Tony finished up the last of his report and looked up and saw that both Mcgee and Ziva were already packing up their bags to leave.
"Coming Tony"? Ziva asked
"No, you two go ahead I have one more thing to do and then I will be on my way out"
"Okay, have a good night" Said Mcgee
Tony gave out a sigh of relief once he saw that both of them were in the elevator and his attention shifts to the single black rose sitting on his desk that Abby gave him earlier that day. *sigh* Abby his lovely gothic princess. Of course she wasn't really his, he knew she was way too smart to fall for him. Ever since he met her he was always so fascinated by her and wanted to know so much more. It took the events of Jeanne to make him realize his true feelings for Abby. They were always there he just never acknowledged them and he would never dare tell her. Rule 12 for starters and not to mention if Gibbs ever found out he would certainly not be happy in the least bit and he has every right to be. Everyone knew that Tony was a womanizer and a serious relationship was the last thing on his mind. For Abby he was willing to throw that all away just to have a chance. However, the logical part of his brain knew that can never be, he would end up hurting her and ruining really one of the only solid female relationships he has. With another sigh he got out of his chair and stapled his report together and put it in the filing cabinet. A quick glance of his watch said it was just a little past 6 if he was lucky Abby was still down in her lab he could thank her for the rose and that will give him an excuse to see her.
He smiled and quickly packed his bag and took the elevator down to her lab. He stopped short outside of the lab when he heard the low sound of her music and smiled once more. Just going a couple of more feet he could see Abby at her desk typing away mouthing the words along with the song. He must have looked to long because she looked up and jumped a little but motioned for him to come in.
"You scared me" she said with a slight smile
"I guess not that much you haven't hit me yet like you usually do when I do"
She rolled her eyes acting annoyed but had a hint of a smile on her face
"So what can I do for you Mr. Dinozzo?"
"I just wanted to say thanks for the rose and umm apologize for you know spreading rumors and such" He gave her his best sorry smile.
She rolled her eyes once again giving him a shrug and a smile.
"It is fine, I guess I was just on the mind of everyone today especially you since you are the one that just enhanced it. You know it was kind of nice actually means if I ever do leave I will be missed -
He did not want to even think about that day at all. The mere thought of not seeing her every day and not getting her hugs or hearing the noise she calls music every time he comes down. Or even the fact that if that day ever comes then who would he buy black roses for. I mean really Abby is the only one that he knows who for some reason prefer black roses. Plus the look he gets from the florist when he does ask for them are absolutely priceless. He would never forgive himself if she left and he never told her being left in the sea of 'what ifs'.
"Tony" She yelled which automatically snapped him out of his thoughts
"Have you been listening to anything that I have said" She said putting her hand on her hips
"Umm I got lost in my own thoughts…sorry" Throwing another apologetic look She let out a big sigh "It is fine I was just saying that you are forgiven you know I can never be mad for that long"
She spread out her arms wanting a hug
He smiled and embraced her hug pulling her in closer resting his chin on top of her head. The smell of her familiar scent filled his nose: gunpowder and something else he could never guess right and strawberries he is guessing is from her shampoo. If he could stay in this place forever he would not be mad. She pulled out first and gave him a smile. Still holding his shoulders and looking him in his eyes.
"Not that I wouldn't love to hug you all night but I still have an hour or so of work left and then I can go do what I please"
He gave slight frown "why so late"
"Have to finish my report well proofread it and I'm running DNA for another Agent and that should be done in about an hour and I would just leave it until the morning but they said they need it ASAP so you know"
"Yeah I get it, but you know we should go for drinks tomorrow or something since we have the weekend off finally"
She let out a small laugh "Okay just remind me tomorrow then"
He was about to say something else when Gibbs walked in
"Dinozzo thought you went home"
"On my way out boss" He turned to Abby "see ya Abs" Looking at Gibbs "Boss"
"Get some sleep, long day of paperwork tomorrow"
With a nod he grabbed his bag and jacket and headed for the elevator. Before pressing the button of the elevator he looked back and a singe of jealousy came when he saw Gibbs do something in sign language and leaned in to kiss Abs forehead. Another reason he would not tell Abby his feelings. He was sure that she and Gibbs had something between them. He didn't know how true that was but something was there he knew it. He pressed the button to go up and begin tapping his foot just wanting to put has much distance between him and the laughing he can hear between them. Finally the elevator came and he quickly got in and pressed to go up. Just when they were about to close Gibbs slipped in. Tony sighed slightly moving over for him. Next thing he knew the elevator stopped and he looked over to Gibbs.
"Yes" Tony asked curiously
Gibbs turned to him and tilted his head "You should tell her"
Tony let out a nervous laughter "I don't know what you're talking about"
Oh God. He knew Gibbs had like crazy weird knowledge when stuff was happening but there was no way that he could have known about Abby I mean how could he. He kept it rather not obvious when he is around her especially when he is around both her and Gibbs. But he knew denying it was stupid but there is no way he was going to give in so easily.
"Tony, I don't know how long you have been crushing on Abby but it has been a while and she has the right to know"
"Does she know?"
"No but I think she feels the same way but if things do work out and you do anything and I mean anything to upset her I swear you will wish that you were never born" He said with a very stern look
"Thanks Gibbs but I don't know" Tony said with a sigh.
Gibbs pressed the elevator back on and they continued up until they reached the main floor. They both stepped out and walked out to the parking lot.
"Just so you know Tony, you are more committed than you think. On this job you have no idea what will happen. Tell her…before it is too late"
Getting into his car Tony placed his head on the stirring wheel. 'What just happened?' He thought. Was Gibbs really giving his blessing to tell Abby and possibly date her as well? Was Gibbs gut telling him that she felt the same way? His gut was rarely ever wrong. So maybe he was right but still relationships wasn't really Gibbs level of expertise. He let out a huge groan and looked at his watch. 7:10. He should get out of here before he ran into Abby and say something while his mind is still in like frantic mood. As he pulled out of the lot he suddenly got an idea on how maybe he could really talk to Abby about everything.
A smile spread upon his face. Yeah he certainly was going to use this weekend off to its full advantage. He just had a lot of planning to do in the next 24 hours to make it go very smoothly.