Timothy McGee shook his head as she watched his on again off again girlfriend walk into the dressing room carrying two dark pairs of blue jeans and a pair of khakis along with a black wool and cashmere crewneck, a black long sleeved Ralph Lauren polo, and a white cashmere mitered v-neck. It had been her idea for them to make this shopping excursion together. Still it had in fact been his idea to shop at the Ralph Lauren store. He knew Kate was a big fan of Ralph Lauren and had a feeling Abby would look good in it. When she walked out of the dressing room wearing a dark pair of jeans and then green turtleneck he couldn't help but melt. He liked this suburban look on Abby.

Abby couldn't help but feel weird as she stood in front of Timmy wearing the overpriced outfit. She knew she would be dropping a pretty penny on this but she didn't mind. She looked at him and shrugged as if to say what do you think.

McGee smiled. "You look amazing Abby. Kate is going to love your outfit."

Abby looked at herself in the mirror one more time and then sighed. She walked back into the dressing room and reemerged five minutes later carrying all of the clothes. She smiled brightly at the woman behind the cash register.

"Is this all for today?"

Abby nodded and didn't even flinch when she noticed that her final total was nearly six hundred dollars. She handed the woman cash. The crazy look that appeared on McGee's face when he realized she had that kind of cash on her didn't go unnoticed. She smiled. She let him take her bags and then they made their way out of the store. "I won it."

"You won it? What at the dog track?" McGee had never seen anybody carry about cash like that. Well he had but it was in the movies.

Abby looked offended. "I would never support a dog track. The way they treat those greyhounds is just inhumane. No I won it playing Dungeons and Dragons."

McGee stopped dead in his tracks. "You won six hundred bucks in cash playing Dungeons and Dragons?"

Abby couldn't help but laugh. "Well no not exactly I actually won a thousand bucks playing Dungeons and Dragons. I played it for six hours two weeks ago with a bunch of these nerds from William and Mary."

"I didn't know people gambled on Dungeons and Dragons."

"Well then you surely didn't hang out with the same people as I did in high school. We used to gamble on it all the time. I played it almost every weekend from freshmen to senior year." Abby told him as if he was the weird one for not gambling on the classic game.

He gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close. He gently kissed her temple. "You are such a character."

"We're all characters in this little production I like to call life." She said. She tried to keep straight face as she said it but she ultimately failed. She couldn't help but laugh hysterically. "So what's he like?" Abby asked once she was done laughing.

"Tony?"

"No Dean Martin." Abby replied rather sarcastically.

"He and Kate always seemed to have something special going for them. They were the meanest duo in that whole damn school my plebe year. You never wanted them to be the ones that were grilling you. You'll like him though. He was nice when I saw him at NCIS. Not your typical FBI prick." McGee laughed at the thought of Kate and Tony grilling her about coordinates, what today's dinner was, how many Senators have graduated from Annapolis as of today, and so on and so forth.

Abby was perplexed by his sudden laughter. "What?"

"Nothing it's just I was imagining them grilling you."

"What do you mean grilling?"

"Well at Annapolis during your plebe year upperclassmen make it their business to break you. They ask you questions and you have to know the answer or else they punish you. I once had to do twenty pushups for every Senator I missed when asked the question Plebe McGee as of today how many United Senators are Annapolis alumni." He explained. "Before you ask I have no clue anymore."

Abby laughed. "So basically people go to Annapolis to get kicked in the ass for one year and then kick people in the asses for three years."

"Basically."

Tony walked into the living room and found Kate standing on a chair hanging curtains. He smiled. He ran his left hand through his freshly cut hair and sighed. The moving people had come on Thursday so now all they had to do was basically add the little things that made a house a home. Wednesday they went to a photographer's studio and basically had a photo album life created for them. It was weird how smoothly things were going. "I thought I would go to the store really quickly and pick a few things up for dinner. Abby does eat seafood right?"

Tony started Kate so badly that she almost fell off of her chair. Still somehow he managed to be right there to catch her before she could even almost hit the ground. She looked at him and smiled. She wondered if she was blushing. He had a tendency to make her blush. "Yeah she really loves crab and crawdads."

"Good to know. I was thinking about making a seafood platter with some fettuccini alfredo. How does that sound?"

Kate smiled. "It sounds absolutely delicious."

"Okay well then I'll just go to the store and I'll be back in an hour. Do you know what time she is getting in?"

Kate shrugged. "I think she's going to be here around five. So you may get home a little after her but that's fine."

"Good. Do you need anything while I'm out?" Tony had gotten the hang of this whole husband thing. He realized it was all about compromise and putting the toilet seat down. He shuddered when he thought about how loud she had been after falling into the toilet at two in the morning.

Kate started to say no but then she realized what day it was and then she remembered that she hadn't brought anything for next week. She bit her lip nervously. She felt kind of weird asking him to do this for her. Still he was her husband right. They were going to have to share a bed and live together for at least another month before things really got underway. "Well uh I sort of need feminine products if you know what I mean."

At first Tony had no idea what she was alluding to. Then it hit him. He inwardly cringed. Still he knew he had to do this for her. He knew she wouldn't just ask to ask. Okay well he didn't know that for sure. Still he wasn't going to take a chance by accusing her of screwing with him when she was really just in need of feminine products. He decided he would act unfazed. "Yeah that's no problem. Do you have a preference?"

"No. Uh whatever you bought Roxanne should be fine for me." It took Kate a second to get over the shock that was caused by his calm behavior before she remembered he probably bought them all the time for Roxanne.

Tony had never in the entire time he dated and lived with Roxanne bought her that stuff. She always handled it herself. Still he wasn't going to let Kate know that. How hard could it be buying the stuff anyway? "Okay I'll be back in an hour."

Abby slowly brought Kate's Volvo to a stop in front of a small white house that screamed suburban dream home. She couldn't help but smile. Kate was probably ecstatic to be living in a place like this. She mentally reminded herself that for this weekend it wasn't Kate it was Marissa. She checked her makeup once more before grabbing her bag and getting out of the car. She noticed that there wasn't a car in the driveway. She walked up to the front door and knocked lightly. She noticed the woman next door staring at her. She waved. The woman froze at the realization that she had been caught but then she went back to reading.

Kate squealed as soon as she heard the knock on the door. She threw the door open and squealed even louder when she saw Abby. Her best friend had actually done the unthinkable and had worn an outfit that was far too quiet and normal compared to her usual clothing choice. She was wearing a Ralph Lauren black sweater with an oxford shirt underneath it and a pair of dark blue jeans. She looked amazed. Still it was hard for Kate to believe this was really Abby. "Oh my gosh you look so good!"

Abby blushed slightly and shrugged. "Timmy helped me."

"Oh how sweet of him." Kate said as she ushered her friend in the house. Not before waving at Tanya. "That is my nosy neighbor." Kate said so quietly Abby could barely hear her.

Abby nodded knowingly. "I can tell." Abby was surprised to see that the house was basically finished. She couldn't believe they had set up shop so quickly. She thought the furniture was coming today. There was no way they put together that much in ten hours. "The house looks great. How did you do this so fast?"

"Well the furniture came a day early. That helped. Then we just worked our butts off. Your bedroom and bathroom are totally put together."

Abby nodded. "So where is Michael?"

"He went to the grocery store real quick to pick up stuff for dinner and feminine stuff."

Abby froze. "First he cooks? Second he's buying you feminine stuff?"

Kate let out an I can't believe it either laugh. "I know. Still he lived with a girl before this so he's probably used to. Plus he has a sister. He'll be fine."

Tony was standing in the middle of the aisle with his shopping cart. He had already purchased all of his seafood. Now he was just trying to figure out what kind of tampons to buy her. He didn't think it would be this hard. He pulled out his cell phone and did the only thing he could think of.

She was sitting at her kitchen table drinking coffee and flipping through a magazine when her home phone started to ring. She answered it as if it was the last thing on her mind. "Hello?"

"Ma, I need your help."

Her attention immediately went from the magazine to the phone conversation as soon as she realized it was him on the line. "Tony, bambino, how are you?"

"Ma I don't have much time. I need to get home. I have a serious dilemma."

"What's the matter?"

Tony groaned. He wished his sister wasn't on her honeymoon right now. "My wife needs tampons and I don't know what kind to buy her."

That had been the last thing his mother had expected to hear him say. She couldn't help but laugh a little. "Oh Tony so you call an old woman who is done with menopause?"

Tony hated when his mother did this to him. She loved to torture him. "Come on Ma. I know you still know what kind Rosie uses."

She could tell that he was upset so she decided to cut him some slack. "Pearl and in the other department buy Always. Get the multi-pack if you can."

"Thank you Ma."

"No problem. Still you have a moment to talk to me while you make your way to the checkout. Are you good? How is your marriage?"

"Everything is good. Remember the one who got away while I was at Annapolis. It was during mine and Roxie's more turbulent years."

"She's your wife. That sounds great Tony. Well I'll let you go but call your mother. Maybe I could come visit you down there." She said hopefully though she knew the chances of that happening were slim to none.

Tony got off of the phone with his mother and quickly paid for his purchases. He looked at his watch and realized he was later than planned. He got into his car and drove home to meet his wife's best friend. He just hoped she liked him.

Abby smiled as soon as she saw him pull into the driveway. He got out of the carrying a couple of bags. She watched as he walked up the walkway and then she watched him walk into the house. She said the first thing that came to mind. "You are way hunkier in person if that is at all possible."

Tony laughed. "It's nice to see you too Abby." He wanted to say meet you but he saw Tanya making her way over he didn't risk her hearing him. "Tanya's coming." He said before making his way into the kitchen with the groceries but not before handing her the bag with the feminine stuff.

"Thank you for picking those up for me Michael."

He flashed her his nicest smile. "What are husbands for if not to buy feminine products?" Still he took off as soon as he heard Tanya knock on the door. The way that woman looked at him made him feel absolutely dirty. It was like she had x-ray vision or something.

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