The rest of the week seemed to fly past thankfully for her, except for today. She had been waiting impatiently for the clock to signal that she could leave. Thankfully today there was just the previous weeks summaries that needed to be finished and signed by Gibbs.

She glanced at the clock for it to read 4:46 Only 2 minutes since she last checked.

"Is there some pressing matter that you have arranged Agent Woods?" Gibbs finally asked as he had watched her for the past half-hour watching her clock nonstop.

She smiled at Gibbs, "As a matter of fact there is. I have an amazing ticket for a show tonight and it starts at six-thirty."

He chuckled to himself, "How much do you have left to do?"

She flipped through the papers, "I have the incident report to finish and the summary of my findings. Everything else just needs your signature and to be filed."

He walked over to her desk sticking out his hand, "Give me what I need and I'll make sure the rest gets filed."

She beamed and handed him the folders, "thanks Uncle Jay" She whispered low enough that Tony didn't hear."

He smiled, "Get out of here before I change my mind."

She grabbed her stuff, flying out of the bullpen. "See you on Monday." Barely avoiding hitting Ziva and Tim getting off the elevator.

Both stood and stared at the elevator after it closed. They looked over at Gibbs then at each other. "Well I don't think she was running for her life do you?"

"If the two of you don't hurry it up, you will be" Gibbs yelled out watching his two agents bolt to their desks.

McGee slowly made his way through the crowd at the theatre. Thanks to Tony, he had barely made it to the theatre but if Tony and Gibbs had really known he was going to see a ballet show, well, he would never hear the end of it.

"excuse me," a feminine voice said to his left as she slipped in front of him.

"No problem ma'am." She was absolutely gorgeous from what he could tell. She wore a black sleeveless gown that flowed a little past her knees. Her hair was tousled curls and she smelt like…raspberries?

"Bella. Bella Woods."

The woman stopped, turning around, "McGee? What on earth are you doing here?"

"I like to watch the performers. My mom use to bring me when I was younger." He casually glanced at her, "What about you? You on a date?"

"Me? No, no no. I've had a ticket to see this performance for months. I love the ballet; it helps me unwind from work."

"If you don't have a date, what's with the dress?"

She looked at him like he was crazy and laughed, "you're suppose to dress nice. You should know that."

After they exited the theatre they causally strolled down the sidewalk. "So that explains why you flew out of work so fast!"

"Yea. There was no way I was going to miss this.

They stopped and he looked around, "I don't see your car. Where did you park?"

Blushing she looked away, "I actually had to come in a cab. My car is in the auto shop getting repaired."

"What happened? Are you alright?"

She laughed and looked up at McGee, "You would never believe me in a million years."

"Try me."

She looked down at her hands, "I lent my car to Ziva."

"You didn't think that I would believe your car needed to be fixed after Ziva drove it? Trust me, I believe it." He glanced over at her, "Are you hungry at all? My apartment isn't that far away."

"You cook McGee?"

Blushing he looked away, "Not very well I'm afraid. Forget I offered."

Jump of faith Bella. "How about I'll make dinner, but you need to get what I need."

The both of them are sitting on the floor playing with Jethro, two wine glasses left forgotten on the table.

Ruffling his gorgeous coat, Bella looked over at McGee, "I still can't believe you rescued him Tim, especially after he bit you."

Tim leaned against the chair watching her, "Well, it wasn't his fault, and he's a great dog."

Glancing at the time "It's getting late, I should get home." She gets off the floor and slightly sways.

Tim jumps up, putting his arm around her, "You ok?"

The closeness throws her off balance mentally. She simply shakes her head yes. "yea, just stood a little too fast is all."

"Bella why don't you just stay here? You live on the other side of town."

Shaking her head no, "McGee I couldn't possibly do that. Where would we sleep?"

"You could stay in my room and I'll sleep out here. I'm just worried about you getting home, please."

She sighs and nods, "thanks Tim."

"No problem Bella." He leads her into his room and grabs a pair of sweats and an undershirt. "I'll be in the living room if you need me."

A few hours go by, Tim wakes from a sound. Getting up he looks outside and comes back in to figure out it's coming from his room.

"Bella? Bella you ok in there?" He cracks open the door to see her curled up on her side, mumbling something softly and crying. "Bella?" He walks over and rubs her shoulder, "Mom" she whispers. "Bella, wake up" She slowly opens her eyes and looks at him confused. "McGee?"

"Hey, you ok?"

She sniffed, "Yea. Sorry. It's kind of embarrassing."

'It's ok Bella. It was just a nightmare." He goes to stand and she grabs his hand.

"Tim," Sadness filled her voice, "please don't leave me."

"I won't leave you Bella." He climbed into the bed lying down next to her as she curled up against his chest.