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Tony tightened his tie before checking his reflection in the mirror. He pulled a stray thread from the sleeve and examined the end result. Tony hated this suit. This was the suit he had worn at Kate's funeral. He had worn this suit at Jenny's funeral. Now he was wearing it again on another sad day. He sighed heavily. He checked the clock and saw that he had nearly an hour before he had to meet Ziva and Abby at NCIS headquarters. He remembered the horrorfied look on the faces of his friends when he told them the bad news. Abby's reaction was the worst. The tears welling up in her eyes and falling down her face as she tried to tell him every detail of the incident. He decided to wash the few plates in the sink hoping to distract himself from the coming funeral. He stood at the sink and left the water to run. He watched as it disappeared into the plughole. Suddenly aware of someone watching him he turned.

"Hey Kate."

"Hi." She smiled. "What's with the suit?"

"Funeral."

Kate's smile faultered. "Oh I'm sorry Tony."

"It's Jethro." He said sadly. He saw Kate's mouth fall open.

"What happened?" She asked sadly.

Tony took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "We don't really know. Abby found him on the floor of her lab. He'd been in the lab a lot recently. She missed him so it was a good idea for him to be there."

"Oh God, Tony." Tears streamed down Kate's face.

"He was still alive when she found him."

"Is Abby ok?"

Tony was looking into space. "She's ok, considering. She's blaming herself. It wasn't her fault. Things like this happen all the time. Plus look at his history. Abby called Ducky straight away but Jethro was dead by the time he got there. Is not right, so soon after Jenny."

Kate was wiping the tears from her face. "I can't believe it."

"I know." Tony looked at Kate, "How can he ever be replaced? He was the best."

Kate's face was tear stained. "Where is he now?"

Tony sighed and pointed at a small wooden box on the sideboard. "I was going to bury him outside by the tree but Abby wanted to bury him down by the lake."

"What?" Kate was confused.

"There's a small lake about 30 miles away from NCIS HQ. I guess that is where he belongs." Tony moved towards the small box. "I'll miss him. It's not going to be the same not seeing him swimming about in his bowl and hiding under the statue or letting him nip on my fingers."

"The goldfish!" Kate screamed.