Gibbs strode into Abby's lab, blasting his eardrums was Hot Pink Hotrod by The Newlydeads. He walked over to Abby, whom he thought was sleeping. Her head was in her crossed arms. He heard her quietly sob and knew something was wrong.

He gingerly put his hand on her back, "Abs are you okay?"

He received no answer just a soft sob, so he put down the Caf-Pow he was holding and deposited the old one in the trash.

He leaned in and whispered, "You can talk to me, you know that right? What happened? Is it a guy, what's his name?"

She put her head up and faced Gibbs, her eyes were red and puffy. "Oh, Gibbs." She fell into his arms and put her head on his chest.

She breathed in his scent and ever so slightly smiled, sawdust and Jack Daniels. She pulled away to talk but Gibbs didn't let go. "Yesterday, my friend Tori died," he almost broke out and cried after she said it, but held back her tears." Do you remember that girl that I used to talk about a lot? She was my best friend. She loved Green Day and Aiden. I might have told you that she slept in an orange coffin." She said it like it was normal for someone to sleep in an orange coffin.

He nodded and whipped a few of her tears away, which were coming down now, "I'm sorry Abby." He pulled her close to him again.

She didn't look up at him but continued to speak through tears, "A drunk driver killed her last night on the way home from our my… our favorite club."

"Hey, it'll be okay." He reassured her and brought her to her feet. "What are you doing Gibbs?" She watched him curiously.

He looked down at her," Bringing you home."

She shook her head. "No I can't go home. I only came to work today to not be alone. I don't want to go home and be alone."

He thought for a moment and then walked over to her stereo and turned it off, the song Die Romantic by Aiden had just come on. Now it was quiet except for Abby's quietly hushed sobs and sort of hitched breath.

"You can come to my house if you want?"

She nodded calmly and grabbed her backpack as she through a few things in it that were on her desk.

As they walked out of her lab and into the bullpen, Gibbs put his hand around her waist. Even though Abby felt terrible right now she loved it when Gibbs touched her. She could feel her face getting redder by the second.

She loved Gibbs and not as a boss, she really had feelings for him and she thought maybe, just maybe he liked her. Or maybe that was her wishful thinking?

Tony walked over to Gibbs, "What's up Boss," he looked at Abby, "You okay Abs?"

Abby nodded in a manner that showed she was fine. He could tell she wasn't but he didn't push the matter. Gibbs replied, "You're in charge for the rest of the day, even though we don't have a case right now. Call me if you need me." Gibbs walked away and Tony nodded.

"Okay." Tony watched they walked together out. He was startled when he heard Ziva's voice behind him, "They're in love…" She said it softly. He couldn't see her but she was checking him out. He turned to her, smiled and leaned in closer to her, "They do make a good couple, they always say opposites attract," he winked at her and continued, "You know that reminds me of a movie I saw once called…"

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Everything happened so fast. Abby missed Tori so bad. This was something Gibbs couldn't fix although she knew he would try. Tori was her best friend.

Gibbs would do anything for Abby, hell he would die for her. His feelings for weren't fatherly. He felt different around her than he did with any ex-wife or for that matter than he did with Mann. He could tell her anything, she wouldn't laugh at him or walk away from him. She knew almost everything about him and that included Shannon and Kelly.

But he never told her about Jenny, although she probably guessed. After all, she learned from the best.

She was a special person; she had gifts he couldn't even begin to explain. He loved her for who he was. She saw the real him.

He knew she had feelings for him, who didn't? It wasn't like she wasn't open. She wasn't obvious but it still showed.

He never made a move because well there were a lot of reasons, he was old she was young, he was a depressed drunk, she deserved someone like her, they were polar opposites, he spent most of his time with his dam boat, and well he didn't exactly have a great track record with women, but most importantly he didn't want to jepordize their friendship, they already had so much.