Chapter revised August 23, 2010

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It began in the middle of the winter, December 29,when the day burned itself into two individuals' memory, leaving them close to death. She had never expected to come to love the one who destroyed her world. It seemed as though the top of the world fell on her, but he helped her push it off. So will forbidden love bloom, or will she nearly kill him… again? Tony Dinozzo never realized that she could make his life a living hell. After all, she was just a girl, and he was the school's star athlete. First he befriended the goth science geek, then he had to protect the loser computer geek too and finally his best friend Kate was put in a coma. His life seemed to start to crumble when he accidently crashed into the girl's car when he was driving to escape his father on that fateful icy day…

He found himself groaning as he opened his eyes, a dull ache settling in his head.

"Where am I?" he mumbled softly, feeling the soft pillow resting behind his head. He knew he wasn't at home- his dad would never place a feather light pillow behind his head, and a ice pack on his sorely bruised arm. Instead of sitting up, Tony let his eyes rove over the room, recognizing nothing in this sparsely furnished place. A light laugh caught his attention, and he turned his head softly as the girl stretched beside him.

"You're at my house," a light and cheerful voice reached his ears, and he blinked at the girl focused. He recognized her, and searched his memory for her name, wondering why everything was fuzzy around the edges.

"Kelly?" he asked when the name came to mind and she smiled slightly, a half-hearted grin.

"Well, you remembered my name at least. The concussion must not be that bad," she muttered, and another voice interrupted them.

"DiNozzo wouldn't forget a girl's name," the gruff voice caused Tony to jump, but Kelly just shot a glare toward her father.

Tony gulped nervously as the full realization of where he was sunk in. If he was in Kelly's house, that meant he was in Gibbs' house also. He couldn't believe he hadn't realized that sooner. The Sarge stood, framed in his doorway, a wry brow lifting up as he stared at the two in the living room. Kelly didn't seem alarmed at all, but Tony winced as the full gaze bore down on him for a few moments. It was like staring down a rattlesnake- you didn't know if it was just warning you, messing with your head, or about to strike and leave you dead on the floor.

It looked like Gibbs chose to let Tony live for now, because instead of taking out his infamous gun, he just shrugged at Kelly. "Injuries?" he asked gruffly, and the girl glanced at Tony, appraising the older teen from head to toe as the boy squirmed uncomfortably.

"Broken nose, mild concussion, along with whatever he had from the crash. I'm pretty sure that's the only two things that his dad was able to give him before we heard his dad yelling," she stated quickly and Gibbs shook his head at her knowledge. When Kelly caught Tony staring at her, she turned to him defensively, "What? I want to be a nurse," she grumbled, and Tony grinned before managing to shakily pull himself up into a sitting position.

"Sorry for bleeding all over your couch," he muttered, realizing that dried blood was still caking his face. The Sarge sighed, and instead of lecturing Tony, went over to the student. He helped him up, and with Tony leaning heavily on his shoulder, helped the kid limp over to the bathroom.

"Stay in here Kel," Gibbs called over their shoulders. "I'm going to get him cleaned up," he explained and Kelly's eyes brightened in understanding. She knew that her father did little without a reason, but she hadn't expected him to be so kind to someone Kelly picked up off the street. Normally, he didn't react well to Kelly's projects, or her "stray's" as Shannon had enjoyed naming them. It was possible that her father was feeling guilty for not getting there in time to stop DiNozzo Senior from smashing his fist in Tony's face.

Shrugging the thoughts aside, Kelly glared at the bloodstain on the couch, wishing that she could just levitate it out of the fabric. Knowing that it wasn't possible, she settled for cleaning it up while she listened to Tony's yelps from the bathroom. It was obvious that Gibbs was giving him an examination that involved poking bruises to prove that Tony was still too hurt to walk out of the house.

Gibbs glared at the sulky teen, realizing that he had just adopted one of Kelly's strays. He grunted at the apology that Tony voiced for bleeding over the couch, and instead of saying trivial words like "you'll get better soon" Gibbs gave him one of the ill-famed Gibbs slaps, glaring at the teen before feeling a small prickle of guilt for hitting a concussed teenager on the head. The guilt passed rather quickly.

When Tony gaped at him, Gibbs shrugged and said his explanation a little sourly. "Don't apologize, it's a sign of weakness," the Sarge muttered and Tony nodded. Gibbs sighed, and gestured for Tony to pull off his shirt. He glanced at the mottled bruises, and instead of telling Tony what he thought of his father, said a simple, "You'll live." At his words, Tony grinned, thankful not to hear sympathies or empty words at his predicament.

"Do you want to stay here the night?" the question came out of nowhere, and Tony jerked slightly, staring at Gibbs in shock. Gibbs glared at the teen when no answer came, and explained slightly, "You can't go back to your place."

Tony bit his lip, stammering slightly. Gibbs wanted to send another slap on the head his way, but knew that it wouldn't help matters. Already the teen was looking like a wounded puppy, and Gibbs didn't want him to think he was being scolded for something that wasn't his fault.

"Well?" Gibbs demanded, and at last Tony looked him in the eyes, ducking his head and smiling slightly.

"Thanks," he said, and Gibbs nodded, knowing that he had just heard the closest acceptance he was going to get until the kid grew to trust him some more.

Author's Note

Sorry for the short chapter, but this seemed like a good place to break it off. I had more planned, but I wanted to post this so you guys were aware of me continuing it.

I know it's been a few months since I've updated, but I've been really busy. However, I have every chapter plotted out, and updates should be close to daily.

Thank you to my reviewers for last chapter:
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Chapter dedication: Bethany, for making me update

Next Chapter: Tony goes back to school, and comes face to face with Ziva.

Please review and give me all your thoughts. There is going to be Telly friendship in here, just as a fyi.