"Oh this is going to be awkward", Abby muttered to herself, as she looked over the files that were hidden on Petty Officer George's computer. It had taken Abby 23 hours straight work to unlock the hidden files and start to assemble them in some sort of order that Gibbs and the other agents could use. The further that Abby had looked into the files, the more and more she started to get concerned, she saw what the Petty Officer had gotten herself into and it wasn't good. How was Gibbs going to react? Thought Abby.

Abby turned around to check Major Mass Spec to see if the samples had come back testing positive. As she made her full circle, her nose touched a chest that was covered in grey NCIS sweats. "Gibbs" squeaked Abby, turning her face up to look into her boss's silver blue eyes. Oh I could just drown in those eyes, she thought, and would have no problems if I were never to be saved she ended with a smile to herself.

"What have you got for me Abbs", Gibbs asked in his low gravelly voice, his breath stirring the bangs on her forehead. Gibbs looked down into his Goth's green eyes, noticing her dilated pupils and shortness of breath. He had been wondering for a while what was going on with his girl. His girl, only in his head would he claim Abby as his. For the last few weeks Abby had seem a little withdrawn. Nothing major, still joking and playing with Tony and the other agents, but she has seemed to be slightly "stand offish" with him, and he wanted to know why.

Abby unconsciously took a step back, willing her heart rate to return to normal. She had loved Gibbs for so long, been IN LOVE with Gibbs for so long, that she honestly couldn't imagine her life without him. But after years of watching red headed women that never really understood him, walking in and out of his life, Abby couldn't take it anymore. The odds were against her, one of these days, a red head was going to walk into Gibb's life and not walk out. Abby realised that that scenario would destroy her. To watch Gibbs be loved by another woman would be hard, but to see her silver haired fox share his special smiles with someone else... Well Abby had never thought of herself as a jealous woman, but realised where her Gibbs was concerned, the rules most definitely had changed.

As Abby took a step back, Gibbs shadowed her with a step forward, still standing well within her personal space, his laser blue eyes sweeping her face, noticing the faint blush steeling up her neck. When did Abby every blush? Gibbs thought to himself as he watched her eyes widen slightly before she lowered her lids and turned her face slightly to the side to look at one of her many computer screens.

"Uhhh Gibbs I found something on her computer..."She trailed off inching her way back to her desk, with Gibbs following her every move. Abby turned fully to face her desk, not sitting down as her chair was still over with Major Mass Spec. She took a swift breath in as she felt the heat radiating off Gibb's body as he positioned himself directly behind her. Leaning in to get a better look at the screen, Gibbs placed his hand on either side of Abby, on her bench, effectively caging her in, he took another step towards her so that heat was replaced with a solid wall of muscle.

Must. Keep. It. Together. Thought Abby. It had been a while since she let herself get this close to Gibbs, and it was hard trying to keep her mind on what she was supposed to be doing, when all she wanted to do was turn within the circle of his arms and kiss him senseless.

"Have you uncovered the hidden treasure, Abby?" Tony said, as he walked into the room with McGee following close behind. Abby jumped in surprise, expecting Gibbs to stand back as the other agents walked in the room, but he just stayed there, so Abby stood up in Gibb's phantom embrace, his breath hot on the back of her neck.

"I ...ummmm " Abby cleared her throat. Her normally gravelly voice was made almost unrecognisable by the way that she was feeling. She tried again, "I have Tony, but I don't think you guys are going to like what I've found."

McGee and Tony walked to the big screen to see what Abby would pull up, while Gibbs, Gibbs hadn't moved an inch. "Tell me Abby," Gibbs commanded in a low voice, the tone melting Abby's bones. She unconsciously sighed. "It looks like Petty Officer was in some kind of a relationship." Abby started "With a married man?" interrupted Tony "No Tony," Abby smiled at him, "if you'll let me finished you'll see. She was in a Dom and Sub relationship. It started online by the looks of things, but got pretty intense pretty quickly. Her Dom is quite..." Abby paused unwilling to finish her sentence.

"Ooohh Kinky" Tony joked, rubbing his hands together, "You ok Probie, need me to walk you through some of terms?" He said turning to look at McGee who had turned beet red when the conversation has started and was trying to look anywhere but the screen.

"DINOZZO!" barked Gibbs, glaring over Abby's shoulder, "This is not a time to joke! Petty Officer has been murdered, no one in her group has mentioned that she was in a relationship." He paused, glancing at both McGee and Dinozzo.

"Sorry Boss, Abby," Tony was suitably chastised.

"Well you see, the thing is...I don't think that Petty Officer had been a Sub for very long, looking at her conversations with the Dom she was very...naive ... and he is very... well not what you would imagine a Dom to behave." Abby stumbled over her words, her mind in chaos. Gibbs was still standing behind her, his body gently surrounding her. His personal scent of "Gibbs" and sawdust teased Abby's nose. The disturbing internet conversations she had been uncovering the last 6 hours, had her shaken. The subject matter itself wasn't the problem; many of Abby's friends were in the Dom and Sub world, and Abby has seen many couples play in different clubs over the years. That isn't what had her so disturbed. Something was hinky. Reading the words typed by the Dom put chills down Abby's back. This person was not a good person, and she had such a strong feeling that this case was going to get the team into some serious trouble.

"Abbs" Gibbs whispered in her left ear, his lips briefly brushing up against the shell of her ear. "Are you ok?" He leaned back a little so he could move to her side, all the better to see her face. Abby risked a glance at him, her green eyes briefly meeting his blue ones before shifting away to look at the screen. She didn't want to mention anything to Gibbs, didn't want him to worry anymore that what he already is doing.

"Yeah Gibbs, all good. Think I need another Caf-Pow. I've been at this for nearly 24 hours," Abby turned and looked at Gibbs, willing him to believe her, or at least to stop the questioning. Gibbs looked at Abby, his eyes seeming to pierce into her soul. He grunted softly and turned to the two agents that had been looking at the screens reading some of the conversations.

"McGee, take the transcripts and see if this went more than online," Gibbs said, moving towards the door leading up to the pit. "Good work Abbs, call us if you get anything else." And with those words Gibbs walked to the elevator.

Abby let out the breath that she'd been holding in unconsciously, she needed time to think. If what she actually thought was going on WAS going on... well she didn't know what she would say to Gibbs then. Abby closed her eyes and took a deep breath, willing herself to be calm as she turned back to the computer. She opened her eyes and looked straight into Tony's brown ones.

"Abs. Tell me what's going on?"