Dangerous Liaison's (NCIS, rsvd.)

[Yunalesca]

[[ And another lot of big ass posts


dirty.angel - 30-3-2006 at 06:06 PM
As Special Agent Jessie Green headed into the NCIS headquarters, she wasn’t nervous at all. She’d already had a few meetings with NCIS Director Jenny Shepard, so she knew what she was in for. 

Although not having met her supervisor Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs she had been warned, Gibbs was not the easiest to get along with. And she’d heard about Kate’s death. Infact she’d been at Kate’s funeral. 

Jessie and Kate had been long time childhood friends. Kate being the older one of the two who was always looking after Jessie. Kate was the one that talked Jessie into joining the Naval Marines. It had been Kate who’d helped Jessie through the death of one of her friends. So Jessie owed it to Kate to follow in her footsteps and become an NCIS agent. Even if Kate’s killer had been killed Jessie still owed it to her friend.

Her childhood hadn’t exactly been peaches and sunshine. She’d gone through some pretty tough stuff. She’d gone through her parents having a messy divorce, moving between her mother and father during the custody case, and it wasn’t like she was the best kid to have. 

She was one of those girls that once in the wrong crowd got mixed up in some pretty heavy stuff. Sure Kate had always been there for Jessie, but there was a time when Jessie took no notice of Kate. Those where the times when Jessie would be out partying all night, skipping school, doing things with boys she shouldn’t have been, taking drugs, all of that kind of stuff.

But the young women you saw walking towards Special Agent Gibbs desk wasn’t exactly perfect. Sure she thought she was hot and no doubt she was up herself. But she’d never met someone that was so into the opposite sex as her. She was one big flirt. Always having something up her sleeve if an attractive guy was around, was there anything wrong with that? Not only was she like that but she was always full of smart ass comments. Who knew how Kate put up with her.

So she looked around the NCIS office. It looked like really no one was about. But she wasn’t so sure. Kat had filled her in on everyone while she was still alive. About McGee, Abbey, Gibbs and Dinozzo. Boy had Kate talked about Dinozzo. It was practically all she ever talked about. How he was such an ass etc. He sounded like an interesting character. Someone Jessie would certainly like to meet.

Jessie brushed a few stray strands of her platinum blonde hair out of her face. And her green eyes darted around the place. She was nervous you could tell. Her right foot was tapping on the floor, well actually her black boots tapped on the floor. She was cold for some reason. Wearing a pair of jeans and a black shirt with a black jumper with light pink stipes on the sleeves. Was she early or was she late? She had no clue really.

But she knew one thing. Expect anything. Gibbs could show up anywhere at any time. Always be alert, on time and whatever you do don’t drink his coffee. 

Even if she did know a lot about their personalities she didn’t know who was who looks wise. She didn’t know what to expect with Abbey, McGee, Gibbs or Dinozzo. She’d have to find out for herself. 

Not hearing anyone behind her she had no idea that Gibbs was behind her. When he spoke she turned quickly. 

“ Special Agent Green?” he asked flatly
“ Um yeah. Hi, Special Agent Gibbs?” she asked a little startled.
“ Your on time” he nodded his head slightly. Not smiling or showing any emotion. “ Wait for Special Agent Dinozzo. He’ll show you around” With that Gibbs was soon out of sight.

Jessie watched him leave. “ Well, that was interesting” she muttered quietly. Anxiously awaiting Dinozzo to arrive.

Yunalesca - 1-4-2006 at 01:20 PM
“Aha, found it Probie!” Tony crawled out from under his desk with a screw in hand. Still distracted, he didn’t even notice Jessie until his eyes locked on a pair of long, womanly legs.

“Hellllo…” Special Agent Denozzo looked up to see the face that belonged to the girl. Instantly his hormones flared up and a familiar smile creased his lips. He quickly stood and dusted off his pants.

“Here Probie, I’ve got some work to do,” he tossed the screw to McGee and focused on the new arrival.

“I’m –Special- Agent Tony Denozzo. Would you like to go out for dinner?” He extended his hand, making a point to ignore McGee who’d come up beside him.

“Um, Denozzo…”

“A little busy Probie,” Tony cut him off, eyes still focused on the girl.

“Tony, this is the new Special Agent.” McGee stepped forward, gesturing to the girl Denozzo was trying to swoon.

“Sure she is Probie. Run along and get Gibbs his coffee, it’s about that time,” he ignored the others informing and tried to shoo him away with his hand.

“You’re right, I’ve been waiting for a coffee for…Ten minutes.” Gibbs walked up behing the trio and brushed past with little interest.

“Yes, sir.” Probie scurried to his desk for Gibbs’ coffee.

“And Tony, stop romancing new Special Agent Green.” Gibbs grabbed a portfolio off his desk before heading to the lab.

“Uh, here’s your coffee, boss!” Special Agent McGee scampered across the floor, holding Gibbs’ coffee carefully.

“Don’t have all day, McGee,” the boss pushed the elevator button and stepped in. McGee joined him just before the doors closed.

“Well,” Tony cleared his throat and loosened his collar about his shirt a little. He couldn’t escape the awkward silence that permeated their section of the office. For once, the ever so flirtatious Tony felt embarrassed. Actually, it could’ve been a lot worse; like that time he’s kissed a guy. He looked like a girl, but it didn’t change the fact of what he’d done. Kate had never let him live it down.

It was one of the many times she’d gotten the better of him. He admitted willingly that he missed her. Everyone did, but Gibbs still wasn’t over it. It had been apparent that he’d felt a strong connection with her. It ate away at him, how she’d trusted him with her safety and she’d been killed. Then there was Tony…

Everything at the office had pretty much gotten back to normal, but it was taboo to touch her desk. It made Denozzo ill to even glance across and see her chair vacant. He still had nightmares of her blood covering his face. He didn’t know how many times he’d woken from his restless slumber to run to his bathroom to vomit. He didn’t know if he’d ever get that mental picture out of his head.

dirty.angel - 2-4-2006 at 08:57 PM
She gave a smug smile. " Seem embarassed Tony. Like the time you kissed a guy" leaning against the desk behind her. She could feel it was vacant. Sure sheh knew who's it was as well, Kate's. Giving a soft sigh she looked up at Tony once more. Her eyes giving him the quick once over " And Kate didn't try anything with him why?" she asked herself. Wiping a few stray strands of hair away from her face once more.

Extending her right hand she shook Tony's hand. " Special Agent Jessie Green. And Thanks for the offer but I don't mix business with pleasure" she smirked " Unless, you impress me," she finished greeting him with yet another smug smile.

Pushing off Kate's desk she stood normally, she'd stopped being nervous a while back but she hadn't stopped fidgeting, her fingers were wrapped around her necklace. The same necklace Kate wore.

Now she was waiting for Tony to come out of his daze and show her round the place.

Yunalesca - 11-4-2006 at 09:38 AM
Tony paled as the Special Agent practically read his mind and voiced her knowledge. Kate had found a way to be one up on him, even in the afterlife. He could picture her devious smile as she looked down on him while he tried to grasp just how many people she’d told. He’d scared Probie into never mentioning it again, but he knew Abby still joked about it. He was brought from hi silent loathing by a sudden grasp of his hand. The girl’s hands were smooth and he could almost feel it was Kate who shook his hand.

‘Unless you impress me’ perked him up a bit. His characteristic smile was on his face once more as he laughed slightly. Unbeknownst to her, it was getting rather uncomfortable as the introductions began to develop into bonding. He could just feel Gibbs breathing down his neck as he drafted some dirty thoughts in his head. He was a guy, he couldn’t help it. Surely his boss felt that sometimes, but then Gibbs had grown pretty distant and was never really ‘normal’.

“Right then, you’ll probably want to know your way around this place…” Tony rubbed his hands together, trying to overlook Jessie’s fidgeting with the necklace. He could feel sorry for himself later.

“Well I could…” He started but was interrupted by his cell phone. He laughed nervously and uttered, “Just a minute.”

“Denozzo, stop hitting on Agent Green, don’t show her your desk, and bring her down to the morgue. She should meet Ducky before you destroy her entire outlook of NCIS.” Gibbs’ cold voice ordered into the phone.

“Are you sure that’s a good idea, I mean Ducky…And I wasn’t going to show her my desk…”

“Sure you weren’t, just get moving Denozzo, she’d going on a case today.”

“Yes, bo…” The line was dead before he could finish so he flipped the cover and turned to Jessie with a smile.

“Gibbs wants you to meet Ducky,” without waiting for a reply, he led her to the elevator and pushed the down button. He hated the morgue, but had an uncanny sense of tolerance for the smell. He hadn’t been down there since Kate’s death and didn’t really want to go back. He knew Gibbs was trying to get him over it so he could move on.

The elevator door opened and Tony gestured. “Ladies first,” he smiled politely. He’d already begun to distract himself with Jessie's, which wasn’t hard. She had a very shapely body and the curves were in all the right areas. He could picture her in his arms and wanted to feel her soft skin on his once more. Luckily he was a gentleman and he restrained himself from pulling anything. It was work time; he’d have a chance at taking her out sometime later. Kate had never agreed, always thinking his invitations were never sincere. He had loved her in his own way and she was attractive, but she was right and they both found more pleasure in teaching each other. It would’ve never worked and Tony was thankful they’d never tried it. He never wanted to hurt her.

dirty.angel - 11-4-2006 at 12:46 PM
Slowly Jessie entered the elevator slighlty smiling. She could feel as if Kate was looking down on her. She wasn't sure if Kate would approve of the way she worked, and it was always Kate's opinion the counted. As she leant against the bar around the elevator she sighed and closed her eyes for a while. Just thinking. 

Morgue. Denozzo didn't even have to say where they were heading for her to know. The Morgue. Did she want to go down there? Defiently not. It was her only downfall in her line of work. Looking at dead people, smeeling dead people, touching dead people it was all way too much for her. After seeing someone clsoe to her in a morgue a few years back, she just wasn't able to cope. 

Jessie didn't want to look nervous or even freaked out but she did. She was looking a little paler then before and feeling a little sick. She'd have to get through just one visit to the morgue. Just one, even if it was just to meet the doctor she was nervous.

Feeling the elevator move down floor by floor she opened up her eyes and looked at the lit up light on the button panel. They were getting closer. 

Why was it as soon as something that she didn't like came up she totally changed? Like now she'd gone from totally happy and fine Jessie to nervous as hell, feeling sick Jessie. 

She didn't say anything to Denozzo, already knowing what he'd say if he'd figured out she was nervous about going down to a Morgue. He'd probably done it a thousand times, probably think Jessie was being a drama queen.

" God I wish Kate was here" she muttered giving a quick glance up towards the sky. Hoping for some sign that she was up there looking out for her. As usual.

Yunalesca - 14-4-2006 at 09:44 AM
Tony was humming to himself most of the way, avoiding contact with Jessie. Her nervous tics were making him nervous in return. He tried to focus on something better like a case, but it just made him feel worse. There were no fond case memories without Kate being present. So many times they’d had fun, been sad, and escaped death. All but one time…

How many times he’d wished he could’ve stepped in front of the bullet. The killer hadn’t done it out of hate, but to hurt Gibbs. For all Tony knew, the guy even liked Kate, unfortunately for her, his mission was to play with the boss’ head and she was the answer. There’d been signs and yet nobody paid attention. Abby had foreseen it and they all ignored her pleading. Everyone had been so naïve, believing that he was to be the target, the blood seen on his face in her dream. But it wasn’t him…

The stench of embalming fluid and other chemicals filled Dinozzo’s nostrils making him want to gag. One or two more floors and they’d hit bottom at the morgue. He could already picture Ducky doing an autopsy and began to feel even more ill. It wasn’t exactly the sight of bodies, just how the Doctor described everything in detail and how he continued on and on. 

The elevator dinged and the doors began to open, filling the compartment with dim, bluish light. Clearing his throat and pushing off the steel railing, he gestured forward. “Last stop, the morgue. You’ll meet Ducky down here,” he caught a slight look of intrigue cross her face before he stepped into the lair. “Ducky?!” He called out and heard a hushed voice talking nearby. He was at it again, talking to the corpses as usual. Tony had to admit that he was a little weird.

“Ah, what brings you down here Dinozzo? I was just talking to James over there…” Ducky trailed off upon seeing Jessie behind Tony. “Well, you must introduce us seeing how Jethro isn’t down here to take the initiative as usual.”

“Ducky, this is new Special Agent Green, Jessie, Doctor Mallard. We just like to call him Ducky, it’s easier,” Tony smiled, recalling the first time he’d been introduced to the doctor.

“Well met miss Green, I assure you that I won’t play the smooth talker like Agent dimwit over here. Would you like to see James?” Ducky questioned, shaking her hand.

“Um, no Ducky, we should be finding Gibbs, he’ll want us to see Abby too and we’ve got some field work today.” Tony covered, not wanting Jessie to have to see a dead body. She probably didn’t understand that Ducky talked to the bodies as he did autopsies. It could be rather disturbing.

dirty.angel - 14-4-2006 at 08:48 PM
As Jessie stepped through the elevator doors she felt a cold chill run up her spine. Not only was it the temperature of the place, the place was creepy and very blue. Not one of Jessie’s favourite colours.

Jessie looked at the Doctor who was shaking her hand “ Nice to meet you” she said with a smile. Trying so badly not to look or even sound nervous, but she didn’t think it was working.

She cringed on the inside when Ducky asked if she wanted to see a body. No would have been her answer if Dinozzo hadn’t covered for her. “ Yeah maybe some other time, but it was nice to meet you” she smiled and gave a small nod. She gave a quick glance up at Dinozzo as a thanks. 

Turning around and heading back to the elevator, she gave a much calmer sigh of relief once the doors had closed and it was just her and Dinozzo again. “ So, now we go see Abbey in the lab?” she asked leaning against the pole in the elevator. 

Jessie had gone back to her normal colour and wasn’t freaking out anymore “ So Agent Dimwit. Is that your nickname around her or what?” she asked with her playful smirk on her face. Now this was the real Jessie

Yunalesca - 19-4-2006 at 11:58 AM
Tony laughed softly, more at ease now that they were out of the dreaded morgue. He could still remember being forced by his conscience to go down there and say goodbye to Kate. It’d been bad enough on the rooftop when it’d happened, but seeing her there and feeling her cold skin had made him cry. He rubbed his hands together as a chill washed over him and returned to the present, pushing one of the floor buttons.
“Heh, no, Ducky’s just fond of me,” he leaned in a little closer.” He tried to give cute nicknames…”
“Dinozzo!”
“Yes boss!” Tony hadn’t realized the elevator had stopped and Gibbs stood before him, sipping his coffee.
“I told you a tour, not a stroll,”
“Yes boss, I…”
“Get over here, Dimwit,” Gibbs slapped him upside the head and moved over to Abbey.
“Yes, boss,” he scowled while rubbing his head. He signaled for Jessie to follow into the well lighted lab. For once the heavy Goth-metal wasn’t blaring, clearly the boss had turned it off. Probie stood off to the side, holding the coffee Gibbs had thrust into his hand.
“Abbey, new Special Agent Jessie Green. Now if you would inform them on what they missed,” the boss introduced quickly. Abbey sized up Jessie, some hostility was present in her face. She obviously felt she was trying to replace Kate.
“When I ran the fibers through data, it turned up nothing, but when I did some tests, it turned up as crushed velvet. The girl was wearing a velvet cloak…”
“But it should’ve turned up…” Probie ventured.
“Unless something confused the system,” Tony added.
“Exactly. Whoever dropped it had covered it with a chemical. I guess you can’t always replace science with technology.”
“Thanks for using English Abs, now what does it mean?” Gibbs questioned.
“It wasn’t an accident, the girl was murdered,” Abbey said finally. 
Tony leaned over to Jessie and whispered in her ear. “A twenty year old girl was killed at a Renaissance Festival. Normally we’d stay away from cases like this, but she’d a Lieutenants little girl.”
He hated cases with hysterical parents. No, he’d never been married or had kids, but it ripped him apart when they had to inform them of a kid’s death. Well, she wasn’t a kid, hardly younger than he was. He always called the people younger than him on cases, kids.

harpsdesire - 19-4-2006 at 12:21 PM
OOC: NCIS! Cool.... I like that TV show, too. *lurklurklurk*

dirty.angel - 20-4-2006 at 11:38 AM
“ Yeah sure, just Ducky” she lightly chuckled to herself as Gibbs addressed Tony as ‘ Dimwit.’ She bit her lower lip as Gibbs told Tony off once more. Seemed that Tony was always getting into trouble. Not that that she minded it was kind of funny.

She walked into the well lit lab and looked around. It wasn’t really what she expected of a lab, but none the less she stayed quiet. Kate had described it as an exciting, learning place of the office. Jessie just saw it as a lab with a few funky pictures of brain and blood spatter. Nothing special. Sure she hadn’t seen anything like it before but again, she didn’t think it was anything spectacular. It wasn’t really an exciting learning place. Mind you did Jessie learn anything in anywhere that wasn’t either about her motorbike that was currently parked in the car park, cars, guys or anything of the like?

Seeing Abbey she felt rather intimidated by her. Not because of the way she dressed of the way she looked, but by the way she sized her up. Jessie could sort of tell what she was thinking and Jessie knew herself she could never replace Kate. She’d never be half the women Kate was. 

Jessie stood silently trying to listen to what everyone was saying. Well at least trying to catch a whole sentence. Lets just say Jessie wasn’t entirely a quick thinker. Sure when she came up with something it was smart and most of the time it made sense but when it came to saying things with only half a sentence being said she wasn’t really the best person to ask.

As Tony filled her in she looked up at him weirdly. 
“ And a Twenty year old was at a Renaissance Festival why?” she whispered back. 

“Jessie” Gibbs said turning around making her go quiet. It was just like a teacher telling you off for talking. You were immediately quiet. 
“ Sorry Gibbs” she muttered.

Jessie tried to listen some more but was tuning out really. She'd stopped listening after someone said something about material. Well she hadn't completely stopped listening, she was catching little bits but only snippets.

" Wait, you said these events were photographed?" Jessie said suddenly looking up 
" Yeah why? What are you thinking?" Gibbs asked
" All I'm saying is the photographer takes pictures of all the women who dressed up. SO we can see if she was really meant to be there. Because a twenty year old at a Renaisance Festival just dosn't sound right"
Gibbs thought for a moment " You know it might be worth checking out. Denozzo Take Jessie back to the scene and talk to the photographers and anyone else." he said as he walked off back into the elevator.

Jessie stod there for a moment and took a deep breathe. Not really sure of what to do next.

Yunalesca - 26-4-2006 at 12:39 AM
Denozzo looked over at Jessie, trying to see what she was thinking. There actually wasn’t anything too odd about a twenty-year-old at a Renaissance Festival, but she could be on to something. According to her father, she hadn’t started going to those until recently. It was somewhat suspicious, though nothing too out of the ordinary.

“Denozzo…”
“Yes, boss.” Tony blurted out when Gibbs gave his command. “What about Probie? He questioned while jogging after his boss.
“You want him with you?” Gibbs half turned to announce.
“N-no, boss I just…”
“Then get moving,” the boss turned away, stepped into the elevator and let the doors close with a stern look on his face.

Denozzo sighed and turned to Jessie, his charm returning. “Mind as well take the stairs. Garage is only a flight or two done…” He trailed off as he caught McGee with a grin on his face. Tony laughed and ambled up to him, leaning in close.

“What’s so funny, Probie? At least I don’t have to stay in the lab. Abby’s been looking for someone to sort her chemicals. She’s got a lot of ‘em. Have fun,” Tony clapped him on the back and turned to Jessie. “That’ll shut him up for a while. One point for Tony,” he pulled out a small notepad and used a pen to scratch a tick mark on his side. In one week alone, Tony was ahead with 26 to 14. “Helps pass the time. That and I want proof McGee had little to hold over me,” he explained before pocketing the notepad and pen.

“So, Green, what interested you in NCIS? You must have to possess some spark to get past Gibbs’ inspection,” he remarked, picturing Kate. He knew exactly what she’d say too, with her characteristic tone. ‘Well, how did you get employed, then?’

He smiled at the thought and pushed open the door to the garage. The black business car of his sat not three spots from the door and the lights flashed as he hit the unlock button on his key ring. One of the many benefits, a company car.

“Shall we?” He questioned as he opened the passenger door for her. He could be a gentleman, but his colleagues just thought he did it as an act. On most occasions it was genuine, like now. As he waited, he slipped on his sunglasses and re-spiked his hair.

dirty.angel - 27-4-2006 at 05:10 PM
Jessie watched Tony go towards McGee and say something to him. Something that was obviously not that nice. Again watching Tony walk back up, he opened up a notebook. She glanced at it. Some kind of tally and from what she could see Tony was winning.

“ Right” she said simply with a nod of the head.

As she soon found herself in the Garage she looked around, mostly at the cars. “ Nice cars” she mumbled under her breath as she looked at them for a moment of two before seeing some flashing lights and Denozzo standing at the passenger side of the car. 

“ Thanks” she smiled getting in the car. Only just being able to catch Tony’s question she looked up at him before shutting the door “ So how did you get employed, then?” she asked before shutting the door.

How did Jessie get the job at NCIS. Well she wasn’t really 100% sure. But she knew where it all started……

It had been only a few days after Kate’s death and today was the funeral. Still in shock sat Detective Jessie Green. If you’d seen her in the past few days, she didn’t have the same sparkle. She was flat. Nothing sparkled.

“ Jessie, sweety it’s time to go” Mrs Carol Green said as she took her daughters hand.
Silently Jessie stood and moved out of the room and into a car.
It was a long silent car drive to Kate’s funeral. And even when she was there it didn’t seem real. She couldn’t believe Kate was gone, the person that had been there for her forever was…gone.

“ Hi I’m Jenny Shepard” a women said to Jessie
“ Oh Hi, Jessie Green” she said trying to smile
“ Listen I know I seem very forward in saying this and it’s not the best time to be saying this but I’d like to offer you a job”
Jessie just stared at Jenny for a moment waiting for her to say something more.
“ Well, I was Kate’s boss. Well the director of the whole NCIS and I was wondering if you’d like to come work for us. In Kate’s position”
“ Well, I could never really take Kate’s place, but she spoke highly of the NCIS team. So yeah sure I’d love to come work for you” Jesse said with a smiled
“ Great to hear. I’ll go talk to Jethro” and with that Director Jenny Shepard had gone.

How Jessie went from then on was pure luck she figured. As she came back to reality she realised that they weren’t even out of the garage yet. Tony was still not even in the car. She mustn’t have tuned out for to long.

She heard the car ignition sound as felt the car back out. Her head turned as she looked out at the parking lot. She smiled seeing her birthday present from Kate. A beautiful black motorbike. 

She turned her head back to look out the window and she put on her sunglasses. Well her first day on the job seemed to be going okay right now….



(( OoC; Sorry not all of it is meant to be in Italics. Only the flashback and my computer is being gay so it won't fix it. Sorry!!))

[ooc edit by Bella.Fantasy]
I fixed the italics up for you, you need to make sure that you don't put the end code (the one with the /) so with the proper brackets it should be {i}text here{/i}.

Yunalesca - 5-5-2006 at 10:03 AM
Tony was actually quiet most of the drive to the crime scene. He’d flicked on the radio to relieve the slight awkwardness. Characteristically it was on the classic rock station. Nothing like what Abby listened to of course. Tony didn’t really mind her metal music, but it could hurt his ears sometimes. He didn’t really know how she could listen to people screaming lyrics he couldn’t understand. To him it was just screaming, but she’d argued that there was a point to the music so he’d left it at that.

Finally nearing the scene, Tony slowed down and turned into the blocked off fairgrounds. Yellow tape was rolled out everywhere and several investigative cars were parked around. Television crews tried to enter, but were never allowed to pass. For the case being almost a day old, there still was a major buzz around the crime area. Tony looked over at Jessie and sighed as he parked and prepared to look it over again. He pulled off his sunglasses and stuffed them in his shirt pocket. “Well, let’s take a look…” He tried to open the car door but it wouldn’t budge. He laughed sheepishly at Jessie before trying again to no avail. It was only then that he realized the doors were still locked. “Stupid cars. Always locking these days…” He tried to cover up as he unlocked the car and got out irritably. He was pretty sure that on her first day on the job, the new Special Agent was sure he was a dimwit.

“Special Agent Denozzo, we were expecting you. Jethro just called to see if you’d made it here alive with Special Agent Green. Of course, I believe he was just checking to see if you’d tried anything. Well, come on, scene’s over here…” A somewhat hefty FBI agent led them under the yellow tape to the crime scene.

“Find anything new for us since the last time we were here?” Tony questioned.

“I know what you’re up to. You just want the scoop before anyone else to get back on Jethro’s good side…”

Tony cleared his throat rather irritably as he recalled accidentally spilling the boss’ coffee across his dashboard the last time he was aloud to drive Gibbs’ car. He was a better driver anyhow. Gibbs was known for making u-turns in highway traffic…

“According to some of the other actors, our victim had a boyfriend who worked here. We tried to find him to ask some questions but nobodies seen him since the incident…” the Agent explained the Tony and Jessie, reading from her clipboard.

“So he’s a suspect. How convenient he’s disappeared…” Tony thought out loud.

“Yeah, just what we thought as well. We got a name though. Young man by the name of Jason Calloway. He’s about 25 years old with long brown hair and is 6’ 6”. I got a picture of him for you to run through your database. He was a joust rein-actor here at the shows. Hope it helps…” She handed Tony the picture, who in turn shared with Jessie.

{OOC:Yeah, it's kinda crappy, but I wasn't exactly sure what to put and thought maybe you had some ideas ...}

dirty.angel - 6-5-2006 at 08:25 PM
Jessie laughed as Tony tried to get out of the car whilst it was locked. She rolled her eyes as Tony tried to cover up for his dimwit mistake. She shut the car door behind her and made her way over to the fairground.

Truth be told fairgrounds sort of freaked Jessie out it was just what went on at them. Clowns, Big scary rides and of course freaky weird people well that’s just what she thought. 

She watched Tony speak to the FBI agent and chuckled slightly. She glanced down at her clipboard then back up again, seeing a photo soon appear. “ Maybe we should send this over to Abbey” she muttered.

Looking up again she smiled “ Mind if I go for a walk?” she asked not really caring if the answer was no. So she began to walk around just observing things.

Keeping on walking she saw a moving shadow behind what looked like some jousting arena. Plus it would make sense for Jason Calloway to be around the jousting arena considering his chosen profession.

Slowly she approached the shadow. As she turned the corner she found not a moving shadow or anything. She found nothing. Scratching her head slightly she kept walking. Even though the team had been there the day before collecting evidence you could never be to careful. Could you? And plus she wanted to make a good impression on her first day.

So she kept walking looking behind everything. Finally she found something the others had missed. “ Tony” she called “ I think I’ve found...ugh…something” 

Something she had found that was relatively big and sort of hard to miss. It was Jason Calloway, dead. She scratched her head again not really sure of what to do now. She should probably wait for Tony to get over her and help her out.

She looked around again. Tapping her fingers gently against each other she sighed. This was weird, really weird. Sure some serial murders had happened when she was a detective but never something as weird as this. 

Both victims had been killed differently. Either it was a serial killer making it look like two different murders or it was in fact two different murders.

“ Interesting” she muttered

Yunalesca - 21-5-2006 at 01:45 PM
Tony jerked his head in Jessie’s direction as he heard his name called, then upon hearing what she informed, jogged to her. It’d look good for both of them if they got back to the Boss with some form of evidence he could’ve overlooked.

“I’d say you found something alright…” Tony sniffed at the stench of death before sliding on some latex gloves. “Well, let us see if Mr. Calloway has any secrets to hold,” he kneeled down and lifted the corpses chin to check for strangulation. As far as he could tell, there was nothing to see. From quick examination he couldn’t see any cuts or bullet holes either. No bloodshed in the area…It was all confusing. The only thing that could be the cause of death would’ve been some sort of drug or poison.

“How is it you overlooked this?” He asked whilst turning to look at the FBI agent, voice slightly cold.

“It wasn’t here the last time we checked. That was just before dawn, but we didn’t expect anybody to commit a murder in broad daylight amongst a ton of agents!” She shot back at Tony.

Denozzo chuckled softly as he rose and pulled off the examination gloves. “Well, that was your first mistake. That’s why they call in people like us, we know what to do. People usually kill people when you’d least expect it. Tape off this area while I get Gibbs down here.” Tony smiled at her when he saw her irritation and turned away, laughing softly and sporting a look of ‘I’m God’. For the moment, he indeed felt like his boss, giving orders. He started to look around a little more, strutting slightly like he knew Gibbs did.

Upon remembering Jessie was probably still watching him, he straightened and cleared his throat. “Umm, good work Green. I’m glad you’re on the team…” He trailed off slightly before leaning against a hitching post and grinning at her. “Mind if I take you out to a congratulatory dinner?” As soon as the question finished, he was shoved in the back by a horse and slipped, planting an elbow in a pile of recent horse droppings.

“Shit…” He voiced with shock.

“Yes it is…” Replied the rider before dismounting and un-saddling the white mare. “You should be more careful where you park yourself. The animals around here are smart y’know…” The girl raised her eyebrow as she pulled the hefty saddle off the back of the mare and with ease before walking off. Tony scowled as the horse whinnied in what sounded like laughter.

dirty.angel - 21-5-2006 at 04:04 PM
Jessie laughed at Tony as he fell into the horse dung. She walked over to him and knelt down in front of him.

“ Sorry Tony I’m not going anywhere with you smelling like that” she laughed standing up “ And you’ve done nothing to impress me so far” she grinned before walking back around the corner, towards the car.

Something stopped her half way. There was no signs of strangulations or bullet holes or anything of the like, it was most likely drugs or poison. She knew that because well Tony had basically spelled it out for her. 

Seeing the horse twinged her mind and she ran back to Tony. “ Don’t even think of wiping that crap off your arm” she said as e looked as if he was about to do the opposite of what she just said.

As Tony looked at her a little dumb founded and grossed out she smiled. “ We’re gonna need it for evidence” figuring she needed to explain herself she took a deep breathe. “ All signs point to Calloway being killed by drugs and poison correct? Yes. And the only drugs people get around here that come in needle form are Horse Tranquilizers. And considering you just fell is horse droppings it would have signs of Horse Tranquilizer, so therefore we have a suspect which is that girl on the horse. Because technically no one should be on the premises because it’s a crime scene and considering she was one of the first people here and we haven’t interviewed her as yet I’d say that she’s a suspect” she grinned hoping that made some sense.

“ Well done Agent Green it sounds like your on the right track” Gibbs said standing next to her.

“ Gibbs, umm thanks. I didn’t know you were here” she said startled.

“ Denozzo, do what Agent green said then get yourself cleaned up. Your smelling worse then usual” he smiled then went off to talk to the FBI Agents.

Jessie grinned at Tony “ You heard the boss Tony” she said turning around and laughing before starting to walk towards McGee to talk to him. At least then she could have an intelligent convosation.

As she walked over to McGee Jessie tripped over something. She looked around hoping no one would see. She smiled to herself as she thought no one did. She walked up to McGee and smiled. “ You know you could always go make a few remarks to Tony about falling in a pile of Horse crap to even up the score” she said happily.

Taking the hint McGee went off to make some smart comment to Tony. Plus he just wanted to see Tony covered in horse crap. 

Jessie smiled and she watched McGee run off. She didn’t really have much to do and considering she didn’t have the keys to the car she’d just have to wait for Tony. And she defiantly didn’t know how long he was going to take to clean up and make himself look pretty again.

Yunalesca - 4-6-2006 at 03:02 PM
Tony grumbled and growled as he walked out of the small dressing room he’d been offered. Abbey was going to have a field day once he showed up in the outfit he now wore. He’d had to throw his nice, and expensive, clothes away. There wasn’t even any sense in wearing his flashy sunglasses; they didn’t go very well with chaps. Denozzo glared at his reflection in the mirror and pulled the cowboy hat further down. He was wearing jeans that were too tight, black leather chaps and some button up cowboy shirt. He felt like a fool, but they wouldn’t get the best of him. He’d show Probie one way or another.

Finally gaining the courage, the Special Agent stepped out of the dressing tent and straightened himself. He couldn’t exactly walk normal in the stiff chaps and worked a strut into his advance on Jessie. He received a few high pitched whistles on the way forward and felt his ego rise once more. “You going to pass up a cowboy on dinner?” He asked as he took a stance before her. This time he flicked his hat up slightly to reveal his catchy eyes.

“Your idiocy permeated your disguise, get back to work,” Gibbs slapped the hat off of Tony’s head before talking to some more FBI agents.

“Yes boss…” He said before turning away and mumbling under his breath, “I’m not picking up shit. That’s what Probie is for…”

“Abbey needs that sample pretty boy…” McGee commented, standing nearby.

“Well you know what, I wonder if Abbey knows about your slight fetishes with…”

“I’ll get the sample…” McGee jumped towards the feces pile and withdrew a sample tube from a pocket.

“Just what I though…” Tony smiled before turning to Jessie. “He can take care of it. I suggest we get back to the lab and hand this information over the Absters.” Tony withdrew his keys from inside his pants. He caught a sideways glance from Jessie and quickly explained. “Nowhere else to put them. I change my underwear daily…”

dirty.angel - 4-6-2006 at 03:34 PM
Jessie was talking to some FBI agents when she heard the high pitched whistles. She turned around to see what all the commotion was about, to find Tony attempting to strut towards her. Hearing the female snickers behind her she gave a small laugh. “ You’ve got to be joking right” she said more to herself then anyone else.

As Tony stood before her she held in her laughter.” Well Howdy Partner” It was rather hard not to laugh when somebody looked so stupid. Finally when Gibbs came up she couldn’t hold her laughter in any longer. 

“ Sorry Tony I shouldn’t laugh at your misfortune” she said trying to suppress a laugh

She watched as Tony made fun of McGee once more. Really she didn’t see why but she just gave a smile and shook her head. “ I’m sure you have your secret fetishes as well Tony” she mumbled still trying to get over the cowboy costume.

Seeing the keys being pulled out of Tony’s pants she rose an eyebrow “ I still don’t wanna know what’s been going on in there” she said taking the keys off him and wiping them on the grass “ I’m driving” she said simply as she began to toss the keys around her fingers. 

If Tony could survive Jessie’s driving he could survive anything. Jessie unlocked the door and waited for Tony to get. “ I’d strap on your seatbelt if I were you” she informed him before getting in the car herself and soon speeding out of the carpark.

Yunalesca - 5-6-2006 at 03:05 AM
“Fetishes…I’ve got my fetishes, but Probie’s are just…” Tony caught the glare McGee gave him and stopped. He decided to keep the Special Agent appear normal. It had been Kate who had found out the disturbing fetish, but Denozzo wouldn’t reveal it. He just kept it for blackmail. McGee had given up his blackmail long ago with the kissing-a-man incident.

“Are you sure you can handle a car like that? I mean I doubt you could handle me, but that’s understandable. I mean the powers of my charms are irresistible…” Tony flashed a characteristic grin which faded once he realized she truly meant to drive his company car. He immediately grew concerned with the safety of the vehicle. The last one had been blown up and he rather liked this one. “H-hey…Maybe you could just pass the keys back over…” Tony laughed nervously. She didn’t heed his pleadings and simply took a seat in the driver’s side. “Damnit…” He growled before clambering in the passenger seat and shutting the door just before she hit the gas and spewing gravel across the grounds.

Tony quickly belted himself in and held on for dear life as she seemingly went insane. Rather cautiously, he glanced over at Jessie and caught her in what appeared to be an ecstatic laugh. She was enjoying the feel of exhilaration. Though he felt like they were out of control, he could tell she knew what she was doing and could outmuscle the car. He’d never pushed the car to its limits and figured that’s what Jessie was intent on doing. Quite a few times he’d desired to feel the power surge through the wheel to his fingertips and into his blood. He’d never been big on cars, though. He looked better on a bike…

dirty.angel - 5-6-2006 at 07:48 PM
Jessie gave a large grin as she felt the rush of speed the car gave her. She could see Tony out of the corner of her eye holding on for dear life “ Don’t worry Tony, I’ve had my fair share of drag racing” she said turning her head to look at him. She was just going to freak him just a little. She kept her eyes on Tony the whole time. She knew there was a traffic light up ahead and that it was going to turn red any second.

“ You know you have really nice eyes Tony” she said with a gleam. Of course she was trying to get his ego up just a little bit more so she could see him totally freak out. It would not only make her day, but when she relayed the message to McGee it would be more entertaining to see the look on Tony’s face when McGee got him back once more.

She saw Tony’s smile become wider as she complemented him. She just smiled at him as she sped up slightly more and watched his smile turn into a worried look. She got closer and slammed on the brakes as the car stopped right on the line “ Tony you look a little scared, are you okay?” she asked with a smile.

Deciding that she’d better take it a little easier from then on she went at the speed limit and turned into the car park. Jessie parked the car and got out before tossing the keys to Tony. “ Thanks for that Tony” she smiled walking around and giving him a kiss on the cheek. She gave a soft grin and headed into the office leaving a very dumbfounded Tony standing out in the carpark.

Jessie laughed to herself. She’d decided to just mess a little with Tony’s mind, after all a little fun couldn’t help, and maybe it was time for the joke to be on him. Plus that and maybe Tony’s charm was getting the better of her.

Yunalesca - 13-6-2006 at 04:38 PM
Tony stood there, a rather dumbfounded look on his face. She was one hell of a woman, he’d give her that. He was, to say the least, mystified by the kiss on the cheek. Was she playing with him, or did she fall under his charm? Women… He voiced inwardly as he finally began to take steps forward. She’d done a pretty good job at parking considering how insane she’d been driving. He felt that that had been on purpose. It almost seemed like she’d done it on purpose for hitting on her earlier. How had was he supposed to know she was the new agent? They usually didn’t come that pretty. Not that Kate hadn’t been, but she’d been more…Well he didn’t really know the word. She just seemed to fit the job description better than Jessie. Actually, he probably should’ve known she was the new agent. They did have one of the ‘office’ meetings earlier in the week, but Tony had been too preoccupied digging up blackmail material on McGee. He was foolish enough to leave important papers in his trash and leave the bin unattended with Denozzo about. Probie had been around long enough to know better than to do that. How else did Tony get all the dirt on Kate? McGee had even covered for him once or twice.

“So did you wet your pants?” Abby asked upon Tony’s entry to the lab. 

“Now where would you get a…” He looked over and saw Jessie standing off to the side. He laughed a little, nodding his head. Another stab at him, she was getting the better of him at the moment.

“Tell me you wiped the crap off yourself…”

“Why else would I be wearing this?”

“A new way to catch chicks, I dunno. You’re always out for a new alternative. Gibbs wouldn’t be so mad at you if you spent more time working than worrying about your appearance.” Abby said back to him as she ran a test through the computer.

“Nah, Gibbs is just jealous, Abs, everyone knows that.”

“Except for Gibbs.”

“Right…” Tony said without thought as he brushed back his hair while looking in the mirror. “Wait…”

“Quiet, I’ve just got something…” Abby hushed him as she stared intently at the screen, enlarging something.

“What, match a drug?” Tony asked while advancing.

“No…I found some DNA on a sample you took of our deceased suspect…”

“It looks like his girlfriends, that’s not unusual…”

“No, what’s unusual is that it is her DNA, but it’s a mans…”

“So what’re you saying? That the Lieutenants daughter is actually his son?” Tony questioned with skepticism in his voice.

“No,” Abby turned to him while pointing at the screen. “The DNA belongs to her father…”

dirty.angel - 13-6-2006 at 07:12 PM
Jessie sat smugly at the end of the table in the lab. She’d told Abbey what had happened before Tony got in. “ Well Tony you might wanna try a little harder” she smirked. She would have had something more to say but Abbey interrupted with her new find.

“ Places the Lieutenant with his daughter or at the scene of the crime” she muttered to herself.

She walked around for a moment. Usually she would have jumped to a conclusion straight away but she wasn’t so sure this time. “ Or it means he saw his daughter before and his DNA got transferred over” she shrugged

She made her way around to Tony and leant against the table and looked at the screen. “ Can we check out if Calloway had any of the fathers DNA on him Abbey?” she asked as she clicked her nails together.

“ McGee” she said turning around to face him. “ Go search the daughters computer for emails from her father, Calloway or anyone else” she said walking out of the lab. She knew what she was doing, sort of.

“ Tony go talk to Calloway’s friends see if they know anything” she sounded like she was bossing everyone around but she was on a roll. She picked up her own motorbike keys and was about to head out the door.

" Don't wanna sound bossy now do you?" she heard echoing through her head in only one other persons voice. Kates. She gave a small laugh and a shake of the head to herself. Jessie didn't really care if anyone thought she was bossy, hell she wanted to solve her first case soon.

She knew what she was doing. She hoped.

Yunalesca - 21-6-2006 at 03:54 AM
“I can’t believe I’m taking orders from a newbie…But she is cute…” Tony grinned to himself as he pushed the doorbell in front of one of Calloway’s friends’ house. He looked over, expecting Kate to be there to give a remark, but his gaze lowered when he once again realized she was gone. It still felt so foreign to him though she’d been gone for some time now. He missed her comments, her smile, even how she got angry. He wished she was back, but there was nothing he could do about it. Had he known what was to happen, he would’ve taken the bullet, but that wouldn’t have done the office any good either.

“Yeah, what do you want?”

“Special Agent Dinozzo, I’m with NCIS. We’re investigating the murder of Miss Sloan. She also happened to be the girlfriend of your friend Jason who conveniently turned up dead just this morning.” Tony’s eyebrows rose slightly to intimidate the young man. He looked to be in his early twenties and had a clean shaven face. His eyes were brown and he had spike blonde hair. Appearances gave away he was a rich college kid with his expensive lounge clothes.

“You…You’re serious?” The young man ran his hand over his mouth, cupping his chin slightly before shaking his head. “C-Come in…” He said after remembering his manners.

Tony thanked him and stepped inside, slipping his sunglasses off and clipping them onto his breast pocket. He’s changed before coming to question friend number one. This was the first time he’d gone to a questioning alone and felt he was doing rather well considering his usual partner was missing.

“Thank you…” Tony said as the man set down a glass of ice water before the Agent who’d taken a seat on the leather sofa. The place was well kept with cream carpets and plush furniture. The young man took a seat across from Tony in a matching leather chair and was shaking his head.

“I just can’t believe it. I was talking to him just last night. He was so…I dunno. He told me Kaylee had been murdered and didn’t know what to do…I can’t believe he’s gone…”

Tony studied the kid and got the impression they’d been best mates. The man was stricken, but he had to press on with the questioning if he was to get anywhere. It was good they’d talked before Calloway’s death. He felt sure he could rule out this kid as the killer. When he’d looked up the profile of Logan Fleur he’d ruled him out almost immediately as it was. He was enrolled in Harvard law school and had a bright future. He had no record of violence or criminal offenses, not even disturbing the peace. The kid wouldn’t screw up his future by killing someone. He had his head on his shoulders which was good for a kid of his age. Lord knew Tony hadn’t…

“I know this is hard for you, but I need you to tell me all you know about the relationship between him and Kaylee and her father…” He leaned forward and stared intently at Logan whose expression changed upon mentioning Kaylee’s father, Lieutenant Jon Sloan.

“Well I do know that her father didn’t want Jason dating Kaylee. He felt she should go to military school and shouldn’t get tied down with the likes of him. Jason was a good guy. He’d had a run in with drugs years ago, but he was over it and was well on his way of being a rich man in business. Of course Jon didn’t like his past and that was all he looked at. He made sure Jon knew he didn’t want him with his daughter. One time he’d threatened him. Said if he didn’t stay away from her, let her go, then he’d screw with his life. Jason didn’t believe a word of it…”

“He threatened him?” Tony reiterated, not believing the tale. 

“Yeah, he claimed he had enough pull in the government to screw with Jason’s records. Kaylee was scared, but Jason convinced her to run away with him. One of the last time I’d talked to him he and Kaylee were at some Ren-fair or something like that. They planned to move up here near me, but I guess the Lieutenant got to him before that could happen…” Logan trailed off.

Tony sat a moment, taking in all he’d learned thus far and felt his outlook on the case change. Something wasn’t right, but he felt the kid wasn’t lying. Either Jason had told one hell of a lie or the Lieutenant wasn’t the man everyone thought him to be.

“Thank you for your time. We’ll be contacting you again to answer some questions if that’s all right.”

“Sure, anything I can do to help. They were both my friends and I want them to be able to rest in peace…” Logan said as Tony rose. He was still stricken with the news and looked to be on the verge of tears.

Tony nodded and exited the house, plucking his cell phone out of his pocket. He hit the speed dial for the lab and put the device to his ear. “Hey Abs, I got some leads. There are a few friends I still have to question, but I think I’ve gotten all I’m going to get…”

dirty.angel - 21-6-2006 at 11:03 AM
That cute newbie was standing outside Lieutenant Jon Sloan’s office terrified. It’s not that she was scared of the Lieutenant it was more the fact that he could crumple her newly found career if she stepped in anyway over the line. Where that line was. She was sure she was going to find out soon enough.

‘ Why did I choose to do this solo?’ she asked herself before knocking twice on the glass pane door. 

“ Come in” was all Jessie heard as she opened the door. She gave a soft smile and closed the door behind her. 

“ Lieutenant Sloan?” she asked just in case it wasn’t him. As she saw the head of the man give a slight nod she smiled “ I’m Special Agent Green. I’m investigating the murder of your daughter and Jason Calloway” she waited for the backlash of what she’d just said.

“ I’m sorry but I’ve told you before I hadn’t seen my daughter or that scum she called a boyfriend for over a month. I’m sorry but if I’ve already told you what I know I can’t help you any further with your investigation. So if you’d please leave and let me get back to work” by that time Lieutenant Sloan had stood up and was showing Jessie the door. 

“ Right, sorry for disturbing you Sir” Jessie said warm heartedly as she left. Whilst she walked back towards her motorbike she’d flipped open her phone and began to dial Tony’s number.

“ Hey Tony it’s me. Listen I need you and McGee and whoever else there is to try and find a reason to bring in the Lieutenant. There’s something weird about him. That and he’s a complete asshole” she closed her phone up and glanced up at the window to the office she’d been in just moments ago. After her first glance she glanced up again not believing what she saw. There was Jon Sloan watching her. 

Pretending not to notice she hopped back onto her bike and sped out of the parking lot. This was getting way to weird for her. She couldn’t get that imagine of him watching her at his window out of her head. It was all she could think about the whole way back to the office. 

As Jessie pulled up to the office she saw Tony’s car pull up as well. She tried not to notice she really did. But how could she not, I mean he was rather charming and quite good looking.

‘ Jessie what are you thinking stop’ she told herself. 

Off came her helmet and then came the hair shake. You know that hair shake girls do that every guy seems to love. Yep, that one. She was a master at it to say the least. Next she hopped off her bike put her helmet under the seat and took her keys and off she went inside the office. All the while trying so hard not to notice Tony.

Yunalesca - 21-6-2006 at 11:23 AM
Tony was tired by the time he got back to the office. He’d visited every person on the list he’d had drawn up of Calloway’s contacts and hadn’t gotten any better confession than the one from Logan. Everything that’d come up was bugging him. When Jessie had called he knew something wasn’t right. It would take more than just the appearance of the Lieutenant to get her shaken. Though he’d only known her less than a day, he knew she was tough. Kate had mentioned her once or twice and she was more than likely an up and coming apprentice to her. She had to be tough if Kate was proud of her…

The Special Agent noticed how the girl seemingly ignored him and it was unnerving him. She did the sassy hair toss that turned any man on like he’d just taken a bottle of Viagra and she was just walking away. He was on the verge of just taking her in his arms and kissing her the way she was acting, but he knew better. Gibbs would have his hide if he touched her without consent. Not to mention he wasn’t a big fan of office romance. Sure he’d been close with Kate, but it never got in the way of his work. Then there was Probie and Abby, but who would interfere there? It was too weird to try and solve.

He shook his head and turned his thoughts once more to Lieutenant Sloan. He was already back at work and seemingly in an irritable mood. He’d expected him to be home with his wife, not at the office. Sure, he was a military official with pulling rank, but he was permitted to be home and in mourning, not expected to continue working. Something was very fishy about the whole situation and he’s rest easier once the case was over.

“Jessie…How was the Lieutenant acting?” Tony finally voiced once he’d caught up to her. He resisted every ambition to check her out. In his drowsy state he was easily falling under her wiles and had to be careful. He couldn’t dismiss the scent of her intoxicating perfume and how the pants clung to her shapely figure. He was beginning to feel want and it was dangerous.

Think of the girl…

Almost immediately he grew serious once more as he thought of the poor murdered girl and her boyfriend. They needed peace and they’d only get it when they’d solved the case. All the evidence had to be laid bare. He remembered Jessie’s call earlier and the tone in her voice had alarmed him. It seemed there was a hint of fear, though it was so slight that he wasn’t sure if that’s what he’d heard. They needed to get the case taken care of for her as well. He needed to get the case taken care of for her. Seeing her stressed was pulling at his heartstrings.

Before Jessie could answer his question he remembered what he’d wanted to tell her earlier. “I think we can get the Lieutenant in for questioning on what we have so far. His DNA was present at the crime scene. It can be argued it was just coincidental, but I got a confession that Mr. Sloan was seen at the crime. I’m not sure if I can prove it, but it’s a start.” Tony knew he was sounding uncharacteristic. Usually he was just a flirtatious guy, but he knew when it was time to crack down and get to business.

dirty.angel - 21-6-2006 at 09:15 PM
So ignoring him wasn’t as easy as she thought it would be. He was always going to be around her for as long as she was going to be working there. “ Good bring him in” she sounded rather cold when she spoke about the Lieutenant but after her encounter today, she wasn’t going to be peaches and sunshine. Infact it wouldn’t surprise anyone that knew Jessie that after this case she'd be found down at the bar with a beer or two in hand. 

Suddenly she realised how cold she sounded and stopped and turned to face Tony. “ Look I’m sorry if I sound a little cold it’s just, there’s something weird about Sloan. For one he isn’t mourning the death of his beloved daughter, when you go to ask him any questions he cracks it majorly and tells you to leave and finally he watched you from his office window as you left the parking lot. Personally I find that a little unnerving don’t you” she didn’t want to look at Tony and she didn’t want to talk about her encounter with the Lieutenant. It would just stress her out even more.

Her keys and her phone had been laid down on the table on top of Sloan’s file. Jessie now sat silently at her computer, she wasn’t even typing she was just staring at the screen, just thinking. The stress was beginning to get to her; it wasn’t the case as such it was the people involved in the case. She felt bad for the dead girl. Having that really weird guy as your dad would suck. Not to mention always having to move around and never being able to have friends for longer then a year. Now that would be hard.

The more Jessie thought about it she would’ve probably been dead if it wasn’t for her friends. Jessie placed her head on her desk moments after and banged her fist lightly on the table. “ I need a coffee” she muttered to herself. Not that she was game enough to even try the coffee from that dingy looking machine.

Yunalesca - 23-6-2006 at 01:54 AM
“Y’know, staring at the screen doesn’t give you the answers.” Tony said whilst seating himself half on the desk. He could see some of the fatigue that’d begun to set in on Jessie and felt bad. It was only her first day and it’d already been trying. Almost immediately the Special Agent caught McGee out of the corner of his eye carrying two coffees. Before he could pass safely, Tony grabbed the tray they were on and set them on the desk before Jessie.

“One was for the Boss…”

“Get him another. Here Jess,” he gave one to her and took the other. McGee tried to find insulting words to say, but Gibbs came up behind him.

“McGee.”

“Yes Boss…” the Special Agent jumped.

“Where’s my coffee?”

“Uh, well you see Boss…” He began to explain.

“Don’t give me excuses. Have one ready when we get back.”

“Uh, we, sir?” McGee questioned with an inquisitive frown.

“Don’t worry about it, Denozzo and I can take care of it.” Gibbs then began to walk away, tossing his keys in the air as he went.

“We’re taking care of…what?” Denozzo hopped off Jessie’s desk and jogged after the Boss. Gibbs stopped after the question and gave an impatient look to the Special Agent.

“We’re bringing in Sloan, Jesus Tony what else do you think I meant? You’re the most experienced at the moment. Normally I would’ve brought…” The Boss quieted and never finished with what everyone knew he was going to say. Instead he simply turned around and headed towards the elevator in silence.

Tony turned to Jessie and shrugged. He wasn’t about to object with the obvious mood Gibbs was in. Two Agents always went to bring in suspects for questioning. Ever since Tony had been employed by NCIS it’d always been him and Kate, or with more serious cases, Gibbs and Kate. The internal balance of the office had been shaken when she was gone and had yet to return to a more normal bases.

{OOC:I could've added more, but I wasn't exactly sure you had in mind. If you want, U2U me and I will add more.}

dirty.angel - 23-6-2006 at 08:28 AM
Jessie was slightly slow to react to the coffee that was set on her desk. And not to mention the rather good looking agent just parking his butt right on her desk. She couldn’t even manage a comeback to Tony in his reference to the computer. God she must have been stressed and possibly even more tired.

“ Thanks” 

Jessie listened to Tony and McGee argue, only did they stop when Gibbs surfaced. It may have only been a day but she was beginning to admire Gibbs as a boss. He was well respected and everyone followed his orders. He showed hardly any emotion and was the most scary and intimidating person Jessie had ever come across. Though she herself had never seen a soft side to Gibbs, she was sure there would be one. He was only human right?

Sipping her coffee quietly Jessie just watched. Something wasn’t right in this office. There was tension and everyone was walking on egg shells by the sound of things. If anyone mentioned her name it seemed that they would probably have been killed just for mentioning her. But why? That’s what she couldn’t understand. Kate was a great agent and a great woman, and it was an accident. It should’ve never happened but it did. Everyone had to deal with it. 

“ Have fun Tony” flashing him a cheeky smile and giving him a wink. 

Out of the corner of her eye, she could she McGee giving her a strange look. “ What, there’s no harm in a little fun” she smiled “ Anyway what are you waiting for, Tony’s gone there’s his trashcan why don’t you dig up some dirt while you still can?” Surely there was some sense in what she was saying.

McGee suddenly lit up. “ I will do that. But first I have to get Gibbs a coffee” he said rushing off to the closest coffee house.

‘ Great, I’m all alone’ she thought as she tapped her fingernails on the desk. 

‘And now I wait’ 




OoC; What are you talking about it was a great post!

Yunalesca - 24-6-2006 at 10:55 AM
“Mr. Sloan, Special Agent Jethro Gibbs and Tony Denozzo, we would like to bring you in for some questioning.” Gibbs stated as he flashed his badge. His face was blank of emotion as usual and didn’t turn to indicate Tony who was standing just behind him. Normally at this point Denozzo would’ve wandered off to hit on some of the ladies, but something about this man warned him not too. Gibbs could handle himself all in all, but Tony needed to be there to keep everything in order. The more present, the less likely it was that there’d be any trouble. There had been little trouble over the past years, but there should always be precautionary steps, especially since the office’ loss.

“I already talked with an agent today; I wish to answer no further questions…” The Lieutenant informed sternly as he sat forward in his chair. A look of hardness had entered his eyes and Tony was sure Gibbs caught it. The feeling in the air was eerie as suspicion began to grow.

“I know, Lieutenant, and that is another reason I am here. You refused to answer her questions and so therefore, I will have to bring you in.” Tony watched as he saw the Boss’ jaw tighten. He’d wanted to say ‘I’m suspicious’, but he was going to save it for confession. The words had more meaning once the man was taken out of his office and into Gibbs’.

“Can we do this another time, I’m in mourning,” the officer tried a new angle and Tony knew once more that the Boss wouldn’t buy into it in the least bit.

“Heh heh, as much as we would all love that, I’m happy to say that won’t be taken into consideration. Let’s go Mr. Sloan without trouble. It wouldn’t look very good to your subordinates if you were taken out of here handcuffed, now would it?” Gibbs had grown tired of games and was coming forward with threats he could back up.

After sizing Gibbs up, the Lieutenant rose and rotated his jaw, cracking it. Tony was ready to handle a fight, but instead the man nodded and came forward. “I didn’t do anything if that’s what you’re implying.”

“I never said you did,” Gibbs said with little emotion and began to escort the man out of the office. The Lieutenant had just set himself up with the last few comments and Tony knew his Boss would use them against Sloan in the confession room. Seeing how he was a military man, it’d be hard to break him down, but Gibbs had never lost a battle and was good at forcing confessions.



“This way sir,” Tony instructed the newfound suspect through the office area of NCIS, past gawking agents. He locked eyes with Jessie before leading the man towards the elevator. Gibbs stopped Tony at the elevator doors and walked over to the new Special Agent.

“Jessie, I think you should witness a confession.” The Boss said rather simply before turning back to Tony and instructing him forward. Denozzo let the elevator doors slide open and gestured the Lieutenant forward. Thus far there’d been no complications and he hoped it continued that way. The man was used to order and the Special Agent had a feeling he wouldn’t risk running away. It’d only raise questions and he needed to keep himself clean. He was a smart man and knew that they were beginning to tie him to the murders.

Tony let Gibbs and Jessie slide by him and the doors began to close. Jessie seemed to give him a look of ‘why aren’t you coming’ and he smiled back. “Got work to do, darlin’.” He hoped she knew what he meant. He was headed back to the lab then the crime to get some more evidence against their new suspect. Her face looked somewhat confused after he said darlin’, but he didn’t offer to explain as the doors closed. It was a cover. If the Lieutenant suspected Jessie to be in relations with Tony, he’d feel trapped. He wouldn’t attempt to pull a stupid stunt if he believed they were together. If he took her captive and tried to escape with her, he’d have an enraged lover on his heels, or so he thought. Just another insurance he’d put in place. 

Denozzo stared at his reflection in the steel for a moment. He appeared different than before Kate’s death. He’d taken on independence. Sighing he turned away and started for the stairwell to the lab.

(OOC: I did a little powerplaying, hope you don't mind, but I figured it'd give you something to work with.)

dirty.angel - 24-6-2006 at 02:13 PM
The elevator ride to the interview room was very uncomfortable. Not only was there an awkward silence, but sharing an elevator with Sloan was one of her least favourite things to do, at this point in time. After her encounter with him that morning she hoped that this would be her last ride with him. 

After what seemed like ages and the longest elevator ride ever she waited until Gibbs and Sloan had left until she followed. This part of the office felt foreign, she hadn’t been down here ever. This was one place Tony hadn’t showed her on his tour of the office. 

As Sloan was escorted into the interview room, Jessie took her place behind the window and simply watched. No one knew how long thin interview would go for. Sloan was a marine and a hard one at that. It would take ages for anyone to crack him, even someone like Gibbs, who had a reputation for being quite the intimidator would take time to crack Sloan.

Even after two and a bit hours Jessie was still watching, she’d watched Gibbs get no where with Sloan. But it was obvious Gibbs wasn’t going to give up. She was sure Gibbs mind was set on Sloan being the murdered. But as Jessie watched her mind began to change. One comment stuck in her mind. One comment Sloan had said, made her change Jessie change her mind.

“ She’d began to grow further and further away from us. She was out every night and if she was at home she was sleeping or again out with her boyfriend. I’d began to fear she was taking drugs. I’d searched her room and found nothing. I guess I was wrong. She was just growing up”

The Tox screen had shown that it was a drug of some description that’d killed her. An unknown drug, that had just made her body go out of control. Not only did Jessie think that Sloan hadn’t done it, she was sure of it.

Jason and Kaylee had both been killed by the same drug. It was simple, some one wanted them dead and they knew how to kill them without making a scene or a sound. 

Soon enough Gibbs walked out of the interview room and turned to look at Jessie. “ We can hold him for a couple more hours. I’ll try again after I’ve had a coffee” he disappeared up the hallway and Jessie was left alone, just simply staring at Sloan through a window.

For a few moments Jessie watched, then she moved off to the lab. 


“ Hey Abbey” Jessie smiled sweetly as she walked in. “ Can you tell me what ingredients were in the drug that killed our two vics?”

“ Sure it was a combination of, pain killers, amphetamines and a few other drugs” Abbey continued to reel off some more names of pills and the likes of things.

Jessie listened. If anything she knew about drugs, not the making of but what they did to people. Well she knew first hand.

“ Thanks, Abbey” Jessie said hurrying out. 

Jessie soon reappeared at the office in a hurry. She didn’t care where McGee or Tony were. Something had sparked in her brain. Not rushing to her desk she rushed to Tony’s and searched for his notes on the friends he’d interviewed. Finally she found them under the mass of papers and began to read quickly through them. 

Page after page of messy writing there was only one thing in common with every single one of the statements. They’d both last been seen with their friends at a club. Now Jessie knew that it could have been anyone that spiked the two’s drinks, but what surprised her was that Jason’s had been spiked as well. Someone wanted those two out of the way.

Now NCIS couldn’t just give out a warrant to search every single one of those people’s homes. Could they? No. Which meant it was going to be a lot harder to find out who the murderer was. 

Wait

She flicked back a few pages and re-read something. It was when the group of people went to the club. Now knowing twenty something year olds they probably would go anyway. It would be easy to find the killer there.

“ Now this could be fun” she muttered to herself with a small smirk on her face.

Yunalesca - 30-6-2006 at 11:52 PM
Tony had left base by the time Jessie had made her way down to Abbey. He’d uncovered little whilst being there and decided to go to the Sloan house to collect evidence. He didn’t exactly have a search warrant, for those took too long to get, but he had confidence in getting inside. With Sloan in custody, maybe the wife would be generous enough to let him in. If she didn’t believe he did it odds were she’d let him get evidence that wouldn’t hold. Or so she would think.


“Mrs. Sloan?” Denozzo questioned as an older woman answered the doorbell.

“Yes, I am. And who might you be?” Mrs. Sloan answered with a question.

“Special Agent Denozzo with NCIS. We currently have your husband in custody for questioning. I was wondering if I may come inside to gather evidence. No, no, I want to find evidence to prove him not guilty of any crime. We don’t believe he did it, but other people, well they are getting suspicious.”

“Well, I don’t think my husband would approve, but…Come in…” The woman opened the door for Tony and showed him to Kaylee and their room. Tony thanked her before taking a look into the girl’s room. Nothing was out of the ordinary. She had pictures of her family and boyfriend around the room decorated in purple linens and walls. She had multiple medieval magazines around along with cloaks and costumes. With nothing seemingly wrong, he entered the parent’s bedroom.

Everything was a deep blue and very clean. He didn’t see any dust, but couldn’t help the temptation to look through the dresser. He’d expected to find Mrs. Sloan’s clothes, but instead happened upon the Mr.’s clothing. They were folded neatly, but something tugged at Tony’s mind to dig deeper into the drawer. When he did his hands knocked into a hidden compartment. He pulled it free and out came a box. Tony first peered out the bedroom door to assure that the Mrs. wasn’t standing there. Seeing her not, he cautiously pulled the lid off and stared at the contents. Inside was the residue that’d been on the girl’s clothes. He had a better lead now. He gloved his hands and bagged the package of powder. 

Afterwards he searched the dirty clothes and found more on one of his shirts. He bagged that as well and tucked the evidence into a bag to take back to Abbey. He exited the room with one last glance over before thanking the Mrs. He felt bad for lying, but sometimes you had to.

“Abbey, yeah, I think we got him…” He said into the phone upon reaching his car.

dirty.angel - 2-8-2006 at 07:59 PM
Even after her first thought she was still reading through Tony’s notes. She didn’t know why but she found it interesting what people said about their friends once they were dead.

She didn’t have a clue what Tony had found but decided that after a phone call from Abbey that she should probably head down to the lab. After all it did sound pretty important, and well Abbey just sounded excited. Grabbing a few things off her desk Jessie took the lift to the lab. When the doors opened she headed inside still reading some notes. 

“ Hey Abbey, it sounded pretty important when you called. What’s up?”
“ I thought you might want to see this” Abbey told her excitedly looking from Tony to Jessie.

Slowly Jessie’s eyes went from her notes to the screen in front of her. She stared at the screen for a few moments just reading what was written on there.

“ So what you’re saying is that the residue found on the victims clothing was also found in the fathers cupboard and on his clothes?”

“ Pretty Much Yes” Abbey said proudly

“ Well” Jessie paused before looking at Tony “ If I were you I’d wipe off the smug look on your face” pausing again she looked at the screen “ I have a simple explanation, Sloan was doing the washing”

As expected Jessie got a few weird looks “ Sloan could have washed Kaylee’s dress and some of his clothes. That’s why both have the residue on the clothing. And the residue found in the drawers, he simply could have spilt some powder on his shirt and then dusted it off” taking a deep breathe she looked at the screen once more “ Also that’s the chemical compound for washing powder”

With one last glance at the screen she turned on her heel and headed back to the elevator. Once again she began reading the notes that were in her hand .How she knew about the chemical compound was simple. She majored in Chemistry at highschool. Hopefully something would just pop out of the paper with the answer on it. But there was nothing. She wasn’t even thinking about Tony anymore. She was thinking of Kaylee. That girl had just had her life taken away from her and now, the killer was practically untraceable.

Jessie felt like giving up, but she didn’t. She wouldn’t rest until this case was solved. A coffee wouldn’t help and she highly doubted a beer would either. This was something that could only be helped by hearing the satisfying sound of the handcuffs clicking. When the elevator doors sprung open Jessie didn’t even glance at who was coming in, she headed to her desk threw her notes on it and sat on her chair. Feet resting on the edge of her desk.

She closed her eyes thinking for a moment. Thinking about all the clues, none of it made any sense. None at all. Then it struck her, they were looking at a serial killer, why couldn’t it be two murders separate to each other.

Yunalesca - 20-8-2006 at 02:18 PM
Tony was skeptical about Jessie’s theory and knew it was apparent in his eyes. It didn’t seem to fit with the case. Even if the chemical was used in the wash it shouldn’t have been on the girl when she was found dead. Something else was missing, some important link. Whatever it was, Tony knew it would solve the case. He truly wished it to be over for it was beginning to give him the creeps. There was a possibility that Sloan killed his own daughter. It wouldn’t be the first time there’d been a case such as this, but every time there was one so horrid he felt his cheer slip away. No, they were still missing something.

Once the new Special Agent had departed, Tony turned to Abbey. “Once Ducky gets Kaylee processed go down there and ask for analysis. Despite Jessie’s assured solution, I still question it. Look for those chemicals in her system. Something isn’t right here. Things aren’t clicking…” He trailed off into thought. He was taking a different direction with this; taking a direction that nobody had seen before. For once he was thinking instead of playing assistant.

Shaking his head he left Abbey’s lab and took the other elevator down to confessions. There was the possibility Gibbs had cracked the seasoned Lieutenant and could offer some new leads. Knowing the boss he wouldn’t stop until justice had prevailed. The officer may be tough, but the Boss was tougher.



As Tony was coming out of the elevator the Boss was coming toward him waving Sloan’s folder and a look of confidence in his eyes. “We’ve got him,” he said simply before forcing Tony back into the elevator.

“What’d he confess?” Tony questioned.

“You’re about to find out. You’re coming with me to ask a few more questions to come of the boy’s friends. This time we won’t be so nice about it.” Gibbs stated as the elevator doors closed and went down to the lot.

dirty.angel - 20-8-2006 at 06:48 PM
Jessie sat for a few moments then decided to give an old friend a call. Maybe they could help. After about 20 minutes of talking with this “friend” she’d written down a name, address and phone number. After hanging up the phone she barely noticed anything. She whipped up her keys, helmet, and phone; put her gun in its holster and the card with the address on it before heading to the elevator. She was in a hurry and needed to get to this place quick. Her finger pressed the down arrow on the elevator panel repeatedly. But she couldn’t wait after only a few moments she burst open the stairwell door and headed down to the parking lot. After taking two steps at a time she reached her bike in record time, and hardly noticed Gibbs and Tony heading towards their car. Little did she know they’d be heading to the same address.

After speeding out of the parking lot in record time, her head was still spinning with ideas. Yet she still couldn’t believe she’d missed this. It’d been right under her nose the whole entire time.

After speeding through a few back streets she came to a normal suburban house. Well it was more than normal, it looked as if some rich folks lived there. She parked her beloved motorbike and jumped off. Slowly but surely she made her way to the door and knocked three times and she was instructed to by her friend, god she hoped this worked.

The guy that opened the door looked just like a kid, well a guy in his twenties. The guy that stood at the door was the same guy as who Tony had interviewed only a few hours prior. Now this kid wasn’t really what you expected a drug dealer to look like. He was a rich kid, had everything going for him. And this was how he wanted to live his life.

“ You here, for what I think you’re here for?” he asked

“ Sure am” she smiled leaning against the doorframe.

The house if you looked inside looked well spotless. Fit for a spoilt little rich kid. But it was obvious that Tony didn’t look past the front room. Jessie knew for a fact. Because Logan disappeared through a hallway and re appeared a few minutes later with a small packet of something. 

“ You taken this sort of stuff before?” he asked. He wasn’t going to hand this stuff over to newbies, after all he had and they’d both ended up dead.

“ Would I be here if I hadn’t” she said with a small smirk. It was true she had tried this stuff before, but this time she wasn’t even going to use it. No this was for research purposes only.

“ Alright, now hand over the cash and get out of here” Logan obviously looked worried. He was probably a bit spooked after Tony’s earlier visit. 

Jessie handed over the cash, and as soon as the green bill hit Logan’s hand the door was shut in her face. She turned on her heel and headed back to her bike. As she looked up the street she saw Gibbs driving towards her. She had a good excuse for being there. She’d retrieved something that could lock a killer away. But she didn’t want to stop and chat, instead she placed her helmet back on her head and started the engine and speeding off away from the house and back towards headquarters.



The black motorbike skidded into a parking spot and within seconds Jessie was sprinting towards Abbey’s lab. There were a few people that gave her some weird looks but she didn’t care. She reached Abbey’s lab in record time and handed over the powder.

“ Can….Can you run a comparison with that and the stuff we found on Kaylee” Jessie said very much out of breathe.

“ Sure” Abbey said watching Jessie who was anxiously awaiting the results.

Yunalesca - 7-9-2006 at 09:41 AM
“So are you going to tell me anything before we get there or are you…” Tony began before he was abruptly cut off as Gibbs swerved the car into another lane. His driving hadn’t improved much since the last time they’d ridden together.

“I don’t think Logan was being entirely truthful with you. Sure he may have been shocked or at least acted shocked, but there’s something else. Sloan finally cracked and admitted to one of Kaylee’s friends being into drugs or maybe even dealing. It’s your good buddy Logan.” Gibbs swerved again causing Tony to grip his seat belt so he wouldn’t slam his head on the window.


+++++++++++++++++++++



“Logan?” Gibbs questioned as the door to the residence house opened.

“Um, yes, yes sir. Hey, weren’t you here earlier?” The young man asked Tony and scratched his back. He appeared to be rather nervous.

“He is none of your concern. Special Agent Gibbs, may we come in?” The boss cut Tony off as he began to reply and then flashed his badge. He waited for a brief nod before entering the house rather abruptly. Denozzo followed obediently and gave the kid an apologetic look. His boss was acting strangely and was bound to force them to get a warrant if he didn’t act more professional.

“Uh, is there anything I can help you with?” Logan questioned as he trailed the heals of Tony and scratched his head. Gibbs wheeled about and looked the younger man straight in the eyes.

“You’re eyes are a little bloodshot. Have you been on any substance?” The elder Agent said with hard eyes and tone.

“Boss…” Tony was about to say more but stopped.

“What, Denozzo?!”

“Don’t…Move.” With that the Special Agent knelt down and wiped a powdery substance off the carpet onto his fingers and sniffed it. The scent was faint so he tasted it and immediately went dizzy. After shaking it off he rose and looked his boss in the eye. “Substance. I’m willing to bet it was what was on Kaylee’s clothing.”

As soon as the words tumbled out of the Agents mouth Logan bolted for the door. Tony wheeled about too late and saw the kid escape into the neighborhood.

“Hold it!” Tony yelled and pulled his gun free. Gibbs skimmed past him and led the way for the chase. “Stop or we’ll shoot!” Denozzo yelled out as he got past the door. Gibbs was lightning fast and was gaining steadily. Tony pumped his legs harder and began to catch up.

Before Tony could blink once more, Gibbs had tackled the kid to the ground and was cuffing him. As Denozzo slowed down to catch his breath he dialed his cell for back-up.

“It would’ve been a lot easier if you had come silently. Now you’re facing more charges. Get up.” Gibbs yanked the young adult to his feet and caught his breath as well.

{OOC:Sorry this took so long. School and being sick and all +_+}


dirty.angel - 7-9-2006 at 09:45 PM
Jessie sat there at her desk awaiting the results of the substance she gave Abbey. So as soon as the phone rang she shot up like a fox and picked up the phone.

“ So it’s a match?” she said excitedly, before putting down the phone. Hell she would’ve done her happy dance if it wasn’t for the fact that she’d heard the elevator ding open. But when she saw who was coming out of the elevator she was tempted to hide under her desk. She knew if Logan saw her, she might get into a lot of trouble...mind you she could say she was undercover.

So when Logan was escorted by Gibbs and Tony past her she kept her head down so Logan couldn’t see her. And when the time came she grabbed Tony and pulled him close. “ Tony” she said “ The substance matches. The one I went undercover and bought. It matches the substance we found on Kaylee’s body.” She told him

There was more but she’d tell him later. She took a few steps away and moved back quickly “ By the way you’ve impressed me” she whispered seductively before walking away and heading for the lift down to see Abbey to hear the full explanation of her findings.

Really Jessie couldn’t believe it. She’d cracked her first case. Sure it may have been a little unorthodox but she’d done it. And she was damn proud of herself. Now there was one person she’d always wanted to be proud of her. But she was gone, but her spirit was still there. And as Jessie stood in the elevator she could only think that Kate was looking down on her smiling. That simply made Jessie smile.

And before she knew it, she was down in the lab. And her and Abbey were talking, about that drug that killed Kaylee. But the question was who killed Jason? 


{{ OoC; Sorry it's short }}

[Yunalesca]

Yunalesca - 8-9-2006 at 06:57 AM
Tony paused for a moment as he watched Jessie walk away. Her tone had made him lose concentration until Gibbs called for him and he quickly took step just behind Logan. “You know Logan. The Special Agent that tackled you, he’s one of the best in the country. He’ll make you crack, and if he doesn’t we’ll bring in someone who will. Confession room is sound proof,” Tony leaned in closer to the young man’s ear, “that’s so nobody can hear you scream.” He hissed which made the rich kid sneer, but the Special Agent caught the fear in his eyes. It’d been quickly covered, but it’d appeared at any rate.

“I think you’ll find our confession room rather cozy.” Gibbs snickered slightly as they loaded into an elevator and the doors closed.


+++++++++++++++



As Lieutenant Sloan was escorted past the trio, the boss caught a look of recognition in his eyes as Tony caught a look of fear in their current prisoner. He was about to say something to Gibbs when he opened the door to confession room one and pushed the kid in there, then turned to Tony and pulled him aside. “You try and crack him. I’m taking on the Lieutenant again. I’ve got a hunch that these two are connected.” He then seized the Lieutenant from the officers and led him into room two.

Tony was confused slightly, but did what he was told and closed the door. Sighing he took a seat across from Logan and stretched out. His files were already placed on the table. “So Logan, you play any sports in High-school? Track? Football? No, you…” He rubbed his chin for a moment. “You look like a cheerleader, am I right?” Logan growled and tried to jump at the elder. “Woah, calm down there. You’re liable to get yourself in more trouble. So tell me, what were you selling and why’d you kill Kaylee? Was it that she didn’t want you?”

“I didn’t kill her!”

“Don’t feed me that shit. Look, I don’t care what you fucking say. I’ve held my cool, but people like you tick me off. You take advantage of women I’d say. I’m going to guess that you gave her the drugs. You wanted to get her a little high so you could have a little fun with her. Boyfriend comes over, finds out what you were planning. You can’t have that now can you? No, so then you proceed to kill him and Kaylee starts to scream at you. You try and shut her up by smothering her with a pillow or something. You figure, hey I’ll dump them at the Ren fair. Nobody is going to think anything of it. I mean, there’s weapons of all sorts at them right? Right?!” Tony yelled as the kid looked away.

“I didn’t mean…to.” Logan turned back and a tear rolled down his cheek. “She asked me for it. There’s more to this than you think. She only wanted it because her father took it. I was his dealer.”

+++++++++++++++



“Gibbs…”

“I’m in the middle of a confession Denozzo!” Yelled the boss as he stared threateningly at the Lieutenant.

“I think you should hear this.” Tony gave him the look and Gibbs exited the room with the other Agent.

“The kid just confessed that Sloan bought from him. It makes sense now. Substance in his drawer. Kaylee knew about it and wanted to be like her dad. They were having a falling out. She wanted to get her dads attention.”


+++++++++++++++




“I’d suggest you don’t lie to us this time Mr. Sloan. We just got a confession that you bought drugs from a dealer.” Gibbs informed.

“That’s preposterous. I’m in the military, it’s against protocol.” Sloan said with authority.

“Bring him in Denozzo.”

The door to the confession room opened and Tony escorted Logan in. Sloan, for the first time, looked frightened.

“I’ve never seen him in my life.” The Lieutenant tried.

“Sorry Mr. Sloan, but you have. We have photographs of you at his house.” Tony tossed a stack of black and white pictures onto the table, all photos of him on Logan’s doorstep.

He knew he was at his rope’s end. Suddenly he began to cry. “I tried to quite. I really did. But then Kaylee got into it. I knew her boyfriend got her into it. Then…Then he overdosed her and killed her! What was I supposed to do? So…When I saw him at the scene, just after it happened… I took a walk with him and slipped poison into his coffee. Don’t you understand?! He killed my daughter…My baby girl!” The man was openly crying now. Gibbs kept a stern face while Logan looked away.

“I’m sorry Lieutenant, but you were wrong. Kaylee killed herself. She was purchasing the drugs you took from Logan and accidentally overdosed. Her boyfriend tried to make her stop. He loved her. She was always gone because she was in rehab. She wanted to be close to you again. She felt she was losing touch and wanted to have something in common again. You killed an innocent man Mr. Sloan.” Tony informed somewhat sympathetically.

The Lieutenant looked up and his eyes were filled with horror.

“Death doesn’t solve death Lieutenant. You should’ve known that.” Gibbs said before the door opened and several officers entered the room. The cuffed both Logan and Sloan and took them away. Tony locked eyes with the Lieutenant before he left and his body went cold. He’d only seen that look once before and that was as Kate died. It was a look of shock and fear.


dirty.angel - 8-9-2006 at 11:27 AM
After chatting to Abbey for a while Jessie had headed down to the confession room. It was when she arrived that she heard the confession and she suddenly felt bad for Sloan. If only he’d known what was really going on he wouldn’t have lost his life’s work for something that was a whole big misinterpretation. 

Her eyes dropped lower and she watched the ground and the two arrested perpetrators walked past her. It was more a feeling of guilt than anything else. A whole family had just been destroyed. Now not only did Mrs. Sloan loose a daughter this week she also lot a husband. The man she trusted most, had gone and done something that was almost unbelievable. God now she felt really bad. But this was her job, it was what she was payed to do. Put the bad guys behind bars, no matter how you felt.

She stared at the empty confession room for some time before taking a step back and heading towards the elevator. She needed a beer. The elevator ride was silent, even though she was by herself in there. It was just a plain silence. When the elevator doors opened and it made that “ding” sound she jumped. 

Hoping to not be noticed she headed to her desk. She was tired, hungry and thirsty and she just wanted to get out and let loose. Searching through the swarm of papers she finally found her keys and tossed them into her hand. Exchanging her black blazer for a black hoodie, she threw the two white hair tie that had tied her hair into a pony tail and finally she grabbed her black motorbike helmet from under her desk. Luckily she’d already changed her shoes to her black converses earlier in the day. 

She checked her desk over one last time for anything she might have missed and she slung her messenger bag over her shoulder and headed for the elevator. It was time for a drink…or two.

Just as she was heading for the door she turned around and spotted McGee running with Gibb’s coffee once more. It just made her smile, it was weird. This was her work now, this was where she’d be spending most of her days. This was her new life. And there was no going back.

Jessie finally pushed the thought’s of the Sloan family to the back of her mind and pressed the down button on the elevator panel. She needed to not get so attached to these people, she needed to have that attitude Kate had. But it was hard. She wasn’t Kate and she never would be, but she could be Jessie, and Jessie she would be.

Yunalesca - 10-9-2006 at 04:56 AM
Tony was much slower in his progression in leaving the office for the day. He was a wreck inside. Had he truly done any justice today or had he just torn up a once prestigious family? It was his job, he knew, but it didn’t stop him from thinking he’d done the wrong thing. Sloan had to serve his time for what he’d done, but it’d all been an accident. He’d thought Calloway killed his daughter and done what he thought was right. It didn’t make it right, but he’d thought it had. A good military man risked his career and life to avenge his daughter. It’d all been a lost cause.

“Think you did a bad thing today?” Gibbs asked as they walked down the corridor towards the elevators.

“Every case I do I feel like I’m showing Kate I can work alone. Every case it’s felt that way, but this time, it didn’t feel right.”

Gibbs sighed and held his comment for a moment. “I don’t think she’s ever disappointed in you. I’m going to tell you something and I don’t want you to ever forget it or repeat it. I loved her. How do you think I feel?” With that said the boss walked away and took the stairs instead of the elevator.


///////////////



Tony shoulder his front door open and tossed his keys on the counter. By habit he moved over and checked his answer machine. No calls, no messages. Ever since Kate died it’d been that way. He doubted it would change. For the first time he was depressed after work. It hadn’t been that way for some time as he’d always put real bad guys behind bars.

His home was a rather large house, but was just one level, two if you counted the basement. The lights were dimmed low and the rays bounced off the mahogany walls. He spent little time examining the house before locking the door and crashing on his bed.


dirty.angel - 11-9-2006 at 07:15 PM
Jessie on the other hand now sat on a stool in a bar, drinking a beer slowly. She’d been there for about half an hour and she was already on her second beer. The dimly lit room had been where Jessie and Kate used to hang out when they were younger. Yes that meant Kate had actually hung out at a bar or two with Jessie. 

“ Hard day at work, Jess?”


“ Sure was. Put the bad guy in jail and all but it didn’t feel right” 


“ It wasn’t as easy as you though it would be was it?” 


“ Yeah that and I made a phone call I promised myself I’d never make again”


That was as far as the conversation got with the bartender called Jim. She payed for the third beer she had in hand and went and sat outside, staring at the almost deserted road. The only people that ever drove down there were the bar hoppers. 

It was beginning to get dark. So the Special Agent downed the rest of her beer and tossed the bottle into the grey trash can before getting onto her bike. After heading back up the road and into the busy roads of suburbia she drove into large apartment complex. 

After walking up the stairs, which she rarely used but she’d been in too many lifts to count over the past few days she needed the stairs. At about the 5th floor she stopped and stepped into a foyer. Son enough she was welcomed by her front door which she opened then closed softly. 

Before long she’d collapsed onto the couch and founds herself falling asleep to the football. That was until the phone rang.

“ Hello…?”

“ You’ve got a new murder case to solve”

After been given some directions, Jessie slipped out of her pajama’s and into a pair of black sweat pants and a black Metallica t shirt. She threw back on the grey hoodie she’d been wearing earlier and slipped on a pair of runners before bolting down to the carpark and on her way towards the new murder case.

Did this job ever stop?

Yunalesca - 19-9-2006 at 06:32 AM
While Jessie was getting phoned in on the new case, Tony was at home in bed. His sleep was troubled as he relived Kate’s death on repeat. Each time he tried to change what he knew would happen he would be separated from is body and be forved to watch himself stand there. Blood splattered across his face and the grame of his partner crumpled into him. As this happened he had to look away from his own face. He was still detached as the woman’s lifeblood drained onto the rooftop concrete and seeped into Tony’s clothing.

Once more he was drawn into himseld and felt the warm, sticky fluid on his skin and felt his eyes sting. H clenched his lids closed and tried to prevent his tears. He failed miserably and whimpered softly before crying out and opening his eyes. His vision was severely blurred as he felt hands on his arms. He heard nothing Gibbs was saying as he pulled him away from the corpse. Searching for the bullets’ source, Denozzo turned his gaze and locked eyes with the killer. The intensity was forever locked in his mind. There was mirth in the eyes of the one who’d taken his friends life. Had he not been restrained, the Special Agent would’ve gone mad with hatred.


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Tony jerked awake as he heard his cell go off on his nightstand. Sitting up he grabbed it and flipped it open. As he pulled the phone to his ear he rubbed the sweat off his forehead. He was drenched with sweat and it wasn’t due to the weather. The dream had been uncalled for and he hadn’t experienced it in some time. This was the first time in almost a week he’d gone without the nightmare. But now it was back and it was going to take a toll on him. How many sleepless nights was he in for this time?

“You’d better get down here. Gibbs took the new girl out on another case and we’re going to need you at the office.” Abbey informed, then stopped. “You alright, you sound winded…”

“No, I’m fine. I’ll be there in a few.” With that he hung up and slipped on pants and a button up shirt. He took a little time to wash his face and take an anti-depressant he’d been prescribed before taking his keys, cell phone and wallet.


dirty.angel - 19-9-2006 at 11:55 AM
After about a 20 minutes of very tiring driving she pulled up at an already roped off area, now she wasn’t even sure if she was late or not. She did get there as quick as possible. Stepping off her bike she headed towards Gibbs as quick as her tired legs would carrier her. 

Finally she reached Gibbs and looked down

“Holy Crap what the hell is that?” she asked startled and taking a few steps back

“That is a dead Marine. What do you think it looks like?” Gibbs asked sternly

“ Looks like mince meat to tell you the truth” 

“ You weren’t meant to answer that Green. Now go ask those people some questions” he told her “ And next time, Dress as if you were coming to work and not going to the gym”

Okay so either Gibbs was in a bad mood or he really didn’t like Jessie one bit. Oh well it didn’t really faze her that much. He was probably tired, and pissed off. Who wouldn’t be, Jessie certainly was.



Taking one last yawn Jessie got back on her bike. She’d taken everything down that she needed to and now as instructed to was heading back to the office. She’d been at the scene for hours, when she got there it was pitch black and now, the sun was rising. So much for at least one good nights sleep. 

Inside her head she was debating whether or not she should stop by a coffee shop and get herself a drink. But as she drove past coffee shop after coffee shop she decided against it. After all Gibbs was in a very bad mood and well he would find out. He was probably timing her, making sure she didn’t make any stops that weren’t necessary. God she felt like she was being watched 24/7. 


She arrived at the office very sleepy. This was one girl that didn’t like her sleep to be disturbed. As she walked through the big revolving doors she quickly got into an elevator. Finally she could just close her eyes for a moment….or not. Before she could even think about it the lift had arrived at her floor. 

A grumble escaped from Jessie as she pushed herself off the hand rail in the lift and into the carpeted office area. She said nothing to no one and threw the notes onto her desk and rested her head on her arms and closed her eyes. Just 5 minutes of sleep?

Yunalesca - 11-10-2006 at 10:40 AM
Tony nearly fell asleep in the elevator as it rose from the garage to the office floor. The slight humming sound made his eyes close in comfort. He wished he could sleep right once again. But then that was also like wishing for a million dollars to land at his feet. No, he felt he would have to be going back for a visit with his psychologist. He didn’t like depending on an outside source to solve his issues, but there weren’t many other options open. Gibbs had been the one to refer Tony to the doctor after it all had happened. Even ordered the Special Agent on a vacation to the beach. It hadn’t helped him. He wondered if anything ever would.

’Tony’

Denozzo jerked awake as the elevator dinged and the doors opened. He’d nodded off for a few moments. But that hadn’t been what had awakened him. He’d heard a voice. He swore it. It’d been feminine with no doubt. That wasn’t the question on his mind though. Had it been Kate trying to communicate with him?

“You’re hallucinating.” He chastised himself before stepping out of the elevator and onto the carpeted floor. It was the lack of sleep and possibly even the anti-depressants getting to him. One of the side effects dealt with sleep disorders. He shrugged it off and attempted to put his best face forward. No need to worry anyone else.


When the Special Agent came across Jessie with her head down on the desk he couldn’t pass up the opportunity. Though his spirits were generally low, he couldn’t ignore his naturally mischievous and charming personality. He’d never caught Kate napping at the office so this was perfect for his morale. With great care he advanced on the new Special Agent. As he was beside her desk he pulled out a few paperclips he had in his pants pocket and carefully slipped one on a lock of hair. He contained his laughter as he thought of her walking around with the clips in her hair, assuming she didn’t kick his ass of course.

With the coming of that thought, Tony stopped momentarily. She probably could take him. ’Nah’ he told himself.

dirty.angel - 14-10-2006 at 03:23 PM
Not this dream again. She’d probably only been asleep for about 5 or 10 minutes but this dream felt like it had been going on for ages. This dream, was more like a nightmare. A nightmare that didn’t go away. She’d been having this nightmare for over a month now. The same one, and exactly the same thing happened every time. She’d be simply walking somewhere then “BANG” she’d be shot, then rushed to hospital where she witnessed the operations they did on her to try and keep her alive. Which sadly didn’t work, and then in her dream was her mothers face when she found out.

That’s when Jessie woke up. Shooting up straight, only to find paperclips all in her hair. Gee, she wondered who did that to her. Her eyes slowly looked around the office as she pulled out the paperclips. When her eyes landed on Tony, who happened to have a mischievous grin on her face she just gave a sarcastic smile and threw the handful of paperclips back at him. 

“ Well that was mature Tony” she paused “ You do it again and I’ll kick your ass. Could take you anyday”

And she meant it. Of course having little sleep had made her grumpy, but even if she was all happy and chirpy she’d say it. After all, he didn’t look like he was hard to take on. And it wasn’t like Tony would dare hit a girl. Especially as one as pretty as Jessie.

Slowly she rested her head back down on her arms. Careful not to fall asleep. She didn’t close her eyes she just stared at the wall infront of her. No one could do anything until they knew more about the death…..they could be sitting there for a while.

Yunalesca - 25-11-2006 at 01:11 AM
“Hey hey!” Tony jumped away from the flying paperclips. A few hit him and he yelped ‘ow’. Though the little clips of metal were practically weightless, Jessie was chucking them without mercy and the velocity was enough to cause minor pain.

“There’s a tradition I have to upkeep. Every newbie coming in has to be picked on. Except him down in the lab, I don’t want to mess around with Ducky… But you know I’d lay off you if you’d per say, go on a date with me?”

“Denozzo, stop pestering Jessie and get down to the lab. We’ve got a case.” Gibbs scrutinized from behind Tony.

“Yeah, I heard.”

“Don’t sound so tired. There’s murder every second of every day. Just be thankful we’re NCIS and not World Murder Investigation Service. Always look on the bright side.” With that said the boss took the elevator down left Tony grumbling.

“Easy for him to say, he never sleeps. OD on caffeine much?” Tony rubbed the back of his neck that’d begun to cramp. He’d slept wrong on it again, or rather he slept wrong on it when he’d gotten any sleep.

“If you want, I’ll get the lowdown on the case and come back with details. You look tired.” Tony offered without waiting for a reply. He did care for the girl even though it seemed he was simply looking for a date all the time. She had spunk and that hint of desire for her trade. He liked that and was willing to encourage it.


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“You know Gibbs, too much coffee can kill you.” Abbey announced as she led him over to her computer screen.

He took another sip from the oversized cup of coffee before answering with: “Too much pop –will- kill you.”

Abbey simply laughed and set down the extra large cup of Mountain Dew. She never slept either, but relied on the sugary caffeine instead. It was a wonder her teeth were still in tact.

“Okay, so I got some x-rays of the dead body.”

“How’d you do that already?”

“Well you see, I had the body brought back here and then had Ducky use the au…”

“In English.”

“We used an advanced x-ray machine. This new stuff is so amazing. I have to thank you of course for getting the government funding and all…”

“Abbey.”

“Yes sir. Well this new machine can take that ground beef looking of a person and give us a picture of what the person may have looked like as well as giving us an x-ray. Pretty cool huh?”

“Yeah, what’d you come up with?”

“This. He looked like he was about 25 and in good athletic shape. I don’t get why he would be target for murder.”

“Enlarge that.” Gibbs pointed to a part of the screen. Abbey couldn’t tell what he was getting at, but she did as he asked.

“TAD. I haven’t forgotten you. Be on your guard.” The boss read sideways. It was a tattoo that’d been placed on the chest.

“Tad? Who is Tad?” Abbey asked, peering at the scan.

“No, not Tad. Tony Anthony Denozzo.”

Abbey’s eyes widened in horror before dropping her soft drink.


dirty.angel - 26-11-2006 at 10:34 AM
Jessie was about to come out with some smart ass comment but Gibbs stepped in. It probably would have gone something along the lines of “ I wouldn’t go on a date with you if you were the last man, woman or unidentified being on earth.” Sounded better in her head anyway. Of course, she didn’t mean it but she had to say it. Just to keep up her demeanour, well for now anyway.

Her eyes followed Gibbs all the way to the elevator before she turned back to Tony who had started talking to her. But before she could answer he’d already begun to leave. “ Ummm, thanks that would be…um…..nice” she called after him. He’d probably not heard her though as he’d already disappeared out of sight. She was now alone in that big office. And all she wanted to do was sleep.




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“ Jessie…Jessie…..wake up”

Her eyes darted open and she sat up straight. Had she really just fallen asleep? No she couldn’t have, she’d only closed her eyes for a minute or so. Right?

“ McGee, you scared me. Is everything alright?” 

“ Well, um….Gibbs…um…”

“ Just spit it out McGee”

“ Gibbs needs you down in the lab with Abbey. They’ve found something”

“ Oh, right. Um, have you seen Tony. He said he’d go see what was going on, then he’d come back up”

“ About that….Gibbs needs you in the lab”


Jessie found it slightly weird that McGee hadn’t really answered her question. Though she didn’t press the matter, there was probably a simple reason for it. So she slowly stood and headed down to the lab. Poor girl had no idea what to expect.

Yunalesca - 27-11-2006 at 04:00 AM
“Gibbs I’m taking this case. I don’t care if I’m the target; I want to bring this bastard down!” Denozzo yelled at Gibbs as Abbey looked on.

Jethro locked his jaw from a biting comment and it only made it worse. He pushed the Special Agent into the hall to get the argument away from Abbey. Gibbs glared his inferior down and sighed before blowing his top.

“You don’t get it do you?! I don’t want to have this conversation with you again, but it appears I’m gonna have to!” The boss leaned in close to Tony and began to whisper angrily.

“I don’t want you dead like Kate.”

“Kate wasn’t even the target, Jethro!”

“That’s my point! You think for one second that man had cared that he shot Kate? No, it was to get to me. To play with my head, Tony. What do you think this psycho is going to do when he gets his hands on you? Because that’s exactly what’s going to happen if I let you on this case.”

“No it won’t. I’m not a child Gibbs, I can take care of myself!”

“This conversation is over, Denozzo. You’re going to be placed under watch. Don’t think you’re something special either!” The boss began to walk away when Tony shot back at him verbally once again.

“I never said I was Jethro!”

Gibbs turned on his heel and pushed Tony back into the wall with one hand firmly placed on his shoulder. “When Ducky was threatened we had him under watch. I’m sure you remember it. Now follow my orders or turn in your badge. It’s your choice from here on out Tony. I’d hate to lose a good Agent, but I’d hate even more to lose a friend.”

Denozzo started to lash out once more, but then stopped to think about what he’d just been told. As much as he wanted to be on the case it wasn’t worth his life. Although he’d had thoughts of suicide lately, he could never do it. He had too much to live for and didn’t want NCIS to take another blow like before.

“I’ll be at my place.” He gave in finally.

“No, in all likelihood the killer knows where you live. You’re going to be staying here. I’ll send someone else to grab your things. You can make a list of what you need. If I feel the premises is too dangerous we’ll buy you new things.”

Tony looked down at his hands then back up into Gibbs’ serious eyes. He nodded silently then turned to take the elevator back to the office. That was when he noticed Jessie and Probe standing in the hall. He knew they’d heard everything. He couldn’t bear to look into their eyes so he simply looked down as he passed and walked into the elevator without a word. Would he ever get a break from the cruelty of the world? Would he be forced to retire before his time?

dirty.angel - 27-11-2006 at 11:03 AM
Jessie was making her way down the hall when she heard all that yelling. She hadn’t heard it all. But the parts she did hear were all about one person. Kate. She looked over at Tony who had just walked past glumly and then back to McGee. She didn’t care for what the whole argument had been about. But all she could hear now was her name running through her head. And it finally hit her. Things were never going to be the same. And she was never going to be able to replace Kate in this place. Not that she wanted to. But still. It hurt, it felt like a blow to the guts whenever someone said her name or spoke about her. 

Gibbs retreated back into the lab and Jessie really didn’t feel like messing with him. “ McGee, I…I gotta get some air. I’ll be back soon” she said simply and took the next elevator down. Though she was sure that Tony would be down there. She wasn’t there to talk to him. She did none the less scan the office in case he was there. And she was right, he was. But still she said nothing, kept her head down and headed to the door. 

Finally after what seemed like hours but was really only a few minutes she came back in. She had to snap out of this, it’d been months since Kate’s death and she was still acting this way. Would it always be like this?

She thought about heading to the lab but she was sure that McGee and Abbey would have it under control. After all Gibbs probably wouldn’t want a Probie hanging round when he was ready to blow his top. Though she was sure that no matter what she did today, it would be her fault. So she played it safe and headed to her desk. Sure, there wasn’t much to do but it was better than being in the lab.

Jessie, glanced up at Tony from her desk. She didn’t exactly know what to say, nor really what to do. It wasn’t like this situation came along everyday. So instead of saying anything she let the akward silence carry on. And just sat there, doing something on the computer.

Yunalesca - 29-11-2006 at 09:14 AM
Finally Tony cracked. He couldn’t stand the silence any longer. If it went on he was sure he would break down in front of Jessie and that was the last thing he wanted. Though he appeared to be brave and somewhat foolhardy, he was a wreck inside. He didn’t want to die and could think of no one who would want him dead. But then, it may not even be someone he knew. It could be a whacked out stalker or someone looking for their shot at criminal’s fame. He could even be just a minor playing piece in a dangerous web of chess games with his boss. Everything in his world was knocked for a loop and he didn’t know which was up or down.

“Sorry you had to hear that. I over-reacted. I hope it didn’t ruin your outlook of this career.” He tried to sound somewhat upbeat, but couldn’t keep it going. He was spiraling back towards his depression. Even the medication wasn’t working anymore. If only he could take another vacation. That wouldn’t be happening now or anytime soon. Why was everything so crazy now?

dirty.angel - 29-11-2006 at 04:19 PM
Jessie shook her head and tried to give a reassuring smile. Standing she walked around her desk and planted herself on Tony’s “ Tony, you didn’t ruin anything for me. And in my mind you so totally didn’t over react. I know I would have done the same thing. And I even know that there’s one person that would be so proud of you and smiling right now. And she’s up there” Jessie said with a smile and pointed to the heavens.

Really, Jessie had no idea how to react to all of this. She’d never gone through it or anything. “ Look, Tony. I know I’ve only been here a few days and everything. But I want you to know, Kate was my best friend. She saved me from a helluva lot of things. I know it’s hard without her, I know it’s hard to look over at her desk and not see her smiling. And I know, that no one will ever replace her. I’m not here to replace her. I know how much you meant to her. I know, she wouldn’t want you to be like this. I know that she would hate seeing you all upset and everything. You may not know it, but you meant heaps to her. You were like a brother to her. You were someone she could talk to, someone she could have fun with, you were someone she could trust” Jessie paused for a moment so she was able to get her composure back. “ I know it’s hard to think that she’s gone. But she’s not Tony. She’s in here” she tapped his heart a few times and smiled. What else could she say? She had no idea, maybe she’d just bought the mood down or something, but it felt right to say what she said. Jessie didn’t know how Tony would react, hopefully it made him feel better…..

Yunalesca - 2-12-2006 at 11:27 AM
“Thanks Jessie. That’s the best thing anyone’s said to me since then. When I came back, people didn’t know what to say. I could see it in their eyes. They were scared to talk to me, scared to say the wrong thing. While I was gone I was put on anti-depressants and I was even checked into a hospital for some time. Everyone knew and they didn’t know how to react to it. You’re the first person to say something like that to me. Usually the topic of Kate is completely avoided except when Gibbs feels the need to talk about it. That’s all I’ve wanted was someone to listen and talk about her with me. I still have nightmares about it, but I can’t tell anyone that. I risk being put back in a hospital for it. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of the guys are booking me now. They act like I’m a walking time bomb.” Tony looked up into Jessie’s beautiful eyes and felt his pains melt away. She was the first person he’d really opened up to like that since it’d happened. He’d tried with Gibbs, but knowing the relationship he’d had with the Special Agent made Denozzo timid. The topic was touchy no matter what way you approached it.

“Now My life is in danger and I don’t know what to do about it. I don’t want the same thing to happen to you or anyone else. I wanted to take the case in hopes I’d catch this psycho before they got to anyone else, or die by them if it meant protecting any of you guys. I don’t want anyone to have the same experience I had. I don’t want any of you guys in that position…” He trailed off as he looked away again.

“Listen to me ramble. Gibbs said I can go get my stuff, but I’ve gotta go with someone. I don’t know who he’s chosen. I hope to god it’s not Probie. He’d kill me on the way with safety precautions. Sometimes he just…” Tony shut his mouth as he heard the elevator door open. He peered over and saw it was just some secretary from another floor. “I need to keep my mouth shut.” He laughed and grabbed his gun from his desk. He stuffed it into one of his pants pockets as they were deep and you couldn’t really tell what he was carrying in them. He should be more cautious from now on too. He just hoped a depression phase wouldn’t hit and he’d go in search of the stalker. That’d be a catastrophe.

“Denozzo.”

“Yes boss,” he rose from his desk.

“You and Jessie head out to your place. Jessie, I want you to make sure the perimeter is secure. If it seems dangerous, pull out. I don’t want to have to pull in the feds if I can help it. The quieter this is, the better off we are. The stalker will be looking for attention and we could easily tip them off by slipping the story and letting the media get a hold of this. Any other case I wouldn’t care about, but this one we have to be safe with.”

Tony looked Gibbs in the eyes and read what his boss had wanted to say. He meant he wanted it to be safer than their dealings with Kate’s killer. He didn’t want to lose and Agent or be outsmarted like that again. Denozzo nodded in agreement and tossed Jessie the keys to his car.

He wanted to argue against it. Didn’t want to risk the girls life, but it would be an insult to her. She was confident and he was sure she could handle anything that arose. Right now, he supposed, his life was in her hands.

dirty.angel - 3-12-2006 at 12:24 AM
“ Well Tony, you’re not the only one who has nightmares. I promise you that. And all those people that don’t know what to say to you, I’ve had to deal with them too. The vacation didn’t help. I understand all that. Tony, everyone deals with grief differently this is just your way of dealing with it. You don’t have to forget Kate to move on with life. You’re always going to remember her, but you’ve gotta move forward. You can’t move back.” Jessie wasn’t really a person that would open up to people. She never liked telling people how she really felt. It was just a defence mechanism. So, she couldn’t believe that she was saying this stuff to Tony. But if felt so right.

“ We all get into this job knowing what’s at stake. Everybody does. But everybody around here will do everything they can to take away that risk. Nothing is going to happen to you, me, Probie, Abbey, Ducky or Gibbs”

It was then that Jessie saw Gibbs and shut up completely. She knew what Gibbs really meant by everything he said to Tony. She wasn’t a mind reader sure, but she could read people. 

“ Sure, I’ll give you a call if something isn’t right” she said catching Tony’s car keys. She knew now it wasn’t only her life that she was taking care of. It wasn’t just her she was putting at risk now. 

With a nod if his head Gibbs walked off and Jessie just stood there for a few moments. “ Alright, I guess we should head off then” she said before slinging her bag over her shoulder and heading down to the parking lot. 

“ So you’re actually letting me drive your car without having a nervous breakdown?” she questioned with a joking smile on her face. Slowly she opened up the door and got in. Was she scared? Yes. Was she nervous? Definitely. Was she excited? Hell Yes!

Yunalesca - 9-12-2006 at 09:43 AM
“Not like I have much other choice here. Gibbs would probably put me on some kind of life arrest if I attempted to drive to my place. He’s gone paranoid.” with good reason he almost added, but held it back. No sense in striking up a conversation he didn’t care to have. If he could he just wanted to not think about the situation until he had to. Fat chance of that happening. This was going to plague him worse then his nightmares. Those were bound to take a drastic turn as well. He may just start investing in coffee and caffeine pills. He was doomed to turn into Gibbs wasn’t he?

Having confidence in Jesse’s driving, Denozzo set his seat back and rested his eyes. He wouldn’t sleep, wouldn’t let himself. He just needed to stop looking at things. Every time he saw a file he imagined it as his. Imagined it to be stamped with ‘deceased’ and contain photos of his lacerated body.

Tony immediately sat up with a start and felt the urge to gag. He’d just pictured what that psycho could do to him. Chop him into millions of pieces, set him on fire, or kill him with fire ants. The possibilities made him sick. He had to make sure to get those anti-depressants. He felt like he was growing dependant on them, but he wouldn’t make it far without them. That was his saving grace. Without them he knew he’d be just a shell of himself. Though they seemed to have lost their potency he was thankful for them. They kept him sane.

The Special Agent took a deep breath and waved off Jessie’s look of concern. “I’m alright, just…Yeah.” He ended without a significant explanation. He didn’t feel like talking at the moment, at least about that.

“I don’t care what the boss says. There are things in my apartment that I need. I can’t get them anywhere else.” His eyes locked with hers. He was sure his eyes look haunted or maybe even a bit deranged. He had no idea how long it could take to get another prescription of anti-depressants. There were also some important files he had to remove from the premises. The last thing he needed was his stalker to get a hold of more information then he or she already had.

dirty.angel - 9-12-2006 at 05:27 PM
“ Alright” she shrugged and kept driving. Though she was a little worried about Tony she didn’t pressure him to talk about it. If he wanted to talk about what ever it was, he’d talk. The awkwardness was horrible in the car as she drove towards his house. Following the directions that Gibbs had given her before they left. It had seemed like forever before she pulled up into the driveway and got out. “ I guess I’ll go check and see if everything is alright. If you just wanna go inside and grab your stuff or do whatever is fine by me” she said and was already headed towards the side of the place to check it out. 

So as she walked around the side of Tony’s house she just gave a quick look around. From what she could see, there was nothing that seemed out of place. Just looked like a normal house. Even when she made it to the backyard there was nothing. So she headed to the front door and walked into the entrance way. “ Tony, everything seems okay. I guess we can stay here. Unless you want to head back” she called from the entrance way. She didn’t want to feel intrusive, she wasn’t to sure weather or not he actually wanted her in there. So she just mingled with herself in the entrance way. 

For a while Jessie just stood there but finally decided to sit on the front step. Just thinking the past few months over and over. Everything in her life was fine before Kate’s death. They’d catch up after work all the time, and just chat and reminisce. They’d go out at night and have some fun, anything normal young ladies would do. But it wasn’t just those things she loved about Kate. It was the late night phone calls Kate would take and sit and listen to Jessie ramble, cry, freak out. Everything. But after Kate was gone, there was no one to pick up Jessie’s calls. No one for Jessie to go out and have fun with. She was pretty much alone after Kate.

Yunalesca - 10-12-2006 at 12:44 AM
When Tony stepped into his house it seemed as though Jessie was right. Nothing was out of place and there was not a sound to be heard. It was still dark except for the few nightlights plugged in randomly throughout the house. He’d recently been keeping his home dark and used them as his only light. Shaking off the oncoming depression he rummaged through one of his cupboards to snatch his anti-depressants and some other meds he may need. Next he would go to his room to get some clothes and his files.

The room was dark as well. The bed still lay in some amount of disarray from when Gibbs had called earlier to bring him in to the office. There was a level of wariness that crept over Denozzo, but again he ignored it as a sign of exhaustion. He quickly sorted through his drawers for clothes and stuffed them into a large gym bag on the floor beside him. Now he needed those files.

The special agent went over to the side of his bed and dropped to his knees. Beneath the bed frame was a tub filled with manila folders. These were the things he needed to get out of the house in case whoever his stalker was broke in. These documents ranged from his family tree to his blood type. He needed all of them. Instead of taking time to pick through the ones he needed most he just hauled the tub out from underneath the frame and stuffed it under an arm while grabbing his clothes with the other. He just needed a few things from his bathroom and then he could leave.

As Denozzo started down the hall to the bathroom he came face to face with another man about his age only with darker skin. They both looked shocked to see eachother. Tony didn’t waste time in dropping his things and pulling a gun from his waist. “Don’t move.” He ordered with the handgun pointed at the intruders face. “Why are you here?” He demanded once again with a stern voice. He received no answer and was about to ask again when he felt something hard clonk him on the head. Immediately he went down and a shot rang out from his gun. The bullet connected with one of the intruder’s legs and Tony heard a grunt of pain before he hit the floor.

The two quickly conversed before hightailing it out of there. They didn’t even bother to search him or take anything he had with him. They clearly knew there was another agent waiting outside. Tony tried to rise, but felt his vision go blurry and landed once again on the floor with a thump. This time his eyes closed and he blacked out.

dirty.angel - 10-12-2006 at 04:13 PM
“ Holy shit what the fuck was that” was the thought that ran through Jessie’s mind as she heard a rather loud gun shot. She was up in a flash and in through the house in seconds. Something gave her a horrible feeling that not everything would be okay when she found Tony. And she was right when she came across Tony in the hallway, well she didn’t know what to do. And to make it worse she looked up and saw the two men running. “ Why do you always have to run” she mumbled. Again she looked down at Tony. Biting her lower lip she took off her hoodie and placed it under his head. “ I’ll be back in a second….don’t move” Without a second thought she was running through the backyard. Grabbing out her phone she called Gibbs.

“ Gibbs. Hi, yeah. Everything isn’t cool. I checked the perimeter and everything was fine. I checked inside the house and everything was fine. I was waiting for Tony to grab his stuff and then there were these two guys. Tony shot one of them in the leg and I’m currently running after them. Tony’s out cold in the hallway” 

“ Okay. Jessie you did the right thing. Now, McGee is tracking you’re GPS chip in your phone. So you keep going as far as you can before you loose them. And I’ll go grab Tony” 

Then the phone went dead. 

Following the orders she was given Jessie ran all the way through bush and out back onto the road. But she was too late. The car had just skidded off and was a little too far away for her to even ID a plate. Great Jessie the only lead you guys had and you’d lost it. Just bloody great. Not to mention, it’s your fault Tony is out cold in the house. 

Sure it could have been worse. But Jessie didn’t see that. She didn’t realise that she’d done all she could. She didn’t realise that Tony could have been dead. All she could see was that this was all her fault.

Trudging back she looked around for some clues. But there were none. Not even a small blood drop to take for DNA. What amazed her was how fast a guy could run with a bullet in his leg. If only she’d been around that corner in the hallway, none of this would have happened. If only she had been more careful. Checked things over better. Maybe this wouldn’t have happened.

Yunalesca - 18-12-2006 at 02:07 AM
“Tony.”

Denozzo tried to reach out for the voice. He was stuck in a never ending black hole. He felt like he was falling, but he couldn’t tell. He tried to recall what’d caused him to be in such darkness, but everything was jumbled in his mind. He remembered coming to his apartment to find some documents and then it stopped there. He didn’t know what happened. Had he been hit on the head? Was he dead?

”That’s a silly question.”

Who said that?

”Denozzo, you can’t even recall my voice?”

The voice was feminine yet he couldn’t place a face to it. He knew it, he just didn’t know how. It seemed like he hadn’t heard it in forever. Who did it belong to?

”Must I show you? You’re making me work harder than I thought.”

A blinding light caused Tony to almost stumble back. The darkness disappeared and the falling stopped. He stood in a field of green with sunlight shining down on him. He was in his work clothes, yet his gun was gone. Confused he looked around, turning to find the source of the feminine voice.

”Tony.”

Denozzo turned to his right and the slim figure of a dark haired woman began to approach. She was clothed in a sundress printed with several flowers. He’d never seen anything so beautiful. She continued to approach until their faces were nearly touching. Her eyes were soft, yet intense as she spoke once more.

”Now do you remember?”

Her smile was sweet as she waited for him to think of who she was. She knew he’d recall her, it may just take time.

Kate.

He answered at last and her smile brightened. Her eyes closed softly before opening once again.

”I knew you would remember. I haven’t much time. You’re being targeted. I’m sure you already know that, but you need to be more careful than what you have been. These people are dangerous. You need to remember them. You’ve crossed paths before. It is crucial you identify them.”

Why can’t you just tell me…?

”I would, but I am not permitted. I was fortunate enough to see you now. My time is nearly up. You have to wake up now.”

No, Kate. Don’t leave me. He begged slightly.

Her figure began to grow distant as she was called back to wherever she came from.

Kate! Please don’t! I need you!

”You have Jessie now. She’ll take care of you. Please tell her to stop drinking so much.”

Kate!


“Tony.”

Denozzo jerked upright and immediately felt pain in the back of his skull. He was forced back down by strong hands. His eyes opened and regained focus. He was looking up at Gibbs.

“What just happened?” The boss questioned.

“Kate…” Tony shut his eyes once again in hopes of seeing her again.

Gibbs caught his breath, and then pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind. “Who were the men that attacked you?”

“I…I don’t remember.” Tony sighed and turned his gaze away.

“Come on; let’s get you out of here.”

Tony was sat upright despite his head injury and forced to his feet by Gibbs. He draped an arm over his shoulder and helped him walk outside.

“Where’s Jessie?”

“Jessie’s fine. It’s you I’m worried about.”

“It wasn’t her fault.”

“I know, now be quiet and get in the car. We’re vulnerable out here.”

Tony collapsed in the passenger seat and closed his eyes again.

“Don’t you dare close your eyes.” Gibbs ordered before putting the car into reverse and back out of the driveway.

dirty.angel - 18-12-2006 at 08:41 AM
She’d managed to trudge all the way back to Tony’s place without finding anything. When she got there Gibbs was putting Tony in the car. Now the poor girl was a little scared, you would be when you’d seen how Gibbs could be. But she had to face all of this, they had to keep moving with the case and to do that she had to be able to accept the things that she did wrong and take whatever heat she got. Slowly she walked around the side of the house towards the front where both cars were.

“ Hi…” 

“ Jessie……did you get anything”

“ Ugh…no sorry boss. They’d gone before I could get the plates”

“ Anything else?”

“ Well, Tony shot one of them in the leg. But there wasn’t a drop of blood either”

“ Alright. Well go home. Get changed and come back to the office.”

“ Yes Gibbs” 

She went to say something to Tony but she didn’t know what to say. She could say that she was “sorry” and it would be true. But it wouldn’t be enough for her. She felt horrible.

Grabbing out the keys to Tony’s car she jumped in and within seconds she’d sped away. She didn’t want anyone to blame her for what happened. But she knew somehow she would. Somehow it would be her fault. And it was true, it was all her fault. 

Practically running inside to got into the shower, re did her hair and make up then pulled on a pair of black pants and a black longsleeve top with a red tshirt over the top. Finally when she pulled on a pair of flat black boots and had grabbed her sunglasses and gotten all of her stuff together she headed back out and back towards the office.

It was times exactly like this when Jessie needed Kate more than anything else. She needed someone who was wiser that her, someone who always gave the good advice. But she was gone. Now she had to get through it, she had to get through it all by herself. And it scared her.

The office came into clear view and she parked Tony’s car back where it belonged before throwing her bag over her shoulder and making her way upstairs. She took the lift ride alone and when she stepped out onto her floor. She felt alone.

Had Gibbs Taken Tony to the hospital? Was Jessie going to be in trouble? Did everyone hate her?

Yunalesca - 6-1-2007 at 08:43 AM
“No, I’m not having anymore fucking tests done. I’m fine. For the last freaking time I’m fine.” Tony exclaimed when a nurse came to take some more blood from him. He’d been there for over an hour getting random tests and fluids pumped into him. All that happened was he got thumped on the head. Yes he could have a concussion, but he was sure they would’ve known that by just looking into his eyes. Now they were just milking him for his money. He hated hospitals. It seemed they took peoples money more often than trying to actually help them.

“What seems to be the problem?” Gibbs demanded of the nurse when he walked in Tony’s ER.

“I’m sorry sir, but he refuses to have any more tests done.” The nurse pleaded.

“Can you leave us alone for a minute?” The boss asked without waiting for a reply.

“Tony, they could’ve slipped something into you while you were out.”

“No, boss. I was never fully out. I would’ve known if they had. I don’t know why they were there but it didn’t appear it was to kill me. I just surprised them.”

“Denozzo, if you died…”

“I’m not going to die. Can I just get the hell out of here? I don’t have a concussion. They just want my money now.”

Gibbs stopped himself from replying right away. He seemed to be thinking it over and then nodded. “Alright. But you’re not going anywhere else. If you need something I’ll be sending someone else to get it. Come on, I’ll get you checked out.”





“You okay there Tony?” Abby asked the moment they walked into the building. It’d been a mess trying to get out of there. They almost didn’t until Gibbs threatened to bring court into it. Hospitals and doctors were pathetic.

“Probably have a bump, but I’m alright.” He replied rubbing the back of his skull.

“Jessie’s upstairs Gibbs.” The girl informed. The boss nodded and they took the elevator up.

“It wasn’t her fault Boss.” 

“I know.” Gibbs simply gazed ahead at the doors until they opened. He stepped out without another word to Tony.

The Special Agent stood rooted to the spot for a moment before following suit. He didn’t know what Gibbs would do. He could only hope he wouldn’t take this out on Jessie. Tony had pleaded her case and felt he’d reached some chord in the Boss’ heart. His face had been so strait that Denozzo couldn’t read it. He hoped he was just concerned about the safety of his staff and not thinking about doing something drastic.

Sighing Tony meandered to his desk. The Boss hadn’t made a stop at his desk yet. No telling where he went. No telling what was on his mind either.

dirty.angel - 6-1-2007 at 11:50 AM
Jessie had followed orders and had gotten changed and what not before arriving back at the office. All she could hope for was that Tony would be okay. If he wasn’t then she’d definitely feel worse than she already did. If that was possible. How bad could she possible feel? Words couldn’t really describe how bad she felt. It was like she was in a depressive black hole, it was all her fault and she certainly wasn’t going to feel any better any time soon.

Currently the Special Agent sat at her desk, drinking the biggest cup of coffee you could have bought. When Gibbs came up and told her with a simple look that he needed to talk to her, she grabbed the half empty coffee cup and followed him into his office. Now it wasn’t like Jessie to be scared. Hell, the word never really exited her mouth. But sitting in front of Gibbs. That was scary.

“ Jessie I know it wasn’t your fault. It could’ve happened to any of us. You did the best you could”


“ Doesn’t feel that way. I mean if I had just done something else or been standing somewhere else. None of this would have happened”


“ Jessie things like this happen. You’ve got to be able to move on and keep your head up. We’ll catch these people and everything will be okay. Just keep your head up”


“ Yes, Gibbs. Thanks Gibbs”

Jessie stood up and left. Sure those kind words from Gibbs were meant to help. But it didn’t. Truth be told she still felt like shit. There was no other way to put it. It was all she could think about. How she’d made a mistake and someone else payed the price for it. The story of her life really.

She sat back down at her desk, silently again. It wasn't like she had much to say anyway.

Yunalesca - 10-1-2007 at 10:38 AM
Tony had been lying on the floor behind his desk when Jessie took a seat at her own station. Denozzo was half asleep and debated whether or not to slip into sleep or not. He could sense his comrade’s distress and decided to abandon the slumber. He didn’t feel safe sleeping quite yet either. Besides, Jessie needed his assurance. No doubt she was beating herself up over this and he’d been in her shoes once. Maybe he could help her. But then nobody had been able to help him when the accident happened.


“Hey Jess.” Tony called softly as he leaned against her desk. There was no playfulness in his voice this time and he caused no mischief. It was a time she needed someone even if she protested it.

“Look, I don’t want you to beat yourself up over this. I know you’re going to no matter what I say, but I’m asking you not to. I’ve been in your shoes before and although I’m still dealing, I’ve realized it takes more out of you to be negative. I probably sound like a psychologist right now, but it’s true. This wasn’t your fault.” He ended with a comforting grip on her shoulder.

Tony paused before beginning to say something again, but then stopped. Something caught his attention. Glancing over he noticed McGee running through slides on the overhead board. They were slides of people, more than likely criminals in the database.

He watched for a moment before yelling at the Special Agent to stop.

“Why? What is it?” Probie questioned and rose from his desk as Tony began to move in closer to the screen.

“It’s…Him…” Denozzo responded mostly to himself. He was inches from the screen, scanning the mans features.

“Who’s what?” McGee asked as he ventured around his desk and came up beside Tony.

“Him. He’s the one who I drew my gun on. He was in my house!” 

“I’ll go get Gibbs.” McGee ran towards the boss’ office.

“Now I get it,” he turned and looked at Jessie. “His girlfriend left him for me in highschool.”

dirty.angel - 10-1-2007 at 02:23 PM
She was half listening to the warm, friendly and ever so right advice that Tony had given her. It was only when she felt his hand on her shoulder that she snapped back to reality. She made a point of actually turning around to see what was going on. And it was only when Tony announced that he knew who it was that she rose from her chair and stood next to him. “ So this guy is after you because you stole his girlfriend like a decade ago?” she questioned stepping back to look at the photo better. 

Had she known the whole story, or what the actual story was she probably wouldn’t have said it in such a facetious way. It just really didn’t make sense to her. Actually it was kind of weird and not the mention pathetic on this guys part. Not Tony’s, it was obvious that this guy held a grudge, and a grudge for a very long time. Unless of course there was more to the story than Jessie was assuming. 

Glancing over at Tony then back at the screen she spoke again. “ Do you wanna tell me the story or am I gonna have to figure it out for myself?” she asked then looked around to see McGee coming back in a fluster.

“ Did you find Gibbs?” Jessie asked Probie

“ He’s with the Director at the moment. Said for us to handle it”

Great, last time Jessie was told to handle something one of her fellow Agent’s ended up out cold on the floor. So it wasn’t as if she was really looking forward to this case, nor the experience. She had a feeling that this case wouldn’t go to well. There were definitely going to be many bumps in the road on this case. 

“ I have a feeling you’re going to have to tell me that story now Tony” she sighed turning around and sitting back at her desk and taking a sip from the now cold coffee. Throwing it away she sat at her desk and sighed. Not sure of where to actually start.

Yunalesca - 16-1-2007 at 04:00 AM
Tony didn’t want to recite the high school memory, but it could help. He felt like he was being made into the bad guy already. He actually didn’t steal the girl; she’d left the other guy on her own. He sighed heavily and voiced his defense.

“We were both juniors in school. He was pretty much the ‘bad boy’ every girl desired and I was captain of the soccer team. One night after practice I saw him yelling at her for some dumb crap. Something like she was spending too much time with her friends. I was afraid he was going to hit her due to the tone in his voice. I was going to just stay out of it, but she caught my eye and I saw the fear there.”

Denozzo paused for a moment as the memory resurfaced in full detail. He could remember the fear he’d possessed when he’d walked up to him. While in high school he’d never been a man of confrontation. The only thing that made him do it was the gentleman he had been. He couldn’t bear the thought of a girl being struck or yelled at.

“I dropped my sports bag and confronted him. I knew I could’ve very well gotten stabbed, but I’d stopped thinking. I tried to ignore the look in his eye and asked her if she was alright. Before she could answer he shoved me and said it was none of my business. I didn’t want it to get physical so I took the girls hand, her name was April, and led her to my car. I quickly piled my stuff in and locked the doors.”

The Special Agent paused again as he remembered the biting threats her boyfriend had yelled at him. Tony should’ve been frightened, but adrenaline and a manly protective instinct kept him in control.

“Her boyfriend cussed at me and threatened to break in and kill us both. April was terrified and gripped my arm. I ignored him and started the car. His threats grew louder as I revved the engine to make him move. He went back to his truck to get a bat and I took off. I dropped her off at home and told her to lock all the doors and windows. She looked at me with those terrified eyes again before thanking me and giving a hug. When she was safely inside I went home and locked my car in the garage.”

“You didn’t call the cops then?” McGee questioned skeptically.

“I was afraid it’d make it worse. The most we could get would be a restraining order and they’re never enforced.”

What he said was true. He’d had a female friend who’d had a restraining order put on her ex-boyfriend. She complained to the police about him not following it, but they didn’t do anything until he’d nearly strangled her to death.

“He left us alone for a while, but when he found out about how close we were getting we got more threats. We ignored them and I asked her on a date. For such a simple evening at dinner it was one of the most amazing times in my life. I got to kiss her goodnight and by the next day her ex knew about it. He brought a knife to school and tried to kill me. Luckily my soccer coach was nearby and stopped it. The guy was expelled and not allowed to attend any schools in the state. I’m still left with a scar where he caught me across the side. I went to court and showed it to the jury. He was serving time in prison last I knew, but that was a while ago.”

“I haven’t talked to April in almost five years. I don’t know if she would know anything. She was getting married to some rich business man at the time; McAdams or something of the like. I don’t want to bring her into this if it can be helped. She’s got a family and a good life; I don’t want it ruined by him."

dirty.angel - 20-1-2007 at 10:11 AM
Jessie listened and wrote a few things down as Tony spoke. She listened to him, catching on at how hard it was for him to relive the memory. She kept writing things down for a while before finally speaking. “ Jason McAdams” she said then looked up to be getting a few funny looks from McGee and Tony. “ She married Jason McAdams” she repeated before looking for the paper on her desk. When she found it she opened it up and flicked quickly to a few pages. 

“ How do you know who she’s married to?” McGee asked her slightly puzzled.

Jessie looked up at him then down to the paper where she continued to flick until she stopped. “ Because he’s dead” she said turning the paper around so the other two could read it.

“ So now what?” McGee asked looking over at Jessie.

“ We have to get into that scene. Find anything we can. McGee you stay here with Tony, I’ll see what I can do” she said grabbing her keys. When she looked up at the two and could tell that Tony especially wasn’t going to sit here and wait she gave a big sigh “ Tony you have direct orders to stay here. As does McGee to watch you. You can’t come out….you know that as well as I do. You know Gibbs better than me. You know he will flip”

She looked over at Tony and gave a small smile before pressing the button on the elevator and walking in before the doors dinged shut and soon enough she was down on her bike and driving to the scene.

All the way there ideas where running through her head as to get the case file. And then it hit her. So when she got of her bike and walked into the police station she asked for the person in charge of the case and waited. When she saw the person emerge she walked into their office and sat down.

“ So what can I help you today with Ms. Green?” The policeman asked

“ I need the McAdams case file….” 

“ I can’t give you that. It’s still an open case”

“ The murder of Jason McAdams is connected to the murder of a marine and attempted murder of an NCIS Special Agent”

“ Really? Do you know all this as a fact?”

“ Yes. So give me the case file. I’ll happily give it back when we’re done with it”

It would seem that Jessie was getting rather frustrated with the whole ordeal. She’d give back the file and everything else that came with it. All she wanted was the file for at least twenty four hours. Was that such a hard task to do? But as the frustration grew with both parties the professionalism of their conversation stopped, the two knew each other /very/ well, this hadn’t been the first time they’d crossed paths and it definitely wouldn’t be the last. But, this wasn’t how they knew eachother. 
“ Jessie. I can’t give you the case file. It’s as simple as that, it’s an open case which I have people working on and it’s high priority, without the file we can’t work on it”

“ Just give me the god damn case file Ryan. Give it to me for 24 hours, you can come and get it from NCIS headquarters at 24 hour mark. That’s all I need it for”

“ Jessie….fine. 24 hours, I’ll come collect it. And I’ll be on time don’t you worry”

“ Thankyou. And I’ll certainly be looking forward to your visit….not”

After the file was handed over, some /very/ harsh words were said. And they were definitely not about the case at hand. They sounded like lovers arguing but that definitely wasn’t the case. Maybe ex-lovers?

Jessie got back on her bike and drove back to headquarters as fast as she could. Twenty four hours was not a long time to have case file for. They needed to work quickly. Finally she arrived and she parked her bike and sped upstairs into the lift then out at her floor, file tightly gripped in her hand.

She dropped it on Tony’s desk and looked at him. “ We’ve got it for 24 Hours”

Yunalesca - 25-1-2007 at 05:20 AM
Tony had been pulling his hair out in frustration. Her husband was dead, most likely murdered by the same guy. Now he was attacking him, most likely her earliest ex-boyfriend. Why? He didn't know. Something do with jealousy. She'd always been too good for him and he knew it. Now he wanted her back and had means of using a scare tactic and threats. He was worried about her. He'd wanted to protect her, keep her from the memories and out of the case. Looked like the jackoff had gone to great heights to stop that.

He hated waiting around for more people to get killed. It felt like he was a main character in a film. They always waited and waited while being under supposed protection and they come close to death in the end. His life was turning into a horror movie. Would the killer take out all his friends? His family? Peers?

He needed to calm down and he knew it. He was perhaps exaggerating the situation. As soon as he thought it he dicarded the idea. He'd rather expect the worst case scenario than something less. Last time they'd taken a case easily they'd lost one of their own. That also meant Tony would have to stay in the office. He hated the thought.



Just when the Special Agent had half a mind to blow his own head off with a gun, Jessie showed up with a file and slapped it on his desk.

'We have 24 hours'

How often had he heard that one? Shaking his head he opened the manilla folder.

"He was rich alright. Left behind a lot for her. No kids recorded but she may be pregnant. What are we getting ourselves into? Why'd e have to be drug into this? She was a good girl, she never deserve this."

dirty.angel - 1-2-2007 at 06:17 AM
“ Tony most people don’t deserve this kind of thing to happen to them” she said from her desk, now typing into the computer. She glanced over at Tony before thinking for a moment. “ Do you want to go see her. You’d be the best person to talk to her, you could explain it to her. Maybe even get some answers out of her. I’ll understand if you don’t want to” she shrugged, seemingly now finished her computer business. She walked over to Tony’s desk and rummaged through the file, grabbing a piece of information. “ Just think about it. I’ll go get this done and I’ll come back and yeah…” she said heading off towards the photocopier. Well, if she couldn’t keep the file for longer than 24 hours she’d copy it. Nothing wrong with that. Right?

Her phone rang and Jessie picked up. “ Hello?” she said whilst pressing buttons on the photocopier. As she listened to the information relayed to her she grabbed the paper and rushed back to Tony. “ Okay…you need to tell me. Did she date anyone after you? Because someone else has just turned up dead, either someone has caught onto these killings really quick or he’s killed someone else” she said hurriedly. Okay so now she was freaking out.

The fact that someone else had been killed, scared her. What scared her more that there was a psycho killer on the loose that was out for Tony. It scared her because well…sure it’d been only a couple of weeks that she’d been working here at NCIS. But she was getting closer to him. Maybe it was because they had the same feelings about Kate. Or maybe it was more. But she didn’t want to loose him.

Yunalesca - 15-2-2007 at 05:09 AM
Tony let his gaze fall. She had dated someone, but he felt embarrassed. He didn’t want to tell her who. He wanted to protect her and her reputation. She had gotten away from that relationship. Some people hadn’t cared, but many did. He didn’t know whether she regretted it or not. Living in the upper class as she was she had to bury that.

“She did…” He paused, still not wanting to tell the truth. He knew he had to though. “Her name was Olivia…” He trailed off, not knowing how Jessie would react.


[OOC: This is all I got right now...sorry]

dirty.angel - 15-2-2007 at 06:55 AM
“ Olivia” Jessie said with a smile “ Well then we need to go find Olivia, because she’s going to be the next one to be killed” she said then looked at McGee “ McGee, can you stay here. Tony, I think I’ll need you to come for this one. You know more about this girl than any of us” she said standing, heading down to Abbey to collect some results before they left for Olivia’s. “ Ha. Tony got dumped for a girl” she smirked chuckling to herself as she headed towards the lift.

What Tony told her really didn’t bother her. After all, there was nothing wrong with a relationship involving two girls. Well, Jessie didn’t see anything wrong with it. After spending some time down in the lab she finally came back up and saw that Olivia’s address was already on her desk. Didn’t matter who got it, they were going. “ You coming Tony or what?” she asked walking past his desk and grabbing his keys and smiling. It was already common knowledge he hated her driving his car, especially the way she drove.

Once the car was in motion, and all was right in the world with Tony driving his own car, Jessie sat back and tried to think. They had to stop this guy, or even better catch this guy. They couldn’t afford for him to keep up this killing spree. But then again, wasn’t it the same with every killer? “ You scared?” Jessie asked. She didn’t ask for him to answer, he didn’t have to answer if he didn’t want. Mind you, sometimes no words said more than enough.


{{OoC; Don't worry about it! It's an awesome post. Quality not Quantity}}

Yunalesca - 8-4-2007 at 02:15 PM
Tony forced down the lump growing in his throat. He was beginning to grow petrified again. This killer was very real. He wasn’t just some guy they’d have to pick up. He was gunning for Tony himself. “Naw. I’m fine. I just don’t know how well Olivia is going to receive me. I can’t say we were on the best terms….” He trailed off, attempting to cover his anxiety.

He focused on the road, or what appeared to focus intently on it. In reality his mind was spinning. Ever since he started at NCIS he’d felt a need to protect his coworkers. Although it’d always appeared he was just an office flirt, behind it all he was a protective man. He was fiercely protective of his friends and family and when he’d lost one of them it’d been a major blow. He’d vowed to never let it happen again, but now the roles were reversed. He was the one in danger, could he protect himself? He felt doubt rising up inside him. He was having a hard time protecting himself from his own thoughts. It was happening right then. He couldn’t stop thinking of all the cases he’d worked and how at one point it was just a job. Now it was a reality to him. He’d chosen for so long to try and block out the cases, to not get emotionally attached. Now he had to be attached because this was his own case. He felt bile beginning to creep up.

Tony took a huge breath to steady himself as he pulled into Olivia’s drive. He hoped his comrade overlooked his paleness. The last thing he wanted was her becoming concerned over him. They were on a case and he needed to be the farthest thing from their minds.

Denozzo got out of the car and shut the door. Without hesitation he took steps up the paved walkway to the rather large suburban home and knocked on the door. Could’ve been just as easy to hit the bell, but he didn’t feel like hearing the chime. While he waited he glanced around. It appeared Olivia had married someone rather wealthy from the look of the grounds. Well perhaps not wealthy, but she was living above the middle of middle class.

“Yes?” A rather tan young woman answered with the darkest of black hairs. God she was still as beautiful as she was in high school, if not more so.

“Olivia?” Tony questioned, not even mentioning her last name.

“Yes…Who…Wait, you can’t be Tony Denozzo could you?”

Tony smiled slightly. He was flattered she remembered his name. He thought for sure she’d gone through great pains to forget it.

“Yes. I’m surprised you remember me.”

“How could I forget? Why would I forget, you were quite the handsome devil and still are I see. Oh, who’s this with you?”

“My partner, Jessie.” He ended, but then remembered to add more. “My coworker, we work together. We’re not together…” He stopped himself to remain from digging a deeper hole. “We’re from NCIS and we need to speak with you. Is your husband around?”

Olivia was laughing slightly, the laugh that Tony had loved. It was a laugh only a Spanish woman could give.

“My husband? I never married. I still have yet to find the right man.” She offered. Tony was taken aback, how did she afford the home? Even with his pay he couldn’t afford something like that on his own.

“April helped pay for this if you’re wondering. No way could I get this on my own. She is such a caring person…What, did something happen?” She questioned hastily as Tony paled slightly, more so than before.

“Can we talk inside?”

“Why yes…What’s going on Tony?”

dirty.angel - 17-5-2007 at 10:33 AM
All Jessie could do was admire the house. It was, well what could she say, it was beautiful. It was a house, above middle of middle class, but not top of the range. Seemed like an apple pie life this woman was living. Can’t say she blamed the woman either, after all, an apple pie life would be good every now and then. After all, everyone wanted a white picket fence and green grass…Right?

Tony’s paleness did not go unnoticed to Jessie, but she figured it was best not to say anything, let him handle it. After all, he knew more than her about Olivia. When the door opened and Olivia and Tony started talking, she had to admit, she was taken aback. The girl was beautiful, not that she was expecting someone not, but this woman, she was just, there were no words to describe her. No wonder Tony was acting the way he was.

“ Work Colleagues” Jessie with a smile, and continued to let them talk. She didn’t want to interrupt, she didn’t mind just standing their either. After all, Tony would probably get more out of her than Jessie. Being a stranger didn’t help sometimes.

Jessie followed DiNozzo into the house and looked around in awe of the house, wow this place was even better on the inside than on the outside. Apple pie life, yeah that’s what this was, definitely something Jessie had never had.

Following Olivia and Tony to the couch, she sat and still looked around the house. The girl did have a short attention span sometimes, but sometimes she figured if she observed she’d pick up more than what the person talking to them did. And in this case, she didn’t want to interrupt.

Yunalesca - 18-5-2007 at 11:39 AM
Once Olivia was seated and had, to Tony’s dismay, even set out a tray of lemonade he started to tell her what he knew he had to. There was no way around it. For the past however many hours he’d tried to believe it was real, but was still having difficulty. Even with evidence…

“Olivia…” He sighed, straightening and trying to gain strength from Jessie. Perhaps this hadn’t been a good idea, but who else was there to deliver the bad news? There needed to be someone to tell the woman who was willing to be a shoulder to cry on. Gibbs wasn’t exactly the type…

“Olivia, April…She…” He adjusted his position on the couch and cleared his throat.

“She’s dead isn’t she?” The Spanish woman announced in the slight form of a question.

“No, but she may be in trouble. Her husband was murdered.

“I knew it. God Tony, I’m sorry…” She apologized before taking his hand. Tears were forming at the corners of her eyes, but he knew they wouldn’t fall, at least in their presence. Olivia was too proud for that.

“Don’t say you’re sorry. Nothings happened yet…” He hastened before he would choke up. He didn’t know if he should tell her why she’d died.

“Tony, there’s something I’ve got to tell you. Had I known that that would cause this I would’ve contacted someone right away, but…” She started, taking a breath to prevent crying. Denozzo raised his eyes, his full attention focused on her.

“A man showed up a week or so ago asking about April. I told him a few things she’d told me. He didn’t seem shady or anything. Clean cut, tan, looked like he had money. He said he was a third cousin or something trying to find her before his mom died or some story like that. After that he left and I hadn’t heard from him since. Do you think he’s going to kill her?”

“I don’t know. Olivia, I need you to tell me what he looked like. Or rather, could you look through some photos?”

“Sure, as long as it protects April. I’m sorry about what happened in high…”

Tony put his hand up. “Don’t. It’s over. We’ve all moved on. Our job now is to protect her. Think you could give her a ring and arrange a meeting place?”

“Yeah. Give me a minute.” With that said, Olivia released the Agents hand and made her way to the phone in the kitchen across the room.

When she was out of earshot, Tony turned to Jessie. “That was a lot easier than I thought. Let’s just hope we get results…” He tried to sound optimistic.



Olivia returned and looked slightly pale. Tony jumped to his feet immediately.

“Tony, she didn’t pick up. I tried her home, her pager, her cell. Something’s wrong, Tony. Please tell me you know where she is…” Olivia was crying now. He’d never seen her cry, but yet she was now.

“Tony I still love her! I don’t want to lose her. She never really loved Jason like she loved me…”

Tony held the Spanish woman and let her cry on his shoulder. With what she was saying, she was beginning to look like a suspect.

“I should ask for forgiveness, but I love her Tony. I told her it was wrong for her to keep coming here when she was married, but she told me I was the one she loved most. She would stay here while she told him she was on a vacation with friends. Damnit Tony, am I being punished?!” She pleaded.

“No…No, this is my fault. Don’t cry, we’ll find her.” He promised. He couldn’t tell her they were being hurt because of him. He couldn’t stop thinking of the things that bastard could be doing to her right now.

“Olivia, I need you to be strong. We’ve got to get to NCIS and Gibbs. He’ll take care of this.” He swore and hugged her. She nodded slightly before running to get a few things and blow her nose.


Before she came back he turned to Jessie. “We’ve got to find her.” He stated, his eyes full of emotion.

dirty.angel - 26-9-2007 at 11:03 PM
Jessie hadn’t said anything, the whole meeting. Nor the whole way back to NCIS head quarters. You see, this wasn’t a place for her to say anything. And knowing the way she was, she’d probably put her foot in it. God, she had no idea what Tony was going through. But she knew it must have been painful. Come on, he was already blaming himself for everything. They had to stop this before it got any further.

When they arrived, Jessie looked at Tony. “ Gonna go see Abbey, see if she’s pulled anything” It wasn’t that she shouldn’t have been there, but it was the fact that she didn’t need to be there. What they were going to talk about, it was more personal than business. And Jessie was sure Tony didn’t want anyone hearing about his personal stuff. Jessie hurried off down the lab, unsure of what exactly to say to anyone. This case was weird, a little too weird for Jessie. She was used to small town crimes, and what not. Not this kind of stuff, this, this was Kate’s domain. But apparently not anymore.

There was no good news as of yet. So Jessie figured she’d go through some case files. It just seemed easier than having to deal with the people. Having to relate to people on a level, that she wasn’t sure she had experienced. Sure, she’d gone through the whole Kate situation. But that was totally different. You see, she hadn’t had to go through the initial worry, of worrying about if they were actually dead. She didn’t know how that felt, that feeling was totally different to the feeling of getting the phone call you dread.

She wasn’t sure how long she’d been going through evidence, but, for as long as she had looked, day had turned into night, and it was beginning to get cold. Not to mention her stomach was churning for food. God, none of their evidence showed any evidence of who they wanted to arrest. God damn smart criminals.




{{OoC; Hey!! I finally replied! You can time skip or whatever you want. I just wasn’t sure what you wanted to do. So it’s kind short and bad, and I apologise!!}}

Yunalesca - 27-9-2007 at 05:43 AM
“We’ve got a location!” Probie yelled and waved a paper in the air as he approached Tony who was holding a cup of tea for Olivia and rubbing her back. They’d been there for a few a while, not saying much after she’d given a statement to Gibbs. Now they were just sitting there and trying to give each other courage.
“Let me see…” Denozzo jumped up right away and snatched the paper from the rookie and scanned it. “How did you…?”
“Gibbs got it. I’m not supposed to be showing you, but I knew you were worried. If he finds out…”
“Thought you’d slip it by me? I’m not the head of the department for nothing, McGee. You’re not even thinking about it Denozzo. I’m taking McGee with me.”
Tony didn’t want to cause a confrontation, but his frustration was building. This case was on him and he was being locked up like he wasn’t capable of protecting himself. The last thing he wanted was to upset Olivia, but he couldn’t hold himself in check again.
“Boss,” he pulled Jethro aside and tried to keep his voice low. “This is on me. Everything is on me. Let me take this, damnit. I can protect myself.”
Jethro’s vibe was throwing off irritation right away. “Well you did a damn good job of protecting yourself back at your place. Now you’re staying and that’s all there is to say. Take a seat.” He demanded and holstered his gun before stepping away and signaling to Timothy to follow.
Tony stared after them, and then looked at Olivia. She was looking right through him. Her eyes were unseeing and she acted as though she couldn’t hear a single thing that was going on around her. She had put herself in a shell to protect herself. She was trying to protect herself from the possible truth of April being gone.
Tony looked away, ran a hand through his hair before looking over his desk. He wasn’t going to be left behind. If Gibbs or Probie got killed because of this he wouldn’t be able to survive. Making up his mind, he nabbed a handgun from his desk and, setting his jaw in determination, walked out to the garage.

“Tony, did you…Aren’t you supposed to be upstairs?” Abbey questioned when she ran into Tony in the elevator. She saw the look in his eyes and stepped in front of him. “No, Tony. This time it will be you. I can’t let you go.”
Tony brushed past her without a word and walked with a purpose towards the parking garage. “This has to be settled.” He said more to himself than to her and left her standing there outside the elevator doors. He got in his car and, squealing his tires, left the lot for the location he’d memorized from the paper.

“Sweep around the back. We can’t be sure if he’s still here or if he’s got her in there. Treat this as a hostage situation.” Gibbs advised McGee before getting a nod and they scouted separately.
The place they’d gotten a tip of was on the outskirts of the city, close to the harbor. That was what worried Jethro the most. Her body could’ve been dumped or he could be hiding under the docks waiting for them. He resisted the temptation to yell out ‘NCIS’, knowing it could trigger violence. Slowly he approached the front door and jiggled the handle. It was unlocked, but it still wasn’t right. He moved to his left by some windows, creeping by and looking in briefly to get a layout.

Tony came to an abrupt stop a block away from the house and parked the car under a set of trees for concealment. Double checking his ammo, he figured he was ready. He looked at his reflection in the rearview mirror and nearly flinched. The haunted look was frightening. Shaking it off he exited the vehicle and didn’t bother locking it. 
He marched toward the house at an angle, appearing as merely a man coming home from work. He looked unthreatening at a distance but his eyes gave it away if you got close. He noticed one window was slightly opened and appeared there was nobody in the room.
Tony chose this as an entrance, knowing Gibbs and McGee were scouting around the perimeter first. He’d have to be quick. He quietly popped the screen and slid the window up soundlessly. He gazed around quickly to see if anyone was watching before jumping up into the sill and softly landing inside a bedroom. He crouched in a corner and pulled free his gun from his holster. He hadn’t even put on a vest. It was foolish and he regretted it now. He wasn’t looking for death, but for justice.
Poking out for a look it was then that he saw her, bound and gagged on the couch in the living room across the hall. April! His mind screamed as he saw the terror in her eyes. Then she saw him and a look of relief crossed her face, but it was replaced with concern. He knew who did this the moment he read her eyes. It was the man she’d left for him. He didn’t heed her warning and instead ran to her silently.
“April…” he whispered before untying her gag and working at the binds about her ankles and hands.
“Tony. Oh my God, Tony. Get out of here. He’s waiting, Tony…”
“Don’t move.” Called a voice behind Tony.
Denozzo stopped, unable to get her feet undone, only her hands.
“Drop the gun.”
Denozzo hesitated, but conformed and set the gun down at the foot of the couch. He turned slowly, knowing that would be the next command.
“Nice to see you again. ‘Course you’ve already seen me once recently.”
Tony locked eyes with the man and knew instantly it was April’s ex. He may have improved in looks, but his eyes gave him away.
“Why do…”
“Why? Tony,” he laughed. “You don’t get it? You took it away. I could easily take her now, but that won’t satisfy me. No, I’d rather take it out on you. I turned out just fine without her, but you have always been there. I was always just in your shadow. I realized how you were a better man then me and knew I had to get rid of you to be able to go on with life.”
He looked the man over again and set his jaw in determination. All he had to do was swing his leg out quick enough and knock him off his feet, then kick away the gun and it’d be done. Taking a chance, he readied his muscles. In a quick burst of energy Tony tried it, but he didn’t connect.
Instead, the man jumped over Tony’s leg and proceeded to kick him in the chest so he was lying on his back. A pistol with a silencer was aimed at his chest. He wished he’d put on a vest.
“Don’t make a sound, either of you!” He ordered. April stirred and began to cry and that was enough to anger her ex.
“James…” She cried in protest.
A shot was fired, only sounding of a whistle, and Tony suddenly felt immense pain through his left chest. He grew cold and gasped, his breaths growing short. He could hear April sobbing, trying to remain quiet.
“Didn’t think I would do it? You still have that scar Denozzo?”
“I…dying..” Tony gurgled as blood leaked from his mouth. If he was still alive, maybe he missed his heart by enough.
“Let’s see what we have here…” James knelt down and withdrew a knife. He ripped Tony’s shirt off and pressed the blade against his old scar. 
“Jame…” Tony tried, but it was cut off as he looked him in the eye and he saw he was crazed.
Laughing, James began to slice open Tony’s side. He tried to clench his jaw and remain quiet so he wouldn’t anger the man, but he couldn’t. He was pressing deeper and he felt he was dying. He began screaming and it shocked James.
The knife was pulled from his side and he grew cold again. He could feel his blood seeping into the carpet, his lifeblood.
“I told you not to…”
A gunshot was fired, or had he imagined it. Then he heard a gasp and the distinct sound of a body hitting the ground. 
“Tony. Oh god no. Tony…” He felt April’s warm hands on his face. She’d shot him. She’d picked up his gun and shot him. He tried to say something, but the blood in his throat was causing problems. He felt her lift his head into her lap. Even though he was bleeding on her, she was trying to save him. This could make her a suspect.
“No…They’ll think…”
“Tony, I’m here…” She whispered and he felt her tears fall on his cheek.
He was fading fast. He didn’t know if he was going to wake up. He coughed up some blood and his eyes began to roll back into his head. He was ice cold and his heart was starting to give out.


{ooc: Wholy crap that's longer than I thought.}

[Yunalesca]

dirty.angel - 27-9-2007 at 11:26 AM
Why hadn’t anyone told her till the last minute? Why, now was she the one that was always left out? She understood Gibbs taking Magee, but why didn’t they just tell her they were leaving? If it hadn’t been for Abbey, well….she’d be in a totally different situation.

It was when Abbey walked back into the lab, not quite looking herself that Jessie had to ask. Maybe she’d found something out that could help that. Truth was, it was something that would hinder them instead.
“ It’s Tony….”
“ What do you mean it’s Tony? Abbey….”
“ Well. Gibbs, Gibbs wouldn’t let him go to the location, so he went on his own. No vest, nothing…you should have seen his eyes Jessie”
That was enough for Jessie to drop everything. If Tony was going out, out in the state that he was in. He was going to get himself killed, and that thought just sent a chill down her spine. And this time, it wasn’t in a good way. 
“ Abbey, if there’s time, try and warn Gibbs. But I doubt there will be”
But Jessie didn’t have time for any small talk, she had to get there, to try her hardest to stop Tony. After all, she was the only one that knew he was there. She rushed down to the garage, having to stop at her desk to grab a gun. She glanced at Olivia, who hadn’t moved, but looked far worse than scared.
“ Everything will be alright” Jessie told her sincerely. But she said no more as she rushed down to the garage. Now what was quicker? Car or Bike?

The sound of a motorbikes engine was drawn out by the sound of ambulance sirens. The deathly ringing made her heart sink. Someone was hurt, and the unsettling feeling in her stomach made her think it was Tony. But god, she hoped it wasn’t. Sure, she’d only been there a month or two. She’d grown close to Tony. Maybe it was the connection they both had with Kate. But still, she couldn’t loose Tony. Going through it all again, it just wasn’t an option. Not this time. She pulled up, on the side of the road, and rushed down to the scene. Magee was talking to April, and when he spotted her, he went an even paler shade of white. The look she gave Magee, was harsh, but sincere. She knew she shouldn’t have been there. But she needed to be there. 

When her eyes laid upon the stretcher being wheeled out of the house, she wished she hadn’t come. When she saw Tony, lying there almost lifelessly, her heart and her stomach dropped. No, no he couldn’t be gone. She saw Gibbs, marching out behind the stretcher, so she didn’t move. She knew he wouldn’t want her there, and she knew that if she went anywhere near that stretcher, she’d be in heaps of trouble. She without a word, she turned on her heel, heading back to her bike. God, Tony better not die on her.

Jessie was already back, when the other two arrived. She looked at her computer screen as if she was doing something. She wasn’t. She was just clicking, not being able to get Tony and that stretcher off her mind. Magee set his stuff down on his
desk and glanced at her.
“ Gibbs…he wants to talk to you”
“ Fine” she muttered, getting up, and walking to where Gibbs was. God, she hoped, she hoped he had some type of good news to tell her. She couldn’t handle more bad news. 
“ Jessie….Tony’s in Hospital. He’s stable, but he hasn’t woken up. He suffered severe blood loss, and other injuries”
Jessie kinda just looked at Gibbs blankly. How could he be saying it with such ease?
“ Are…is he gonna wake up?” Jessie asked, feeling her stomach rise.
“ We hope so. The doctors say there’s a good chance. Just…go get some rest”

Jessie, after speaking to Gibbs. Didn’t go home. How could she when she knew Tony was lying in a hospital bed, in coma? She had to go see him. When she’d packed up everything at the office, gotten changed into some casual clothes, she drove to the hospital. The nurses were slightly unsure weather to let her in, but when she showed her badge, they smiled and led them to his room.

The room was quiet, the only sound was a beeping coming from a machine. She took a seat in the oddly cold room and just looked at Tony. Hoping that he’d wake up. She needed him to wake up, more importantly, she needed him.

Yunalesca - 29-9-2007 at 01:34 PM
April had been trying to keep him awake for several minutes before the front door was kicked in and Gibbs was at Tony’s side. He could hear him talking, but couldn’t understand. His eyes turned to him and the fear was apparent by one look. He didn’t want to die, just didn’t want anyone else getting hurt at his expense.
He tried to talk, but his body wouldn’t respond. Instead a tremor shook him and he couldn’t stop it. He’d lost control of his body. He grew frigid and blood leaked from his mouth. He was aware that in another fifteen minutes it would flow to his lungs and he’d suffocate from his own blood.
He felt someone take his hand. I was warm compared to his cold body. His eyes began to close as he grew tired despite his efforts.
“McGee! Get an ambulance down here, he’ll be gone in another ten minutes!” Gibbs yelled before turning back and bringing Tony back around. He wasn’t worried about James, the shot was fatal. It may be hard to explain, but he would make sure the case would get cleaned up appropriately while still doing his job.
“Denozzo. Don’t you quit on me. You’re not going to die. Come on, open your eyes!” He demanded and it filtered through Tony’s subconscious. He obeyed the order and his eyelids flew up and he gazed around, desperately trying to survive. He could feel his body failing and he had to keep himself from crying.
“McGee, I need you. We’ve got to stop this bleeding.” Gibbs called and Timothy was there in an instant after having called an ambulance.
“Bind the wound with some fabric, his shirt, here.” Gibbs ripped off a strip of Tony’s shirt that’d been torn off him and he handed it to McGee while he gently checked for the bullet. “It went through, good sign. Now tie it tight, Tony, this is going to sting…” he informed before McGee bound Tony’s shoulder. He looked him in the eye before tying it tight and Tony flinched while clenching his teeth. Atleast he could feel pain, it meant he was still alive.
Tony heard the sirens and was relieved until he felt short of breath. He gasped for air as he panicked, thinking a lung had collapsed. “Tony, stay with me. Tony…” Gibbs was yelling as Tony began to fade again and was growing hard of hearing. Sirens were going off in his head as his organs sent out signals of failure. He couldn’t breath and gasped like a fish out of water.
“Tony…In here! Hurry!” McGee yelled to the medics. 
The medics rushed into the room the moment Tony went into shock. He could no longer think and was unaware of others even being in the room. His eyes flitted back and forth without seeing, his breathing grew extremely shallow, and his pulse was fast, yet faint. The medics immediately relied on their training and raised his legs to restore normal blood pressure as his had skyrocketed.
The team gently removed his jacket and shirt from beneath him and slid him onto the stretcher and placed an oxygen mask over his nose and mouth. Preceding it they wheeled him out to the ambulance in a rush. They knew his state of condition and time was working against him.


Tony was in a coma by the time Jessie arrived and he hadn’t a clue she was there. He was lost inside himself as his body tried to repair, tried to survive. He didn’t know the extent of the damage, only that he didn’t like being in the dark with nobody to turn to. His senses were down so he didn’t know he was attached to several machines that could possibly be keeping him alive.
He was trying to move his fingers but everything failed. He was scared he’d died there before Gibbs and April. All he could remember was going into shock and losing control of his body. 
“Tony.”
Am I alive?
“Yes. Thought something so simple could put you down?”
I don’t remember. Who are you?
“Funny Denozzo. You almost got yourself killed over me.”
April! God he hadn’t saved her. What happened after he went into shock?
“Jesus. It’s Kate. You really need to get a clue Tony.” Then she appeared before him, same as ever.
Kate…I. It’s my fault…
“Stop it Tony. You didn’t kill me. I’ve been watching you. You’ve been killing yourself slowly thinking about me. Now look what happened. You could’ve died. You still can. There’s people who care too much about you to accept it if you die. You need to get yourself out of this coma.”
I can’t. The bullet should’ve killed me.
“You can and you have to. I was enough to damage you, imagine what would happen if you died too? Tony, NCIS will go down. You need to wake up.”
I can’t feel anything…
“Listen to me. Wake up. Do it for Jessie, damnit. She cares. You need to wake up. You need to get rid of all those pills too. Let me go. You’ll die if you don’t. Wake up. WAKE UP TONY!”


Tony’s eyes flickered open and he gazed around. It was night due to the lack of natural light. There were flowers on a table to his left and he was attached to several machines including an air mask. He was confused, not knowing how he’d gotten there. A paper next to him was headlined with ‘NCIS Agent Tony Denozzo Showing Little Signs of Improvement’ and he noticed the date. It was nearly two weeks after he’d been shot. He tried to moan, but felt tremendous pain in his throat and realized a tube was run down it. Probably running to his lung to make sure he didn’t suffocate.
He glanced over to his shoulder and could only see it was well bandaged. He wasn’t sure he wanted to see what it looked like. He was so tired and felt himself fade again, but he remembered Kate and forced his eyelids to remain open. The room was quiet and he felt suddenly cold again. He shouldn’t be with three blankets on him. He began to panic, thinking he was going back into shock but he immediately calmed himself. If his blood pressure went up so did his chances of going back into a coma and maybe never coming out this time.
He glanced around again and noticed Jessie was asleep on a sofa to his left. She looked peaceful, but strained at the same time. Dark bags were starting under her eyes and he had no doubt she’d been at the hospital more then she should have been.
He tried to shake off the drowsiness and heard one of the monitors beats speed up. It had to be a heart monitor. They’d know he’d be awake soon and he was relieved. He wanted to get back on the road to recovery and away from a coma.

{OOC: I wanted this to be so much better, I just didn't know how to make it so.}

dirty.angel - 30-9-2007 at 10:30 PM
It’d been a long two weeks. To say the least. The office had been busy as, catching up on all the paper work and what not. Gibbs had been working her and Magee to the bone, and it didn’t help that they were down a person. But because Tony wasn’t there, no body really spoke. There was no vibe. Everyone just put up and shut up. It wasn’t like Tony was dead, but he wasn’t here, and he was still wasn’t better. But they all had their fingers crossed. Because they couldn’t deal with another loss. 

Jessie, she’d been running herself stupid. All day at work, and all night at the hospital. After all, somebody had to be there when he woke up. Because he /would/ wake up. So, a normal day for the past two weeks had been; wake up, go home and be hygienic, get to work, work all day, get into the hospital at about 2am and fall asleep. So yeah, she hadn’t exactly been living a healthy lifestyle. But that’s what people who were important in your life drove you to. It’s like easy enough to say you’d do anything for you’re closest friend, well, Tony may have not been her closest friend, but he was one of the most important people in her life. 

Falling asleep to the sound of the beeping of the machine had become routine. It didn’t keep her up, it was just normal now. But that beeping, that was a different beeping. The one she was waking up to, it was a different beeping. It wasn’t the steady beeping she’d learned to live with. No, it was a totally different sound. This beeping, it increased, and then went steady. Did, did that mean he was awake? No, she’d hear him, or people or something. She had to be hallucinating, Or delusional, actually.

So, she awoke when it was time to wake up. 7am, actually. And, she didn’t even need a clock, it was too routine. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around the dark, grey hospital room. A few nurses walked in and out as usual, but that always happened. Jessie uncurled herself from the couch and looked over at Tony. She could have sworn she saw him move. She rubbed her sleep heavy eyes before rising and walking over to him. When she saw that he was awake, she almost fainted. Maybe that was from getting up too quick. Who knows. But she knew she was awake.

“ Tony….?”

The room was quiet, and her voice was hoarse and husky from just waking up. But when she cleared her throat that went away, she looked back down at him and gave a small smile.

“ Had us scared for a while”
She paid no attention to the new beeps, or anything of the like, or the fact that a few monitors or tubes had been removed. The only thing she payed attention to, was that Tony was awake, and alive.


{{OoC; I liked it}}

Yunalesca - 5-10-2007 at 10:10 AM
Tony looked up at Jessie and tried to smile beneath the oxygen mask. It was painful to move yet because of the IV and several other machines that were hooked up to him. His eyes still held back a fear from how much damage had been done. He’d been shot in the chest, close to the heart, what did that mean for him? At least he was alive…
He was unable to reply to her comment due to the tube running down his throat that continually made him want to gag. Instead Denozzo painfully reached out and took one of her hands. He had to feel the warmth again. He’d been ice cold since the moment he’d been shot from both fear and injuries. He was still frightened of what’d happened even though it’d passed. He fought against the tears that were forming in his eyes. He couldn’t cry in front of her, not while he was in the hospital and living because of machines.
“You’re awake, that’s good.” A nurse commented rather simply. She sounded un-amazed, but he knew better. She was simply staying calm so his blood pressure wouldn’t be set off again from excitement. “You’re girlfriend has hardly left your side. She must’ve brought you back.” She said as his oxygen mask was removed and the tube gently pulled from his throat. He wanted to correct her, but his throat hurt far too much. The mask was placed back over his nose and mouth and he began to worry. Did that mean he couldn’t breath on his own yet?
“Don’t get excited, your blood pressure is borderline. We just have to be careful. This mask can help prevent you from falling under again.” She said, remaining vague. Couldn’t give too much away or his heartbeat would quicken and he’d go back to a coma.
“Your charts look good. You can eat in a few hours if you feel well enough. IV’s can’t be too filling.” She said with a smile before nodding to Jessie and stepping out. A doctor would be in soon to check his thoroughly. It had to be around four or five. Jessie had to sleep, she’d been working and coming here to stay. He tried to tell her to go home, but he winced as his throat tightened. He tried to sign for paper and she seemed to understand by getting him a pen and a small pad of paper.
He scratched a message on the paper, knowing it looked terrible. He wasn’t used to be awake yet and his eyes were still adjusting as well as his brain. ‘Get some sleep. You’ve got work. I’ll be fine here.’ He showed the message to her. He wanted her to stay, god knew he did, but he wouldn’t stand between her and the much needed sleep. He hoped she didn’t look into his eyes. They were pleading for company. He’d nearly died and he was afraid of dying alone.
He tried to plead with his eyes for her to go home and rest, but his mind was pleading for her company.

dirty.angel - 5-10-2007 at 11:10 AM
Jessie went to correct the woman herself, but really, was too tired to even care at the time. She listened to the nurse, explain the whole oxygen mask stuff, but it didn’t really register. It was four in the morning, she’d had about two and a half hours sleep. The only thing she was sure of was that Tony was awake, in the hospital. That, she was damn sure of.

His hands were cold, and all she could do was wrap her hand around his, and hope. She couldn’t bare to have him go back to where he’d been. She wouldn’t be able to cope if he went back into coma. She watched him, a tired smile on her face, and did what he asked, she passed him a pen and paper. Secretly she did wonder if he knew how to write and stuff. What? He didn’t have a brain injury Jessie. See how the sleep was getting to her.

She read, the somewhat scribbled message. Having to read it a couple of times to make sure she actually got the right message before she looked at Tony. She gave a soft shake of her head, and one of those small smiles. Like hell she was leaving, no way, she’d slept on that damn couch, that very uncomfortable couch for two weeks. She definitely wasn’t leaving now, she couldn’t leave him now. Not when he was awake. 

“ Yeah…Tony…not gonna happen” she told him sincerely, giving his hand a soft squeeze. She wanted to be there for as long as she could. She really wanted Tony to be awake when she came back from work. God, she hoped he was.
“ How lucky for you, hospital food for your first meal awake. Tasty” there, was a huge hint of sarcasm in her voice, well….who really liked hospital food anyway? It was kinda….gross, and it did smell a bit funny. “ Wonder….I wonder if you’d be able to eat pizza? I mean…it is a cause for celebration” she grinned “ Anyway, I should probably shut up shouldn’t I? Yeah…I think that’d be a good idea” a slight laugh escaped her lips, as she looked back over at Tony. At least he was awake, and alive. Not like she’d been asking for anything else the past two weeks.

Yunalesca - 5-10-2007 at 02:44 PM
Tony was relieved she was staying but also felt guilty. She was putting him before herself and it shouldn’t be like that. He’d put himself in this position and people were suffering for it. He began to grow angry with himself, but stopped. There wasn’t anything he could do but get healthy so they’d stop worrying. That made him think of Gibbs and how he owed him. He probably wouldn’t be alive if he hadn’t been there, telling him to hang on.
When she squeezed his hand he felt a warmth flow through him. He didn’t know what it was, but he felt better. By seeing her smile and hearing her laugh he felt the depression leave his body. She made him feel like he could make it back at a hundred percent. She made him feel alive like no other person, let alone woman, had made him feel.
“Tony Dinozzo.” The doctor said as he entered, looking over Tony’s charts. “You’re lucky. Bullet missed your heart, but I do have some bad news.” He said and stood next to Tony. 
Tony’s blue eyes closed and his heartbeat sped up a tick. He wasn’t in the clear yet and it was frightening. He’d never been afraid, but now…
“It went through clean, but it nicked your lung and we need to go in and make repairs. These machines are what are keeping you breathing right now. I know this is not the first thing you want to hear, but you’ll be wheeled into surgery at nine.”
Tony swallowed the lump in his throat painfully. That meant more time in the hospital than at home where he wanted to be. 
“You might want to get some rest. You can close your eyes without worrying. You won’t go back into a coma.” The doctor assured before leaving.
Tony looked away from Jessie. He didn’t want to see the look on her face or let her see the look on his. He was stricken and paler then before. He felt helpless and hated it. He’d promised Kate he’d let her go, but the depression had returned and he couldn’t stop thinking about her again. Her gentle eyes were before him and he remembered that moment. She turned to him, then her blood was on him. She fell to the ground in a heap, dead.
He closed his eyes and blocked the tears. Her face was there again. He lifted an arm painfully to his face and rubbed his forehead. He half wished James had disposed of him rather than going through this trouble. What was he to do while he recovered, a recovery that was going to take longer now. He still had the depression pills and sleeping pills back at home and he couldn’t trust himself to them in his reach.
A nurse came in and checked on his vitals again before changing his IV bag. Little did he know, due to his distress, she attached a codeine drip to the bag and he would be asleep in less then a minute. The doctor had advised it due to the news he’d received.
Tony relaxed his arm at his side and looked back at Jessie. His eyes began to close slowly. He tried to fight it, but his lids dropped to blurring his vision, then they closed completely and he was out.

dirty.angel - 5-10-2007 at 04:18 PM
Well it wasn’t what she was expecting, or what she really wanted to hear. But, if it was going to get Tony better, then in a way it was good news. Right? She watched him for a moment, letting her eyes fall to the floor for a moment. When she looked up, the nurse had already hooked up the codeine, and Tony was almost out of it. “ I’ll see you when you get out” she told him with a whisper. 

She watched Tony for a while, watching him as he peacefully slept, although she didn’t know what was going through his mind. He looked peaceful. It was then that she looked up at the clock and noticed she had to go to work. Making sure Tony was alright, well, as alright as he could be, she grabbed the few things she bought with her, taking one last look at Tony before she left.

The drive back to her house, and then to work seemed to go on for ages. And when she arrived at work, and the clock struck nine. All she could think about was Tony going into surgery. Every time Magee asked a question, she hardly ever listened; her answers were half assed, it was like, she’d totally zoned out. And the only thing that mattered was the clock. As every minute clocked over, every second went by, it was all a blur. And it seemed as if she didn’t take her eyes off the clock.

Gibbs was the one to snap her out of her daze. When he walked into the office block, muttering something, it seems like he could tell that Jessie knew something about Tony. Maybe it was the fact that her facial expression didn’t change for a good half an hour, since he walked through last time.

“ Jessie…go home, get some rest. We’ll call if anything comes up”
“ Boss, I’m fine. Just…fine”
“ Go home. If we get an update on Tony we’ll call”
“ Fine…”

She hadn’t wanted to go home. But, if something had come up, in the state that she was in, she’d be no help to anyone. She’d probably be dangerous to have around, and would more than likely make more than one mistake. Which, usually, with her luck, screws up the rest of the case. Slowly, she packed up her stuff and finally drove home. For a well needed sleep.

And sleep she did, for about 5 or so hours. Which, was good. The only thing waking her up, was the phone ringing. She answered, listening to some random nurse telling her that Tony was out of surgery and could have visitors. After thanking the nurse, she gave a call to a pizza shop, and got herself cleaned up and ready to go.

After a quick stop at Tony’s favourite pizza place. She arrived at the hospital. Not even sure if he could eat. But surely the smell of pizza would be good enough for him. After all, the smell of hospital anything was pretty gross. Quietly, she walked into Tony’s room, seeing the lack of machines was always a good sign. The square cardboard box was placed in front of Tony on the little table, and Jessie took her usual seat on the couch. Waiting, as usual.

Yunalesca - 6-10-2007 at 06:56 AM
Tony woke just before the nurses wheeled him into surgery. He didn’t know how it was going to be handled in his current situation, but they couldn’t go longer without repairing the damage. He was restless as he lay in his bed, machines still attached. He wanted to walk around instead of lay practically immobile. He’d watched the nurse change his bandages when he woke and was slightly repulsed. Only a little hole around his shoulder but bruises were starting to show and you could see veins if you looked into the wound.

“Alright Tony, you’re going under now. You’ll be wheeled in and they’re going to give you a drip that will put you to sleep. When you wake up you’ll be all set.” A nurse explained with a smile. He hoped that was all it would be, but the complexities of the surgery could prove difficult. He’d seen Ducky at work and doing such things on a dead person wasn’t easy in fear of nicking something and blood spattering. He suddenly felt nauseous at the thought of it.

His bed shifted slightly and then he was being wheeled through double doors and into a surgery room. He glanced around and noticed an observation deck. No doubt there’d be interns viewing in awe at the procedure. A chill hit him at the knowledge of what was to come and how quickly the temperature had dropped.
“Hello there, Mr. Dinozzo. I’m Dr. Johnasta and I’ll be performing your surgery today. We’re going to drape this blanket over you until you fall asleep so you’ll feel comfortable. Please do not stress, it’s a simple procedure.”

Dinozzo wanted to laugh at the doctor trying to be sincere. They were all trying to make light of the situation when everyone, including him, knew that his life could possibly be riding on this surgery. It still made him wonder if he could be an agent again. He was sure it’d affect him somehow. But then he knew Gibbs would pull every string to keep him on the team despite how Tony had acted. It was like a father-son relationship they had with each concerned for each others safety. That was what had landed him on the bed in the first place. He hadn’t wanted anyone to get hurt over him.

“Just close your eyes, Tony. It’ll all be over when you wake up…” A nurse told him and he felt his lids droop again. He grew rather tired and fell asleep as soon as the thought came into his head.

“I don’t know what happened sir!” 
Tony felt his eyes open again and he realized he was still in the operation room. Oh God, was he opened up and came out of it?

“Tony, Tony. It’s alright, you’re fine. Just scared us a little bit. The surgeries over, you can calm down.” The doctor said while he was at his side. Tony didn’t have a clue to what he was saying, but he could tell something had happened with the way the machines were beeping like crazy in tune with his heart. He took a breath and felt his throat clench again. They’d ran a tube down to his lung apparently.

His eyes gazed around quickly and he saw looks of terror on all the nurses’ faces. What had happened while he was under? He was certain he hadn’t died. He hadn’t dreamt at all and he was sure he would’ve seen some kind of light, right?

“Don’t take him back to his room. Move him to the intensive care so we can keep an eye on him. I’m not sure what made him have that seizure and I want someone to be close in case something happens again.” Tony heard the doctor whispering to a RN. God, he’d had a seizure while he was being operated on?! He felt like he was going to die in here.

The nurse wheeled him out of the room and back to the main hospital where he would be staying. He had to tell them to let NCIS know. Well, to tell them, but leave the part about the seizure out. If Jessie and Abby got word they’d be running down there worried and he didn’t want that. 

Once he was in his new room he tugged the nurse’s shirt and asked her for a pen and paper via signing. She nodded and handed him what he’d requested. He scribbled a note, his handwriting improved slightly from the last time. It read: ‘Call NCIS and tell Gibbs what happened, but don’t let anyone else know about the seizure. Give them my new room number.’ The nurse smiled to him and said she understood and left the room. He wished he could remove the mask, but was afraid of what could happen if he did so. They hadn’t taken it off for a reason. The problem was fixed wasn’t it? Or had something else happened while he was under? He was going to get an explanation from the doctor.

dirty.angel - 6-10-2007 at 03:05 PM
It was a while before Jessie noticed Tony had awoken. She wasn’t even sure if he’d been awake that long. But hey, at least he was awake. Smiling over at him, she looked up, and this time it wasn’t a tired smile. This time, it was more of a ‘I’m glad you’re alive, and awake’ not a ‘thank god you’re finally awake’ smile. She glanced at the pizza then at Tony.

“ Wasn’t sure if you could eat it or not. But I figured the smell would make you feel better, well…better than hospital’s make you feel” she chuckled, walking over to the bed, taking his hand once more. Granted, he looked a lot better than before, and than he had over the past two weeks. He had a bit of colour back in him, and he wasn’t that ghostly white colour. 

“ So…um…Gibbs wants to know when you’ll be back. He says your two week holiday is over” she chuckled, shaking her head lightly. Well, Gibbs was the one who was a little more positive in the office. He’d been cracking his, weird little jokes here and there, which the only person who understood, was lying in a hospital bed. It’d seemed like everyone was missing Tony for their own reasons. Gibbs, it was like he was missing a son, Magee was having withdrawal symptoms from being bullied, Abbey was missing someone who was much like a brother, and Jessie, well, she had her reasons.

It was hard, hard to know how Jessie felt about Tony. Sometimes, it was all just flirting, but lately, she could feel her heart strings being pulled. Maybe, it was just the fear of losing someone close to her again. Or, maybe it was a developing crush? No, it couldn’t be, crushes were for teenage girls. She couldn’t like Tony in that way, he was just a colleague, who she shared a few jokes with. Right?


{{OoC; Sorry it's so short!}}

Yunalesca - 8-10-2007 at 02:22 PM
Tony had to laugh at her comment on Gibbs. He would say something like that in all seriousness, but he knew it was joke. He wasn’t surprised that he hadn’t been there yet, well at least while he was awake. He was like that. He cared from a distance. It’d been hard for him to get too close since Kate was gone, but he did whether he liked it or not. He’d done all he could for Tony at the crime scene and now he was leaving it in his hands to care for himself. Dinozzo wasn’t upset in the least. He’d seen how his boss had been concerned, seen the fear in his eyes when Tony started to slip from consciousness. 

He cleared his throat, the soreness beginning to dissipate from the drip they had him on. He’d be damned if they put another tube down his throat even if it would save his life.

“I don’t know if I can eat yet. They weren’t aloud to feed me before I went in…” He stopped and swallowed, his voice raspy as he talked. “They’ve got me on IV’s and haven’t removed the mask yet.” He wasn’t going to say what they both knew. He might still be in some sort of danger. He was thankful she didn’t know about his seizure. He didn’t want her to worry for him more then she already was.

“Pizza, huh?” The doctor said as he entered the room, his scrubs gone and in normal doctor attire with lab coat. “You’re good to be released tomorrow, but under a few conditions. First off, you have to take an oxygen tank and mask with you. It’s just precautionary. You have to also take some meds with you and have a phone by you at all times. You’re good to be released, but we still worry. Every out-patient surgery is still considered surgery and we need to make sure you’ll be all right alone. We’d prefer patients to stay with a relative or friends, but we have no doubts you’re eager to get home.”

Tony wasn’t fooled by the first part. Something was still wrong and they didn’t know what it was yet. It seemed like a gamble for them to be sending him home and hoping nothing would happen. He wasn’t about to complain though. Medications he was worried about though. He’d started to get addicted to his depression and sleep pills, what would his dependency be like with Tylenol 3’s?

“You can eat as well, just don’t leave the mask off for too long. You really shouldn’t get the wounds wet for about a week yet. The stitches could come loose with water. Watch your diet, if you have any reactions let us know.”

Tony stopped listening to the doctor after a while and simply nodded when he left. He wanted to know what they weren’t telling him. He had every right to know, but he was afraid to at the same time. It seemed to be enough to upset him and get his heart pumping with fear. He looked at Jessie and forced a smile beneath the mask.

dirty.angel - 25-10-2007 at 09:21 PM
At least one of them was listening, Jessie had made sure to listen intently to the doctor. If it was going to save Tony’s life she was going to listen. When the doctor left, and it was just her and Tony, she gave a soft smile. “ You know, I’m gonna figure underneath that mask, there is a Tony DiNozzo smile” god knows there definitely wasn’t a normal Jessie Green smile on her face, sure, she wasn’t as tired as she had been. But, she still was really run down. Right now though, none of that mattered, because Tony was awake, and he was well.

“ So, you want me to call Magee and see if he wants to stay with you while you recover? I’m sure he’ll be great company” she joked, looking at Tony with a smile. Oh, she could see it now, Magee and Tony sitting on the couch, in dead silence, what a scene that would be to watch. But she doubted he wanted Magee to stay with him. He’d probably ask Gibbs or family or something. Which, well, she didn’t blame him; no one would want to spend their recovery time with Magee.

She had to look at the upside to all of this. At least Tony was alive, and was recovering. Right now, there was no downside. Except for a pizza going cold. “ Well, I guess, if you’re not gonna eat this, then I’ll have to eat it myself” she grinned, putting her feet up on the other chair and opening up the pizza box. Even when the poor guy was on a hospital bed, she still had a playful manner about her. What? The poor guy hadn’t had any fun in the last two or so weeks, nothing like a bit of playfulness to make someone have some fun and smile.

Yunalesca - 2-11-2007 at 12:32 AM
Tony had to smile at Jessie as she poked fun with him. It was good to be in her presence again and he contemplated asking to stay with her, but immediately thought different of it. He wanted to go home, be in his own bed and be around his things. He also wanted to call April and see how she was. He could imagine she was in shock and may even need counseling. He’d been shot right in front of her; he knew what it was like. At least he survived. The last thing he wanted was for her to lose herself, like he had, at the site of the death of someone she knew and, perhaps, loved.

“I’m glad you weren’t there…” He said aloud without meaning to. He couldn’t bear the idea of Jessie being in danger on his behalf. He couldn’t look at her face without the thought lingering. He turned his head to stare at the open door of his room. Thankfully before he could hear a rebuttal a nurse entered with some of his clothes that someone had dropped off. He figured they’d thrown away the clothes he’d been shot in and good riddance. The last thing he needed was an emotional connection with a set of clothes.

“I’m sorry, but we have to ask you to leave Special Agent Green. We’ve got to get Mr. Dinozzo ready to go home.” She smiled and started to draw the curtain for him. He looked over at Jessie just before she was closed out by the curtain and saw something in her eyes that hurt. He was shutting her out and she knew it. It stabbed him in his core to know he’d put that look in her eyes, but he was doing it to protect her from him. He didn’t want her to see the dark side of him that’d been shot down until now.



Gibbs was waiting for Tony in the lobby and he couldn’t keep the look of surprise from his face. He was the last person he expected to see when leaving. 

“You’re looking better.” He stated flatly and walked alongside Tony and the nurse as she pushed him in a wheelchair to the outside. Gibbs’ car was parked out front idling. “I’ll be taking you home.” He said before Tony could question. He felt a long discussion coming on.

“I’ve given Mr. Gibbs all your things as well as instructions and equipment for your oxygen mask.” The nurse smiled before helping Tony slide into the passenger seat and taking away the wheelchair. Dinozzo looked around for Jessie.

“I sent her home.” Gibbs stated as he closed the drivers side door and pulled away. Tony pulled the mask off and took a deep breath of real air. “Put that back on.” His boss ordered sternly. He knew more than Tony, just like everyone else. “You did something really stupid…” Here we go. Tony thought and leaned back. “You could’ve gotten killed. But you also might’ve saved three more people, including myself. I don’t condone what you did, but I can’t ignore it. It was an unselfish act, but it also seemed like a suicide attempt. I’m worried you’re going to try and end it while you’re alone.”

“Boss, I’m not going to kill myself. She made me come back.” Tony looked at his boss and saw some of the hardness leave his eyes. “I may have been trying to get myself killed, but I don’t plan on trying it again.” Tony looked away and was silent the rest of the way.



“I can walk…” Dinozzo stated as Gibbs tried to think of means to help. They locked eyes again and Tony stood as Gibbs grabbed the heavy canisters of oxygen and placed them on a cart that came with it. Tony couldn’t bear looking at them and wasn’t sure he wanted to see his reflection either. He knew he looked weak and unable to take care of himself. He wouldn’t be going back until he looked better, he promised. He felt the same as the last time he’d taken time from his job and he didn’t like it. The depression was creeping in no matter how hard he tried to fight it. He knew Kate was there watching him, but it wasn’t comforting. He couldn’t promise Gibbs what he would do if he slipped under again. He didn’t plan on it, but as they all knew now, many things didn’t go according to plan.

dirty.angel - 2-11-2007 at 10:31 PM
Well that was a kick in the….head? No it was definitely worse than that. It was like a kick in the ovaries or something. He was shutting her out, after the past two weeks and he was shutting her out. Yeah, that was worst than a kick in the head. When the curtain was fully closed on her, she left, scurrying out to the lobby and the vending machine. She thought she was alone, so a bag of M&M’s, and a bag of gummi bears later, she sat in the lobby, pretty sure she was alone.

Seeing a pair of feet in front of her as she set her bag on the floor, she figured she wasn’t, and those shoes were definitely some ones she knew. Without another thought she knew who it was, she looked up, seeing the stern look on Gibbs face. Wait, he was here? He hadn’t been to the hospital the whole time Tony had been there and now he had decided to come visit. That was hardly fair.
“ Jessie, go home. Get some rest okay, you can’t do anything else”
Sad thing was, she knew he was right. And as much as she didn’t want to admit it, she knew he was only doing it to protect her. Sure, she’d seen Tony when he’d been bad, but he’d be at his worse for the next few days. Guess Gibbs would be looking after him. 

To tell the truth, it kinda pissed her off just that little bit. She’d been losing sleep every night, she’d been sleeping at the hotel, and now Gibbs was just going to waltz in and take care of Tony after she put in the hard yards. Yeah, that really made a lot of sense. Sighing, she picked up her bag and headed out the lobby, not really saying anything. The worst part was she knew he was right, but she couldn’t exactly tell Gibbs that she wanted Tony to stay with her. She could only really just look after herself, how would she go looking after Tony? Getting to her bike, she gave a sigh, putting everything in the right compartments before speeding off, just as Tony and Gibbs walked out. Great timing, hopefully Tony didn’t think she’d run off on him. 

It wasn’t a very long trip home, and truth be told, she was glad to be there. She needed more sleep than she had gotten earlier, so in a way it was good that she had been sent home. But like she’d admit it! She reached her front door, placed in the key and gave the door a push, shutting it behind her, within a few steps she fell onto her couch, and closed her eyes. Sleepy time. Well, not really, she had a feeling her phone would go off halfway through the night and she’d wake up once more. Ah, what a life huh.

Yunalesca - 30-11-2007 at 09:07 AM
Tony stared at his reflection in his bathroom mirror and wanted to punch through the picture he saw. Dark circles under his eyes and oxygen mask over his face he looked like a drug addict. If he ‘d looked into the medicine cabinet behind the mirror he would’ve been angrier. He knew how many bottles of anti-depressants were in there. If he saw them…

He started to reach for the side of the mirror to open it, but stopped himself and turned away instead. It was the second night he’d been home alone and he didn’t believe he was recovering. Wheeling around the oxygen tank every time he needed to get up and move made him angry. Several times he’d nearly taken the mask off, but didn’t. 

He grabbed the handle to the cart and pushed it out of the bathroom in front of him, then dragged it behind as he moved over to his refrigerator. Out of boredom he opened it and stared at the diminished piles of food. He hadn’t eaten them, but had to throw them out since half had rotted while he’d been in the hospital. At the thought he slammed the fridge door shut and leaned over the bar counter, knuckles turning white as he clutched the edge of the surface. His anger would come in spurts for no reason. Simple words that connected to the case would send him off the handle. He’d saved their lives, but he couldn’t get past how blind he’d been. How he’d been manipulated and sucked into the middle of it like a sheep.

“What is wrong with me?!” He yelled and without a thought, kicked at the oxygen tank before sinking to his knees. He knew he should get back on medication, but wouldn’t let himself. He was living in fear of what he would become if he went back to relying on the addictive prescriptions. 

He looked up and knew he had to get away from his house until he recovered. Wincing, he rose and felt for his phone. There was oddly onle one person he thought to call. Flipping through his contacts he hit the call button to Jessie's cell. He hoped she wasn't asleep at 10 PM. He needed to get out of his environment.

dirty.angel - 2-12-2007 at 03:00 PM
It would be an understatment to say that the last couple of days had been easy for Jessie. Sure, she was happy that Tony was out of hospital, well, she was more than happy. She was estatic, but she was still just as worried about him. In fact, she was probably more worried than she was when he was in hospital, he wasn't in the care of qualified doctors and nurses anymore, he was taking care of himself, and Jessie knew he was taking it harder than people thought. Should she be worried about him? She was just a friend right? She shouldn't be worrying as much as she was. The way she was worrying, you would have thought, she was his girlfriend. But that certainly wasn't the case, as she, had to explain to many of the nurses at the hospital.


She sat, on her couch, surrounded by the mess that she called her house. Surrounding her couch was clothes, old pizza boxes, chinese takeout boxes (minus the chopsticks) and just basically random shit. It wasn't that she was an un-tidy person, it was that she never really had enough time to clean, so things just collected and collected. And there was a reason for the large amount of take out food boxes, it was because...well the girl couldn't cook. She just couldn't, she couldn't even cook toast, it usually came out burnt, black, and horrible. Oh, she was definetly the housewife a guy was looking for. It was kind of late, and she was back from NCIS Headquaters, just having a night watching DVD's, and that was when Tony rang, she swallowed that bitof pizza before she picked up.

" Hey Tony?" she was kind of unsure as to why exactly he was ringing her, but when he explained, she was more than happy, actually, she felt alot better knowing that he wanted someone around.

" Sure, I don't mind at all, do you want me to come meet you? Or...?"

Yunalesca - 5-12-2007 at 11:45 AM
“I, uh. I can’t..drive.” He dropped off with. He hated saying it. The last thing he needed was to keep admitting how helpless he was. Doing wonders for his psyche. He closed his eyes and took a breath. He’d probably sounded harsh and knew it wasn’t her fault he was in a bad mood. “I’m sorry. I just…There’s a lot going on that I can’t handle.” Godamnit… he yelled in his head as he admitted being helpless again.

“My car’s here if you want to take that. Listen, I should go take a shower real quick…See you in a bit.” He said and hung up. He couldn’t take being an asshole to her. It was uncontrolled and on top of that he’d lied. Some guy he was being. She would probably pick up on his being uncharacteristic. Trying to block what he’d said he wheeled his oxygen cart back to the bathroom and he opened his cabinet. Six different bottles of anti-depressants stared back at him. He grabbed the one with the least dosage and pulled the mask off his face. He popped a pill in his mouth before he could think better of it and took a sip of water from the faucet before replacing the mask and swallowing the anti-depressant. 

He quickly closed the cabinet and turned away to pack his bags. He didn’t know how long he’d be staying. He just hoped it wasn’t awkward. When he heard a knock at his door he put his bag on the cart and walked past the bathroom, but stopped and turned around. He opened the cabinet and pulled a bottle of anti-depressant and stuffed it into one of his bags.

dirty.angel - 5-12-2007 at 12:35 PM
Standing at Tony's door Jessie waited for Tony to grab his bags and what not. She hadn't even cleaned up her own house, so she hoped he could deal with mess. Smiling as he opened the door, she spoke. " I hope that thing fits on my bike" she joked, stuffing her hands in her pockets and heading down the stairs. Yes, she did actually have a lisence to drive, scarily enough. She turned and watched Tony with a smile. " You'd wanna hurry, pizza guy said he'd be there in 15 minutes" she chimed. Okay, so she just wanted to see him smile she hadn't slept on a couch in a hospital for two weeks to have him be down. So she was going to do all she could just to make him smile. Because the Tony DiNozzo she knew, he wasn't like this. Maybe she didn't know the real Tony DiNozzo, but the one she knew, words just didn't describe.

She stood down at her little VW Beetle, yeah, she went from one extreme to the other, motorbike and a beetle. She'd popped the boot so he could throw his bags in. She wasn't going to do everything for him. She knew that would just piss him off. 

Finally, when Tony was all set in the car, she got in and sped off. Hey, the pizza was waiting. It wasn't a long drive, and it wasn't awkward. She wouldn't let it be awkward, she did understand why he was in such a bad mood, hey, she'd be exactly the same if it had happened to her. After the short, ten minute drive, Jessie got out the car and looked at her house. " It's messy, and I recommend not eatinganything from my fridge"

Yunalesca - 6-12-2007 at 02:19 AM
Tony felt the full effects of the anti-depressant by the time they reached Jessie’s house. His mood had changed from the verge of suicide to happiness for just being a seat away from his co-worker. He was nearly in the same state of mind as when they’d first met. He just wasn’t trying to use a pick-up line to get her out to a date with him. When she commented on a messy home he smiled at her. This time it wasn’t forced. “You obviously haven’t seen my place after…Well never mind.” He wasn’t going to elaborate on the bachelor party he’d held at his place for one of his out-of-the-workplace friends. Since meeting her he had been trying to keep part of himself sheltered from her. It was odd to him, but he was starting to understand why.

He got his things out of her car without her help and he wasn’t angry about it. The anti-depressant was working wonders and he was considering staying on it for a while. He had to take another before bed to be in a good mood the next day. He hated taking it twice a day, but he preferred it over the liquid that tasted terrible and was taken once a day. He hoped she didn’t ask why his mood had improved. There was no doubt she’d been briefed by somebody about his previous addiction and long vacation. “It’ll be good to eat something other than hospital food. I hope you ordered more than one.” He joked and wheeled his oxygen tank up to the front door and let himself in. Rather forward, even for him, but it was the medications effects. It made parts of his brain fire off more neurons that had him act slightly ADD, one of the side effects.

He glanced around the place and smiled. Feminine touches here and there, but it led you to believe she was usually considered just one of the boys. Her seemingly inability to cook could lead him to impress her with his skills if they were to ever live together. Where the hell did that come from…? He said, thoughts floored for a moment. He shook it off and set his things down by the door, waiting for Jessie to set him up with a place to sleep.

dirty.angel - 6-12-2007 at 09:20 PM
She had noticed his mood change, but Jessie put down to not being at home. And it wasn't like she was complaining, happy Tony, was much better than depressed Tony. After all, he was more fun that way. Scratching her head, she looked around, okay so there were two more rooms and the couch. " Okay, so, there is either that room over there, that has a bathroom attatched, or the back room, or, if you really want you can push the crap off the couch and sleep there" she shrugged " Your choice" she chimed, jumping over a few piles of stuff to get to the kitchen, grabbing out a couple of beers. 

Jessie's small townhouse, had three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and it was pretty big for one person. But more often than not Kate had crashed the night, so it was better for the two of them, but now, she just paid the rent to live in this house by herself. Yeah, it sucked out loud. If you looked around the house, the walls were plain coloured and didn't really have all that much on them, but on the small tables, draws and shelves, there were many framed photos. Alot of Jessie and Kate on their many adventures. She still hadn't bought herself to take some of them down. That would definetly take some time. Hell, she still got upset about the whole Kate thing pretty easily. It was a tough subject, she could deal with some of the stuff people said, but there was some that she really just couldn't handle. But hey! Wounds take time to heal. 

Eyeing Tony she laughed. " And yes, there's more than one pizza" hearing the doorbell she headed to the door quickly, trying to jump all the piles of crap, unfortunately, she mis-timed one and tripped, standing quickly, and looking around unsure if Tony saw she kept heading to the door. " I'm good" she laughed, opening the door and talking to the pizza boy before coming back in. " Pizza's here" she called, dumping it with the beers on the coffee table. " You can move your stuff in later, food and beer, I believe is more important than that" Yep, you could definetly say she was one of the boys, and she was kind of a tom-boy. She enjoyed mud, dirt, and pizza. But there were alot of girl qualities about her, you go into her bathroom and there was hair products, make up, and god knows what else stashed somewhere, you go into her wardrobe and there were heaps of skirts and dresses, you go into her draws...well, lets not go there. After all, she was pretty sure Tony wouldn't be going there anytime soon anyway.

She smiled over at Tony and patted the seat next to her. " What? You never met a girl who likes pizza and beer or something?" she asked with a chuckle. Could this be the start of something Jessie had been waiting for? Nah, she couldn't like Tony in that way...could she?

Yunalesca - 7-12-2007 at 07:48 AM
He laughed at her and took the seat next to her. Most of the girls he went after were extremely feminine. That could be his problem too. He sighed and slowly removed the mask. This would be the first time he’d be having it off for more then a few minutes. He thought he saw a tension cross Jessie’s face, but he remained focused on keeping calm. The oxygen mask came off and he took a breath, then another. His body remained normal and he smiled at her. “All clear.”

Tony nabbed a slice of pizza and ate away at it without looking at her. He was almost feeling high with excitement that he could eat and breathe without struggle or an emergency trip back to the hospital. “To a fast recovery and me returning to making your life miserable at the office.” He grinned and clanked his beer against hers. He took a long drink, forgetting he was on anti-depressants.



Tony settled under the covers, getting comfortable on the couch Jessie had cleared off for him. He could’ve opted for a bed, but after three beers he was feeling it and didn’t want to take the time to get settled into a foreign bed. He really had wanted to spend more time with Jessie, but his body was telling him it was time to rest. He lay on his side with his oxygen mask back in place and breaths steady. Before bed he’d taken another anti-depressant and felt the effects immediately, significantly stronger.

As he began to drift off he suddenly felt his heart slam into his chest and he had to gasp for air. No, no no! he yelled in his head. He gained his feet and pulled the oxygen from his face. He stumbled to his bags and sifted through them, his vision blurry and breaths raspy. His hand clamped around the medication bottle and he read the prescription. He’d picked the wrong one. The one he’d grabbed was an extremely high dosage and companied with the beer his body was fighting poison.

Panicked he began to crawl to where Jessie’s room was. Using the wall for support he got to his feet and tried to pound on her door. “Jessie..” He tried to yell, but his voice wouldn’t reach the level he wanted. “Jess..” He said again before collapsing onto all fours, clutching his heart. “Jessie!” He finally yelled and grimaced in pain. His heart and lungs constricted and he groaned in pain.

dirty.angel - 7-12-2007 at 10:06 AM
She had been briefed in all things Tony DiNozzo, and was kind of half expecting something like this to happen. Even Gibbs had given her a run down on what to do, to Tony, he felt like he was going to die, or his heart was going to pound out of his chest, but to Jessie, it was a problem easily fixed. In Gibbs words Tony was 'going to feel like he's having a heart attack' but Gibbs had told her how to fix the problem. So everything was going to be a-ok right? But she wasn't expecting it to happen tonight, so when she heard his whispy cries for help, she took a deep breath and tried to remain calm. She moved up from her bed, having changed into her Elmo pajamas before she'd hit the hay, and placed the book down next to her she was reading. Having not even thought about the black rimmed squared glasses she wore, she headed out her room and looked down at Tony, heading quickly to the fridge and grabbing out a bottle of water before rushing back to him. She sat on the floor next to him, and put the bottle of water in his hand. " Tony, I need you to drink this, the water is going to dilute everything in your body quickly and it's going to stop soon"

On the inside she was freaking out. She was, but she couldn't let Tony know that, she didn't want him to know it scared the shit out of her when he got shot, or the nights when she'd come home and she'd been told that he might not make it, she'd actually cried herself to sleep. It's not like she could just tell him that. Watching Tony, she waited until she was sure his pains had subsided before looking at him. " Is it something about me Tony? Or do you just like scaring the crap outta people" she said with a smile, standing and helping him up. He was a little shaky, but that was too be expected, his body had just fully freaked out and decieded to go on a massive trip and was coming down slowly. Ah, how water was just a fixer of everything. 

She led Tony to the couch, and sat by him with a smile. " So, how about next time you think about taking a happy pill before you go to sleep, you tell me, I'll hire a heap of movies and we'll have a movie night. Okay, because, I'd much rather deal with depressed Tony than a dead Tony okay" she smiled squeezing his hand and kissing his cheek. " So, can I go to bed now? Or are you gonna do something else that I'm going to need to rescue you from?" she said with a grin. She may have been grinning on the outside, but on the inside you had no idea how scared she was that she might loose Tony.

Yunalesca - 8-12-2007 at 07:10 AM
Tony let Jessie help him back to the couch and back to a lying down position. It took everything he had to keep from going insane with worry and anger. The last thing he wanted to be was a hypochondriac, but he’d felt like he was going to die again. His body was still recovering and had fought itself to be rid of the toxins. How stupid was he?

“I…Don’t know what to say.” He said to her first comment. He was ashamed and embarrassed. One slip up and he’d nearly done himself in, not to mention nearly giving Jessie a heart attack. He couldn’t help but think she was viewing him as a drug addict. Thankfully she hadn’t seen that side of him and he was set on keeping it that way. He’d be setting himself up with a psychologist appointment tomorrow while she was at work. He obviously couldn’t use the pills anymore.

“Get some sleep.” He said simply and lowered his gaze as he thought about what’d just happened. She knew what to do when he hadn’t. That led him to believe Gibbs had told her what to expect. He’d known Tony would resort back to the pills and figured Jessie would be the first one he’d call in a state of distress. How like a father Gibbs was to Tony. He’d have to thank him later.

“I’m all set.” He said with a smile and put the oxygen mask back on his face. He had some unhappy thoughts running rampant through his mind and didn’t feel like sharing them or getting her concerned about him. “Go on.” He said with a typical DiNozzo grin. When she left, though, it was replaced with a somber look. His eyes held a cast of anger, disappointment and coldness. He kept telling himself his demons wouldn’t resurface, but it was just sounding like he was trying to convince himself it wouldn’t happen.

He clenched his fists into a ball before relinquishing the hold and taking the mask off and throwing it to the ground. It probably looked like he was a child throwing a tantrum, but he was tired of the damn thing and how it left a taste in his mouth. Real oxygen didn’t do that. He turned on his side to face the back of the couch and crossed his arms. He stared at the fabric for a few minutes before closing his eyes and sighing heavily. There was no doubt rehab was in his foreseeable future once again.

dirty.angel - 8-12-2007 at 11:42 AM
Sleep was on Jessie's mind as she lay her head down on the pillow. Although she was worried about Tony, tonight was one night in many that she actually slept well. She hadn't had a really good nights sleep in weeks. She didn't wake up once, nor was she awoken by Tony, which to her, was a good sign. 

When seven O'Clock rolled around, Jessie literally rolled out of bed, hitting the floor with a thud. " Damn....Gotta work on that" she muttered, standing and heading to her bathroom for aa shower. She had about an hour until she had to leave, and was going to attempt to get ready without waking Tony. She managed to get changed and do what girls do with hair and make up without making any sound but when it came to being in the kitchen, she was hoping that Tony could sleep through anything.

Sighing, she sat down on the chair, with a bowl of cereal in her lap, as she crossed her legs and begun to eat. She glanced over at Tony and smirked, now it was her turn to get back at him, when she'd fallen asleep on her desk at work, Tony had put paperclips in her hair, well Tony had been in coma for like, two weeks and hadn't had a hair cut right? So his hair was pretty long, smirking to herself she put down her bowl and headed to a draw, pulling out some paperclips, before proceeding to place them in his hair. 

There was still a little while until she had to leave for the office, and in her mind she had decieded that if she had to be awake, so did Tony. With a smirk, she moved to her stereo and turned it on, leaving the radio set to the classic rock station, and then she just went about her normal business. Now, all she needed to do was wait, wait for Tony to wake up.

Yunalesca - 10-12-2007 at 02:54 PM
Tony had tossed and turned fitfully all night, not truly slipping into a peaceful sleep until just before Jessie had risen and started her day. He hadn’t felt her put the clips in his hair either, but he woke not long after. His eyes blinked several times as they adjusted from the blur. He was facing the back of the couch, the fibers and pattern coming into focus. He yawned slightly and ran a hand through his hair. It was then that he found Jessie’s joke twirled in his growing hair. He groaned and rolled over to see her staring at him, laughter in her eyes.

“Real cute,” he said and sat up, trying to get the paperclips out of his hair. “You just wait until I get these out missy. You’ll be sorry.” He promised and tugged at a stubborn one. He heard her laugh as she munched away at her cereal. “Yeah, you keep laughing.” He tugged the last two out and looked her in the eye before bolting forward and taking the bowl of cereal from her hands and setting it on an end table.

“This is where you run or else I’m going to tickle the tar out of you.” He threatened and she jumped away from him. He grinned and chased her around the kitchen/living room area. This went on for a few minutes before they stared at each other with the couch in between him. He glanced at the sofa, grin on his face. She had a look of ‘you wouldn’t dare’ on her face and that made him grin all the more. Before she could run he dove over the couch and wrapped his arms around her waist, using his size to back her into a wall.

Tony stared down at her, grin on his face and breath haggard. He started to laugh, but it slowly stopped as he looked into her eyes and realized what kind of position they were in. He swallowed the lump in his throat and opened his mouth to speak. The words wouldn’t come out at first, so he cleared his throat and tried again. “You should probably…go.” His voice was raspy and his mouth dry as he fought against urges to brush the hair from her face and kiss her. He swallowed again and slowly stepped away from her. Too close of proximity between them seemed to be a danger.

dirty.angel - 10-12-2007 at 03:56 PM
She felt herself hit the wall,and couldn't help but smirk up at Tony. Glancing over at the clock she gave a nod, " Yeah...Yeah, I should be going" she laughed, before taking a step towards him. " Tony" she trailed off, moving in as if she was going to kiss, him before whispering something in his ear " You're such a tease" she chuckled before heading off towards the door. Smirking to herself as she walked away. " I wouldn't eat anything in the chinese boxes in the fridge....it's just not edible" she called as she grabbed her helmet off the hallway table. Now, where did she put her keys?

It took some time, but she found her keys, exactly where she had put them the night before. In her helmet. Mentally face palming, she finally headed out the door and down the stairs towards the garage where her beloved baby was waiting for her. She tossed the keys in her hand before getting on her bike and soon enough, driving away

From her place to the office it was only like a twenty minute drive in a car, but the way she drove on that damn bike, it was like....ten minutes. Heading up to the office, which had been the most boring place on earth for the past two weeks she got in the lift and proceeded to her desk and wheely chair. A few hours seemed to pass, and there was still nothing to do, she'd driven herself to chewing on a pencil and spinning around on her chair. Even making fun on Magee had become boring. Which was new. Gibbs had come in and out, and there had been a brief conversation about Tony, but nothing major. Maybe she should call home and check on him Nah....that'd be treating him like a little kid. She couldn't help smile thinking about the morning they had, it really was well, she didn't even know what to call it, it was fun to say the least.

Yunalesca - 11-12-2007 at 02:08 PM
Tony closed his eyes as she whispered in his ear and he exhaled sharply when she left. His hand was gripping the couch until his knuckles turned white and began to cramp. He relinquished the hold and finally opened his eyes. They were a little bloodshot from the adrenaline she’d made go crazy. His blood was boiling with desire and he had to fight it down with all his might. She’d teased him and was lucky she left for work. Tony wasn’t sure of what he’d done if she hadn’t or he didn’t have a tight resolve to keep himself in check. Actually, he knew what he would’ve done and he would’ve been disappointed in himself after it. He was not the man to take a woman in a fit of adrenaline fueled lust.

“Damnit Jessie…” He hissed and went to the bathroom to take a very cold shower to bring his boiling blood down. That and his heart rate. It wouldn’t be fun to try and explain why he had a heart attack after she went to work. He could already see the look Gibbs would give him. Oh God, if Abbey heard that. He really didn’t want to think about it.



After a half hour long cold shower, Tony stepped out of the bathroom with a maroon towel wrapped around his waist. It’d be so wonderful if Jessie walked in right then. He would probably lock himself in the bathroom until she slept and then sneak out. He laughed at the thought and sifted through his bag for some clothes and took them back to the bathroom with him.

After changing and hanging up the towel to dry, Tony began his search for food. He checked the freezer first, knowing she HAD to have some sort of frozen dinners up there. He was right. He felt bad for taking her food, but he promised he’d reimburse her. He popped the HungryMan dinner into the microwave and waited for it to stop. After it did he sat down at the table and ate away, half starved.



Just before he figured Jessie would be home he dug through her pantry closet and found a few boxes of food he could make for a non-take out dinner. He doubted she’d had a home cooked meal recently. It’d be a nice surprise -and- he could prove to her that he could cook a good meal. What else could she ask for?

When he heard her bike pull in he quickly set the table and filled their plates with rice, mashed potatoes and canned corn in little sections. Instead of beer for drinks, though, he set out waters. He wasn’t going to be drinking for a while, not that he was ever big on it in the first place.

dirty.angel - 11-12-2007 at 02:59 PM
Jessie had arrived home pretty close to what she called dinner time. They'd had to sit through a meeting to do with when Tony got back. God knows why. Opening the front door, she placed her helmet and keys on the end table and sighed. " I'm back" she called, taking a long sniff of the smell her house currently possesed. It smelt like real food. " You're cooking?" she called in a slightly amazed voice. She placed her jacket, what she would call neatly, on the floor and rolled up the sleeves on her shirt a little more. 

She grinned propping herself up onto the counter. Watching Tony cook dinner, " Didn't know that I actually had real food" she mumbled to herself reading the empty packets and empty cans, giving an impressed look. Hey, she had real food in her house. This was a new expierience. Chuckling she jumped off the counter landing next to Tony. " So, did you have a good day" she asked picking some food off the plate. It was like she'd never had a home-cooked meal before as she continued to pick at the really good tasting food.

Grinning over at Tony she reached behind her grabbing some left over food. " Hey Tony....think quick" she grinned throwing the food at him before running and ducking for cover behind the counter, laughing to herself. Oh, so this was what their living together was going to be like, fun and games? Oh well, what was he going to do to her really? Not like she hadn't had a food fight before.

She gripped the counter and stood slightly so her eyeline was just above the counter top. " Tony?" she said looking around the kitchen. There was everything where it was before. But, where was Tony? Standing she scratched her head, how could he have left the kitchen and her not seen him. Okay, now he'd confused the poor girl. She turned, looking into her sitting room and scratching her head. " Ahhh, well...more food for me then" she called heading to the plates of food.

Yunalesca - 12-12-2007 at 02:38 PM
Tony watched Jessie return to her plate and readied himself for a pounce. When she’d been hiding, he’d quietly dashed out of the room and plastered himself against a wall across from the bathroom. He found he was actually having fun despite his dinner plans had been ruined. Sure they could still eat, but he’d be cleaning up more then their plates afterward. He let it go and peered around the corner to see her sitting back to him.

He jogged across the floor on cat feet and stopped just behind Jessie. With a characteristic grin he pulled the back of her shirt and dumped a handful of corn down it. She screeched and before Tony could get away he was hit in the back of the head with a clump of mashed potatoes. He stopped dead in his tracks and pulled the mush out of his hair. He spun on his heel and looked at her grinning face. “You really shouldn’t do that.” He said, potatoes still in his hand.

He ran at her and tackled her, pulling her into him and letting her fall on him. They fell laughing and tony smeared the mashed potatoes in her hair. “Paperclips in my hair and a food fight. What did I ever do to deserve this?” He laughed, but the laughter slowly stopped as he realized just how close she was to him again. He swallowed the lump in his throat and loosened the grip he had on her arms. “Jessie, I think that we really shouldn’t be doing this.” He looked into her eyes and took a deep breath. He was trying to be a gentleman and she wasn’t helping the situation.

dirty.angel - 12-12-2007 at 03:40 PM
" Since when has that mattered to me?" she grinned looking down at Tony. She felt bits of mashed potato on her face, but none of that seemed to matter as she looked into Tony's eyes. It was as if she couldn't stop what she felt for him, and right now it was going through her veins like a bull at a gate, her adrenaline was pumping hard as she looked down at him. To her, it felt like now or never. Smiling down at Tony, she pressed her lips against his for a moment before pulling away and smearing some mash potato on his face from her hair before standing.

Casually she stood and headed to the fridge, looking at the food in her fridge. She acted as if nothing had happened. She'd made her move, now the ball was in his court. She couldn't do anything else. It was up to Tony now. With one hand she looked around in her fridge, using the other to try and get some corn out of her shirt. It really was quite uncomfortable. " So, Gibbs was saying you should be right to come back to work next week probably" she said shutting the fridge, looking and the some type of food in the chinese box. 

Jessie pulled herself up onto the counter and began to eat. It was really quite amazing that she didn't get sick from eating what was in her fridge. Really, it was not healthy, whatever was in her fridge was not hygienic. She glanced up from her box of un-healthy chinese to Tony and smiled. " You want some? It's pretty tasty" she grinned, holding out the box towards the mash potato covered Tony.

Yunalesca - 12-12-2007 at 04:45 PM
Tony couldn’t move after she pressed her lips against his. That was all he needed to get the fire in his veins again. It was good for both of them that she got off him, but it also was bad. She was teasing him and it was eating him alive. He was like any other man in the world after all. When a woman was a tease it only turned a guy on more. He slowly got to his feet and looked at her, going on as if nothing had happened. He closed his eyes and tried to get thoughts out of his head but it wasn’t working. He brushed the potatoes off his face as well.

When she offered the Chinese food to him he couldn’t take it anymore. He stepped forward and took the box from her, but instead of eating from it, he set it on the counter. She looked like she was about to question him but he silenced her by pulling her off the counter and backing her up against the wall, much like that morning. He looked into her eyes, their faced pressed close. “Jessie…” He started and his voice sounded raspy. He didn’t know what he had meant to say.

Throwing all caution to the wind he pressed his lips against hers and kissed her for the first time. He was gentle even though he was going crazy on the inside. How long had he wanted to do this? He couldn’t answer the question as all his concentration was on Jessie. He was wondering in the back of his mind if this was a mistake, but he couldn’t stop. His hands were still lightly gripping her arms and his body still pressed against her. He didn’t want it to end.

dirty.angel - 12-12-2007 at 11:01 PM
The poor girl had been caught a little off guard, she hadn't really expected Tony to throw her up against the wall and kiss her. She may not have been expecting it, but that didn't mean she wasn't enjoying it. She'd been longing for his touch for god knows how long, and right now, as they kissed, against her hallway wall, it felt like nothing else mattered. She didn't want this moment to end. Unfortunately, she knew it would, because either a) Tony's legs would give out soon or b) Jessie would go through the wall.


Jessie though, was not expecting the moment to end the way it did. She didn't want her lips to leave Tony's for anything, but when her house phone rang,she had to break it off. Groaning in annoyance, she leant over to the table and picked up the phone. And of all the people it could have been, it was her mum.

" Hi Mum"

Probably the two words a guy dreaded hearing most when they were making out with a girl. Unfortunately, Tony had to hear it. She looked over at Tony with somewhat apologetic eyes as she got out of his grasp and landed on her own two feet. She ran her hand along Tony's arm as she moved away before falling onto the couch and listening to her mothers boring rambles. She lay back on the couch, twisting her foot around in the air, after finally what seemed like ages Jessie hung up and tossed the phone onto her coffee table. 

Sighing she ran a hand through her hair, still focusing on her foot. " So, I'm thinking that because dinner failed and it's pretty much all over the house, and in my hair that take out or something is the go? Because I think that was the last of the real food"

Yunalesca - 13-12-2007 at 01:54 AM
When the phone rang and Jessie slipped away from him he stayed leaned against the wall, his hands clenched and eyes closed. He’d wanted that so bad and he couldn’t get the euphoria out of his mind. Her lips had been so soft and when she’d kissed him back…

Tony clenched his fists and wanted to punch the wall as the good feeling left him and was replaced with the reality of what he’d just done. He knew it was a bad idea to get involved with someone you worked with. Not to mention that Jessie was still kinda new around the place. He let out an aggravated sigh. He’d given into his desires too easily. The best thing for him was to shut his wants away for a while. He had to get away from her; at least until he was sure he could trust himself again.

“I think you should eat. I’m just going to lie down for a while…” He said and went to the spare bedroom where he could cool off. He was pissed off at himself, which didn’t happen often. He closed the door behind him and knelt in front of the bed. He punched the mattress to relieve some of his anger. It was what he wanted, god he wanted it bad, but it was a bad idea. He never stepped away from an opportunity with a girl, but he was actually caring about her feelings. He didn’t know if he was capable of a real relationship. “Is this your doing?” He whispered to the ceiling. If it was he knew Kate was probably laughing at him.

dirty.angel - 13-12-2007 at 09:37 AM
" Okey dokey" she mumbled, and for a while, she just lay there staring at her feet. She hadn't really thought about everything as deep as Tony. Hell she hadn't even thought about it. But the more she lay there, the more she did think about it. Shit, had she really just kissed Tony? Sighing she sat up slowly and headed to her room, getting changed into some sweats and a singlet. " Going for a run" she called, not even sure if Tony had heard her. And with that, she left the house, and headed down the street, for a long, well needed run.

It'd been about an hour, maybe a little longer than Jessie had anticipated, but she'd been thinking. And the more she thought about the situation she realised how much of a bad idea it would be. Getting involved with workmates was a bad idea, plus, they were two totally different kinds of people. It'd never work between them, and it'd just make working together awkward. It was easiest if they just forgot what had happened and went on with life. No matter how hard they were falling, or how much they were beginning to have feelings for the other person, it just couldn't work. 

Sighing Jessie walked inside, sweaty, gross, and pretty damn hungry. As if nothing mattered, she headed back towards the kitchen. There had to be something in her fridge or freezer that was edible. Anything? She searched high and low, before finally decideing that the ice cream was definetly the go. She grabbed out the tub, and a spoon, hey there was no need for a bowl. She fell onto the couch and flicked around the TV. God, if someone walked in, they would have thought she was going through a break up, but that wasn't exactly the case.

Yunalesca - 13-12-2007 at 12:32 PM
Tony had crawled into bed after Jessie left, not caring that he was in his clothes. He was tired of thinking about what’d just happened. Was it so bad to want? Apparently it was if your name was Tony DiNozzo. Usually it wouldn’t be a problem for him to be chasing after a girl because he went in not looking for a relationship. With Jessie…Well he wasn’t looking for a relationship with her, was he? Either way, he was developing feelings for her and he had a tendency to break a girl’s heart. That made it all the more obvious. He was caring if he hurt a girl’s feelings.



The next morning Tony woke before the sun had risen. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes and pushed himself off the bed. He could probably go back to sleep until Jessie went to work to keep from any awkwardness, but he had the sudden urge to take another shower. Maybe it would clear his mind. Sighing he got to his feet and groggily made his way to the bathroom.


After the hottest shower of his life, Tony DiNozzo dried off with the towel he’d used the day before and hung it up again when he was done. He stepped into his boxers and looked at himself in the mirror over the sink. His abs were still there, though they were starting to get hidden by skin and some fat he’d accumulated while he was in the coma. He used to have a six pack, now it looked more like four. He sighed and turned away from the mirror, folding his clothes. He really doubted Jessie was still up so he would just sneak back to the room in his blue silken boxers.

He poked his head out of the bathroom to make sure she wasn’t there and stepped out. He yawned slightly, his eyes closing. When he opened them again she was standing right in front of him. He didn’t know where she’d come from. He cleared his throat and stood there with his clothes at his side. “I just took a shower and thought you’d be sleeping.” He offered. Normally he would make a comment, but he wasn’t in that state of mind anymore. He did give her a traditional DiNozzo grin, though.

dirty.angel - 13-12-2007 at 02:14 PM
Jessie had walked out her room in her pajamas probably at what could be called, the worst timing ever. Scratching her head for a moment, she gave a small laugh. " Awkward" she joked, heading towards the kitchen for something to eat. It was pretty awkward between the two of them after last nights antics. She reached up to grab the cereal and grabbed out the milk. " You want some breakfast? I'm making myself some if you want some" she called out to him.

Last night she hadn't slept very well. She'd been thinking, maybe thinking a little too much about she'd always been the kind of girl who hadn't been into commitment. It had always been like that since highschool, but now, she had been getting feelings for Tony, and she wasn't sure if that was a good thing. She didn't want to hurt his feelings, that was the last thing she wanted to do. But she valued his friendship, what if something went wrong? She didn't want to loose him as a friend.

She continued to think about it before running a frustrated hand through her hair, hearing her phone go off. She knew it was someone from the office, probably Magee. But she couldn't be bothered listening to Magee ask her about what food to buy Gibbs for morning tea. She had too much going on at the moment.

Yunalesca - 13-12-2007 at 04:12 PM
Tony looked up at the ceiling when Jessie walked away and asked him if he wanted any breakfast. He could just picture Kate laughing at him now. He made a face and pulled on his pants. He had to address the situation before he went insane. He didn’t even bother with his shirt, simply dropping it and going around the corner to the kitchen where she was busy fixing herself a bowl. Just as he was about to say something to her, the phone went off again. She went to answer it, but Tony grabbed it out of her hand and silenced it. She gave him a look, but he ignored it.

“Damnit Jessie, how the hell can you just go on like nothings happened?! It’s driving me insane that you can interact without a damn thought..!” He turned away and slammed a fist on the counter. “What are we doing Jessie? We’re dancing circles around each other.” He took a deep breath before turning around and facing her. “I need to know now. Are we in or out?” His eyes were intense as they bore into hers. Standing there half naked probably hadn’t been the best idea if he was going to ask that kind of question of her.

dirty.angel - 13-12-2007 at 05:13 PM
Okay, so she deserved that, but it wasn't like she was expecting that. She took a deep breath, and a few moments to take in what he said, so she continued on with her breakfast making. God, way to put her on the spot. " What do you want me to say Tony?" she said dropping the spoon and moving away from the kitchen and into the sitting room. " You wanna know why I've been going on like this? Because I'm scared, okay, I'm scared I'll hurt you, I'm scared I'll hurt myself" she sighed, looking at the floor. " I'm sorry if maybe I don't know if I'm in or out, I'm sorry if I know that I like you so much, but know it could end badly. I'm sorry for all of that Tony"

She headed to her bedroom and getting changed quickly. Walking back out, she grabbed the phone out of his hand and headed for the door. " I like you, there I said it. But as far as relationships go Tony, I can hardly handle a morning after, I can't even look after myself" she said grabbing her keys. " But I guess you wouldn't understand any of that would you? I mean, you're perfect, you get shot and you're still perfect, you're cooking, you're coming back to work. You're looking after yourself. I'm nothing compared to you! Okay, so, I have feelings for you Tony, okay, but I'm scared. There. I said it" she said tossing the keys in her hand around. " I've gotta go to work"

Jessie tried so hard to hold back tears as she headed out the door. God, she'd just poured out her heart, so many secrets, and god knows what else, but was it all for nothing? Had she said too much to Tony? Had it completely turned him off her? Sighing, she tried to shake the thoughts from her head as she headed down the stairs towards her bike.

Yunalesca - 17-12-2007 at 10:33 AM
Tony just stared at the door for a few moments. He was struggling to make sense of what he’d just heard. She’d said she liked him, but had shot him down in the same sentence. She called him perfect, but if only she could see how imperfect he was. If he was perfect he wouldn’t have been in that hospital bed for two weeks. He wouldn’t have become addicted to anti-depressants and a thousand other things made him imperfect. After thinking about it for a second he got mad and started for the door. She was still walking down the stairs when he stepped out into the cool air. A few fallen leaves rustled under his feet.

“You know what Jessie, one of these times I’m not going to be there for you to yell at! One day I won’t be here when you turn around!” He yelled at her before stepping back inside and slamming her door. He was so angry, but he also knew he probably shouldn’t have made the situation worse. “Damnit!” He cursed and threw a pillow across the room. He may be throwing a tantrum, but she was getting to him in more ways then one.



After an hour of fuming on the couch, Tony pulled out his cell phone and call MaGee. He decided he needed to get the hell out of there before she got back. Nothing good would come of them living together for another day. “Hey Magee, mind doing your old buddy a favor?”

MaGee raised his eyebrows as he stared across the office at Jessie. “Buddy? How about I remind you…”

“Hey listen Probie, I need to get the hell out of here. If Jessie comes home and I’m still here I’m going to be in the hospital again.”

“You’re staying in her house? That explains everything.”

“What…It explains what?”

“She’s been…Not Jessie all day. Whatever you guys did…What did you do?”

“Nothing to be putting in that book of yours. I can’t drive, you can, now get over here and…”

“Hold on.” MaGee hid the phone as Gibbs walked in.

“Probie, Probie!”

“Sorry Tony, have to go, feel better.”

“No, Probie, damnit!” Tony yelled and snapped the phone shut. He nearly threw it against the wall, but it rang. The name read ‘April’ so he picked up reluctantly. “Hello…”



Tony sat in the living room of Olivia’s house, or rather, Olivia and April’s house. He’d been there for several hours, venting about Jessie and everything else he could think of. His being shot never came into conversation, luckily. Olivia had gone to fix more lemonade and April sat across from him, sighing.

“From what you tell me Tony, this girl is right for you. It’s not often you land a good match.”

“No, she’s stubborn and never knows whether to take a step forward or back…”

“And she’s just like you. She’ll keep you balanced. I think you need to make a try for it. If not, well, you can always transfer. They’ve been asking for you down in the Carolina’s.”

“April, she’s not…”

The woman took his hands in hers and looked him in the eye. “Go for it. You’ve never had a problem with any other woman. Come on, we’ll take you back.”




Tony kissed each girl on the cheek before he got out and closed the door to the Durango. He looked up at Jessie’s place and felt his feet root to the ground. A loud beep came from the truck and he started up the stairs, knowing the women wouldn’t be leaving until he went upstairs. He took a deep breath and opened the door, knowing Jessie’s had over an hour to think of what she was going to do to him.

She was standing by the counter again, seemingly lost in thought. He caught the menacing look in her eye when he approached, but he didn’t care. He had to try or else Olivia and April would rip him limb from limb. “You probably hate my guts right now, but I don’t give a damn.” He said and pressed a kiss on her. It was fierce, his lips catching fire as they connected. He wrapped his hand around the back of her neck gently and pulled her into him, knowing he would probably get shoved off, but like he said, he didn’t care anymore.

dirty.angel - 17-12-2007 at 11:03 AM
Jessie had heard everything he said as she walked down the stairs. And quite frankly, she felt like turning around and punching square in the nose. Unfortunately her door had been slammed shut by the time she contemplated turning around. God, she’d never been this angry before, but even then she still…god, the things Tony did to her.

She’d driven to work like a race car driver on crack, and she didn’t plan on stopping anytime soon. Many traffic laws had been broken, but she didn’t care, she just wanted the day to be over and for everything else to go back to how it was yesterday. 

It’d been a long day at the office, and she definitely was not herself. But when Magee had gotten that phone call from Tony, and she knew it was from Tony, no matter what Magee said, it’d set her off even more. He was trying to get away from her, after he’d been the one that had made the first move, he’d been the one that had kissed her, and now he of all people was trying to get away from her. Even Gibbs had noticed there was something wrong, not that he’d tried cheering her up or anything, but she had overheard him talking to Magee about it. Maybe everyone was right, maybe Tony wasn’t worth her falling for, especially if this was going to be a regular occurrence.

When she got home, she had done all she could to try and avoid Tony. If he’d been in one room, she was in the other. There had been times where they’d bumped into each other in the hallway, but Jessie had just kept walking. What did he want her to say? Anything she said was going to be wrong anyway.

She was standing at the counter, glancing over at the TV that was on. Nothing out the ordinary, usually people would be shopping vegetables or something by now, it was almost dinner time. But not Jessie, god she hardly knew what vegetables were. When Tony approached, she shot him a look that told him to back away. What she hadn’t expected to happen was for Tony to kiss her again. She didn’t know whether to break the kiss or not. She was stubborn, and was trying to prove a point, but at the same time, it was Tony, and well, she wanted this more than anything. Finally, after some time, she broke away, looking up at him with a smirk.

“ So, are you in or are you out?”

Yunalesca - 17-12-2007 at 12:38 PM
“You need to ask?” He answered her and kissed her again, fire racing through his veins. “In…” He said after he broke and he scooped her up in his arms, carrying her to the couch and setting her down. He wasn’t going to take this far, not wanting more then she wanted. He took a seat next to her and leaned back, pulling her with him. He kept himself in check; not letting emotions, or lust, drive him farther then he wanted to go.

“Jessie…” He whispered her name and brushed away her hair from her face. He kissed her again, his mind going blank as he focused on her. He never thought he’d get this opportunity, being shot down the first time they’d met. He almost laughed after thinking about their first encounter. How far they’d come since then. 

He massaged the base of her neck with his fingers and rested his other hand on her back. He again felt the tug that this shouldn’t happen, that he should stop it, but he couldn’t. She’d been driving him crazy ever since he’d first kissed her and now he felt he could never get enough of her.

[Yunalesca]

dirty.angel - 30-12-2007 at 09:57 PM
She couldn’t help but grin as she moved into this kiss. Sure, maybe she was riding the Tony DiNozzo train, and maybe many girls had rode it before, but Jessie didn’t plan on getting off at the first stop. She pulled away for a moment and met Tony’s gaze, it was like fire between them, and she didn’t want to put it out. But she had to kill the moment with something, it was what she did best. 

“ One condition. This…we keep a secret from work. They’ll figure it out, and then we’ll deal with that…that’s if we don’t kill each other before then”

She gave him a soft kiss before getting off the couch and heading back towards the kitchen. Just going on like nothing happened. She was good like that, so she continued to chop the funny looking vegetable. Hey, she’d found it in her fridge, so she figured it was edible. It smelt a little funny, and it was a little green and black, but that was how the vegetable was meant to look right? Oh, the poor girl has no housewife skills as well, looks like Tony would be the wife in this relationship.

She continued to chop before the house phone rang and she picked up, resting the phone on her shoulder as she chopped. At least she could multi-task. It seemed like she listened for a while before hanging up and going about her business. She finished chopping and looked at the old, mouldy vegetable proudly. 

“ I hope you like whatever this vegetable is….”

Yunalesca - 17-1-2008 at 03:18 PM
“I think I can keep this secret…” He said to her as she got off him. Sure, he’d never been really good at keeping secrets, but if it concerned him, he was good at it. It was digging up dirt on Probie he had fun with. Besides, he could only imagine what kind of grief he would get if it got around that he was with Jessie, even if nothing had happened. He half grinned to himself at the not added yet. As she slipped away from him yet again he felt a frustration rise up. How she could just walk away and return to normal after that fire they both felt…

He sighed and got off the couch, brushing at his clothes. He’d have to get used to her swift attitude and dismissals. He must be going crazy if he was willing to adjust for a relationship. Never in his dating ‘career’ had he been willing to go to great lengths like he was now. But he couldn’t get away from her. She was too good of a thing for him to pass on by. She’d roped him in good and she probably knew it. He shook his head and took steps toward the kitchen area.

“First chance we get, we’re going to the supermarket to go shopping. Real food shopping…” he said as he looked through a cupboard. He picked up a box of blueberry muffin mix and raised an eyebrow at the date. “You do realize these have an expiration date, right?” He asked in a DiNozzo fashion. The box said it’d been expired for over a year. He cringed at how it would’ve turned out if they’d tried to have made the muffins. Then he looked over at what Jessie had been chopping.

He bit back any smart remarks and decided he would try it, if it would make her happy. From now on, he vowed, he’d be doing the cooking. Or at least until he taught her a few things. How hard could it be? He shook his head and chuckled, it was probably going to be harder then he thought. “I need to teach you how to cook. But I might ask for something in return.” He said as he stepped behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

dirty.angel - 17-1-2008 at 07:19 PM
A small smile played on her lips as Tony snaked his arms around her. Giving a small chuckle she spoke. “ And what’s that going to be?” she asked, as she chopped the last part of the old, mouldy carrot, which started to ooze. “ Okay…I’m no chef, but vegetables are not meant to do that” she laughed, putting the knife down and laughing. Turning around to face Tony she laughed. “ When were you going to tell me it was off?” she asked, snaking her arms around his neck. “ Or were you actually gonna eat it?”

She had her reasons for being the way she was. There was no denying that she had feelings for Tony. Feelings she probably hadn’t felt, ever. But still, something inside her, told her to be careful. It wasn’t Tony, no way was it Tony, it was Jessie, she didn’t want to loose anyone else, albeit it anyone else that she loved.

Laughing lightly, she grinned. “ So take out?” she asked him, “ And you were talking about real food shopping. Gotta say, have no idea what you are talking about” she leant up on her tippy toes and kissed Tony lightly. So this was it, this was what it was like to be properly dating someone. But what if it didn’t work out? She hoped that didn’t happen, but what if it did? They’re friendship would be severed, they’d probably struggle to work together. What if all this was a bad idea? Shaking those thoughts from her head, she focused back on Tony, she hadn’t really been doing that lately. She promised herself, tonight she’d give him her full attention, and not just dismiss a lot of what he said, basically just go on normally. Hey, she couldn’t piss him off when they’d really, only been going out for like, half an hour. It’d probably just take a while to get used to each other.

Glancing back up at Tony, she let go, “ So, when are you coming back to work?” she asked in almost a childish, whiny voice. “ Because I can only take so much Magee” she whined, taking his hand. Oh, she could be so immature sometimes.

Yunalesca - 23-1-2008 at 03:18 PM
When she asked if he was going to eat whatever she’d been trying to cook, he had to laugh, breaking from the DiNozzo grin. “Well, I was going to if it would’ve made you feel better.” He wasn’t going to try and lie to her. She’d see right through it and he’d get a Gibbs sized slap upside the head. Normally he’d charm his way around anything, but with Jessie he wanted to be truthful and devoted. It was a weird feeling for him, but he’d roll with it.

“Let’s go for Chinese. I’m in the mood for Mandarin chicken.” He told her as he stared into her depthless eyes. Something hit him in the stomach and that was when he knew he’d fallen hard for her and there was no turning back. If he was to ever be faithful to a girl and not call for a one night stand, she would be the one. Sure, there would be petty arguments they’d get into because of his personality, but he wanted nothing more than to be this close to her all the time.

“As far as real food goes, well, I’m going to have to get you civilized. Don’t give me that look.” He cut her off before she could give him a raised eyebrow at the word civilized. He knew hardly anyone thought of him as civilized. “I know a few things about cooking and I’m going to teach you, if you’ll let me.” He said, but caught a change in her eyes. She was thinking about something and it seemed unpleasant. He was going to ask when she hid her thoughts from him and changed back into the bouncier girl he knew.

“I know if I go back too soon Gibbs will chain me to the desk, but I can live with that…for a while. Gives me a chance to go through your trash when your out and find your old boyfriends phone numbers.” He smiled at her. He probably wouldn’t, but it would be very characteristic if he did. “Someone’s gotta be around to slap Probie around, make sure Gibbs gets his coffee.” He laughed. When she took his hand he lowered his head and nuzzled the base of her neck then kissed it tenderly. How quick he could change if he cared for someone.

dirty.angel - 23-1-2008 at 10:10 PM
“ Can you at least come visit tomorrow?” she continued to whine pathetically, as she pulled back from Tony slightly. “ I wont kiss you if you don’t come visit” she told him trying not to laugh. Like she’d give him that ultimatum, meant she punished herself as well as him. And she wasn’t that silly. But there were other reasons she wanted him to come back to work, it wasn’t just because she was getting sick of Magee. Actually, she was getting on with him well, the real reason she wanted Tony to come back to work, even if he was chained to a desk was because it’d make him feel better, it’d get him out of the house because being cooped up in the house all day and all night, had to suck.

“ The local Chinese place is on speed dial” she said with a nod, “ When you call, just say Jessie will have the usual, and then add whatever you want to your order” she told him giving a small nod. She was well known at the Chinese shop, her and Kate had spent many nights eating that Chinese down at the couch, or even down at the small shop. To tell the truth, she hadn’t actually been down to eat at the shop since Kate had passed. She’d just never thought about it anymore, it had always been take out since, guess she just hadn’t felt the need to go out, kinda sad huh.

Smiling, she finally moved out of Tony’s grasp and towards the fridge, opening it, she examined the liquid content, she was running low on all alcohols, her milk was definitely off by like a week, and there was some other crap that she had no idea if it was drinkable or not, man, her fridge looked like a guys fridge. Shutting it, she turned, smirking to herself before jumping up on Tony’s back and holding on. “ Wow…you’re surprisingly comfy” she commented, moving slightly so she was sitting right, unfortunately she hadn’t thought about what would happen after, with her on his back…Tony was in control. Crap. “ Now Tony…don’t get any mean ideas” she said with a laugh. “ Because it could be very bad for you” she told him in his ear, see, this was fun, and she wasn’t hiding anything or dismissing anything, this was what it was like to be with someone for longer than one night, and to tell the truth, she kinda liked it.

Yunalesca - 2-2-2008 at 04:08 PM
“Tomorrow…Is it really that bad?” He questioned when she interrupted him with information on the Chinese place. Laughing at her he turned to pick up the phone. He had a lot of work to do with her. It would be the first time he would ever have to teach a girlfriend how to cook. But then, had the other girls ever really been girlfriends? Other then those few in high school, they were probably just flings or one night stands. He cringed as he remembered some of the girls he’d woken up next to after a long night of being wasted. He was actually happy to escape that for a while. He was wound tight around this girl’s finger. He could just picture Kate mocking him. Somehow he knew this was her doing.

When he decided on what he was to order he went to hit the speed dial. Just before his finger touched the number he felt a great weight on his back and he dropped the phone. “Shit.” He said and started to bend over. Usually it didn’t affect him, but he was still a little weak from being in the hospital and everything he’d gone through. He could’ve yelled at her to get off and say that she was hurting him, but when she said something in his ear about not being stupid, he got a bright idea.

“You shouldn’t have jumped on my back then, princess.” He said and gritted his teeth. He made sure she was going to stay where she was on his back and he headed for the bathroom. He could’ve dumped her on the couch or even her bed, but he again didn’t want simple fun to land them on the road of regret. He rarely regretted anything, but if he ever hurt Jessie and missed out on the chance to be with her for a long time, he would regret it immensely. “I think someone needs to wash up before dinner.” He said and gently dumped her in the shower/tub. Before she could jump out he grabbed onto her with one strong arm to hold her down and he turned on the shower with the other. It came out cold at first, but quickly turned to warm and drenched her. He laughed as she squirmed under his grip. She would slip away soon because his grip was loosening due to the slippery water. “Should’ve just let me be Jessie!” He laughed at her.

dirty.angel - 2-2-2008 at 09:19 PM
" Tony, No! Don't don't even...." too late, within seconds she was drenched, top to bottom, inside out with water. " That was so mean!" Okay, granted she shouldn't have jumped on his back. But still it was mean. She smiled to herself as she grabbed the hose from the shower, yep, Daddy had paid for the house, meaning she had all the cool stuff. Picking up the hose and turning on the water she pointed it at Tony, watching him get just as drenched as her. She laughed, making sure he was drenched head to foot before evacuating the tub, and the bathroom very quickly. She was careful not to slip as she ran through the hallway, going back to the phone to order their chinese. She spent all of about thirty seconds on the phone, before hanging up and creeping around the corner. 

She poked her head around the doorframe and grinned at Tony, who was still in the bathroom. " Dinner will be arriving in about fifteen minutes" she smiled, heading off to her bedroom get changed into something dry. She found a clean, dry pair of sweats and a singlet and walked back out. You could tell where she had walked, there were small puddles of water all around the house. It'd dry out anyway. She shook her wet mop of hair as she walked, just making more mess for herself. 

She glanced at the two phones on the counter, as Tony's started ringing. She read the caller I.D which simply said 'Gibbs' pulling a face, she rushed to the bathroom. " Your phones ringing" she stated, clearly stating the obvious but whatever. She passed the phone to him, and left, thinking she'd better give him some privacy. Soon enough, the doorbell rang and it was the chinese. 

It sort of bothered her that Gibbs was calling, what if he was telling Tony to take another month off or something? She chouldn't deal with that, in some ways, she already missed him at work, and yes, that did kind of sound stupid but she missed him as a friend as well. He made her laugh, and somehow that's what she liked the most about him. No matter how she was feeling, everytime she walked into that office, he somehow made her laugh. 

Rudely, she started eating without him. Heading outside onto the back deck. It was pretty dark, just how she liked it. Using the chopsticks that came with her noodles and lemon chicken, she began to eat, looking up at the sky. This was Kate's doing, she could tell, and Jessie knew that her best friend would be laughing. Laughing at how Jessie had fallen for Tony, how she was wrapped around his finger. It was kinda funny, Kate had always spoken about Tony, her friend had always spoken about how he was such an ass, but a caring ass. And right now, Jessie could see that caring ass, and he was the caring ass she wanted to be with.

Yunalesca - 3-2-2008 at 02:36 AM
When Jessie turned the hose onto him Tony immediately lost grip of her and fell backwards. He was worried about falling wrong until he landed on his rump and was drenched with water. He had tried to say ‘fuck’ when she’d turned the tables on him, but she’d nailed him in the mouth first. Yeah, he had that coming too, but how could it hurt to have a little childish fun? He couldn’t say he’d had a lot of it lately and it almost made him feel like he was at work again. He laughed as Jessie ran past him and he was unable to grab onto her leg. He of course had never had fun getting drenched at work before. The last time he’d gotten soaked was not a pleasant experience when he thought he was going to die. Go figure.

Groaning he slowly gained his feet while using the sink for support. His back hurt a little as he rose, but the impact from slipping probably jolted it a little. He was long overdue for an adjustment of his spine anyway. As he gained his feet he looked at himself in the mirror and noticed much of his color was coming back. As stressful as the girl’s life could be, it seemed to be making him feel better. The next time they had time off, though, they’d be cleaning up and organizing the place if he was to be staying there for a while. He may be a bachelor, but he was brought up to be organized and clean. He thought of his father’s upbringing and sneered a little. He hadn’t spoken to him in a long time, ever since he’d dropped his only son out of his will. Shrugging he looked away from the mirror and saw Jessie at the door.

“Gibbs?” He asked and was tossed the phone. “Yes, boss?” He asked lightly.

“How are you, DiNozzo?”

“Uh, fine boss. Better then, well before.”

“Good. I’d like you to come back tomorrow. You need out of the house and we need you here.”

“See boss, I knew you’d need me, I was just telling…”

“Goodbye Tony.” There was a click on the other line and Tony looked down at his phone. It said call ended and he had to laugh a little. It was good to know Gibbs hadn’t changed.



“So I see you started without me. Seems like we need to work on your manners too.” He said as he grabbed his food and sat across from Jessie. He grabbed a set of chopsticks and began to pick through the carton for the mandarin chicken. He loved his fried rice, but he loved the chicken more. “Gibbs wants me to come back tomorrow. You should be happy.” He said without looking up at her, preoccupied with his food. He was a guy, what could he say?

dirty.angel - 3-2-2008 at 12:45 PM
Jessie's jaw dropped slightly. " I have manners thankyou very much, it's you who has the bad manners, it's rude to take phone calls during dinner" she retorted, continuing to focus on her food. When she heard he was coming back the next day, she couldn't help but smile, she was happy he was coming back, not just for her own good but for his as well. Smirking to herself, she reached over and grabbed some of his chicken, without saying anything she just smiled and ate it. " Yum!" she grinned reaching over to grab another piece, she could be annoying sometimes.

" And here I was thinking that I'd walk in teh door from work, my house would be clean, there'd be food on the table and in the cupboards" she joked, putting down her empty box of chinese, and reaching over to grab her second box. She never finished the second box, so that was always dinner the next night. See, she thought ahead. " I dunno what you'll be doing, probably nothing considering there's no case right now, but you know
I'm sure Gibbs will find you something to do"

At least now there would be some talk in the office, sure her and Magee had spoken about stuff, but it wasn't the same, and Abby was still a little awkward with her, but it was getting better, and Gibbs well he was in and out all the time, and when he was in he was a grumpy old man, who got aggrievated at his computer, although he had been there to comfort her a couple of times when Jessie had been down about things. But then, his kind of comfort wasn't exactly normal, nor was it all that comforting, and Ducky, well he was his usual self.

It was getting dark, well, darker than it was before she started eating, so she leant back and flicked a switch, and on came all the colourful lights, all around the yard, down the deck, through the trees, it was her little fairy-light land. The only girly part of her house, apart from her closet was her yard. In the day time, it just looked like a deck with some flowers and a pond, but at night, when that switch was flicked, it was a whole different place. " You might wanna be careful, the mosquito's come out here at night" she commented. This was her idea of a romantic dinner, take out chinese in sweats.

Yunalesca - 4-2-2008 at 03:44 PM
“Sorry to disappoint you.” He said and watched her take some food from his box. He gave her disapproving eyes, but the look was lost to her. She was oblivious of his slight irritation of her thievery, or she just didn’t care. I mean, he was a guy and he was hungry and a girl just took some of his food. How else was he supposed to act? Shrugging it off, he knocked her sticks away from his chicken and started at the rice. It wouldn’t be extremely filling, but he would manage. At least he could actually eat food now rather then having glucose pumped into his veins. How many times his stomach had grumbled while in a coma, he wondered?

“Knowing Gibbs, you’re probably right. I doubt I’ll be getting the chance to stand behind the interrogation glass sipping down a 2X large cup of caffeine while enjoying Gibbs tear down some poor kids mentality. I provide excellent commentary for those, by the way.” He said with a smile and dropped his chopsticks into his box as he was finished. He’d been famished. Olivia had fed him and given him tea, but that couldn’t be expected to hold him down for long, especially with Jessie jumping on his back and draining his sanity bit by bit with every kiss.

He was thinking about their last one when she flicked a switch and lights off all assorted colors glowed brightly around the deck. He raised an eyebrow before grinning. “I never thought you were girly enough for fairies, Jessie. You ride a bike, work with a bunch of guys in crime scene work and you don’t know the slightest thing about organization or cooking. I am surprised.” He said before rising and taking her hand. This time he wanted control, not the other way around. He was always a man of control in a relationship. He pulled her from her seat and into his chest. His arms wrapped around her lower back and he held her close. “This time, I tell you when I’m done.” He said and kissed her. That fire that he’d felt the first time they’d kissed returned. His lips seared with it, his veins held the fuel for it and his heart rate began to pick up. She was his weakness and she no doubt knew it by now. With one hand still firmly pressed into her back he reached the other up into her hair. After what seemed like a long time he let her go and took a deep breath. “Now I’m done.” He said and let her go before taking his empty box and stepping inside her apartment. It took everything he had to just walk away from her like that, but he wasn’t going to let her be the only one to do the torture. He had to prove to himself he could act just as smoothly as her. He’d always been suave, or so he thought, but she sapped that from him and seemed to be better at it than he. Tony had to get some dignity back, didn’t he? With a chuckle to himself he tossed the box and went to the bathroom to change into some drier pants. But this time he’d just leave his shirt off. He didn’t mind the scar so much anymore, but he’d have to get back to the gym to improve on his belly. He was gaining weight and –that- bothered him.

dirty.angel - 4-2-2008 at 10:23 PM
" What can I say, we all have our secrets" she smirked, turning to look at him. He was right, she wasn't exactly the type of girl to have a fairy-land in her backyard. She was more likely to have a dead patch of grass and a couple of trees. And it was safe to assume, she probably would be if she'd had to pay for this herself. But again, another story for another time. She loved her garden, she could spend days just sitting watching the wind make the trees sway side to side, and in autumn watch the leaves fall. 

She watched Tony for a moment, and was about to say something, when he stood, naturally she took his hand and stood. Just his touch sent shivers down his spine, if only he really knew what he did to her. She was about to speak, comment on how he wanted to be 'done', but instead, but silenced by a long, passionate kiss. Gotta say, it was now her favourite way to be silenced. To kiss him properly, she had to stand on her tippy toes. It was kinda cute, and she was definetly getting used to it. Everytime their lips touched, it was like fire burning her lips, yet she still wanted more. His touch was as soft as a teddy bear, but he being rough and incontrol at the same time. Just how she liked it. It seemed to last for forever and a day, and she wished it'd lasted a day longer. When Tony broke it off, Jessie opened her eyes and looked up at Tony, there was just something about him. She wanted to be around him, he had a presence and she wanted to feel it all the time, no matter the situation, he could always make her smile, may it be from just squeezing her hand, or dumping her in the bath, he made her smile. And that was the most important thing. 

Well two could play at that game, if he was just going to leave her, longing for more, with her lips burning for him. She'd just play along. If he wanted to try and be like that, then she could play just the same. Hell, she'd force down that whole second box of chinese just to proove a point. Eyeing Tony off with a smirk, she grabbed the second box of food and sat back down, looking out at her fairy land. There was going to be a power struggle sometime down the track with this relationship, sure she loved how Tony had taken control those few moments ago, she loved a man with control, but she couldn't stand not having control, she needed a little bit of a leash to pull. When she realised her point was proven, and Tony was standing at the door, she smiled to herself. " Tony, come back out here....I need someone to cuddle..." she called smiling to herself, not bothering to turn around and see the look on his face, hey, who turned down cuddles "...Please." It sounded rather pathetic coming from Jessie, but she liked to cuddle, and she liked to spoon, but the latter was quite a while away in her books, well with Tony anyway. She didn't want to screw this one up.

Yunalesca - 9-2-2008 at 04:49 AM
Tony watched her begin to squirm with anxiety. Yeah, he was torturing her but sometimes she needed a taste of her own medicine. She'd been ditching him when he longed for more so he thought he would play her little game for a while. He didn't know a single man who deserved to be treated like a lab experiment. It was like dangling meat in front of a starving dog. He laughed at the analogy and slowly stepped through the door. The scar over his heart gleamed in the glowing lights and he wondered how Jessie would treat it. He hoped she wouldn't be blaming herself or treating him gently because of it. He was still Tony DiNozzo, just a little banged up for the time being.

"Y'know you deserve to be tortured. You always do it to me. Doesn't feel too good coming back around, does it?" He asked jokingly. He crossed over to her and grabbed her hand, kissing the back of it. Yeah he was being romantic than usual, but looking at himself in the mirror he was thinking on how lucky he was to be alive and with Jessie. He almost felt compelled to call his father and talk with him, but his thankfulness for being alive wasn't that strong. He still thought his father was stupid and juvenile.

"But I'm assuming that is retaliation for how I treated you from the first day." He said before he quickly picked her up in his arms and held her there for a moment looking into her eyes. It made him feel good that he could pick her up. Maybe he'd be able to get back in the gym sooner rather than later. He kissed her on the forehead and slowly sat down with her in his lap.

"So where am I sleeping tonight?" He asked out of the blue. What? He was a guy. Not that he assumed anything was going to happen, but he did want to be close to her tonight. He wanted to wake up in the middle of the night and watch her sleep. He had only done that with one other girl and it had been almost magical. So simple a thing as watching a woman sleep made him thankful to be alive and with her.

dirty.angel - 9-2-2008 at 04:39 PM
Jessie shrugged lightly. " Where ever you want" she said picking up her drink, " Doesn't bother me really, I'll sleep through a nuclear war" wriggling slightly to get comfortable in his grip, she rested her head against his bare chest, listening to his heart beat. It might sound weird, but she loved listening to a heart beat, not a randoms heartbeat, because yes then, it would be weird. But listening to Tony's, it was like as long as she knew it was still beating, he'd still be around. It sounded kind of sad, and terribly romantic, but every girl had their own prince charming. 

" But I need to warn you, I sleep talk" she warned him, maybe bending the truth just a little. It wasn't that she didn't sleep talk, because she did, but it was due to the nightmares she'd been having. They'd been happening since Kate had passed, and it seemed they weren't getting any better. Maybe having some company would help.

" Just putting an idea out in the open" she paued before grinning " Maybe you should get back into the gym, especially if you're gonna be walking around like this all the time. I don't think my mother would want to see jelly" she joked. Awww, poor Tony, he wasn't in bad shape at all, and Jessie was just poking fun at him. Way to wreck the romantic moment they were having moment before. She defiently was not your typical girl, instead of making romantic moments, she was wrecking them.

Yunalesca - 10-2-2008 at 12:52 PM
Tony stroked Jessie's hair lightly as she rested her head on his chest. He felt more at ease here than he ever had elsewhere. He was with his girl relaxing on the deck at night and not worrying about anything. Then she went and ruined it like she usually did. He wasn't angry about it as he was getting used to it now. It was a part of her personality to pick at him just like it was in his personality to do the same to others. That was where they clicked well. Other then that they seemed to be opposites except for falling even more in love with each passing moment.

"That was uncalled for," he said into her hair and kissed the top of her head. He was far too relaxed to argue with her at the moment. "But I'll work on it. I think I'll be having a six pack before you stop burning food." He said in turn poking at her lack of kitchen skills. This was what he'd always pictured his dream life to be, with the exception of a few things. Not having any real cares and being with a woman he loved. He had been missing out on this with all the flings he'd had.

"I think it's time for sleep." He said and stood with her still in his arms. He carried her inside and laid her down on her bed. He saw her getting ready to protest, but placed a finger to her lips and pressed her back down on the bed. "I'll take care of everything. You get some sleep. I know you didn't sleep while I was in the hospital. I'll be in soon." He said and kissed her forehead before heading back out to clean up the house and shut things off.

dirty.angel - 10-2-2008 at 04:04 PM
" Fine..." she mumbled quietly, watching him as he retreated out of her room. Sighing, she lay on the bed for a moment, seemingly resting, but more so taking everything in. She'd missed out on so much, having one night stands, first dates but never second, all those flings, this was what she'd been missing out on. 

After a few moments she moved towards her bathroom, the dentist always told her to brush her teeth twice a day or she'd have no teeth. She brusher her teeth, and headed back to her bedroom to get changed into her 'Elmo' pajamas. She pulled on the little red shorts, but decided to stay in her black tank. Hey, Tony could come in any moment, and there was something, she didn't want him to see, yet anyway. He had his scar, and she had hers. 

You see, the last thing Jesse was, was proud of her scar, and the last thing she wanted to do, was show it to someone. It would have had to have been about five years since the accident, maybe not even that. No matter the year, Jessie remembered the day as clear as day. It was a cold, November, Tuesday at about 8pm. She was coming home from work, and it was dark. She was on her bike, and had definetly not been drinking. But that didn't really matter. She'd stopped at the red lights, and had gone when they turned green, she went. Some car, hadn't stopped at the red lights, and went straight through the large intersection. That was the last thing she remembered. When she'd woken up in the hospital, the doctor had told her she'd been lucky. She hadn't suffered any broken bones, no major internal problems, so she was lucky in that respect, but then in others she wasn't so lucky. She'd been sliced open, and it was pretty gross, all the way from her left hipbone, to just underneath the left side of her ribcage had been sliced. She'd lost alot of blood, and had to have some donor blood. Her slice had required a helluva lot of stitches, too many to even count, but what she had been left with, was an ugly reminder. Everday she was reminded of the pain she suffered, just by looking at it, it upset her alot, it really did. Even more so now though, as mentioned, she'd had a blood donor, that blood donor had been Kate.

Shaking the thoughts of the accident from her head, she got under the covers, and placed her head on the pillow. Closing her eyes, and waiting for a new day to start. It wasn't very long before she fell asleep, she was just so tired. Like Tony had said, she hadn't really slept while he'd been in the hospital. Maybe finally she'd get a good nights sleep, mind you, Gibbs did have the tendency to call in the middle of the night.

Yunalesca - 15-2-2008 at 09:28 AM
Tony quietly began to pick up things around the house and didn't even notice Jessie get up and brush her teeth. He cleaned up their chinese boxes and turned off her fairy lights. He couldn't help but chuckle a little bit when he did so. She just didn't seem the type, but then they all had their little secrets. He had tons of them and didn't know when he'd ever tell Jess about them. He knew he would probably start with his father. It was a touchy subject for him, but he had lately felt like he needed to just sit down with someone and talk about it. He was still angry and hurting from him and how he'd cut his son out of his life. Sighing he pushed in the patio chairs and stepped back inside, closing the balcony door and locking them behind him. He felt a nagging feeling that Jess usually didn't lock up the house, but he was still on edge. Yeah he appeared to be the same old Tony again, but inside he was still nervous and didn't let his guard down. It hadn't taken much for his attacker to get into his home and that was enough for him to be alarmed.

Shaking it off he wiped down the counter and table and rearranged the pillows on the couch. How he must look like a cleaning lady. He smiled slightly as he locked the front door and turned down the lights. He would leave one small touch light on just in case she liked to get up early or if she had to get up in the night for something. Couldn't be for a snack, she had no food in the house...edible food anyways. He shook his head and decided he would be making a list of things to purchase while at his desk tomorrow. He stifled a yawn and went to the bathroom finally. He used his toothrbrush and scrubbed the remains of rice from his teeth and refreshed his breath. Next he washed his face before changing slipping his pants off and folding them neatly. He thought of simply going to bed in his boxers, but thought that may be a little too forward.

Tony slipped a pair of still clean dress pants on and looked at himself in the mirror again. His eyes hung on his chest, his skin was beginning to repair from the surgery hole and it would undoubtedly scar. He frowned at the thought. Some people liked scars and their tales but he was not proud of his. He didn't want it, but it was just one more disappointment he would have to live with. Shaking his head he turned the bathroom light off and stepped into Jessie's bedroom. He looked down at her, the blankets rising and falling with each breath she took. She was so beautiful when she slept as well as awake. He slowly slipped under the covers next to her and snuggled close. Gently he rested his arm over her side and sighed quietly, closing his eyes.

dirty.angel - 15-2-2008 at 04:43 PM
For once in a long while, Jessie slept like a log. She didn't have nightmares, and she didn't have a restless sleep. Thankgod. When she heard her alarm go off, she groaned, and whacked it off the bedisde table. The old school clock landed with a thud and she rolled over, it was too early to want to get up yet. 

Finally after about ten or so minutes she rolled out of bed and groaned, moving out towards the kitchen. At about 7:30 in the morning, she was not exactly excited. She hated mornings, and was definetly not a mornings person. Sighing, she looked through her cupboards for some food, finding her last box of chocolate Pop-Tarts. She really should get some real food.

She waited the few moments for her poptarts before she headed outside to eat her breakfast. She liked sitting outside in the mornings. It woke her up. And it was refreshing. Mumbling something under her breathe about how it was so stupid that she needed to be up this early for work, she continued to eat. She probably looked like crap, she knew she felt like crap this morning. She always did when she woke up, it was just one of those things.

She wondered if her alarm clock had woken Tony. He didn't seem to stir when she woke, so she figured not. But she could have been wrong, that wasn't anything unusual. Maybe he didn't remember if he was going to work or not, mind you, she was pretty sure Gibbs would call him if he didn't come in. 

Hey eyes looked back inside at the clock on the wall, and she started to stress. Now she was running late. Damn, she knew she shouldn't have slept in. Leaving the plate outside, she rushed in and headed to the bedroom. God, and she still had to figure out what to wear. And if Tony had been asleep, he definetly wouldn't be now, as she searched her closet for some clothes. It took her a while, but she found some black pants, and a nice white shirt with a black waistcoat, she had that many clothes is wasn't funny.

Smiling to herself, and leaving the mess of all her clothes around the room, she moved to the bathroom to have a shower and what not. Maybe Tony could become the housewife instead.

Yunalesca - 22-2-2008 at 03:13 PM
What in the hell is that sound? Tony thought as he rolled over onto his belly. He was about to rise when it stopped and something got off the bed. Making a clicking noise he slowly opened his eyes and moved his hand around and found Jessie had left. He took a deep breath and pushed himself up and looked around again. The sheets were a mess and he suddenly panicked. Had they? One of his hands jetted down and felt he had pants on. Sighing he collapsed back to the fluffy bed and felt his heart rate return to normal. Not that he wouldn’t like having ‘slept’ with Jessie, but it had been their first night together in the same bed. He didn’t want to rush into something like that. He’d slept with other girls before, but with her he wanted it to be a beautiful thing if it ever happened. He closed his eyes again. Just resting for a minute longer…

Of course he fell back asleep and only realized it when Jessie came back into the room and banged around in her closet for something to wear to work. He drowsily started to sit up again and looked around as his eyes adjusted and vision started to clear. He yawned before running a hand through his hair and crawled out of bed. He looked over at the clock and cursed. “Shit!” He yelled and ran to find his cell phone. He just knew Gibbs would be calling any minute. He’d always been called in at that time. He stumbled over a few things before he found his phone out in the kitchen. He grabbed onto it just as it rang and he fell on the floor with a loud thud. “Yes, boss.” He said as he started to pull himself back to his feet. “Yes, boss, yes. I know…Yeah, three sugars and…” He heard the click and looked at his screen. Gibbs had hung up on him again. One day he was going to tell him just how rude that was. He took a deep breath before finding his bag and changing into suitable clothes for work.

Dressed in a black dress shirt and tan slacks Tony shook his head and started to pick up his girlfriends clothes and make her bed. Isn’t this supposed to be her job? he thought to himself as he fluffed the pillows and ran his hand through his hair again. Shaking his head he went to the stand outside the bathroom door and knocked gently. “Hey, darlin’?” He started. “Gibbs just called and I’m late…I need to stop and get him a coffee on the way…”

dirty.angel - 22-2-2008 at 04:21 PM
Pulling the last of her hair through the straightener, she turned and opened the door. " Okay, well my bugs keys are in the bottom draw in the kitchen. Or, I can drop you off at yours for your car in about five minutes" she said, flicking the switch on the electricty, and heading through the doorway brushing past him. She'd left the bathroom in a mess, makeup everywhere, hair products scattered around the sink, it was definetly a girls bathroom. She headed back into the bedroom, and looked around, had she worn her earrings to bed?

Rushing around her room, she pulled out a few draws, throwing the contents on the floor before pulling back the covers and finding her two earings on the sheets. Hey, this was like a morning routine for her. Now, it was shoes, she opened her closet and kicked around a few shoes before picking up the black stiletto's and smiling. " Alright, I'm ready" she said turning around to grin at him. She walked over to him and stood on her toes, placing a soft kiss on his lips. " Look good DiNozzo, the black is very slimming" she joked heading towards the door. " So you coming for a ride, or you taking my buggy?" she asked opening the front door. " I'm a very safe driver" she laughed lightly. " You just might have to hold on"

Jessie arrived at the office and headed into the elevator. So now she had to be in 'not-going-out-with-Tony' mode. She knew it probably wasn't going to be easy. But it was just for the best, it'd make it a more comfortable environment with them not knowing. Plus, she didn't want to cop anything for actually liking the guy. When the elevator made that familiar sound, she headed to her desk and dumped everything by it. Magee was there, and they started talking, Gibbs was no where to be seen, and Tony was being the coffee boy.

Yunalesca - 7-3-2008 at 07:29 AM
Tony watched Jessie tear apart the bed he'd just made and grimaced. He'd never seen a girl like this before and didn't know if he could ever break her of it. "Jess..." he tried as she tore apart the room, but gave up and stepped out of her way. She brushed past and hurried about to finish getting ready before he gave her the keys to her car. He saw the grin on her face and closed his eyes, wondering what he was doing. He followed her down the stairs and got in her car, making sure to buckle up and pull the belt tight. He looked over at her and had to put his hands out to stop himself from hitting the dashboard as the car jerked into reverse.


Tony had gripped the belt and his seat tightly the whole way. She'd weaved in and out of lanes at speeds near to a NASCAR driver. He didn't like to be late either, but not to the extent of his own life. When they finally arrived, he was hyperventilating and his knuckles were white from gripping so tightly. They'd arrived in one piece, but he had a feeling he may have to take a trip to the hospital to get his heart checked on. Jessie slipped into her work mode and acted as though they weren't dating so Tony did the same. "See you later." He said as he went to find the coffee shop in the lower levels of the office.

"Haven't seen you around in a while, get bumped down to coffee man?" One of the older workers said as Tony prepared Gibbs' coffee for him. He stopped for a moment before he turned and laughed.

"No, I'm sure Probie is just sick and..."

"I just saw him earlier, he came in to get the Boss' coffee but got paged out."

Tony grimaced before he finished the coffee and said farewell to the workers. It wasn't going to be his day already, he could tell.



"Tony!" The shriek echoed across the room as Abbey saw Tony and ran for him. His eyes widened in surprise, then concern as she made to jump on him. He held the coffee away in hopes it wouldn't spill, then Abbey jumped on him and he groaned in pain.

"Ahh, hey Abs..." He said through clenched teeth as she hugged him tight.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" She said and loosened her grip.

"It's...alright." He said and felt the cup of coffee disappear from his hand. He looked up and saw Gibbs walking away with it in his hand.

"Welcome back, DiNozzo." He turned and looked at him before giving the 'cheers' with a raised cup of coffee. "Still know how to make it."

"Yeah, boss." He breathed when Abbey let him go. She went over to Gibbs' desk and started firing off her findings. Rubbing his shoulder, Tony took a seat at his desk and looked over it, noticing nothing had been touched. He felt a little wierd sitting there again and was pretty sure he looked odd with the way he was slowly running his hands over everything.

dirty.angel - 8-3-2008 at 04:43 PM
" I'm guessing feeling up the things on the desk is the only action you've been getting for a while Tony" she said looking over at him with a smirk. Work mode meant one thing, sarcasm. She grabbed the cup of coffee that MaGee had bought her. They took turns most mornings. 

" Gibbs here's the report" she said handing him a folder full of papers. It was the report on Tony's accident and what not. It hadn't been easy to write, actually she'd struggled with alot and had, had to get MaGee to help her, but it wasn't because of the subject, she'd just, she'd always struggled with paperwork.

" Thanks Jess..." 

" No problem Boss. Oh, and the director wanted to see you"

Clasping her hands around the warm coffee she took a sip and looked over at Tony. Smirking, she laughed. " So, what's your first job of the day going to be Tony?" she paused, looking at her desk and all the files. She placed her coffee cup down and grabbed them placing them on his desk. " I guess considering you're on desk duty, you wont mind doing these" she grinned. 

Hey, it was work mode, it meant nothing. She could just have fun, and it'd be passed of as just those two mucking around. And it was, because she knew it'd be weird if people knew. Well, they'd tell later, but not now.

" And when you're done. Can you write a shopping list of what food I need in my house?"

Yunalesca - 29-3-2008 at 11:51 AM
Tony's gaze raised to Jessie's when she started her playful banter. It was a nice cover, but two could play at that game. With a traditional Dinozzo grin on his face he folded his arms behind his head and leaned back. "As a matter of fact I've got a date later and I think she'll be more then willing to let me touch her." He said, not feeling awkward in the slightest that he'd just stated that before his boss. They all knew where his mind traditionally lied. When she mentioned the Director, however, his playboy smile lowered. He could only imagine what was going to be discussed there. He had an aching feeling it was going to be about him.

Tony's teeth gritted as she asked him what he was going to be doing and followed it up with dropping her file work on his desk. If she weren't dating him he would've taken offense to that. "Surely won't." He said through clenched teeth as he ripped open the first file folders flap. His eyes never left hers as he kept up his act of annoyance. It was all in fun and he hoped she realized this. He could be a good actor when need be. 

"Whatever your little heart desires, miss thang." He hissed, eyes still boring into hers. To anyone watching it had to appear the tension was thick. It almost was as he felt himself slipping into the character a little too much. It almost felt like old times with Kate once more. He knew it was because of her that they had each other. Somehow she'd brought them together and as much of a pain as she could be, he was thankful he had Jessie. He was thankful to be able to call her his girl. He hadn't called anyone that in some time.

"I hope real food doesn't kill you." He said with a raised brow before he scanned some of the files. It was half a mountain of paperwork but he could get through it. Oh it would take time as he knew he'd get distracted like he usually did. He'd probably pull a principal Vernon from the Breakfast Club and make a spinny cup with pencils before it was even lunch time. Even after being shot, in a coma and nearly losing his life he still had the same Dinozzo personality. Classic for pissing his father off. He smirked at the thought as he flipped a page of a report, mildly interested in its contents. It was old stuff he'd seen before. Hardly interesting. It was a bunch of lab crap he didn't get. He wondered if he went down to Abbeys lab and drank one of her big sodas while listening to her screaming music would make him get it more. He knew he could if he tried, but he always preferred that field work.

dirty.angel - 30-3-2008 at 07:18 PM
" Oh yeah? What's her name" she asked, leaning back on her desk lightly. " I'm amazed you've got a date so quickly actually...not many girls go for the whole diseased type thing..." she smirked " But then, it might not be a girl, I hear you're the type to kiss a guy here and there, even if you don't know" she smirked, looking up at him from her coffee. Kate had told her many, many stories about Tony's misfortune. It had always been evident that Kate wanted Tony to be happy, and she cared for him. Even if it was only in a friendship kind of way, if it had been Tony killed, she knew Kate would have been distraught. 

She eyed Tony carefully, waiting for his next sarcastic sentence. But hey, she was sure, her's would be covered in sarcasm. " I eat real food" she said, in a mock offended tone. " It's just been packaged, and is microwaveable" she shrugged, giving a grin looking over to see Magee slaving over some files. She moved, walking to his desk and picking up the pile, placing it, along with hers on Tony's desk. " Sure you wont mind, you don't have anything else to do" she grinned widely, going to sit back on her seat. Well, it was known in the office that Jessie was well, she was clumsy, she's gone to walk through glass doors that weren't open, she'd tripped up the stairs, but she'd never missed her chair. Well until now.

She could have sworn she was going to sit on her chair, but then again, it was a wheely chair so it could have moved. But she knew one thing, it hurt. " Owwwwww" she whined from the floor as she sat there, not bothering to get up. Knowing her luck Gibbs would walk past right now. " Timothy Magee, did you move my chair?" she called with almost a laugh, her and Magee had been having fun like that the past few weeks. Maybe not having Tony around had let Magee come out of his little shell. Slowly she stood, as if nothing had happened, and dusted off her grey pants. Carefully she sat down on her seat and pulled her seat close to her and sat. She glanced over at Tony and smiled lightly as she typed something up on her computer. " Magee, you and Abby coming around after for drinks again?" she said looking over at Tony, who she could see was about to freak out. Especially mentioning Magee coming around, " You guys can bring around those movies we didn't get to watch last week. I'm sure Tony wont mind cooking for us all" she smirked, looking over at him. " Of course, before he goes out on this date with the mystery woman"

Magee smiled, looking across at Jessie, almost laughing as he got her with the chair thing. And to think he was going to blame it on Tony. " Sure, I'll bring them around, I'll look forward to it" he said glancing over at Tony who was shooting him daggers. 

" Alright, Alright, Alright" she grinned, widely looking at her screen, writing a few notes down on the notepad. She'd found something she had been searching for, for the past couple of days at work. It had been itching at her all week, and now she'd found it. She continued on her search, the smile not disapearing. " Magee it's time to happy dance" she laughed. So, since Tony had been gone, the two had been making jokes and had been having heaps of fun. It'd been good.

Yunalesca - 1-4-2008 at 06:54 AM
Tony rolled his tongue around in his mouth in irritation as she continued to play their little cover game. Only to him it was starting to press those irritation buttons. Now he knew how everyone else felt when he would try and be cute and play with their limits. He'd have to make note to not do that so often anymore. Although he didn't think it would last long. He was who he was and nothing would change that. Maybe if he would change he'd be able to speak to his father again and please his mother, but that would probably never happen. That ruled out taking her to meet his parents at a holiday dinner. It was better that way.

When she missed her chair, however, instead of rushing to help her he started laughing. He doubled over, gripping his sides. He knew it was rude considering they were dating, but her stabs at him had started to hit chords. But when she mentioned Abbey and Probie coming up for drinks he quieted. He lowered his gaze as he felt out of the loop. He'd been in a coma and everyone else had seemingly moved on without him. He felt a wave of depression coming on and suddenly felt his hand reach for the drawer of his desk. His hand clamped around the cool metal handle, feeling natural, but he stopped himself.

He took a deep breath and forced his grip to loosen and pull his hand from the handle. He had to stop his growing addiction. He wasn't even sure if anyone knew how dependent he'd become on the anti-depressants. He let his head clear and went back to looking through the papers, putting them in order and registering some things in the computer. Tony's eyes rose as Jessie apparently found whatever she'd been searching for. His brow rose inquisitively as Magee walked over to her desk and seemed happy to see whatever it was they'd been trying to find. Tony forced himself to remain put. He wanted it to appear he didn't care, but it bugged him how behind he was.

dirty.angel - 1-4-2008 at 10:29 PM
As Magee ran to the copy room to grab the stuff, Jessie headed over to Tony's desk. She smiled, looking down at him. " Having fun?" she questioned with a small grin. She studied him for a moment, she could tell he was getting aggitated with something. No one was around, so she rested her hands on his shoulders, looking over at the paperwork. " They wont stay for long, I promise." she told him " It's just for fun, because yeah, you don't have to stay if you don't want" she told him, grabbing a yellow post it note and writing a nice little note. 'Smile! You look better when you do!' she placed it on his computer screen and headed back to her desk, going back to typing on her computer. She could still be the nice, polite girlfriend she was, without letting people know.

She knew, that emailing was a bad idea. Someone was always screening emails, usually Abby or Magee, trying to pick up on peoples dirty laundry. Sometimes it would be funny, but if it was her dirty laundry, she'd be embarassed. Sighing, she began to twirl her hair around her finger absent-mindedly as she read the computer screen. She started humming some random tune to herself, swivelling across to drink her coffee. Really, she didn't have all that much to do, she'd given it all to Tony to do, but now, she was starting to feel bad. " ....Tooonnnnyyyy" she paused before giving a huge grin " Can I have some files to do, I'm bored". She looked over at him, with an adorably cute smile and batted her eyelids. Hey how could you resist that?

Before she could say anything else, or do anything else for that matter, her phone rang. She picked up, smiling at the number. " Hey Mrs. Todd" she said looking over at Tony for a moment. She was still close to Kate's family. " ...Yeah, yeah, I know what you mean. Why?" she asked, listening to the woman. Kate's mother was a lovely old woman that baked beautiful chocolate muffins. Kate always had them in the cupboard when Jessie woke up with a hangover. " I'd love to come for dinner, I really would, ummm, when?" Maybe she could take Tony? She was sure the guy would like to go. After all, him and Kate were close, and Kate always spoke about him. " Friday? Sure. I was wondering can I bring someone?" she asked before laughing. " No, no, he's not messed up, and he's definetly not scary looking..." she smirked over at Tony and gave a small grin. " You'll love him. Trust me, actually, you know alot already, anyway Mrs. Todd, I've gotta run I'm at work. See you soon" she said hanging up and looking over at him. " Hope you're looking forward to meeting my other parents" she laughed.

Yunalesca - 2-4-2008 at 12:49 PM
Tony looked up at Jessie, trying to hide his emotions though it appeared to be unsucessful. He'd nearly slipped his hand inside the drawer for those pills he knew were still there. God he'd become pathetic and it was bothersome that he was so weak as to let himself get into that dependency. He was lucky he wasn't dead from pills much less getting shot. He had some shaping up to do yet. He may never be the same Tony again since the death of Kate and his severe depression, but he had to try and get back into the swing of things. he began to wonder if maybe he'd come back too soon, but knew it didn't matter what day it was. It could be a month from now and he'd still feel upset that things had gone on fine without him. It was selfish he knew, but he'd liked to think he'd have a banner and be adored. Of course he hadn't exactly left on best terms with blowing off authority and doing it his way.

He smiled at her post it note and tried to pull himself from the depression. She was trying and so should he. He was taking things personal when they were both trying to cover their relationship. It was good to see she was fitting in at work better. He shouldn't think much of their toyings. When they went home at the end of the day it was their time. Now was for working not romancing. He had to smirk at his own thought as it was the first time he had thought to seperate the two. He'd always been making jabs at Kate, joking they should date. 

He cocked a brow when she asked for some files. Apparently she was bored. He usually tried to put off working but she seemed to be the opposite. But he was a guy and tended to be easier to entertain. He could find a way to be entertained by a pencil and paper clips. He had a degree in procrastination and keeping yourself entertained with limited supplies. That was probably a reason Gibbs looked more relaxed then usual. But Tony knew his boss had been concerned for him. He wouldn't doubt he'd be pulled aside later in the elevator and asked on his condition. Gibbs was replacing the father Tony never really had.

"I am...Is that good or bad?" He asked, but held a hand up. "Or rather, are they anything like you?" He added, noting how she considered Kate's family her own. He'd never met her family, sadly, and wished he'd be doing so under better circumstances. But he couldn't deny it would be interesting in the least.

"Dinozzo." Called a voice from above and Tony looked around, trying to find it's source. "Up here." A voice called with little emotion and Tony looked up to see Gibbs against the railing of the steps.

"Oh, hi boss, I was..."

"The Director would like to see you." He stated and Tony dropped his act. He slid from his desk and adjusted his suit, trying to look better before the Director. Not that he could look tremendously great after waking from a coma and having a near heart attack.

dirty.angel - 2-4-2008 at 08:28 PM
" She can cook" Jessie laughed, before watching as the events unfolded and Tony was called to the meeting room to see the Director. She sighed, watching as Tony left, what was the Director going to say? That he should stay at home? She couldn't cope with that. As much as it seemed that things had gone along okay without him, it hadn't. Tony was part of the machine, and when there was a missing part, the machine didn't work well.

She went back to her files, before Gibbs seemed to appear infront of her. " Jess...come on, lets go" That was it? That was the initation of a chat? Oh come on, seriously....she needed to get used to it. " Sure" she mumbled, following. She knew not to say anything until Gibbs had, so when she got into the lift she waited, staring at the older man blankly.

" Relationships between NCIS agents don't work out Jessie...."

" Wait...what?"

" I know from expirience. Don't screw it up"

When Gibbs walked out of the lift, and just left her there, she stared blankly at the other side of the lift. How could he have known? Maybe he was just mucking around? But then she knew Gibbs enough to know he didn't really kid around.

She looked down at her feet, before heading out the lift, still trying to get around what Gibbs had said. How did he know? Jessie and Tony had been keeping it on the down low. Actually, they'd done nothing different, they'd just bantered as per the norm. How'd they know? All they were doing differently was arriving together, and there was nothing weird about that.

She headed back to her desk, and tried to concerntrate. But she was struggling. It wasn't easy, actually it was really hard. She wanted to know how they knew, more importantly, she wanted to know how Tony was going in the meeting.

Yunalesca - 6-4-2008 at 09:40 AM
Tony straightened his tie and situated his jacket as he ascended the stairs to the Director's office. He didn't like the tone in Gibbs' voice and wondered what it was she wanted to know. He was hoping it was just a check on his health, but he couldn't be sure that was all. The Director didn't make social calls and it was likely there was still something to be heard on his case. She'd come in and taken over everything and he had to admit it was a bit annoying. Gibbs' attitude had changed ever since she'd shown up and he didn't like change. Tony felt like he was being constantly monitored and didn't like it. He began to wonder if his brash actions had caused more problems around the office then he'd like to think about. He cringed at the thought of NCIS being under watch because of him. It wasn't Gibbs' or any of his colleagues faults.

He took a deep breath before knocking on the Director's partially open door and stepping inside. She was sitting at her desk, looking over a file. She looked up and put her pen down. "Close the door, Mr. Dinozzo." She said and Tony did so. She then gestured for him to take a seat before her. He slowly crossed the room to the chair in front of her desk and sat. His back was straight and he was posture rather rigid as he waited for her to lay into him. Oh she wouldn't yell, that wasn't her style. She was a calm person, but she had other ways to state her opinion firmly without raising her voice. She could've been a polition at some point in her life with the way she asserted authority.

She leaned back in her rocking leather desk chair and crossed her hands over her middle. Her red hair was highlited by the sun shining in through the thin blinds covering the window behind her. If he didn't know any better he'd think he some sort of angel. But then angels weren't as ruthless as she could be. "Mr. Dinozzo I just had a discussion with Gibbs. We both have some concerns about you, but he expressed that you are ready to return to the field. I don't feel you are." She stated without beating around the bush or with little emotion. Tony bit his tongue to keep from expressing his objection. He didn't want to be stuck around the office all day for weeks until she gave him clearance.

"Director...I don't want to be stuck behind a desk all," She cut him off with a shake of her head and stacking of her folders.

"No, Dinozzo. I think monitoring would be good and staying at your desk won't hurt. I'm not going to lie when I say your actions could've caused a lot of problems here at NCIS. That is all, Special Agent." She said the dismissal and turned back to her files. Tony's gaze lowered before he stood and left her office. His mood had soured greatly. He took slow steps back to his desk. He took his seat and breathed deeply before having an outburst and sliding the pencil cup and a few other things from the metal top with his arms violently.

dirty.angel - 6-4-2008 at 10:22 PM
Seemed Jessie had come back either the right time, or the wrong time. She was far enough away to see Tony's outburst. Carefully she approached and bent down, slowly picking up the pens and pencils that lay on the floor. She placed the pencil cup, plus the pencils back onto his desk and looked around. " Gibbs, we're going on a coffee run" she said watching the man who was coming down the hall. The look she gave Tony, was one of a caring girlfriend and nothing else as she grabbed him by the wrist and pulled him along towards the garage. She could be foreful when she wanted to be, but at the moment, she wasn't being foreful, and she wasn't being work-Jessie, no she was being the real Jessie, the one that cared, the one that got lost in Tony DiNozzo's eyes. That Jessie.

She let her hand slip from his wrist to his hand when they were out of sight from their desks, and when the elevator doors open, she stepped in, watching as the doors closed before she took a deep breathe. " Hey, what's up, why did you get angry?" she asked taking his hands and a small step closer. She looked up into his eyes, getting worried herself, the director had a way of putting things to upset you, and Jessie could tell she'd definetly done that with Tony. She'd pressed the stop button on the lift, so they were going no where anytime soon.

Maybe he didn't want to tell her? But could it possibly be that bad? She knew how much he wanted to be out on the field, and could you blame him? When you were as capable as Tony was in the field, there was no need to be stuck behind a desk, even if he had come out of hospital. But then, she could understand why he should be behind a desk, even for another week or something, she didn't want him out there if he was still recovering, that was a danger to himself, and the rest of them, and being aware of Tony's state of mind, if anything had happened to any of them, he could put himself into an even darker place.

" I understand if you don't wanna tell me, but if you need someone to voice your frustration at. I'm here alright" she smiled, giving a grin, and kissing him softly. " And don't expect this everyday" she joked, turning the lift back on. Now they had to go get coffee.

She figured, if he wanted to tell her, he would. And he'd do it when he was ready, so that probably meant when they went home at the end of the day. Which, could possibly be, a very long time away. Lately, there hadn't been much to do, so they were allowed to go home early. Which had been good for Jessie when she wanted some shuteye. She was glad Tony was out of hospital, it meant she could actually sleep in her own bed, and what was better, now she had someone to keep her warm at night.

Yunalesca - 8-4-2008 at 01:05 PM
Tony didn't even notice Jessie picking up his things as he sat at his desk, elbows on the metal top and hands deep in his hair. His fingers gripped the follicles tight as his brow creased. His eyes stared at the stack of files as his breathing grew heavy from anger. He couldn't sit and bask in his anger for long as Jessie grabbed his wrist. He looked at her, clearly upset she was touching him in his current state, but that returning look silenced him. He let her pull him along and into the elevator. He backed himself against the wall and folded his arms over his chest with his head lowered as she punched the elevator into motion. It was however jerked to a stop as she took his hands.

He refused to look at her at first, intent on remaining angry and keeping it inside. When she spoke, though, it made him look at her through his brows. He knew she wanted him to confide in her, but he was afraid of how he'd lash out after reciting what the Director had said. Before he could even decide whether or not to tell her, she turned the elevator back on and he fell back against the wall for support as it lurched into motion again. He swallowed and looked at her. She deserved to know, she was his girlfriend. She had stayed by his side all those nights in the hospital, forsaking her own comfort to be there with him. He owed her an explanation.

"Jess." He started but sighed and shook his head. He couldn't just yet. His frustration was still too high. "I'd rather talk about this later. Nothing personal." He assured as he lowered his head and tapped his foot against the metal floor. He let her lay a kiss on him before he pushed off the wall of the elevator. He stood before the doors until the lift stopped and the doors opened. He stuffed his hands in his pockets and exited the elevator. He was being cold towards Jessie and knew he shouldn't be. But he knew if he opened his mouth worse things would pour from it to hurt her, words that would hurt more then ignoring her.

dirty.angel - 8-4-2008 at 06:58 PM
When the elevator stopped and the doors open. Jessie just walk out, completely ignoring Tony and his sulking. She knew what it felt like to be forced onto desk duty, it'd happened to her before, for reasons that well, weren't really her favourite thing to be talking about. But the fact was, she knew how he felt. He was angry, and she understood that, but that didn't mean he had to ignore the ones that cared about him. He could tell her later, but maybe later, she wouldn't give a shit. Well, that wasn't true she would but the point was, she was offering her support and he was throwing it back in her face. Can't say that didn't piss her off a little bit. She walked to the car, car and got in, waiting for Tony. Yeah, she was pissed.

She waited until Tony ambled along and got into the car, as soon as he shut the door, she sped off. She didn't let him have time to get on his seat belt. Safety first didn't matter that much. She drove much like Gibbs, and this was only for coffee. When the car stopped at the first set of lights, she gritted her teeth and clicked her jaw. The tapping on the steering wheel must have been getting annoying, but she didn't care she just put her foot down on the accelerator when the light turned green and she sped off. 

They arrived at the local Starbucks at what would have had to have been record time. " You wanna stay in the car? Or are you gonna sulk about that too?" she asked, grabbing her purse and slamming the car door behind her. Subtle much? It was probably creating a riff between the two of them, and a fight would ensue pretty quickly, but she didn't fall in love with a sulking Tony DiNozzo who felt sorry for himself 24/7, she fell in love with the other Tony DiNozzo.

She walked into the coffee shop, ordering the usual, plus a muffin for herself. She was starved, eating the left over cereal from the box hadn't exactly filled her up. She rocked on her feet as she waited, starting to talk to the coffee guy, they'd had some funny conversations, about his wife, his kids all of that. It was nice to know some strangers didn't just blow you off.

When she arrived back at the car, balancing the carboard holder holding the four large cups in her left hand and opening the car door with her right. All that waitressing finally showed some usefulness. " Don't help or anything" she mumbled passing him the coffee's and turning on the engine beginning to drive again. 

Her phone rang as soon as she pulled out and she placed in on loudspeaker. 
" Hey Gibbs"

"Jess....we've got a case, drive to the naval base and we'll see you two soon. Tony I hope you have your stuff" he said before the line went dead. 

" See, did you really think Gibbs was going to let you sit behind the desk when the director said you had to?" she asked, putting her foot down and speeding off.

Yunalesca - 9-4-2008 at 06:36 AM
Tony knew she was pissed the moment she rather rudely brushed past him when the elevator opened and practically jogged to her car. He didn't get what her problem was however. He was a guy and didn't understand why girls got in a tizzy when their boyfriends just didn't feel like talking at the moment. No, they always had to pry at their man to get him to talk. Keep pushing until they got angry enough to blurt it out. That Jessie hadn't done that was a little worrisome. She wasn't like other girls to begin with, but if she went straight to silent treatment and roughing up, he knew he should be worried.

He however took his time getting to her car, his head low and his jaw tight with frustration. Not only was he getting booted to desk duty and told he was trouble, his girlfriend of what, two days? Was pissed at him. and she was the one begging him to come back to work. He scoffed and bit at the inside of his lip. It didn't appear she needed him around. She'd gone and made nicey nice with their colleagues. Even Abbey, the one who didn't trust the girl was like her best friend now. He could rely on Gibbs to continue to have his back and he wondered if that was sad or not.

When he got in the car and closed the door he was immediatly pressed into his seat as her tired squealed and she practically NASCAR'd it out of the parking lot. When he finally regained his composure he growled and clicked the seatbelt in place. Her stop and go routine at the lights wasn't helping either. Each time he nearly smacked his forehead on her dashboard. "You can be a real," he forced himself to control his mouth for once. "Brat, you know that?" He said with vehemence as he tightened the belt so he wouldn't be under risk of concussion anymore. She was an insane driver to begin with but when she was in a pissy mood she was worse.

When they arrived he forced his gaze to stay looking ahead of him. He bit at his lip in anger and felt like he really wanted to hit a woman for once. Not really hit her, but grab her and pin her against the wall and yell at her for being stupid. She would no doubt like to do the same to him however. "No sweetheart, I think I trust the car more then your temper!" He yelled at her as she slammed the door in his face. Frustrated he slammed his back against the seat and clenched his hands into fists. He had to calm down, both of them being pissed off wasn't going to help the situation.

He worked on breathing exercises until she returned with her attitude once again. He took the coffee with a face of anger as he struggled to keep his own mouth in check. "You seemed to be handling yourself just fine. Why would I want to get in your way?" He said rather calmly, not being able to resist the stab at her. Now this felt more familiar to him. It was how so many of his relationships ended. God, was he going to do this to her too? After assuring himself it would be different?

Tony looked over at her phone as it rang and figured he'd be getting dropped off to make good friends with paper sheets again. When Gibbs said 'two' however his brows furrowed in surprise and question. Had he just said...? Tony I hope you have your stuff. That he had heard correctly. His focus remained on the phone as Jessie sputtered a question to him. He'd just gone right over the Director's instructions. He could almost laugh at the humor of it. "Well I am his favorite SA, should've seen it coming." He said with a smile as he felt his mood improve.



When they arrived Tony got out of the car, somehow balancing the coffees and closing the door as well. Good thing he'd strapped on his pistol when nobody was looking. He'd anticipated seeing field work. Still balancing the coffee he made his way to Gibbs and Ducky, who was on the ground looking over a dead body, no doubt immersed in some kind of story again. "What've we got?" He asked, professionalism returning. He scanned over the body and saw it was a guy, couldn't be more then 19 by his appearance. He was in marine uniform and Tony felt a stab at his heartstrings. He had a bad feeling the kid had signed up to please his parents, or even worse, for a free t shirt. He shook his head and continued to wonder what was wrong with his country.

"Patrick Otis, eighteen and fresh out of highschool. Signed up for the military and had just finished his training. Now he's dead. You find the clues, Dinozzo." He said with a smile before taking the coffees from the Special Agent and clapping him lightly on the shoulder.

"Thanks boss." He said in both sarcasm and truth.

dirty.angel - 9-4-2008 at 10:07 PM
Jessie arrived at the scene and had decided that it was best that she went the opposite way to Tony. Them working together and being pissed off at eachother wasn't going to help the case. So it was best she stayed as far away from him as possible. So she went to talk with d Magee about what he had found. Magee was talking about something 'geek' and Jessie really had no idea what was coming out of his mouth. She pretended to understand, and looked as if she did as Magee spoke to the the first on the scene. Obviously he had found something in common with the guy and was talking about that. So Jessie took in apon herself to go look around the scene.

Jessie collected a few pieces of evidence that seemed like it could help them, and continued to look around. This naval base was huge, it could have been anyone of the people at the base, or anyone in the suburb. God, it was going to take ages to narrow it down. 

After gathering all the evidence, and placing them in the official NCIS evidence bags she headed back to the van. " I'm gonna take this stuff back to the lab" she called, to no one in particular and got into the car, speeding off with the sound of screeching tyres. It felt like now Tony was back, she had no place in the team. Of course it was wrong, and she so badly wanted Tony back in the field but truthfully, where was her place? Magee was the "brains", Abbey was the "basketcase", Tony was the " athlete", and Gibbs was well, Gibbs wasn't Principle Vernon, no, he was Carl. Who was she? She certainly wasn't the teacher pet, and she wasn't exactly the princess or anything. No Kate would always be " the princess".Jessie on the other hand the only one left, was the "criminal". She wasn't the girl who got everything from her parents, infact when she was in highschool, she was a shit of a kid. At highschool, Jessie was the captain of the track team, and captain of the trouble making team, with a best friend who didn't dare get anything below an A. But being the captain of trouble makers meant she did alot of things, she smoked, she drank, and she screwed around alot, not to mention pissed off alot of people. It's funny to think that now, she was some kind of law enforcer, after all the laws she broke when she was younger. Kind of ironic hey?

Within about twenty minutes, Jessie was back at NCIS Headquaters and headed towards the lab to hand it over to Abbey. Apparantly Abbey could tell something was wrong, but Jessie refused to talk about it. She never talked about her feelings, that was why so many of her relationships went wrong, because she wasn't good at talking about her feelings and showing her emotions. She usually closed off when it came to feelings, only because she was afraid to talk about them. She figured people left her because of her feelings, she didn't realise it was her not talking about them that made them leave her. It was either that, or it ended bitterly with Jessie storming out the front door. That was always a great scene. And of course, she never cried, apart from when Kate died, that was the only time she had cried. It was kind of stupid, but it was the way she was, she should change, but you try telling her that. After convincing Abbey that she was fine, and handing her the caf-pow that she'd picked up on the way, Jessie headed up to her desk, see if there'd been any messages from Gibbs or anything. There wasn't of course, not that she'd really expected any, but it was always handy to check.

She knew the body would have been already driven here and Ducky would be down there telling some story to the body, or talking to them. She wasn't sure what she should do. She couldn't do anything until she got the results, and she couldn't do anything until everyone else got back. Not that she was all that excited to see Tony, she was so angry at him. He'd called her a 'brat' of all things. When he was the one being a jerk. She'd tried to help, tried to make things better, she'd tried to actually be a good girlfriend and what thanks had she got? She'd got Tony being a sulking ass. And that annoyed her just a little bit. Maybe Gibbs was right, work relationships didn't work.

Yunalesca - 23-4-2008 at 04:48 AM
Tony looked around the dead body, taking pictures as Ducky stuck his temperature stick in the body. He made a face along with the disgusted sound. He looked away to see Gibbs standing over the body, watching and drinking his coffee. Nothing fazed the man and it was irritating some days. He was like a god to NCIS. Well, was, until they brought in the Director. Gibbs had everything under control until that memory loss/coma incident. Maybe that was why he was letting Tony out on the field. He had been in the same boat a while back and knew how it felt having restrictions put on you. It was like a dog being put on a chain. You could only go so far before it tugged you back.

"Well, according to his liver, he died not long ago. Ten hours I would say. What about you Mr. Otis?" Ducky asked the corpse and Tony made a face again. He could never pretend to understand the doctor. He supposed his bond with the dead was like Tony's bond with women, sort of. At the thought he made another face and gave a small shake, his skin crawling. He never wanted to think of Ducky like that with...dead people. He grimaced and took a few more shots of the scene immediatly around the body. He could never truly get why people killed other people. He paused however as he knew he was being hypocritical. He had wanted to kill the man who'd nearly ended his own life. His reasons were good, though. But then, who was to say that killers reasons weren't good to them?

He shook his head and sighed as he bent down closer to get a few shots of the bleed out in the grass. "Find something, Dinozzo?" Gibbs asked and Tony looked up, unable to resist what slipped from his mouth next.

"Well, you're not alone, Gibbs. In one way or another, we're all searching for something." He said with a smile, which clowly faded as he got a stare from his boss. "Come on boss, JAG?" He offered, but got another look and a sip of coffee. "Yeah I know, no more quoting. Sorry boss."

"Don't say sorry, Dinozzo, just don't do it. Get to work." He said and slapped him on the back of the head when Tony turned back to the evidence, mimicking his boss.

"Ow," he said and pressed a hand to the back of his head. He heard a soft chuckle come from Ducky and he looked over to him, giving him a smart look.

"We'll have better conversation when we get back to the lab, Mr. Otis." Ducky said and Tony raised a brow at him. The people he worked with had the oddest quirks. He went back to photographing the scene and scanned the area, not finding a shred of anything useful other then the bloody grass and the kids body.




"Let's go." Gibbs ordered as the body was loaded up and off to the morgue with Ducky. Tony laughed softly at his predicament. He was carless since Jessie had apparently taken off without him. He'd done a good job at pissing her off from the looks of it. How was he supposed to act when she got angry at him for being human? He'd never fully understand women or why he went after all sorts of them all the time. They never seemed to do anything except be trouble. "Get in." Gibbs said to Tony with a gesture and he gave a nervous smile as he headed for the car. He saw McGee in the front seat. 

"Aww boss..."

"You should've thought of that before riding with Jessie. Get in the back." The boss said as he got in the drivers seat. Tony looked down at McGee who had a grin on his face.

"Can it Probie." He said with a growl before climbing into the back seat and buckling up just in time as Gibbs lurched the car forward.





"I've got nothing, boss. I took pictures of every inch of that scene, there's nothing." Tony said as Gibbs stood before his computer with coffee in hand.

"Bring them up, Dinozzo."

"I'm telling you boss, there was nothing..."

"I said bring them up." His boss reiterated. Tony sighed and got up from his desk, switching the flat screen to a slide of the pictures he'd taken. He looked at them over again, ocassionaly glancing at his boss who sipped on his coffee. Tony had made a firm point in ignoring Jessie when they got back, heading over to his desk and uploading the pictures while not acknowledging her. Why should he? She'd bite his head off he did and he didn't want a scene at the office. Of course there was going to be some kind of scene later with all her frustrations building up.

"See, nothing." Tony said, turning to his boss.

"Wait a minute, Tony, go back a few slides."

"Probie, there's nothing there." Tony said. McGee took the clicker from Tony's hand. "Probie, I told you..."

"See, right there." McGee pointed to the screen, tracing an outline. Both Gibbs and Tony stepped closer to the screen. "That's a boot print, faint traces, but I bet I can blow it up, work the pixels out and get a size and possible brand." McGee assured as Tony cursed under his breath.

"Good job, McGee." Gibbs said before taking off. The man beamed as Tony shook his head in frustration. It'd been right there and he'd missed it.

"Yeah, well don't get too big a head, McGee. It's my first day back, I'm bound to miss something." He said in defense before taking to his desk again.

dirty.angel - 23-4-2008 at 03:19 PM
When the boys had arrived back, Jessie was on the phone to obviously someone important to do with the case, but she made a conscious and pretty obvious decision to ignore Tony. She wrote down some notes about what the person was saying before hanging up. Standing, she brushed past Tony, without a word, but a dirty look to match and headed towards the lift. Things could get maybe a little childish with this fight going on. She continued, pressing the button pretty quickly, and more so annoyingly. It seemed maybe she was a little frustrated by a certain male at the moment, wait no, she was more that frustrated with him, she was angry with him. Why did she always have to go after the ones that caused her trouble? Or, well, just made her angry so easily. It was one thing to have some name calling, but it was another thing to call her a ‘brat’, and sure, it could have been said in a moment of anger, but still, it was just, it was horrible. She didn’t call him a prick, or a brat himself. If anything he was the brat.

She stood for a small moment, looking at the lift, yeah, it just seemed to be taking a very long time. Or maybe it was just that the world seemed to go slower when she was angry. But instead of waiting any longer, Jessie headed for the stairs. Hey, the stairs would always beat the lift in a fight. Well, that’s what she had always been told. She opened the doors for the stairs, and moved down the stairs towards Abbey’s lab. It seemed the two had been getting a bit closer now that she had been there a bit longer, and Abbey had realised that Jessie wasn’t there to be another Kate, or take her friends place. She’d never do that, she just wouldn’t be able to.

“ What have you got for us Abbey?” Jessie called, after the stair walk and heading into the lab with a smile. She looked at the girl and walked in with a smile, looking over her shoulder as she pressed a few keys, coming up with the result Jessie needed. Or, at least something to get them all started.

“ Well, from the hair strands you gave me, there was three different people’s hair, two males and a female”

“ So there was three people around the guy at the time?”

“ Well, one is the victims, so, that makes two.”

“ You know what they say, two’s company, three’s a crowd” 

Jessie chimed off, papers in hand, heading back up the stairs. Well, if she wasn’t going to be able to go to the gym as much in the next couple of weeks, while this case was on, she may as well get some exercise. After reaching the top of the stairs, and walking back into the well lit office, Jessie headed over to Magee’s desk, choosing to tell him her findings and not Tony. He could find out by listening, she refused to tell him, anything. Not after the way he acted.

“ Hey, Magee, guess what I’ve got” 

“ Ugh….what?”

“ Well, while you were so busy talking ‘geek’ to that guy, I went around and picked up some evidence. Found some hair, turns out, there were two people with him when he died. Male and female, so either, something very funky was going down, or I’m gonna say that somebody was caught doing something naughty” 

“ You realise, that what your assuming, is well….you know…probably wrong”

“ Yup. Most of my assumptions, and my decisions usually turn bad. So, yeah, I’m just here to look pretty, I hear I do that well”

She had to laugh at herself, as she handed Magee a copy of the results and went back to her desk, sure, choosing to ignore Tony on a case, probably wasn’t the best idea, especially when it was only just a case starting out, and they all needed to communicate. And they say communication is the best thing for any relationship. Well obviously, their relationship was already doomed. Especially if within two days of actually being a couple, they’d already started a fight. But more importantly, how was she going to take Tony to Kate’s Parent’s dinner if they just weren’t talking? It just wasn’t going to happen was it? Shrugging to herself, she started to type something away into a database, maybe she would be able to find a hit on the military database? After all, it was on a military base, you know she should be able to find something. Right?

But as she continued to type, she was just getting more and more frustrated. Why did males just have to be so stubborn? Why did Tony have to be so god damn emotional about some things? She understood where he was, she knew what it was like, and she was sure that she never acted like he was. She glanced over at him, with that smirk on his face, probably having just insulted Magee or something, she wasn’t sure, she hadn’t been listening. But how could he just act like everything was okay? Well, if he wanted to act like that, then that was fine with her. If everything was fine, then nothing was going on. Simple as that. Sure that was their original to plan, to pretend that nothing was going on, but now it just seemed easier than before. “ Tony, you think you could wipe that smirk off your face and maybe take this to the copy room for me?” she asked, handing a piece of paper. “ I’m sure you wont mind running some errands for me. Thanks” she said heading up the stairs, she had a meeting with the director anyway….

[Yunalesca]

Yunalesca - 20-6-2008 at 11:46 AM
Tony looked up at Jessie and the muscles in his jaw twitched as irritation filled his eyes. If she wasn't a girl and if he wasn't dating her, he probably would've hauled off and hit her by now. She was pushing his buttons intentionally now. She figured since she was upset he mind as well be too. Well he'd about had enough of her being a brat and enough of their foolish fighting. Sure he was pissed the Director wanted to keep his butt behind the desk, and yeah he'd snapped at her, but that was no reason for her to get all moody too. It was his issue, his problem, she had no right to be upset about it. But then they were a couple now and that was what couples did. They cared for each other. It was still something he had to get used to.

He glared at the file she plopped in front of him as though it'd done him wrong. Since when was he her errand boy? He had a job to do too, of course he wasn't doing anything presently, but that was besides the point. He grabbed it in his fist before he rose angrily and marched after her. At that point he didn't really give a damn if he made a scene in front of everyone. It was time to put an end to their foolishness. As she started up the stairs he grabbed her arm roughly, not caring if he bruised her and dragged her back through the office, past a dazed looking Magee. He kept his eyes straight ahead, paying no attention to his coworker as he hit the elevator button and pulled her closer to him. "This has got to stop." He growled. The ding went off and he readied to step into the elevator.

Abbey stepped out however with a file of her own. She gave each of them an inquiring look, but he shook his head and pulled Jessie into the elevator with him. He hit a random floor and let the door close and motion come into play before he hit the stop button and glared at her from across the elevator. "I don't give a damn if you had a meeting, Jessie. This has got to be resolved right here, right now. Damnit I care about you and I hope you feel the same about me. But this...This shit that's going on has got to stop. We're in a relationship, now let's start acting like it. I was being childish, I know, but I was frustrated. But so were you, damnit." He said darkly, placing his hands on the rails of the elevator and supporting himself on them.

dirty.angel - 21-6-2008 at 12:49 AM
“ Ow…Ow…Ow…Ow” was all Jessie seemed to repeat from the time Tony grabbed her arm to the time when he let go in the elevator. If this wasn’t causing a scene, she didn’t know what was. As Abbey walked past them, she gave a small smile before feeling her arm being relieved of the tight grip. “ Cut off my damn circulation” she muttered, giving her arm a rub as Tony began pressing buttons. She knew he was going to try to talk some sense into what was going on, try and cool down the fire. But bruising her was just adding fuel to the fire. 

Jessie leant back on the cold, steel railing and watched Tony. She listened, oh, she listened, and heard every word he said. She wasn’t happy about any of it, but if he felt the need to say it, then obviously it needed to be said. She was a little worried about being later for her meeting. Jessie wasn’t one to piss off the director. She knew what a woman could be like on a bad day.

“ You done now?” Jessie asked Tony, with a slightly pissed off but bored tone. “ ‘Cause I have places I need to be right now, and I really don’t think this is a good time, nor place to be discussing our personal lives” she said trying to remain calm about the whole thing as she reached for the stop button.

Jessie had thought she’d won the argument as the elevator started moving, but was soon cut a little bit more when she felt the elevator stop again. It seemed as if Tony wasn’t going to drop the conversation. “ Look, what do you want me to say? Because I’m not apologising, we were both in the wrong and that’s fine. But I’m not apologising for retaliating” she told him, hands now firmly across her chest. “ I’ll only apologise for being a little childish at times”

Jessie was never one to apologise, she was as stubborn as they come. But then, she was just as easy to break sometimes. If you found her chink in her armour then you were in business. But then, some things were hard to find. All it would probably take for Jessie to stop being stubborn was for Tony to say the right thing, and if he knew women like he said he did, it probably wouldn’t be that hard.

Yunalesca - 25-6-2008 at 09:15 AM
Tony glared at her as she asked if he was done and went on about having more important things to do. It pissed him off even more to say the least. For once he was putting a relationship before anything else. Normally he would never do such a thing, but this was also the longest relationship he'd had in some time. She was probably the most needy girl he had ever taken time to tolerate. That and her mood swings were going to kill him someday, he was convinced. Then she had to go and hit the elevator into motion again. Shaking his head he slammed the palm of his hand on the stop button again and looked at her, a look on his face saying he was far from done with her at the moment. For the time being, he was saying screw the damn director. She could wait her little red head butt off for all he cared.

After she said she'd only apologize for being childish sometimes he threw his head back and laughed before he grabbed her by the shoulders again, gentler this time, and pressed her back against the elevator. "Jessie, I don't give a damn what you think right now. This is more important then anything else to me right now and screw the damn Director. She can flippin wait. But if you feel that this isn't the time to try and repair this, I guess I don't know what to say to that." He said with a serious tone before he pressed himself closer to her. "If that's how you feel right now," he pressed in closer. "Then I guess I'm going to ahve to change your mind." He finished before he forced a kiss on her lips. Whether she wanted it or not he slid his tongue in her mouth and reached a hand up to firmly grasp the back of her head. She wasn't getting anywhere unless he let her.

He finally pulled away, catching his breath and looking her in the eye. "Can we stop fighting now? Or do I have to kiss you again to get you to shut up for once?" He said with a playful smile, hoping his charm would work on her. Truthfully he was tired of fighting over something so insignificant and stupid. He wanted them to be okay, he wanted them to sneak kisses when nobody was looking and he wanted to throw love notes at her. He'd gone a long time without a love like he had reserved for her and didn't want to lose it over some petty argument.

dirty.angel - 29-6-2008 at 04:32 PM
Jessie smirked lightly. If he wanted to be forgiven this way, then that was fine. But he wasn't going to get it all his way. Leaning in close as if she was going for the second kiss, she didn't speak, or say anything, she looked as if she had full intention of kissing him, but instead she simply threw her palm against the 'stop' button. " Looks like I'm good thanks" she smiled, before moving to the doors as they opened. It was her floor anyway. " Cya around Tony" she said walking away. She was good at playing games, just like this one. It's not like she was being mean or anything, she was just teasing him, just like he did to her.

The meeting with the director seemed to go better than Jessie thought. It was just more of a catch up thing, seeing how Jessie was settling in. Nothing about Tony was mentioned apart from 'DiNozzo causing you any trouble?'. She could have lied, and made up something funny, but decided against it. She didn't want to start something else.

She left the directors office with a smile on her face and a coffee in hand. She liked th elady, she didn't really know what Tony was on about. She moved to the block of desks and rested against Tony's. " How much did you miss me?" she said looking out across the office. " And did you get that paper stuff done for me?" She was serious about him doing that.

Yunalesca - 27-8-2008 at 05:43 PM
Tony watched Jessie leave him high and dry in the elevator and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh in annoyance at her actions. He shouldn't have expected anything less of her. He wasn't with her long, but he knew by now that she didn't like to play by anyones rules except her own. Why should it be different with him? He let the doors close on him and hit a floor number to take care of Jessie's files she'd so conveniently left for him to take care of. Good thing for him, he knew who would do it for him as long as they still wanted a promotion...or keep from a demotion. His skills as a snoop were in good use and it didn't bother him he was using blackmail for it.

Tony stepped off the elevator and dropped the stack on some kids desk. The nerdy kid looked up and was about to voice his objection when Tony lowered to the kid and whispered what he had on him in his ear. The kids eyes widened before he grabbed the stack and started to work on them. Tony nodded his approval before blowing on his nails and heading back to the elevator. "Oh, try and have it done within the hour." He called back, knowing it would be nearly impossible.


Tony was waiting for her when she came back from the meeting, he sitting as his desk looking like he was doing something important. He looked up when she leaned against his desk, smiling wide. "Oh I never noticed you were gone. How long was it?" He teased, leaning back in his chair with his arms folded over his head. "Of course it's done, check for yourself." He said, hoping the kid had pulled through for him. Of course with his radiating confidence he had to blow it by leaning back too far and causing the chair to flip over. He fell on his head, arms flailing. "Dinozzo! Not much use on the floor unless you're wanting to be the office rug." Gibbs said as he passed by and took a seat at his desk.

dirty.angel - 27-8-2008 at 06:35 PM
The young woman tried for a moment to hold back the laughter, but failed and let out a huge laugh. Hey, he'd done the same earlier that morning to her. She turned to look at him, still laughing before offering him her hand. " Come on, get off the floor" she chuckled, shaking her head lightly. " Gibbs, I think the chairs need looking at, that's twice today someones fallen off" she chimed, as she moved swiftly across to her desk. Jessie had to admit, she was slightly amazed at all the files he'd gotten done. She was impressed to say the least. " Hey, did you get the grocery list done? You are the one complaining about the lack of real food in my house."

It did cross her mind at least once as to whether or not he actually did do them, or he'd found someone else. But really, it didn't matter. Her paperwork had been done and now she had a free after noon. Jessie glanced over at Tony and smiled, she was bored, and needed entertainment. People had often described her as having an attention span of a goldfish. But that was hardly the case, it was more that people didn't actually know how to entertain her. So what, she liked watching people get hurt if it was funny, so what if she enjoyed rolling around in the mud with a football. At least it was more entertaining than watching grass grow.

Leaning back in her chair, Jessie glanced up at the ceiling. Days like this in the office felt like eight or nine hours of detention. She almost felt that if she leant back on her chair, and shot a loogie in the air, catching it and swallowing it, that it'd be more entertaining than this. Hey, it was a talent to be able to do that anyway. " Nothing to do when you're locked in a vacancy" she muttered, under her breath almost as she spun around on her chair. " I'm getting food" she announced in a mutter as she rose from the black office chair. This girl could eat, that was for sure, and she really didn't care what she ate. Of course, the food that actually went into her mouth wasn't real food. It was always take out, of microwaveable dinners. They all tasted good to her. Reaching into the desk draw she pulled out a candy bar and her purse. " Heading down to the cafeteria. Anyone wanna join?" she asked, already unwrapping the candy bar. Nothing like a snack on the go.

Yunalesca - 11-9-2008 at 12:55 AM
Tony looked up and took Jessie's offered hand of help, giving her a look as though she had done that to him. He more then likely just missed the seat, pulling a typical Dinozzo in a time of self glory. But he couldn't rule her out, she would do something like that to get back at him. She was that kind of girl, just like he could be that kind of guy. That was one reason they seemed to work well together. That was, when they weren't too busy fighting each other because how similar they could be. Well, except for the living conditions. He preferred cleanliness, which you couldn't tell by the look of his desk, and liked to have home cooked meals. She was younger then him and didn't seem to have grown bored of fast food yet. He'd exhausted the source of food in his youth, surviving off it and mac and cheese while in college. Then he'd joined the Navy for a while and that turned his life around.

"Food list, now when have I had time for that?" He barked at her, as though he'd finished those files himself. "But I will have it done because another night of take out will kill me. I'm sure my doctor will agree on that. Trying to kill me, you are." He scolded light heartedly as he pressed a hand to his bullet wound as it ached. It would be a long time before it fully healed and he didn't want to wait. It was preventing him from being taken seriously by the Director. For his own protection sure, she said that but it was more about the safety of the team. She thought he was a danger to them all if he went on a case with them. He was injured and he'd burst into a hostage situation with no regard for the law, wasn't supposed to be there, and could've gotten the kidnapped killed or even one of his team.

"Food, sure. Just hope it isn't pizza again. That would damage my physique." He joked, but seriously hoping there would be a sub or salad bar available. He needed to get back into shape.

dirty.angel - 11-9-2008 at 04:00 PM
" Nothing wrong with pizza" Jessie told him with a small grin. She headed down towards the elevator with a grin, pressing the small red button. " Well, I would have thought you'd have time to make a shopping list, but then, it is you, and you do take a long time to do things" she told him, grinning. " I mean, I know nerds downstairs that would have that done at a click of a finger" she said, proving a point and clicking her fingers. Was she onto him? Far from, infact she seriously thought he had done all the paperwork. Gullible was a word that definetly could be related to Jessie in the dictionary.

Smiling, she walked into the small elevator, and looked across at him. " So" she said, looking around, the elevator empty except for the two of them. " Mr. Healthy Food Freak, what are you gonna cook for us this evening then?" she asked him, kind of looking forward to a home cooked meal. She only ever really got them when she went to Mrs. Todd's or her own families home. And that really didn't happen often these days. 

She'd always been that way, ever since she was in highschool. Her habits had never died, when she was at the Police Academy, they got worse, in fact, she got quite sick because she didn't eat the proper food. She just lived on take out, and then would go and excercise all day. It wasn't healthy, she used to be a gym junkie with a fast food fetish. Now, she was just lazy, managed to keep herself fit, and never actually learnt how to cook.

Yunalesca - 16-10-2008 at 07:23 AM
Tony felt some heat rise into his face when she mentioned the nerds down in the IT department that he'd forced to do his dirty work. He loosened the tie around his neck as he warmed, unsure if she was being serious. He entered the elevator, trying to remain calm and suave, typical Tony fashion. He could pull off being himself. True his personality had toned down some since meeting Jessie, and drastically due to his near death experience, but it wasn't that bad of a thing. However he let some of his old self resurface while she looked at him from across the elevator. "Now this reminds me of a scene from Basic Instinct. Getting a little hot and steamy while on the job," he said with a flirtatious tilt of his head and a click of his tongue. "No? Who hasn't seen that movie?" He asked of her as she seemed to look back at him blankly.

Then she asked what was really on her mind. Honestly he hadn't given much thought to dinner for the night, but he wouldn't let her know that. Usually he decided on the fly, but he couldn't really do that if there were no supplies in the house. It should prove interesting to go grocery shopping with her. He had a feeling he'd be picking a lot of things out of the cart that she would slip in when he wasn't looking. Given, he still had bachelor tendencies of eating garbage foods, but he had to take better care of his diet to heal faster and he wanted to set a good example for Jessie who no doubt needed to change her ways too. She was headed down the fast track of indigestion and diabetes city.

"Well missy, I'll go easy on you with an olive oil basted bowtie pasta with a ceasar salad that has been called 'crack salad' because of its addicting taste, and some nice slices of cheesy texas toast. If you finish your salad, then perhaps we can have a desert...." he said, advancing on her and breathing down her neck. His eyes focused on hers, getting lost in them. He heard the elevator ding and almost didn't step back from her in time for the doors to open. She'd entranced him again. He left the elevator, taking a deep breath and trying to steady the rising temperature of his body. He loosened his tie a little more before heading for the caf.

dirty.angel - 19-10-2008 at 12:46 PM
" Salad? You're going to feed me salad?" she questioned, staring at him blankly, she hadn't eaten a real salad in ages, it could prove to be difficult for her to actually get in her system. It seemed she'd just brushed off Tony's advances, because hey, they were talking about food. " Pasta, I can deal with, but salad....woah whole new story" she chuckled, joining the small line in the cafeteria. She glanced across at the smorgers board of food and had to grin, fries, chicken, hamburgers, you name it, it was there. It was like junk food heaven, a grease filled dream...okay, maybe not, but still, it had everything and anything Jessie would, or could eat. Not a green leaf insight.

Stacking some fries, deep fried chicken and some other culinary delights onto her plate, she glanced at whatever Tony had on his plate and scrunched up her nose, it was green, and other different colours of the rainbow. Something she hadn't eaten in a long time. " So, you having fun?" she asked, seating herself at a spare table. " You know, being back at work and all?" it was probably a stupid question, afterall the altimatum was back in hospital, which she was sure he wasn't enjoying , but it was conversation. She took a bite of her chicken and looked across at him with a grin, " Oh...by the way can you add chocolate milk to your grocery list. I ran out this morning" she grinned widely.

Jessie continued to chow down her diabetes city meal, and looked around the cafeteria before glancing back at Tony. " You know what I've just realised?" Jessie said with a chuckle " That our roles are reversed, I mean usually girls do the cooking and the cleaning and the guys do shit all...but me and you are like the opposite" she chuckled, " Guess we know who wears the pants" she joked, only pulling his leg, after all, a mans masculinity was never a joke.

Yunalesca - 26-12-2008 at 11:41 AM
Tony watched Jessie out of the corner of his eye and shook his head whilst smiling. He would have to break her bad habits. Given he desperately wanted a nice juicy hamburger and fries, but that was hardly setting a good example for his partner. He gave a warm smile at that thought. He felt he could go steady with this girl and liked it. He liked everything, every word, that said they were together. He hadn't felt like that since he was a kid and he wondered if she felt the same. He looked over at her with a touch of a loving gaze before returning to his scavenging for a healthier food for his heart and to show her that greens were of the edible variety.

He sat across from her at the empty table and stabbed his fork into the unsuspecting lettuce. Just as he was about to take a bite she began conversation. He lowered his fork and looked at her, thinking about the question. "Y..Yeah, I am enjoying work. I was worried I wasn't going to get to do a damn thing at all, taken out back and shot like Flicka, but Boss saved my ass again." He looked at her, seeing she didn't look like she knew where the Flicka comment came from. "Flicka? The tearjerking story of a wild horse that...We need to work on your classics. That's two in one day..." He started to ramble when she mentioned adding chocolate milk to the menu.

"Finally, something sensible. I may be able to get you healthy yet." He laughed at her roles reversed comment however. "I get the feeling each of us have a foot in each leg of the pants, fighting for the other side like a hungry dog over steak." He said, back to his old analogy self again.

"Denozzo, Green, drop that stuff and get down to the lab." Gibbs yelled into the cafeteria in passing. Tony looked at Jessie before dropping his fork completely and jumping to his feet, following after her. However, when she wasn't looking, he nabbed a bite of her chicken.



"Is that chicken in your teeth, Tony? You know those deep fryers are really gross. I've seen skin dropped in those and then it gets deep fried into your food and..." Abbey said as Tony smiled nervously, trying to brush away the evidence.

"Abbey." Gibbs urged.

"Right Gibbs. So I ran this old case we had, you know the one with the Corporal addicted to caffeine which gave him a heart attack and his wife was murdered and..."

"Abbey."

"Right. Well I re-ran the energy drink can for DNA, prints, anything. And well, I don't think the man accidentally had a heart attack." She paused. "I think someone spent a long time murdering him...slowly..." She finished and Tony furrowed his brow in a sickened look.

dirty.angel - 7-1-2009 at 01:47 AM
Oh, that was so unfair. Pouting she began to leave the cafeteria, but stopped, glancing over at her food left on the table. Hell no, she was so not leaving it there. Moving back to her table, she picked up the container her food was on before walking back to Tony. " Alright, we can go now" she told him, muching on her food as she walked. The last thing Jessie was going to do was leave food out un-eaten. Especially good food like that. Moving into the lift, Jessie gobbled up her food, like someone who hadn't eaten in ages. And by the time the lift ride was over, her food had gone. It was a skill to eat like that, it really was.

Tossing the container into the bin, Jessie followed Tony into the lab and stood next to him. She tried not to laugh as Abbey lectured Tony on deep fryers. She stiffled a laugh, and listened carefully. Sometimes she needed things spelt out to her. Only sometimes. " So....." Jessie said, looking around at them all. " I got nothing." she said, stepping back to try and figure it out a little more. And then the lightbulb just seemed to go off in that little brain of hers.

" Ahhh. Right, I'm with you all now. So, the murderer obviously, has a vendetta against the family" 

She was probably wrong. She'd put money on it actually. And it was then again that she began to wonder why exactly she was on the NCIS team. She wasn't exactly good at computers, she wasn't good at figuring stuff out, she kinda just went along with things. She got her random ideas, and did things her way alot of the time, but she seemed to get the same conclusion. But still, she had to wonder why. Wouldn't you? She was more a gung-ho kinda kid. She went with her gut, and she followed that instinct. If something didn't smell right, then her gut would tell her. It was just how she liked to deal. She'd go in guns a-blazing before she went and read up on something, or she went and got it cleared. Facing the consequences was something she did often.

Sighing, I looked at the screen than at everyone else. She wondered what they were thinking something. Gibbs was probably wondering how long it would take to finish his boat, Abbey was probably wondering when her next kaf-pow was coming, and Tony was probably going 'I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts'. Well, didn't she have a warped view of her team mates. " I'll go get the other case files" Jessie said, moving out of the lab quickly. Gibbs still kind of scared her, and she didn't like being around him for long periods of time. She never knew what was going on in his mind.

Maybe he was singing 'I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts'?

Yunalesca - 29-3-2009 at 12:30 AM
Tony furrowed his brows in concentration and pressed a fist to his lips as he wondered what had been in the energy drinks before Abbey came out with it. No doubt the Boss wouldn't give her long before he demanded she out it in english, simple terms for him to understand. Gibbs was smart, but when it came to technicals he was a lost man. He was there to be the Boss, not understand the chemical make-up of an energy drink. He turned to see if Jessie had anything, but she decided to slip out. He watched her walk away and furrowed his brows this time in wonder. Had he done something? God he hoped not, not after the silent treatment and the elevator ride. He didn't want to be on her bad side, he knew that for sure now.


"Abbey." Gibbs finally growled, unable to figure out what she was getting at either. Tony looked up and began wondering where McGee was. Usually he was close to Abbey, that whole together but not thing. Maybe he was working on tracking? He shook his head and focused on the situation. As much of a goof he could be, he did know when to focus. He usually was focused, just didn't let on to his smarts, or that was what he believed anyway.


"I don't know how this guy did it, but when I tested the inside of the empty cans I found argon. It's a chemical that's odorless and tasteless..." She added for Gibbs.

"I'm not stupid, Abbey, get to the point."

"Well, someone slipped argon into these drinks, but I can't figure out how other then when he wasn't looking. Not to mention you've got to have connections to get this chemical. Like scientist or something. But I don't understand why a scientist would want to kill an officer and his family..." She ended, but Gibbs was already gone. "Wierd." Abbey said when she turned to Tony.

"Guess Gibbs knows why a scientist would?"

"Or he's getting sensitive about his caffeine. I mean this could hit home. Someone could slip something like that in his coffee..." She said, eyeing him as though he was a suspect.

"Come on, Abs, really? How would I get ahold of chemicals for one and why would I?"

She paused then nodded. "You're right. Maybe I should interrogate McGee just in case."

Tony shuddered before he exited the lab. He didn't want to think about that...

dirty.angel - 31-3-2009 at 10:23 PM
Seeing Tony coming out the lab, she grabbed him on the way past and turned him around so he followed her back into the lab. She had an idea, and well, this one wasn't as stupid as it sounded.

" I wouldn't exactly go as far as saying he's a family man" pausing, she placed two cans of different drinks on the small table. Jessie had done her reading, and well, she'd done her own researching, plus, with Magee's hacking, she'd got some answers. " A married man attending speed dating, doesn't exactly say family man to me"

Realising she was getting a few looks, she passed Abbey, Tony and Gibbs the diles she had photocopied herself. Hey, she could do some things herself, there wasn't always a need for an office clerk, or a secretary or whatever. Moving through the lab, grabbing something that was clean and could be used as a cup, and then something else that could be used as a shot glass, she smirked. Having a masters degree in partying meant she was qualified for this experiment.

" You said odourless and tasteless right?" Jessie asked, looking as if she was conducting an experiment as she poured the two seperate liquids into the appropriate glasses. " Who's to say it wasn't in the other liquid. For all we know, those red bull energy drinks are just empties" she shrugged, dropping the shot glass into the glass full of red bull, before skulling such. " Usually done with Yeigermeister, called a Yeigerbomb" she explained, pushing it infront of her. It seemed pointless, but she promised her experiment had a point.

" Well, the speed dating location, it was held for three days. Tony, I'm sure you're familiar with this" she paused, glancing across at him and giving a cheeky grin. " Anyway, the bar it was being held at. it was half price Yeigerbombs all evening. Now, my bet is, that out victim had more than one of these. If you wanted to slip this guy something, all you would have to do would be prepare the Yeigerbomb, and give him the left over energy drink cans to drink later" she explained, " And we also know, that he had been marked as attending for the first two nights, which means that the third night, was Sunday. And out vic's T.O.D was late Saturday night, early Sunday morning"

It made sence to Jessie, and she was kind of hoping that it made sence to the others and they didn't think she was some whackjob.

Glancing around, she headed out the door and back towards the elevator. She had phonecalls to make. She was expecting a call from a Speed dating company. After all, Abbey had prints they couldn't identify, and well, Jessie had an idea. She'd already spoken to Gibbs about it, and he seemed alright with it, as long as someone was close by just in case. She'd wear a fingerprint scanner, which would send it straight to the lab, where they would be able to identify straight away whether or not she was sitting with the killer. 

It was all very dangerous, but danger was Jessie Green's middle name.

Yunalesca - 5-4-2009 at 02:20 AM
Tony smiled as Jessie grabbed him but let a 'hey!' escape his lips as she dragged him back into the lab. He had thought she was having other intentions, but that was expecting too much of her. Not to mention they weren't moving that fast. It was his mind running away with him again. He loved her, but it was hard to keep the characteristic Denozzo down. He let her shove him around so he wouldn't have to get a slap from Gibbs. He wouldn't be sure as to why he'd get a smack, but he usually never did know why he earned the smack on the back of the head. He was just thick like that, he supposed.

He listened while Jessie explained, starting to formulate the picture in his mind. It was only after she finished that he realized what she had insinuated of him. "Wait a minute..." He said before sticking his head out the lab door to see her retreating form. "I do not speed date!" He yelled after her, trying to justify himself. He turned back to the lab and saw Abbey giggling at him. "What?!" He said with an annoyed face that probably looked more like a pout then anything.

"Come on, Tony. Even I've speed dated. I mean there was this one time, it was a goth convention and..."

Tony didn't stick around to hear that story. He merely slipped out before she could grab him and force him to listen to some kinky story again. He'd learned his lesson the hard way when he'd first started and was introduced to her. It was kind of like Ducky, but...kinkier. He shuddered at the thought of some of her stories. It was those stories that sometimes made him feel bad for McGee, but then, he didn't seem to mind that sort of treatment. He shuddered again and nearly gagged as he thought of McGee and Abbey in the basement full of leather. He wished he could put a leash on his wandering mind sometimes. Usually it took him to pleasant places, like a fantasy about Jessie, but then other times it was not so pleasant.

"Get your head out of the gutter, Denozzo. You're coming with me." Gibbs said in passing, throwing Tony his NCIS jacket. He scowled slightly. Apparently that day-dreaming face had been put on and everyone in the office knew what that meant. It was times like that he missed the playful banter between Kate and Probie about what was going on in Tony's head. He sighed and spotted Jessie before turning to follow Gibbs. He looked back to see Gibbs out of sight so he jogged up to her.

"So, we still on tonight? Maybe when we go back to my place we could..."

"Denozzo! Stop flirting with the office and get your butt over here!" Gibbs yelled and Tony flinched. He looked up at Jessie and hoped she hadn't gotten the wrong idea about his intentions. 

"I meant have a beer and watch Rambo!" He explained while jogging backward before turning and getting in the elevator with Gibbs. He sighed and put on a content smile as the elevator started down.

"Day dreaming again, Tony?" He asked and he swallowed.

"Course not, boss. My heads in the game." He offered with a grin. Gibbs couldn't help but grin too.

dirty.angel - 5-4-2009 at 08:20 PM
" Tony. I'm going no where near your house" 

Now, she knew he had no bad intentions. But she had to play along, the whole of the office still figured they were bantering friends. As far as anyone was concerned, they were not in a relationship, she kinda liked it that way. For a while at least. When they found out about it, was when they would both probably tackle that problem. Jump that hill when they both got to it. Waving to both Gibbs and Tony in the elevator, she turned and headed back to her desk, chuckling to herself. Who would have thought, that Jessie would be settling down with a guy. Well, it wasn't exactly settling down, after all, they were still just you know having fun and all. But of course, nothing had gone past snuggles in a bed, it was certainly a record for Jessie. It was usually after one night she was doing more than snuggling. 

Knowing that this time tomorrow she would be getting ready to go undercover at the speed-dating, she figured she should probably look through some files and what not. Get as much info as she could on the case. Sitting at her desk, it seemed like it was taking hours to go through the files, and reports on the evidence found. It was getting dark outside, and Jessie had already said goodbye to Magee and Abbey. It seemed they were going out and doing something, Jessie didn't ask questions because quite frankly, she didn't want to know. Whatever those two had going was much more weird and messed up than anything that involved Jessie and Tony. 

Throughout the hours of reading through files, Jessie's face had gotten closer to the paper and currently she was facedown on the files, having a nice quiet snooze. All the nights that she had been sleeping in the hospital, or well trying to at least, were catching up on her. She just hoped that Tony and Gibbs weren't going to get back anytime soon, she doubted very much that Gibbs would be impressed with her sleeping at her desk. Actually sleeping in general was one of Gibbs' pet hates, apparantly.

Her phone had rung numerous times, and still she'd slept through it. Yes, the girl able to sleep through a nuclear war. Whoever it was that was trying to get in touch with her, certainly had no chance of it. Thankfully it wasn't Gibbs or Tony and it was simply her mother. She was sure that in her sleepy mind she heard the familiar sound of the elevator, the high pitched ding didn't even alert her to who exactly it was exiting the elevator. After all, there were only two people yet to leave on their floor.

Yunalesca - 12-6-2009 at 04:20 AM
"So you're not really seeing anyone?" Denozzo asked, jotting down notes. Yeah he had a girlfriend, in a way, but that didn't stop him from flirting. Yes, it had been taken down a notch or two, but he still did it. As long as the girl understood he had no intentions to actually see them it was harmless. He couldn't turn his charm off and wondered if Jessie would be pissed that he was flirting. He didn't picture her as that sort and let it slide. He was at a speed dating place, he was bound to be hit on. Desperate singles or not so singles came there to get a quick fix...usually. Apparently a quick fix for their victim and family was not the sort Tony was used to. "And your measurements are...?" He added as the brunette smiled and ran a finger down his chest.

"Why don't you come to my dungeon and figure that out for yourself...." She purred and he swallowed before giving a nervous laugh.

"Denozzo!" He heard and he quickly excused himself from the brunette. He shivered as he approached Gibbs, making a face.

"Boss...People who come here are creepy." He said and Gibbs gave him an unenthuised look.

"Don't give them an opening, Denozzo." He said, glancing at Tony's notepad. "I think we've done all we can here. For now. Jessie is going to have some work to do however." He said, pitching his coffee in the trash. "Let's head back."

"Yes boss." Tony said, tearing out the more useless notes and crumpling them into balls to be disposed of. Old habits die hard?



Tony stifled a yawn as the elevator dinged at their floor. Gibbs stepped out, his stride not changing even though he had put in the most hours that day. Denozzo had to figure out his secret. He didn't even think robots could function that long without recharging their batteries. Gibbs went past his desk, obviously something on his mind. Tony shrugged it off and stopped at Jessie's desk, kneeling down and resting his chin on the steel. "Let me drive you home." He said, amused at her attempts to be alive when they returned. In the back of his mind he was still hoping she still wanted him to be with her this evening. Given dinner was not going to be made, but he still wanted to sleep by her again. It was a comforting feeling.

dirty.angel - 14-6-2009 at 12:44 PM
Pulling the post-it note from her forehead, which had clearly stuck there when she fell asleep Jessie shook her head. " I can drive." Tiredly she rubbed her eyes, attempting to rid them of tiredness to no avail. When you were the only one in the office stuck doing desk work while people were either out in the field or going home, then sometimes sleep got the better of you. It was understandable, right?She hadn't really gotten anywhere with her files though, they all seemed to mould into one after a while and it just felt like she was reading a whole bunch of words, this job and the new sleeping pattern was really getting to her. At least she wasn't grumpy yet! Or else that certainly would have been a problem, for anyone who came near her. It was almost a miracle that she didn't bite Tony's head off when he half-woke her up. It usually wasn't a safe option to go anywhere near a sleeping Jessie.

But just by looking at Tony's face she could tell he wasn't going to budge, and it was probably a good idea. She was too tired to argue and care anyway. " Here's the keys" she mumbled, passing them to him off her desk before slowing standing. As tired and as late as it was, the first thing that Jessie was going to do when she arrived home was eat, the girl was starving and presently she didn't quite care what she ate. " Lets go" she paused looking across at him " 'Cause there's a whole tub of chocolate ice cream waiting to be eaten" she chuckled, pulling on a jumped and grabbing her bag. It'd been a long day filled with petty arguements, paperwork, phone calls and coffee. It was time for some normality.

Slowly but surely Jessie moved towards the elevator, there was no playful banter escaping her lips, nothing but the sound of the elevator dinging was heard. It was clear that the weird hours were getting to her, even when she'd been sleeping at the hospital she didn't feel like this. Maybe it was because she'd been thinking all day that her brain was hurting? Maybe that was making her tired. Some food and TV would probably wake the girl up, that and maybe some hugs from her man.

Yunalesca - 6-7-2009 at 02:54 AM
Tony smiled as Jessie grumbled and dropped the keys in his hand. He'd caught that look in her eye, the one that showed she was tempted to fight him on his request, but in the end she'd given in to his request, wisely. He hadn't really wanted to fight her on it and was glad she'd made the right decision. She was far too exhausted to be driving and she was insane when she wasn't tired. He could only imagine how near to death he would get if she had decided to not hand over the keys to her bug. Given he didn't really want to drive it considering he'd probably have his knees scrunched up to the dash and he'd be uncomfortable as hell, but at least he'd get them back safely. He wondered if Abbey was still working in the lab, but he quickly dismissed it. Jessie was his priority right now.

They dragged their feet to the elevator and he hit the down button for the parking structure. When they found her little bug parked where she'd left it, he hit the unlock button and opened her door for her, not really trusting she could do it on her own. She was capable, but she was also beyond tired and he figured he'd make things easier for her. Were she completely awake and rested she probably would have glared at him for that, but she thankfully didn't as he moved around to the drivers side of the vehicle and opened the door. He pulled the lever under the seat and pushed it as far back as it would go. This of course still didn't leave him a whole lot of room, but he'd deal. They both needed rest and he needed to get the most recent case off his mind.

He was extremely bothered by it. It wasn't so much the speed dating place they'd visited but how easy it had been to take out the little family. Something most Americans had on a daily basis had killed them. Or so it had seemed anyhow. He wondered how that poison had gotten into the energy drinks. Was it from the plant or the store from which it was purchased? Had someone else handled it in between? There were so many directions the case could go and it was bothersome. So many people could have touched the product before their victim had. He didn't know where to start really. The case had gone cold and it could very well be impossible to find the perpetrator now.

He shook his head and started the car, rolling out of the lot. He had to stop thinking about it before it drove him insane. He could always bounce ideas off Jessie, but she was half asleep and god knew what would be said. He also didn't want to bother her in case she took a nap on the way back to her place. He may be tired, but it seemed that time she'd spent with him in the hospital was taking more of a toll on her. He almost felt guilty for her staying by his side while they questioned whether he would pull through or not. Almost was the key word. He had felt her there, even through that darkness and fog. If she hadn't been there he may have never pulled out of the coma. He recalled her face and that of Gibbs' when he'd come out of it. It brought a smile to his face to remember how relieved his boss had looked.


He was still half smiling when they pulled into Jessie's lot and parked. He looked over at his companion and ran a hand over her hair. "Want me to carry you, sleeping beauty?" He asked, knowing the likelihood of her allowing that was slimmer then a snowball surviving in hell.

dirty.angel - 19-7-2009 at 10:19 PM
She hadn't wanted to give over the keys, she hadn't wanted him to drive home. She was one of those annoying, independent girls who hated asking for help, and people seemingly taking that away from her. But she had to realise, if she was going to be in a relationship they were there for eachother and were there to look out for eachother, it wasn't simply her she had to think about now. It was kind of Tony to even offer, so even though she shot him that glare, Jessie was grateful that he had offered, Lord knows what would have happened to her, or both of them if she had driven home.

Jessie had infact fallen asleep on the ride home. She was infact dead to the world, well not exactly, it was one of those sleeps where it was well needed and when you woke up you weren't groggy you felt slightly more awake. Opening her eyes and noticing that her surroundings were infact her garage she smiled. Finally she was home and she hadn't fallen asleep at her desk again. It would be really nice if she didn't do that for a couple of days! Stretching out her arms before letting out a deep breathe, she glanced over at Tony, and smiled up at him, contemplating what he had just said. " You carry me, and you die" she said simply opening her car door and getting out herself. No way was she being carried.

Grabbing some files for the case from the back of her car, she closed the door to her little bug and moved inside. It was going to be fake food and work tonight she could see it now. Being a fan of ice cream in bed was certainly going to be a plus on this particular evening. Jessie was almost certain that she'd be doing that to keep her awake while she worked, cookies and cream usually did the trick. But first thing first, it was time to get out of the work clothes and into something far more comfortable.

Superman Pajamas.

It seemed stupid, but Jessie felt that she did her best work in her Superman pajamas. Which consisted of superman boxer shorts and a superman singlet. It was one of those stupid superstitions that Jessie had, but she liked to think it worked. Moving to her bedroom and quickly changing, she was so set in her routine she almost forgot that Tony was there. Looking over at him, she smiled. " What?" she chuckled, moving to open the fridge which she knew consisted of nothing at the current time. Closing the fridge door, she observed the numerous menus, it was time for the hardest decision of the day:

What to have for dinner.

Yunalesca - 20-8-2009 at 02:52 PM
Tony couldn’t help but laugh softly as she got out of the car herself and with a threat to him as well. “That’s my girl.” He said softly to himself as he unbuckled himself and practically crawled out of her car. He shook his head once he was finally out of the vehicle, still not understanding how she could drive something so small. Given she wasn’t as big as him, but still. He would have to talk her into a new vehicle or they would be taking his car from now on. He didn’t think he could squeeze into the bug again.

Tony followed her into her flat, feeling himself begin to drag his feet. He hadn’t done that much that day, but he continued to keep forgetting he had been in the hospital not so long ago, and comatose too. He wasn’t one to be kept down for long, but it was definitely beginning to take its toll. He couldn’t show it at work, especially since Gibbs had stuck his neck out there for him. If he showed any signs of getting worn down in front of the boss he would get pulled. Regardless of getting a smack to the back of the head all the time, Gibbs and Tony had a father/son dynamic, as with most of the team and Gibbs. If he saw Tony running low on life he’d send him back home.

Tony waited in her kitchen while she changed, leaning against the counter as he realized they hadn’t gone shopping. He made a face as he realized they would be ordering out again. He was a fan of pizza and beer, but he had to get back into a healthier routine especially since he’d been in the hospital. He wasn’t fat, but he wasn’t toned like he had been. The first step was going to be healthy food since he probably wasn’t cleared to be running miles and lifting weights yet. He could do his job just fine, but outside of that he wondered what would put him back into shock like when he’d overdosed. Jessie emerged just as his mind went dark places and he quickly recovered, slipping back into his normal attitude.

“Take out.” He said simply, making a face. He nabbed a menu from Jessie and looked through it. “This stuff is horrible you know.” He said, knowing it was falling on deaf ears. He smiled anyhow before making a decision. “Thai food. At least that isn’t deep fried like your Chinese friends.” He said to her before tapping her on the head with the menu then handing it to her. “Get me the cuisine. I need a shower.” He said simply, kissing her on the cheek before making his way to her shower. He still felt grody from that woman earlier.

dirty.angel - 20-9-2009 at 10:57 PM
" Yes, Sir" she laughed as he headed off to the shower. Once Tony had disapeared, Jessie looked at the clock. She could probably have some time to go and pick up some groceries so Tony could at least have the real food meal he'd clearly been craving. What a nice girlfriend she was. " I'm just gonna go pick up the food" she called through the wooden door, clearly the water was still running so he was still sudding up.

Grabbing the keys and her wallet, Jessie moved quickly out of the house and onto her bike where she sped away quickly to the store. Now, she was stuck. What the hell was she supposed to buy? He was Italian right? He had to like pasta, or something. It's not like she could go wrong with that. Or could she? What about stir fry, that at least had vegetables and stuff. Yeah, she'd buy something like that. Only problem was, Jessie had no idea what was in a Stir Fry.

So Jessie did the only thing she could do. She called McGee.

"Hey McGee, it's Jessie. I need some help. I'm in the grocery store and I need to know what's in a stir fry"

A sigh could be heard on the other side of the phone followed by a laugh. " Okay. Just get some noodles, some capsicums, carrots, beans, brocoli, that kind of thing and buy one of those pre-made sauces"

If that was all the advice she was getting, Jessie was in a fair bit of trouble. But following the instructions that McGee gave her. She picked up the noodles, the vegetables and the sauce before heading back to the house quickly. Right, now she just had to cook the damn thing. This could be a problem, considering Jessie was the kind of person that could burn yoghurt.

" Okay, Jess. You got this, seriously, it can't be that hard" she muttered, but soon she found herself staring at the vegetables, trying to figure out how to even cut the veges. " Tonnnnnyyyyyyyy?" she called out to him, slightly whiny. God, she just wanted to make something he'd be happy with, but when you couldn't cook at all, you were screwed.

Continuing to stare at the vegetables as if they were a foreign object and they were aliens, Jessie ran a hand through her hair in frustration. God, she seriously had no idea.

Yunalesca - 28-10-2009 at 12:57 AM
Tony heard Jessie yell something to him from the other side of the door, but couldn’t quite make it out. He shrugged it off, figuring if it was important she would’ve come in and made sure he understood her. So he continued showering, washing the sweat of the day from himself as he thought. He wondered if he had changed since he’d been shot. He knew he’d grown more serious, fully seeing just how vulnerable he was as a human being. He played off the comedian at work, but it was a guise now. He was more in tune with his body, feeling parts of him aging and aching. He wasn’t old, but he wasn’t a kid anymore, either.

He smirked before turning the water off and stepping out of the shower, drying off. He wiped the mirror and ran a hand through his short cropped hair, messing it slightly to the style he kept normally. He could see the fading muscle in his chest and arms, giving him looser skin. It wasn’t that noticeable unless you looked real hard, but the fact that his muscle mass was deteriorating worried him and made him want to get back to training faster. He knew not to risk it. One scare was enough for him. The next time he could die for real and he’d hate to leave his working family behind. Kate was a big enough blow. They didn’t need another.

He pushed the depressing thoughts aside and stepped into his pants, choosing to forgo a shirt for now. He wasn’t repulsive enough to cover up just yet. He hoped it wouldn’t get to that point especially since he seemed to be sharing a bed with Jessie now. He smiled at the thought of her. She made him feel whole, something nobody had done in a long time. He felt she may be the one to settle down with, but he couldn’t be for sure yet. They were past testing the waters, but definitely weren’t ready for that commitment. They hadn’t been together that long.

He exited the bathroom and saw Jessie standing before the stove with a confused look on her face. Apparently she’d gone shopping for the evening and had no idea what to do with what she got. He wondered who she’d called for this meal and chuckled to himself. “Struggling, babe?” He asked, sneaking up behind her and wrapping his arms around her torso. He shook his wet hair on her before backing away. “Stir fry. Good, semi healthy food. I’m proud of you. Now let me watch you make it.” He said, leaning back against the counter. He laughed at her before opening the packages and dumping them in a stir fry skillet, something she probably never knew she had. “I’ll teach you.” He said, standing behind her and placing the plastic spoon in her hand and overlapping his hand over hers. “Just sauté it, let them warm up and kind of swish the pan with the oils.” He said, using her hands and showing her the motions. The veggies started sizzling and he smiled. “See, you’re doing it.” He stated, looking at her.

In that one look, however, he became intoxicated by her. He held her gaze, the closeness of them setting his body on fire. Unable to stop himself, he slowly turned her to face him and backed her into the fridge. He placed both hands on either side of her, gently pinning her there. His eyes found hers before he neared and kissed her gently, tenderly. They’d kissed before, but somehow, some way, this one felt different, stronger. He felt himself lost to her.

dirty.angel - 6-11-2009 at 04:21 PM
Well, quite frankly if she was going to get this kind of treatment when she was cooking she'd do it more often. Sure, they'd kissed before, but this was different. There was a different kind of passion when they're lips touched, a desire, a want, a need for the other. Parting for a moment, Jessie's eyes opened somewhat as she smelt a familiar smell. This was a girl who had burnt yoghurt, god knows how, but she had. So, she certainly was familiar with the smell that was coming from the skillet on the stove. " Tony....burning" she said pointing to it before freeing herself from inbetween Tony and the fridge and moving to the stove. God knows why it was her attempting to rescue the meal she didn't even know how to cook.

Figuring out that she needed to turn off the gas and put the food in the bowl, so the almost burnt vegetables and noodles with some kind of packet sauce went into the bowl and Jessie passed Tony a bowl with a smile. " I'd say enjoy but I dunno if it's enjoyable" she smirked, leaning up on her top toes to press a soft kiss on his lips before swiftly moving to grab herself a beer from the fridge and plonk herself onto the couch. Now, she wasn't gonna lie, even Jessie was scared to eat the stirfry. Afterall, the last time she'd consumed real food was.....was....well, it'd been a long time, that was for sure.

" So is this gonna kill me?" she asked, looking over at Tony with a grin., still not having put a mouthful in. She was waiting for Tony to take a bite, if it killed him she wasn't gonna eat it. No chance, no way, hell she was struggling to even put the vegetables in her mouth. It wasn't that she didn't want to, it was just she hadn't eaten anything of the like in so long she didn't know what to expect. 

Snuggling up nice and close to Tony finally Jessie stuck the fork into her vegetables and swallowed what she assumed to be a piece of capsicum or something. Of course, Jessie being Jessie made a face at the taste of fresh vegetables and stuggled to swallow. Clearly, it was going to take a long time to condition herself to enjoy the finer food in life. " Mmmmm, so.....tasty" she laughed, shaking her head somewhat, laughing again. It was pretty pathetic that she couldn't even down a bowl of home cooked stirfry. Yes, she went out to restaurants, and yes she ate that food no problem, but it was something about homecooked meals that didn't taste as good, nor did it match the chinese from down the road. " You know, there is something far tastier than this...." she smirked, turning somewhat to look at Tony, before finding her lips pressing against his once again.

There was just something about Tony, she didn't know what it was but she'd never felt like this before. No other guy had given her butterflies in her stomach, made her lost for words, made her laugh and smile like he did. Was it love? Jessie thought it was, but was it too early to feel the way she felt? Sure, it'd been a while and they could call their relationship somewhat serious, but it wasn't serious enough to talk about commitments. Yes, they were living together and sharing a bed, but, they were only living together until Tony was fit and healthy enough to go back to his own place. But who knows, by then maybe it would be more serious. Only time would tell, already they'd argued, already they'd yelled at eachother and acted childish, what was left? The good stuff, right?

Yunalesca - 6-12-2009 at 05:38 PM
Tony felt her slip from him and he stayed leaning against the counter, mouth parted and eyes closed as he sighed with disappointment. He could've cared less about the food burning, but once he smelled it he realized it was best she had cut him off and tried to salvage the meal. He forced his discontent away and moved over to what remained of their dinner. He took the bowl from her and smiled through her kiss, hating the temptation she was placing on him. She had to very well know what his intentions were when he'd kissed her and now she was tempting him. He tried to reign himself in. There was no need to rush no matter how much he wanted her at the moment.

So he took the bowl with him to the couch and played with it, shuffling the ingredients around with his fork until she snuggled up next to him. "Edible, I dunno here Jess, it's pretty well done." He smirked to her, making it sound like he was joking, but he'd always been kind of blunt when it came to food. It was habit from years at work, having his food taken from him or the worst kinds of food forced on him. Knowing he had to at least try it he twirled his fork to ensnare some noodles. He studied it for a moment and was about to dare to put it in his mouth when he was interrupted by Jessie. He looked over just in time to have a kiss placed on his mouth.

The temptation and desire came back around to hit him harder than before. He tried to pull away from her, to give her the chance to stop him before he took it further then she wanted. She didn't stop, however. She seemed to press him harder and so the bowl of food somehow found itself on the coffee table and his hands found her hip and the back of her neck. "Jessie..." He started to say, trying to control himself enough to ask her outright, but he couldn't imagine doing that now.

He pressed back against her, slowly gaining his feet and picking her up with him, carrying her to the bedroom. He continued to kiss her the whole way before he kicked the door closed behind him.

dirty.angel - 6-12-2009 at 11:17 PM
Maybe she was playing games with him earlier, but that was how she got what she wanted. 

This was what she wanted.

She adored Tony, and couldn't think of a better way of showing her feelings than sharing one evening of passion. Yes, she knew that it would probably end up being more than one night, but right now it was as if the two would never see eachother again. Jessie didn't want Tony to go anywhere, could you blame her? 

He sent her head into a whirlwind, she didn't quite know what was going inside her head, but whatever it was, it was good. Maybe it was one of those euphoric states? 

With each breathe, each move, it was as if it was meant to be. It felt like their bodies fit perfectly together, like it was meant to be. There was of course, the playful struggle for top spot, but it was certainly a night filled of passion. At first Jessie had thought that Tony was the kinda of guy that personally liked being on top and liked to know that he was the one giving the girl some sort of sick pleasure while she lay underneath him with her legs wrapped around his. But he wasn't. He was tender and loving and passionate. Everything one would want from a lover. 

Jessie had to wonder just how much the neighbours wouldd have heard. She doubted a whole lot considering the walls were pretty thick, and Jessie wasn't exactly loud. Sometimes she was, because hell, he hit the spot. That's all she had to say on that matter. Jessie's heart felt like it was beating at a thousand miles per hour, and her breathe seemed to quicken and slow for most the evening. A state of arousal? Well, Jessie was most certainly showing signs of that!

Of course, nothing could go right for the two, nothing could be perfect could it? After an evening of passionate love making, the last thing Jessie wanted was to go into work, and she figured that Tony would too, but alas at 4am both cells seemed to start ringing and quite frankly, Jessie didn't want to answer the phone. Why should she? She was all cuddled up to her man, sleeping after a night to remember. Slowly Jessie opened her eyes and pulled herself up to grab her phone. Leaning over Tony, she picked up her phone and answered.

" Yeah. Jessie" she mumbled tiredly as she placed her head back on Tony's chest, " Yeah, okay. Thanks Abbey. I think you should maybe sleep. Night" she mumbled before she hung up the phone and tossed it on the floor somewhere. Now she just wanted to go back to sleep, and snuggle time. Nuzzling back into her comfortable spot, she pulled up the doona cover and closed her eyes once more. Tomorrow it would be back to work as if this whole night had never happened. The challenge would be difficult, but it could be done. It could be ignored, and they could both pretend like the evening of passion which had just commenced had never happened, well, maybe Jessie would tell someone, possibly Abbey, maybe no one. She was a girl, she had to tell someone!

Whatever. She'd figure that one out in the morning.

Yunalesca - 7-12-2009 at 10:20 AM
Tony had set Jessie on the bed carefully before his shirt came unbuttoned and was thrown to the floor. He was all for foreplay, but the feeling he had was far too intense for that kind of patience. If he was reading Jessie's body language right she didn't really want to wait for the consumation either. Of course he would be gentle with her, however. He knew the moment he'd felt her kiss on the couch that it was going to be a long night. The built up sexual tension and desire between them would drive them, but he wouldn't dare complain. He had wanted to be with her since he'd met her. Of course at that time it was a normal thing for him to think of her in his bed, but over time his thoughts had become more passionate. Over time he had grown to want to be with her more than one night.

He remained on top at first, kissing her at the neck before they'd both gone naked. He forced himself to slow down a notch before they became a part of eachother, not wanting to hurt her and wanting to make the first time more special, more rememberable. It proved to be exactly that after he pulled from her and lay on his back, letting her gain the dominant position. He gave her a sweaty smile, eyes clouded with desire. He was nowhere near done yet and was glad she wasn't either. She gave him time to recover before she was getting him excited again. And so their night would continue.


After hours of 'wrestling in the sheets' Tony found himself panting with Jessie resting her head on his shoulder. He wrapped his arm around her, managing to stroke her shoulder blade with what little strength he had left. He felt tired from exhertion and felt himself nodding off quickly. "Jessie..." He mumbled, trying to tell her how he felt, but he found he couldn't. She'd worn him out and he hoped he had returned the favor. It had been a long time since he'd felt that exhilerated and was almost sad to know that he couldn't stay awake for one more time. He was spent and there was no way his body was going to let him get up until he had slept.

Of course not long after he'd fallen asleep, nearly comatose even, he heard his phone going off. He had to pull himself through the haze of his sleep to manage to paw at the nightstand where his phone had been tossed to. He felt it tumbling from his fingers before he finally managed to grasp it, dragging it to his ear as he flipped it open. "DiNozzo." He groaned into the phone, hardly knowing he was semi conscious. "What'd you say?" He mumbled slowly, listening to the voice at the other end rattling off some kind of find. "That's nice Probie, I'm not coming in to hear the results." He informed, feeling his consciousness fading. "No, McGee, that's what Gibbs is for!" He managed angrily before he shut his phone and let it fall to the floor.

He felt Jessie snuggle into him again and so he pulled her closer, readjusting slightly and giving out a soft groan to the fact he'd been woken up. If he remembered in the morning he would get McGee for calling at 4 am.



Sadly the alarms went off only 3 hours later and Tony did recall McGee calling him early in the morning. He growled and grabbed the alarm to throw it before recalling he was at Jessie's and she may frown on him demolishing her alarm clock. He set the thing back down with a thump before he rubbed his face with his hand, his body aching slightly from the actions of the night before. He wasn't recovered from his near death experience yet, but he sure as hell wasn't going to tell her no last night. He looked over at her then, smiling contently at her as he brushed her hair with his hand. It was a shame he had to wake her, a shame he had to be awake himself after such an eventful night.

"Going to wake up anytime soon Agent Greene?" He teased.

dirty.angel - 7-12-2009 at 11:47 AM
That damn alarm clock was going to be the death of her. Sadly she was awoken to the sound of the annoying beep, followed by Tony's voice. " I'm not going to wake up" she grumbled, pulling the sheets over her head. " It's too early" she grumbled, closing her eyes once more. She'd only had approximately three hours sleep, and that was certainly not enough to function normally. Of course, the repercussions of arriving late wouldn't be worth the sleep in, so Jessie pushed her eyes opened and grumbled at the light that was creeping through the small gap between her curtains, it was enough to make the whole room feel like it was being lit by the entire sun.

" Okay, Okay. I'm getting up." she grumbled, slowly sitting up and looking around the room. Managing to keep her eyes open, she looked around and groaned, rubbing her eyes some more before taking a deep breathe and slowly getting out the bed, entangled in her sheet and slowly moving to the bathroom. She was tired, hell she was still in recovery mode and the last thing she needed to do was go to work. Closing the door behind her, she moved into her shower and enjoyed the hot water, which was attempting to keep her at least somewhat conscious.

The thing was, she had to appear alert and awake at work. No one could have any idea what happened, so she would have to fight off the tiredness. Getting out the shower about fifteen minutes later, Jessie changed into some clothes for work and proceeded to attempt to tame her mane and then put some make up on. Finally when she was ready for work and looking less tired she exited the bathroom and moved to the kitchen to make an incredibly strong coffee. 

Opening and shutting every cupboard in the kitchen, Jessie couldn't put her hands on the coffee. So what did she do instead? Two cans of Red Bull later, Jessie was ready for work. " Come on Tony. Gotta hurry, we gotta be there in fifteen" she called, pulling her oversized handbag over her shoulder. If he'd fallen back asleep, she was gonna be a little bit annoyed. If she was awake, he had so better be awake. " Gibbs will kill you if you're not there. Might even put you back on desk duty!"

Yunalesca - 7-12-2009 at 12:50 PM
Tony smirked at her as she finally rolled out of bed and was running into the bathroom for a shower. He knew he should probably take one too, but he didn't think it was a good idea to shower with her given the passion from last night. His luck they would end up in the same spot in the shower. He imagined pressing her against the shower wall and kissing her as the water poured over them. It was a pleasing thought, but he quickly forced it away before he felt the need to make his scenario happen. So he sighed heavily, looking over at the clock then down at his abdomen. She'd left marks, but thankfully they'd be covered under his shirt. He would wear them with pride if it wouldn't have repercussions. If someone left marks like that on you it meant you were doing your job. He'd taken measure to not leave marks on her, gripping the sheets or biting a pillow if he had to.

He heard the shower turn on and dared to close his eyes for a few minutes more. He knew he could use it, but also knew he would konk out and sleep like the dead if he did. With a groan and a curse at McGee he rolled himself out of the bed and slid on a pair of boxers before he made an effort to put the bed back in a slight sort of order. They'd really torn it up and he didn't have time to properly make the bed. Of course by the time Jessie was out of the shower Tony was just zipping his pants and throwing on his shirt. It'd taken him a moment to get out of bed due to his protesting body. It ached, but it wasn't a bad kind and he would deal with it.

He was moving slowly until he heard her say something about Gibbs putting him on desk duty. That moved him into high gear as he grabbed his work backpack and exited the bedroom, quickly trying to button his shirt. "That, that isn't funny." He said to her before kissing her on the cheek and stepping out of her apartment. He hadn't brushed his teeth or eaten, but luckily he kept things in his filing cabinet for times like this. At least he didnt smell bad. He'd sprayed himself with old spice and quickly gelled his hair so it didn't appear he was running late in the morning.

dirty.angel - 14-12-2009 at 10:51 PM
It was not going to be a smooth and easy drive to work, nor would there be any abiding by the speed limit. Jessie needed to get to work and was already slightly late, she needed to make it to work on time, there was alot to do if they wanted to find the speed dating, marine killer." I'm not a nice person" Jessie retorted as she moved out the front door and into the garage. The young woman was incredibly tired, but that was what the two cans of Red Bull were for. The caffiene would kick in soon, as well as other unnatural ingredients. Jessie's heart rate would increase, and she'd be moving and up and about as if nothing was wrong. As if she hadn't had three hours sleep.

Tossing the oversized handbag into the backseat, and getting into the drivers seat, as soon as her partner in crime was in his own passenger seat, the little beetle car's engine roared into life and sped out the garage. Maybe Jessie was some kind of driver in another life? It was that or the fact her father was a mechanic and had taught her how to handle cars properly. " You really should be used to my driving by now, I mean, you drive with Gibbs don't you?" she asked, as she weaved and sped through some traffic. It appeared as if she wasn't concerntrating as the blonde searched through the glove box for a candy bar, there was always candy in her car.

Jessie's little bug pulled into the NCIS carpark at 7:57, it gave her three minutes to get inside, swipe her card and move into the elevator. She could leave Tony behind and he could catch up, as long as she was at her own desk at 8, it was going to be okay. " Better hurry DiNozzo" she chimed as she moved out the car and towards the front entrance. " Would hate to be doing paperwork all day" she teased him. Of course, she knew not to push that subject too far, after all, it was still a touchy subject. " Getting a bit slow and on the tub side are we DiNozzo? Maybe you should lay off all that junk food and have some homecooked meals." she winked, pressing the elevator button continuously. Impatient much?

Yunalesca - 10-4-2010 at 03:41 AM
Tony cringed and gave her an awkward laugh as she lunged through traffic with her little car. He pulled his seatbelt tighter and exhaled, slamming his hands on the dash to prevent him from flying forward head first into the plastic as she found herself at a red light. "Gibbs has a bigger car." He commented, inhaling sharply as she took off again. "And people get out of his way," he said through clenched teeth as he was sure he was going to get a facelift from this.

"Freaking hilarious," he said as he rolled out of her car and grabbed his bag, starting to run toward the elevator, but turning back to shut her door. "Smooth, real smooth Tony." He groaned, catching up to her. He sent her a glare as she commented on his weight and he forced himself to look down. He knew he wasn't in Dinozzo shape anymore and it bothered him.

"Good luck with your elevator." He said, turning and running for the stairs.


Huffing, Tony collapsed in his chair and closed his eyes, his bag dropping beside him. "Boss is coming." McGee said from his desk and Tony rolled his head lazily over to look at him. "I'm on time, that's all that matters." He said, closing his eyes again. He jumped, however, when a stack of files was dropped on his desk.

"Late night, DiNozzo?" Gibbs said as he walked past with coffee in hand.

"uh, n,no boss. Was just..." He started, sitting up.

"I'd start with your teeth, DiNozzo." Gibbs said and McGee covered a laugh with a cough. Tony looked over at the kid and gave him a dark look before mocking his laugh.

dirty.angel - 10-4-2010 at 09:23 PM
Jessie, who did take the elevator arrived moments after Tony, and seconds before Gibbs entered. Luckily she'd brushed her teeth and done all of that. After all, every morning was the same. She'd have a breakfast of a candy bar and red bull, and would arrive at NCIS at 7:57am, press the elevator button for a while impatiently and make it to her desk. Really, it was her routine. Unlike Tony, who clearly had been hit for six an become frazzled. Getting straight into the case work she had to do, it's not like she wanted Gibbs on her case.

" You'd think you'd had a big night by the way you're acting Tony" she laughed to herself as she began to read through some statements with a laugh. She had to go undercover tonight, to one of those speed dating events. Thankfully, it would be Ziva participating, Jessie would just be observing from a far, looking out for any strange acting people. She had to take Ziva out later, brief her on the kind of way you date in America. Apparantly Jessie had to help her look nice too. She'd have fun, after all she was a girl and it was what girls did. 

Sipping from her second can of Red Bull, Jessie tossed a ball of scrap paper at Tony's head and went back to reading. She was certainly stumped on the case so far, and hoped that she would get a call from Abbey soon. Gibbs was up with Jenny, McGee was doing the technological side of things and Tony was doing some kind of paperwork. Poor guy, she knew he wasn't happy, and could tell he wasn't himself. But what else could she do? She was trying to do the whole homecook meals thing, she was trying ever so hard to do what she thought he wanted so she could keep him happy, she just didn't know anymore.

It's not like she could really talk to anyone about it, after all she was just a girlfriend, she hadn't known him as long as some. What else did she need to do? Sit down and watch his movies with him, listening to his trivia? What could she do? They'd be working through most the night, after the operation they'd go home late and Jessie would most likely eat some canned spaghetti and go to bed.

She just wanted him to be happy, and to be himself. If it took a long time, then it took a long time. She just had to be supportive. Right?

Yunalesca - 24-6-2010 at 06:13 AM
Tony glared over at her as he grabbed the ball of paper she'd thrown at his head. So she wanted to play games again? Well he was a worthy opponent, which she apparently had forgotten the first week she'd been working there. The ways in which to get her were endless. Of course Ziva didn't understand their antics. She didn't understand much of anything really. Part of him sensed some sort of jealousy on her part, but he couldn't be sure. He'd only met her once or twice and couldn't imagine what could be getting under her skin aside from office antics. Maybe she had a crush on him? He straightened at the thought and almost grinned, but didn't. Usually he'd be all for a catfight, but this time he wasn't. He actually cared for Jessie and the last thing he wanted to see was her fighting for him. There were better things to occupy her time and Ziva might actually be able to kick her ass.

He buried himself in the files with a sigh, knowing Gibbs was expecting it of him. He usually wouldn't mind it so much, but he felt he was going to be taken from the field again and it was bothersome. He could handle it. He'd been able to stand for a night with Jessie, hadn't he? This made him smile but it quickly faded when he was glancing over a file of history on their victim. There was an ex girlfriend in his history...apparently a former fiance who cheated the night before their wedding. He stood up and tossed the file on Jessie's desk, pointing to the clues. "Think we found our couple at the scene?" He questioned her.

dirty.angel - 28-6-2010 at 02:23 PM
Jessie had been staring boredly at the computer screen, hoping that a clue would jump out at her. Instead, a clue landed on her desk. Looking down a the file, she shrugged softly. " Probably. But I can't imagine why either one of these two would want to kill him" she said simply. " After all, she should be happy. She didn't marry him and got to be with the guy she cheated with" taking a deep breathe she shrugged again " But, it's worth checking out. After all, they might know something" she said to Tony as she stood up to stretch. Sighing, she looked at her watch then across to Ziva. She'd done her best to inform the woman on the American customs of dating, and how speed dating worked. She just hoped that Ziva could pull it off. She had a feeling the other woman could though. Plus, Tony and Jessie would be there in the background to help her if she needed it. 

Pulling a candy bar from her desk draw, Jessie sat back down on her chair and read through the file that Tony had tossed her earlier. " I think we should pay these guys a visit. Can't hurt, right?" she said as she glanced over at Tony before tossing the keys in her hand. " I'll drive" she smirked, finishing the candy bar and heading towards the elevator. She really wasn't sure how much longer Tony would put up with her driving for. He could drive if he wanted, but he just needed to get in first.

Of course, she was worried about Tony. He hadn't been himself lately and it worried her. She just had to make sure he knew how much he meant to her and that she'd be there for him. Cosmo said something along those lines anyway. It was her guide to relationships, considering she wasn't exactly the best person to know about relationships. Tony was her first proper partner in a long, long time. Quite frankly, she didn't want to lose Tony any time soon either. Just his company made her smile, and when they weren't at work trying to pretend that nothing was going on, it made the time they had together alone even more cherishable. God, she sounded like such a girly girl. Jessie was nothing like that, at all, what was Tony turning her into?

Yunalesca - 24-7-2010 at 10:43 AM
As Tony dropped the file on her desk with a proud look he expected a little more enthusiasm from her. It was, after all, a lead. She did not seem to enjoy the idea, however. She appeared bored as she looked over the file so he sighed and turned back to his desk, catching the eye of the Israeli woman on the way. He could feel her watching him as he scanned through some files on his computer. He looked over at her with a raised eyebrow which made her turn away abruptly. He shook his head in confusion before Jessie finally perked up. His eyes were brought up to hers and he saw her grab the keys, making a face. She was going to be driving....again. Was he ever going to get a break? At least Gibbs was trustworthy on the road. She on the otherhand seemed to have no regard for those around her.

He marched toward the elevator, grabbing his jacket, sliding in just in time before the doors closed on him. He saw the smirk and gave a face. "Very funny." He said before turning and hitting the button. For some reason or other he felt the awkward silence kicking in. It was more than likely due to his distraction with the possibility of being on desk duty. He knew Gibbs would keep him in the field as best he could, but it was the Directors word that mattered and given their history, he wouldn't be surprised if he was the one punished for Gibbs' slick tongue. He nearly grimaced at how that term could be taken. He did not want to imagine the Director and Gibbs in the sheets. 

To distract himself he thought instead of what had transpired the night before with Jessie. It had been a hell of a night and he still found himself in slight shock at just how good it had felt. He had always been the promiscuous type, it being more exciting than commitment, but he found himself in the middle of insanity. He loved her and felt that was a major factor in how last night had felt. He felt a grin creeping on his face and quickly swiped it away. Last thing he wanted was Jessie catching him thinking about it. However, he didn't resist the urge to look her over quickly. She was intoxicating in an exotic tomboy way. She could hold her own and that was one of the biggest turn ons for him.

The elevator stopped and he sighed heavily. I'll be driving next time. I enjoy keeping my stomach where it was genetically placed thank you very much," he told her as he buckled up, pulling the seatbelt as tight as it could go.

dirty.angel - 31-7-2010 at 12:37 AM
" You know, all you have to do is be first to the keys Tony" she shrugged, before pulling out of the garage. They weren't going to visit this happy couple in her beetle, they were definitely taking a government car, they wanted to be taken seriously after all! Sighing, she pulled out onto the road, and decided that it would be best for their working relationship, as well as their personal one if she kept Tony alive, so, she drove like a normal person would. " You ever tried speed dating DiNozzo?" she questioned with a smirk, tapping her fingers impatiently on the steering wheel as they sat at the traffic lights. It was fair to say she was an impatient driver and an impatient woman. It was probably a main reason for her competitiveness and drive as well, after all, she didn't like waiting for things. If she wanted something, she wanted it straight away, it wasn't ever pleasant to make Jesse wait.

Attempting to relax and not show her annoyance at the fact that the traffic moved slow, she finally let out a yawn. Needless to say she was tired. The night had been one hell of a night, she hadn't really expected it to happen the way it did. And it didn't just happen once, that was for sure. However, the long and exhausting night had certainly taken a toll on the young lady. " I'm tired" she chuckled, shooting a glance across at Tony and smirking, " Because, you know someone kept me awake all night" And Jesse, well, she'd apparantly kept Tony up all night! 

Jesse was never huge on relationships, she'd never been one to allow herself to get hurt. Why would she? Getting hurt by someone you love was one of the worst pains you could feel. It hurt some people emotionally and physically! But with Tony it was different, they were both similar and both understood eachothers issues with commitment. They'd work through them. It was probably only so full on for the moment considering that Tony was living with Jesse until the Director saw that Tony was fit enough to live by himself, well, if she'd seen him the night before she'd know for sure he was certainly fit enough to be alone! He was certainly one for endurance!

Yunalesca - 26-8-2010 at 03:18 AM
Tony would be breathing a little better knowing they were in the government issue vehicle, but he wasn't quite ready to trust she would be careful in this car either. But as usual, she surprised him. She was obviously unnerved at driving at a more normal speed, but Tony kept it to himself. The last thing he wanted was her to get angry with him for pointing something out and sending them off a cliff or god knew what else. She had a touch of road rage and he wasn't about to test her patience with pointing that out to her. A calm ride to the scene would help him focus even if his mind was still more than preoccupied with nerves about possibly being stuck behind a desk again. Why had he been so stupid? They were trained to NOT get shot.

She broke the silence with asking him if he'd ever speed dated. "Psh....Ye...I mean no. Where's the fun in that?" He asked, throwing in some personal charm. His reputation would swear that he'd never been that desperate, but indeed he had been. It was something he had been trying to hide for ages and she'd damn near caught him admitting it. People did it all the time, he knew, but it wasn't quite as accepted as the stupid internet dating thing that was going on nowadays. It was like offering yourself up as an entree to the nearest murdered or rapist, or at least that was how he felt about it.

He returned a mischievous grin to her as she reminded him how tired he was as well. "You could've stopped me. You may think I'm some kind of ladies man or something, but I can stop when I'm told to." He smirked at her, knowing damn well she wouldn't have said no. They'd both enjoyed themselves, that was for sure.

As they pulled up and rolled into park, Tony turned to her. "So we're at the point of this relationship we critique eachothers abilities? Well, this should be fun to discuss over dinner with Abbey and McGee sometime." He laughed, hoping it'd rile her a little bit. She was like him, didn't really want to think about talking about the relationship openly, especially letting any of their coworkers in on it. It was the only thing he had to roll with at the moment, however. Pestering her was the best way to occupy his time.

He adjusted his clothing slightly before stepping up and ringing the doorbell to their current suspects. Jessie may not believe she would have done it, but there was a reason she cheated and Tony knew women may forgive but they never forget. He had never been one to delve into sex lives or what have you, at least on a case, but he would today if he had to. It was usually the man doing the cheating the night before the wedding, not the woman.

dirty.angel - 27-8-2010 at 12:54 AM
Jesse rolled up to the house and chuckled. " Judging by last night, I would say I was a perfect ten" she winked, " So you can discuss that with McGee all you want.....if you want" she got out the car, and as soon as they did her demeanour changed. She wasn't able to laugh and joke with Tony, they were there on business. This woman had cheated on their vic with her now husband. Something fishy for sure, and Jess was certainly going to figure it out. " Cheating just seems like so much effort" she mused " You know all that sneaking around and stuff, really who can be bothered? Just have sex with the person you care for and deal with it. If it's crap sex, it's crap" she was sure to shut up quickly as she rang the doorbell and the lovely woman in question came to the door.

" Mrs. Ford, Special Agent Green and DiNozzo, we were wondering if you could answer us a few questions about Naval Officer Daniel Jackson. You were his emergency contact" the last part was a lie, but it'd get them talking to her. For all they knew the woman could slam the door in their face and call the Director or someone. That'd just get Tony in trouble for being in the field.

Yunalesca - 27-8-2010 at 01:05 AM
Tony grumbled as he had no affect on her, agitated that she had gotten to him and he couldn't return the 'favor'. He tossed it aside, disregarding her remarks as the door opened and a young woman appeared. She didn't open it all the way which made Tony suspicious while she poked her head out the door and listened to Jessie introduce them. The expression on her face changed when the officers name was announced and that she had been an emergency contact. Before she could say anything a man's voice echoed through the house asking who was at the door. "It's just a couple of people asking directions, I'll be right back." She called to him before stepping out the door and closing it behind her. "Why would I be an emergency contact." She hissed and Tony stepped up.

"Why wouldn't you be. You were his fiancee at one point, were you not? What happened that night..." He pressed dangerously and she turned on him, angry.

"I WAS his fiancee, I'm married now and I'm happy. I made a mistake that night, yes, but you don't understand and you probably never will. Now I'll ask you to leave before my husband comes out." She pressed and Tony gave a look to Jessie.

"You can talk or we can get you to talk. It's some suspicious behavior and we can take you in to talk to someone who won't be so nice. You can try to explain that one to your husband." He offered, already growing tired of her lying and hiding something from them.

dirty.angel - 27-8-2010 at 10:47 PM
Jessie took a deep breath and sighed. " You would know Ma'am, being previously enlisted in the navy, if you're refusing to help all I have to do is ink this dotted line and you can be shipped off to somewhere far away from your white picket fence." There was no good cop, bad cop. Jessie never was the nice one, she was a bitch and when women went all princess on her, it pissed her off even more. " And then Agent DiNozzo and I will go have a lovely chat with your husband. I'm sure that he has a good version of events of how you two got together" she leant against a wall pillar, twirling a pen between her fingers. 

" Alright! Alright. Just....don't sign anything" the woman grumbled, moving to stand in the shade with her hands on her hips. As she began her story, Jessie wrote down a few notes, looking across at the woman every now and then. If only the woman knew that in Jessie's hand was actually just an old piece of paper, things would be different. Folding the paper up, she placed it in her pocket and took a deep breath. " Well, you don't exactly seem upset to know your ex-fiance has been murdered, is there something you're not telling us?" Jessie urged, glancing across at Tony then back to her pad. This woman and her story was driving Jessie up the wall, although she had never really had relationships, she knew that if you were commited to one person it was only that person. You didn't go around sleeping with other people.

At least Jessie had morals and values! Hearing the husband calling for his wife, she figured that was all they were going to get out of her. " I wouldn't be going anywhere" she said simply, moving towards the car, tossing Tony the keys and offering a smile. It was the least she could do.

Yunalesca - 28-8-2010 at 08:54 AM
Tony let Jessie take over, her temper shorter than his and she was a bit more frightening than he was. She would resort to lying and other forms of tactics to get what she wanted out of someone. He could do that too, but he was already walking the tightrope and didn't want to push it too far. The last thing he needed was to get busted in the field. That wouldn't put him at the desk, that'd be putting himself on the curb on his ass. He would hate to lose his job. A part of him would die if he ever got fired from NCIS. His stunt on his last case had nearly landed him with a boot in the ass on his way out, but he had been fortunate for their mercy.

Jessie did her job well, prying information from the woman with threats that they both knew weren't quite the truth. Either way, the woman cracked and leaked them something to work with. Tony didn't want to leave empty handed and neither did Jessie. They were good agents and wouldn't quit until they got something. There was no such thing as a cold case. They didn't stop until the perp was caught and thrown in jail or killed at the end of an NCIS gun. Gibbs hadn't stopped until he found Arie. Kate had been worth it and none of them would rest until her murderer was taken care of.

Tony took the keys graciously and got in the car, taking a moment before starting the engine. His mind had traveled to thoughts of his old partner in crime and he felt a sharp pain in his heart. It was never going to go away though it had begun to dull over time. He recovered from his sorrow and started the car, pulling away and hoping she hadn't noticed. Kate had been a friend of hers too, a sister even, and he didn't want to bring it up. They had a job to do and thinking about their fallen comrade would slow them down. He didn't want the haunting memories right now. He'd had enough sleepless nights over it before.

"Great work on getting that out of her. Now we have to see what we can do with it. She's still hiding something, but I definitely don't like the husband. A little too curious about what his wife is doing for my taste."

dirty.angel - 29-8-2010 at 12:33 AM
As the car started, Jessie thought about what Tony had said about the husband. " Yeah, but would you trust someone when you know they cheated on their last partner?" she questioned, raising a brow and sighing. " She was lying when she spoke about her ex husband, not recalling a memory. Looked the wrong way" Jessie explained, " So, we need to figure out what really happened that night. There's only one other person who can tell us and that's her husband" She knew that she was right, there was no doubt about that, but being right and being able to figure out how to get to the husband were two different things. " We're going to have to catch him when she's not home. Or when he's at work, but there's something weird about those two..."

Jessie unfortunately the kind of person who was suspicious of everything. It was probably why she was good at her job, asked the right ammount and the right questions. Sure, lying wasn't the best way to get things out of people, but it got the job done. No one had ever complained about it before, that was for sure! However there was always a first time for everything. Leaning her head against the window in thought, she spoke again. " I'll try and get some info on the husband when we get back" she said simply. " I'm sure you'll want to give Ziva some speed dating tips" Jessie had tried and she doubted that the other female team member understood. Sometimes it was like talking to a brick wall.

Yunalesca - 1-12-2010 at 07:25 AM
Tony heard her tired voice as she shot down his conclusions about the husband. She was right, he'd have a hell of a time trusting someone who had cheated, but they were married and had been for a while. Either way, there was something odd about the couple. Maybe they were in it together, maybe the husband was afraid of her ratting on him or vice versa. He had confidence Jessie would nail something on him somehow, she was good at her job. She had been putting in a lot of work lately and he was afraid diving into this case would wipe her out. He also worried it would affect their relationship. They'd already had straining moments and it wasn't like they could sit down and talk about it at work.

He laughed when she suggested he talk with Ziva about speed dating. "I can't teach her. She can't even get common phrases right...she hasn't seen Top Gun. How can I work with that?" He joked. Of course, she was a woman and had to have some sense of fatal attraction. But then, maybe her sense of dating and nabbing a man was totally different from the American woman. He cringed as he thought of some mangled body after she was done with them. She was lethal, he had to give her that. "I'll send Probie..." He paused and shook his head. "No, I guess I do have to do it. Abby would make her a freak, Probie would make her a geek." He stopped again and got a new idea. "Gibbs! He's been married...5...or 6 times." He offered to her with a grin.

[Yunalesca]

dirty.angel - 6-4-2011 at 12:53 AM
Jessie had been flicking the light on and off at her desk as she listened to what Tony had to say. They had all day tomorrow to prepare for the undercover operation. Rubbing her eyes somewhat she laughed, shaking her head. " I think it was three" she paused, laughing again " And he's probably standing right behind you." Sadly, Jessie was wrong. " I've never been Speed Dating. So I don't think I can be much help. I'll let you do it." The office was somewhat empty, and Jessie just wanted to go home, but the young woman knew there was too much to do. On her behalf anyway. " I've gotta stay and put together a file on the husband. You can go home if you want, and I'll meet you later?" It was a good suggestion, because she doubted that he had too much to do.

Reaching for the empty can of Red Bull, she tossed it into the trash can before shaking her head. " How the hell can he not exist? The only thing he has is a god damn license…." she trailed off shaking her head. " No bank statements, no loans, he doesn't even have a god damn overdue library book." She felt like banging her head on her desk. Putting her hands over her eyes and rubbing them somewhat she took a deep breath. " Maybe because….." she trailed off, thinking for a moment. " It's not really him…."

Yunalesca - 8-4-2011 at 12:12 AM
When she commented that Gibbs was behind him he prepared for a slap to the back of the head. When it never came he turned to look and saw he wasn't there. He gave Jessie a dirty look and pressed his hands against her desk. "I don't speed date." He reaffirmed, feeling that she had become part of the office crew and he was treating her that way. "Now why would I go home? I'm the one known for spending the night here at times, I can't be shown up by a kid." He joked, seeing she wasn't into him at the moment. He moved his hand over her lightswitch to get her to stop playing with it. Her frustration was starting to wash over him and put him in a bad mood. That wasn't supposed to happen, he was the positive guy at the office.

"Now if I had a hot date, which I usually do..." He started, brushing off his shirt in a sarcastic show of manliness. He wasn't allowed to keep his office banter up, however. She was peeved and going through her brain and the files to see what was wrong with the case."Just let it lie for the night. Giving yourself a break won't hurt. Just..." He started, but was again cut off. "Not him?" He asked, standing back. He hadn't thought of that before. He looked like her husband from the picture they'd been given in her file, but they hadn't done a background on him and apparently couldn't find anything on him. "You think he got surgery or something and has this man's identity?" He asked, making a face at the thought. Gross.

"Maybe it was her idea. A cover up. I think this just got deep." He tossed his jacket on his desk, feeling they wouldn't be going home anytime soon. There was a lead and they had to run with it.

dirty.angel - 9-4-2011 at 12:19 AM
" I don't think he had surgery….." she trailed off, beginning to type a few things into a computer. " Think about it. He steals this naval officers identity before he meets his wife. They marry, and move on believing that he is who he say he is. But what if is isn't? Then maybe we have a serial killer on the loose?" she was more so talking to herself as the young woman typed into the computer. Why hadn't she looked into this guys file? Why couldn't she find anything? It was beyond ridiculous. 

Scratching her head slightly, she shook her head. " I just don't get how someone can't exist…." she trailed off, looking over to Tony and offering him a small smile. " Can you run his picture through facial recognition, see if it comes up with something other than him?" Jessie took a deep breath and swallowed, this had to be the breakthrough she'd been staring at a screen for.

Yunalesca - 2-5-2011 at 01:51 AM
Tony sat back against his desk, trying to make sense at what she was saying. "I'm not following, but I think Abbey might be able to." He suggested. He listened to her, not feeling they would find anything. Wouldn't Gibbs have done that already? He was sure of it, but he would run it anyway. If it lessened the stress on Jessie he would do anything. He always seemed like a player and a womanizer, but when he actually came across something he liked, he was dedicated. Somehow she had become his world. It probably had a lot to do with the fact she had saved his life and stayed by him the whole time he was in a coma. He felt a pain where the gunshot wound was healing. Something he would probably show the scars from for the rest of his life.

He pulled up his screen onto the monitor in the center of the cubicles and started the facial recognition program, turning away from it as he didn't expect anything to come out of it. He moved to her desk, gently touching her shoulders. "You need to sleep. Your brain is tired and you can't be thinking properly. Just go, I'll meet up later." He said, wanting her to get some sleep. He'd probably spend the night at the office to be honest, but he would do it for her. He wasn't supposed to be on the field but he could get work done on the case. Not that he knew if that would happen. Nothing was turning up other than suspicion with the husband and wife. He was having trouble remember exactly why they were on this case to begin with.

A beeping turned his attention from her and back to the screen. He paused before the television, frowning and rubbing his chin with his hand. "Uh, Jess...I think we got something." He said, not fully believing it. When she joined him he looked at her with a sideways glance. "We've got a twin." He stated, wondering how this had slipped by them.

dirty.angel - 2-5-2011 at 02:10 AM
Jessie shook her head, as much as it was kind of him to tell her to go home, she was far from a quitter. This was something she'd be working hard on, if she didn't sleep then so be it. " I'm fine, I'll be okay" she explained to him. This was ridiculous, they were the only two at the office working their asses off on the case, but it was no rest for the wicked. McGee had offered to stay back, but it was his turn to go home and enjoy the comfort of a bed and sleep. Jessie had to admit that maybe she was regretting that now.

Hearing that Tony had something, she joined him and stared at the screen for a moment. " How very Mary-Kate and Ashley" Jessie mumbled, looking at the screen and shaking her head somewhat. How had they missed this. " Guess we better find out how all of this came about…" she said looking back to her desk then to Tony with a sigh, slowly resting her head on his shoulder. " Can we go home for a little while? I can't be here anymore, neither of us are going to be able to work on a fresh lead with a tired head." It was true, surely a new lead was enough to let them go home for the night.

She barely waited for a reply as she passed him her keys. " Unless you want to die. You should drive, I'm struggling to even function." Jessie kidded as she turned to her desk which was covered in paperwork. " There's gotta be a tonne of reasons why you'd become your twin, right? Surely your parents would notice." Something really wasn't right about this case and it was driving her insane. If she could find motive, if any of them could it would make so much more sense.

Yunalesca - 6-5-2011 at 07:17 AM
He had to admit, once he'd found the breakthrough he was expecting Jessie to stay all night. She had been wracking her brain for explanations and now that she had it, he expected her to run with it. She surprised him yet again by asking to go home. He was wrapping his arm around her and about to reply when the keys were put into his hands. He approved of this improvement. When she wasn't tired she was a scary driver. He may be about as tired as her, but he was confident he would get them home in one piece. With keys in hand he went to his desk and grabbed his coat as well as some things from his desk. He turned the light off and closed down their section of the office, leaving Gibbs' dim light on. He hadn't seen him, but knew he was about somewhere. He didn't want a smack to the head for something like a light being turned off.

"You'd think that." He said as he locked his gun in the bottom drawer of his desk and wrapped an arm around her. "Come on, we'll look it over in the morning." He said, leading her to the elevators where he let her go and hit the down button. He glanced over at her as he waited, seeing her almost staggering. Yeah, sleep seemed like an amazing option. There was a ding before the doors opened and he slipped inside, pressing his hand against the doors to make sure she got in safely. Once they closed he took a stance next to her, leaning against the wall. "Want to stop and grab something on the way? I don't remember the last time you ate anything." He said, tiredness starting to seep into his voice.

The hit the bottom and he started for the car, feet shuffling in a lazy motion. He wasn't really in the mood for food, preferring some coffee. Of course that was his body talking to him, used to late nights with coffee runs. What he needed was a bed. What he -really- needed was a good movie marathon, but that would wait. He'd been compiling a list in his mind of films Jessie had to see. He was still flabbergasted at the ones she hadn't seen. He would teach her soon enough, however.

He slipped into the car, nearly slamming his head on the roof before he adjusted the seat to his liking. He would never get used to this thing. He clicked his seatbelt and waited for Jessie to do the same. "Take out or home?" He asked as he turned the key.

dirty.angel - 7-5-2011 at 12:23 AM
It was a tough decision for the girl who had struggled to eat her first home cooked meal in a long time. But home was where the bed was, and the bed was where sleeping was to be had, right now that was all she wanted to do. Sleep. The case had been driving her insane, she'd been getting no sleep as it was, the nights at the office had just been no help at all. Slipping into her car, and attempting to comfort herself. " I just wanna go home." Looking across at Tony for a moment, she offered him a smile. " I wanna go to bed, and you can put on movies, and just try to relax. Oh, and maybe get some sleep."

She might not have seen all the movies that Tony Dinozzo deemed necessary, but she'd see a shit load. It was just, she didn't know them start to finish, word for word like he did. " Or we can get take out. You're driving, it's up to you." As the car rolled into motion, Jessie turned on the heater somewhat and curled up slightly in the car seat. She could hardly keep her eyes open on the journey home. Her eyes fluttered shut within moments, and it was a quick ride home. That was for sure. Well, for Jessie anyway.

She felt the car pull up to the garage and opened her eyes once more with a soft smile. " Home." She spoke softly, and got herself out of the car, moving to drag herself to her front door. As soon as she was inside, she kicked off her shoes, not seeing where they landed, and threw her jacket somewhere. Nothing was ever going to change her from being messy. Usually she would have stopped by the kitchen, but instead headed straight for her bedroom, undressing as she did so, leaving a trail of clothes.

However, Tony shouldn't have been excited. By the time he would have made it to her bedroom, she was dressed in her pyjamas. " Hellooooo bed." Jessie grinned to herself, falling onto the unmade mess.

Yunalesca - 7-5-2011 at 01:27 AM
Tony didn't stop for food on the way, just turned the heat up and let Jessie snuggle herself into the corner of the car. A few times he had to shake himself awake, turning the vents away from him as it was making him drowsy. Sometimes you never knew how tired your body was until you got in a car. Luckily for them there was nobody on the interstate at this time of night. He bypassed late night restaurants, not craving a burger or grease packed thing of fries. If he had to stop anywhere he'd prefer a subway, but there were few that were open 24 hours. He didn't need food anyway.He was working on losing the weight from his coma. Well, it wasn't weight, more like sag. He had been laying in a bed for however long without any exercise.

He turned the car gently into the garage, putting it into park and leaning over to wake Jessie. He didn't need to, however. She stirred the moment the darkness of the garage hit the windshield, hopping out before him. He unpacked himself from the car and locked it, stretching before he walked up the stairs. He was nearly dragging his feet when he finally made it through the door, shutting it with his foot. He turned the locks and tossed the keys on the table, leaning against it while he watched Jessie disrobing before him. If only he had the energy.

He didn't say anything as she commented that he could stay up and watch movies, simply started for the room while removing his shirt. He left his clothes in a neat pile next to the bed before climbing under the covers in his boxers, pulling her close. "I can't survive on your collection." He said to her gently as he felt his eyes closing. He couldn't even stay awake long enough to quote a film.




It was the middle of the night when he heard something scratching at the door. He nearly jerked awake, but held himself to the bed while he listened. He could hear whispers outside the door to the apartment. He rolled onto his back and reached into the nightstand for his gun, realizing when it wasn't there he had left it at the office. Quietly he rolled back over. "Jessie."He whispered harshly. "Where's your gun. Someone's at the door." He said, peering over her shoulder to see it was a little after 4, too late for social calls.

dirty.angel - 7-5-2011 at 02:07 AM
Jessie had snuggled in to Tony's grip, and quickly fell asleep. She didn't even need to respond to his movie dig. She was more of a TV show collector, not movies. No doubt she'd soon be educated by Tony. Once everything had died down at the office, that was for sure. But much like the FBI once the first case was over, another started. She was sure NCIS was the same, Kate was always on a case. No one ever had downtime. 

A few hours later, Jessie stirred when she heard Tony whisper to her. But when she heard him ask for a gun, she knew something was wrong. No one came to her door at 4am in the morning, unless they wanted to kill her, or it was something to do with work. Rolling out of bed, she moved to her bedside draw and passed Tony one. Rule number seven. Always have more than one gun on you. Ensuring the gun was loaded, she moved carefully to the door.

Glancing across to Tony, she moved out to the hallway, before waiting a moment. It took her a moment to open the door, about to say something when she saw who it was. " You have got to be fucking kidding me!" she exclaimed, resting against the door " False alarm!" she called out to Tony, staring at the sight infront of her. She was sure she looked a sight for them too. Elmo pyjamas and a gun? 

" McGee, Abbey, what the hell are you doing at my door at 4am?" The last thing Jessie was, was a morning person, and these two had certainly arrived at the wrong time. Pouting somewhat, she looked at the two waiting for an explanation. An emergency to do with the case? Well, that would warrant a 4am visit that was for sure. Clearing her throat she sighed. She had a feeling the secret that her and Tony were together were going to cease to exist very shortly.

Standing to the side to let the two of them in, she shut the door behind her harshly and followed them into the family room. " So what did you two freaks come up with at 4am in the morning?"

Yunalesca - 9-5-2011 at 04:17 AM
While Jessie went to answer the door he slipped out of the bed and took point in the hall, keeping a clear view on the door, positioning himself to cover her if needed. He couldn’t imagine anyone making a house call at four in the morning and so was expecting to have to draw a gun. He flicked off the safety and took a stance, aiming at the door in case they got through Jessie. He didn’t particularly want her in the front line, but she was a big girl and could handle herself.

He nearly jumped when she made exclamations while looking through the peephole. He pointed the gun up. Rule number 15, don’t point a gun unless you intend to shoot. He flicked the safety back on and slipped back in the bedroom, pressing his back to the wall by the door to listen. False alarm meant it was someone she knew and the last thing he wanted was to get caught in the open with someone walking through the door. What if it was Gibbs? Or the Director…She would transfer them, one of them would be moved to keep business and pleasure separate, he knew it.

“Damnit.” He whispered as he heard Abbey and McGee’s voices. He didn’t want them to know either. Abbey wouldn’t care, but McGee…He liked the kid but he knew he would rat if someone like the Director pressed him. The kid needed a spine transplant. 

He listened a little longer before grabbing his pants and trying to slip into them quietly. He heard ‘someone sleeping over’ come from McGee and the heavy footfalls of Abbey. “Shit…” He whispered, nearly falling over as he was hopping around the bed, trying to pull on his pants and hide. He got them over his waist when the light flicked on and he was looking at Abbey, a shocked, but humored look on her face. He laughed for a moment before giving up. “Hey…Abbey.” He said, face turning red.

dirty.angel - 10-5-2011 at 12:25 AM
Jessie stood in the doorframe, watching as McGee and Abbey found Tony, she didn't miss a beat though, simply smiling. " Tony drove me home, then I figured he may as well stay here. We'd be going to the same place in a couple of hours." It might have been a lie, but it was a damn believable lie at that. " Now while Tony puts his pants back on, because lets face it, he needs to keep them on, you two can explain to me why the hell you're at my door at four am!" she snapped, moving to her kitchen and putting on the kettle. She figured they found something more on what her and Tony had found. 

Pulling out a few mugs, she looked over at her coffee table that was covered in files and chuckled. " I like to bring my work home with me." Listening to McGee and Abbey as they explained, their findings, she passed them both a mug and left Tony's on the counter before moving to the couch. " I think we need to get Ducky to re-examine the body. Look for any signs of surgery. Might give us some clue…."

What they were all really hoping for was that it wasn't a serial killer, if it was, it was just going to put more pressure on them. " So you're telling me, that all of this couldn't wait till morning?" she asked, flicking through the new file. When she heard, 'Gibbs sent us', Jessie almost choked on his coffee. Surely Tony would have told their boss. They were close, but it'd never happen. Right?

Yunalesca - 2-6-2011 at 11:50 PM
Abbey gave Tony a look he didn’t like before she turned away. Jessie may have covered, but Abbey wasn't stupid. McGee wasn't dumb either, but he was still under the impression that Tony was unable to hold a relationship. It was in his DNA. They were wrong, but he felt that Abbey would start asking questions. She was family, a sister, where he had none. When his father had turned away, everyone had followed. In that spot was Gibbs. It was an unannounced bond. Nobody questioned it or acknowledged it, it just was. He had been hiding this from his 'family', but he still felt it was best for them to continue believing him a playboy. It could save their jobs and maybe their relationship. Working and living together would take it's toll if there wasn't separation. He still had his own place, but hadn't been back in a while.

Shaking his head, he finished putting his pants on and searched for a shirt in the piles of clothes around the room. He was never one to wear a dirty shirt...usually... but he wasn't walking out there without a shirt on. His near nakedness had already done damage. He didn't want them to continue thinking about why he was at Jessie's in his boxers. He found a red polo and pulled it on, rubbing his face with his hands afterward. He didn't want to do damage control tonight. He had to do the damn speed dating thing now. It was his only cover.

Tony had entered when 'Gibbs sent us' was laid out there. He had been moving to grab his coffee and hit the cup with his hand in surprise, spilling some on the counter. "Shit..." He said, grabbing a paper towel and mopping up the mess. After tossing the wet paper he looked to the living room to see three sets of eyes staring at him. "Jitters. Gibbs didn't say I was off the case, did he?" He asked, sounding concerned. He truly was, but not about being pulled. Nothing got by Gibbs, but Tony had been hoping they were playing it smart, or that he would keep their cover. Tony knew he'd get removed if the Director found out.Can't have that. Although, she had been their boss's lover...

"No, but he does want you back. The little break you guys found made some leads. He was kind of mad you didn't tell him." Abbey said as Tony started forward. He relaxed as he stood over them, choosing to stand.

"When is the old man not mad?" He commented as the pair began standing.

"By the way, he wants his coffee." McGee said.

"Where am I getting coffee at this hour. Wait a minute, that's your job!"

"Not anymore, now it's yours." McGee said with a smile as he started for the door.

dirty.angel - 7-6-2011 at 12:05 AM
Jessie looked up at Tony and smirked somewhat. " Awh, you'd make a good coffee boy too!" she joked, finishing her cup of coffee before following McGee and Abbey towards her front door. " Thanks for coming guys! We'll see you back at the office. Don't come back to my house at 4am!" she chimed, shutting the door on them with a groan. She just wanted a break, more than a few hours away from the office. Resting her forehead on the front door, Jessie didn't move from her position on the door for a good few minutes. 

Muttering a few words to herself, simply to get herself going again, Jessie reached the kitchen and offered a smile. " Guess we should head back to the office, huh?" Picking up the coffee cups, she tossed them into the sink and sighed, resting her head on Tony's shoulder. " Can't catch a break, can we?", leaning up she pressed a soft kiss on his cheek before heading towards the bedroom. Well, she wouldn't be getting back to sleep any time soon. 

Moving in a zombie like fashion to the bathroom, Jessie showered and attempted to wash away any signs of tiredness. Applying her make up, and pulling her hair up into a rather messy bun, the young woman moved to her closet to find something to wear. At this point in time, she'd have rather worn sweats and a hood, but that was certainly out of the question. She grabbed a comfortable pair of wide leg black pants, and a three quarter sleeved white top. She hated those business shirts, they were restrictive. 

Moving back out to the fridge, she grabbed out a large can of Red Bull and looked over at Tony. " When this case is over, I am going to sleep for days!" she announced, nodding somewhat. It was almost 5am and she would have much rathered be sleeping, or partaking in other night time/early morning activities. " If only you could get more sleep. Hanging out at a bar watching Ziva speed dating requires looking good." She wondered if Gibbs was onto her and Tony. Maybe it was why he sent McGee and Abby over here, to catch them in the act or something? 

" You think Gibbs is onto us?" She had to ask, it had been swirling around in her mind since McGee and Abby had left. " I mean, if he is, maybe you should tell him, talk to him. He'd probably respect that, y'know?"

Yunalesca - 19-7-2011 at 09:25 AM
Tony made a face at McGee and raised his hand as though he would smack him. "Reduced to coffee boy." He said, pouring his own coffee down the drain and setting the cup on the counter. He didn't even want to look at the stuff. If Gibbs had denounced him as lead agent, then maybe he was buying into him being incapable of working. Now his fears of being kicked off the case and into his cubicle were coming back. He was silent as Jessie kissed his cheek and meandered off. "Guess not." He said to the empty room in response to her question. He leaned against the counter and felt a feeling creeping over him. Abbey hadn't said anything about Gibbs putting him on desk duty, but the director could step in and force it. She had said he was assigned to the desk, but Gibbs had ignored that. He didn't want the boss to get a fire under his ass because of Tony.

He stepped from the kitchen and made it to the bedroom, digging to find clean clothes this time. He toyed with the idea of jumping in the shower with his girlfriend, that playful mind coming awake now, but he heard the water shut off when he'd thought it. Maybe next time. Odds were he would fall asleep if he took a shower, though. With a burgundy striped dress shirt and black dress pants on he made for the kitchen while adjusting his watch. He felt naked without the gun attached to his hip, but he'd left it in his desk at work. He'd get to it soon enough.

Tony couldn't help but grin as he got some water and was reminded of the speed dating event. "Even at my worst I can't fail." He said jokingly. He was drinking water when Jessie asked if Gibbs was onto them which cause him to choke on the liquid. He wiped his mouth and looked at her. "We don't tell the boss. He doesn't care or want to here about relationships. It puts him in a bad mood. And I get hit in the head...a lot." He said, grabbing his dress jacket from the couch. "Let's go before he starts missing his coffee." He said, gesturing for her to go first. "Tell Gibbs, what are you thinking?" He asked with a soft tap on the back of her head much like Gibbs.

dirty.angel - 19-7-2011 at 08:49 PM
" Hey!" Jessie called out, rubbing the back of her head with a laugh. " I think that it would be a good idea. Maybe coming from you as well he'd you know, respect that." She shrugged, moving outside and tossing him some keys. " I'm gonna take the bike, so you can either come with me or you could go by yourself." She shrugged, pulling on her leather jacket and helmet. She knew Tony hated the bike, and it meant she would be able to have some time to think about the case. She'd be able to think about the case. Was she worried that Tony was going undercover and speed date, a little. Yes, she was.

" See you at the office coffee boy!" she called out with a laugh, putting down her helmet and speeding off. Seems like he didn't really have much choice. He was obviously taking the car. She zoomed down the road, and rolled up to the office in record time. 

Moving inside, and up to the lift quickly, she sat down at her desk and began to work. She'd work on that lead she got the night before.

Yunalesca - 21-7-2011 at 06:23 AM
"Unlike Peter Gibbons, I like my job," he said, but saw her blank. "Office Space...really? Come on, a classic Sunday afternoon film. You'd like it, there's rap music in it." He said with a smile, poking fun at her. "And no, Road Warrior, I like living, too. I'll drive." He said, feeling his old self returning rather swiftly.

He made a face at her as she called him coffee boy. He didn't have time to make a comment since she was off before he could come up with something, which was a new one for him. He grabbed the keys to the car. "I should've got on the damn bike." He said as he stared at the Beetle. After this he was going to take ownership of his car again. He couldn't handle driving the thing much longer. People would notice, for one, and it was an embarrassing vehicle for another. Sighing, he got in, feeling stupid behind the wheel. With another irritable sound he inserted the key and rolled over the engine.

He arrived, parking the car further in the lot, not wanting to be seen exiting the vehicle. He had been thinking about what Jessie had been saying about telling Gibbs. He would be understanding, possibly, but at some point it would be apparent to the Director and Gibbs couldn't lie to her. He could, but it wouldn't end well. Jenny was not forgiving when someone lies to her. Tony didn't have problems with her, generally, but he didn't feel like getting his butt shipped off to a naval ship. And he had to face it, he would be the one deported because she knew just how much he loved ships.

He rode the elevator up, balancing coffees as he forced the disturbing thoughts from his mind. He had an act to keep up, regardless of being troubled or tired. When the elevator dinged he stepped out. "That car is just embarrassing." He whispered to Jessie in passing to his desk. Before he made it there, Gibbs snatched a coffee from the tray. 

"Come with me." He said simply. 

"You didn't ask for one, so I didn't get you one." He said to Jessie with a grin. He started to take a sip of his coffee but it was snatched from his hand and put before Jessie.

"Come on." Gibbs said as Tony made a disappointed face.

dirty.angel - 21-7-2011 at 11:01 PM
Jessie grinned as Gibbs gave her Tony's coffee, a somewhat pleased look on her face. Like she'd just won Monopoly or something. Well, actually it was bigger than that, more of a person one up than anything else. Tilting her cup in a cheers fashion before drinking from it she glanced at McGee for a moment. " You get anything after you left at 4am?!" she asked him, glancing between her computer screen and him. Shed not forgiven him just yet for showing up with Abby at such an ungodly hour.

Moving over to the photocopier to make some copies of some info, she turned to look at McGee for a moment. " If we're talking about stolen identity, we need to figure out how long it's been going on for. Tonight, as soon as this guy introduces himself to Ziva as Thomas Rogers, we can bring him in." Jessie said as she moved back to her desk and smiling again. " I hope someone has helped Ziva with the whole speed dating thing. I mean we're all going to be wired in, but still…"


*

Speed dating had never been Jessie's thing. But sitting at a bar was. Whilst McGee and Ziva got to sit and meet people, Jessie and Tony got to observe and watch. And help. She had a feeling listening to the Speed Daters, was going to put Jessie in a good mood. Nothing but a bit of entertainment. Pulling on a cute, charcoal dress and some nude heels, she grabbed her jacket and headed out of the office toilets. Yep, the two girls had gotten ready in the office toilets. 

Glancing at McGee and Tony she chuckled and shook her head. " Awh, Tim you scrub up alright." She giggled before looking at Tony. " You? Well….I thought you did this often." She wondered what Tony and Gibbs had spoken about earlier in the day, she was sure that Tony would tell her later. 

This would almost be like Tony and Jessie's first date. Almost, because hey, they were going to be helping Ziva and McGee date. Impress people in two minutes. Was that possible? Heading down towards the lot, she looked at how far away Tony had parked her beetle. " You hate it that much? Drive your own car!" she exclaimed. She'd come back for the bike when they got back to do more work. Heading towards her car with Ziva, she laughed at the womans remarks about the car before speeding off. She knew it wasn't exactly the best car, but she loved it.

Arriving at the bar, she parked and headed to the bar, ordering herself an orange juice. She didn't drink that much, no, that was a lie, she drank a fair bit. It was a way to deal with everything. As all the speed daters came in, and the rules were explained, Jessie watched with a chuckle as Ziva sat down, her first dater? McGee. As Tony joined her, she smiled somewhat, " Hope you taught him something useful."

Yunalesca - 26-8-2011 at 12:57 AM
Tony sneered at Jessie as she remarked on his sense of style. He was wearing charcoal dress pants and a black/charcoal striped dress shirt, slightly unbuttoned. It wasn't like he was going to rent a tux. Half the time the guys showing up to these things wore black jeans and a dress shirt. If he dressed any nicer he would stand out. The restaurant holding the event was nice, but it wasn't tux worthy. When doing undercover work, and being in charge of the safety of your co-workers, you had to blend in. Giving yourself away could cause their deaths. "Nice shoes." He said with a smirk. He always hated nude shoes. 

After Tony had scoped the place from the inside, in an incognito manner, he found his seat with Jessie, adjusting the jacket cuffs as he sat. He glanced at the menu and ordered a coffee, since he had been unable to drink his own. He was settling into his seat as the dating started and he watched Ziva and McGee in passing glances. He seemed relaxed, but she screamed at him with a stiff back and cold eyes. He hadn't had time with her, but he felt no matter the amount of time he did have with her she would still appear the same. He hoped it came off as a strong woman and not something else. She could blow their cover.

"The McGeek will be fine." He said to her as he continued to pass glances their way in discreet ways. The bell rang and they were shifted on. He was nervous, his right hand staying free in case he had to go for a draw. He didn't know what this guy was capable of and would never forgive himself if anyone got shot. "I'm not so sure about yours." He said as he took a sip from his coffee and watched her turn a guy off rather quick. Too strong, she's passing off as too strong... he thought. If she didn't relax soon she could ruin their chances.

dirty.angel - 29-8-2011 at 12:10 PM
" Yeah, well I don't think Ziva is going to be okay." Jessie said, as she nodded towards the Israeli woman attempting to speed date. If she wasn't careful they'd get no where and everything would be blown. Drinking from her orange juice, she sighed somewhat. " What do we do?" she asked, it's not like she could pull Ziva out of the speed dating process. They couldn't have their cover blown, the killers were in this room and they just needed to figure out who they were, exactly.

But, if they weren't in the room, then the people who knew something about the killings were. They just needed another lead, to tie up all the loose ends. Shaking her head somewhat, she glanced across at Ziva as they changed tables, how the hell they were going to survive this night was insane. Smiling at a few people as they took their seats by the bar to watch the speed dating, and go on their own dates.

" Can't say I'm used to being sober at places like this." She joked, shaking her head, keeping her eyes on Ziva. So far she was the only one who stuck out like a sore thumb. Maybe they should have thought about this more. If they got no where tonight Gibbs was going to kill them. Then there'd be no one to solve the murders.

Yunalesca - 3-11-2011 at 08:19 AM
Tony smirked at Jessie as she stated she wasn't used to being sober at a bar. He knew how to have a few drinks too, hell he'd gone out a lot before he met her, but he hadn't stopped because of her. He remembered the last time he'd had a beer and how it'd almost killed him. It'd been stupid to take his pills and drink, but he hadn't been thinking. Two scares in a month was not good for his psyche. So he stayed away from the stuff. He'd drink again, he'd have to to keep up with her, but he would stick to coffee for now.

He took a sip and started getting up in the process. "Well, watch a pro." He said to her and winked before starting for the speed dating area. His shades were slipped back on as he did his strut forward, coffee in hand. He hadn't fully thought his plan out, but they needed to move fast before Ziva scared off their guy. Just what he wanted, a wasted day on back up duty and having his ear chewed by the Director. Jenni liked him well enough, but she could have Gibbs and his ass if this failed.

He slipped around a waitress and made a play on checking her out, turning around quickly and tripping slightly, on purpose of course. The liquid spilled over Ziva's lap and he looked up to see the enraged look on her face. He gave her a quick look before turning on his playboy personality. "Hey, hey, relax. You'll never get a guy that way, girlio." He said, standing up and handing her some napkins. "Sorry. If you'll excuse me, I have some tail to chase." He said and turned away, following after one of the waitresses. He hoped the message had been subtle enough.

dirty.angel - 16-12-2011 at 11:50 PM
Jessie's eyes followed Tony across the bar as he made his way towards Ziva. She was curious as to what his plan was. Sipping from her juice, she watched contently as he spilled the warm coffee on her lap and said something. Well, at least that was out the way, and she understood. However, Jessie's eyes followed a figure in the bar. She rose a brow for a moment, that was the guy they'd questioned earlier with his wife. Why was he here? Jessie glanced at Tony for a moment, and gave a small nod of her head towards the man lurking around the speed dating area. Maybe he was just getting a drink? Maybe his accomplice was one of the daters? There was so many options.

As Tony rejoined her, she smiled softly. " Good work. She's going to kick your ass later." She chuckled. No body liked being covered in hot coffee for one thing. As the final bell rang, for the last date to be over, she sighed. " I think I'm going to hang around for a while." She told Tony. She wanted to suss out exactly why those people were here. " You wanna stay?" She asked him curiously. McGee and Ziva could go home, or wait in the car in the next parking lot, but Jessie wanted to see what happened next. They'd been happening after the bar had closed, around the same place, it was strange, and things just didn't add up.

" And then, we can go home." She grinned, biting her lower lip. Because Lord knew what was on her mind. After all, following the night they'd had who wouldn't want some more sugar?

Yunalesca - 8-1-2012 at 12:48 PM
Tony had caught Jessie's gesture and scanned over the crowd to the man who he identified as the one with the wife earlier. It didn't feel right, but he couldn't jump the guy right then without something to support it. He just hoped one of the 'odd couple' of McGee and Ziva noticed him and got some intel. The worst thing would be to blow their cover. He and Jessie could do very little about it. They're jobs were to sit back and watch. If Tony got in the line of fire, the Queen would find out and their ass would be grass. He really really didn't want to be put on a submarine for his own good. He hated subs. 

"Ziva doesn't scare me, love." He said in her ear before leaning away and watching the man make his way around the bar. He just seemed to be there for a drink but it still irked him. He wanted to stick around too, not to mention he wasn't about to leave his partner by herself. "Yeah, I don't like this guy..." He started to say when his phone vibrated. He looked down and saw it was Gibbs calling. "Boss..." He said to her before getting up and taking the call. He came back shortly after. "McGeek is staying, Gibbs is pulling me and Ziva. The Queen is heading back to the office and if I'm not there this jig is up." He said, referencing 'Renegade' by Styxx, though he figured it would go over her head.

"Just lay low and keep it safe. Anyone else gets shot around here and the whole squad will be sent to the corners of the world." He said seriously, though he managed to give her hand a squeeze under the table before he had to turn away. He wanted nothing more than to go home with her and continue last nights festivities, but work was calling.

dirty.angel - 9-1-2012 at 12:09 PM
None of this felt right, and Gibbs was pulling Ziva and Tony? She had to admit, she didn't feel as safe as she did walking in. Sure, McGee was a great agent, but she doubted he could protect them like the others could. Mind you, that was saying that Jessie was as weak as they came. If needed be she could get mean. But she never liked to resolve things with violence. " Okay, well, I'll see you back at the office." She said quietly with a small nod of her head, watching the floor as everyone began to leave or get a drink. Speed dating was over, and Ziva and Tony weren't exactly needed. 

She squeezed his hand back before quickly letting go. " I'll see you back at the office then." She said simply, watching Ziva go towards the door. Jessie would be fine. She knew it, nothing bad could happen right? It was just too bad that their killer was in this room and everything could go wrong. As McGee approached in the gap where Tony had been, Jessie filled in McGee of what they'd seen, and then did the same as before, just watched people. 

She didn't trust the guy she'd seen from earlier questioning. There was something about the creep that didn't sit well with Jessie. It'd been about an hour, and the bartender was calling last drinks. Many people left, especially considering fifteen minutes later they were kicked out and standing in the cold parking lot. Their husband had apparently left at the last call, but his car was still there. " I'm going to check around the back. You keep an eye on the front." She told McGee quickly disappearing around the back of the bar. It was going to be the worst decision she made all night.

Of course, she hardly felt safe and drew her gun once around the back. Nothing like a bit of prior preparation. That was for sure. She stopped, however when she heard the familiar sound of a gun clicking off it's safety, and she saw their suspect emerge from the shadows. Today really wasn't the day she wanted to shoot someone.

Yunalesca - 17-2-2012 at 09:03 AM
Tony tapped his pencil on the desk while staring at a blank screen. He was nervous and with good reason. They had left Jessie and McGee alone without back up. It didn't sit right with Tony, but there wasn't much he could do when the boss called him back to base. He vowed to never leave his partner without protection again, ever since Kate. "Would you stop that, you're going to make me buzz off the handle." He heard Ziva snap and he had to look up at the girl.

"Fly. The keyword is fly." He said to her, shaking his head at her horrible way with American phrases. He wouldn't even get started on movie quotes. He dropped the pencil back in its canister and leaned back in his chair, hands folding behind his head. He looked relaxed, but his mind was running elsewhere. McGee and Jessie hadn't come back yet and the boss was still upstairs talking with the director. Nothing had broken in the case. Abbey wasn't getting results, or anything new anyway. And he was stuck with the girl he had spilled coffee on.

"Your American sayings are silly. Why not come out with it."

"I don't know, Ziva. Just...Go over there or something." He said in irritation, worried about his girlfriend. Something didn't feel right. His fears were confirmed as Gibbs came down with the Director. Something happened.

dirty.angel - 6-3-2012 at 09:50 AM
Something had happened. In the time Tony had left, and headed back to the office like he was ordered. A hell of a lot had happened. Someone had been shot. Jessie had to admit, she was glad that McGee hadn't really listened to her. Otherwise she wasn't sure what might have happened. Both McGee and Jessie had taken the shot, and would most likely be forever arguing about who's bullet did the most damage. They hadn't killed him, it wasn't the aim, their aim had been to subdue him. One of them had gone for the upper leg, the other for the shoulder. 

McGee had been quick to get onto the paramedics, and Jessie had been the one to call Gibbs and inform him. She really hoped that Tony wasn't worrying, she was fine. It wasn't like she'd never shot someone before. As the medical officers found their way to the scene, the only thing missing was the black sedan that Gibbs would have been driving like a maniac.

She'd conveyed to him on the phone that she was fine, that McGee was fine. But from the haste of him hanging up, it was evident that he still was rushing, and was still worried about them.

Yunalesca - 4-4-2012 at 03:02 AM
Tony was sitting in the back seat with Ziva as Gibbs drag raced down the strip, trying to get to Jessie and McGee as fast as possible. He and the Director were used to this, Ziva was not however. He had to smirk as he looked over and saw her gripping the door handle for dear life and continually checking her seat belt to be sure it was secure and tight. "I thought you all drove like this in Iraq." He said and got a dirty look.

"Israel." She corrected with a clearly irked voice.

"Do I need to separate you two?!" The director yelled to the back.

"Is that a rhetorical question, Director?" Tony asked and got a sharp 'Dinozzo!' from Gibbs. He leaned back in his seat and looked out the window at the passing cars as his knee bounced up and down. He just wanted to see that Jessie was okay and trying to humor himself wasn't distracting. He was concerned. All he could see in his mind was the moments that led up to, and after, Kate's death. If that happened to Jessie....

He didn't finish the thought as the car screeched to a stop and Gibbs and the Director were out of the car. He slipped out of his belt and cautiously got out of the sedan, afraid of history repeating itself. He stood behind the door for a second before closing it and finally running past the police line. He followed the path Gibbs had taken and saw McGee in his passing. He swallowed a lump as he looked around for Jessie.

Gibbs stepped aside and he saw her then, taking a deep breath and steadying himself. She was alive.

dirty.angel - 4-4-2012 at 11:27 AM
Jessie had been explaining what had happened to a policeman, the local PD were there, and were of course causing more issues, than they were helping. However she complied, and what not. They asked her questions, took down the registration for her service weapon, and went to go talk to McGee. Jessie was certainly holding it together, she had to admit that shooting people wasn't her favourite thing about the job. While some people got a rush, and she used to be like that, these days it didn't feel so good.

Looking around, she saw DiNozzo looking around for her. She managed to give him a smile as she moved over to talk to him. Honestly, at this point, she just wanted a hug. But that was the last thing she could get at this point. Shoving her hands into her pockets, she moved to talk to him. " Told you everything would be okay." She said with a chuckle. Much like Tony she used humour as a distraction to how she really felt. Even then, she struggled to tell people exactly how she felt. 

The agent couldn't wait to go home, at least then she could curl up in one of Tony's jumpers and watch a movie with him. It'd probably make them both feel a hell of a lot better.

[Yunalesca]

hor: Yunalesca [ Mon Jun 04, 2012 7:42 pm ]

Tony swallowed as she approached him, the breath he'd been holding escaping him as she saw she didn't even have a scratch on her. He knew the dangers of the job, but it scared him more to think of Jessie getting hurt over himself. He'd been shot, almost been killed, but yet he was more concerned for her than his own well being. He thought he had begun to put the Kate thing behind him, but apparently not. It would haunt him forever, especially since he was seeing Jessie now. Once she spoke to him he couldn't help but look down and shake his head slightly.

He forced his eyes up and looked at her, trying to keep the deep concern out of his eyes. "I almost had another heart attack..." he tried to joke, referring to the incident that had happened at her place a while back. He saw the joke was lost on her and he shook his head again. "I've never been that scared, Jessie. God..." He started, but stopped himself as he blocked the memories of Kate and his own shooting from flooding back. He didn't want to imagine her lying in a pool of her own blood.

He glanced over her shoulder to see the Director and Gibbs speaking with the lead officer. He forced a smile on his face to try and cheer the situation up. "I think we should have a quiet night after this." He said to her, looking up again to see the Boss heading for them. He changed his stance to be more professional looking and wiped the love for her from his eyes. He wasn't sure they were fooling Gibbs anymore, but he was going to keep the facade up as long as he could. He didn't want to get separated from her. Sure, McGee and Abbey had done just fine, but they were both field agents and that made things different.

"What did General Lee have to say?" He asked of their Boss in a joking manner as he approached. This particular lead officer seemed to be a hard ass and Tony wasn't quite looking forward to standing around a crime scene the rest of the night. He was used to long days, but at this point he was ready to go home. Spending the night here or at the office was not something he desired to do this day.
Author: starlight. [ Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:12 pm ]

The love disappeared from his eyes, and his face changed, the boss was coming and even if they weren't fooling him, they needed to fool themselves a little longer. As Gibbs told them that they could go home and they'd handle it. It was nice, because they so clearly needed a rest. As Jessie put on a tough smile, and tried to fight back the tiredness, she thanked her boss and nodded, slowly moving to the car. The adrenaline was running out of her, and she was beginning to feel the effects of the evening. It hadn't looked like much. It hadn't even appeared to scrape the surface, but it had. The shots she fired was moving through the air in slow motion, she could see it happening all over again. The guy was just lucky that she hadn't killed him. There was some humane feelings inside her.

" Can you drive home, please?" She asked him, feeling almost defeated. She was too drained to drive, and honestly she just wanted to go home, put on one of Tony's hoodies and curl up on the couch with him and one of his movies. She could fall asleep in her safe place, in Tony's arms and not have to worry about getting hurt. Jessie wouldn't have to worry about someone going to get her, she had someone now and he was there to protect her.

As she fell into the passenger seat of the car, and she secured herself in, she took a deep breath and offered him a smile. " Sorry you got so worried." The young woman chuckled somewhat. Her protection was very much her laugh. She masked everything with a smile and a laugh and no one knew about what was really going on inside her head. But Jessie knew that Tony saw right through it, he knew her defence mechanisms and she knew he wasn't sure how to deal with her quite yet. It was the same when it came to Tony, she wasn't quite sure just how to react sometimes.

" But I'm glad you're here." It was genuine and her words dripped with admiration and love for him. God, she wasn't sure what she'd do without him.
Author: Yunalesca [ Thu Nov 08, 2012 3:45 pm ]

Tony looked over Jessie as they started away once given leave from the Boss. She was playing the scene over in her mind again, that much he could read. He remembered the first time he'd shot someone. It had been on his mind for weeks, but he had finally learned there was nothing he could have done differently. In the heat of the moment with adrenaline pumping, you took your shot before they did. The most human emotion arose, the love of ones self. He took the keys from her and climbed in the front of the car he hated, feeling his body groan as he scrunched into the compact car. I've got to get her to get rid of this thing... he thought as he turned the engine over and started it up. He glanced over at her again before putting it in reverse, reading her.

He couldn't help himself as she admitted she was glad he was there. He reached over and took her hand, feeling how cold she was. "There's nothing different you could have done." He said to her rather simply without emotion. All the times he had wished he could have done something differently was a waste of time. Things happen and there were no time machines to go back to do otherwise. He would do what he could for her, however. Most of the battle would be something for her to deal with, but he would stand there with her, reassure her. He had mostly been alone that first time. Gibbs had noticed the signs in his rookie agent and had taken him aside and given him a speech he would spare from Jessie. That had brought him to attention, but then, a marine could do that to you.

"How about my place tonight?" He asked her, thinking of how long it'd been since he'd been to his own home. He could park her car in the garage so there would be none the wiser. Most of his food was probably spoiled, though he figured Abbey had cleaned out the fridge while he'd been comatose. She was the sister he never had.
Author: starlight. [ Fri Nov 09, 2012 5:00 pm ]

The more she played it over in her head, she wished she'd aimed a little higher. That guy deserved to die, he'd threatened her life after all. But that would have made Jessie a hypocrite, and she didn't intend on becoming one anytime soon. " I know." She mused, as she looked out the window. " It could have turned out far worse." It was the truth, she could have been lying in a hospital bed, or Ducky's table. But she wasn't. Instead, she was slightly curled up in the passenger seat of her small car, looking forward to a well needed cuddling session.

" Your house sounds good to me." She hadn't been there in a while, and to be honest she didn't care where she went, she just needed to be with Tony. The car pulled into his garage, and she followed him into his place. It was obvious that Abbey had been here to take care of things, and she smiled ever so slightly. Her hand gently found his as she followed him in, and took a deep breath. " Do you have a jumper I can wear?" She asked politely. Poor girl was cold.

When she found herself swimming in Tony's red hoodie, she grinned, curling up on the couch. " What movie are you going to educate me with this evening?" She asked curiously, trying to keep the mood light and her mind off things.
Author: Yunalesca [ Mon Nov 12, 2012 2:53 am ]

He was starting into the apartment when Jessie's hand found his and he smiled slightly as he held her hand and opened the door to the flat. He flicked on the lights and nodded to her, slipping to his bedroom and finding a sweatshirt, tossing it to her while he hung his keys on the hook by the door. He stood there scanning his apartment for a minute, remembering it. It had been a while since he had been here and it smelled slightly stuffy. He grabbed a lighter and moved over to the living room to light a few mango candles to clear the air.

He glanced over at her curled up in his hoodie and grinned a little at her question. "Well, I'll keep it light." He told her and turned to his vast entertainment center full of more movies than he cared to count. Some people collected coins, he collected films. He scanned them, going through his shelving system that went by category, then alphabetical. "Ah, a classic that you probably know nothing about!" He said to her, pulling an old movie from the shelf and sliding the dvd onto the tray.

He turned and took a seat on the couch, bending over to untie his shoelaces and slip out of his shoes. Once he had he turned on the tv with the remote and pulled the Ohio State throw from the back of the couch over the both. The screen lit up to a black and white screen and he turned to look at Jessie, nearly laughing at her expression. "Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House is a great movie. Don't judge." He said to her and hit play.
Author: starlight. [ Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:38 am ]

" You know, I was hoping you'd pick something like Dirty Dancing." She grinned, curling up to rest her head in the nook of his shoulder. " But I'll take your word on this one." The red hoodie was clearly to big for her, as she pulled her hand out of the red fleece to brush some hair from her face. It was ever so clear by the abundance of movies that he was an avid collector and movie buff, something she'd never really been. He collected movies, she collected shoes. It wasn't exactly the same, and there was no doubt they didn't get the same enjoyment out of it.

As the movie continued to play, she glanced up at him and couldn't help but noticed the relaxed, pleased look on his face. He was happy, she could tell. Even after the events of the night she could tell he was in his element. That certainly made sure she was more relaxed. " Do you know any pizza joints that are open this late?" She questioned, feeling her stomach rumble. She was getting used to eating the real food, and attempting to cook, but she could never go past a cheesy, greasy pizza. She deserved it that was for sure.
Author: Yunalesca [ Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:26 pm ]

He glanced over at her and shook his head to her Dirty Dancing comment. "Far too predictable. You haven't seen film until you've seen Cary Grant or James Stewart, which I know you haven't." He voiced as her head found his shoulder and the black and white movie started. He couldn't help himself as the line 'If you ain't eatin' Wham you ain't eatin' ham' came up and he followed along the script, acting them out with his voice. Part of him knew he should've gone into film or theatre, but joining NCIS had pissed his dad off enough. He could only imagine the reaction he would've got to being the only child, only son, and joining the acting guild.

His monologuing was cut off as Jessie asked about pizza. He was about to speak out against the greasy food when he remembered the trauma she had gone through earlier. He had gotten so good at leaving it at the office that the shooting had escaped his mind. He could allow the indulgence so long as he picked something slightly healthy for toppings. He still wasn't back to the shape he wanted to be in. With restrictions on exercise until his heart was evaluated, he had to depend on a healthy diet to start getting him there.

"I might have an old menu somewhere." He said, pausing the film and going to dig through a drawer in the kitchen. "How do you feel about mushrooms?" He asked as he finally found a menu. He had a feeling she would like something gross like pineapple.
Author: starlight. [ Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:01 am ]

He made her laugh as he voiced the script of the movie they were watching. Oh how she laughed, it was nice, she hadn't laughed like that in a while. " You're really good at this." She teased, enjoying Tony's version of the script more than the actual movie. She wouldn't tell him that though, that'd just be mean. He so clearly wanted to educate her on film, she'd let him, but she probably wouldn't enjoy it. " You mean to tell me, you know as soon as you start watching the film that 'No body puts Baby in a corner'?" She questioned curiously.

As he moved to get a pizza menu, she curled up by herself on the couch, attempting to get into the film that she was watching. When he asked about the mushroom, she sat up, turning to face him before making a grossed out, disgusted face. " You know. I just like cheese and sauce." She explained to him with a grin. " None of this mushroom, peppers, pineapple kind of stuff. Just cheese, and sauce." She had to laugh though, how could he be surprised, she'd burnt whatever it was the other night, and her fridge hadn't seen a vegetable in years before Tony came along.

She stayed in shape by working her ass off at the gym, she probably wasn't exactly healthy however, the Doctor's always explained she needed more vitamins and nutrients in her diet. But she was getting there at that was all that mattered, slowly she was having a reintroduction to all things real. " Oh, and do they have garlic bread?" She asked, smiling. " I'm that hungry."
Author: Yunalesca [ Thu Dec 06, 2012 12:30 am ]

He raised his eyebrows at her as she responded before laughing softly. "That's a relief." He stated, glad she wasn't into crazy toppings he'd have to pick up. He was a pepperoni and sausage person, but he could deal with a cheese pizza. He pulled his phone out and started to dial when she asked for garlic bread. He shook his head and laughed again before starting to place his order. Once it was in he returned to the couch with a glass of water.

"You doing okay?" He asked before un-pausing the film. He hadn't had intentions of bringing it up, but he remembered how he had wanted someone to talk to the first time. She was still such a young agent. He forgot that most of the time. He had pretended she had always been there. It had made it easier about losing Kate. He looked away for a second as he felt ashamed. He had made himself almost forget her time with NCIS. That was how he had recovered.

He turned back to Jessie with a warm smile on his face. "Need to talk or would you rather finish the classic?" He asked, head gesturing to the tv screen.

[ooc: blah, crappy post. My sorry]
Author: starlight. [ Wed Dec 26, 2012 2:32 am ]

She smiled reassuringly across at Tony. " I'm fine. He's not dead and now he had to a deal with Gibbs. I bet he's going to wish that I put a bullet in his chest." She was rather nonchalant about the whole thing and maybe that wasn't right, but this was how she dealt with things. She didn't like to open up, it was hard enough to show Tony how she felt, even when she was happy, opening up about tough stuff was worse. " Don't you stress about me, I'm fine." She wasn't, but she'd let him believe that.

" Considering I'm barley watching this film anyway, feel free to do what you'd like." She chuckled, pulling her hair up into a messy ponytail. She wasn't used to having someone, having a boyfriend, someone to talk to, someone who actually wanted to know and cared about her, it was why she didn't want to talk about it. She was scared he'd up and leave her like boys had before.

" So ready to chow down a pizza!" She laughed, curling up against him. He made her feel safe. She knew Tony would protect her.
Author: Yunalesca [ Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:11 am ]

Tony has to smirk at her mentioning that the purp had to deal with Gibbs. Interrogation with the boss was always terrifying, even when you were on his side of the table. Tony was more of a suave interrogator. Gibbs was downright terrifying if he wanted an answer and wasn't getting it. He was also very manipulative. The guy had better give himself up, if he knew what was good for him.

He did give her a look as she stated she wasn't watching the movie. "Its a classic!" He urged, before sighing and popping it out of the DVD player. He was putting it back in its case and placing it back on the complexly organized shelf when the doorbell rang. He peered out the peephole, hand close by his spare gun hidden in the mail cubby by the door. Ever since Kaye had been killed he was even more careful. Almost dying himself a made it worse. He opened the door and got the pizza from the delivery driver.

He started to grab plates but then thought better of it, remembering who he was with. He set the box down on the coffee table and took his seat next to her again, wrapping an arm around her as she snuggled closer. "How long you think we can keep this secret up? Abbeys suspicious." He asked her, remembering the look she had given him. She could see through him like nobody else. She was the sister he never had. Ncis was the family he never really had either. Amazing what his job brought him. More than his family ever had.
Author: starlight. [ Fri Jan 04, 2013 3:08 pm ]

" Classics are things like Dirty Dancing, Footloose, Grease, My Fair Lady, Casablanca, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, not you know....what ever the hell that was!" She exclaimed with a shake of her head and a laugh. She may have been a tomboy on the outside, but it was ever so clear by her choice of favourite movies that there was a girlish, playful side to her. You know, the side that wore pink, dresses, and enjoyed shopping. There was that side to her, it was just very deep down.

As the pizza box was set infront of them, she quickly pounced on it, grabbing a large slice of cheesey pizza. Her mouth was currently wide open, and she was catching the cheese that was dripping off the Italian goodness. Her eyes darted across to him, offering a small frown, before she engulfed a bite of pizza. Abbey was getting suspicious. But wasn't that girl suspicious of everything? Swallowing, she shrugged. " Until the time comes when she directly asks you if you're tapping that, or we're dating or whatever, then I don't see why we have to say anything." She shrugged, " Unless you want to tell people, but I don't see why our private life has anything to do with our work life." It wasn't like it came into their work, it wasn't like they got distracted by eachother. No, in the office, it was work and then at home it was play.

" Plus, just go with the whole 'you're teaching me how to cook' thing. Because you noticed that all I eat is crap." And yet here she was eating pizza. She'd tried ever so hard to cook a meal, and listen to what Tony had said, but she just wasn't programmed to be a housewife. Sue her.
Author: Yunalesca [ Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:13 am ]

"I would never expect you to enjoy My Fair Lady. And Footloose is just irritating. Great work for Kevin Bacon but that town drives me nuts." He said to her. He watched her eat and felt his appetite dissipate. She ate like a trucker.

"People knowing wouldn't be such a good idea. I'd never hear the end of it from McGee." He stated before taking a bite of the pizza. Remembering, he got up and retrieved his medication from his bag. He couldn't wait until he could stop taking them. They left his stomach feeling upset and becoming drowsy. What work could he get done when his heart medication made him sleep?

He sat back down and finished a slice of pizza before his appetite left him. "Since this movie doesn't work for you, put on what you like. I'm sure I won't be awake much longer." He commented to her as he already began to feel the medication taking hold.
Author: starlight. [ Fri Jan 18, 2013 2:05 am ]

" You're meant to hate that town." She pointed out. " Kinda the whole point of the film, you know..." She trailed off, watching him go take his medication. She could tell he hated it, he wouldn't be himself until he didn't have to rely on his medication. She finished her pizza and sat back, glancing across at him. " We don't say anything until you know, it's the right time." She didn't think that was unreasonable. It seemed that Tony didn't want to say anything and she was fine with that. She glanced across at him and smiled, leaning across to press a soft kiss on his lips. " I'm going to shower, so you'll probably be asleep when I get out. So goodnight." She said, standing up and heading off to the bathroom.

Her shower was long, not because she wanted Tony to fall asleep but because she needed to gather her thoughts. This hadn't been the first time that she'd shot someone, but it didn't get any easier. Finally after what was probably an hour, she headed straight to bed, not even bothering to notice if Tony was awake. She had no doubt that he wouldn't be.

Night quickly turned to day as Jessie got up for work. She was on a mission to make breakfast, without burning anuything. However, as she stood by the toaster, that was so clearly burning the bread. " God damnit!" She muttered, standing with her hands on her hips Tony's t-shirt just covering what needed to be covered as she fought with the simple appliance.
Author: Yunalesca [ Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:45 pm ]

Tony had dozed off on the couch rather quickly. His sleep was dreamless which was what woke him. He sat up and looked around, noticing Jessie was gone. He panicked for a moment before he heard the shower running. He rubbed his face and tossed the blanket off him and to the corner of the couch. He switched off the electronics before slipping into the bedroom and getting into some sleep pants. His pants hit the wall and flopped down into the laundry hamper.

He pulled the covers up and fell back asleep again, not even noticing Jessie slip in beside him. This time he dreamed. He was heading into work and noticed someone sitting on his desk. He rolled his eyes at first, expecting Ziva. When he grabbed her shoulder she turned her face to him and he saw it was Kate. He jerked back and stared at her, feeling himself pale.

"What's the matter Tony? You look like you've seen a ghost." She laughed as she got off his desk. "I suppose you have, haven't you?" She said as she ran her fingers over her old desk, now Jessie's. She looked up at him and smiled. "Consummation didn't take long." She laughed and Tony felt himself color at the comment. "I know you'll take care of her, relax. That's not why I'm here."

He tried to speak but found he couldn't. "My turn to talk, Tony." She said to him with a smile as she pressed a finger to his lips. "You have the wrong guy." She said and he opened his mouth to question her. "She made the right call, but he isn't the one. He's a lacky. You have to get Gibbs to believe you. Even he is wrong on this one." She said and stepped up to him, a sadness in her eyes. "Give him this for me." She said and kissed him.

Tony woke with a start, bathed in sweat as he stared at the ceiling. You have the wrong guy echoed in his head along with that last look Kate gave him. He swallowed and rolled over again, looking at his closet doors for a while before falling asleep again.



He didn't have another dream after that and didn't even feel Jessie get up. He did smell the burning toast, however. He jolted out of bed, hand going straight into his bedside drawer for his gun. He slipped out of the bedroom and peered around the corner to see Jessie burning toast. Sighing, he put the gun on safety and in the back of his waistband. "It's programmable so you won't burn toast, y'know." He laughed at her as he stepped up to the fridge and rummaged through to find two still edible yogurts. He pulled them out with a satisfied smile and handed one to Jessie as he dug into the drawer for spoons. He took a spoonful and debated about whether he should tell Jessie about his dream. Or otherwordly experience? No, dream. He'd had too many brushes with death to think of having another close encounter.
Author: starlight. [ Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:20 am ]

" Your toaster has that many buttons on it that I thought it was a spaceship." She said with a laugh, tossing the blackened bread into the trash. She took the yoghurt from him, and leant against the counter for a moment, before frowning. She took a step closer and pulled the gun from his waistband. " Really?" She questioned. " Did you think someone was attacking you with overcooked bread?" She understood that maybe he was a little paranoid, but it was a little ridiculous. Jessie placed the gun on the countertop, and went back to her yoghurt. " Did you sleep okay? I heard you wake up a couple of times."

Tossing her finished yoghurt into the trash can, she rolled her shoulders back, letting them crack before moving towards the shower. It was another day at the office and she wasn't sure if she was ready for all the paper work she was going to have to fill out. " Hey Tony." She called from the bathroom, poking her head out of the door. " I kinda need a towel!" She called out.
Author: Yunalesca [ Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:12 am ]

He smirked at her as he finished his yogurt and tossed it. "Also known as, a modern toaster." He said with a laugh before she noticed the bulge in his back and pulled free the gun. He looked away from her for a second before forcing his gaze back. "Habit. I'm sure Gibbs is the same, just more guns around the house. Go over there sometime for dinner. Its like a Marine easter egg hunt." He commented before she set the gun down.

He rubbed his hair and tried avoiding answering her next question. "Night terrors. Happens after getting shot, I hear." He played off. He didn't know if talking about his dream of Kate was okay. She was a sensitive topic. And that she told him they had the wrong man? He wondered if she really was looking out for them or if his subconscious took her form. He let Jessie take the shower and he leaned on the counter, mind going over the dream again.

His head jerked up as he heard Jessie call to him. With a laugh he entered the bathroom. "Here." He said, bringing her a towel and trying not look. "You'll make us late." He said with a grin, eyes still on the door.
Author: starlight. [ Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:07 am ]

" Yeah. Well you know, modern toaster or not it's stupid." She said with a grumble, shaking her head somewhat. She set the gun down, and rolled her eyes. " I would really, really love it if you didn't bring Gibbs home with us every night." She was dating Tony, and understood that he had some issues right now, but there was no need to bring a gun to the kitchen when she was the only one there. She felt bad because he was obviously so uptight about everything right now. But how could she fix that? She'd spent every night with him so far and he still hadn't relaxed yet. What was she going to have to do to make him realise that not everything was going to go after him.

She enjoyed her hot shower, and was elated when Tony bought her a fluffy towel. " Thanks." She said simply, wrapping the towel around her and tucking it in. " I won't be long." She explained to him, as she grabbed out her make up bag. It wasn't long till she was pulling on her jacket over her blouse, and she was moving out the bathroom. " You ready?" She asked him, as she grabbed her handbag and pulled it over her shoulder. It'd be a day of paperwork for her, that was for sure. Something she most certainly wasn't looking forward to.

She had no idea about Tony's dream, but she hadn't really noticed him acting differently. He'd been acting like this since his accident. He'd been acting odd ever since. He needed to relax about everything. Jessie knew she couldn't fix it, hell she'd been trying.
Author: Yunalesca [ Fri Feb 08, 2013 12:43 am ]

He left the bathroom and was dressing in the bedroom when she emerged. He slipped his suit jacket on over a burgundy button down and slipped his gun in the holster under the jacket. "Let's go." He said simply and tossed her the keys. Normally he would never let her drive, but he wanted to think over the dream more in depth. He locked up the apartment and shuffled down the stairway.

He got in the car and looked over at Jessie nervously before holding his breath and buckling the seatbelt. He pulled the slack tight and tried letting his hands relax. Her driving was almost scarier than their boss'. He let his breath out and relaxed into the seat as she started the car up. He bit his lip and looked out the window, going over the dream once more. They had the wrong guy, he was just a lackey. If that were so, then who was the head gun? Who was the killer?

He looked over at his girl and wondered if he should tell her. Would she think he was crazy? Would she be upset she had shot the wrong man. He didn't know if he should say anything. Yet, she would not want to be left out of the loop. Sighing heavily he made his decision. "We have the wrong guy." He said finally. He looked to Jessie to gauge her reaction. "He's a pawn. The killer is still out there. We didn't dig deep enough in the files." He said simply, not elaborating on the dream. He wasn't sure how he fully felt about it still.

[Yunalesca]

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:47 AM
After the big evening they'd had, she was still a little tired. Somehow she was mentally exhausted. Not because she'd spoken too much about it, but because she'd been going over everything in her head. She knew that she was meant to shoot him, but something didn't feel right. She was in her own little world as she drove the car, it was probably the most relaxing drive they'd had. Jessie snapped out of everything when Tony spoke, clearing her throat. " Oh. What? You said something? Sorry." It took a few moments to for her to process what he said.

As the car sat at the red light, she tapped her fingers on the steering wheel thinking. " He's a pawn?" She questioned, " Hopefully Gibbs cracks the guy then." But they'd keep looking, surely the answer was somewhere. As soon as the red light flicked back on, she sped off, now her mind was flicking through what it was that she needed to do when she got to work. It had been nice while it had lasted. Enjoy the serenity.

" How'd you know? You think you could have maybe warned me yesterday?" She snapped, " Or you know, said something when Gibbs fucking asked if anyone had objections about what we were going after?" She wasn't exactly angry, not at Tony anyway, just the whole situation. Sliding into the car park, she grabbed her bag and moved to the office without another word.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:48 AM
He felt the pressure of the seatbelt as she hit the gas pedal. He groaned on the inside, wishing he had been driving instead. He mood spun around so quick he didn't know what the hell to do. She was angry and she was driving like it. He was mildly afraid of getting in a crash, but they made it to the parking garage alive. He let her scream at him and choked down his own anger. He unbuckled and was scrambling after her. He slammed his own door and closed the distance between them quickly.

He slipped in the elevator before she could shut him out. She was pissed and he didn't know if it was with him or something else. Regardless, he was not going to go through his day like this. He slammed his fist on the stop button and the lift shut down, low lighting flicking on. "Listen." He started, but saw she didn't want to. Growling, he grabbed her by the shoulders and slammed her against the wall. He was never rough with a woman, but she wasn't going to listen any other way.

"Now just shut up and listen!" he yelled at her, grabbing her bag from her hand and throwing it in the other corner. "I didn't know yesterday. I was on the same track as everyone else, caught up in getting this guy and moving on to another case. Shut up." He said again before she could even start. "Kate. Kate is how I know." He said, then let her go and stepped back. He bit back every emotion. The memory of her blood splattered across his face played back again and he almost vomited. Damnit. Why did she have to be gone?!

"I had a dream last night and she told me." he said quietly, knowing how insane it sounded. "I don't listen to those kinds of things, Jessie, but I couldn't....I couldn't ignore Kate." He ended, and hit the button again to get the elevator moving again. He leaned against the wall, back to Jessie. He closed his eyes and felt his heart ache. Why? Damnit, why did she choose him?!

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:48 AM
She wasn't angry at Tony per say, but it was the best person to take her anger out on. He was the closest, and she almost hoped he understood and let her get away with it. She stormed her way to the lift and refused to even look at him. And that was when the lift stopped and she knew what was coming. He let out his anger on her, but then he mentioned Kate. She didn't want to listen, and she really didn't want him bringing her up. She understood completely how important Kate was to him, but still it wasn't something she needed to hear.

But she listened none the less, and clicked her jaw to the side in annoyance. So, she let him finish and let the lift go, only for a couple of moments before she slammed her palm onto the button. Now it was her turn. " Kate's gone Tony." She snapped. " And I get she was important to you, and I get you have no idea how important she was to me. But instead of telling me I shot the wrong guy, or I got it wrong, maybe you should look at the big picture and realise you made the mistake too." She snapped. " You didn't see it either, but you sent me in." She paused, taking an angry breath. " What if the real guy had been there too and I would have gotten hurt, huh? Who's mistake would it have been then? Mine right?" She got it, she wasn't as good as Kate, and she never would be, but she didn't need to hear about it from Tony. Even if that wasn't what he meant, that's how she took it.

" I'm not perfect like Kate, I'm going to be wrong like Kate, but I need you to understand I make mistakes, and I'm going to be wrong, and I can't come to you in a dream. But next time, maybe keep that to yourself and figure it out before you say something. Okay." She snapped again and slammed her palm back on the button, picking up her bag and storming out when the doors opened and heading straight for the bathroom. Today was not going to be a good day.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:48 AM
Tony held his breath while she yelled at him and took the conversation into a whole new direction. This he hadn't prepared for and he couldn't even fathom where it had come from. He thought he was going crazy and she thought everyone was comparing her to Kate. This had been festering for some time it seemed and he let her go as she stormed off the elevator. He had nothing he could say. "What the fuck is going on." He whispered to himself before he got off the elevator and took a seat at his desk.

"Everything okay?" McGee asked and Tony feigned organizing his pencils. Jessie's outburst hadn't improved his mood. In fact it had made it worse. Now he was just angry and wasn't thinking straight. He couldn't even recall that she might be suffering from shooting the wrong man. With a growl, he shoved the pencils in his desk and rose from his desk.

"Fine." He said, knowing full well he looked half raged. McGee made the right move and got out of his way. "Where's Gibbs." He asked pointedly.He had to let him know just what the hell was going on so they could get the real guy. Sending the wrong person to prison would not make things better.

"Interrogation." Tony took off for the back rooms, pulling his suit sleeves to adjust their length and let off some steam. This was about the point he always lost it in relationships. History was repeating itself. He slipped into the watching room and saw Gibbs, evaluating Ziva as she tried cracking the suspect.

"Stop. It's the wrong guy." He said instantly. His boss turned to him, unbelieving. He was so not going to give the second half of Kate's confession. Kissing Gibbs was just gross. "He's a pawn. We all overlooked it too quickly, so focused on closing the case. I'm telling you. Let me work on him." He said, feeling like taking his rage out on a suspect. He could crack the guy without laying a hand on him. Today.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:49 AM
It was probably a good hour or so by the time Jessie appeared from the bathroom. She'd spent the good chunk of the hour locked in a cubicle trying to pull herself together. To be honest, she wasn't even sure where it all came from, where her out burst had even festered from. But it had bubbled to the surface a little quicker than she expected. Jessie certainly thought she could hold onto all her ill feelings and just run them out. Get rid of them without taking it out on anyone. But sadly Tony had triggered something, to be honest she didn't even know that kind of rage existed inside her.

She finally remerged from the bathroom, a new fresh face of make up and a face like nothing had happened. " We need to look over everything again. The guy in the interrogation room is a pawn." She informed McGee who was clearly slightly confused by everything that was going on. However the two of them simply went about trying to get a name, before Tony possibly mentally beat the guy to shreds.

Although to be a little bit honest, she would have loved to be a fly on the wall in the interrogation room. But Gibbs needed people working on finding evidence to support what this guy said when he finally admitted it. Jessie would find the answer if it meant not sleeping for a few days.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:49 AM
"Don't play stupid. I know you're just a lowlife lackie!!" Tony yelled at the suspect, slamming his hands on the table. He could feel Ziva and Gibbs' eyes on him. He was pushing the lines, just like Gibbs did. He just had to be careful. He had come close to grabbing the perp by the collar and shaking him to get him to admit it. Nobody wanted to admit they weren't the king of an endeavor. Tony paused at the realization and stepped back, holding back the grin. He knew what to do. The kid didn't respond to anger, but calling him out on being a second would work.

He took a deep breath before pulling up the seat and sitting before the perp. He looked right into those eyes and crossed his hands calmly before him, even though everything inside him was still raging. Getting the real killer was important than his rage. He had to remember that. "Being the second most important has to be hard. I mean, not getting to take out the soldier has to eat at you. They made you just a fall guy." He said, shaking his head and giving the man an 'I feel sorry for you' look. "Come on. What do you think the guys in prison think of a fall guy? You'd be their bitch in two..." That was all it took.

The suspect exploded and leapt at Tony, grabbing him by the collar. Instantly the NCIS agents hand flew back to hold off Gibbs from storming the room. This was the breaking point they needed. "You think I like knowing I didn't get to kill the sunovabitch?!" The suspect yelled as he pulled Tony closer by the collar. "Matt said I would have my part in it. A part as bitch work! He fucking lied! I'm not taking the fall. Not if I didn't get to kill the bastard. I engineered the fucking killing, but I didn't get to administer it!" He screamed, dropping Tony as Gibbs entered. They had all they needed. He would write a statement with just asking.

Tony adjusted his collar and handed the suspect off. He had done the job. His boss gave him a clap on the back before he exited the room. As he made his way back to the desk, he undid the top buttons of his dress shirt, still finding it hard to breathe. "What happened?!" McGee asked, standing from his desk chair.

"The perp just about cut off my lungs." He said simply, coughing and rubbing at his throat. He cleared his throat as he sat down at his chair, beginning to type up the actions of the interrogation.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:49 AM
Jessie had stayed away from the interrogation room. Instead she got a start on the paperwork about what had happened the previous night. It was going to be a long day that was for sure. She was already emotionally drained as it was. Having to write every minute detail about something didn't help. McGee was busy trying to back up Tony's claims, but Jessie wasn't talking, she had her headphones in and that was it. No one bothered her and she didn't say a word.

God knows how long it was, but Tony came back and the muffled sounds of him and McGee talking were heard through her headphones. By the look on Tony's face he had gotten what he wanted and was pleased with himself. " I'm getting coffee." She said flatly and grabbed her purse, heading towards the elevators. She didn't even want to be in the same room as Tony, let alone hear him gloat about how right he was. He should tell people he had a dream about it, then they'd surely take him seriously.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:50 AM
Tony looked up as Jessie finally said something. She was very clearly still pissed at him. He shook his head and sighed heavily, typing away again furiously. "Uh, everything okay?" McGee asked and Tony turned in his chair to the probie.

"I don't know Probie. I'd say it's her time of the month. Better hide when she comes back." He said in a harsh whisper, unhappy she was still pissed at him. He hadn't even done anything to her. He told her when he had been deciding not too. "Or she just ate some of her own food this morning. If she ever brings in cookies I wouldn't eat any." He commented, recalling how horrid her cooking was.

"Oh. I thought you were teaching her..."

"Probie, the woman catches toast on fire. I can only do so much." He said and turned back to his document. He looked up again when Gibbs came in the office and plopped a coffee right on Tony's desk. "Boss?" He questioned, never having been given a coffee before.

"Good work, DiNozzo. Where's Green?" He questioned and he rolled his eyes.

"Coffee break, boss." McGee blurted and Gibbs looked intently at Tony.

"Pissed her off that quick? Or did she just eat some of her own food?" He asked and Tony smirked.

"Glad I'm not the only one who noticed, Boss."

"Finish the report. Then report to the lab. Abby needs help narrowing subjects. McGee, you and Green will be going through the database." He said before starting to leave.

"And what are you doing, Boss?" Tony ventured and he turned to smile.

"Coffee break." He said with a smirk and jogged up the stairs to the Directors office.

"Why do I get stuck with the angry agent?" Tony turned back to McGee with a laugh, tossing a paper ball at him.

"Because she can't resist my smoulder." He said with a grin before turning back to the computer and sipping on the coffee. Hazelnut. Someone had messed up Gibbs' coffee, that's why Tony was getting it. He knew it was too good to be true.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:50 AM
Jessie had gone to the Starbucks which she sure was installed just for Gibbs' sake. It'd taken her a while, but she came back with the largest coffee in her hands as she sat back down at her computer. She didn't particularly want to talk to anybody, so being able to go through the database would have been nice. At least then she wouldn't have to talk to anybody, except if her or McGee found something. It'd also give her the chance to ignore Tony just a little bit more.

It was certainly a long day of staring at the screen, going through names, faces, everything. She worked through lunch, she worked through everything, and when it went through to the end of the day. It was a hard day. As soon as Gibbs came down to dismiss them she grabbed her bag. Thankfully her bike was still here from the other day. She'd be able to go home without a word to Tony.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:50 AM
Tony didn't miss the size of the coffee that Jessie brought back to her desk and smirked as he passed McGee at his desk, dropping some papers in front of him of some data sheets he had come across. Sometimes they used paper files. Not often, but ones that went back a ways sometimes didn't get transcribed over into the technology stage.

When he entered the downstairs lab, Abby didn't even say anything, which could only mean she was ass deep in something and didn't want to be bothered. "So..." He started but got a raised finger. He took a stand beside her and tilted his head to try and see what she was doing. This was beyond him. He was a field agent, this lab stuff he couldn't get the handle of. Sometimes he felt like he was a big ape or something. 'Me strong man, have gun, no need lab smarts'. Something like that.

"Okay. Got it."

"Got...what?" Tony asked, following her to the printer as it spit out the results of whatever she had been working on.

"I was tracking key tracers of the drug that killed our guy. With this stuff, most people have a trademark or use ingredients that are only local. This could help narrow down our area."

"We can do that?"

"-I- can do that." Abby said with a smile, looking over her paper and taking a long drink off her 'big gulp'. Gibbs had been down here. And probably had gotten irritated at technology.

"So..."

"The trademark is local. I would say our killer got it within thirty miles of the crime scene. He's close."

"Good work, Abs." Tony said, going to tell Gibbs.

"Hey, Tony."

He stopped and turned back to her. "Yeah?"

"Don't screw up."

"What?"

Abby sighed and step forward, giving him a hug. "I'm not stupid. I don't want you and Jessie to fail. That is the happiest thing I've had since Kate. Don't...mess it up." She said and let him go.

He stared at her, stunned. Were they that transparent. "The Director...."

"Doesn't know. Your secret is safe. But it won't be if you guys keep on like that. Talk to her. Work it out. Try chocolate cake and roses. She likes yellow roses." She said before turning back to her computer. He watched her, still stunned. What the hell just happened?

**

Tony dwelled on the matter most of the day, going back over every interaction he and Jessie had had at work. Nothing stuck out as a clue to how Abby caught on. But then, she had noticed Kate and Gibbs and they had -never- given any clues. He grabbed his keys and left.

When he knocked on Jessie's door, he didn't know what to expect, but he hoped Abby was right. Otherwise he would feel pretty stupid standing there with a vase of roses and a chocolate cake from some godly expensive specialty store. He already felt stupid since he didn't know what he was apologizing for, but he knew he needed her.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:51 AM
Maybe because Jessie had cracked and spilled the beans to Abbey. That was it. The girl had needed a female to confide in and to be honest, Ziva was going to be no help. But she had never expected Abbey to be the one to persuade Tony. Sure, maybe the two of them had never been happier, but clearly it wasn't working. Clearly the two of them just weren't relationship kind of people. There was no denying she loved his company, loved having him around and loved how he made her feel but sometimes it just wasn't meant to be.

Hearing her doorbell, Jessie rose from her seat clearly not dressed for company. Who didn't like to eat in their underpants? She moved to the door in just a singlet and her underpants, not really caring who was on the other side of the door. She opened it, and raised a brow seeing Tony. " What're you doing here?" She asked him curiously, noting the yellow roses and the boxed chocolate cake. She watched him for a moment curious as to what he was going to say. Did he know what he was here for? Did he know he had to apologise? It was the only way she'd be nice.

But she had to admit that it was nice to have someone buy things for her. Her favourite things too. " Guess you can come in." She muttered, opening the door for him and closing it behind him. He wouldn't walk in to find a home cooked meal, instead chinese take out containers full of her dinner.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:51 AM
She was still peeved and he bit back any remarks as he stepped into her apartment. He looked around and saw takeout sitting on the counter. Nothing new, but at least it was Chinese and not some greasy pizza again. He was a beer and burger kind of guy, but he couldn't do it daily like she did.

He set the roses and cake down. He opened the container and flipped the lid back, gesturing for her to try. "Come on, Jess. I don't even know what I'm apologizing for." He said, gently grabbing her before she could turn away. "All I know is you sat with me through my coma, you saved my life when I had a heart attack, and that I love you. That I love someone after ten years of just screwing around." He said to her sincerely.

"I don't know what I did, Jessie. All I know is I had a frightening dream and it helped the case." He said to her, still trying to reason through why she was giving him the cold shoulder. "I'm not leaving unless this is over. And if its over I at least want to give one last of these." He said, pulling her into him and kissing her hard on the mouth. Without thinking he spun her, and pressed her up against the refrigerator door. His hands staying behind her head and in her hair even though they wanted to travel.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:51 AM
She was mad because he didn't think of her feelings. He didn't think that maybe things weren't as peachy as she made them out to be. That she wasn't fine. But honestly, she figured if he'd seen the Italian Job, he'd know what 'fine' stood for. Sighing, she looked over at him, and honestly she really couldn't think of the words she needed to describe how she felt. But that cake looked damn good. He at least knew how to pick a good cake.

But then he started talking again, he started talking about how it could be over. And that scared her. She didn't want it to be over, it was the last thing she wanted. But it wasn't like either of them were good at relationships and resolving things. So when she felt his lips on hers, and her back against the refrigerator. No way this was going to be over. Her arms slipped around his waist and she smirked against his lips. " There is no way this is over." She said quietly, as she pulled her lips away from his slightly. This was how arguments were meant to be settled.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:52 AM
He smiled at her as she commented, his chest losing its tightness. He had been scared for a moment, but hearing that made it go away. "There's no way I'm done with you yet." He said to her before pressing his lips to here again and kissing her hard. His hands left her hair and found her thighs. He stepped back and lifted her with strength he didn't know she had. He wiped away the empty cartons of takeout and set her on the counter.

He quickly undid his shirt before climbing on top of her. He could say this was still a new one for him. But then these things usually stated on a counter and ended somewhere else. It was entirely too uncomfortable to try getting the right angle on a small countertop. No, he would tease it, but knew he would be carrying her to the bedroom at some point.

He found the base of her neck and bit her gently, marking her. He lifted his face away and sent his hands under her tank, lifting the material to expose her middle. He managed to press kisses to her stomach before pulling her free from her top completely. His mouth found her then and his hands ran along her ribs. No, he wouldn't lose her tonight.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:53 AM
Thankgod those cartons of take out were empty. To be honest, she was a little surprised that she ended up on the counter. It never stayed there, but still, it wasn't where she thought it'd start. She was surprised, to be honest that it had started. But if this was how people kissed and made up, she'd happily argue with him again. She looked down at him for a moment and smirked, before she placed her hand under his chin and guided him up for another kiss. Her lips crashed against his and her tongue fought his for top spot. But she'd let him win.

Her hands trailed down the buttons of his shirt and it soon found it's spot on the floor. He'd clearly been working out a little more than she thought he'd had, that was for sure. This was the Tony she'd fallen for. The flirty, sure of himself guy. Not the one who second guessed himself and didn't know what he wanted. This guy knew what he wanted, and Jessie was going to make sure she got it. But was she going to make it easy for him? Well, he'd already managed to get her on the kitchen counter, and he'd already began to tease her. What an asshole.

Her hands trailed down the front of his body teasingly, their bodies getting closer together. Looks like she did get to have her cake and eat it too.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:53 AM
He felt her hand reaching for the button on his pants as he kissed her. He couldnt even remember that they had been fighting. He was so intoxicated with her and the moment that nothing else mattered except getting her off this damn counter and to the bed. He broke from her briefly. "Not here." He said before kissing her again and picking her up off the counter.

He gently laid her on the bed and kicked off his pants, never leaving her lips. He wanted all of her and didn't want to lose a second of it. He pulled the covers over them and went to work.

**

He glanced over at the clock and saw it was nearly one in the morning. When had he got here? How long had they been at it? He closed his eyes momentarily and stroked Jessie's hair as she lay on him, the sheets a tangled mess over them. If they were going to end fights like that he would argue more often.

"There's still cake." He said to her with a laugh, wrapping his other arm around her. He was glad he had listened to Abby.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:54 AM
Jessie let out a small laugh as she tiredly curled up into the sheets. " Don't even think you're going to have some of my cake." She told him, looking over her shoulder at him. There was a clear gleam of sweat on them both, and she slowly but surely sat up. God, she didn't even know where her head was at after that. She ran a hand through her tangled blonde hair and attempted to regain some kind of clarity. How long had they been going? It was one in the morning or something along those lines and she headed out of the bed and pulled Tony's shirt around her. She was having her damn cake and eating it too.

She moved to stand in the kitchen, and grabbed some water from the fridge. Jesus Christ, she wasn't sure what had knocked the wind out of her, but something had. Perhaps it was the feelings that she actually had for Tony, the fear of losing him, or the fact that knowing that he really didn't want this to end. Sighing she grabbed the cake and two forks, moving into the bedroom. " I guess I can learn to share." That's what relationships were about, right? Sharing, caring and loving? Not to mention that whole openness and communication thing.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:55 AM
He started laughing when she stated she wouldn't share. "I'll remember that next time you want some of my coffee!" He yelled after her when she left the room in his shirt. He fell back to the pillows with a sigh and stared at the ceiling. His mind wandered to the time he had just had with her and just how much he felt for her. After all this time a girl finally got him. It wasn't that he hadn't wanted a relationship, it was just none of the girls had ever worked out. He had thought Jessie would be a fling, but she got him when no other did.

She came back with the cake and offered him a fork. He raised his brow at her, but took the fork before she could change her mind. "Chocolate cake it my favorite," he said as he jabbed his fork into the dessert and took it all in one bite. "You can keep the roses, though. I don't really like those." He said in a soft voice as though he were telling some sort of secret. The cake was perfect and he didn't feel quite so bad anymore about the price he had paid for it.

"So," he started, setting the fork aside. "Abby knows." He told her, feeling that keeping that from her would have its repercussions. "I think she's the only one, but I have my feelings about the Boss. He doesn't miss anything." He informed. Way to ruin the moment, sure, but keeping things from her was not a wise idea.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 11:55 AM
" Oh thanks, you sure you don't want the roses to brighten up your place?" She teased, looking over at him as she fed herself some more of the expensive tasting cake. She already knew from the box that it was rather expensive cake but she'd never say such a thing to him. He didn't need to know that she knew how much his apology cost him. Or well, his 'get in the door' ploy. That's what this cake and those roses were, but she didn't mind. Jessie was more than okay with that. That had been one good kind of resolution.

" Abby knows because I told her." Jessie admitted coyly, eating another piece of cake with a smile. " I was down in the lab, and she could tell something was wrong, and you know what she's like..." Jessie trailed off focusing on the cake. " May or may not have mentioned I like chocolate cake and yellow roses." Pausing, she took another bite of cake and laughed. " I didn't think she'd tell you to do this, she was just asking me all these questions about my favourite stuff." She laughed again. Oh, that Abby, she was sneaky.

Looking across at Tony again, she leant over and kissed his cheek, smiling widely. " Well. I mean, if Gibbs knows, he knows. Nothing we can do about it. I'm sure he'll bring it up with you when the time is right." Jessie reasoned. They really couldn't do anything about it.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 11:56 AM

Tony held his breath for a moment when she came clean on having told Abby. A muscle in his jaw twitched until he started breathing normal again. he hadn't really wanted to go public with their relationship. It would look bad from every angle. For her. The senior agent shacking up with the new girl didn't look good. A part of him was relieved, however, that Abby hadn't actually figured it out. But he was still getting his feelings about Gibbs. He didn't want the Boss to bring it up. He could only imagine what a guy who'd been divorced 6 times would say about an office relationship. "Let's just hope it doesn't come to that." He said and let the matter drop.

There was something more pressing they had to talk about, even if he wanted to let it lie. He may not have held a relationship for a long time, but he knew if they didn't talk it would fester. He swallowed and tried to ease in. "So what was it you were taking out on me, today?" He asked, feeling that he hadn't personally done anything. He stopped and thought back on the last 24 hours. "It was shooting that guy, wasn't it?" He asked, feeling he already knew the answer.

He hoped that was it. He could help her with that. If it had to do with Kate he didn't know what to do. A part of him had died with her and the hole still hurt. Things had got better over time, with Jessie's help. He wasn't popping sleeping pills and anti-depressants anymore. He was a human being again. Still, talking about her wasn't easy. It brought on the dreams and not so fond memories. Memories of her dying. He had almost joined her, but she wouldn't let him. Gibbs wouldn't let him. And more importantly, Jessie wouldn't let him.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 12:03 PM
" Gibbs has his own personal life to worry about." Hell, everyone could see what was going on with Gibbs and the Director. The sexual tension was a killer giveaway. " We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Plus, Abby wont say anything, after all it puts her and McGee in the firing line." She pointed out with a smirk, taking a good stab at the chocolate cake once more. She was sure Gibbs already knew, after all, he knew how to read people and surely there were times Jessie and Tony were a dead giveaway sometimes. Anyone could have seen the two of them yesterday and known it was a lovers tiff. You'd have to be blind, or Israeli not to see it.

When he finally asked about why she'd taken it out on him, she just gave a simple nod. Knowing that if she said too much, they could end up at square one. " There was just so much going on inside my head, and it was all bottling, and finally I just took it out on you. I'm sorry. I am." She apologised, and probably rightly so. But that didn't mean she liked it. No body liked admitting they were wrong. " Anyway, it's over now." She said, leaning her head on his shoulder. " But tomorrow's a new day. I'm happy to find something else to get mad at you about..."

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 12:03 PM
"I have so much to look forward to." He said with a laugh as she concluded. She was right about Gibbs. He probably knew. He would only step in if it started affecting their work. They would have to be careful with that. He had already put his life on the line for someone he knew. He would do it for Jessie, he knew that. He had to remember to take a step back and look at everything from an agents point of view and not be blinded by his feelings for her.

"Next time talk to me. I don't want to lose you over something as small as not talking. I've been in your position. I understand better than you think." He said, wrapping an arm around her. He took the fork from her and moved the cake away to the nightstand. He lay back and pulled her with him. He had almost lost her and realized how scared that had made him. He had never been afraid of losing someone before.

He turned his head and kissed her softly. His hand delved into her hair as he did so, holding her to him. He wanted her to know he was there for her. That he could be the comfort she needed. He had admitted to himself he would do anything for her and wanted her to feel that. "Tomorrow is a new day." He murmured softly against her lips. They would catch this guy. If anyone shot at her again he would take them out.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:12 PM
" I much prefer yelling over talking." She chuckled somewhat, of course only kidding. Could you blame her? Yelling was just such a relief, and talking was a bit more confronting. She struggled with it, that was for sure. But, for Tony, she'd do anything. And if that meant laying it all out there when push came to shove, she could do that. It wouldn't be easy, it'd go against every grain in her body, but she'd do it. When Tony took her fork and cake away, she pouted and her eyes followed the chocolate-y goodness to the night stand. The girl was sad for two moments before he kissed her, before he pulled her close. This was all she needed, he was all she needed to keep her head above water. They were going to be fine. Of course there'd be up's and down's, but she'd be sure to make sure that they were on the up nine times out of ten.

*

Jessie wasn't even sure when she fell asleep, but she woke up sprawled out on her bed, hand up in Tony's face. She was really going to have to get used to another person in her bed. Lifting her head from the pillow she gave a small smile, leaning over to give him a soft kiss. " Rise and shine." It was the first time in a while she hadn't had to force herself from her pillow. And it was the first time in a while she hadn't had a fight with her alarm. " It's killer catching time." She told him with a smirk as she moved out of bed to go shower.

Of course, she flicked on her radio and turned on the shower. She'd be damned if Tony was going to stay asleep. Plus, with her singing in the shower. No body could sleep through that noise.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:13 PM
Tony groaned as he woke as she stirred, feeling her hand on his face. He tried to say something, but her hand wouldn't let him. If she ever poked him in the eye while they were sleeping he was making her sleep on the couch. She was a bed and covers hog. He was amazed he ever got any sleep. At least she didn't snore, though. Or at least that he had noticed. He felt her kiss and smiled softly, his eyes staying closed. "I bet it is." He said as she moved to the shower.

He rolled over, intent on a few more minutes of sleep with the bed to himself. Her god awful loud radio would not let him however. He flicked his head back to the door and grumbled. Apparently it was time for him to get up, too. When she started singing he cringed. He loved the girl, but he realized he could never take her to a karaoke bar.

Shaking his head, he grabbed some pants and a blue button down, slipping into them. He continued to button his shirt as he made for the kitchen. He checked the cupboards and the fridge, forgetting she didn't really have that much to choose from. He was going to have to start moving these 'sleepovers' to his place. Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks was going to get expensive.

He leaned against a counter and buttoned the sleeves of his shirt, waiting for her to finish in the shower. A few sprays of cologne and he could cover up his scent for one more day. He usually showered daily, but sometimes there just wasn't time for that. Long hours of lovemaking kinda cut into that. And he wasn't going to complain. He smiled down at the floor as he had flashbacks of last night, everything moving in slow motion. She was a damn goddess in the sheets.

He wiped the smile from his face and poked his head into the bathroom. "Alright princess, we gotta get going or Gibbs won't get his coffee." He said, not even needing to elaborate on that warning. Gibbs without coffee was sooo much worse than Abby without a caf-pow. She would just slow down, Gibbs would get angry. Very angry. That seemed to be a trademark of the marines.

[Yunalesca]

ed by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:14 PM
She just wasn't used to having another person around. Or more so, someone that stuck around. However, there was Tony, probably searching for some food in her house while she showered. The poor guy, really. He had to find a girl, who couldn't cook, couldn't share a bed, and had a short temper. Yep, he'd really done well on that front. She flicked her radio off when somehow over all noise, she heard Tony pop his head in. " Alright, alright." It'd been a very quick lesson, but she'd learnt that Gibbs' coffee was his elixir of life, and without it, he certainly wasn't a happy camper.

She stepped out the shower and wrapped a towel around her, moving to the mirror to put her face on and go about her morning routine. " If you're looking for something to eat, there's granola in the cupboard above the fridge." Kate had always made sure there was something for breakfast, and even after she'd been gone, Jessie still bought it. Some things stuck. Plus, it was alright if she had time to eat breakfast.

Finally with her hair and face sorted, she moved to her closer, finding an outfit and pulling it on. They still had time. Fifteen minutes until they had to leave. She was getting good at this. Stepping out to the kitchen she smiled. " You have a glow DiNozzo." She teased.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:16 PM
When she finally emerged he had finished enough granola to keep him satisfied until they got to the office. She was ravishing today, having seemed to have spent more time on her appearance than usual. He threw out the wrapper and finished chewing as she ventured up to him. He gave her a DiNozzo grin after she commented on his appearance.

"If you had the visual I had last night you'd glow, too." He said as he stepped up to her and kissed her. He pressed her up against the very counter he had stripped her on the night before. It brought back memories, the feel of her skin sending flashes of heat to his groin. Too bad they didn't have the time. "I'm going to have to start sneaking some of these at the office. They're a good stress relief." He said in her ear before giving her one more soft kiss and turning away. He grabbed his keys from the counter they'd been discarded on before.

He started down to his car, letting Jessie lock up her apartment while he started the car. Once she was in and buckled, he backed out. He made good time to Starbucks and got the orders, the baristas knowing him by name and having the brews ready when he walked in the door. He handed one to Jessie before handing off the tray to her. Driving with four cups of coffee in your lap was just not something he recommended.

They pulled into the garage just on time. He took the tray from Jessie and hustled to the elevator, holding it for her before hitting up. He had to get up to his desk before Gibbs showed. He had to get in his desk and spray himself down without the boss knowing. He still wanted to play him and Jessie off as comrades for as long as possible. Even if he wasn't fooling the Boss.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:18 PM
Breakfast was the most important meal of the day, but not Jessie. She ate when she could, and liquid meals were always alot better. Red Bull and Up & Go's were her usual meal. " You don't need to remind me, I was there." She grinned, feeling her back against the counter. If only they had enough time. She kissed him back with as much fire, before he pulled away and he grabbed the keys. Apparantly he was driving. Perhaps it was for the best. " I mean, the boss has eyes everywhere, I'd like to see you try though." She winked, heading out the door.

Balancing coffees on her lap wasn't easy, but she managed as she sipped from her own. It really did make her wake up a little more. The car stopped in the garage, and she was surprised at how smooth the drive was. It wasn't like when she drove. Tony rushed up to the office, and she leisurely got into the lift, it would be a good day. Today was going to be a good day.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:18 PM
Tony quickly handed McGee his coffee and set the two remaining on his own desk, pulling open the filing cabinet and grabbing his cologne. He sprayed him down fast before slipping into his suit jacket and shoving the spray away in the cabinet. He had just closed the metal door when Gibbs came around the corner. He swooped the coffee off Tony's desk without stopping. "DiNozzo." He said simply, standing before the interactive television.

Tony jumped to the Boss' side, remote in hand as he quickly pulled up the profiles of their dead guy and the accomplice. "Accomplice won't give anything else up, but Abby narrowed down our drug composite. It's local and the lab is probably within fifty miles. We can track down order slips of the things needed to make it. It's going to take some time, though." Tony explained as Gibbs turned away.

"No time, DiNozzo. All three of you start working on it. Our dead guys girlfriend just went missing." He said as he was leaving the room. Tony looked at Jessie in concern before moving back to his own desk. The guy could be on to them, on to the fact his accomplice had confessed something. They were going to have to move fast.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:19 PM
Jessie watched as Tony and Gibbs spoke at the television, she sipped quietly from her coffee listening to the two of them. It was going to take time, but apparently like always there was no time. Now there was someone missing? This case was just getting worse and worse. " I'll go speak to her neighbours, see if they saw her leave." She said finishing her coffee and tossing it into the bin. It was time to work. No time to flirt, no time to steal kisses, someone was missing an they couldn't waste a minute, there was always a chance they'd find her alive.

She tossed Tony the keys with a small smile, and grabbed everything that she'd need. McGee would be better following chemical trails and what not. They just needed to find some kind of answer. She moved to the elevator and hit the button, her mind going over everything that had happened with this case. There were so many twists and turns, it was like it was never going to end. It was killing her. She just wanted to find this guy and get him tossed in jail. He'd already made her have too many sleepless nights.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:19 PM

Tony turned away from the tv and looked at McGee, then Jessie. He wanted this to be over. He had forgot the toll these cases could take. Normally he cuold handle another death, another case, but when it turned into a possible hostage situation? It just reminded him that it could happen to anyone. A girl's life was depending on them solving the case. They could all hope that maybe she was an accomplice and on the run, but in their guts they knew she had been taken by their killer.

Tony caught the keys as Jessie divied up the work load. Probie was good at the computer stuff. He and Jessie were more of the 'field' officers. He stepped in the elevator and zoned out briefly before looking at Jessie. "We'll get this guy." He said matter of factly. There was no 'might' or 'try' in NCIS. You were the best and weren't allowed to fail.

They got to the car and he drove to their destination, the car ride mostly silent as they came to the street the house was on. "You want to split this up or go in together?" He asked, thinking of which way was the best plan of action. They didn't have a whole lot of time with these missing person cases, but sometime they got more answers working together. Then there was also the intimidation factor with two agents sitting on your couch. Kate had always been better at handling these kinds of things. He was generally along for the ride.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:22 PM
Jessie sat in the car going over everything in her head. Everything about this case was throwing her off. She was tired, run down and all she wanted was a decent nights sleep. Yes, the night before had been amazing, but this case was killing her. The late nights, long hours not eating, it was making her mind slow. This shouldn't have been like this. This case should have been over and done with. Why couldn't they close it?

" Huh? Oh....Whatever you want to do." She said as she snapped out of her daze glancing across at Tony. " Together?" She changed her mind as the car came to a halt at the address they had been sent to. " Let's hope today is better than yesterday." She said simply climbing out of the car. She kept one hand on the gun in her holster as she moved towards the door to the home.

She waited for Tony to get to the door, before she knocked. Maybe she was a little bit jumpy since the shooting. But it was better knowing that he was there, than having him in the office. McGee was a great partner, but he was nothing like what Tony was. Knowing he was there made it all the better.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:22 PM
As they pulled up, Jessie made her decision and grumbled when they got out of the car. He knew how she felt and was really hoping for the same. He really didn’t want another day where he or his comrades were being shot at. But then again that came with the job and you learned to live with that. He shut the car door and took point as they started up the walk to the first neighbor’s house. As he rang the doorbell he noticed Jessie’s hand resting on her gun.

“Relax. We’re asking questions, not walking in like Dirty Harry.” He whispered, making a film reference. He gave her a look momentarily before the door opened. He turned back and brought up his badge. “Special Agent Dinozzo and Special Agent Green of NCIS. We’d like to ask you a few questions about your neighbor, Jacob Rolfe.” He informed lightly, letting the likability character smooth over him like a second skin. The woman hesitated, but then nodded and opened the door. Tony stepped in and stopped in the entryway, noting the woman’s body language. She didn’t want this to be a long chat. “Are you busy, Ms. Carmichael? We can come back.” He offered.

“No, well yes. I have to pick up my son, but if I can help with Jacobs case. I still can’t believe…” She said softly, almost crying. “What can I help you with Special Agent?” She asked.

He glanced back at Jessie to take note before proceeding. “Has there been any unusual activity around the house or nearby?” He asked simply. The woman started to respond, but stopped. “You know, there has been a strange car parked down the street lately, in front of the Ryan’s home. It’s been there for at least two days. I’ve only seen it leave once. Does that help?” She asked and Tony nodded.

“Yes, thank you Ms. Carmichael. We’ll not take any more of your time.” He said to her before stepping out. He put on his shades and looked down the street. “I’m going to say that’s it.” He said, looking down at an old red Camaro with rust eating at the trim. All the cars on the block were well manicured except the Camaro. “Let’s go knock on the Ryan’s door. Don’t get gun crazy, but be ready. I don’t want to get put back in the hospital.” He said seriously.

He took point again, crossing the street and starting up the path to the Ryan’s door. He signaled Jessie to the side in case their guy was here. It would help if he knew who their guy was, but he’d take the first person who ran. He knocked on the door and followed it up with a loud ‘Mr. and Mrs. Ryan?’ When no answer came he tried again. This time the door opened to a timid looking woman. Before he even flashed his badge he saw a shadow run out the back door. “Jessie! Back!” He yelled to her before pulling free his gun and tearing through the house after the man. “Stop! NCIS!” He yelled, chasing the man down through the woods behind the house. He started to feel winded and stopped long enough to take a shot, hitting a tree near the man as a warning.

The man didn’t stop and so Tony started to run again. His lungs burned from being out of shape, but he’d be damned if he lost this man. He could be their killer and kidnapper. A girls life depended on his capture. Tony growled as a branch ripped his suit jacket. If he got ahold of this punk…

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:23 PM
" I'm still a little jumpy." She reasoned, as she finally let her hand away from her holster when she saw the woman open up the door. The woman seemed to be more than happy to talk to them. In a rush, but wanted to talk to them. One thing Jessie wasn't great with however was crying people. Especially women. But she could sympathise, understand a little. Since Kate's death she'd softened up a little. Tony thought she was a brick wall now, he should have met her before, there was no chance he would have gotten through that thing. " Thankyou for your time, you've been very helpful." Jessie said with a soft smile as they moved to the door and out to inspect the street.

" Definetly doesn't belong." She agreed as they moved towards the house. She shot him a look, gun crazy? She was hardly gun crazy just a little jumpy after the last couple of days. But she followed his lead and headed to the door. But it wasn't long before she was running through the back of the house towards the woods behind it. Why did they always run? And why in the woods? She watched as Tony took off infront of her in an attempt to catch the guy, slow him even to no avail. However when he slowed, Jessie caught up and it wasn't long before she was running down the leafy hill after him. She'd catch this asshole, if her life depended on it.

She broke odd down the small path, and jumped over a couple of rocks, Tony was with her, and they weren't far from catching this son of a bitch. She was glad she kept herself fit. She could hear cars, and knew that soon they'd be hitting the road. They had to catch this asshole soon.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:24 PM
He felt Jessie catch up to him and heard the sound of cars not far ahead. If they were lucky, maybe the punk would stop before crossing the road. Tony jumped over some old wire, but the stray mesh caught his pant leg and tripped him up. He felt a sting spread over his knee and reverberate down his leg. "Get the sunovabitch!" he yelled to Jessie, not wanting her to stop for him. He clicked the safety on his gun and set it next to him before gripping his knee and pulling it to him.

"I'm going to need a new suit." He groaned as he rolled on his side and tried to rise. He holstered his gun and used a tree to help him get up. This was definitely going to make them assign him desk duty. If he wasn't so out of shape he wouldn't have fallen. His body had been tired and so he missed clearing the wire fully. If he was put on desk duty he'd never get back in shape.

"Ah, damnit!" He yelled as his knee protested while he limped toward the road. He just hoped Jessie got the punk. He owed Tony a new suit. And this had been a good one.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:25 PM
Actually the last thing she was thinking about was waiting for Tony to get up. She cruised past him, and didn't even look back. She managed to catch up the guy, yanking back on his hood and pulling him back. That was all she needed. The asshole took a swing at her but she blocked it and watched as he fell to the ground holding his bloody nose. He deserved that, that was for damn sure. She clasped the cuffs around his wrists and dragged him up, looking over to see Tony approaching with a small smile. Of course, she was trying to catch her breath. God damn he'd almost outrun her.

" I think you owe someone a new suit." She told him as she pushed him towards Tony. She'd like to see this guy try and run now. She really would. No words were said between her and Tony. What else could she say that she was already reading on his face. She knew that Tony would usually catch them, he wouldn't stumble or even fall at the first hurdle. Of course it sucked, but fitness took time. If that was what he wanted to work on, then she'd do her best to work on it with him. There was zero chance she'd see this look on his face again.

" Get in the car." She grumbled, pushing the jogger into the car and slamming the door shut. " Don't worry babe, we'll tell everyone you caught him." She teased, moving over to the passenger side. " But you owe me dinner."

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:25 PM
Tony limped into view as Jessie knocked the man in the face and clapped the cuffs on him. He couldn't keep the smirk off his face as he neared and she commented harshly on the man owing Tony a suit. He took the man in both hands, scrunching the hoodie fabric in his fist. "You hear that, punk? You owe me a new suit." He said before pushing him back at Jessie who got him in the car.

He turned to Jessie, smirking. "Yeah, I'm sure they'll believe that with my busted leg." He said, making for the drivers side, He leaned over the hood and looked at her. "I wouldn't want you to cook anyway." He said with a laugh before painfully getting in the drivers seat. He winced as his leg fit in and he wondered how hard it would be to drive.

"Hurt yourself old man?" Came from the back and Tony smacked the hood with his hand.

"Quiet back there. Anything you say will be used against you, and that -will- be used against you." He warned before starting the car. He looked at Jessie with a grin. "Gibbs is going to have fun with this one."



When they finally got back to the office and were back on their own ground, he saw McGee's face at their arrival. "What Mcsqeegal?" He questioned and the agent shook his head.

"Nothing, you're just..."

"Awesome, I know. Tell Gibbs we've got a suspect in room 1." He said, taking off his jacket and throwing it on his chair. It was ruined as well, but he didn't have a spare pair of pants to change into.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:27 PM
" Nice legs." Jessie winked as she walked towards her desk after having stopped by Abbey in the lab. Who was more than pleased that her plan had worked. Sitting down at her desk with a cheeky smile, she opened a file. She wanted to watch the interview when Gibbs headed over. But before then, she'd file away and get everything to put this case away. To be honest, she really couldn't wait a minute longer to be rid of that case. It'd been a long week. Had it been a week? God, she didn't even know.

She stood when Gibbs whisked past to head to interview room one. She glanced over at Tony and grinned at him once more. " Come on then." Without hesitation she followed to the one way glass, the guy who had organised all of this. The man who was behind why that guy had shot at her. He was just lucky that she hadn't been hurt. Nothing a couple of drinks and a night with her boyfriend couldn't fix.

" I hope you have more than one suit." She chuckled to Tony when she finally stopped next to him at the glass. " Or you're going to have a bit of a problem tomorrow." She said, not letting her eyes wander. " But, I mean, if you're already ripping your clothes off, it makes my job alot easier."

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:27 PM
Tony made a face at Jessie when she commented on his shredded and soiled pants. Not even a seamstress and dry cleaner could save them. He hobbled after her, throwing a ball of paper at McGee when he started laughing. "Of course I own another suit. I'm not McSqueegal." He commented with the probie's current new name. They got to the interrogation observation room and he looked over at Jessie. "Oh, I'll take that offer." He said with a brow at her before the door opened. abbey jumped on him and he winced as his bad leg took her weight. "Abbey...."

"Oh, sorry. I heard you were hurt and I worried because you know me, I worry. And..."

Tony held up his hand to stop her. "I know. It's just my knee. Probably need physical therapy. And maybe crutches..." Before he finished, Abbey was hugging him again. He grinned at McGee over her shoulder as he milked it for all it was worth.

"It's probably not even a sprain." McGee stated. Abbey immediately turned to him and pressed a finger to his shoulder.

"He is hurt, McGee. Show some concern."

Tony smirked. "Yeah, show some concern McSqueegal." He commented before he turned to watch the Boss in action.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:27 PM
" Jesus, you two sound like a married couple." She chuckled, laughing somewhat and shaking her head. " I guess it'd explain a lot Tony. The nice suits, the pedantic neat freakness, come to think of it your personal grooming is also high on your priorities...." She trailed off, smirking as McGee laughed. " Everything is starting to come together." She trailed off, quietly pleased with herself. " I wouldn't be laughing too much McGee. That makes you the geeky, balding other half of the couple." She teased once more, slipping her hands into her pockets. She wondered what they'd both say about that.

Gibbs started his interview and Jessie watched on, waiting for this punk to admit to what he'd done. Admit to the web that he'd strung. Hell, it'd end this case and she'd manage to get a full nights sleep. Rolling her shoulders back, she waited to hear the pleasing crack before taking a deep breath. " So McGee, are you going to take Abby on another date. I know she'd love for that to happen." She said simply, smirking somewhat. " Maybe then you'll be lucky enough to make a home run." She chuckled, keeping her eyes on the interview room.

" I'm going to go finish off a couple of files. Come get me for the good bit." She told the two of them as she slipped away from between them and back towards her desk.
Jessie had just been getting comfortable when McGee came over. Apparantly this guy was caving quicker than she thought he would. Gibbs must have been putting it on something shocking. She was hardly surprised though. Weak peace of shit probably folded thinking he would get a deal or something like that. She'd be damn pissed off if that guy got a deal. Not after everything they went through to catch him. Jessie sided up next to them and cleared her throat, almost waiting for the address, and when it came there was almost a sense of relief. She just hoped this place wasn't rigged.

" We're on our way." Jessie said with a smile as she glanced over at McGee. " You just stay here and look pretty Tony." She winked, heading back out the corridor with McGee. He drove, because he didn't like her driving, and he didn't say much in the car. Perhaps, McGee still felt a little uneasy after the last time they went out together. Hell, she'd been shot at that wasn't something that made you feel overly comfortable.

She sat in the car and dialled Tony's number. She wanted to know if he'd said anything more, given any clues. " Hey..." She trailed off " Any further info?"

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:30 PM

"I'm good at that." Tony remarked back before they left. He turned his attention back to the interrogation. The Boss was hitting him hard and heavy for more information. A girl's life was on the line, but so were his agents. Tony's jaw clenched as he thought of that. He should be leading this. Jessie and McGee were still too green in his eyes for this. They were great agents, but he feared for them. If he hadn't messed up his knee, he would be there. An injured agent was more of a hindrance than a help. If there was a shoot-out, he wasn't sure he could move fast enough.

Sometime later he felt his phone vibrate. He answered once Gibbs ended what he'd been discussing with Tony. He looked at the Boss when she asked for more info. "Here's the Boss." He said back to her, handing the phone off to Gibbs. He was worried for her and didn't trust himself to speak. He didn't like these blind situations. He was having flashbacks again and imagining Jessie, or even McGee, being shot made him sweat.

"I'm on my way. Do NOT go in there before I get there. He's lying." Gibbs said before handing the phone back to Tony. He watched the Boss leave and swallowed the lump in his throat.

"Be careful." He said to her quietly before hanging up. It was the closest he could get to an 'I love you' over the phone. He turned back to the window and watched the suspect. If he caused harm to any of them...

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:31 PM
" Thanks, I'll be fine." She told Tony as she hung up, swallowing. She wished he could say what he wanted, and she could too. Hell, she wished that he was sitting with her in the car and they were fine. But he wasn't and they weren't fine or Gibbs wouldn't be on his way. Glancing across at McGee, she gave a soft smile, the woman was attempting to be reassuring. But she wasn't quite sure it was working. " Gibbs is on his way." She told him, sitting back into the passenger seat and sighing. Maybe it'd be easier if everyone just knew about her and Tony. At least then they wouldn't have to hide too much. They knew how to be professional, clearly. They'd hardly been conducting themselves badly.

She pulled out her phone and looked down at the screen, finally typing out a message for Tony. " I'd feel alot better if I was sitting in a car with you right now.' She admitted, pressing send just as Gibbs rocked up. It'd certainly be interesting to know what they were going to do from here. This place was probably boobie trapped something shocking. But they weren't leaving without that girl. No chance in hell.

As Gibbs explained what they were going to do, she prepared herself. She was grabbing the girl, sneaking in the back. Great. She carefully headed around the back as Gibbs pounded on the front door with McGee. It was so much easier when there was four of them.

Posted by: yunalesca May 17 2013, 01:31 PM

He felt his phone buzz again and flipped it open to see a message from Jessie. A lump formed in his throat as he read it. 'I would, too.' He texted back, every thing that could possibly go wrong going through his mind. All of them had been in the cross-hairs and he should be used to it by now, but he hated it. He knew what the job entailed when he took it, but it felt like it had gotten worse over the years. People were losing their minds and took chances to shoot at officers and agents now. He knew they would be in Gibbs' hands, but he was still nervous.

He stepped into the interview room and just leaned against the glass and stared at the perp. He crossed his arms over his chest and examined the man as he looked back at Tony. "I already said everything I'm going to say." The suspect voiced, but Tony continued to just stand there and stare without saying a word. He wanted to slam the kid against the wall and break his fingers to see if that would shake more information, but only the Boss could get away with that. He was already on thin ice for being in the field. And now that he had knocked his knee around? He didn't know what was in store for him.

"What do you want? Quit staring." The suspect grumbled, but Tony just switched his weight to his other foot. After another ten minutes, the suspect stood up abruptly and started pulling his hair. "Stop! Stop! Alright! There's a bomb. If the girl moves off the chair...poof." He said. Tony kept a cool face before he exited and hurriedly dialed to Gibbs.

"Boss. There's a bomb under the girls chair. It's weight sensitive...." He started, heart pounding. He should be there. He should be watching their backs.

Posted by: starlight. May 17 2013, 01:33 PM
Gibbs halted everyone, " Be here with the bomb squad in ten DiNozzo." Yes they could pull apart bombs, but it was better that the professionals did it. Red wire, blue wire was never so easy. " Someone needs to check if she's okay." Jessie said as Gibbs hung up. She looked at the two of them and gave a small nod. " I'll go." The poor woman was probably petrified. She knew Gibbs probably wouldn't like it, but she wasn't leaving her in there. Jessie wasn't like that at all.

She moved cautiously back to the house, carefully navigating through the halls until she found the distressed young woman. It was obvious the woman knew there was a bomb under her, as Jessie moved to assess what it was. She seated herself on a clear part of the ground, and looked under the chair, swallowing. " I'm Special Agent Jessie Green, with the NCIS." She explained quietly. " And I'm going to stay with you until the bomb is disarmed." She explained simply, " All I need you to do, is not move for me. Okay, hun." She said with a small, reassuring smile. The bomb squad needed to arrive soon.

She could hear the sirens getting closer, and she hoped that Tony was with them. He might not have been allowed in the field, but he was damn good at making everything feel better. He was taking a while to recover, but he was getting there. All she had to make sure was that he didn't let the things like doing his knee get to him. Be supportive, and just make sure that everything was kept positive. No more set backs, no more fights, they were going to make this work. If she got out of here. The young woman began to talk to her, explaining how she got there, and Jessie was sure to listen to it all. It was going to make sure that the guy ended up in jail for a long time.

Posted by: yunalesca Aug 14 2013, 10:51 PM
"On it Boss.: He was saying to nobody as Gibbs had already hung up on him before he could say anything. He immediately started running down the hall, the pain shooting through his leg being ignored as the adrenaline kicked in. He put in calls to the bomb squad as he ran, his voice almost cracking from the exertion. They would be assembled before he even got to a car, they lived for this kind of thing. As he was running down the hall he nearly toppled over Abbey. "Sorry Abs, gotta run!" He started before she was grabbing hold of his arm. "Abbey, there's a bomb, I -have- to go!" He almost yelled at her and she let go, simply nodding at him as she slowly backed away. He could see the fear already spreading over her face and didn't need to wait to hear her plea to be safe.

The company car roared down the highway, leaving pissed off drivers in its wake as Tony cut through every lane to get to the building faster. The bomb squad was likely already there, the ability to use a siren and driving an armored car getting people to move faster than the black sedan Tony had to use. The wheels squeeled as the rear end did a skid as he took the sharp turn onto the street and to the drive of the secluded home where the bomb was set. He didn't even shut the car off when he got up to the house, ditching the vehicle in park and running toward the front of the house. Instantly an officer stepped in his way to stop him. "Special Agent Dinozzo, NCIS, let me through." He demanded, reaching for his badge.

"No. We know who you are. We can handle this."

Instantly Tony grabbed the man by the collar and managed to slam him against the squad van with strength he didn't know he possessed. "LIsten here, my girlfriend is in there and I'm not about to trust her life with you guys. It's -my- job to protect. I'm going through whether you try and stop me or not!" He threatened before letting the man go and making for the house. He burst in the front door and immediately saw Jessie kneeling before a girl strapped to a chair. He took a breath to steady himself, knowing he was bathed in sweat and breathing irregular. "Jessie." He managed before half limping to her, his knee finally giving out in the fight and sending rockets of pain through his leg. He managed to ignore it as he knelt down next to her and looked up at the young woman strapped down and terrified to move.

The bomb tech glanced at Tony before proceeding with opening up the bomb. Tony swallowed the fear he felt and replaced it with a mask of confidence that always drew the women in. "Hey there. Haven't I met you before? I think it was at a bar somewhere, you threw a drink at me..." He started in an attempt to distract her, knowing he had never met her before.

"N-no. I've never met you, what's he doing?" She stammered in response and Tony shook his head, starting to point his finger.

"No. I for sure remember you. The only girl to ever reject Anthony Dinozzo, that's a feat."

"Do you really get girls with that attitude?" She asked and he smirked at her, feeling his plan working.

"All except for you it would seem."

"What's my name?" She asked and he felt himself falter.

"Uhhh..." He started when the bomb tech pulled back and nodded to his squad leader. "Perfect timing. alright, you can get up now Jennifer, bombs been disarmed." He told her and grinned as though to say 'I didn't forget your name' though he wondered if she was going to spend any time wondering if she had really met him before.

Posted by: starlight. Aug 25 2013, 02:40 AM
There was sweat on her row, and a tightness in her chest which seemed to release when the bomb squad announced that it was safe for Jennifer to move. " You did good, Jen." She told the young woman who was being escorted out of the room. Once the woman had gone, Jessie took a deep breath and ran a hand through her hair. Boy was she glad that was over. " You're not cleared for field work." She told Tony as she rose from the wooden floor boarded floor. She shut off from things when she didn't know how to feel. Closing this case was all she was focused on at this very moment. There was no time to be scared, or thankful she needed to find the guy.

They had one in custody but there was another out there and she was determined more than ever to find him. Moving out of the home, she moved towards Gibbs, waiting for the lecture she was going to receive. In her mind it was the right thing to do, and no one could tell her otherwise. " I need an hour with him." She told them all. As she moved towards the cars. It appeared there was no stopping her. McGee moved to the car with her, and they were gone without another word. Gibbs clapped Tony on the back and chuckled. " You picked a feisty one."

There were no words in the car as McGee pulled up to the office. All she needed was a name, and she was going to get it. All she needed was an hour. It took less than that as Jessie emerged from the interrogation room with a name. Case closed.

Jessie moved to her desk and took a deep breath. A bubble bath might not have fixed the emotions that were running behind that wall.

Posted by: yunalesca Jan 23 2014, 02:30 PM
Uneasy. That was what he felt as he sat at his desk waiting for Jessie to get her confession and the possible reprimand he may be getting for going out in the field. He had been able to cover his ass in the capture of the first suspect, but once it was heard there was a woman strapped to a chair with a bomb the media had shown up. Of course they caught him on camera entering and leaving the building. The Director wouldn't miss that, much less his name slipping out as someone had unsealed their lips at the scene. Someone was always willing to give out info for a quick buck, even those sworn to public service like the police that had roped off the scene. But this was less concerning for him than what Gibbs had said to him.

You picked a feisty one he had said before clapping him on the back. He sunk his face in his hands and his fingers curled around his hair. Gibbs wasn't stupid and Tony had thought he'd been fooling him. In reality Dinozzo was the fool to believe their boss wouldn't catch on. Things had become different the moment he had woken in the hospital to Jessie at his side. Gibbs wouldn't overlook that. He shook his head and sighed heavily as he heard McGee swivel in his chair at his desk. He almost groaned even before his geeky voice hit the air in an attempt at conversation with the senior field agent. Normally he jumped at the opportunity to make fun of the probie, but right now he didn't even want to think of conversing with anyone.

"Bomb got you that stressed, or has the Director already wrung your neck?" He heard and slowly pulled his head up from his hands with a less than amused look in his eyes as he shifted over to McGee's direction. "No, Probie. I just can't believe my suit is ruined. Don't you have something to do...like get Abby another caf-pow." He started, trying to get the man out of the office before he jumped over the desk and strangled him. He wasn't happy that his relationship with Jessie had been sniffed out by Gibbs when he had been trying to think of ways to tell him, or keep up the guise that they weren't even together. Office romances didn't work. He was afraid if Gibbs knew then the Director did and one of them might get reassigned for it.

"It's just a suit..." McGee started, clearly not getting it, but stopped when Jessie passed by his desk. Tony's eyes followed her momentarily before dropping down to his desk. He didn't know what to do. He couldn't just come out with it to everyone. People knew McGee and Abby had a little fling going on, but it was different with Tony. He was the senior field agent and Jessie was new. It wouldn't look good to anyone outside of their tight knit little investigation group. It could be trouble for a lot of them. Just as he was sighing again he heard his name called from above. He turned in his chair to look up to the Director standing above them on the catwalk. This can't be good he thought as she gazed down at him.

"My office, Dinozzo." She said calmly, not giving away a hint as to whether she was about to promote him or scold him like a run away child. He nodded to her and once she had disappeared back to her office he sighed heavily. "Might as well pack my stuff now." He muttered under his breath as he got up and made for the stairs, taking more time than usual with his injured knee that he still hadn't gotten checked out. Everything that day had been moving too fast for him to make a side trip to the hospital.

Posted by: starlight. May 23 2014, 08:59 AM
Jessie would be forever grateful for what Tony did. She never asked him, or told him to go near the scene. Hell, it was putting his career on the line. The last thing Jessie wanted was for Tony to lose his job. But at the same time he had made the choice to do so. God, she wasn't thinking straight. She really needed to go home and just go over the day. Paper work could wait, everything could wait - she needed to be by herself. Just for a little bit - clear her head.

She'd driven home, flicking between radio channels. All of them reporting on what had happened that afternoon. God she couldn't get away from it. Maybe if she just fell asleep the new day would begin. Jessie really needed to get a handle on everything. She really did need to get her head around everything. Maybe she wasn't supposed to be an NCIS agent. Already she had been so involved, having been so close to Kate at the FBI, maybe she took this job out of emotion more than anything?

Hours seemed to pass and Jessie had been beating the shit out of a boxing bag for what seemed like forever. Leaning against the brick wall in her garage she unlocked her phone and prayed for a message from Tony. Nothing. Did he still have a job? Had the director ripped him a new one? The sweaty special agent started typing him a message. 'Hey, hope everything went okay. Let me know. Love you xx.' Send was pressed before she could realise how she had signed off her message. God, they hadn't actually said that yet - to each other, face to face.

The inner sixteen year old that had been harbouring began to freak out. What if it scared him? Sure it was a text message but it was the 'L' word none the less. Waiting for that reply might actually kill her.

Posted by: yunalesca Aug 24 2014, 09:01 PM
Staring at the screen of his phone he felt like he had been dropped into the deepest pit of hell with how cold he had grown. He was sitting in his car outside his apartment and feeling pretty damn empty inside. He should be elated, should be driving to Jessie's and taking her to bed to feel good. He didn't lose his job today as he expected he might, but a form of punishment had been lain on him though he was sure the Director thought she was doing him a favor. He had been given one hell of a special assignment and he couldn't discuss it with anyone. He couldn't even hint it to Gibbs. Somehow in the time since her arrival to NCIS, the Director had felt she could trust Dinozzo with some dark secrets and ultimately ask a top secret favor of him. He swallowed and closed his eyes. Maybe if she knew he was involved he might be saved from this, but it undoubtedly would have ended with reassignment for Jessie. He couldn't take her career from her.

So with some effort he turned the ignition over and backed out of his drive and started for that familiar location. He didn't answer her message, just simply arrived at her house and walked begrudgingly to her door. He had to hide his emotion, he had to live a lie with her and it would kill him. His only other option was to leave her to save her, but he was being selfish with this. He couldn't lose her. His hand rose and rapped softly on her door. Last thing he needed was to walk in unannounced and get shot through an already weak heart. When the door finally opened he said nothing, he pulled her to him and murmured an 'I love you' before kissing her hard to keep her from asking him anything. He was afraid of what he might say right now if he didn't give himself time to perfect the guise.

Posted by: starlight. Aug 25 2014, 10:07 AM
To be honest, Jessie wasn't expecting to see him. She had been sitting there fretting over what she'd said in her message, Jessie figured she had scared him off for good and the next however long would be awkward as hell at work. There was a light knock at the door and within moments of opening up her front door she felt Tony's lips against hers. He murmured the words she'd hoped to here and fell into their kiss. He'd never kissed her like that before. It was different, there was just something about it. Finally pulling away, she rested her forehead against his - those three little words were the only thing she wanted to hear from him. Now, she had no words to say. " Did you want to come in?" She asked with a small giggle, the front door behind them already shut.

The fact that open on her computer screen was something from the FBI - she had been contemplating going back to the other agency. Life seemed so simple then. Plus, she felt like she had nearly gotten killed too many times on this job. But having Tony here? It made all her doubts disappear, this was where she was supposed to be. He was a reason to stay put at NCIS. Squeezing his hand, she let go and moved through to her kitchen, putting on the kettle to make him a coffee. To be fair, she wasn't sure what exactly he wanted. Did he want to take her to bed? Surely that wouldn't be good for his heart. Not that she'd mind at all. As long as she woke up and Tony was there she would be a happy girl. She briefly looked down to her cut up, red knuckles as she made their warm drinks. That punching bag had gotten a work out, Jessie would be feeling it for a couple of days at least.

Posted by: yunalesca Sep 5 2014, 07:51 PM
If she caught on to his darker demeanor she didn't let him know lot. She seemed perfectly oblivious to the fact his eyes had a little less light in them or how his kiss had been needy in a way it hadn't been before. It was like her kiss was the only thing that was keeping him there. Like she was the prince charming that would wake him from a horrible nightmare. This was reality, however. He wouldn't wake up from what he hoped was a dream. He couldn't get the Directors office out of his head. She had been vulnerable in there, in a way he had never seen before. She needed his help desperately and what they were going to do would probably be deemed illegal. It was personal and not backed by the agency. He could receive worse than a suspension for this. He could truly be killed this time or even imprisoned by the very agency he was working for. The worst part of this was that he couldn't express those concerns with his girlfriend. This was the first girl he had felt a real bind with, not some fling he took home a few times and that was it. This mission could very well destroy that special thing in his life.

He moved into the apartment and couldn't help but take a cursory glance as though he might never see it again. That was when he noticed the FBI page pulled up on Jessie's laptop and felt himself stop. Was she leaving NCIS? Did she somehow know? He made himself look away and follow her with his gaze as she prepared coffee for them. He didn't feel it was his place to ask her if she didn't come out and say it to him. He was, after all, in the business of keeping secrets now. "I'm not going out with the evenings trash, at least not yet. The Director wasn't very happen with my 'blatant disobedience', but couldn't deny I helped in the situation." He offered to her with a somewhat forced smile. His ripped suit certainly hadn't helped his case much, but the Director needed him bad enough that she didn't care as much as she should have about his disobeying orders. "So, you're not rid of me yet, Greene." He said, calling her by her last name affectionately.

[starlight]

" Damn, here I was thinking I'd finally shaken you." She teased, beginning to make the hot coffee. " I saved you some pizza too." She told him. Not that she'd been sure if he was going to come around, but it had been a thought of hers at the time. Grabbing the box out of the near empty fridge, she pushed it towards him with his hot coffee she had made for him. " I'm just glad that this week is over." It'd been a hard case, and emotionally draining that was for sure. Maybe that was why Tony seemed a little off, he just seemed a little distracted. Cupping her hands around her mug, she offered him a smile before moving towards the couch, closing off her laptop. He didn't need to know that she was feeling so insecure in her job that she was contemplating moving to the very agency she had come from. This job was hard, it was emotionally draining - she was just glad that she had Tony by her side.

She curled up next to him, resting her head on his chest as the movie that was playing on the TV began to play. " Are you going to stay the night?" She asked him curiously. After everything that had happened the last couple of days, she just wanted to be with him, to feel his arms around her and feel safe. That wasn't too much to ask for, was it?

[Yunalesca]

Tony offered her a slight smile at her retort to his not being fired, though his mind was still rolling over why she had the FBI’s website up on her laptop. He was afraid of her leaving NCIS even though it was likely the safest bet for her. He was going to be keeping secrets from her and should they come out he knew he would lose her. Letting her go would be the nicest thing he could do. He cared deeply for Jessie, something that had been hard for him to admit initially, and he may have to cheat on her to keep his job. He was in an awful and unfaithful position. He should have come out and said that he was involved, that he couldn’t help, but the Director was relying so heavily on him. She chose him out of everyone else and trusted him with this task, how could he say no? He swallowed hard before turning himself away from her to sit on her couch. This had become so familiar to him that he wasn’t sure he knew how to handle being without it. Maybe this was why he had always been a philanderer, always been afraid to commit. He didn’t want to lose this and knew in the end that he would. He took a breath and sighed before she sat next to him like nothing was wrong. As she moved in to rest her head on his chest he draped an arm around her shoulder almost guiltily. He was only thinking of himself in keeping her around, but he didn’t know how to not be selfish when it came to the feelings she gave him.

“After today, staying the night is the only thing I want to do.” He offered as he looked down at her with a genuine smile. He wanted to indulge with innocent cuddles with her and sleeping at her side. After tonight he didn’t know what was in store for him or this relationship he currently held in the palm of his hands. He was going to feel guilt beyond belief with every moment he was away from Jessie and with Jeanne. How he would hide this during his interactions he didn’t know. He had to be convincingly into Jeanne which in the past would have been no problem; except now he was committed.Don’t think of this now, he said to himself in his mind. Jessie had to know he was distracted with something, but he didn’t need to give her so many obvious clues. Each time he thought of having to lie to her he could feel part of him tense.

He was becoming a different person thanks to being with her and he didn’t believe it was a bad thing. He wanted to tell her, he wanted to tell the Director he couldn’t do what she asked of him, but both were things he could not do. The Director came to him specifically and exposing his relationship could be the thing that tore them apart. He didn’t know how he would navigate this disaster of an undercover job on top of his current job alongside time with his girlfriend. How would he explain evenings he couldn’t be there with her? The dialogue of the film she put on pulled him back from his thoughts, having fallen so deep into them he forgot her head resting against his chest. If he thought about it much more he would go insane and likely give himself away. He had to make it tomorrow’s problem no matter how daunting it was.

With force he pushed his concerns aside and tilted his head to kiss her. It was almost unexpected as they had seemed to have settled into watching a film, but with all that had happened today and that would happen tomorrow he needed this more than gentle contact. “I can think of something more interesting than this movie,” he said with a hint of rasp, the sound caused by a desire for her. His body was broken but damnit he wasn’t going to let it stop him from being with her. She was a girl that needed love, needed to be touched on a daily basis.

He shifted himself to give her further clues though he was sure she understood what he was getting at from the get go. He didn’t ask for permission as he didn’t want her to stop him in fear of hurting him. He forced himself to break from her lips to move his lips to her neck, nipping slightly at the base as he grew more eager. He hadn’t felt this invigorated since waking up in the hospital. Knowing he very well could lose her made him want her all the more.

[starlight]

The brunette was slightly taken aback by Tony’s forwardness. Sure, they’d taken things to the bedroom before but this felt different. There was a hint of neediness from Tony that she hadn’t felt before. Sure, they’d had a tough week, and their last case had been particularly emotional. It had no doubt taken a toll on their mind and body. Really, all Jessie wanted was this. To be with Tony. Body to body, souls intertwined. She pulled away from him slightly and took his hand, pulling him off the couch and towards the bedroom. Tomorrow was Saturday. They didn’t really have to go to work or worry about cases, they could spend the whole day together, either in bed or out of it. It didn’t matter as long as they were together.

She really hadn’t noticed that Tony was acting particularly different. It’s not like they had really spoken that much. They’d eaten pizza and they’d had a warm drink. Neither of them had spoken about their case, or how they were feeling. It was best to avoid that kind of thing. Jessie wasn’t a completely open book and she was still learning how to talk about things. She had feelings for Tony. Deep feelings for him, but she really wasn’t sure how she could express that - were there words to express how she felt? Yes. But they were words that could ruin everything and she wasn’t willing to do that.

She pulled the cover over the both of them and snuggled up to him, taking a deep breath. A sheen of perspiration over them both. “ Well.” She said letting out a long breath. “ That came out of no where.” She said with a laugh, leaning up to kiss him. “ Agent Dinohzzo got his groove back apparently.” The dark haired female teased. Of course she’d heard things about him, it was hard not to hear what the other females in the office said about him. Sure, things were still on the downlow between the two of them, but she listened. Hell, she heard everything.

Clearing her throat once more, she rolled out of the bed and moved out to the kitchen to grab a couple of glasses of water for them. She set the water down on his side table and then moved back around to her side of the bed. She still wasn’t used to the whole snuggling thing.

[Yunalesca]

He continued to lay in bed as she slipped from him, chest heaving slightly still as he worked to recover his breathing pattern after the foray. It wasn’t the first time they had slept together but in some ways it felt like it had been. He hadn’t been necessarily physically fit enough to have relations since being shot and so forgot a little of what it was like to be with her. She made his blood run hot and given the way she had been vocal during it all he was confident she felt the same about him. The drive was sated and yet some part of him wanted more though he didn’t think either had the stamina for it. The sheen of sweat across his chest hadn’t dried yet as she was returning with glasses of water for each. He found he couldn’t move just yet as she felt her bare skin press against his once more, hand roaming across her back and further, simple touch exciting him once again before his thoughts drifted in the silence. He had needed to be close to her like this again, but was it because he knew he could lose her soon? Was this some way to trick himself into forgetting that, was it a way to keep her close to him even as he pulled away? They were still quite private about things that were personal, but surely she would notice his absence. They had been spending a lot of time together since he’d been shot, since they’d started sleeping together and admitted the attraction. He cared about her and didn’t know if he could lie to her like he had with so many other girls.

“I never lost my groove, babe. It’s just been held in reserve.” He finally returned to her before grabbing a handful of her backside and kissing her. He almost groaned as he did so, the temptation for another round coming back again. He would reign himself in, however. Lying in bed with her would be content enough. He might not get to do this very often from tomorrow on until the Director released him from his mission. “Not to ruin the mood, because it is a very delicious mood, but I take it you’ve noticed that the Boss has noticed…” He started, the words coming out almost shockingly as he hadn’t thought much of them. He wanted to lay there quietly with her and fall asleep with her pressed against him, but he had a tendency to get in his own way and mangle the good things that happened in his life. In an attempt in recovery he nuzzled her forehead then kissed her cheek, then a quick kiss on her mouth. He being his suave self, distracting her from being angry or upset. “I don’t think we’re ready to be public, I don’t want you to take offense if I tone it down a little at work.” He explained as his fingers gently traced lines across her skin. He felt she would agree with him, but she might not be on the same page as him. They had been hiding this for some time, what if she was ready to confess it to people? To stop hiding? That would spell a lot of problems for him with the Director, could spell problems for both of them with the Director if he were to be honest. Jessie didn’t seem to know the Director well so hopefully that would play into his favor in concerns to keeping this relationship quiet for some time longer.

“I do just mean at work, however.” He added after a moments consideration. He was going to try hard to keep these nights with her, but for how long he could hide his not being at her side he didn't know. he was going to have to 'date' Jeanne which could lead to some late nights. Burning the candle at both ends could be detrimental to his health, but it wouldn't be the first time he had been with two women at the same time. But you're not going to be with two women, one of them will be a lie he reminded and swallowed. He felt himself committed to Jessie, but if she found out he didn't suspect she would feel that way. He couldn't tell her the truth if she happened to find out. He would have to let her go, sacrifice his happiness, because so much would be on the line.

He pulled away from Jessie then to get a drink of water before settling back into bed, pulling her to him again. they had needed this to remember that fire each ignited in one another, had needed it before he was so deep in shit that he couldn't turn back. This last case had been hard on them both but it would be nothing compared to the future if he weren't careful. "At least we have the option to sleep in," he murmured almost absently before closing his eyes. This was where he belonged, he just hoped it would be here for him at the end of the day every day.