AN: Another chapter? Me so
CRAAAZY..
Disclaimer: The standard thingy applies, don't own them
at all, but if I did I wouldn't be sitting here, now would I? Well..
I own Winnie though :) Both Winnie's!!!
"Mom?" Tony asked and rubbed his eyes tiredly. Huh. His room looked different. he couldn't
remember that they had painted. it also looked smaller. he looked around. It was warm but empty
next to him. His mom must've left so Antonio wouldn't find them. Tony sighed. Right, school. He
looked at the alarmclock and scrambled out of bed. Ten o'clock, the teacher was going to kill him.
Tony ran into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Then he screamed.
Gibbs heard Tony scramble out of bed and pad barefoot to the bathroom. Then he heard the
scream. He ran upstairs and opened the bathroom door. Tony was sitting, his back towards the
wall, his hands on his head, legs curled up to his chest, sobbing. Gibbs crouched down in front of
him.
"Hey babe.. what's wrong?" GIbbs asked.
"I forgot.. I forgot.. i thought I was late for school...i forgot.." Tony sobbed.
"You forgot you're a grown man huh?" Gibbs asked. Tony nodded, but he didn't stop sobbing.
"I miss her so much.. and I thought.. I though I was going to see her again Jet.. I thought she
wasn't dead..I miss her so much" Tony sobbed. Gibbs sat next to him and embraced him.
"I know babe.. I know.." Gibbs said and kissed the top of his head. Winnie came padding into the
room and climbed her way onto Gibbs and lay herself between the two men. Tony started stroking
her.
"It's stupid huh? I miss my mom" Tony sighed and wiped away his tears.
"It's not stupid.. you're still sick, and scared, and everbody loves family.. or at least part of it" Gibbs quickly added. Tony chuckled sadly.
"I don't exactly miss dad..I can see it now 'a brain tumor is no excuse for not working, now run twenty laps around the house or I'll hit you with my cane again'" Tony said, making a very good impression of his father. Both men chuckled. They fell silent for a while.
"You think I should call him, don't you?" Tony asked.
"I think that's up to you Tony" Gibbs said.
"I just.. what if he doesn't care? At least now, I can imagine he'll care, but if he.. what if he just doesn't care, or that he hopes I die.. I don't think I could deal with that" Tony sighed.
"I'll be here every step of the way if you decide to talk to him.. I think he'd like to know you're okay" Gibbs said.
"yeah, like when I told him you and me are partners.. he was SO happy I was okay then, in fact, he was so happy he broke my leg" Tony chuckled sarcasticly. Gibbs smirked.
"I remember.. you remember I hit him?" Gibbs asked.
"How can I forget? It was the best day of my life" Tony smiled and pressed himself impossible closer to Gibbs, "I should call him"
"I'll be here.. you can use your cellphone?" GIbbs asked.
"It's in the bedroom.. I don't want to move, I'm a little queesy" Tony sighed.
"Use mine, here" GIbbs said and gave Tony his cellhpone. Tony dialled the number and sighed.
"Dad? Hi.. it's Tony.. yeah I.. I have something to tell you.. I'm a little sick.. no.. no dad I don't want money.. dad I've just removed a braintumor.. hello? Yeah.. no I'm okay.. I know.. no I'm still gay.. yeah.. okay.. yeah.. I.. oh.. I... I.. miss you too, bye dad" Tony said and hung up.
"He.. he said he was so happy I called him.. but then he kind of evened it out by asking if after the braintumor had come out I became normal, meaning straight again.." Tony smiled sadly.
"Well.. it went better than you'd hoped, didn't it?" GIbbs asked.
"It's a start.. Jet, help me up, my butt is numb" Tony said.
"You mean your assbone's numb.. you don't have a butt anymore" Gibbs smiled. He regretted the words at once. But Tony chuckled.
"Yeah.. you're right" Tony said. GIbbs helped him up.
"Oh no.. move move move, abandon ship!" Tony said. Gibbs took a step back and Tony knelt, hunching over the toilet and started throwing up. Gibbs rubbed his back.
"Abandon ship?" Gibbs asked. Tony threw up again and laughed silently.
"I couldn't.. think about anything else.. to say" Tony managed to squeeze out and threw up again.
Gibbs looked around for Winnie and saw her sitting patiently by the wall.
"Good girl" he said.
Winnie raised her head and looked at him, and to him, she seemed sad. He smirked. That dog was one smart bitch. Litterally.
Tony wiped his mouth and stood up, shivering slightly.
"Ok.. I'm ready for breakfast now" Tony said. Gibbs chuckled.
"You and that food" he chuckled and took Tony's arm as Tony stumbled out of the bathroom.
"I really don't feel good today" Tony sighed.
"You're stressed, come on, some food'll do you good" Gibbs said. He supported Tony dowstairs and into the sofa.
"Stay here, I'll bring you breakfast" GIbbs said.
"Not going anywhere.. Winie? Winnie come here girl?" Tony asked.
Winnie came padding over and jumped the one step Gibbs had made for her so she could get onto the couch.
She jumped up and crawled onto Tony's chest.
"Hey girl.. you miss me? Yeah.. I missed you to.. I missed you so much.. yeah I did.. hey Jet? When're we going to eat breakfast?" Tony asked.
"I told you I'm coming with breakfast" Gibbs said, "you just stay on the couch".
"Oh.. right.." Tony sighed, "I forgot" he mumbled. He kept stroking his dog and laughed when she rolled over, exposing her belly while her tail flailed wildly behind her.
"You like getting your belly scratched girl? yeah you do.. who's my little baby girl, who's daddy's little girl?" Tony asked as he laughed.
Gibbs came in with breakfast and sat down. Winnie jumped down from the sofa and lay by their feet.
"Mmm.. jummy, uh.. uhm.. uhm.. my favourite" Tony said after failing to retrieve the word he wanted.
"Pancakes" GIbbs said.
"Yeah, that's what I meant" Tony smiled.
After breakfast they turned on the tv and Winnie jumped up to lay on Gibbs's chest this time.
Gibbs absently scrathed her behind her ears while Tony picked up the phone.
"Who're you calling?" GIbbs asked.
"I'm calling Winnie" Tony said.
Slashback:
They met Winnie on a case. She was IA, and noone except Gibbs, Tony, and other IA officers
liked her. She was strict, and caught cases like noone else.
"Hey" Tony said as she entered the hospital room.
"Hey, how're you holding up?" she asked as she sat down.
"About as good as anyone could hope for" Tony sighed.
"Throwing up much?" Winnie asked. Tony jiggled the basin a little.
"Ah.. right.. so.. I brought you something" Winnie said. Tony raised an eyebrow as she lifted a small puppy out of her handbag.
"A dog?" Tony asked.
"Uh huh.. it's a toy poodle" Winnie smiled and handed her over to Tony, "and she's very smart, like you".
"Thanks.. is it a girl or a boy?" Tony asked.
"It's a girl" Winnie said.
"Then I'll name her Winnie" Tony smiled.
"Really? Thanks.. aw she likes you" Winnie said and scratched the dog behind her ears.
"Yeah.. I like her too.. I love you.. yeah I do.. yeah you're so cute" Tony said to the dog who wagged her tail happily.
"I just wanted to come by and give you my number, call anytime you'd like, and I'll help out with all the stuff, I can clean your house and stuff too" Winnie said.
"Really? Because Gibbs is always here, so we really need that.. but I can't ask you to do it Winnie, you have a job, and you're busy" Tony said and sighed.
"Hey.. you're sick, and you need Gibbs, and he needs to take care of you, not worry about the damn house.. I'll take care of it, okay?" Winnie asked. Tony smiled.
"Thank you" Tony said, "but why are you being so nice?"
"Because I care, Tony, about both you and Gibbs, and I know how hard it is to be sick, I had a tumor in my left leg, but it's healed nicely" Winnie said and smiled, "I wish I had friends back then".
"You went through it alone?" Tony asked.
"No.. I had mom and dad..and you have me and Gibbs.. remember, call any time, you want me to
take care of Winnie?" Winnie asked. Tony handed the dog over.
"Can you take her back to visit me again?" Tony asked.
"Any time you want" Winnie smiled and got up. She grabbed her cane and limped out of the room.
Present:
"Hey Winnie.. no I'm okay.. yeah.. surgery went good.. yeah Winnie's a real charmer.. yeah she's smart.. oh shut up.. you okay? So what's that noise? Oh.. right.. hehe, I forgot you still work.. he angry? Really? Johnson? Well that's not good.. okay.. okay okay, I wont.. okay.. I'll call you some other time then.. bye" Tony said and hung up. Gibbs looked at him.
"Johnson in accountance has been screwing NCIS.. taken money and stuff" Tony said.
"I told Morrow not to hire him" Gibbs said.
"I know you did" Tony said and kissed him. They fell silent for a while.
"You think I'm ever going to be alright again? Normal I mean?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, I think you're gonna be fine" Gibbs said.
"Ah, well, done with doctors" Tony said and sat back into the sofa.
"You have an appointment with Jack tomorrow" Gibbs said.
"What? Really? Bah.. Why couldn't you let me forget that?" Tony asked. Gibbs chuckled.
"I want to go out somewhere" Tony sighed, "Can't we go to a restaurant or a movie or something?"
"We can.. but that involves you, a wheelchair, and me shooting you up with painmeds before we leave" Gibbs said.
"Wheelchair.. bah.. I hate wheelchairs" Tony sighed.
"I know, but until you can walk properly I'm not taking any chances" Gibbs said and looked at him.
"Mother hen" Tony said.
"Stubborn brat" Gibbs replied.
"Ooh, fiesty, me likes" Tony smirked and kissed him.
"Or we could stay here? I can think of things to do" Gibbs said as he kissed Tony back.
"Oh you can, can you? Later Jet.. I really want to go outside for a while" Tony said.
"Okay.. well.. let's get you ready then" Gibbs said.
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AN: I'm just a regular racing writer.. I RULE!!!
