Washington DC

"Hey, how was your date last night, McFly?" Tony DiNozzo asked McGee.

"You eavesdropped again, Tony." McGee sang.

"Guess it didn't go too well, huh?" Ziva teased.

"She had to cancel, Ziva."

"What excuse did she give?" Ziva fished further.

"Filling in for a sick colleague on a flight to New York."

"Hey, that's a good one." Tony chuckled.

"Hey, how was your date last night?" Abby Sciuto asked as she walked in to the bullpen.

"Date never happened." Tony chuckled again.

"Oh, what excuse did she have?" Abby required.

"Filling in for a sick colleague on a flight to New York." "Hey, that's a good one."

"Grab your overnight bag."

"Where are we going Gibbs?" Abby asked.

"New York."

"Start spreadin' the news. Old Sinatra Song." Tony earned himself a head slap Gibbs. "Ok, grabbing my gear, boss."

"Manhattan." Gibbs called after him and Ziva.

"What's in Manhattan?" Ziva asked.

"A leg, Ziva." Gibbs shouted.

"We're flying to New York to take a look at a leg?" McGee asked.

"It belongs to a Marine." Gibbs answered.

"How can you tell from a leg?" Abby wondered.

"Abbs…" Gibbs snapped his finger to her attention back. "Grab your bag."

"You mean I really can come along, Gibbs?" Abby jumped.

"It's not like you haven't lost your crime scene virginity before, Abby." Gibbs teased.

"Oh goody, grabbing my gear, boss. Abby imitated Tony as she left for her lab.

"And collect Ducky." Gibbs shouted after her. "Let's go McFly."

***

New York

As Gibbs had requested Mac made sure that the crime scene was secured. He called in Adam to help. After they were finished Flack and a few cops guarded the scene and made sure nosey disaster tourists were kept at a distance. Mac and his team headed back to the lab in wait of the arrival of the NCIS team. Back at the lab Stella was looking for Jordan.

"Hey, here you are." Stella piped up when she found Jordan in the locker room.

"Hey, what's up, Stell?"

"I just wanted to tell you that I won't be home tonight." Stella blushed.

"Hot date?" Jordan giggled.

"Yes, and I got you to thank you for it." Stella kissed Jordan on the cheek.

"Me? What on earth did I do?" Jordan asked.

"I don't know exactly what you told Mac this morning, but we're dating." Stella gloated.

"My God Stella, that's fantastic!" Jordan squealed. "Finally!"

"Shhh Jordan, we don't want anyone to know yet." Stella whispered.

"So why are you telling me?" whispered back. "To thank you, you nutter."

"Well, you're most welcome sis-in-law." Jordan giggled.

"C'mon, we better get back to the lab before Gibbs and his team arrive." Stella said.

Jordan stopped dead in her tracks.

"What?" Stella said as she looked at Jordan pale face.

"Jordan, are you okay?" She was real worried now. "

Did you say Gibbs? As in Leroy Jethro Gibbs?" Jordan's face was still white pale. "

Yes, you know NCIS and NYPD work this case together." Stella said.

"Yeah, but Gibbs. How does Mac know Gibbs?" Jordan wondered and sat down, face in hands.

Stella sat next to Jordan and held patted Jordan's back. "Jordan, they served together, Jordan."

"Why, what's going on, Jordan?" Stella questioned.

"Gibbs." Jordan said.

"Gibbs?" Stella repeated. "Jordan?"

Jordan didn't say anything, she just rubbed her belly. Then it hit Stella.

"Jordan, are you telling me that Gibbs is that naval agent you slept with?"

"Mac and Gibbs will both kill me once they find out." Jordan said.

"Mac doesn't know it was Gibbs?" Stella asked.

"No." Jordan sniffed.

"Do you want Gibbs to know?"

Jordan blew her nose in the hanky Stella handed out. "I can't ruin his life just because of an accident." Jordan sniffed in the hanky.

"Don't call your baby an accident, Jordan." Stella comforted. "You have a wonderful life growing inside of you and if you don't want him to know, we'll figure out a way to keep it that way."

"How?" Jordan dried her tears.

"Well, you're not exactly showing yet, so big shirts will do the trick and I'm sure Flack and Mac won't mention it to Gibbs, discretion is their middle name." Stella blinked. "Now c'mon, we don't want Mac sending out a search party for us."

Jordan nodded, fixed her make up and went for the break room with Stella.

***

Back in the break room Adam and Sheldon were having a snack when Gibbs' team finally arrived. It had taken them a few hours to get to New York which Tony had filled with his movie stories to Ziva, Ducky reading a medical magazine, Abby enjoying her hard rock music and Gibbs' sleeping the entire flight. He was at the coffee machine when Mac entered the break room.

"Jethro."

"Mac."

Gibbs and Mac hugged and shook hands.

"Long time no see." Gibbs stated.

"Well, you know how it is with work." Mac scratched the back of his head.

"Tell me about it." Gibbs agreed.

"That's your team?" Mac asked.

"Yup. Time for introductions." Gibbs took a last zip of his coffee and both men walked over.

"Mac Taylor, meet Tony DiNozzo, Tim McGee, Ziva David, Dr. Ducky Mallard and forensic scientist Abigail Sciuto.

Mac nodded towards the team.

"Nice to meet you all." Then he introduced his team. "Sheldon Hawkes, Adam Ross, you'll meet Dr. Sid Hammerback later on. Hawkes, where are the ladies?" Mac informed.

Tony's face went bright till Ziva slapped him on his chest.

"Here they come." Sheldon said. "Jethro, meet Stella Bonasera and Jordan D'Angelo." Mac said.

At the mention of latter name Gibbs didn't move. For a brief moment visions of 3 months ago played through his head. Him and Jordan laughing over a glass of bourbon, walking through the rain for his car, entering his house, stripping each other of their wet clothes, making love in front of the fire place… He never thought he would see her again, and yet here she was. Gibbs turned to greet Stella and then Jordan.

"Detective D'Angelo."

"Special Agent Gibbs." Jordan didn't even blink when he shook her hand. "Nice to meet you." Jordan said.

Gibbs figured she hadn't told anyone about their night, so he decided to play along.

"Mac, you wanna take us to the crime scene?" Gibbs asked.

"Sure Jethro, although we had to take the leg back to the lab." Mac pointed out.

"Sheldon?"

"I'll take Dr. Mallard to Sid." Sheldon said.

"Abbs, you can stay here." Gibbs told her.

Adam jumped right in. "I'll give you a tour around the lab."

Abby jumped and clapped. "Oh goody, cause my lab is real small compared to this one."

"Stella, why don't you ride with agent Tony and Ziva and I'll drive with Jethro, Jordan and Tim." Mac suggested.

"Sure Mac, we'll meet you there." Stella agreed ignoring Jordan's pleading face.

The new teams split up and walked to Mac's and Stella's SUV's. During the ride Jordan sat in the front next to Mac and Gibbs in the back, which was pretty unusual for him. Mac updated him on how they found the leg and what they found at the crime scene. Jordan was quiet for most of the ride, which didn't go unnoticed by Gibbs. He would speak to her later, the case came first.

***

When they got to the crime scene, they were greeted by Flack who held an eye witness aside so that Gibbs could question him. Mac joined them as Flack led them to the witness. He explained why NCIS had to be involved.

"Agent Gibbs, this is Mr. Roe." Flack introduced him.

"Gibbs. NCIS." He said.

"Is this how you found the leg?" Gibbs asked as he showed him a photo that Mac had taken earlier.

"Yes, Sir. Mr. Wrangler found it in that dumpster." The man spoke. "When he realized what he was holding, he tossed it to get rid of it. Landed there. Funny, huh?"

Gibbs looked at him with a question.

"What?" "How it landed. Like it was climbing in the stairs." The man explained.

"You think finding a severed leg of a Marine is funny?" Gibbs questioned the man.

"No Sir, I don't."

"Find the rest of the body?" Gibbs questioned on.

"Not yet. Det. Taylor's boys are checking all the dumpsters and the town garbage pit." The man said and left after Gibbs' nod.

"D'Angelo." Gibbs called.

Jordan walked over to Gibbs while Tony took pictures, and Ziva was sketching. Mac and Stella were doing their own investigation and McGee was finishing a phone call.

"Yes Gibbs." Jordan answered.

He motioned with his head to come over. And so she did. "

Weren't you stationed in Chicago?" Gibbs asked.

"Needed a change of scenery." Jordan told him. "Applied for a job at NYPD." "

We need to talk." Gibbs said.

"I know." Jordan answered. "But not here. This is work." Jordan kept it professionally.

"When?" Gibbs looked worried.

"Later." Jordan told him as she wrote down Stella's address, then she went back to the scene.

"Hey D'Angelo!" Gibbs called after Jordan. She turned around and looked at him uncertainly. "Good to see you again." Gibbs smiled. A blushing smile appeared on Jordan's face.

After the teams had collected all the evidence they headed back to the crime lab to call it a night. It had been a long day and the case wasn't going anywhere till they got some results from Ducky and Sid. So Gibbs and his team went to the hotel to check in and Mac's team called it a night as well.

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