The disclaimer is back in chapter one. BUT I'll say it again: I don't own NCIS or CSI. They belong to DPB, Paramount, CBS, and all those other guys who created the shows.
A/N: I'm sorry it's taken me so long to update. I've been stuck on where to go from the last chapter. And I kinda made this up as I went, so be nice.
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Greg walked back into the lab slowly. Abby ran over to him.
"What happened? Are you OK? What did they say? Are they mad? Are you in trouble? Am I? What's going on?..."
"Abby, calm down. I'm fine, you're ok, don't worry. Nothing's gonna happen. Let's just run these tests, OK?" Greg said reassuringly.
"Yeah, OK."
Abby started running around everywhere, gathering the materials to perform some of the tests. Greg was watching her.
"How about..." he started, "...we go get something to eat when you're done? You pick where 'cause I don't know my way around D.C. yet."
"Um, yeah, sounds good. Hey, don't you wanna supervise more? I mean, you're not doing a very good job."
"Yeah, I know. So?"
Abby rolled her eyes.
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Nick and Sara walked the halls of the lab heading towards the locker room. Nick was still in a bad mood over Sara and Tony's date.
"Greg called earlier," Sara said, trying to make some conversation.
"Hmm..."
"Said he was having a pretty good time. Their tech sounds nice. Greg really likes her. I wouldn't be surprised if he moved out there," she continued.
Nick didn't respond.
"What's wrong? Are you mad at me? What did I do wrong?"
"What's wrong is you are acting like nothing is wrong. Ever since the NCIS agents showed up, you've been different..." Nick started.
"Wait, I'm different? You're the one who's different! Ever since I went on a date with Tony, you've been bitchy and no fun to be around. Admit it, you were jealous of Tony! You'r-" Sara defended her self, but got cut off by Nick.
"OK, fine. I'm jealous. I'm jealous of Agent DiNozzo. I didn't want you to go out with him. Are you happy? I won't deny it. I was too chicken to ask you out because I didn't want you to turn me down..."
"So then why did you ask Agent Todd out?" Sara asked, very confused and surprised that Nick actually admitted to it.
"Because if she turned me down, it wouldn't matter because the investigation is going cold because of the lack of evidence and she would be going back to Washington."
Sara didn't know what to say. She was always attracted to Nick on some level but never wanted to cross the lines because of work.
Now what? Sara thought, I just screwed everything up.
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Kate and Tony were sitting in the dining area of their hotel, eating breakfast. They hadn't said a word to each other.
"You know, we're going back home soon. You better start saying your goodbyes to Nick," Tony said with a mouth full of pancakes and bacon.
"I know. What about Sara? I know how much you like her," Kate replied.
"Well, I've had my eye on someone back home for a while. And I'm sure Sara will understand."
"She will. Nick will too," Kate said, taking a sip of her coffee and then continued, "So who is this chick back home? Probably blonde, big chested, tall, gorgeous, like all of your other 'friends'. Cindy, Karen, Brandi, Tracey, Carmen, ..." Kate started listing his girlfriends.
"Wait! I've never dated any one named Cindy. No, have I? Maybe? I take that back."
Kate grinned.
"So, what's this one's name?" Kate said, pretending to be interested.
"Oh, I can't tell you that. But I'll tell you what she looks like," he replied and Kate actually looked engrossed so he began, "Well, she's tall, but not lanky. Always dresses nice. Has stunning chestnut colored eyes. Her hair's real smooth, not too far below her shoulders. And she's not blonde! Can you believe it? It's a magnificent shade of brown. And she's really nice. Funny...and teases me all the time in front of my boss. Makes me look stupid."
Kate was stumped on what to say. Tony was talking about her. She never would have believed that those words came out of his mouth if she hadn't been sitting right there.
"Oh...I...um..." Kate was baffled. She couldn't really talk with out sounding like a moron. She was kind of enthralled with him. Tony was...well...Tony. Charming, very handsome, funny, kind. She was attracted to him but she never said anything because you never knew what outrageous thing Tony would say.
"So, how about...when we get back...we go out? Dinner, a movie, I don't know, something! I'm just itching to break rule number twelve," Tony said with a grin.
Kate smiled back, "OK."
"Really?"
Kate looked at him, "Does it surprise you that I said yes?"
"Yeah!" Tony replied.
Kate suddenly looked scared, "What about rule twelve? What will Gibbs say?"
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A/N: I'm sorry it took so long to update. I know I said that already but I thought I'd say it again.
I asked this in another fic but no one's told me yet: What does 'MTAC' stand for? It's been bugging me for a while. So, if someone could tell me, it would be greatly appreciated.
And, as always, reviews make me happy and if you're lucky, update faster!
