Special Agent Timothy McGee shook his head at the scene in front of him. Tony was standing in front of Abby's lab table looking like the proverbial cat that had caught the Canary. Ziva stood off to the side Glaring Daggers at him. Abby was shaking with Silent laughter and Gibbs was rolling his eyes at the 3 of them.

The team had been called on to go on another undercover case, one where Ziva was going to be forced to play a stepford wife much to her intense displeasure, and Tony was to play her husband. Abby and Tim had been recruited to play a couple down the street and while Abby was excited for her first chance to get out of her Lab and into the field so to speak, Ziva was absolutely irate that she would have to stay at home and play a dutiful wife to DiNozzo, who of course was going to love every minute of this assignment.

"Tony if you don't remove that look off your face, I will personally remove it for you. And I can guarantee it won't be pleasant!" Ziva finally growled as she stalked over to where Tony was standing at the lab table. "Oh come on Sweet Cheeks, you and I both know that you've been dying for your chance to get undercover with me again." He replied wiggling his eyebrows suggestively at her.

"DiNozzo, David, my conference room, now!" Gibbs walked over to Tony, grabbed him by the ear and started marching over to the elevator doors. "Ouch, boss, come on now, I need those." Tony muttered as he walked along side Gibbs. Ziva threw a triumphant look at Abby and McGee before following the two men towards the elevator.

"Ok goody Mcgee, this is going to be so much fun! We'll get to go on double dates and we can totally watch Tony and Ziva hooking up!"

"Wait, what?" McGee asked as he throws his hand up in the air. "Tony and Ziva are not hooking up Abby. They're partners. You know, they work together?" He exclaimed as he made sure to not make eye contact with Abby.

"What are you hiding from me McGee?" Abby asked as she stomps over to McGee and stands right in front of him.

"I'm not hiding anything Abby, what makes you think I'm hiding something?" McGee shuffled his feet a little nervously.

"McGee I know that look. And that look tells me you know something. And that you haven't shared whatever it is you know with me. I let you off the hook for that whole cupcake incident and now you're going to spill whatever it is you have to spill, or I'm going to kill you and leave"

"No forensic evidence, yeah, I've heard it before Abby. But that doesn't mean I know something." Abby continued to glare at him for a couple of minutes.

"All right fine, but if you repeat a word of this to anyone I will never tell you anything again!" Abby mimicked zipping her lips, "My lips are sealed Tim, come on, give!"

"Fine, there's been a bit of….tension, of late between the two of them."

"What kind of tension, they're always tense; she's Mossad for crying out load McGee, tension is like her thing. And we all know Tony finds her hot which is tense for him cause he has a hard time keeping his hands to himself"

"Abby are you going to let me finish or are you just going to ramble for a few years? Cause there's more then that going on…it's almost like they don't know how to deal with the fact that they're back together. Like there's now some type of unresolved issue they're being forced to deal with."

"I'm sure there is McGee. They were gone for 4 months, and before that they were together every day. They're like BFF and now they have to readjust to having their BFF back. Not to mention the fact that they're totally in Love."

"Wait, you think they're in Love? They're like little kids Abby, they argue over everything, DiNozzo is constantly playing pranks on her and trying to annoy her. It's almost like… Oh my gosh, he's a fifth grader trying to get the attention of the girl he likes. Ugh, he is in love with her. No wonder things are so awkward."

"All right McGee, here's the plan. We need to get them together so that they can finally stop dancing around this and we can all move on with our lives."

"Wow, bit melodramatic don't you think. So we can all move on with our lives? My life is going just fine thanks. Besides what about rule 12 Abbs? You know, never date a co-worker?"

"It didn't apply to us so why should it apply to them? Besides, I'll gradually work Gibbs up to the idea. He can't say no to me, I'm his favourite. We should take bets on this I think. I bet we can get them to hook up by the end of this assignment."

"There's no way I'm betting on this Abby. The last time we made a bet about Ziva she found out about it, and I was scared to go into the rest room for a month! Not to mention what would happen if Tony found out. There would be no living with him! And if it's all the same to you, I prefer not having to listen to Tony go on and on and on."

"McGee, where's the fun if there's no risk? You don't gain anything if you don't risk anything. A bet would be fun…we could get the whole office involved. I bet Ducky and Palmer won't be scared to place a little bet!"

"Who are you kidding Abby? We both know Palmer is scared to death of Ziva. He jumps if she so much as looks at him the wrong way! There's no way he's going to place any bets on her love life. You might be able to kill and leave no forensic evidence, but Ziva can cause pain. Lots and lots of pain Abs."

"Fine, then we won't ask Palmer. There's lots of other people that would love to bet on the outcome of this assignment. Besides we would have the inside scoop. We'll get to hang out with them all the time since they'll be our neighbours. Maybe give them a push here and a nudge there. It'll be great!

"All right Abby, but I'll say this right now. If this blows up in our face, and it will, this is all your fault. I take no responsibility in forcing them to hook up. I say that it won't happen on this assignment and I will do nothing to coerce them into anything other then what they have now."

"Deal Tim! But I'm so winning this one! It's going to be great!"