Chapter 1 – Love At First Sight
Abby Sciuto walked slowly into the packed room, her keen eyes searching for her lover, Ziva David. Spotting the Israeli's unmistakeable dark hair, Abby suddenly quickened her pace, almost skipping across the room to where Ziva was.
"Hi!" Abby greeted her mate happily.
"Hey" Ziva returned the greeting, though it was clear her mind was elsewhere. Abby left her alone and went to find the others.
"Abby?! What are you doing here?!" Field Agent Tony DiNozzo exclaimed, rather surprised to see Abby out of her lab and in the main NCIS office.
Abby glared at Tony,
"What? It's so amazing that I'm up here?! I come up here quite a lot actually!!" Tony started to reply but was interrupted by Gibbs' appearance.
"What's your problem DiNozzo?" Gibbs was back to his old self, wanting action and fast.
"N-n-nothing, Boss" stuttered Tony. Gibbs gave him a look, but said nothing. He was enjoying this, Abby could see.
"Hey, Gibbs! Any new cases?" Abby was pleased to see Gibbs, and clearly wanted same new evidence to investigate. There hadn't been a case for some days, and the team members were getting bored.
"Sorry Abs." Sighed Gibbs, who wanted a new reason to boss his team around,
"Nothing new, I'm afraid"
"Awwwwwww" Abby groaned. Gibbs shrugged,
"I know you want a case Abs, but aren't you still exhausted from working so hard on the last case? Don't you want to go home and catch up on lost sleep?" Abby's face almost lit up then fell,
"Um… Actually, Gibbs, I would rather be here working on evidence than at home... At home, I would be alone in a cold house…" Gibbs raised his eyebrows and gave her a surprised look,
"Besides, I've caught up on all the sleep I've lost already!! I'm ready for a new case and more late nights!!" she added, excitedly.
"But Abs, I thought you liked being alone in a cold place? That's what it's like when you're in your lab isn't it?"
"… Yeah, I guess... But, when I'm in my lab, I'm usually doing something..."
"So why don't we do something?" Ziva asked suddenly, making Abby jump.
"There you go Abs" Gibbs nodded in Ziva's direction, grinning slightly.
"Spend the evening with Ziva. I'm sure the pair of you can find something to do to 'entertain' yourselves" Gibbs knew the two of them were together, and he didn't want to let either of them forget they were still members of his team, ready to follow orders at any time.
Ziva shot Gibbs a glare, before leading a blushing Abby from the room.
"So what should we do tonight?" Ziva asked as they walked towards Abby's car. Abby sighed,
"I dunno… I wanna investigate more evidence… I want to make sure the equipment in my lab still works – it hasn't been used in four days!! It might start to get rusty..." Abby complained. Ziva did her best to reassure her,
"Come on sweetie! Surely your equipment can't go rusty in four days. It's gone longer without being used before, hasn't it? What about when you go on holiday? Come on; forget work for a bit. Have some fun. Your equipment will be ok, I'm sure." Ziva was desperate to get Abby in a good mood, not wanting to spend the night with a bad tempered Abby. Before they had become a couple, she remembered having some experience with Abby's temper, and she did not want to go there EVER again.
"I suppose…" Abby agreed, reluctant.