Well, I got so many great reviews, I decided to keep going. I know it took me a while to get this up, but I was trying to finish Guy Weekend, and then school ended, so things are a little crazy. To make a comment, yes I'm going to try and have them at least associated with the actual plot of the show, the unshown scene when they meet new people and whatnot. But I'm not going to tell you who wins the pool just yet.

This chapter happens in the episode "The Curse" featuring Special Agent Richard Owens from Hawaii. It helps if your familiar with that episode to really understand this chapter, but basically, Owens was an Agent Afloat back in 1994, when a man (Can't remember his name) went missing and everyone assumed that he was a thief. Gibbs and team reopen the case when they find the missing guy's dead body. Gibbs doesn't like Owens, calls him a shmuck. Apparently Owens didn't do a good enough search of the ship back in 94, he just wanted to get off and go home, so the two had issues. Turned out the guy was the fall guy between two other sailors. Near the end of the episode they catch one of them (the other's already dead), named Erin Toner. This chapter takes place directly after they catch her, but before the very end. I hope my synopsis was at least a little helpful.

Special Agent Richard Owens was surprised. Gibbs gave him the collar. Erin Toner was currently sitting in lock up, and he was the one who put her there. He knew that he screwed up back in '94, and he never expected Gibbs to forgive him. Maybe he didn't , but he wasn't treating him like dirt on the bottom of his shoe anymore.

He was heading upstairs to grab his things so he could head back to Hawaii when he felt something wrap around his arm. Suddenly he was pulled off his feet and thrown into a broom closet. The door shut and he was caked in darkness.

His hand went to his gun, but found that his holster was empty. Damn it, he left his sidearm upstairs. Rookie mistake. He should have known better.

The light was flicked on. Standing before him was the creepy—slightly sexy—forensic scientist who worked with Agent Gibbs, Abby Scuito. She was smiling maliciously at him.

"How are you liking Washington D.C. Special Agent Owens?" Even though she had just kidnapped him and was holding him against his will, she sounded incredibly chipper. Richard really wished he had his gun.

"It's nice. I like Hawaii better, though." And he would really like to go back there, but he refrained from saying that.

"How did you like Agent Gibbs?"

Uh oh. That wasn't what this was about, was it? He knew that he didn't like the older agent, and when he first met him he wasn't quiet about it either. But Abby wouldn't kill him for that, would she?

"He's not bad. A bit of a hard ass, but I respect him."

"What about Agent DiNozzo?"

Now he was confused. What was this about? "He's a decent guy. Kind of a show off, though." He saw Abby's smile fade a little around the edges, to be replaced with a glare. Crap. "But I like him. I mean, who doesn't like to show off when their good, right?" That seemed to make her a little happier. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Abby, can I ask you a question?"

"Of course you can!" She sounded happy again.

Richard had a hard time actually speaking. He didn't really know how to phrase this, it was a bit of a difficult subject to broach. "I, uh, was just wondering, if, you know, if you knew," He was sounding like an idiot, "I got the impression that Agent Gibbs and Agent DiNozzo are sleeping together." He had no idea why he wanted to know. His curiosity was getting the better of him. He just couldn't understand it, Gibbs worked with two beautiful women on a daily basis, but he seemed fonder of the guy. Richard would kill for a chance with women like Abby and Kate Todd.

Abby's smile turned creepy again. "Not yet."

He was about to ask when she started rambling. "There's an office pool going on around here, every time we get a new agent, he or she gets a chance to take part. And I would like to know if you wanted a stake in it."

He was confused again. "What's the pool?"

"When are Tony and Gibbs gonna get down and dirty."

He supposed he should have been shocked. That was a pretty out there office pool, but it actually made sense. He worked with them for only a couple of days and he saw the sexual chemistry between them. He couldn't imagine what everyone else saw working with them every single day.

"How much to go in?"

"Twenty bucks."

"That's it?"

Abby shrugged. "There's a lot of people involved in the pool. Right now, it's like a couple thousand dollars." She held up her finger. "There are a few rules."

"Of course there are."

"You can't choose a date that's already been taken."

"Well how do you know if the date's already been taken?"

"Director Morrow has a book with everyone's bets."

That stunned the hell out of him. "Director Morrow is in on this?" He shook his head. "Director Morrow's the bookie in this?"

"Cool, huh?"

"Not the word I was thinking of," he said under his breath. He kind of hoped that Abby didn't hear him. "What are the other rules?"

"You can't tell Tony and Gibbs about the pool."

"Well that's not going to be a problem, I'm heading back to Hawaii tonight. Any others?"

"Those are it. Are you in?" She started bouncing again.

He started pulling out his wallet when a thought came to mind. "We're not allowed to outright tell them about the pool, but are we allowed to maybe hint at it, add fuel to the fire?"

Her grin was evil again. "Of course we are, how else are they gonna learn?" Richard got the impression that she added fuel to the fire frequently.

With a smile, he pulled out the cash and handed it over. "What's the time limit for the pool?"

Abby shrugged. "Seeing as Tony's been working for Gibbs for the last two years and they still haven't bumped uglies, there really isn't one."

"Hmm," he thought long and hard for a good date. He did the math in his head. They were still in pretty good denial about their mutual attraction. He estimated at least one more year before they finally accepted that they weren't as straight as they let themselves believe. Probably another year before they finally acted on it. Barring serious consequences, they should sleep together around… "Put me down for the week of November the twenty-second."

Abby's smile widened. "Good choice."

"Two thousand and five."

She arched her eyebrow. "Very specific, Agent Owens." She took his money and pocketed it. "I like it."

She stepped back and turned off the light again. Seconds later, more light flooded into the room as she opened the door. Richard stepped closer with a smile on his face. "Do you like it enough to have dinner with me, tonight?"

Abby gave him a look of mock shock as they started walking down the hall. "Agent Owens, I thought you had to be on a plane back to Hawaii tonight!"

He shrugged. "There'll be other flights. So what do you say?"

They stepped up to the elevators. Abby pushed the button. "Well I would, but I promised Kate we could have a sleep over tonight."

An image of the two woman having a pillow fight in their undies came to his mind. It was a beautiful thing. "And Gibbs wants to shack up with a guy?"

The elevator opened just as he finished that sentence. Standing there was none other than Gibbs and DiNozzo. The younger of the two got a big cocky grin on his face. "Who's shacking up with a guy?"

Abby glared daggers out of the corner of her eye. Richard kept his mouth shut. Gibbs glared. "What are you still doin' down here? Did you get Toner in lock up?"

Richard nodded. "All set, Agent Gibbs."

He stepped onto the elevator. When he turned back to Abby, she was smiling wickedly at the other two men. Both of them were too busy staring at him to notice. Considering the conversation he just had, that made him very nervous. DiNozzo was giving him a kind of pervert look. The doors slid close, trapping Richard with them. Alone.

"Seriously, who's shacking up?"

Richard just grinned. "Kate and Abby. They're having a sleepover tonight."

DiNozzo threw his head back and moaned. No doubt he had the same image that Richard did only a few seconds ago.

With a roll of his head, Gibbs drew back and smacked them both in the back of the head. But based on the sound, Richard suspected that Tony's smack was a little harder than his own.

He smiled. How cute, Gibbs was jealous.

According to IMDB, the episode Frame Up originally aired on November 22, 2005. I'd say he picked a good week, wouldn't you? Well, let me know what you think and if I should continue or not.

Bob