Ok..so I have no good excuse for you guys on why I am so late updating except that I was busy with doctor's appointments and everything. BUt thats not really an excuse. And to top off the bad author thing that I have apparently been building it's a short chapter. I mean its shorter than most of my chapters, but on the up side at least you guys know that I didn't ditch the story...heh..well heres the 11th chapter of Pain of the Heart.

Tony stared at the phone in his hand. Had he heard right? Could Gibbs really be in love with him? Or were his ears playing tricks on him? He wasn't sure and was trying to figure it out when Alaister returned, closing the door with a slam so loud that it ripped Tony out of his thoughts.

"I take it that Gibbs has told you the reason why you were taken?" Alaister asked as he pulled up a chair from the desk and sat on it, facing Tony.

"Yes. He told me, but it can't be true." Was the reply he got from the NCIS agent.

"Really? Is it that hard to believe that someone loves you?"

"Well, ya. But I'm not about to have this conversation with the likes of you."

"But my dear Anthony, I am the only to talk to. And according to my information you are the one that likes to talk. So surely you can talk to me. I am not the enemy."

"Like hell you're not!" Tony spat at the taller man.

"But I'm not I am simply a man seeking revenge for his family, and if I am correct Agent Gibbs did the exact same thing but in a different matter. Am I correct." What Alaister said was the truth. Gibbs had gotten revenge for his wife and daughter, he even went as far as to kill the guy. Tony couldn't call Alaister a liar because everything the man had said was the truth.

"You haven't lied to me so far so can I ask a question?"

"You may."

"How'd you know that Gibbs loved me? I mean how did you find out?"

Alaister rubbed under his chin for a moment before answering.

"I have one of my so called agents working in NCIS. The agent is a good guy he just has a lust for money. So I had him do surveillance on Gibbs' team. Trust me I was as surprised as you were when I found out that Agent Gibbs was in love with a man. But now that I see you in person I can see why."

Tony blushed. Whether it was because of embarrassment or anger, he didn't know.

"So this agent told you?"

"No, no. I pieced it together with the information that the agent gave me. The way he would always call your first name when he was worried about you-"

"But he does that with Ziva to" Tony interrupted.

"Ah yes he does that is true, but Ziva is a bit different."

"How?"

Alaister sighed. The kid asked way too many questions, but he was enjoying talking to the younger man.

"You can tell by the tone of his voice, my agent brought in a recording and you can clearly hear the difference in his voice when he talks to one of the other team members and when he talks to you. You should listen sometime it is quite fascinating."

"I don't get it. Why do you hate my boss so much?" This had been bothering Tony for sometime. Alaister's face hardened for a moment, before the look dissolved into a smile.

"i am terribly sorry Anthony, but that is a story I have no intention of sharing." The older man said, suddenly standing up and smoothing his suit. "Now roll over on your back, I have to check your wounds." He said as he opened the bag he had brought with him. He pulled out disinfectant cream and some bandages. "You were right with your little medical observation that you told Agent Gibbs on the phone earlier. I believe you only told him that to lessen his worrying about you, am I correct?" Alaister said as Tony rolled over after having taken off his shirt. Tony didn't know whether to be mad at Alaister for listening in on his conversation with his boss or punch him for giving his boss something to worry about. But all thoughts left his head as he felt a stinging sensation spread throughout his back. Tony yelped and started to get up, when a gentle hand pushed him back down.

"Hold Still." Came Alaister's remark as Tony settled back down, but still on his guard. After all it was still the enemy, whether he was helping him or not.

"You're lucky that I am very skilled the the whip or the injuries would have been more severe than they are now. Most of these are as you said earlier, just flesh wounds and some are a little deeper but only one or two of them should scar, but the scar will be smooth so no need to worry about ugly welts raising." Alaister said while he rubbed the lotion on the NCIS agent's back. Tony was thrown through a loop this was the most he had heard Alaister talk at one time.

"How do you know about medical stuff?" was the only question that Tony could formulate at the moment.

"I went to medical school before the whole Gibbs incident. Right now I'm just happy that I didn't hit a major artery, you are no use to anyone dead."

Tony looked back around to Alaister. "There are major arteries on the back?"

"Yes, there are several. Like this one." Alaister replied as he ran a finger down Tony's back, causing the agent to shiver. About an hour past when Alaister finally bandaged up Tony's back.

"Now don't move too much or you will start to bleed I will come to check up on you later." And with that Tony was once again left by himself to think about Gibbs and what he had said.

"Boss, you better save me so I can have a chance to tell you how I feel also." Tony whispered to himself as he leaned back against the pillows that he had propped up against the head board.

Ok so I knwo that it wasnt my best work, but at least the story is building. Is Alaister startign to feel for Tony? Find out on the next cha[pter maybe...depends on what the next chapters about...