Camp Chaos
- Day 2: To trust or not to trust -
Ziva looked behind her back nervously, she was supposed to fall backwards into McGee's arms in order to prove that she trusted him, she could do that. She saw Jenny looking behind her back at Abby bouncing around giggling, the look in Jenny's eyes said she wasn't looking forward to this.
'Ready everyone, catchers ready, fallers ready? And, go,' Ziva closed her eyes and fell gracefully back into McGee's arms; she smiled at his gentle touch and allowed him to stand her back up. They stood together and looked around, Tony was cowering as Gibbs brushed down his jeans and stood up staring at him, 'you were supposed to catch me DiNozzo!' McGee couldn't help but laugh; Ziva smirked and turned to look at Jenny and Abby.
Abby was laying on the floor pinning Jenny to her with her tight grip, 'Abby you can let go now,' 'but I didn't catch you, you nearly got hurt,' 'so you used your body to try to cushion my fall?' 'Yes, it meant you didn't break your head and that means Gibbs won't kill me.' Jenny rolled her eyes, 'thank you for that Abby but please can you let me go,' Abby gave her a final bone breaking squeeze and then let her go.
Jenny clambered to her feet breathing deeply and made her way towards McGee, 'we're rotating again,' Ziva nodded and looked over at her new partner, his fear had disappeared and had been replaced with his usual grin. 'You ready sweet cheeks?' Ziva frowned at him, she was actually looking forward to him catching her in his strong toned arms. 'Are you going to let me crack my skull on the ground?' 'Nope Zee-vah,' he grinned and turned her around; he stepped back and held his arms out. 'Everyone ready again? Go,' Ziva closed her eyes and fell backwards, as she fell lower she tensed her body, no arms caught her, she felt a sense of panic rush through her. Out of nowhere something soft caught her head and she opened her eyes to see Tony's a couple of inches away.
'You thought I was gonna drop ya,' he grinned raising his eyebrows cheekily and winking at her. She stared at him annoyed, 'No I did not,' 'Super ninja chick was scared I was gonna drop her,' Ziva stared directly into his eyes, 'No I was not, Tony,' he grinned and stared into her eyes, the hazel colour entranced her and she felt time slip away.
'Ahem,' they both turned to find Abby, Gibbs, Jenny and McGee staring at them; Tony stood Ziva up quickly and jumped away from her like he'd burnt himself. Gibbs and McGee turned away and listened to the next set of instructions; Abby and Jenny however caught each other's eye and smiled. 'What?' Tony asked indignantly, 'oh nothing,' Abby grinned as she turned away, 'Jenny,' Ziva said warningly, she received a replica of the Gibbs stare in return.
'This time I want everyone to form a ring around one person from their group, the middle person will fall backwards into the arms of someone in the ring and will be passed around the ring,' Tony grinned and Ziva folded her arms and frowned, 'I will not be your victim Tony,' 'awww you party pooper,' he threw a sulk and turned away, 'Ah Tony, thanks for volunteering,' Gibbs grabbed him and shoved him into the middle of the ring.
Tony placed his arms by his side and turned to face Gibbs before falling backwards into Jenny, she pushed him away and Ziva caught him, 'Hello my little hairy butt,' she directed him towards Gibbs who allowed him to fall quite a way before catching him, 'I knew you wouldn't hurt me boss,' Tony grinned as he flew towards McGee and then over to Abby. It continued like this for a few minutes until the instructor asked them to change the person in the middle.
Everyone stared for a second until Tony marched into Jenny's spot and ushered her into the centre. She frowned before flopping into Gibbs arms and then over to Abby, round to Ziva and then forwards into McGee, he put his arms out to push her back and jumped away quickly as she landed in Tony's arms. He gulped as his face turned grey and put his hands behind his back, 'McGee are you okay?' Gibbs asked concernedly, McGee stammered 'spit it out McGee,' 'I er I er I'm sorry dir… Jenny,' Gibbs stared at him, 'why?' Jenny tapped him on the arm, 'Don't worry Jethro, it's between me and Tim,' Tony looked from one to the other and grinned triumphantly, he held his arms in front of him. 'You McGroped her! You little McPerv.'
McGee flushed for a second before turning the colour of porridge, 'it was an accident Tony,' he muttered staring at the floor. An awkward silence fell on the group as Gibbs glared at McGee; Jenny rolled her eyes and shuffled a stone around in the dirt with her foot, 'Enough Jethro,' she hissed. Gibbs took one last look at McGee before turning his head towards the instructor. 'We're done with trust exercises.'
The instructor turned pale as he saw the expression on Gibbs face, 'er um, that's it for that exercise, next I'd like you to get into pairs, then one member of each pair will be blindfolded and the other will direct them across an obstacle course.'
Noticing Tony's face light up Ziva darted towards Gibbs and motioned she would pair up with him, McGee grabbed Abby's arm and Jenny swallowed nervously as Tony grinned at her manically holding a blindfold in his hands, 'you ready Jenny?' Gibbs glared at him warningly as he covered Jenny's eyes with the black material and tied it behind her head, 'don't even think it DiNozzo.'
Three quarters of an hour later and Gibbs had decided that leaving a blindfolded Jenny in the hands of an over-excited DiNozzo was a very bad idea. Her once pristine pants were now covered in mud and grass stains, her left knee was grazed and she had a small cut on her cheek, as she turned around she exposed her mud soaked rear end, back and pony tail; Tony had successfully directed her into the tyres, over which she had fallen and landed in the scrub by the side of the course.
Then he had attempted to help her up and slipped landing them both in the mud pit they were supposed to be avoiding; Tony was covered from head to foot in the stuff, his eyebrows and hair were drying into a spiky crumbly mess. Ziva and himself were in perfect condition, Ziva having managed to direct him expertly around the course, McGee and Abby had taken longer to complete the course but had avoided the scrub and mud pit, although McGee's shins had taken a bit of a beating around the tyres.
The instructor smiled and looked around at the group, 'Well done er everyone,' he eyed Tony's camouflage look, the corners of his mouth twitching, Tony glared at him, he spoke quickly, 'There's an hour before tea and then compulsory Karaoke.' 'Karaoke,' Gibbs whispered in his most menacing tone, the instructor turned a nasty shade of green, 'to, to, to bring out your creative side, not my idea,' he squeaked before hurrying towards the other group. Gibbs breathed out loudly like an angry horse and stomped off in the direction of the cabins.