Gibbs switched on the energy button.
"DiNozzo and me will always be with you!"
"Dad? Can't we let Tony out of this?"
"What? I thought you're..."
"We are! That's why! I don't want him in danger! You are already in it, but he..."
"I know what you mean, but DiNozzo is a good agent, even if I don't tell him that often, he's really..."
"I know! But Michael was a marine, and he doesn't care who gets in his way! You know him! He killed two cops before you could bust him!"
"Yeah, I know Jetson! But I also know DiNozzo! As strange as it sounds, he seems to care about you, a lot! He won't just stay out of that! I guess it's a question of pride for him!"
She nodded.
"He can be pretty stolid!"
"Yeah, yeah he can! It seems that you're made for each other!" he teased.
"What does that mean?" she said laughing and punched him on the upper arm.
He smiled. He was just happy that his cheerful Zoe was back. The Zoe not even a bullet could take the optimism away.
"So, were they our emotional outbursts for today?"
"You'll never know! At least I'm a woman after all!"
They left the elevator laughing at Abby's lab.
The goth turned to face them.
"Somebody's in a good mood, eh?"
"Best you can be in such a situation, Abs! This is my daughter Zoe. Zoe, this is our forensic specialist Abby!"
"Hi! Cool tattoo!" Zoe smiled.
"Thanks! The bossman never told me about you!"
"He never does! He's not a talking person!" the women laughed.
"Ok, I see you seem to gonna like eachother. Abs, do you mind if Zoe stays with you for a while?"
"No prob, Gibbs!"
"Why should I stay in the lab?"
"So I can make out a plan with my team!"
"But I wanna..."
"No, you're not gonna be involved!"
She gave her father one of her looks.
"Don't look at me like that young lady!" the words had come out by themselves. It was like talking to his younger daughter Kelly for a second. He searched for better words.
"You will not bring yourself into danger as you always do! Not this time! Did I made my point clear?"
"Yes, Dad!"
He went to leave.
"You got more tattoos?" Zoe picked up the conversation with Abby.
"Oh, yeah! Look at that!" she showed her the one on her forearm.
"Cool! Oh, you should see the one I have on my..."
Gibbs hand turned on his heels to look shocked at his daughter.
"The one I saw in own of my magazins."
He turned and left before he found out more about his little girl than he wanted.
"So, where do you have yours?" Abby grinned.
Zoe showed her the boa head on her coccyx.
"Cool!"
Zoe smiled.
"So, what did the bossman mean that you bring yourself into danger?"
"I work undercover. Well, not at the moment!"
"It's a case why you're here?"
"Well, not in that sence! My stepfather broke out of prison. Long story short: he probably wants to kill me!"
Abby understood that Zoe didn't want to talk about it.
"You know the rest of the team already?"
"Nice change of topic!"Zoe smirked and Abby flushed a little. It really wasn't the best try.
"I know Tony."
"Only Tony? Not McGee?"
"Well, I know him from that what Dad had told me, but I haven't spoken to him yet."
"But to Tony?"
"You're curious aren't you?!"
"Yes I am!"
"Tony and I, we, well, he's my boyfriend."
"You're the mysterious woman? Wow! Didn't imagine you like that!" Abby said surprised looking at Zoe up and down.
"The mysterious woman?"
"Well, Tony didn't talk much about you, but now I understand it, you're Gibbs daughter! By the way, does he know?"
"Well, since today, yeah."
"How long is it going?"
"4 months."
"And DiNozzo hid it that long from the bossman? Wow!"
"Well, Tony had no idea!"
"Oh! You know, I was surprised that Tony stays that long with a woman!"
"Well, I can tell you, I'm surprised too. Even that I stayed that long with one man!"
"Really?"
*flashback*
Tony stepped into the store. It was pretty late but Gibbs had insisted that he went there to question the store keeper.
"Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, NCIS, I have some..."
"What does that stand for? Is it like CSI?"
"It stands for Naval Criminal Investigive Service." A woman's voice came from behind Tony. He turned and looked into the most beautiful blue eyes he had ever seen.
"Sorry, but where are the shampoos?" she asked the store keeper.
"Second floor on the left."
"Thanks!" she gave Tony a sexy smile and went away. He looked after her for a moment but went back to work then.
After twenty minutes he had all answers he was able to get and left the store.
"Got everything you wanted?" he heard the voice again.
"Not everything!" he answered smiling.
"You got to work all night?"
"Why are you wondering?"
"I thought we could have a little drink."
"I just have to give my boss the information. Then I'm off duty."
"Good!" she gave him a paper.
"Meet me there! See you later, Anthony!" she smiled and left.
*end flashback*
"Wow! That's what I would expect from him!" Abby said.
"How did it go on?"
*flashback*
Zoe was sitting in a bar. Tony entered. Searching the room for her.
"Hello Anthony!" she said softly.
"Please call me Tony! You've got a name, too?"
"Zoe!"
"Zoe, nice name!"
*end flashback*
"Ok, fast forward, please!"
Zoe smiled.
"There isn't much to tell further."
"It ended there?"
"Nooo! We had absolute phenomenol sex, of course! The whole night!"
Abby laughed.
"That's what I thought! But I still wonder why he stayed!"
Zoe thought a second.
"Well, I guess some mysteries aren't meant to be revealed."
"C'mon! There must have been a reason!"
"I guess it just fit! All those years I searched a man who, well, give it to me!"
"You mean, an orgasm?"
Zoe flushed a little and Abby laughed. Of course she didn't know Zoe's story so it was rather funny. Zoe just shrugged.
"I knew he was the employee of my father but he was..."
she searched for the right word.
"*the man* I looked for"
Author's Chapter Notes:
Abby wants to know how it the reason
Chapter End Notes:
In the beginning it's nice, but it's getting worse...
Thanks to Mel, and especially to eve who helped me through my bunny attacks!
Thanks to Mel, and especially to eve who helped me through my bunny attacks!