She didn't know if she was more angry or tired. What she did know was that she was hungry and she wanted dinner. Looking at her home she was please to see the new lighting system she installed was working fine. The light were on in various parts of the house. She hipped checked the door closed then opened the closet door after hanging her coat and purse on the hook, she sighed. It felt good to be home. Closing the closet with a nudge of her foot, she starts to unzip her dress as she walks toward her bedroom.

"Cookie, you might want to wait to do that." Tony called out to her.

"Crap you scared me. What are you doing here?" She asks pulling her hands away from the zipper

"I stayed after they finished putting in the alarm, so did Gibbs. He found your repair list on the bulletin board in you office. We've been working on it."

"Oh, thank you Gibbs." She says when she sees him come out of the kitchen with a cup of coffee.

"No problem, you have a nice house. I've added a few things on your list Tony and I will be finishing them, if you don't mind."

"I don't mind in the least, save me from having to decipher the home repair book. I have tools did you find them?" She asks.

"I did, you need a real tool box not just a shoe box filled with odds and ends." He tells her with a frown.

"It's on the list, I saw a really nice tool kit for woman, purple handles and it comes with a carry bag."

"Real tools Penelope ones that are made to last. I'll help you get a kit together."

"Thanks I'd appreciate that very much. I'm hungry, are you staying for dinner or were you just waiting for me to come home."

"Staying." Tony answers her. "Burgers for Gibbs and me, veggie burger for you, and fries for all of us. A salad too otherwise Ducky gives us a hard time."

"Sounds good. I think there should be some beer left in the fridge and a bottle of wine too."

Once the food was cooked they sat at the small table in the kitchen and ate in comfortable silence for a little while.

"How was work?" Tony asks as he refills her glass.

"Fine, a bit slow and most of us got a lot of work done."

"Most of you?" Gibbs asks hearing something in her voice.

She looked at him then sighed. "One of the new techs, he asked me if I knew what I was doing? Wanted to let me know that he was there if I needed help. After all computer are a young persons' game. A fresh hire just completed the courses at the academy."

"Penelope what did you do?" Tony asks after hearing some of the things she can do he was afraid that she just might have gotten herself into trouble.

"I infected his personal computer with a little program I wrote. Because he is so young and told me that computers are a young persons' game. Let's just say he is going to be enjoying the music "they" listen to you know teeny-boppers, bubble gum music. I also changed his cursor to a little balloon that explodes and release confetti every time he clicks on it."

"You're going to get into trouble Cookie?" Tony says while she shakes his head.

"I didn't mess with the company computers just his, he was using it at lunch. I'd like to see him try and prove it was me that did it. After all I'm too old to be doing this kind of work, according to him anyway."

After they had finished cleaning the kitchen she sips from her cup of tea watching as Gibbs takes a sip from the sludge he calls coffee. "Do I owe you any money for parts for the house repairs?"

"Tony bought what was needed settle with him. As for your dollhouse, come see it."

All she do is stare as she looks at her beautiful dollhouse. It is completely finished including the lighting. "You did a good job I just went over an tightened the screws and tapped nails. You need a pair of glass doors to protect the inside, if you're going to have cats in the house."

"I was thinking about that too. I need a better table of piece of furniture for it to sit on too."

"Already took measurements for the doors, consider it a house warming gift." Gibbs tells her. "As for table or maybe a sideboard you should play it by ear, Wait until you find something you really like."

He leaves not long after sensing that Tony and Penelope want to talk and spend some time alone.

She listens as Tony shows her how to set the alarm to the house. "Oh and the alarms crew also put a new alarm on your office door. The one you had was wired into to the wall outlet simple but not every effective. According to them all it did was make a lot of noise."

"I know I did it. Thank you for approving the extra work, I forgot all about it."

"You have two panels one in the hall by your bedroom and one in the kitchen."

"Perfect. I was just going to let them put it were they thought it was best."

"Gibbs and I made sure they saw our badges clipped to our pants as well as the sidearm. You know port to port we have to carry all of the time."

" You just wanted to scare them and keep them honest. Let's go sit in the office, I do have a very nice love seat in there."

He sits down next to her as she curls her feet under her. He exhales happily thinking that he hasn't been this happy or relaxed in a very long time.

"Tell me." He says after he get comfortable.

"Tell you what?"

"Why do you have a love seat in here but nothing in the rest of the house."

"Because the TV is here. I like to watch movies while I knit."

"Hate to break it to you Cookie but I don't see a TV just computer monitors."

"Ye have little faith Pizza man. This is a good size bedroom the computers only use one wall. Window and closet take one the love seat the third. That leaves one the one across from the loveseat which as you can see has a large monitor mounted on the wall. Abby though it was part of the computer system."

"Can we just talk?"

"I'd like that Tony."

He looks around the room and smiles. "You're the one that gave McGee the digital spanking aren't you?"

"How long have you known?" She asks not really answering his question, but not denying it either.

"I wasn't sure, but when Abby mentioned the cards on the wall, it all made sense, it fit altogether."

"Yes I'm the Black Queen or at least I was. I asked Hotch what do to when I got your email. He told me to do it, and to make sure it was worthy of the Black Queen."

"I'm glad it was you."

She smiled then tipped her head slightly. "Are things better now between you and Gibbs?"

"Getting there, it was time I moved on. I needed something new fresh and challenging to do. NCIS just wasn't doing it anymore."

"He's a good friend Tony."

"He's a better friend than he is a boss." Tony answers as he leans back and closes his eyes.

"Look you tired, I know I am. Let's go to bed."

He turns his head opens his eyes an looks at her, not quite believing what he is hearing.

"Well before we actually have sex I'd like to know if I like sharing abed with you, are you a bed hog or a blanket thief. Do you run hot or cold, you know stuff like that. Me I'm a blanket thief and I run cold. If you play your card right you might even get to second base."

He takes her hand then helps her stand smiling he kisses her gently then pulls back. "Second base, huh?"

"Only if you play your card right."