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"Hey, don't take it out on me McGrumpy, you're the one who decided to play in the poison ivy, again."
Tim glares at the Senior Field Agent, "You told me that I was in the clear Tony."
Tony grins at Tim scratches another spot, "And you really should know what that stuff looks like by now."
At that exact moment, Bella steps off the elevator to find her boyfriend sitting at his desk scratching like mad. "Do I want to know what happened?"
Tony smirks at Tim before answering, "Poison Ivy."
Ziva glances over at her, her face blank but her eyes laughing, "Do not worry, Bella, just do not touch McGee for a week or so and you shall be fine."
"Oh Tim." Sighing, she motions her head to the elevator. "Go get your spare clothes and head for the showers to wash the oil off. I'll meet you down there in twenty minutes with a paste that should help."
Hearing that, Tony interjects, "Hey, I'm the oldest agent here leaving me in charge. McGeek, sit back down, you're not going anywhere."
Bella smirks as she makes her way to Tony's desk, stopping right in front of it so Ziva is blocked from his view. Leaning down, placing her palms on his desk she whispers in a soft voice, "Tony, has Ziva ever heard the story of you making out with a man?"
Tony's eyes grow wide as he looks from her to Tim back to her. "No."
Bella looks at him with a Cheshire cat grin, "Would you like her to hear my version of it?"
Tony pales at the obvious threat, "You wouldn't."
"Hey Ziva-"
"McGee changed my mind. Go shower. NOW."
Standing up straight, Bella gives Tim a wink as he walks by. Pulling out her chair, Bella: 1 DiNozzo: 0.
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After having Abby make her the paste for Tim, Bella walks into the dressing room completely ignoring some of the looks of shock she receives from the few men in there. "McGee?"
His voice fills the air to her left, "Bella, over here."
Finding him in nothing but his boxers, she could see the rash more clearly on his face, chest, arms, and various parts of his legs. "You really did a number on yourself didn't you?"
"It wasn't my fault. Tony-"
Placing a finger on his lips to silence him, she raises an eyebrow as he goes to say something anyway. "All I care about is getting you covered with the paste so you won't be up there scratching like mad."
With that being said, they silently started covering Tim with the miracle paste of baking soda and vinegar.
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Stepping into the bullpen, Gibbs glances around at the working agents. "What have we got?"
"Bank records came out clean Gibbs. Nothing suspicious, well nothing close to several hundred thousand deposits." Bella replies.
"Abby found traces of a flower pollen. It was a hybrid mix, so she is still running trace to see if she can find where it was created at."
Gibbs nods at Tony before turning to McGee, "Video footage?"
"Everything checks out boss. He is seen on the video appearing at 1800 and leaving at 23:30."
Gibbs starts to turn away before he turns back to McGee then looks at Tony. "I didn't realize it was slow enough for a shower DiNozzo."
Casting Bella a look, which earned nothing but a smirk from her, he looks at his boss, "McGee got poison ivy again. I thought it would be better for him to wash off the oil then spread it around where we touch things."
"Good thinking DiNozzo." Reaching his hand out, Gibbs smacks Bella on the back of the head, "What have I said about blackmail?"
She smiles up at her uncle, "Don't get caught?" Seeing the hand move like she was going to get smacked again, "Blackmail is wrong and that's what you are for."
Gibbs smirks and glances at Tony who looks down at his desk, already feeling the pain from his own smack of the head that is soon to come.
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Tim storms back to his desk with a laughing Ziva and Tony behind him. "Tony, I cannot believe that you would do that!"
"Oh come on, it got the guy to recant his alibi, which gives us a search warrant."
Tim glares at Tony, "That's not the point and you know it Tony. I'm not 'diseased'."
Having tried to ignore most of the conversation, Bella stops in mid-type as she turns to watch them. "Diseased? Ziva do I really want to know?"
Turning to face Bella, Ziva grins, "Your very own McGee has been diagnosed a deadly disease by my Dr. DiNozzo. Tony used McGee's case of poison ivy to get the scumbag to fess up to the case."
Tim glares at Tony, "That's not all he said. He not only said I was diseased but he was going to sent me in there and he hoped the guy was immune to Toxicodendron radicans and the guy started to freak out because he didn't want to 'catch it'."
Bella starts to giggle and she looks at Tony, "You actually know the scientific name for poison ivy? Wow Tony, I'm impressed."
Tim turns to glare at his girlfriend, "Bella, you're taking Tony's side on this?"
Bella rolls her eyes at her boyfriend, "It's kind of funny Tim. Besides, the fact that Tony knew what it was, let alone said it right is kind of impressive."
Tony grins, "Yea. Wait, are you making fun of my intelligence Bella?"
She shares a look with Ziva, tying to keep her face straight. "Of course not Tony, what ever gave you that impression."
Tim snorts, as Gibbs appears coffee in hand. "Get the search warrants already, let's go." Turning to the elevators, "Nicely done McGee."
Tim grins and Tony stares with a dumbfounded look on his face, "But I'm the one who thought of it."
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"Hey Bella" Tim calls from his bedroom.
"Yea?"
"Do think it's possible to make some more of the cream?"
Bella smiles as she finishes mixing it in the bowl, already ahead of Tim. "I already started making some. Be there in a minute."
Walking into the bedroom, he is scratching the side of his face. Curling up next to him on the bed, Bella takes a handful of the paste and begins covering his neck.
"Bells, you don't have to do this. I don't want you to get it too."
"Sure I do. It's part of my job. Besides, I am pretty much immune to poison ivy, have been ever since I was little. I got it really bad when I was five, haven't gotten it since."
He nods then gives her an odd look, "Your job?"
She smiles and gives him a single nod. "I help you when your covered in poison ivy and you kill the spiders so I don't have to scream like a girl."
"Spiders? You're scared of spiders? How is it possible that you've survived living with Gibbs and yet you're terrified of spiders?"
"I will have you know that there is nothing wrong with having a fear of spiders. They're gross and-" she shudders before trying to shake it off. "End of discussion."
Tim grins as he looks at her, "What about clowns?"
Bella narrows her eyes, "If you ever bring a clown to my house or near me you will have to explain why you have a dead clown. Understood?"
Tim laughs, "Understood."
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Ta-Da. The next chapter is either going to be a fluff piece, per request of another reader or a scene from the episode Jetlag. I did my best to not give any spoilers, but I wanted you to know in case you haven't seen it yet.
