"Tell me you did not set foot in her apartment", Tony loomed over McGee as he sat typing at his computer.
"I did not set foot in her apartment", McGee parroted without looking up.
"Let me see your eyes", said Tony accusingly.
McGee looked up obligingly batting his eyelids. Tony searched McGee's eyes for traces of untruth. The guy was not a good liar.
"Scouts honour"
'Hmm', thought Tony, "the innocent boy scout routine…"
Tony narrowed his eyes and tried to get McGee's measure. Finally he relented and moved off to his desk.
"Didn't go within sight of it all night", McGee said softly to himself and he saw Ziva's eyebrows rise.
Tony turned around suddenly, having half caught what McGee had said. He smiled to himself, McGee was growing up before his eyes and he probably just had to let him make his own mistakes. Then he realised Doris wasn't actually there.
"Where is Doris?" he asked McGee.
"Oh Abby rang to see if she wanted to watch how we do the fingerprint matching from the database".
"What! They're down there alone together!", Tony was horrified, "Quick, let's go" and he ran past McGee groping at him clumsily to urge him to get up.
"What?" Mystified, McGee followed.
Doris entered Abby's lab quietly and sought her out. Abby smiled at her as she approached.
"Hey Doris, want have a look at this program", she sang out.
"Ahh, yes," Doris began nervously, "I ahh, also just have a little question for you."
"Shoot"
"Well, it's about Tim", Doris hedged.
Abby's eyes lit up, "Ohhh, girl talk", she patted the stool next to her, "Sit down. You can help me run these tests, and I will tell you all you need to know to get the most out of your new geek."
Doris smiled wickedly, she had known she was going to like Abby from the moment she met her.
Tony and McGee entered the lab together at a fair speed but they both screeched to a halt when they saw Abby and Doris chatting happily.
Tony grabbed McGee's arm "Two women talking can only mean one thing", he warned ominously.
"That they're having a conversation?" McGee ventured.
Tony slid his eyes to McGee and toyed with the idea of hitting him on the back of the head.
"No", he began to whisper urgently, "It means they're comparing notes"
"On what?" inquired McGee, puzzled.
Tony decided he'd give McGee one more chance before he hit him on the back of the head.
"You", he rasped.
McGee looked confused for a moment and then his eyes opened wide, "What!"
"Oh yeah", Tony nodded watching the two girls intently; "Abby is giving Doris all sorts of hints."
"Oh, God", McGee whispered in terror, "What do I do?"
Tony grinned suddenly and slapped McGee on the back, "Nothing", he said in a cheerful voice, "You are well and truly screwed."
McGee whimpered as Tony marched over to Abby and Doris, leaving him alone and vulnerable.
"Ladies!" Tony greeted them, "What have you got for me?"
The conversation stopped abruptly and Abby took a moment to regroup and focus.
"Oh, um," she looked guiltily across to Doris who was trying to hide a smirk, "We, ah, pulled another set of prints".
She craned her neck to see beyond Tony and spied McGee hovering near the door. Then she smiled at McGee. A devious smile. A smile that sent shivers down McGee's back.