MDT FO DID NOT REMOVE A PITOT TUBE COVER BEFORE TKOF AT TEB.

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THIS IS A FAMILIAR STORY OF 'HASTE MAKES WASTE' AND ALWAYS RETURN TO YOUR ROUTINE IF INTERRUPTED. AS USUAL; THE ARPT VAN WAS 30 MINS LATE. IT WAS NIGHT AND THE PREFLT WAS HURRIED. DURING THE EXTERIOR INSPECTION; AS THE GEAR PIN WAS PULLED; FUEL POURED OUT THE OVERFLOW VENT. THE FUELER AND I BOTH RUSHED TO ASSURE NO FIRE RESULTED BECAUSE THE APU EXHAUST WAS CLOSE TO THE SPILL. AS EVERYTHING WAS CTLED; I CONTINUED THE EXTERIOR PREFLT. ALL SEEMED NORMAL WHEN I COUNTED 4 REQUIRED GEAR PINS AND 2 PITOT COVERS. ALL WENT NORMALLY UNTIL THE TKOF ROLL. OUR COMPANY CRM IS TO CALL 'AIRSPD ALIVE' AT FIRST INDICATION. IN THIS CASE; WHEN THE PNF CALLED THIS OUT; I REALIZED MY INDICATED AIRSPD INDICATION WAS ZERO. I ABORTED THE TKOF. WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE RAMP; I DISCOVERED THAT THE FO'S PITOT HAD A COVER ON IT. SUDDENLY; I VISUALIZED WHAT HAPPENED. OUR NORMAL PROC IS TO REMOVE PINS AND COVERS AND ALLOW THE CAPT TO DOUBLECHK THE NUMBER BEFORE FLT. IN THIS CASE; THE FUEL SPILL HAD DISRUPTED MY NORMAL PATTERN AND I BY-PASSED THE PITOT COVER. HOW COULD I HAVE THE 2 REQUIRED COVERS THEN? WELL; ON THIS ACFT; IT WAS SUPPLIED WITH A COVER FOR THE AUX PITOT HEAD AND THIS IS A RARE OCCURRENCE. I HAD THE NORMAL. PINS AND COVERS; BUT THINGS WEREN'T NORMAL. NO MATTER HOW MANY HRS OF EXPERIENCE ONE HAS; AN AIRPLANE IS UNFORGIVING IF YOU MAKE MISTAKES OF COMMISSION OR OMISSION. IT WAS LESSON WELL TAKEN TO ALWAYS BE SAFE BECAUSE 'HASTE ALWAYS MAKES WASTE.'