NCIS:
TONY, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO MEET...
DISCLAIMBER:
NCIS and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
A few days after Kate Todd's funeral, Tony dose something and now it's been a little over seven years. What happened in the past comes back to him...with a shock! What did Tony do and why would it come back to him now? Little TIVA, MCABBY and maybe a love interest for Leroy Jethro Gibbs
CHAPTER 6: CHALLENGING RULE 12...
GIBBS BASEMENT...
When Tony made his way down the stairs to Gibbs basement a few minutes later, Gibbs didn't even look up.
"Here to talk about, Jessie?" Gibbs asked.
"That's a part of why I'm here." Tony responded and this time Gibbs did look up.
Setting down his tools, Gibbs made his way over to his work bench, emptied a jar and poured both of them a drink.
"The other part about Ziva?" Gibbs asked and Tony had to admit he wasn't surprised.
Abby had said time and again that Gibbs knew everything; Tony knew that Gibbs would guess it sooner or later.
"Yeah, boss, I-I don't know what I'm doing. I'm the only family Jessie has and I have no idea how to take care of a little girl." Tony told him and Gibbs gave him a head slap.
"You're not the only family that little girl has. Did you forget about the rest of us...?" Gibbs didn't go on.
"You, Abby, McGee, Ziva, Ducky and Palmer?" Tony asked and Gibbs nodded.
"Yup, you think we would let you go through this alone?" Gibbs asked.
"I guess I just forgot. It's still sinking in, boss...I have a daughter." Tony said still amazed at the thought.
"Remember rule 8, DiNozzo and cherish every minute you have with your daughter." Gibbs said wisely and had a far away, sad look in his eyes.
"I won't ever take, Jessie for granted. I came to you, because you're the only one I know who..." Tony didn't need to finish.
"Now, Ziva, You want me to let go of rule 12 so you can date her?" Gibbs asked and Tony nodded.
"Yeah," Tony said with a shrug.
Though he wasn't really asking permission, because he was going to ask Ziva out no matter what Gibbs said.
A part of him wanted Gibbs to know now, rather than find out later.
"Rule 12 exists for a reason..." Gibbs told him.
"Why is rule 12 there? I just want a chance with, Ziva and I will not mess it up." Tony promised looking at Gibbs, as Gibbs looked back at him.
"Probation," Was all Gibbs said at last and at first Tony was confused.
"Probation, for dating?" Tony asked.
"Yup, you keep it out of the office and don't let it interfere with your work. If you can't I'll enforce Rule 12." Gibbs told him and Tony nodded.
"Thanks, boss." Tony finished his drink and got up to leave.
Gibbs just shook his head as he watched Tony leave.
It was only a matter of time before either DiNozzo or Ziva came to him...as long as they could keep it out of the office.
He knew soon it would be more than just Tony and Ziva, because anyone could see how McGee and Abby felt about each other.
Gibbs had seen that day when he was shot at in the diner; changing Rule 12...
It had been coming for a long time.
ABBY...
Tim dropped her off and Abby made her way up to her apartment.
Once inside, she fell against the closed door and slid down to the floor.
She could feel the tears and just wished things were not complicated. Of course she and Tim always had a complicated relationship.
No matter if it was just best friends or as it had once been...when they had been dating,
'Why did he have to complicate everything?'
She loved him just as much as he loved her, but what if something happened and this time it didn't work out.
Abby was scared to give them a chance...as much as she wanted to.
Ever since she broke up with him six and a half years ago, Abby had often fought with herself.
A part of her said that giving her and Tim a chance to be together would be a bad idea, because they would not be able to repair things this time if they broke up.
The other part was she loved him more than anything and wanted to give the both of them a chance to be together, hoping that things could turn out for the better.
She was so confused now and didn't know what to think.
She had told him she needed to think about them getting back together, she didn't tell him that she had thought about it a lot since she broke up with him.
Just a little more time...she wasn't sure how long, but knew she would give Tim an answer.
'Why did he want to start over again? After what happened the last time...'
TIM...
Tim arrived home and made his way up to his apartment; he kept thinking how stupid he had been...
Just to tell, Abby he was still in love with her and wanted to give them another chance. He should have taken it slower than he did.
Now he probably lost any chance he had with her.
If there ever had ever been a chance at all.
Tim knew he shouldn't have pushed, but he wanted Abby to know how he still felt about her.
He had never stopped and never would stop loving her, more than anything.
Finally Tim sat down at his typewriter and instead of working on his book...decided to do some free writing.
He knew Abby needed time to think, but he had often thought of it and remembered something Abby had said earlier today...
FLASHBACK
"Do you think things would have been different if Kate wouldn't have died?" *
END FLASHBACK
Why did she ask that question? It had made him think and then he had done the only thing he could think of...
He had asked her out, because he wanted to know if there was a chance.
Tim hoped that there was a chance for him and Abby to start dating again...that he hadn't ruined it.