Hey everyone, her is the new revamped first chapter. Thanks for being so patient.

A.N: Ok just a little one. Everything in Italics is a persons thoughts. And Italics is convocation in sign language.

Ok on with the story

Chapter One

The distinctive 'ding' of the elevator echoes throughout the considerably empty bull pen at the Washington Naval Criminal Investigative Service office, also known as NCIS.

Anthony James DiNozzo stepped out of the elevator as he walked to his desk. He smiles seeing Kate, his partner and friend, doing her make-up after what appeared to be another long all-nighter with her boyfriend David. Kate always assumed that Tony was jealous of her relationship with David, but he wasn't.

"Good morning Kate. Have a long weekend did we?" Tony teased good naturedly, sitting down at his desk.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, I did Tony. How about yourself? Have fun with Theresa or was it Pamela this time. You know I never can keep up with all your women, how do you remember all their names?" Kate teased back, unknown to the painful tug to Tony's heart it caused.

To Tony this statement showed to him how little Kate, Tim McGee and even Abby for that matter knew about him.

The 'ding of the elevator went off again, the doors hissing open to reveal one Leroy Jethro Gibbs, the team leader. Also the only man that really know Tony DiNozzo.

Tony and Jethro had been involved in a relationship for close on a year. The only person, outside of themselves, that knew about the two was Dr Donald Mallard, known affectionately to friends and family as Ducky; NCIS's resident Medical Examiner. However, Ducky worked with his own life partner, Gerald Brown, the ME's assistant.

"Kate, DiNozzo." Gibbs stated as he walked past them to his own desk.

Jethro Gibbs had heard what Kate had said to his love and knew how much Tony wished he could tell his team mate and friend about them, finally tell them the truth; that the skirt chasing womanizer was a mask, but they both knew they couldn't tell anybody. Their relationship was essentially against the rules, Tony was his subordinate. Not to mention the militaries 'Don't ask, Don't tell' policy. They could both lose their jobs.

"Morning Boss." Tony replied in greeting.

"Morning Gibbs." Kate replied, whilst witnessing Gibbs give Tony a small smile that was not meant for others to see, as he sat down at his desk.

"How was your weekend boss?" Tony asked, even though he already knew the answer to how the older gentlemen spent his rear two days off. Tony stole a longing glance at Jethro, trying not to get caught by Kate. They had spent the last 10 ½ months perfecting these things. Besides, Kate could never keep something like this to herself. Tony wasn't even sure she would still talk to them let alone work with them with her being Catholic and all.

Jethro felt Tony's gaze burning into him. Checking to make sure that Kate wasn't looking; only to find her booting up her computer, Jethro gave his lover an emotion filled smile that only Tony and Ducky had ever been blessed with. Jethro had only seen his lover earlier that morning and wished more than anything that they didn't have to hide or worry so much about getting caught, so the Jethro would be free to go up to his lover and hold him or kiss him like he longed to at this moment.

Jethro couldn't help but smile again to himself as he saw the returned smile and subsequent blush on his lover's young face.

Making sure no one was watching, Tony raised his hands in front of his chest slowly and; using sign language, told Jethro that he loved him. He smiled when Jethro returned the sentiments using subtle hand gestures.

Kate saw Tony smile and curious as ever, began to study him; as the profiler in her took over. Eventually she just shook her head and turned to fully look at Tony.

"So Tony; what's her name?" Kate queried, Tony just looked at her, turning his head slightly to the side in confusion. Kate had to suppress a giggle as he looked like a small puppy.

"What's whose name?" Tony asked his face blank. Jethro just looked on in amusement.

"The woman that you're in love with," Kate stated teasingly. "It's written all over your face."

"I'm not in love Kate." Tony answered. 'At least not with a woman' he thought to himself.

'Oh, come on Tony. Tell me her name please?" Kate begged, but Tony just smiled at her and shook his head.

'Lee,' thought Tony to himself as he took another quick glance over at Jethro. It was a name only Tony himself and Jethros family used. Not even Ducky, who Jethro has been friends with for over 30 years, had ever used the nick name. 'I'm in love with a charming, loving old man named Lee.'

Kate noticed the exchange between her boss and her partner, but was unable to understand what it meant. Usually Gibbs would be yelling at the both of them to get on with their work and to stop lying about. Especially seeing as Tim McGee, the final member of their team was late.

Just as the thought entered Kate's mind, the elevator doors opened and Tim rushed over to his desk, his hair slightly disheveled and not daring to look over in Jethro's direction.

"McGee, you're late." Gibbs stated sternly.

"Y...Yes sir." McGee stammered, almost a year and a half on the team and Gibbs could still scare the shirt of him, as well as some other unpleasant things that Tim did not wish to think about, after all, Gibbs had been a Marine for more than 20 years.

"Don't let it happen again." Gibbs said as her turned back to the file he had been reading, effectively ending the convocation as he picked up his already half empty coffee cup.

"Yeah Probie, don't go making a habit out of it." Tony teased good naturedly; a glint in his hot chocolate eyes. As the Senior Field Agent, Tony made it his job to help thicken Tim's skin. He wouldn't survive in this world if he didn't, and Tony personally didn't want to see someone with such potential go down the drain. However, Tony would never tell the Probie this.

Kate just giggled. It was always funny watching these two argue. It reminded her of watching her older brothers fight when they were younger, funny but hardly ever in serious anger. It reminded her of the somewhat dysfunctional family their team and friends had come to make.

As Jethro sat watching the two men fight his phone rang. As he spoke to the caller, he could hear Tony laugh at Time in the background.

"DiNozzo!" Jethro called as he hung up the phone. He saw the laughter die down almost immediately, his lover's face going serious ready for whatever work he though at him.

"Yes boss?"

"Abby needs your help down in the lab." Jethro said, giving a mental smile at the mention of their favorite Goth forensic scientist and lab tech. She was also like a daughter to Jethro.

"On it." Tony stated as he watched Jethro finish what had to be his fifth cup of strong sludge that he called coffee. His fifth in less than four hours.

'He really needs to eat,' Tony thought to himself. To the lack of many peoples knowledge, Jethro was diabetic, he was also insulin dependent, and if his blood sugar got too low, he could fall into a diabetic coma, which had almost happened once. Tony and Ducky were the only people at the office that new about it, and Jethro hoped to keep it that way.

As Tony rose from his desk, he slowly raised his hands; and once having Jethro's attention, signed to him,

'Eat something and check your sugar Lee.'

Tony looked pointedly at the coffee cup in Jethro's hand. Jethro, ever the subtle one, gave a small curt nod of his head. Tony gave a relieved smile and headed for the elevator to see what it was the Abby needed him for.

That's the end of chapter one. Please Review.

Update soon,

Sammybabe