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Mcgee had a streak when it came to dating, it never worked. He'd never admit it, but he hadn't had a steady girlfriend since he was in ITT. Since then he'd dated assassins, a woman who was turned on by stealing his money, a girl who collected Barbies, and he made a date with a redskins cheerleader. Thanks to Gibbs, that didn't really work out. Every relationship he'd ever been in had some sort of catastrophic ending. The one that sticks out most in his mind, other than Amanda who almost shot him outside a coffee shop, that ended the relationship pretty fast, was Abby. He didn't know exactly what had gone wrong, but one morning there was an email in his inbox from her, that basically said, you're cool, but not my type. For several weeks after that Abby and Mcgee had ignored each other. Eventually they started talking again, but the email was never brought up.

Mcgee was starting to regret that as he sat as his desk staring at his reflection in his monitor. Just then Gibbs walked into the bullpen sporting the classic Gibbs look, a stern face and a cup of coffee in one hand. "What'd you got?" He asked as he crossed the bullpen to his desk.

Tony jumped up. "Well boss. Petty Officer Reed Richards definitely was not at his station yesterday at five. He clocked in at 11 am then clocked out at 3.. never clocked back in…"

"However, I know where he was." Ziva replied. "He used his credit card at a café about five miles away from where we found our victim, twenty minutes to four." Ziva said giving Tony a wicked grin as he gaped at her.

"Ziva, DiNozzo, with me. Mcgee, head down to Abby and she if she's got anything." Gibbs called grabbing his gear. Tony and Ziva followed suit grabbing their backpacks and following Gibbs to the elevator. Mcgee sighed and headed for Abby's lab.

Abby was really the last person he wanted to see right now. She'd recently been on a date with someone Mcgee assumed was more "Her type." considering the fact she was going crazy over him.

Mcgee stepped out of the stairwell to hear Android Lust blaring from Abby's lab. He collected his thoughts and walked in.

"Hey Abby." Mcgee greeted, forcing a smile.

"Mcgee!" Abby cried turning around quickly on her toes. "I expected Gibbs, I just got the results back from AFIS… Where is Gibbs?" Abby explained quickly peering behind him in search of their fearless leader.

"Trying to find Richards, he wasn't where he said he was." Mcgee said vaguely. As Abby turned back to her computers.

"Well I would assume not, considering his fingerprints are the only ones on this revolver… You okay Mcgee?" Abby questioned noting his sullen expression.

"Huh… Oh yeah fine Abs… I'll just go back upstairs…" he said as he walked out of the lab and to the elevator.

"Well that was odd…" Abby thought aloud. She continued to ponder in her mind, "Mcgee… Mcgee… Tim… Well he used to be Tim, but then I got that email… 'I'll miss you Abby, but I just don't think we could make it work. You're not exactly my type.'" Abby winced as she thought about the email she awoke to one morning. She stayed home that day with a 'fever' and ignored him for a while, since then they'd just acted as if nothing had happened. Abby was beginning to wonder whether or not he still felt the same way he had when Tony walked into the lab.

"Hey Abby….Whoa, What's wrong?" Tony slowed noticing Abby's distant expression.

"Nothing." She replied. "What's that?" she questioned peering into the evidence bin.

"Richards's personal effects… Abs, you sure you're fine?" Tony asked feeling his almost big brother role to Abby come into effect.

"Yes… No…" Abby said turning to her office. "I don't want to talk about it." She didn't want to talk to Tony about relationship issues, that wasn't something Tony was good for, it was what Gibbs was good for, or Ziva… anyone but Tony.

"Abs! I've been worried about you, ever since you started dating this guy you've gotten more and more… Well, less Abby." Tony said trying to explain what he'd noticed.

Ryan Jenkins, her newest relationship was an MIT graduate. Not only that, he had a degree in computer forensics, and a Bachelor's at John-Hopkins. In a way he was a replacement for Tim. It wasn't the same, but it seemed to fill the hole left by a certain Ex-Boyfriend.

"Tony! I don't want to talk about it…Now scram…" Abby said.

"Fine!" He called back, then under his breath he said, "I'd almost rather you were back with Mcgeek…"

"What'd you say?" Abby questioned the fierceness still in her voice.

"Nothing."

"You said something about me with Mcgee… What was it?" Abby questioned sternly.

"I was just saying I'd almost rather you were back with Mcgee…" Tony replied just loud enough that she could hear it.

"When were you ever against me and Mcgee being together?" Abby questioned, voice raised.

"Well, the entire time I guess… Enough that I did something about it…" He chuckled.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well, I was kinda, against the whole you dating Mcgeek, so I sorta might of, broke you guys up…" Tony started, but was unable to finish as he saw the tears forming in Abby's eyes. "Abby, you didn't actually like him! Did you?"

"Tony… What did you do?" She whispered just loud enough for him to hear her from the growing distance between them as she backed away.

"Abby… I didn't mean to… Abby!" Tony ran after her as she ran to the women's room.

Ziva was walking past as this happened. "Tony!" Ziva cried as he almost walked into the restroom. "What are you doing?" She looked shocked and confused at the same time.

"Well I just… I… Uh… I did something wrong, a long time ago… and It kind of came to the surface… and well… I need to fix it…" Tony muttered.

"Tony! What did you do?" She was on the verge of yelling with excitement.

"I… I… I broke Abby and Mcgee up…" Tony said nervously.

"They were dating?" Ziva asked confused.

"Right… Before your time. Yeah, a long time ago, until I broke them up… I didn't want Abby getting hurt…" Tony mumbled. "But I guess that backfired."

Ziva gave him a disapproving glance before going into the women's room to comfort Abby. Tony made his way to the elevator and headed to the bullpen.

*Ding* "Oh hey Tony." Mcgee greeted. "Just going to see Abs…" He trailed off as he was dragged into the elevator by the collar. Once they were in the elevator Tony flicked the emergency stop button and started talking.

"Mcgee, I need to know something, and I need you to answer me truthfully." Tony said in a voice that was terrifying Mcgee.

"Mmmk…" he agreed.

"Do you love Abby?" Tony asked sternly. To which Mcgee responded with a confused grunt as he reached for the emergency switch. "NO! MCGEE DO YOU LOVE HER? I ASKED YOU A QUESTION MCGEE!" Tony was yelling by now.

"Why…" Mcgee started.

"MCGEE!"

"Yes. Yes, Tony I do love her… but she doesn't love me, and I don't think she ever will." Mcgee said as he flicked the switch that put the elevator into motion.

As the elevator rode up to the bullpen Mcgee avoided Tony's intent gaze. They stepped out of the elevator and Mcgee set off for his desk, and Tony followed.

"Tony, might I ask, what on earth you think you're doing?" Mcgee asked in a hushed voice as not to bring attention to them.

"You, really, really, love her?" Tony asked a tear on the edge of his eye.

"Tony are you crying?" Mcgee asked in disbelief. "What the crap did you do?" Mcgee asked wide-eyed.

"Well… you remember that email… That, Abby, sent you… that said you weren't her type?" He winced as he asked.

"YOU WENT THROUGH MY EMAIL! ANTHONY DINOZZO I HAVE HALF A MIND TO THROW YOU OUT A WINDOW!" Mcgee yelled, until he realized he was attracting attention, and lots of it.

"No Mcgeek, don't get your panties in a twist. But I did read that letter… Well I didn't just read it…" Tony started.

"TONY! YOU DIDN'T!" Mcgee screamed not caring about the attention he was attracting.

"Mcgee!" Tony started after his friend as he stormed out of the bullpen.

"NO! TONY THAT'S IT! I CAN'T WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO WOULD DO THAT TO ME! EITHER YOU LEAVE OR I LEAVE. AND GIBBS SURE AS HECK WON'T LET YOU LEAVE!" Tony was speechless.

"And don't you dare follow me." Mcgee growled as he closed the elevator.

Tony slumped as he walked back to his desk. He had just barely sat down when he received a hard punch to the eye. "GAH!" Tony screamed as he covered his eye with his hand. "What was that for?" Tony asked exasperated.

"For hurting Abby like that. In fact if you hurt anyone like that I would have done that." Ziva replied with obvious wrath in her voice.

"Trust me Ziv, I already got enough of a punishment from Abby and Mcgeek, not to mention what Gibbs'll do once he finds out… Was that really necessary?" Tony was rubbing his eye, the pain almost unbearable.

"He's a fool I tell you, it's almost so simple I feel stupid for not noticing it before." A new voice joined the conversation in the bullpen.

"I know!" Ziva exclaimed.

"How do you know… Ducky just told me!" Gibbs exclaimed.

"How the heck does Ducky know?" Tony asked confused.

"Okay, I have a twinkling we're not all talking about the same thing…" Ziva stated.

"Inkling Ziva… Not Twinkling, that's like… Santa's eye…" Tony explained.

"Speaking of eyes, what happened to you DiNozzo?" Gibbs questioned turning to his agent. "And where's Mcgee?" he questioned again, turning to find the probationary agent's desk deserted.

Just as Ziva started to respond all four phones in the bullpen began to ring violently. A simultaneous "Gibbs", "Agent David", "OW…Special Agent… Ow… DiNozzo." Could be heard across the room. On the other end of all of the phones could be heard the familiar voice of their director, Leon Vance. "My Office… NOW."

All three agents made their way up the stairs in a hurry and entered the directors office.

"Sit…" Director Vance said motioning for them to take seats at the long table.

"Now, which one of you wants to explain this." He said slapping down a piece of paper that was obviously a printed out email.

"What is it?" Tony asked dumbly while groaning in pain.

"Agent Timothy Mcgee's letter of resignation." Vance replied obviously ready for an immediate answer.

"WHAT?" Gibbs cried picking up the paper in disbelief.

Author's Note: Dun dun dun… I'm starting to have fun with the whole cliffhanger thing. This is just a theory I've had going around in my head as to why Abby and Mcgee broke up earlier in the show. This isn't set at a particular time, except that Ziva and Vance are there, so it's at least after Judgment Day. Hope you like it. Review!