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Tony was nervous. If fact Tony was pretty sure that he had never been so nervous in his entire life. And the fact that he was this nervous because of a girl was a whole other bag of new feelings. As he got up this morning he went through five different outfits. He didn't know why he wanted to impress Jessica's friends but he wanted everyone to walk off that plan and go WOW. I mean Jessica was a little sister to him. O God he was going to have to meet Josh.
Josh was Jessica's current boyfriend. Current because Jessica had to date six boyfriends and more of what she called good friends. And every time Tony took it upon himself to run background checks on all of them. This made Jessica unset. She didn't email him for over a month after he let slip that he didn't approve of the boyfriend she had at the moment had a DUI and was 3 years older then him.
He finally picked out a classic black suit and tie look. Nothing fancy he thought. As he left his apartment he almost forgot his gift. Abby told him that this meeting disserved a gift. She said that he had to find one that said I am always there for you like a brother but I am not actually blood related. So Tony finally decided on getting her one her favorite movies. As he grabbed his gift of one of her favorite movies he closed the door to his apartment and got in his car. He started his car and drove to the airport his mind running a mile a minute.
Tony had decided he would meet Jessica at the airport. The rest of the team said they would meet their pen pals when they take their tour of NCIS the next day. Tony was somewhat happy about this. There were some things that he needed to talk to Jessica about before she met the team.
As he pulled into the airport parking lot he looked at the planes landing and taking off. He sighed and got out of his car. He looked over the email Jessica sent him one more time to double check the gate and plan he needed to be at. Shit! He was on the wrong side of the parking lot. As he got back in his car he looked at his tie. Jessica's favorite color was red so his tie was a nice red with a small patter. Man why am I so nervous he thought to himself.
Parking again was easy as he found a spot right near the gate number the class was getting let out from. Tony walked down past the baggage claim and over to where arriving passengers exited. He looked over as saw it was 2:39. He was reasonable early so he had time to go grab something to eat. He walked over to the food court area and looked at his options for lunch.
I made the right decision Tony thought as he was giving his cup of clam chowder. He turned and sat down as he started eating his lunch. He kept one eye on the time and one eye on his food. When he finished he tossed his trash in the garbage and headed back to the gate. When he got there he looked at the time. It was 3:04 and he had 5 minutes until the plan landed. With nothing to kill time with Tony decided to just sit a wait.
Twenty minutes of waiting had Tony looking at his cell phone every other minute. He sighed and linked his hands together behind his head. He heard them. It was the classic noise of kids on a field trip. There was the overall chatter of people talking. The girl who screams and the laughter, the screech of shoes on the floor of someone running and the loud don't run that followed it.
Tony stood up and waited for the class to round the corner and into Tony's vision. He didn't have a sign nor did he need one. He had shared pictures with her and they would sometimes chat with her through web cam.
The first person Tony saw was a young man running carrying a bag. Behind him followed to girls also running, only they were shouting at the boy asking him to give back their bag. Tony took two steps and intercepted the young man. With one movement he snatched the bag and then with a second movement he grabbed the backpack the boy was wearing causing him to stop in his tracks. Tony grinned as he handed the girl her bag. Tony then turned around and helped the boy up.
"You always said you liked a damsel in distress."
Tony did a quick 180 and a smile grew across his face. There standing in front of him was a 15 year old girl wearing a green top, jeans, and a big red belt. The girl stood with one hand on her hips and one hand holding a small bag.
"What can I say? I'm a hopeless romantic." Tony walked over and hugged Jessica. The hug turned into a bear hug as Tony lifted her in the air. She screamed in surprise and started to laugh.
"It's good to finally meet you in person Tony." Jessica said as he let her down.
"It's great to finally meet you Jessica." Tony replied back.
"And you must be Agent Gibbs."
Tony Turned a saw what was the spitting image of a school chaperon.
"O no I am special Agent DiNozzo. Gibbs will be at the tour tomorrow. I am just here to meet and greet." Tony said smiling and shaking the woman's hand.
"Well I am Linda Watcher. I am a teacher at Nathan Hale High School. It's nice to finally meet the legendary Tony. I have heard so mush about you." The smile that Tony saw on both Linda's face and Jessica's made Tony think his secrets were out.
"Well I hope they were nothing but good things." Tony smiled back and looked at Jessica who started the laugh.
"Tony as you can see we need to get everyone here to the hotel. So if we could get you to help that would be wonderful." The look Linda gave Tony reminded him of school. It meant he wasn't helping but hurting. It didn't bother him then and that hadn't changed. He was just happy to see Jessica in person. His little sister.
After a couple of what Jessica called essential introductions the class was finally ordered to get in the buses. Tony had enjoyed every minute of it. He meet Jessica's friends and was a big hit with them. Jessica said that it didn't surprise her because most of her friends are pretty shallow and Tony also carried a gun which won over her guy friends. It wasn't until he met Josh that he started to not enjoy the visit.
"And Tony this is Josh. He is my boyfriend. Josh this is Tony" Jessica waved a hand to the man standing in front of Tony as she introduced the two.
Tony did a quick scan of the young man that stood their. His posture was lazy. He was wearing a t-shirt and cargo pants. He had long hair and was carrying a mp3 player which had headphones. He had failed to take them off when Jessica and Tony walked over and Tony noticed this. So for all the things Tony saw and for reasons he hadn't thought up yet Tony did not like the guy.
Jessica suddenly shoved an elbow into Tony's side causing him to jump a little. Taking the hint Tony stretched out a hand and said "Nice to meet you Josh."
Josh took the hand and said "Nice to meet you too." The handshake was a little weak which Tony also noticed. Josh didn't look him in the eyes when he talked to him also.
"So Tony did you get me anything?" Jessica said as she took Tony's arm and started walking.
"As a matter a fact I did. Here you go." Tony took the present and held it out so Jessica could see. "But you have to promise you won't open it until you are in your hotel room and there aren't any chaperons around."
"Deal" Jessica said as she reached out and grabbed the rapped gift, and ran into the bus. She waved as the bus started up and pulled out. Tony waved back until the bus was out of the parking lot.
Tony sighed as he put his hand down and started to walk to his car. As he got in and turned the key he thought to himself. Tomorrow is going to be a lot of fun. He put the car into reverse and started to head out of the parking space.
Merry Christmas to everyone I had as you read this I am giving you a present and not coal. I had to think long and hard about how Tony is going to react and feel about this connection he has with our Jessica. I will later defend my story's play out in a later chapter. So please R&R and until next time keep on rocking in the real world.
"Dear Tony,
I watched The Wizard of Oz and I really liked it. The best part was those red shoes. I really like them because my favorite color is red. So how is work going? I know you said you can't talk about it but could you give me a hint? Me and Buttons are worried if we don't get a letter from you. Write soon.
Jessica
Dear Jessica,
Sorry I didn't write to you sooner. I had a case that was very important. I can't really give you a hint but I can say that I helped put another bad person away. Which means I had to go to court again for the trial. I will try to write to you quicker. The Wizard of Oz is a classic. Did you see it by your self or did your Mom and Dad watch it with you? Tell Buttons that I am sorry also and that I did look in the police files for his long lost brother. Nothing came up but I will still look.
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Tony
