Title: The First Time Was Practice
Author: Evil_Little_Dog
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: This is a derivative work, and, as such, I make absolutely no money writing this. Darn the luck.
Summary: Abby and Tim's relationship is full of second times.
Notes: Written for the LJ Community, Comment_Fic, from a prompt by Marlex.
The first time, she said 'no', with the understanding they could still be friends. In any other relation, this would be a death sentence, but since they were working colleagues first, then partners, then lovers, it wasn't necessarily such a bad thing that she'd said no.
Okay, so it hurt, but they stayed friends. Best friends, talking about their dates, their other relationships. Checking up on each other after a bad day. Still enjoying geeky stuff together. Tim managed to convince Abby to come to a comic book convention. She dragged him to a biker dive bar. Abby insisted they go see Gibbs a few times when they were out. He just raised any eyebrow at the sight of them, told them to pick up some sandpaper and get to work.
The second time, Abby said yes. Tim wasn't sure why; they'd been walking back from a movie (a showing of the original movie, 'The Exorcist'), stopped off at a diner that had the best milkshakes (her words), and, while they were waiting for their shakes, and Abby was playing with his hands, Tim asked her again.
After the honeymoon, they talked about kids. How many. Who'd take care of them. Could they afford more than one? Could they afford one and still live in the D.C. area? What should they name a girl? A boy?
Abby disagreed with the first name Tim offered, but neither of them was sure about saddling a girl with 'Kelly Caitlyn Scuito-McGee'. Tim pointed out that Kelly would work for either sex, making Abby wrinkle her nose. They both agreed to not name any of their children after Tony, no matter how much he begged.
Their first turned out to be fraternal twins, a boy and a girl. Decisions, decisions. The third child was a girl who came two and a half years later. Her name was Kelly, because Abby said yes the second time.
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