Chapter 1

Ziva, Abby, Kate, Ellie, Gibbs, Abby, Tony, McGee, Palmer and Ducky where sat around a large table at Bennies' restaurant, they had just finished their meals and where waiting for their pudding.

"I'm going to sleep well tonight" Little Abby yawned leaning on Ziva.

"Good" Ziva laughed putting her arm around Abby.

Abby gave a half hearted laugh.

"Stop moaning" Ellie snapped at Abby.

"I weren't talking to you. So butt out" Abby snapped back.

"You think you're so important. Well, newsflash. You aren't't. So stop moaning and giving us a running commentary on your life. No one cares!" Ellie muttered.

"Go and pick on someone else." Abby snapped.

"Right. Both of you. Stop it." Kate said.

"She started it!" Abby said.

"Drop the attitude. Don't you dare speak to Kate like that!" Ellie said standing up.

Abby also stood up.

"Right, both of you. This is not the time or place" Ziva told the girls also standing up.

Ziva stood in between the two girls to try and prevent the situation escalating.

"I don't care. She needs to learn to keep her mouth shut!" Ellie snapped.

"Don't talk to Ziva like that! And don't you dare tell me what to do!" Abby growled back.

Ellie lunged at Abby and managed to slap her around the face.

Kate stood up and grabbed hold of Ellie's wrists before she had the chance to hit Abby again.

"Ellie, calm down" Kate said soothingly, sitting Ellie down.

"Sorry Kate, she just deserved it" Ellie said taking a few deep breaths to calm herself down.

Abby turned away from the table and walked out of the restaurant.

"Go after her!" McGee mouthed to Ziva.

On that note Ziva walked out of the restaurant to go and find Abby.

"We really need to get those two sorted. One of these days, there going to seriously injure one another or maybe worse." McGee whispered to Dinozzo.

"I know. Do you thin we should lock them in a room together?" Dinozzo asked.

"No!" Gibbs, Big Abby, Kate and McGee shouted.

"Do you want either of them hurt, or maybe even dead?" Kate asked.

"No" replied Dinozzo.

"Good" Ellie muttered.

"I think you owe Little Abby an apology" Big Abby told Ellie.

"Why?" Ellie snapped.

"You weren't't very nice to her? Where you?" Abby said.

"So what. No one cares about her." Ellie replied.

"Firstly, I care. So does Ziva, and I think you'll find everyone else around this table, you excluded, does. Secondly, how would you feel if I treated you the way you treat her? What would you do?" Abby asked starting to get annoyed.

"Wouldn't't really care" Ellie snapped.

"You selfish little madam. All you think about is yourself. Never a thought about anyone else. You don't care about anyone other than yourself." Abby yelled.

"Abbz, let it go." Gibbs said.

"No! I won't just let it go! You don't understand. None of you understand! Just because we think differently doesn't't mean you can treat us differently." Abby shouted getting up from the table and walking out of the restaurant.

"Well, today has been a stressful day at work…." Palmer said trying to break the awkward silence.

Out in the car park, Big Abby found Little Abby and Ziva sat on the bonnet of Gibbs's car.

"Don't let them get to you. Any of them." Big Abby said firmly giving Little Abby a hug.

"I wont" Little Abby promised hugging Big Abby back.

"Good. We'll miss pudding at this rate!" Big Abby laughed.

"We can't miss pudding can we?" Ziva laughed.

Little Abby and Ziva got up of the bonnet of the car and the three of them walked back into the restaurant just as pudding was being served up.

"Welcome back!" Gibbs said to Big Abby.

"Hi." She replied unenthusiastically.

"Sorry about before…" Gibbs said.

The whole table went quiet because no one had ever heard Gibbs apologise before.

"Never apologise Gibbs, it's a sign of weakness" Abby laughed giving Gibbs a hug.

"Now I've got my Abby back. Let's eat pudding!" Gibbs laughed.

"I'm with you on that one Gibbs!" Ducky laughed.

Once everyone had finished their pudding and said their goodbyes everyone started to go home.

Palmer and Ducky went first, then Tony and McGee, then Kate and Ellie went.

Gibbs, Big Abby, Ziva and Little Abby were the only ones left. Ziva and Abby where about to leave.

"Night Little Abbz." Gibbs said giving Abby a hug.

"Night Gibbs!" Abby replied.

"Night Abby!" Little Abby laughed giving Big Abby a hug.

"Night Hun." Big Abby replied.

"Night Gibbs, Night Abby" Ziva said giving Abby a quick cuddle.

Ziva and Abby left, closely followed by Big Abby and Gibbs.

"Ziva?" Abby asked.

"Yes" Ziva replied.

"Can I come and sleep in your bed if I have to tonight?" Abby asked.

"Of course. You know you don't need to ask pet." Ziva assured

"I know. But I know what happens if you get woken up in the night by noise or movement on your bed." Abby replied.

"Fair point. But I can always tell when its you. So you don't need to ask. Yeah?" Ziva said.

"Ok. What time have you got to be at work tomorrow?" Abby asked

"8 o'clock. So yes, we do have time to get your magazine on the way in!" Ziva laughed.

"Ok, good. Just checking!" Abby giggled.

When they arrived home Abby went straight upstairs to bed, after all, it was 11 o'clock. Ziva followed about half an hour later.

Ziva crept along the corridor and gently opened Abby's door to check she was ok. Abby was quiet but not asleep.

"Abbz" Ziva whispered.

"Yeah" Abby replied.

"Are you ok? Do you want me to stay in here for a bit" Ziva asked.

"Yes please" Abby said sitting up and turning her bedside lamp on.

Ziva was in her pyjamas and had her dressing gown on over the top. She gently shut the door and walked over to Abby's bed.

Abby pulled one of her pillows out from underneath her head and put it next to her own pillow so Ziva could lie down next to her.

Ziva took off her dressing gown and put it on the floor next to Abby's bed, she then put her gun on Abby's bedside table. Abby lifted the duvet up and Ziva climbed in.

Abby had become used to sleeping in the same bed as Ziva, as Ziva often had to come and check if she was alright after bad dreams in the night, and for her own piece of mind.

"What time is it?" Abby asked.

Ziva looked at the clock behind Abby's head.

"Its quarter to twelve. About time you where asleep!" Ziva smiled.

"I cant sleep." Abby replied.

"Why?" Ziva asked.

"Had a bad dream last night. A really bad one, now I'm scared of going back to sleep in case it continues." Abby said snuggling into Ziva.

"Well, if you do have that dream does continue, or you have any sort of bad dream, ill be here to give you a hug, and to talk about it when you wake up." Ziva replied hugging Abby and kissing the top of her head.

Abby relaxed into Ziva's arms.

"Promise your not going to go anywhere." Abby asked looking up at Ziva.

"I promise I'm not going anywhere, ever." Ziva replied hugging Abby again.

"Love you Ziva." Abby whispered.

"Love you too." Ziva replied.

At about half twelve Abby eventually dozed off. Ziva followed shortly. Ziva was more than a light sleeper. Any noise would wake Ziva, even if Abby was breathing slightly heavily. Ziva always slept with a gun and was extremely protective.

At about half three Abby woke up. She hadn't had a bad dream for once. She knew if she twisted round to check the time, she would wake Ziva up, which she didn't't want to do. Abby lay there until Ziva woke up. Now Ziva was awake, she could twist round and look at the time. It was quarter past four.

Abby went to get up but Ziva stopped her. You're not getting up until 5 o'clock at the earliest. You don't need to be up really until 6 o'clock anyway.

"I know. I'm just not likely to go back to sleep." Abby sighed.

"Well, if you try, then you never know, you might just get back to sleep." Ziva laughed.

"I know, I know." Abby replied snuggling into Ziva.

Abby did eventually go back to sleep, and Ziva woke her up at quarter past 6.