*Never thought I get the urge for a one-shot Gabby fic... but here it is... at least I thought it was - hehe -

you want more? You got it!

A/N got this idea after listening to Clay Walker: 'She won't be lonely long'*

-listen to it! then read-

The Fool

The smoke was thick in the bar and it looked as if it was packed to capacity. This was his usual place to get nothing more than a glass of Jack and talk to a few guys that hung around here. There was nothing hip or modern about this place so it shocked him when he showed up and she was sitting on his usual stool. He had to take a second look as he approached unsure if it was really her, but her jet black hair gave her away. Her clothing on the other hand was a far cry from her skinny jeans, studded belts and rocker t-shirts. A tight short dress clung to her curves like a second skin, he had to lick his lips for second because his mouth went dry.

Taking a seat next to her he tilted his head forward to take another look just to clarify if it was really her.

"Abs?" He said softly.

She turned quickly to the familiar voice right next to her. Quickly she wiped the tears that fell from her eyes. Like some cliché she had brought her broken heart to a bar and was set to drown in it liquor. She had hope no one she knew frequented this bar but she was wrong.

"Gibbs." Her voice cracked.

For a moment he was at a loss for words thrown off guard by her tears.

"Abby… wh – how…" He licked his lips again. "You okay?" He finally managed to say.

She wiped the tears away from her eyes as she talked. He couldn't help but notice just how beautiful she looked with her hair undone. How they hung around her beautiful face and just how her lips stood out as if they were dipped in blood.

"… and he just left like what we had didn't mean shit." She shook her head as she looked at him. "He just left me standin-"

She was in the middle of talking when all of a sudden she noticed him, like she had never saw him there before. Her eyes drifted over his hair that hung with a slight curl above his eyebrows. His calm face and in this light he looked like temptation oozing with lust. The black snug hoodie that clung to his tone body wasn't helping her to keep from staring. Her eyes dropped down to his hand that rested on his thigh that's when she notice his jeans, god he made jeans look good she thought.

"So, that's why you're here?" He asked. His words snapping her back to this reality she looked at him.

"Yeah." She said turning away from him and downing her third glass of Jack.

He was going to speak but was interrupted.

"The usual, Gunny?" The bartender asked.

He didn't look at him but nodded as his eyes were still on his best friend sitting next to him.

"Me too." She said to the bartender before he turned away.

He watched her wipe away another tear. "Who's this guy?" He asked.

She shook her head. "Doesn't matter anymore." She looked at him. "All that matters is if I can afford a taxi back home." She forced a smile.

He fought the urge to reach out and wipe the tears that filled her eyes. "Don't need a taxi Abs… you got me?"

Her blood alcohol rising she replied. "Do I? Do I have you Gibbs?"

Reading between the lines he replied. "Always."

Before either of them could say another word the bartender brought them their drinks. Turning away from each other they didn't say another word as they drank the alcohol. Torn between the right thing to do and temptation they both fought their hearts insisting that what they were feeling was wrong.

People filed by them, brushing up against them and still they didn't move or say a word. Finishing their drinks they ordered another round still not saying a word to the other.

He sipped on the Jack while stealing glances when she wasn't looking. Who could not what a woman like that? He asked himself. The alcohol was now flowing through his blood and causing him to lose his battle with his heart that now ached for her. Another round Jack in his hand he looked down at the ice cubes and just watched them melt.

It seemed like hours that they sat there not saying a word when he finally looked at her. She was holding the glass to her lips as she slowly sipped the liquor from it. She was lonely and she came here so that she wouldn't be, but sitting next to her was a man who knew she wouldn't be lonely anymore.

He watched her finish the Jack that she hoped would stop her heart from aching. If she was his he would never hurt her and make her feel like she needed to mix her tears with bourbon. He loved her and he would tell her that every chance he got. She was going to know what it was like to be wanted every second, every hour of every day. His eyes drifted over her body stirring a sensation that she had always caused when she stood close to him. Tonight it was stronger and he didn't attempt to suppress it.

If tonight she was lonely she wasn't going to be lonely long he told himself. She was his best friend and he had rules that were meant to hold him back but tonight he didn't give shit. Whoever the fool was that let her go was too late because she was too far gone to go back now.

Setting her drink down she turned to face him unaware that he had been watching her. His darken blue eyes met her tear filled green ones. He licked his lips and leaned in quick capturing her lips with his as his hands rested on her exposed thighs. She took in a quick breath of air feeling his lips pressing hard against hers eventually her eyes closed. Her hands drifted up his body and rested against his chest as she let him take charge of this electrifying kiss that he deepened.

Feeling her kiss back he got lost in their first kiss that was laced in alcohol and dripped with sexual tension. What would happen after this kiss broke was entirely up to her he told himself. Whether she would want leave this as just a kiss was okay but something told him she wasn't going to be alone, not tonight and not ever. If this resulted in tangle bodies making love in the dark with his name on her lips then so be it he thought, because tonight the fool that let her get away brought her straight to him.

*poof*

~*My bunnies have gone country!*~

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-The Gabby Effect-