VI
Tony sat outside the hotel café of the Chateau De La Messardiere in St. Tropez overlooking the Golfe de St-Tropez.
He wore a blue and white casual button front shirt, which was unbuttoned all the way, matched with blue Ed Hardy Tiger cotton shorts and a pair of blue Vans Authentic slip-on shoes.
It had been five days since he left D.C. and NCIS behind and in another two days he was also leaving St. Tropez for Paris.
He dropped some money on the table and got up to head for the hotel gift shop.
He had called her the night he had arrived in St. Tropez and after a lot of crying she had made him promise to send her a post-card from everywhere he went and it was about time he sent her the first one.
He chose a post-card with a great shot of the Chateau De La Messardiere from the air and quickly wrote a message on it before buying a stamp and slipping it in the mailbox provided by the hotel.
He was almost out of the gift shop when he quickly spun on his heels and returned to the counter to but four more post-cards, wrote on them, stamped them and out them in the mail-box.
One had a picture of a group of top-less women on it, one had a picture of the sunset viewed from the hill where the Chateau De La Messardiere stood, one had a picture of sail boats and yachts lined up at the Capitainerie du Port and the last had a picture of the Old Town of St. Tropez.
He smile to himself and made his way out of the hotel and down to the beach.
NCIS NCIS NCIS NCIS NCIS
Three days later in D.C.
It was early, only just pass six in the morning, but Gibbs, McGee and Kate were already at work. Well to be honest they didn't just get there, they didn't exact leave to go home from the previous day.
They were working hard to find the killer of a Petty Officer, his wife and their eight month old son who were murdered outside a pharmacy early the previous morning.
Gibbs was frustrated, Kate was avoiding him and poor McGee was getting all of Gibbs anger directed at him. In the pass hour Gibbs had already give McGee eleven…
"Aaah," McGee jumped as Gibbs smacked the back of his head.
Correction twelve head slaps.
"What was that for boss?" McGee asked rubbing the back of his head.
"For not working hard enough McGee," Gibbs said before storming off to see Ducky.
McGee sighed as he watched him go. He never thought that it was possible for him to miss DiNozzo so much.
Three hours later the BOLO they had put out on the suspect they got from the surveillance camera outside a convenience store near the crime scene got a hit.
"Grab you gear!" Gibbs barked to Kate and McGee. As the trio rushed to the elevator they passed the mail boy sorting out the mail for their floor.
A little later in Abby's Lab
Abby heard the elevator and turned around with a smile expecting the arrival to be McGee or Kate seeking refuge from Gibbs.
Instead it was only the mail boy. Still she greeted him and exchanged pleasantries as he handed her a small stack of mail.
He left and she sorted through her regular mail which consisted of job offers and conference requests.
Suddenly a shrill scream could be heard coming from her lab as she noticed the small post card near the bottom of the pile. She was practically jumping for joy as she read the post card. It read:
Abs,
St. Tropez is great but of course I'm missing you.
Bought you a present I know you're gonna love.
Heading to Paris soon.
You will be hearing from me again soon.
Love Tony
Abby smile and rushed to show her card to the others but the bullpen was empty and Ducky was nowhere to be found.
She sighed and headed back to her lab to wait for the result of the tests she was running on the shell casings from the crime scene.
Sometime later in the bullpen
Gibbs walked in ahead of McGee and Kate feeling a bit better than before but not a whole lot.
They had apprehended their suspect and thanks to a call from Abby he knew that they had a pretty solid case against the man.
Still, he was short one agent and he knew he would feel any better until his team was back together.
'Damn DiNozzo," he thought as sat down behind his desk.
He noticed the mail on his table and took the stack up to sort through them. He noticed the post card with the boats on it in the center of the stack and flipped it over. It read:
Boss,
Doing fine.
Just wanna let you know.
DiNozzo
Gibbs smile.
At least now he knew Tony was alright.
He looked up to see Kate and McGee also sorting through their mail.
They seemed to stop at the same time as they each noticed their post card from Tony.
Kate saw the picture of the sunset and smiled as she read the simple five words written on her card. It read:
I'm Living the dream.
Tony
She couldn't help missing Tony even though he was a giant pain in the neck.
McGee on the other hand groaned in frustration as he saw the picture of the topless women. He flipped the card over and read the message shaking his head, it was so like Tony. It read:
Probie,
Beaches, boobs and booze.
What more can a guy ask for.
Tony
Tony had a one track mind.
Down in Autopsy
"Mr. Palmer, did you clean out the drawers as I asked you to?" Ducky asked as he entered returning from his meeting with his mother's nurse.
"Oh yes Doctor," Palmer replied.
Ducky took is coat off and notice the mail on his desk. He started going through them and saw the post card with the picture of the Old Town on it. He flipped it over. It read:
Ducky,
Old Town St. Tropez reminds me of you.
Both of you are a little quirky but still lovable.
Tony
P.S.- Say hi to Palmer.
Ducky chuckled, "Mr. Palmer Anthony says hi," he said.
Author's Note: So be honest tell what you think.