A/N: What? Two chapters in one day? It must be Christmas or Chanukah. Nope! I just had a lot of time today. This one is a bit shorter, but I like it all the same, and I hope you like it as well. Not the "finale", although it's coming up. Keep the reviews coming because I like knowing what I need to fix and knowing how you guys are taking the story. Thank you all for reading this again, and I love you all!
Six months had flown by fast. Tony had proposed to Ziva and their wedding was in the process of being planned, Ziva somewhat relying on Caroline and Abby for help and advice, which they had not a single problem with.
It was early in the morning and McGee and Caroline were sleeping. McGee had officially moved in with Caroline, which was easy considering almost all of his stuff was already there.
They were close to each other, but not snuggling or spooning. Both of their phones started going off, waking them up. McGee's playing a generic buzzing noise, and Caroline's playing Eye of the Tiger.
McGee rolled over to turn his off while Caroline made a noise of annoyed frustration before she reached to turn her's off.
"Come on," McGee said, looking at Caroline, "we need to get up."
Caroline gave three slow blinks, attempting to wake up. "Is there a murdered person somewhere?"
McGee shook his head slightly. "Not that I'm aware of. Why?"
Caroline put her hand on his face. "We can take twenty minutes."
McGee smirked and ran a hand over her messy hair. They leaned in, a few inches from each other, when the bedroom flew open.
Caroline immediately sat up, a handgun pointed in the direction of the door. Tony and Jen both had shocked expressions, Jen's hands up in mock surrender.
"Jeez, Care Bear," Jen started, smirking slightly, "when did you start packing?"
Caroline let out a noise of frustration at the two as McGee rose to meet her. He put his hand over her gun, making her lower it down from the two.
Caroline looked at McGee. "Radar." She looked back at the two in the doorway. "How the hell did you get in here?" Caroline asked, obviously annoyed.
Jen smiled and held up a key. "My spare."
"Okay," Tony stepped in, "get dressed."
McGee rubbed his eyes slightly. "Why? Body?"
Tony shook his head. "Paperwork day, but a long one at that. We need all hands on deck, which includes you two."
Caroline rolled her eyes before covering them, tilting her head up. "If you two don't leave I'll mount Tim right here, right now."
"And this is where we leave." Jen said, quickly leaving, followed by Tony.
After they had left Caroline flumped back onto the bed. McGee got out of the bed, walking around to the other side, crouching down near her.
"Come on, Caroline. We gotta get up."
It took a while, but eventually Caroline and McGee had made it to work, met by mounds of paperwork. They worked tirelessly the entire day, and after getting dinner delivered, they finished it all at about 7 pm.
Caroline and Abby were at Ziva's desk, looking through flowers for simple yet elegant. They were all into the conversation, discussing colors and types when McGee chimed in.
"What about white roses?"
All three girls looked at him, and he nodded slightly before turning back to his computer.
They were getting ready to leave when Caroline noticed the empty desk. "Where's Tony?"
At that moment Tony and Jen had come out of the elevator, half running over to the others.
"Did we miss it?" Tony asked, looking at them.
"Miss what?" Caroline asked, furrowing her eyebrows. She was sitting on McGee's desk, him in his chair.
Tony's eyes widened a bit before Jen quickly spoke for him. "The pool for when you and Tim are getting engaged. We wanted to make sure that we got our bets in before today ended 'cause tonight is when it ends."
Caroline nodded slowly while rolling her eyes. "You people actually did that? I thought you were joking."
McGee chuckled. "No yeah, it's real. Everyone put a bet in."
Caroline let out a snort and looked at McGee. "Did you put one in?"
McGee smirked as he got up, grabbing his jacket for the back of his chair speaking casually. "Yeah, I put twenty down for the fifteenth."
Caroline thought for a minute. "Isn't that today?"
McGee had made his way around his desk to Caroline. "I guess you're right."
Caroline furrowed her eyebrows in confusion before McGee pulled a small box out of his jacket pocket, opening it, getting down on one knee, and taking Caroline's left hand.
Caroline's expression changed from confusion to realization to shock within a second. "Oh my god." It was barely a whisper before she put her hand over her open mouth, staring at him as he spoke.
"The day I met you, Caroline, I fell in love with your smile, with your intelligence, with your humor, and with your beauty. You've never failed to surprise me through everything I've seen you do, whether it was thank me for destroying the ending of your book, seducing a random criminal, smashing the same person's head into a wall so it left a dent, holding Tony at gun point, and even something as simple as bringing me coffee. You've never ceased to amaze me in everything and anything you do, and every day you make me fall in love you more than I can even imagine."
Caroline's eyes had started to well up as she lowered her hand to let out a tiny whisper. "Tim."
McGee gave a grin as he continued. "I will never be unimpressed by you and I will never stop loving you. So, Caroline Walters, will you marry me?"
Caroline looked up, trying not to cry before looking back down at McGee. "Yes, Tim."
McGee's face was consumed with his smile as he stood up, putting the ring on her hand. Her face matched his as he grabbed her face, giving her a big, passionate kiss that she matched instantly.
Everyone behind them was clapping and cheering as the couple turned to face the group. Caroline gave McGee a long hug as he murmured words of affection and love to her.
Jen rushed to Caroline hugging her before pulling back and looking at her with a smile. "Shall we?"
Caroline nodded excitedly. "We shall."
The two girls started jumping up and down holding hands, screaming "OHMIGOD!" a few dozen times. They stopped, laughing at each other.
Tony turned to McGee and smirked. "Sure you still want to marry her?"
McGee grinned at his fiancé. "More sure that anything I've done."
Tony gave him a gentle slap on the back before giving him a quick hug. "Congrats McLover."
Ziva gave McGee a hug as well, giving him a congratulations, followed by Abby. Caroline and Jen had stopped jumping and laughing long enough for Jen to hug McGee, Tony, Ziva, and Abby hugging Caroline as well.
They celebrated for about an hour before they all calmed down, going home, leaving McGee and Caroline alone in the bullpen. Caroline let out a breath as she went into McGee's arms.
"What the actual hell just happened?" Caroline asked into his shirt.
McGee grinned. "Well, if I understand it all, you just got engaged to Thom E. Gemcity."
Caroline chuckled at their memories. "No. I'm engaged to Tim McGee," she paused before continuing, "and I wouldn't have it any other way."
McGee smiled and kissed her. Like many others, it started out soft and romantic, but quickly changed, becoming more heated and passionate. Both of them pressing against each other, getting as close as physically possible. Caroline tugged off his tie and eventually his shirt, followed by her shirt. McGee wrapped his arms around her lower back, a spot he knew very well, and lifted onto his desk. Caroline laughed, making McGee laugh as well.
Caroline's arms had wrapped around his neck, her hands in his hair. He gripped her tight, his hands sliding below her back, making her give a small moan. It was the sexiest sound McGee had heard and he intended to hear it again, which he did.