AN: okay so they poll went 17 to 6 for Big AU and this is the set up chapter…not sure how many it will take so I should say this is the first set up chapter.

"Duck." Gibbs said pulling the ME to the side while Abby had Tony distracted.

"I…" Gibbs stopped, seriously worked up over what he needed to ask. "I need you to check me over."

"Are you felling all right Jethro?"

"No, that's the damn problem."

"What is wrong?"

"Not here out back." Gibbs said tipping his head to the massive back yard the new house had.

"When they were far enough from the house that Gibbs didn't worry about Tony over hearing them, he let out a sigh.

"I don't know what's wrong but if I had breasts I would say I was pregnant."

Ducky kept a straight face but only just, "Jethro really."

"No Duck I'm serious, every time I turn around I want to cry and damn it I'm craving stuff I've never wanted before. I hate snack foods but that's what I want all the time."

"You may have some hormones out of balance due to the stress and continued blood loss and replacement. I will do a different panel next time to see what the problem might be, is there anything else Jethro?"

"No not really, just being so emotional all the time and the cravings."

"All right lets head back to the house before Tony comes to investigate."

The pair strolled back to the house and found Tony, Abby in the kitchen, talking about whose dishes should come, and whose should go in to storage. Abby thought hers should come and Tony's should never see the light of day.

"Abby what is wrong with mine their white?"

"Yeah plain white tony they have no style to them at all."

"Hey that's not true they have lots of style."

"No Tony they don't." Gibbs said from behind the duo, "but I think if we are all going to be living here we should all make it our place. Everyone should bring two or three settings of their dishes because I doubt any of us have enough place setting for all of us to eat off of two or three times a day."

"All right boss man good idea but can we make Tony get some really cool ones his are sooo boring."

Tony just shook his head, threw his hands up in defeat, and said, "Fine Abbs bring all of yours and I'll just leave mine in storage."

"Look you two we are all going to have to adjust to this we have lots of rooms to furnish but not all of everyone's things are going to fit here. My furniture will stay at my house mostly for a cover so that weeds out some stuff but we might what to figure out a plan of attack for the rest. I'm not going to have a bunch of fights over this." Gibbs said looking back and forth between the two in front of him.

"I'm sure everyone's pretty tired of looking at my furniture as it is Jet it can go to storage."

"No Tony I like your stuff just not your plates." Abby said with a grin.

"With the owners acquiesce to the rental of the house before the real estate papers are signed we have plenty of time discern placement of five sets of furniture and the other decisions that will need to be made." Ducky reminded them.

"Maybe Tim can make some program or something to figure out how to fit all of our stuff in the house." Tony offered.

"Oh he doesn't have to." Abby said bouncing, "There are interior decorating and feng shui programs, and we could use a couple of those. We would just have to take pictures of the furniture and stuff and then measure the rooms."

"I suppose that would be a good idea but we really need to figure out when people are going to be moving in first." Tony offered up, "Don't want to do a room with say Jimmy's stuff when he can't more in for six months."

"Actually I can Tony." Palmer said walking in.

Abby asked, "What I thought your land lord wouldn't let you sub lease or break it?"

"He wouldn't but his wife will." Jimmy smiled, "I told her I was moving in with some friends who were helping to take care of another friend who had been having a hard time coping with some things that had come up. She thought it was very sweet and told her husband that if she didn't let me break my lease she was going to leave him for being a cold bastard. Sorry Gibbs." Jimmy's face fell when he realized what he had just said.

"It's alright Jimmy I was cold and I am a bastard." Jimmy grinned, in the last few months Gibbs had lightened up on the young assistant mainly because he had liked the courage Jimmy had shown when he had first found out about Tony's situation.

"That's great Jimmy. Ziva said something about moving soon too." Abby still bouncing hugged Jimmy and grabbed her phone, "Come on let's go call her." Abby dragged them outside for better reception.

"Gonna have to get McGee to figure out some way to boost cell signal out here as well." Gibbs said off-handily.

Tony leaned against a wall and let his body sag a little. He was so tired all the sudden. He had been trying to hide it from jet for a few days but it was getting increasingly hard. He wasn't hungry or thirsty for anything. Tony wondered if he should talk to ducky but every time he did now it involved needles and he was getting really tired of them. He heard Jethro move to one the other rooms and he let out a heavy sigh.

"Anthony?"

Tony cringed, damn it how could he have forgotten ducky was still in the room. He was so in tune with Jet that he did tend to forget everyone else but still…

"Anthony are you all right dear boy?"

"Yeah Ducky I'm good just didn't sleep last night I'll make sure I hit the rack earlier tonight."

"See that you do, maybe I should…"

"No!" Tony snapped, taking a breath, "No, Ducky I don't need any more tests, I'm fine just need some sleep."

Ducky watched Tony walk out of the room, to what was undoubtedly going to become the video room. Tony's color was off slightly but it could have been from lack of sleep, Ducky decided to keep an eye on both senior agents of team Gibbs.