I messed up the timeline. Jenny should still be alive, but since I am AU anyway I figured it won't matter. I am picking the best storylines to add to mine.

All mistakes are mine.

This was the third weekend of classes. He and Alex had been having lunch after each one. As they sat across from each other at the little cafe Tony realized how relaxed he was and how much fun he was having. Alex was smart as well as beautiful.

Alex and Tony had decided that they would not talk about work at all. Alex didn't know what Tony other than being a cop and Tony didn't know what Alex did. They figured if they could talk about other things than work, they would be so much better off. Neither believed work should come before their new found friendship.

Tony took a sip of his tea and said, "Alright, I don't think I will be attending next week's class. I thought I was going to be available, but unless something changes, I may be stuck at work. Will you be there and can I steal your notes from you?" Tony smiled his best smile at Alex.

Alex tipped her head sideways and laughingly said, "Don't think that smile is going to work on me. It will cost you big if you don't come to class, we only have three left and next week is supposed to be big."

Tony laughed. "I know. Problem is we are on call and I may have to go in, even if I can make the class, I may have to leave early. I already talked to the professor to let him know."

Alex paused again. "It really is no problem. I don't mind, just keep in touch and let me know."

Alex and Tony finished lunch and Tony walked Alex to her car. Alex says, "You know that you don't have to walk me to my car, I can take care of myself." Alex smiled at Tony.

Tony answered. "I know, but it makes me feel manly and important to walk a beautiful woman to her car. Please give me this moment."

Alex laughed. Looked up at Tony, smiled again as Tony leaned down to kiss her goodbye, just a soft kiss on the cheek. His warm lips just lingered a moment on Alex's cheek.

"Have a great week Alex, I'll call you during the week and keep you updated on everything."

Alex smiled again, sighed, and told Tony goodbye. As Tony closed Alex's door, she shook her head and realized that this was something special. That Tony was special - kind, sweet, and let's face it, gorgeous. Alex looked at Tony though the car door window and waved goodbye.

Tony walked to his car, he also took a deep breath and wondered if Alex would really like to go out with him. Tony usually didn't lack confidence when asking out women, but this girl was special. He could tell and it worried him. He wondered if he was special enough for her, if he could stay committed to one person.

Monday morning came very early. Tony had studied most of the weekend since he was on call the following week. He knew if he caught a case it would be hard to keep up with the work load from school. He stopped at the cafe early Monday morning to pick up everyone's coffee and tea order as usual. He arrived at the office early and put it on everyone's desk.

Mark, the SFA from another of the MCRT teams, came over to talk to Tony. "Hi Tony."

"Hi Mark. How was your weekend?"

"Luckily quiet, no cases so just worked cold cases and paperwork. Good news is that I finished the SFA paperwork for the week so that I don't have to worry about it."

"Yeah, I know. I was studying all weekend so I didn't come in."

"Oh that's right, how is the class going? Still keeping it quiet?"

"Yeah, just keep it between us for now right?"

"Not a problem. You don't need more crap from your team. Tony," Mark paused, "you really need to do something you know?"

"Yeah, but not right now. Just let me work it out."

"Ok, but if you need to talk, you know you can talk to us, right. I mean the SFA's have to stick together."

"Yeah, I know. Thanks."

Mark look at Tony. "We are getting a new JAG attorney in this week. The kicked Montroll out because he wasn't doing the job. Scuttlebutt has it that he wasn't standing up to the supervisors enough and didn't know his way around a courtroom well enough to get our cases through. I think the new attorney is supposed to be really good, a marine and tough. Doesn't take crap from anyone.

Tony glanced up from his desk. "Really, it will be interesting to see if he can stand up to Gibbs. Montroll was afraid of him. I don't know if was because Gibbs is Gibbs or because he was a Marine and Montroll was Navy."

Mark laughed. "Me either. I guess we shall see. The JAG is supposed to be over later to introduce the new attorney this afternoon."

Tony and team Gibbs was out of town on a case when the JAG (Judge Advocate General) came into the NCIS headquarters. Admiral Harmon Rabb was only a one star, but knew his people really well. He had been involved with the MCRT teams for quite a while and had even found himself on the other side of the table a long time ago. He wanted to make sure justice was served. He also wanted to make sure his attorneys would win when they went to court whether it was before a JAG judge or a federal judge he did not like to lose. The new attorney that he was assigning was tough, fair and stood up for herself. She wouldn't let the MCRT teams push her around.

Admiral Rabb and Major Flores arrived at the NCIS headquarters at 9am to meet with director Vance. Cynthia showed them into Vance's office. The Admiral started the conversation. "Director Vance, due to the ongoing problems that we are having in court due to the illegal hacking and stepping outside the boundaries of the law, I have removed Montroll and I am assigning Major Flores to NCIS. I guarantee you that there will no more cases thrown out because of misconduct on behalf of your agents.

Vance looked down at his desk and said, "Admiral, I understand that we have had missteps and that some of the teams have worked outside the boundaries, but we are putting steps in place to keep that from happening again. We don't want out cases thrown out of court either. We want to win."

"Good." said Rabb. "We have no problem. I will introduce the Major to whoever is in the office right now and I hope that you will update the rest of your teams. The Major is very good at what she does and will have no problem standing up for what is necessary to win in court.

Vance looked at the Major. "Welcome Major Flores. I hope that you will enjoy your tenure in working here at NCIS. I have great teams with excellent closure rates so I don't see any problems."

The Major look at Vance and smiled. "I know that I won't have any problems. They can do it the correct way, or I will have them up on charges of misconduct. I have no problem what so ever in enforcing the law."

Vance smiled sickly thinking of the best MRCT team. They bended the rules if not outright broke them on a regular basis. It was going to be an interesting week. "Let's go introduce you to the teams."

The new Major and Gibbs' team had missed each other all week. The Major had been moving from one office to the other and Gibbs team had been working on a case. Finally it was time for the Gibbs team to meet the new attorney.

Vance saw Gibbs and his team come into the bullpen. Vance, standing on the balcony called Gibbs upstairs. "I need you a minute Gibbs."

Gibbs nodded and started up the stairs. Standing with Vance on the balcony Vance started the conversation.

"We have a new JAG attorney that will be handling all of the legal procedures for the MCRT teams now. Montroll is out. Major Flores is hardcore Gibbs, don't mess around with her. She won't put up with going outside the boundaries that Montroll did. She won't let you take shortcuts. She will have you up on charges if you are not careful."

Gibbs snickered. "Yeah, like I'm afraid of the attorney. She won't scare me. We will continue to solve cases and if she gets in our way it will be her problem."

Vance looked at Gibbs. "I don't think that attitude will work with her."