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Abby had been helping their newest agent for most of the day. Kate had been with them for about 6 months now and Abby had never admitted to her that she'd had a huge crush on her for most of that time but in the past couple of months she'd seen that crush develop into serious feelings. The two of them had become best friends in the time Kate had been at NCIS, so Abby was terrified of telling Kate and ruining their friendship. In her mind it would be crazy that Kate would ever feel the same way, but secretly Kate did though she had the exact same terror as Abby. The two of them dated other men, possibly in the hopes of pushing deeper feelings aside. But both Tony and Gibbs had spotted something within the two of them and they each took one of the women to have a word with them about the other.
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Gibbs had stepped into Abby's lab to the usual loud music but he spotted Abby in the back clinging onto Bert the stuffed hippo as tightly as she could. "Abbs?" He walked closer and crouched beside her desk chair, she wasn't as bright and bubbly as she normally was so he knew there was something off. He switched off her music and glanced at her. "Talk to me Abbs, what is it?" He asked kindly.
Abby took in a shaky breath once she heard Gibbs speaking to her, "I-I'm love Gibbs, but she doesn't feel the same way and she doesn't know either." She looked straight into his eyes, "I'm too afraid that she'll reject me to be able to tell her."
"Abby you just need to talk to her about how you feel, if her feelings are not the same she won't reject you, she'll still be your best friend." Gibbs said softly as he placed his hand on Abby's arm and kissed her head softly.
"You really think so?" Abby glanced at him again then and squeezed Bert tighter to her chest, "And with how you're speaking you know who it is."
"I know so and of course I do Abbs, take a little while to calm yourself and then go and see her." Gibbs kissed her head again then hugged her, "She won't reject you Abbs." He told her before he left her lab which left Abby feeling a little confused but she did as he said, she sat there now trying to get her shaky breathing under control.
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While that chat was going on in the lab Tony had stopped the elevator to speak to Kate about the same thing. "Tony, we're going to be late." Kate had narrowed her eyes at him and reached to flip the switch to resume the elevator but her colleague had swiftly stopped her and glanced at her in the eye.
"Then talk to me Kate, it's starting to get more than obvious how you feel about our resident Gothic lab tech." He raised a brow at her as he spoke.
Kate was literally taken back by how sudden this had all come on, "You haven't spoken to her have you?" She narrowed her eyes at him but it was more than obvious that she'd been rumbled even if she'd tried so hard to hide it.
"I haven't spoken to her Kate but I think you should. You might be surprised about her reaction when she finds out you're in love with her."
"You've told her! Tony why the hell would you do that?" Kate tried not to raise her voice too loud while she balled her hands up into fists.
"Kate calm down, I haven't spoken to her, both me and Gibbs have seen it, she feels exactly the same way you do. He's just gone to speak to her about exactly this. So when you get out of this lift you should go and talk to her." He glanced at her once more and flipped the switch for the lift again and the lights came back on and it resumed its course.
Kate was stood in a stunned silence then, she was shocked about the fact that she'd just been told that the woman she didn't think loved her in the same way actually did.
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Abby glanced to the door of the lab when she heard the lift, she was just getting ready to call Kate and tell her that she had feelings for her so she was surprised to actually see her step into her lab, "H-hey Kate." She smiled slightly and took in a shaky breath.
"Hey Abby, I think we need to talk." She said softly, she was desperately trying not to let her voice shake at all.
Abby nodded in agreement and smiled a little again when Kate came over and took her hands into her own. "There's s-something you need to know." Abby glanced down at their hands then and squeezed Kate's hands a little.
"I need to tell you something too." She said softly, she also glanced down at their hands and squeezed back when Abby squeezed her hands, "I like you Abby, I really like you. And I think you know how I mean." She smiled softly and glanced into the Goth's eyes, her own sparkled a little as she did.
Abby's smile brightened a little and she gave a slight nod, she finally knew that Kate felt exactly how she did, "I like you too Kate. I was just scared you wouldn't feel the same way." She said softly as she looked deep into her eyes.
"It's such a relief, I just, I've never been with another woman before." She said as a soft blush came to her cheeks.
"Don't worry I haven't either." It was clear now that Abby was back to being the Abby everyone knew and loved. She took the chance now and closed the distance between them and cupped Kate's cheek as she joined their lips in a soft and tender kiss.
Kate had feelings running through her body that she had never felt in her life once Abby kissed her; she then closed her eyes and kissed her back in the same way, just enjoying the feel of her partner's soft lips against her own. Kate's eyes were shining once they both pulled away from the kiss and looked into each other's eyes. "That was wonderful Abby. Thank you, I'll look forward to more."
Abby grinned softly at Kate's comment and the look in her eyes and wrapped her arms around her waist and pulled her closer. Abby was wearing almost flats today, but she was still a bit taller than Kate. "I'm glad you're looking forward to it Katie."
"Okay, only you're allowed to call me Katie okay? Only my mother ever called me that. Everyone else calls me Kate. So that's just for us Abby." She smiled again and wrapped her arms around the back of Abby's neck and made sure they were as close to each other as they could get.
Abby placed another soft kiss on Kate's lips once they were close enough again, "Just for us, I like that. This is the start of a beautiful relationship." Abby hadn't pulled her lips away from Kate's this time so her words were muffled a little.
"It sure is." Kate had smiled softly and kissed Abby back just the same. She was so happy that she finally got to be with the one person she wanted to be with.