Chapter 2
It's Monday morning, around 8am, and it's been one week since the confrontation with Gibbs occurred. Since that confrontation ended with Tony getting fired, he's now looking for a new job. Tony is waiting at a local police station for his job interview that he setup late last week. He just sits on the bench waiting to be called in. Finally, Captain Charles H. Miller steps out from the hallway to Tony's left. Tony stands up as the man walks over to him.
"You must be Anthony DiNozzo." Captain Charles extends his hand to greet him. "Sorry about the wait, we had a couple druggies in the back that needed to be detained."
"Not a problem." Tony extends his hand to greet the Captain. "I'm just glad you're able to see me on such short notice."
"Come this way." Captain Charles leads the way and Tony follows. "My office is right down the hall."
They continue walking down the hallway to his office. Captain Charles H. Miller stands just outside the door to welcome Tony to go. Tony walks into the office.
"Would you like some coffee before we begin?" Captain Charles asked.
"Yes please." Tony answers.
"Just make yourself comfortable and I'll be right back."
Captain Charles leaves the room. Tony walks over to the wall to look at the couple trophies. He then walks to the chair in front of the desk and sits down. After a minute, Captain Charles walks back into the room. He walks over to Tony and hands him the coffee. He then walks around the desk, places his own coffee down and sits in his chair.
"Before we begin, I was just wondering what happened to your fingers?"
"On Friday I was outside playing football with a couple buddies. Things got a bit rough at one point." Tony lied.
"I understand… I used to be a football jock back in high school. Could've gotten a football scholarship to practically any college of my choice…"
"But you didn't?"
"No… I always knew my true calling was in law enforcement." Captain Charles said. "This is where I belong. It's where I was meant to be."
There's a moment of silence as Captain Charles looks over Tony's file.
Meanwhile, as Captain Charles is looking over Tony's file, Gibbs enters the building. He walks to the front desk.
"Excuse me Miss… Where can I find Captain Charles H. Miller?" Gibbs asked the lady at the front desk.
"His office is down the hall…" The lady points in the direction. "Make a right when you get to the end… Three doors down… Then make a left into the next hallway… And his office is the last door on the right."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Gibbs begins walking in the direction the lady at the front desk told him to.
Meanwhile, back in Captain Charles' office, Charles finally looks up at Tony after his face was completely involved in looking over the file.
"I see you have a slight problem with remaining employed at a regular police precinct. The only job you've held for more then two years, was at NCIS."
"I know that looks bad…"
"From my viewpoint, it does. It makes me wonder just how long you would actually stay here… But…"
"There's a but?"
"There's usually a, but, with me… This precinct has been slightly under-manned the passed three months so I honestly wouldn't care if you only stayed for two years, or even one. We need the man-power."
"So in other words… I'm hired?"
Suddenly, the door to Captain Charles' office swings open and Gibbs walks into the room. In embarrassment, Tony slips down in the chair.
"You can't just barge in here!" Captain Charles exclaimed. "Who are you!"
"Special Agent Gibbs, NCIS." Gibbs flashed his badge.
"What do you want Agent Gibbs?"
"Him." Gibbs said as he points to Tony and walks over to the chair he's sitting on.
"Gibbs, I…"
Gibbs pulls out his handcuffs.
"Anthony DiNozzo, you're under arrest. Get up."
"What!" Tony looks up at him. He then looks at Captain Charles. "This man is completely insane."
"I told you to get up."
Gibbs grabs Tony and forces him to his feet. He then shoves Tony against the wall and begins putting the handcuffs on him.
"You're under arrest for possession of Narcotics."
"That's complete bullshit!" Tony exclaimed as the handcuffs are being slapped on. "Watch the fingers. Watch the fingers!"
After getting the handcuffs on Tony, Gibbs grabs him by the arm and begins walking toward the door. While passing the desk, Gibbs grabs the coffee was drinking. He takes a sip. He looks at Captain Charles.
"You call this coffee!" Gibbs said in disgust as he put the cup down on the desk.
After placing the cup down, he walks Tony out the door. Gibbs is now walking the handcuffed Tony down the hallway.
"Gibbs, you're such a fuckin bastard."
"Tell me something I don't already know."
"What the hell do you think you're doing here anyway!" Tony exclaimed. "You make it well known that I'm not good enough for Jamie… Screw you, by the way. You break three of my fingers… Also, screw you. You fire me… For a bullshit reason, so screw you. And now you completely ruined my job interview!"
"And your point is?"
"A job brings in money. And money is needed to pay rent. I need a job and you just completely destroyed any chance for me to get a job with law enforcement in this town!"
"You already have two jobs DiNozzo."
"What!" You're the one who fired me in the first place!"
"I never gave you permission to leave the building."
"I thought being fired was a sure way of saying, get the hell out of my face." Tony stated. "You know what Gibbs… You have issues and should seek professional help."
"Either way… Since you now have no chance at getting a job with law enforcement in this town… It looks like your ass belongs to me once again."
"Now you're re-hiring me! It only took you a week to come screw with my life again!" Tony exclaimed. "And what if I say no?"
Gibbs twists the handcuffs a bit.
"Ouch!"
"Still wanna decline the offer?"
"No…"
"Good."
Gibbs stops twisting the handcuffs. Gibbs and Tony continue walking toward the front door of the police precinct. Once outside, by Gibbs' car, he pushes Tony against the passenger side door.
"Hey! Go easy! Geez!"
Gibbs takes the handcuffs off Tony.
"Get in the car."
As Tony opens the car door, Gibbs walks around to the other side and opens the door on the driver's side. Tony looks across the car at Gibbs.
"Back in the station, you said I already have two jobs… What's the second job?"
Gibbs looks across the car at Tony.
"Keeping my daughter happy."
"So you approve?"
"No."
Gibbs gets inside the car. Tony sighs, takes a deep breath and gets inside the car. There's complete silence between them as they head back to the NCIS building.
