Tony's turn
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Tony walked up the steps and knocked on Abby's door. He could hear the loud, blaring music through the door so he did not know if she heard the knock. KNOCK! KNOCK! He added a little more force to these knocks.
"Hold on! Don't have a stroke!" Abby yelled as she raced to the door. Looking through the peephole she was shocked to see Tony standing there. Opening the door she started peppering him with questions. "Oh My God, Tony.. What happened? Is Gibbs injured? Why are you here?" She was pacing frantically, waving her hands in front of her face. Tony stepped forward and held her still by her shoulders.
"No, Abby. Gibbs is fine, I am fine. We just decided that it would be okay if I took a little break. I was going stir crazy, and between Gibbs and his overprotectiveness and my leg….. I feel like a child who couldn't do anything on their own. " Tony had now worked himself up into a small Abby frenzy. "I mean seriously, he was having a Father complex on me." Tony ran his fingers through his hair as he hobbled over to the couch. He winced slightly, anticipating a sting from the earlier incident at his house.
"Ohhhhhh! Tony did Gibbs …"
"Abby, drop it!"
"Ohhhh! He did, didn't he." Abby said with a knowing grin. "Gibbs spanked you!"
"Oh, No… Uh, I wouldn't ever.."
Abby interrupted almost a little gleefully. "Your mouth says no, but that familiar grimace and your sense of embarrassment speak volumes." Abby walked over and sat down beside him and put her arm around his shoulder. Leaning into his shoulder Abby started talking." Been there, done that."
"What? No way! You are his favorite. I mean, he always head slaps me, but he doesn't even raise his voice to you." Tony said with a slight sulk.
"Tony, Gibbs never head slaps me, because if my actions warrant any type of physical contact, I can assure you, the slaps are not on my head. Besides, those love taps on the head are your reminder that he cares for you."
"Cares my ass. Or maybe a better phrase is necessary. Do you know what he did?" Tony went on to explain in detail all that had transpired that day. Feeling like he presented his case well he turned to Abby and remarked. "See, just how bad he treats me! I ought to just go back to Baltimore, I was never treated like a kid there, they respected my talents." Tony tried to hobble to his feet when Abby stood up and pushed him back down.
"We may not have known each other for a long time, but I can tell you that I trust you with my life Tony. You are more important to me or Gibbs than you think. Listen… Think what you just told me. First, you disobeyed an order and in result of that disobedience, you injured yourself. Granted, it was just you leg, but when Gibbs looked down and saw you not moving, I can only imagine the instant fear that you were dead. Second, you were trying to be sneaky and immature by not wanting to take you meds. Sounds like something my 5 yr old nephew would do." Abby saw that Tony was taking in what she was saying.
"Abs, has Gibbs seriously…you know… spanked you before…." Tony said sheepishly.
"Oh, yeah! In fact it was not too long ago. Do you remember on the latest case when Gibbs told me to go home and get some rest."
"Yeah you argued til you were almost blue. I had never seen such spunk, I mean I cant imagine anyone standing up to Gibbs that way. You totally blew him off and went back to work in your lab." Tony said with a sense of awe.
"Yeah, I thought I was soooo great at the time, bad thing was I was so tired that I actually misplaced evidence. And Gibbs, in his all knowing timing, came to the lab and asked about what I had found out about the evidence. I had to admit that I had misplaced it and…."
"Hey, wait I remember that. I tried to call you cell phone several attempts to see if you wanted to grab a late dinner, you never answered. I came back to the bullpen and Gibbs had already cut off his light and your lab was all empty."
"Tony, do you think it was a conincidence that Gibbs and I left at the same time? You know how Gibbs feels about coincidences."
"UHHH! I get it!"
"Ummm, to put it mildly I was escorted back to his house and he told me just how he did not appreciate the attitude, and actions."
"See, he takes you back to his house for a pow-wow. I go and I get the POW!."
"Oh, yeah. But Gibbs version of a pow-wow was me over his knee, getting my ass spanked until I fully understood just how childish I had been and just how severe the consequences would have been if anyone had knew I misplaced evidence." Abby said gently rubbing her backside, as if having phantom pains.
"Well…Well…WHY?"
"Tony," Abby reached over and grabbed his hand. "Did Gibbs tell you about his family?"
"Yeah, it broke my heart."
"So, you have heard the familiar quote 'Once a dad, always a dad.' Well, that is how Gibbs feels towards his team. He cares for us deeper that we will ever begin to fathom. Just the fear of you getting yourself hurt, then directly going against the doctor's ….. Hey, wait a minute." Abby stood up and quickly turned to look down and Dinozzo.
As Tony looked up into the glimmer in Abby's eyes, he knew that she had started to piece the puzzle of what he was doing here together.
"Does Gibbs even know you are here? The doctor said not to be up on your leg for 48 hrs. Gibbs would never let you leave? Why hasn't he called? Gimme your phone Tony." Abby demanded as she realized that Tony had basically ran away.
Tony reached to his belt to pull off his phone when he realized it was not there. "Oh, damn! I must have left it at his house."
Abby tried to hold in her slight giggle as she saw the complex emotions run acroos Tony's face.
"Great, now I am fired and dead. First, I.. I.. I , well you already have figured it out. Gibbs doesn't know that I left. "
"Oh!" was all Abby could muster.
"Then I broke I think rule #3. Never be unreachable. And to top it off, I didn't tell him where I was going. I AM DEAD!" Tony realized as he hung his head in his hands.
"Chill, Dinozzo, I will call the boss and try to calm him down a little before he…" KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! " breaks in my door, Abby finished.
"Abby, I know you are in there. Let me in..NOW!"
Abby opened the door to one enraged Leroy Jethro Gibbs. She had never seen him quite so upset before. "Well, hello Gibbs? Can I help you" She said slyly.
SMACK!
"OWWW, what? I didn't do anything." Abby reacted to Gibbs laying one heavy swat on her backside as he strode past her.
"I could tell by your eyes that you know why I am here. Where is he?"
Tony had tried to stand up and get the hell out of Dodge before Gibbs could get to him, but Abby had moved his crutches and he was struggling to maintain his balance. As he turned facing the couch, trying to push off his arms, he saw his phone land in front of his nose.
"Going somewhere so soon? I believe you left this at the house." Gibbs said with a snarl.
"Umm, boss.." Tony started.
"Why should you call me boss? Obviously you have no respect for me as your boss. You have directly disobeyed my orders multiple times to day." Gibbs said with a cold glare in his eyes. It was this glare that scared Tony.
"Gibbs, let me…"
"Zip it Dinozzo. You lost your chance to explain when you ran away like a petulant child. You have completely ignored the orders the doctor gave you twice today. I told you before that if you acted like a child I would treat you like a child. Your lack of paternal involvement during your childhood, may have given you the opinion that you are not worth fussing over. Well son, today you are going to find out just how much you are cared for, and just how scared I was when I came upstairs and found you gone. Abby, can we borrow you room for a couple of minutes. I think it is time that Tony understands just how true to my word I am."
"Come on.. Up" Gibbs reached down and not so gently lifted Tony under his arms to a standing position. He helped him hobble over to the bed.
"Oh, Come ON! You can't be serious." Tony was trying to backpaddle and get out of what he knew would be a hell of a spanking.
"Either we are a team / family and I deal with you, or you pack your bags and head back to Baltimore. My team is my family. Tony you are one of the brightest men I know, but sometimes your juvenile tendencies overtake you adult mind. I will do whatever it takes to get it through your head that you have the potential to be one of the greatest agents. So what is it? Here and now, or do you pack?"
HUMMMMMM! What should he do? How should Gibbs punish Tony? Your REVIEWS are priceless!PLEASE let me know if you think I should continue this storyline of gibbs family.