Thursday, August 04, 2011

Gibbs looked across the lab from his girl, his Abby. She hadn't yet seen him and he enjoyed watching her from behind. Her rump barely covered by her mini-skirt. He walked up behind her and waited. Soon she turned around almost slamming into him. She smiled as only Abby could and gave him a hug. Wrapping her in his embrace left Gibbs with a strange sense of rightness…of home. He brought her face up to his and indulged in a kiss. With a little bit of coaxing she opened her mouth to him as he deepened the kiss. They reluctantly pulled apart and Abby returned to her findings.

They'd been dating since last month and still he hadn't gotten used to being able to touch her now outside of the hugs and kisses on the cheeks they'd shared before. He smiled ironically remembering the rules he held on to like a life vest. The rules were still in place and still important but Rule 12 had been placed on the back burner. No relationships with coworkers. Good thing he was already half in love with her before he could do anything to stop it.

"What have you got for me Abbs?" He asks. He listens as she rambles on about the evidence…for a while. Then he gives her what his team calls his "Gibbs" stare. She then jumps to the point and gives him the evidence. He shares one more, chaste kiss as he walks out the door to arrest Sergeant Brent Michaels.

Gibbs sat at the bar celebrating with his team and for once in his life since Shannon & Kelly he felt truly happy. No one could replace them but he was content. The only thing that could make this better, he thought looking around at all the people laughing and smiling, is Abby being here. He tried her phone again and got her voice mail. This was not new despite his rules. Oh well her loss. He thought. I'll call her in the morning. So he had a night with the team before he went home to work on his boat before he went to bed. He worked on his boat knowing he had an entire weekend with Abby.

The next morning he woke up under his boat with sandpaper stuck to his face. He got up and worked the kinks out of his back. He pulled out his cell phone expecting a call from Abby, what he got was a call from an unknown number. His blood turned cold as he listened to Abby's screams and a mechanized voice telling him their demands. He called Tony.

"Abby's been kidnapped." Gibbs said his misery obvious in his voice

"Well hello to…" his smile left his voice as it sank in. "What?"

"Just get to the office and get Ziva and McGee in here too."

They all sat at their desks as Gibbs explained what was going on. He paced back and forth as he let the news sink in. "McGee, I want all the evidence on Private Jones' murder on my desk. DiNozzo check out her lab see if she left anything relevant. Ziva you're with me" He walked out Ziva hot on his tail. When he pulled up to Abby's apartment Ziva turned to him. "Are you up for this Gibbs?" The only answer she got was the closing of a door. She got out of the car and caught up with Gibbs. The next she saw of him after that she was finished searching Abby's apartment and she went down the hall into Abby's bedroom. She saw him sitting on Abby's bed with the most lost and forlorn look she's ever seen on Gibbs. She looked down to his hands to see an open engagement ring box. He snapped it closed and turned toward her.

"I must be losing my touch" Gibbs said grimly.

"How long have you two been dating?" Ziva asked knowing exactly who the ring was for.

"One month." Gibbs straightened up and went back to work. "What do you got for me Ziva?"

"There's nothing out of the ordinary. All of her stuff is exactly as she had left it." Ziva looked up at Gibbs. There was hardness in his eyes. This was a Gibbs not even she wanted to mess with.