A/N: I would have like to have this up last night, but I was at my friend's bar mitzvah. I love parties. :D Anyways, I hope you like it. Please review! It still managed to fall short of 1000 words. =/ Sorry!
Gibbs was angry.
Vance knew it. He was glad that Gibbs was across the ocean, because he was having a tough time handling the man's stare over a web cam.
The team knew it. They stood by the door, no one daring to speak. None of them had ever seen Gibbs like this. He had been upset before, but not in this way.
Jenny knew it. And she was the only one that would really know why this "field trip" bothered Jethro so much.
Gibbs was having a tough time controlling his anger. "You made us go through all the motions of getting ready for a top secret op, just so you and your politician could send us on a team building field trip?"
Leon knew he was skating on thin ice just by the quiet restraint evident in the older man's voice.
"We knew you would never have agreed to attend a real team camp," Vance offered.
Gibbs shook his head. "We? Just how cozy are you two? How long have you been planning this lie together?" He wanted to rip the toothpick out of the other man's mouth.
"I don't particularly like what you may or may not be insinuating Agent Gibbs."
Jenny stepped in before Gibbs had time to reply. "Even if Agent Gibbs has over stepped his bounds, he is not the only one out of line here. It is my job to send teams to camps, not yours, Assistant Director Vance," she fired back, stressing his title.
Vance had no answers for them. "Enjoy your time in the city." The screen went black.
Gibbs and Jenny straightened up and glanced at each other. She took one look at the fire in his icy blue eyes and turned to the team, who stared back with wide eyes.
"Go find something to eat out. You have the rest of the night off. We'll discuss this later."
The younger agents nodded and filed out silently.
Jen turned back to her old friend. "Calm down."
He ran his hands through his hair and walked a few feet away from her.
"How can you say that, Jen? This is not going to work. This whole trip is going to screw my team up."
She sighed, "How do you know that?"
Gibbs spun around to meet her gaze. "Because I was in this position before. We were on a classified op and still managed to..." He trailed off, unable to find the words.
They both looked away for a moment, letting an uncomfortable air hang around them. After a few seconds, Jenny broke the silence.
"And now that they're actually here to sight see, you're worried that they'll follow in our footsteps." It wasn't a question. She knew she was right by the look in his eyes.
When Gibbs didn't reply, she continued, "Was it really that bad?"
He locked eyes with her for a moment, then stated, "We should go eat."
Jenny shut her eyes, and inhaled. "Will you just answer the question, Gibbs?"
He stopped, his hand on the door knob.
"I could have done without the ending." With that, he threw open the door and headed out into the hallway. Jenny sighed, and trailed after him in defeat.
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The rest of the team watched from the lobby as a red head followed a silver haired man out to the elevators. They knew it was Gibbs and Director Shepard.
"I say we respect their wishes and get out of here as fast as we can," Tony said, rushing out to the parking lot.
The rest of the team hurried after him. "Agreed!"
Ziva allowed a small smirk to come over her face. "Well if you really want to leave that quickly..."
"Oh no! You are not driving!" Tony told her, picking up the pace in hopes of reaching the car first.
"If I drive, it's the fastest way to get to a restaurant!" she protested, moving to keep up with her partner. Abby and McGee walked a few steps behind them, grinning.
"It's also the fastest way to get killed," Tony retorted. They stopped in the middle of the lot and looked at each other.
Tony took a deep breath. "Look, I'm senior field agent. I have the keys. I say we're all carpooling, and I'm driving."
Ziva didn't back down as Tony waggled the key out of her reach.
"I will drive!"
They both stepped back as McGee ran through them, snatch the keys from Tony's grasp.
"I'm driving!" he laughed. Ziva and Tony stood watching him run off towards their rental, momentarily stunned. Abby grinned and started to run after Tim.
"Shotgun!" she yelled.
"Oh no, Abby. I do know that American term, and there is no way I'm sharing the backseat with Tony!" Ziva exclaimed, and she took off after her friend.
Tony sprinted after her, "Hey, who says I'm sitting in the back?"
They all laughed, and Tony caught up with Ziva, picked her up, and swung her around while holding her waist so that he could get in front of her. She screamed in delight and jumped on his back after he let her go. The two laughed as they tried to catch up to Abby.
McGee watched the giggling trio from the rear view mirror and chuckled.
"I am surrounded by three year olds."
A/N: I just realized, this story is getting kinda Jibbsey as well. I know this started as a Tiva story, and there will be more Tiva later, but I think that McAbby and Jibbs will play a larger role in the story as well. Tell me what you think!
