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Previously

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Are you expecting anyone?" The redhead asked the goth.

"I'm not" she told the teenager.

They walked through to the other room and opened the door.

"Hello Megan."

Present

Megan's eyes widened and a smile lit up her face.

"Tom!" She cried before she hugged the man who was like a grandfather to her.

"How are you?" He asked sincerely once they had broken the hug.

"I'm alright, still dealing with the same rubbish though" she told him and he nodded in understanding.

"How's your Mom?" He questioned.

"She was alright when I left" Megan replied.

"Have you phoned her since?" Tom inquired.

"I would've done last night, but I went to bed really early so I never got the chance" she informed him before she changed the subject, "how's Harriet?"

"She's doing well. She'll be happy to see you" Tom replied.

"Me too" Megan stated with a small smile.

"How was school before summer vacation?" He asked.

"The classes, fine, the social part, not so good" she told him.

"Why?" Tom questioned.

"My best friend moved to Maryland after her parents got divorced just before Christmas. After that, I was alone" Megan informed him.

"I'm so sorry" the older man said.

"It's fine, it isn't your fault" the redhead shrugged.

"What are you two baking?" Tom questioned, changing the subject.

"Ginger cookies, but we only just put them on" Abby replied.

"OK" Tom stated with a small smile, "I'll leave you two to it then. See you, Megan."

"Bye, Tom!" Megan called as the older man walked out of the lab; she then turned to the goth, "what could we do now?"

"Well, we could look at goat videos" Abby suggested.

Megan's eyes lit up.

"Yes! Let's do that! I love goats!" She said.

Abby made to go next door to get the other chair but the redhead stopped her.

"I'll get it."

Abby nodded before she sat down on the chair. Megan eventually came through with the other chair. She sat down on it and the two of them began to watch goat videos together.

NCIS

Half an hour into watching goat videos, Megan's cellphone rang so Abby paused the video. The teenager's eyes widened.

"Oh my gosh!" She cried. "It's my Mom! I'm sorry, I have to take this."

"Go ahead, I'll wait here" the goth told her.

"Hey, Mom." Megan said as she went through to the other room.

"Hi, Meg" her Mom's voice rang out. "How are you?"

"Absolutely exhausted. How about you?" The younger redhead responded.

"I'm alright, sweetheart" Jenny assured her. "Have you seen Tom yet?"

"Yeah. He came to see me about half an hour ago. I'm in the lab with the forensic scientist, Abby. She's really nice" the teenager told the older redhead.

"That's great, Meg. Listen, I'll call back later. I just wanted to check in. I love you" her Mom said.

"I love you too. Bye Mom!" Megan stated before she and her Mom both hung up the phone and Megan walked back through.

She sat down on the chair and she and Abby started to watch goat videos once again. Suddenly, the door opened, and Megan and Abby turned around in shock.

"Megan?" It was Hollis. "Gibbs would like to see you."

The redhead looked at Abby in confusion.

"Go" the goth told her.

Megan nodded before she went out with Hollis. They went up to the squad room to where Gibbs was talking to Tom and a man in a suit with white hair. Anxiety rose in Megan and she started to tap her finger against her thigh.

"Megan, this is Assistant Director Richard Mann, Hollis's Father" Gibbs introduced the man with white hair.

"It's a pleasure to meet you" the teenager said politely as she shook his hand.

"The pleasure is all mine" the man stated with something in his eyes that the teenager could not quite pick out.

"Anyway" Gibbs cut in, "Megan, how would you like to come to an evening party in a week's time?"

"Evening party as in ball or evening party as in casual dress and food?" The redhead inquired.

"Ball" Hollis responded in a sugary sweet tone.

"Sure" Megan answered, shrugging slightly.

"That's great" Gibbs told her. "You may go back to whatever you doing."

Megan gave him a small smile before she walked away and went back down to Abby's lab.

"What was that about?" Abby asked, clearly curious.

"I got invited to a ball" the redhead informed her casually.

"And?! What did you say?" The scientist questioned.

"I said yes" Megan responded, already regretting it.

"Megan, you lucky thing!" The goth cried. "We have to find you a dress and shoes and do your hair and makeup!"

Megan shook her head and Abby gave her a confused look.

"Parties aren't really my thing" the younger one of the two explained.

"Why not?" Abby asked.

"Anxiety. I hate being in rooms with loads of people I don't know" the redhead informed her.

"If you don't want to go, just tell Gibbs, he'll understand" the goth told her.

Megan shook her head again.

"I don't want to give Bianca an excuse to tease me" she said.

"The Director should have a security detail. I'll talk to Gibbs's team and see if at least one of them are doing it" Abby answered.

"Thank you" Megan whispered.

"You're welcome" the forensic scientist stated, squeezing the teenager's hand for a second. "But we still have to find you something to wear."

Megan laughed.

NCIS

Ducky was doing paperwork when his desk phone rang.

"Autopsy" he said.

"Hey Ducky" it was Jenny.

"Jennifer! How are you?" The doctor asked.

"I'm alright. How about you?" Jenny responded.

"I'm well, thank you." The older man informed her.

"How's Megan?" The redhead questioned.

"She's doing alright. She had a panic attack as soon as we got onto the plane but I don't know about any others. It's likely she had one when she got to the bullpen as she was by herself so I'll check with one of Jethro's team" Ducky informed her.

Jenny's breath caught slightly at her former lover's name but Ducky did not comment.

"Thank you" Jenny stated.

"You are very welcome, my dear" the Scotsman told her.

"I have a call coming in, Ducky. I'll call back. Bye" the redhead said.

"Goodbye" the doctor replied before he hung up and went upstairs to the squad room.

He went to the bullpen and saw Gibbs and the other three all doing paperwork.

"Ziva? Could I have a word?" The Scotsman requested.

"Gibbs?" Ziva asked the Marine who nodded.

The Israeli followed Ducky to behind the stairs.

"Did Megan have a panic attack when she got the the bullpen?" The older man questioned.

"Yes" the agent told him.

"Thank you" Ducky said and Ziva nodded before she walked back to the bullpen.

Ducky took out his phone and quickly sent a text to Jenny before he walked down to the lab to find Megan and Abby putting cookies into a cooling rack. He walked in, making sure that Megan saw him.

"Those smell amazing" he commented.

"Cheers, Ducky" Megan replied.

"Thanks, Duckman" Abby stated.

"How's it going, Megan?" He asked the redhead.

"I got invited to an evening party next week by Assistant Director Mann. I said yes and I'm already regretting it" she informed him.

"Do you want me to talk to Jethro about it?" The doctor questioned.

"Abby said she was going to find out from the team who was going as security detail" Megan replied.

"I can save you the trouble" McGee stated as he walked in.

Megan jumped and she took deep breaths. Abby rubbed the redhead's back as she attempted to calm herself down.

"Please try not to do that, Timothy" Ducky responded.

"Sorry" the computer geek stated.

"It's fine" Megan answered, "anyway, you were saying?"

"Gibbs is going with Hollis and Bianca and Director Morrow is going to need a security detail. Tony, Ziva and I are all going but he needs an extra person" McGee told them.

"I could do that" Abby suggested.

"I'll ask" the MIT graduate assured her.

"Thanks McGee" the teenager replied.

"You're very welcome" the computer geek told her before he walked out.

"That's OK then. I trust Ziva, and Tony and McGee are both alright" Megan said.

"Are you absolutely sure you want to go?" Ducky questioned.

"I don't know" the redhead answered, tears in her eyes.

"Permission to hug?" Abby asked and Megan nodded.

The goth wrapped her arms around the teenager and Megan hugged her back, seeking the forensic scientist's warmth as tears rolled down her porcelain face. They pulled back and the redhead wiped her face with her sleeve.

"You don't have to go if you don't want to, Megan. There's nothing wrong with saying no" Ducky reminded her.

"Bianca will tease me endlessly for not going!" the teenager shouted with a sob.

"This isn't about Bianca, Megan" Abby told her gently, "it's about you. Bianca is rude and she will stop at nothing to make you feel bad about yourself. She gives me weird looks because of what I wear and I don't care. I'm comfortable in these clothes, and I'm comfortable in my body. You're beautiful inside and out, Megan. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise."

Megan hesitated before she hugged the goth tightly.

"You're brilliant, Abby" she whispered.

"So are you, Megan" Abby responded softly.

They pulled apart after a while and smelt something burning.

"Oh, for goodness sake!" Abby yelled.

The cookies on one of the tripods had caught fire. The goth grabbed a fire extinguisher and put the fire out.

"That'll be the bad tripod then" she said.

"Can you not just put it in the trash?" Megan asked the Caf-Pow! addict as she placed the burnt cookies in the trashcan.

"Nope, I have to go through a special process" the forensic scientist responded and the teenager nodded.

"I'm going to go back to Autopsy. Let me know if you need anything, Megan" Ducky stated before he walked out.

"Do you want to watch more goat videos?" Abby questioned and Megan nodded.

They watched more goat videos until the timer went off, telling the two of them that the cookies were ready. The goth paused the video and she and Megan set to work on the cookies.

"Where are the cooling racks, Abby?" Megan asked.

"In the cupboard in the back room" the goth answered.

Megan went to the back room and looked through the many cupboards until she found the cooling racks. She grabbed the two of them and walked back through.

"Got them" the redhead said, holding up the two cooling racks.

"Great" the Caf-Pow! addict responded as she put on oven gloves.

Abby took the cookies off the remaining tripods and put them onto the cooling racks.

"Those should take about half an hour to cool down" the goth informed the teenager.

"OK" Megan replied.

The two of them proceeded to watch goat videos until there was a knock on the door. They shared glances as they both got up. Abby opened the door to reveal Bianca.

"We're going to lunch tomorrow with Director Morrow and my Grandpa. You're coming with us" the blonde told the redhead, "just make sure you don't sit beside Gibbs, because he's my Dad now. I've known him longer than you have, so stay away from him."

Bianca walked away and Megan rolled her eyes.

"Come on, let's watch more videos" Abby said and she and the redhead both sat down.

The goth played the video they were on and once again she and the teenager were both laughing at all the funny things the goats were doing, forgetting all of their worries. Eventually, they had seen every goat video there was on YouTube, so they went back upstairs with the cookies in a box to give them to the team.

"Do you want to grab lunch after this?" Abby asked, "it's 1 o'clock."

"Yeah, sure" Megan replied.

They got into the bullpen to see the team and Gibbs on their computers. Hollis and Bianca were nowhere to be seen.

"We come bearing cookies" the goth said as she and the redhead walked into the bullpen.

"Cinnamon?" Tony asked and Megan nodded.

"Yup" the redhead answered.

Tony took a couple and McGee and Ziva only took one.

"Gibbs?" The teenager questioned, "do you want a cookie?"

"No thanks" the Senior Special Agent responded. "I'm not a fan of cinnamon."

Megan felt a pang of guilt.

"I'm so sorry, I-" she was cut off by the Marine.

"It's fine, Megan" he replied, "don't apologize."

The redhead nodded silently and Gibbs gave her an encouraging smile.

"I'm going for coffee" Gibbs said suddenly and he walked out.

"Does he always do that?" Megan asked.

"Yeah" Tony answered.

"You'll get used to it" McGee assured her.

Abby took a cookie and offered the box to the teenager who gladly accepted.

"Mmm" Megan said. "You should run a bakery from your lab, Abby."

"You should, Abby! Your cookies are really good!" Ziva agreed.

"She shouldn't run a bakery from her lab. She wears strange clothes and strange makeup. She's a weirdo" Bianca cut in as she walked into the bullpen.

"You don't have to be so horrible" Megan told the blonde coolly.

"I have a right to my opinion" she responded with a snap.

"You don't have to be so horrible" the redhead repeated, anger burning in her.

"I'll go back and see my Grandpa then" Bianca answered before she turned around.

And then she rotated back and aimed a punch at Megan.

CLIFFHANGER.

I'm not sorry. OK, maybe I am a little bit.

WE'RE GONNA MEET THE DORKIEST CHARACTER (OTHER THAN KASIE) IN THE NEXT CHAPTER YAY XD.

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