A/N: To all the posters at the Bullpen who read my story and haven't read my lj yet, I have no idea why it has been removed and I'm really pissed off about it! You can always mail me if you want to, my hope is that it gets back soon, but I'm starting to get desperate!


Tony, Kate and McGee were going to the house of Darlene Stevens...again. It was early in the afternoon and they wanted to show the picture of the unknown John Doe to Melissa Stevens. They wanted to get the information this time and not screw up again, but they had forgotten, that it was Melissa's birthday party that afternoon. They were brought to the yard where a lot of kids were running around. Suddenly a boy aimed his water gun at them and yelled:

"Water fight!" All of the kids were screaming and splashing with the water. Kate ducked away and Tony and McGee got soaked to the skin. Kate laughed in her sneaky way, till a water balloon hit her in the middle of her chest. McGee, disorientated, smacked his nose against the pole of a tent that been placed there for the children. Melissa came running from behind the kids and asked them to stop. Tony was so absorbed staring at Kate's chest, as the water left nothing to the imagination, that they didn't notice McGee. Suddenly they heard him wail:

"Uh, guys, I think I broke my nose..." Everything happened rather fast then. Kate got McGee into the car and since she was the only one that was partly dry, she drove him to the hospital. Tony and McGee were dripping in the backseat. Kate drove faster than she normally did, since it was an emergency.

They were waiting for McGee in the hallway. Tony was staring again. Pfew, even better than the wet t-shirt contest picture I found. Man, I would give anything to touch those smooth..

"DiNozzo, you have been staring long enough now. Stop it!" She saw the desire in his eyes and had to look down because she didn't want him to notice her appreciation. The approaching doctor interrupted them, much to their relief.

"His nose is not broken, but he needs to wear something to protect it. He will be ready in a minute." Kate shook her head:

"How does he keep doing that? Walking through a carwash, getting an allergy and now this." McGee came out, looking even more geekish than he did before, if that was even possible.

"Hey probie, you just have to poke your nose into everything don't you?" Tony joked while he patted McGee on the shoulder. Kate took the keys out of her purse while Tony tried to grab them, he took her hand and suddenly they both froze. This touching was not a good idea. Kate decided not to make a deal out of it this time, wouldn't be wise.

"Fine, you drive." The only response he could manage was to nod sheepishly.

"Well, I guess that's it, we totally screwed up this afternoon without asking ANY questions. I'm going to call Abby," Kate said in the car.

"Why" McGee said with a funny creaking voice.

"Because we don't have any more information and Gibbs is going to be pissed again, so maybe Abby can give us something."


"Hey Kate, what's up?" Abby answered.

"Hey, can you help us...we had a little situation here this afternoon. We were going over to the house of Darlene Stevens to interrogate the daughter again on Gibbs' order but then on her birthday party these kids found no better than pelt us with water, McGee couldn't see and hit his nose on the pole of a tent." Kate could hear Abby laughing.

"Ouch...so you had some kind of hinky situation huh?"

"Uh yeah, you can say that again. We had to get McGee to the hospital for a check-up and we can't go back now. How would that look?"

"I see...well, I can tell you some news to share with Gibbs tomorrow morning. Brian Shaw doesn't exist, made-up name. Ducky is getting DNA off that John Doe in his freezer to run in through a database. But Gibbs sounded like he had some kind of clue to solve this case."

"He did? Great, we're headed back to the hotel, we're calling it a day. McGee had painkillers and needs his rest. Bye"

"Bye!" Abby ended the phone call.