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Tony shook his head as he finally made it into NCIS headquarters. No one would believe the morning he had even if he told them. Heck, even he almost didn’t believe it and he’d lived it.
He’d thought he’d found the perfect ring for his marriage to Jethro. Leroy? Well whatever. Gibbs, at any rate.
He’d ordered it and today was the first day he’d be able to pick it up. He’d snuck out of Gibbs’ bed bright and early to get to the jeweler’s such that he’d still be able to make it to work on time. Only they hadn’t been open despite him having checked their hours multiple times yesterday before making this plan, so he’d had to wait.
There weren’t any good spots to wait, though, especially as it started pouring down rain about 10 minutes after he arrived at the jeweler’s. By the time they finally opened, he was completely drenched, shivering, and his teeth were chattering. He did get the ring, though.
That wasn’t the end of his adventures, however. He’d walked back to his car and headed for NCIS only to get stuck in traffic, but not the normal rush hour traffic. No, this traffic was stopped because there was a wedding party in the middle of the road apparently the groom had lost the ring as he was putting it on the bride’s finger and with the rain it had washed right into the drain and was now lost forever.
The bride was weeping, traffic was at a standstill and Tony was late. So he did the only thing a kind person like him could do. He took the ring he’d just bought for Gibbs and gave it to the couple.
They thanked him profusely and traffic had finally been able to continue on. So now here he was completely soaked, lacking a wedding ring for Gibbs, and short the money he’d spent on the gewgaw for Gibbs, not to mention Gibbs would probably ream him out for being late. He really truly hoped that the day could only go up from here as he didn’t even want to think about what else could go wrong.