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I had this all finished on Saturday, then on Sunday i started and finished chapter 50, i will start ch 51 soon...
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this is set during "Bounce"
Chapter 49 – MyFace
Jenny sat alone. She was on the edge of the bath, listening to a clock ticking.
46, 47, 48, 49
Her fingers crossed and her eyes closed.
50, 51, 52, 53
Slow deep breathes. In and out. Trying to calm her tense body.
54, 55, 56, 57
Sweaty hands gripped tighter to the bath, almost slipping on the smooth surface.
58, 59, 60…
Her eyes snapped open. She stood and walked to the sink. A small white stick sat on the surface.
With a trembling hand she picked it up and looked down.
Negative.
Jenny sighed. She hadn't told Gibbs, but she wanted a baby. They had stopped using protection, and if Jethro noticed he hadn't said anything to her about it.
She threw the stick in the trash. Stupid home pregnancy tests.
* * *
Tony sat at his desk, his eyes bloodshot and his head throbbing. Ziva sat behind him her hands massaging his muscles.
The elevator doors opened and McGee and Kate walked out.
"Good morning." Smiled Kate,
Tony pulled out an ear plug, "No."
"Ahh, I haven't seen that bad boy in a while. You had a rough night?" McGee smirked,
Tony took a while to reply, "Yes."
"Yes, the people from Tokyo. A few of our counterparts were visiting from Japan; Director Shepard had Tony show them around."
"Sake bombs." Explained Tony,
Kate frowned, "I see."
"I barely made it out of there alive."
"And now you hope to finish the job?" Asked Kate,
"Zee, say words."
"What you see before you, Caitlin, is The DiNozzo Defibrillator. It's been passed down through six generations. And no Tony you are not teaching it to our children." She added, "My family also has a hangover remedy; jasmine tea with lime."
"That's disgusting. Remind me never to have a hangover in Israel." Tony told her,
"DiNozzo." Said Gibbs as he walked in and stopped in front of Tony's desk,
"Not that I have a hangover now, boss. You know I would never drink on a school night."
"Where were you last night?"
"Drinking."
"You alone?"
"Of course not… Not that there's anything wrong with drinking bourbon alone in your basement with a boat… What were we talking about?"
"Your alibi."
McGee, Kate and Ziva all looked at Gibbs,
"My alibi? For what?"
* * *
McGee and Ziva were taking photos of the body Tony supposedly dumped and discussing people who might want to frame Tony for murder.
"Jeanne Benoit?" Suggested Ziva,
"Overseas." said McGee, "Maybe it was Trent Kort."
"Are you detecting a trend here?" asked Ziva,
"Tony does have a way with people."
* * *
Tony and Gibbs walked into the squad room and stopped behind McGee, Kate and Ziva who were looking at surveillance tapes.
"What have we got?" Asked Tony,
"Our suspect. All over Rosewood's surveillance video." Said Kate, "No sign of the victim yet."
"Keep looking. Kate."
"What?"
"Victim's background. Credit cards, bank statements." Tony told her, "Gibbs. Take a look at Renny's appeal. Use it to catch yourself up on the original embezzlement case, then work with Kate." He gave Gibbs a USB thumb drive Renny, their suspect, claimed proved his innocence.
"On it, boss." Said Gibbs; taking the drive and walking to his desk.
"Are you going back to Mexico?" Asked Ziva,
"No."
"Rule number 38." Said McGee,
"Mhm." Gibbs' cell rang, "Yeah. Gibbs."
"I got something for you Gibbs."
Gibbs stood and chucked the cell to Tony,
"Yeah."
"Gibbs?"
"On my way, Abs."
Tony started to walk away but Gibbs cleared his throat.
"DeCaf-Pow, right."
* * *
Tony was down in Abby's lab and had just told her about rule 38,
"So, um, I processed the evidence from the crime scene, Tony; and nothing contradicts your initial assessment." Said Abby,
"Lieutenant Grady entered Renny's room. There was a short struggle."
"Broken lamp."
"During the scuffle, they fell onto the bed."
"Bloody pillow."
"Where Lieutenant Grady was strangled and stabbed to death."
"I found Grady's blood on the comforter... I don't want to tell you what else I found."
"Yeah you do." Said Tony,
"Oh, you know me so well." Abby said huskily, "But that's gonna have to wait for later, because I am cooking up some awesomeness."
"Awesome me!"
"I ran the swabs that you took from the sink, and I found traces of sodium tallowate, water and fragrance." There was a pause, "Soap! Gibbs would have known that."
* * *
McGee sat at his desk; he was alone in the bullpen. Abby walked over.
"Hey Timmy!"
"Uh, hi, Abby."
Abby smiled, "No need to look so shocked McGee."
"Right, sorry."
"So anyway, I've been thinking, and I was wondering if you accepted my apology."
"Apology?"
"Your Valentine's Day present! I left it for you on your desk."
McGee frowned, "You mean the weird doll thing?"
"It's a Chicky-Baby! Remember, my friend makes them."
"Oh. Right and that was apologising for..?"
"Going all crazy over maple syrup." Smiled Abby,
"Uh-huh."
"Well?"
"Well what?"
"Do you forgive me?"
"Well, yea, Abby."
Abby beamed and hugged McGee, "Thanks Timmy, I knew I could count on you." She kissed his cheek.
"Wait." Said Tim, "Does this mean you wanna get back together."
Abby looked at her feet then back at Tim, "Well, yea… I mean, only if you want to! I was pretty psycho and I completely understand if you don't wanna, I mean, my hormones are going stir crazy no thanks to the little guy."
"Abby, Abby, stop."
"What?"
"Yes, of course I wanna get back together." He stood and pulled Abby into a kiss.
"I love you Timmy."
"I love you too Abs."
* * *
Tony was walking down the hall passed the interrogation rooms. His cell started to ring.
"Tony." He answered.
The ringing continued. "To-" Then he remembered he had Gibbs' cell. "Tony."
"You answered the wrong phone, didn't you?"
"What, McGee?"
"Wilkins is here."
"Well, just tell him you're handling the interviews."
"Well, he asked for you."
"Do I have to do everything?! All right, I'll be right up."
Tony made his way to the conference room and as soon as he opened the door Wilkins spoke.
"Told you so." He smirked, "I've been waiting three years to say that."
"How's life in the Pentagon, Mitch?" Asked Tony, as he walked to a counter and started to make himself coffee.
"You pulled a Shaw-shank." said Wilkins, "You put the wrong guy away.
"We put the wrong guy away, as I recall, you were his supervisor."
"Hey, I just discovered the money was missing. Told you from the beginning Renny was framed. He didn't have the computer skills-"
Tony placed a file on the table in front of Wilkins as he sat down. "He does now. Worked on his appeal in the can." He started to pour warm liquid into a paper cup.
Wilkins looked at the file. "How's Ziva?"
Tony stoped. "Ziva? Uh, why?"
"I haven't seen her in a while."
"Three years. Yeah, right, 'course."
"Closer to two." Wilkins said, "When she added me as a friend on Facebook."
"Ziva's on Facebook?"
"You ever see her knife collection? Ooh-rah." Wilkins chuckled,
"You've been to her place?"
* * *
"Problems?" Gibbs asked Tony,
"No. Everything's peachy. Nothing I like more than putting an innocent man in prison. Except, of course, for getting him killed."
"Renny's dead? I hadn't heard that." Gibbs said,
"Save the pep talk. We both know I screwed up."
"Yeah. Three years ago."
Tony sighed and crossed his arms.
"But now you're making it right… And me proud." Gibbs paused, "You've been doing... a hell of a job, Anthony …Until about three minutes ago. Get your head on right."
"What would you like me to do?"
"Trust your gut."
"Yeah. I think I'd rather trust yours right now."
"Then give me my damn phone back." Gibbs glared,
Abby walked over from the elevator, "Hope I'm not interrupting something, and if I am, I hope somebody's gonna tell me about it."
"Whatdyou got, Abs?" Asked Tony, and he and Gibbs smiled slightly,
"Checking the roadblocks, boss." Gibbs walked away,
"So..." said Abby, walking in front of Tony, "I was interrupting something."
"Abs. What. Do. You. Got?"
"Did McGee tell you we got back together?"
"No."
"We are!"
"That's great Abs, it is. Do you have anything relevant to the case?"
"The knife from Renny's house." She held it up, "I identified the blood on it; the good news is it's not Renny's."
* * *
Tony sat with Ziva on the couch watching a movie. Ziva pressed pause and turned to look at Tony,
"Tony?"
"Yea?"
"Is there something wrong?"
"No, what makes you say that?"
"You seem… distant."
"Oh."
"What is the matter Tony?"
Tony sighed, "You have a facebook."
Ziva frowned, "I do."
"I didn't know that. Until, Wilkins said you guys were friends."
Ziva laughed, "Tony I have not seen him in three years."
"Closer to two… he said."
Ziva furrowed her brow, "Well yes, I suppose that is true, but why does it matter?"
"He's seen your knife collection, at your old place."
"Tony…"
"Did you date him?"
"Tony."
"I don't mind if you dated him Ziva, it's in the past, I get that."
Ziva sighed, "One date."
"Did you sleep with him?"
"Tony!"
"Did you?"
Ziva sighed again, "Yes! I did, but it was nothing! It was just what it was; sex."
Tony was silent, then looked up at Ziva and opened his mouth, Ziva cut him off.
"No, he was not better then you, yes I do love you, and yes, you are bigger."
Tony frowned, "That's not what I was gonna ask."
"Oh." Ziva looked away awkwardly,
"I was gonna ask if he knows we're married."
Ziva didn't answer straight away, "He knows I am married."
"But..?" Prompted Tony,
"But he does not know you are my husband."
"Oh."
* * *
That night, after Trina had gone to bed, Tony walked into the study he had yet to turn into the nursery (much to Ziva's annoyance). He sat down at the computer and opened up a web browser.
He typed in a URL and waited for the page to load.
Welcome To Facebook!
Email address
Password
Log in
Tony typed in his email address and password then pressed enter.
The page loaded and Tony clicked on the search bar.
Ziva DiNozzo He searched.
No result.
Frowning Tony tried Ziva David.
No result.
This time Tony typed in Ziva David-DiNozzo and searched.
He clicked the first result and Ziva's profile page loaded.
He glanced at her latest activity, a poke from Wilkins. Tony rolled his eyes. He then clicked on a tab 'Info'. The page loaded. His eyes trailed down the page until he found what he was looking for.
Relationship Status: Married.
Tony grinned. He then sent a friend request to her.
Ziva walked into the room.
"What are you doing?" She asked,
"I just sent you a friend request on facebook."
"Why?"
"'Cause you're my wife and I love you and I want to tell the world of facebook that."
Ziva smiled and kissed Tony lightly, "Ok."
She moved and sat on his lap, then took the mouse from him and went to his profile page.
Photo's of Me
She clicked the link and photos loaded up. She clicked the first one; it was one Abby had posted of her and Tony at her surprise birthday party. She clicked next and a picture of Tony and Kate on a beach somewhere loaded.
In the picture Kate was on a towel lying on her stomach wearing bikini bottoms and matching hat, and sunglasses. Tony was sitting on Kate's butt, obviously taking a self shot.
Ziva raised her eyebrows at the photo. She didn't click next this time; she clicked the link to the album. It was on Kate's page and the album was titled, 'Me and My Monster'
As she clicked through the photos of Tony and Kate she made only one comment.
"You look happy."
"I was." Tony replied,
The next photo showed Tony and Kate in a park smiling more at each other then at the camera. Both of them reflected a look of pure love.
"You must have been devastated."
"I was."
Ziva clicked the next picture. She looked at it, a sad expression on her face.
Tony looked at it and relived a memory.
"Tell me again why you want to take a photo, Puppy."
Kate rolled her eyes, "Because today is the first day we're officially dating and I want to." She set up the camera on a delay then pressed the button and rushed round to stand with Tony,
As the little red light blinked at them Tony wrapped his arms around Kate's waist, he pulled her in and kissed her deeply, Kate forgot about the camera and melted into the kiss, her arms wrapping around his neck.
The camera flashed as a photo was taken and Tony grinned into the kiss before pulling back and resting his forehead to Kate's.
"I love you."
"I love you too Monster."
"I will never stop loving you Kate, even when we're old a grey and have great grandchildren to spoil the crap out of."
Kate laughed, "I'll never stop loving you either."
"I mean it Kate." Tony said, serious now. "No matter what happens; I will never, never, stop being in love with you."
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