Chapter 20

Sam saw AJ approaching and begged, "Will you please take me home?"

"She should go to the hospital!" the paramedic told AJ.

"Hospital?! I don't need to go to the hospital," she claimed but he could hear the pain in her voice.

"If they say you need to go, you need to go. I'll ride with you, just let me give the keys to Webb." He looked around the area and quickly spotted the spy. Going over to him, he tossed him the keys to the Escalade and told Webb to take it back to JAG. Since it was a secure lot he could put the keys in the consol between the seats and leave the door unlocked.

Webb smirked at him as he pocketed the keys and replied, "Told you so!"

AJ was back at the EMT vehicle in moments and climbed in beside the stretcher Samantha was on.

She turned to him and announced, "AJ I know how much you value honesty and I know I upset you when you found out Gibbs made me keep stuff from you, and I am sorry about that, however there is one more thing that I've been keeping from you…" Sam took a deep breath.

While she was doing that the EMT sent AJ a pitying look, sure the woman he had been treating was about to tell the guy with her that she was either a lesbian or married.

However, it turned out he was wrong and was just about as shocked as AJ at what she had to say next, "I wasn't just undercover at JAG, I am also undercover at NCIS. Gibbs doesn't know yet, but I will tell him," she looked at AJ to see how he was reacting. She had been keeping her head down staring at her clenched hands, but AJ had been quiet for so long she just had to see if she could figure out what he might be feeling from the look on his face.

His face was impassive however, when their eyes met he asked, "So who is it that you do work for?"

"I work for the FBI. They wanted me to investigate someone at JAG that they are considering offering a job to."

She paused to try and figure out what he was thinking. Instead of letting her know that he asked, "What job? And whom are they targeting at JAG?"

"They want one of your people to become a Secret Service Agent. I was sent in to determine if he was a good candidate."

"And?" AJ encouraged her to finish her story.

"He's perfect! Honorable, just, right temperament, golden in every way."

"You can't be talking about Rabb!"

"Ra…Rabb?! NO! he was never even in consideration. It was Lieutenant Bud Roberts."

"Bud?!" AJ sputtered in complete shock.

"Why are you so surprised? He is the perfect candidate. Almost too perfect. That was why I was sent in to investigate all the stories we had heard about him. I was surprised to find out that every bit of it was true. They will have someone approach him in the next day or so."

"He won't leave JAG," AJ assured her.

"Not for the Secret Service?" Sam questioned.

"Not for the Secret Service," he insisted.

"I would have to see that."

"Not everyone can be tempted by a black suit."

"Is that what you think I did?! Join the FBI to become a Secret Service Agent?"

"I don't know…I guess I'm still having a hard time with this new job. Is this the last one? Or are there three more you are keeping a secret?" he questioned.

"No, this is the last one…and again I'm so sorry about having to keep any of it a secret from you. If you never wanted to see me again I would understand."

There was a silence and then before he had a chance to answer they arrived at the hospital and the EMT who had become so fascinated by their conversation that he hadn't even realized they were that close. He was internally cursing his luck that he wouldn't get a chance to learn what AJ would have answered. The EMT wondered if he had seen the single tear that had started down her cheek before she was able to swipe it away.

To be continued…