmas for the past seven years, so we at least know that she's alive." Gibbs looked up at his team "McGee, I want you to start searching the net for anything that might lead us to Allysia, any bank accounts in her name, phone records, property sales anything. Kate, you're with me, we will head over to the General's house and talk to Mrs. Bradbury and Tony, you hang around and help McGee" Gibbs ordered and reached for his coffee, noticing that Tony's face had paled slightly "Uh, boss?" Tony asked apprehensively and Gibbs glanced at Tony with fire in his eyes "DiNozzo if this is about working with McGee-" Gibbs began "It's not. I was just going to say that you don't have to spend any time looking for Allysia Bradbury" Tony said quietly "And why exactly is that, DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked warningly, watching the fear enter Tony's eyes as Tony reached behind him for the framed photo and handed it to Gibbs "Because she's my fiancé and I know exactly where she is because I'm meeting her for lunch this afternoon" Tony said in a rush to the team and watched as identical looks of disbelief crossed the faces of his co-workers.