"Tim can you please get the door!" Abby called from the kitchen where she was trying to make dinner, and hold Anastasia at the same time.

"Abby! I'm in the middle of this chapter!" Tim called from his office.

"Tim!" Abby insisted as the doorbell rang again.

"Fine!" He called obviously irritated as he ran down the stairs to get the door. "Oh hey Tony!" Tim greeted him.

"Hi Tony!" Abby called from the kitchen.

"Kitchen?" Tony asked.

"Yup. Now I have to go write." Tim said heading back up the stairs.

"Hey Abs!" Tony greeted her. "Where's Katie?"

"Backyard with Sarah and Jethro." Abby replied pointing to the backdoor with the knife she was holding.

"Since when did you call Gibbs… oh wait… you mean the…never mind. Do you need any help?" Tony said awkwardly.

"Yeah… take Anastasia… outside." She said handing the sleeping infant to Tony. "She'll need to be fed in about twenty minutes… but I really need to finish making dinner."

"You got it!" Tony said heading to find his shoes.

"Oh and Tony!" Abby called causing him to come back carrying his shoes and Anastasia. "Grab a blanket and a hat. It might be March, but she gets cold easily."

"Got it." Tony said heading to the nursery to find a blanket, and a hat.

Abby carefully finished chopping the carrots and she threw them into the salad. She was about to start on the celery when the doorbell rang again. "For the love of all things holy…" Abby said under her breath as she headed for the door.

"Hello." Abby greeted the boy at the door. "Can I help you?"

"Uhhhh…No." The boy replied before running away from the door.

Abby, looking confused, shut the door and headed back to the kitchen. She had just picked up the knife when the doorbell rang again. Abby silently cursing whoever was there set the knife down and went to open the door. She was surprised to see the same little boy standing there.

"Can I help you?" Abby asked, trying not to laugh. The Little boy was holding two books, one under each of his arms, though he was having a rather difficult time due to his overly puffy winter coat.

"Uh… Is. Mr. Gemcity here?" He asked cautiously.

Abby momentarily didn't make the connection. "Oh… Mr. Gemcity." She said after a while. "Yeah… he is come on in." she said helping the little boy inside. Abby decided that she should get to have a little bit of fun. "I'm Amy." She said with a smile, which caused the little boy's jaw to drop.

"Amy Sutton?" The boy asked in alarm.

"Oh no. I'm Amy Gemcity." She said with a smile before calling up the stairs. "THOM!"

Tim, who had been heavily into his writing had heard Tim, not Thom, and decided he would indulge his wife in a little attention and headed down the stairs. "What do you need A.. who's that?"

"Thom, this is Owen." She said with a smile.

Owen, unable to get past the shock of meeting Amy Sutton/Gemcity/McGregor finally spoke up. "So you do marry Amy in the end?"

Tim immediately rolled his eyes and gave Abby a stare that clearly said 'you are sooo gonna get it later.' "Well… I… Thom Gemcity… Did marry a woman named Amy, but that doesn't mean McGregor will…"

"But Amy looks just like you described her in the book!" Owen exclaimed. "Except I thought she would be skinnier."

Abby inhaled sharply. "Owen why are you here?" She asked rather harshly.

"I… I was wondering if Mr. Gemcity would sign my books." He said revealing a copy of both Deep Six and Deep Six: Rock Hollow.

"Sure." Tim replied. "Ab… I mean Amy will you go grab me a sharpie?"

"It would be my pleasure…" Abby said through her clenched jaw as she headed to the kitchen.

"Abby!" Tony called as he came in the back door holding a screaming Anastasia.

"What?" She asked irritably coming back through the swinging kitchen door. She sighed in defeat when she saw Anastasia. "Can you take her upstairs, I have to do something else right now." Abby said as she went back through the swinging door Tony right behind her. "Here." She said handing the sharpie to Tim.

"AGENT TOMMY!" Owen said, and his mouth dropped open. "Amy and Tommy! THEY'RE REAL!"

"Excuse me?" Tony asked confused.

"All right agent Tommy… can you just take Anastasia upstairs?" Abby requested.

"Is agent Lisa here?" Owen asked excitedly.

"No." Abby replied irritably.

"What about L.J. Tibbs? Or Pimmy Jalmer?" Owen asked hopefully.

Before Abby could answer the doorbell rang, again. "You have got to be kidding me!" Abby said as she swung the door open to find Gibbs. "Oh look… It's L.J. Tibbs." Abby said with fake enthusiasm.

Gibbs caught on quickly and replied. "Hey Amy." Giving her a hug. "You alright?" He asked sounding concerned.

"I've gotta go Tibbs. Anastasia is upstairs with Tommy and she's on the verge of starving." Abby explained.

"Thom… Who's your guest?" Gibbs asked trying not to smile.

"This is Owen." Tim said, not looking up from the book he was writing in. "He's a Deep Six fan." He explained. "Here you go Owen."

"L….ITS L.J. TIBBS!" Owen finally reacted to Gibbs's presence in the room and he rushed over to hug his legs.

Gibbs pulled Owen off from his legs. "No one… hugs Tibbs, except for Amy." He said harshly putting him down and handing him his books. "Now. You can leave." He said pointing to the front door, that unfortunately had Ziva walking through it.

"Hey guys!" She greeted as she pulled of her jacket.

"AGENT LISA!" Owen screamed and he rushed toward her, but stopped when he remembered agent Lisa was 'emotionally distant'.

"Owen would you please leave?" Abby asked, starting to get angry.

"AMY!" Tony called from upstairs.

"I'll be up in a second Ton… TOMMY!" Abby cried up the stairs. "It was nice having you Owen… goodbye…" she said gesturing to the door.

"Wait!" He cried. "I have to tell Mr. Gemcity something." He insisted. "You would be better with Lisa. Amy is much to needy." He informed him which caused Abby to turn as bright of a red as her shirt.

"GET OUT!" Abby screamed which caused Owen to step backwards in fear and trip over Gibbs's foot.

Abby, who had had enough ran up the stairs tears pricking at her eyes, Ziva was close behind.

"Owen I think it's best if you leave…" Tim said gently. But before Owen could respond Sarah ran in carrying Caitlin who had tears running down her cheeks.

"Daddy!" She screamed.

"Katie baby what's wrong?" Tim asked, obviously concerned.

"I tripped over Jethro." She said through a hiccup. "And I scraped my knee." She said pointing to her left knee.

"I'll take care of Owen." Gibbs said gesturing for Tim to take care of Katie.

"Come on Katie." He said as he took her from Sarah's arms and headed for the kitchen to find the first aid kit.

"Thank you for stopping by." Gibbs said leading, almost pushing Owen out the door.

"Agent Tibbs, who do you think Thom should…" Owen started to ask, but Gibbs shut the door before he could finish.

Gibbs walked into the kitchen to find a much calmer Caitlin sitting on the counter animatedly talking to Sarah and Tim about the type of Band-Aid she wanted. "Tim I'll finish up here." Gibbs said rather quietly.

"I'm fine Gibbs." Tim said, dodging the offer.

"You may be… But Abby's not." Gibbs said reaching for the box of Band-Aid's. "Go." He instructed.

Tim hurried up the stairs to look for Abby. "Abby?" He asked as he went into Anastasia's room to find just Tony and Ziva, trying to calm her down.

"Do you know where Abby is?" Tim asked.

"Uh… I think she's in your room." Tony said, and Tim headed out the door. "WAIT MCGEEK!" He called after him.

"What?" He asked, exasperated.

"Your child needs food." He said pointing to Ziva who was holding a crying Anastasia.

"Um…" Tim said scanning his mind for any possible solutions. "Oh, there's some breast milk in the fridge. We haven't tried her with a bottle yet, but there's bottles in the cupboard above the dishwasher." Tim explained.

Tony made a face. "I don't even want to know why there's breast…" He started but stopped when Ziva smacked the back of his head.

"Come on." She instructed and she headed downstairs, Tony followed, and Tim headed for his bedroom.

When he reached the door it was only slightly cracked open. "Abs?" He asked quietly as he pushed the door open. His heart nearly split in half at what he saw. Abby was sitting in the middle of their large bed, her legs curled up to her chest, and she was sobbing into them. Tim took off his shoes and carefully climbed onto the bed and pulled her into his arms. "Abby…" He started.

"Go away Timothy." She said angrily.

"Abs…" He tried again.

"GO AWAY!" She shouted.

"Abby!" He said exasperated.

"TIMOTHY, GO AWAY! IF IM SO NEEDY, AND YOU WOULD RATHER BE WITH ZIVA THAN ME, THEN WHY DON'T YOU?" She screamed.

"Abby! I don't want to be with Ziva!" He said sounding rather frustrated. "I love you! Not her!"

"You sure have a funny way of showing it." Abby replied grumpily.

"Abby, who is it that I have two children with and am married to?" Tim asked, much more calmly.

"Me." Abby replied grumpily.

"Why would I be married to someone I didn't love?" He asked carefully.

"People fall out of love Tim." Abby replied quietly.

"Abby! I have not fallen out of love with you! If anything I keep falling even more in love with you!" He exclaimed.

"Then why did Owen…" Abby started to ask, tears still flowing.

"Abby! Is this really all this is about? Some kid who we've never met before that thinks I'd be better with Ziva?" Tim asked curiously.

"Well he has to have some reason!" Abby said through sobs.

"Oh Abs." Tim said gently pressing his lips into her hair. "I could never fall out of love with you. I've always loved you." He said quietly.

Abby choked on a sob as she settled further into Tim's arms. "Timmy." She said quietly.

"Shhh. Abs… It's okay…" Tim said quietly running his fingers through her still undone hair. "Abs… everything's okay."

"Timmy I can't do this…" Abby said quietly.

"Abby… I know it's hard but we can do this." Tim said just as quietly.

"Tim it's not a 'we' it's me. I can't do this. You'll be going to work soon, and I'll be stuck here with Katie and Anastasia…" Abby started but she couldn't finish.

"Abby." He said quietly. "We're both gonna do this." He said quietly. "I'm not going back to work next week Abby."

"Tim that won't fix anything!" Abby exclaimed. "We still have two kids we have to support! Neither of us working will only cause more problems!"

"Abby! That's not what I meant!" Tim interrupted her. "Like I was saying… I'm not going back to work next week… you are." He said with a smile.

Abby looked up her big green eyes still swimming with tears. "Really?" She asked quietly.

"I already talked to Gibbs about it. You're going back first this time Abs." Tim said the smile still spread across his face.

"Oh thank you! THANK YOU!" Abby cried throwing her arms around Tim's neck. "Tim are you sure?" Abby asked breathlessly.

"As sure as I've ever been about anything Abs." Tim assured her kissing her gently on the lips.

"Tim… why?" She asked quietly.

"Because Abs." He said gently pressing his lips into her hair. "I remember how unhappy you were staying at home for so long after Katie was born. I didn't want you to go through that again." He explained.

The tears that had departed were back once again, only this time they were of happiness. "Tim… you're too perfect." She said quietly pressing her lips to his.

Tim graciously accepted the kiss. "Abs…Abs we should really…" He said between kisses.

"Uh… I hate to interrupt." Ziva said cautiously as she pushed the door open.

"I don't!" Tony said looking in with interest at the scene in front of him.

"Tony," Abby asked annoyed. "Would it kill you if once in your life, you acted like you cared?"

"I don't think so…" Tony said thoughtfully. "But why risk it!"

Abby looked around for something to throw and noticed a copy of Deep Six on the side table. She reached for it and threw it toward him, and happened to hit Tony in the face.

"Score!" Abby cried enthusiastically as Tony cried out in pain.

"Again with the book thing really?" He cried out in pain. "And they said reading never hurt anyone!" He said shaking his head as he turned to go downstairs.

"Like I was saying…" Ziva said. "I hate to interrupt but Anastasia isn't taking well to the bottle. And I figured I should come see if you wanted us to keep trying, or if Abby wants to feed her."

"I'll feed her Zee." Abby said climbing off the bed.

"You okay Abs?" Ziva asked cautiously.

"I'm fine Ziva. Thank you." She said giving her a hug before heading down the stairs.

"Tim… is she okay?" Ziva asked softly so Abby wouldn't overhear.

"She'll be fine Ziva." Tim said with a smile. "She was a bit shook up from the concept of me liking you…"

"Which you don't…" Ziva said, but it was more of a question than a statement.

"No Ziva. I don't." Tim assured her.

"Good." Ziva said. "Because that would be award." She stated before turning to follow Abby.

"Award?" Tim asked confused. "Oooh you mean awkward." Tim said before following.


"I just don't know how it will work Gibbs!" Abby explained. "I still have to breast feed Anastasia and Katie is out of day school for the rest of the year, which will leave Tim at home with a bored four year old and a hungry infant."

"Abs he'll do fine." Gibbs assured her.

"But Gibbs! I don't think I can do this! There's just nothing I can do anymore is there?" Abby said tears forming in her eyes again.

Before Gibbs could try to comfort her Tim slid into the room and stood behind Abby. "Abs you do everything." He whispered into her ear.

Abby turned around in surprise. "Tim! Gosh you scared me…" she said before he captured her lips in his.

"Dinner's done." He informed her.

"Thank you Timmy." She said before switching which arm she was holding Anastasia in. "I'm just going to go put Anastasia in her crib and I'll be there. Don't wait for me" She instructed.

"Abs…" Tim started to protest.

"Tim, you know how impossible she is." Abby pointed out. "Besides I'm not that hungry." She insisted.

"Well if you insist…"

"I do."

"All right then." Tim said turning to face Gibbs. "You want some dinner boss?"

"No thanks Mcgee. I'm heading home." He replied. "See you later." He said placing a kiss gently on Abby's forehead before he left, Abby leaving right behind him.

Sighing Tim headed for the dining room where he found four hungry people waiting.

"Daddy can we eat now pulleaaaseee?" Caitlin requested from one side of the square table.

"Sure Katie." He said quietly before sitting down, and saying grace, upon Abby's requirement. "Amen."

"Amen." Chorused around the table as they all dug in.

"Daddy where's momma?" Caitlin asked through a mouth full of potatoes.

"Putting Anastasia to bed." Tim sighed. "Eat your potatoes."

"I am!" Caitlin informed him.

"Katie are you starting day school again soon?" Ziva asked, trying to change the topic.

"No." Caitlin said sadly. "I can't start again until Sebtemder." She informed her, struggling over the pronunciation of September.

"Well maybe you can visit us sometime!" Tony suggested.

"YOU TWO LIVE TOGETHER?" Caitlin asked in shock. "ONLY MARRIED PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT! DADDY ZIVA AND TONY GOT MARRIED!"

"Kaite!" Tim said unsure of how to get her to stop. "He meant that you could go visit them and mommy at work! Not at their house… Which they don't have… Since they're not married… or dating… They live…separately."

Caitlin looked shocked. "I'm so sorry!" She said sympathetically. "When did it happen?"

"When did what happen?" Tim asked through a bite of steak.

"When did Ziva and Tony get divorced?" Caitlin asked as if it were obvious which caused both Tony and Tim to choke on their food, to the point that Ziva had to whack them both on the backs.

"What's going on in here?" Abby asked suspiciously as she walked into the room.

"Nothing." Tim said immediately standing up to pull out her chair.

"Thanks Tim." Abby said quietly before sitting down.

"Daddy!" Caitlin persisted. "When did Tony and Zi…"

"Caitlin Kelly Mcgee that's ENOUGH." Tim insisted.

"But daddy! It's just so sad!" She informed him. "They were in love and now…"

"CAITLIN KELLY MCGEE IN THE HALLWAY NOW!" Tim shouted pointing to the archway door.

"Daddy!" She insisted.

"Now." He growled.

"DADDY! I JUST WANT TO HELP! MAYBE THEY STILL LOVE EACHOTHER!" Caitlin persisted.

"That's it." Tim said standing up, rather quickly, causing the table to shake a bit. "Come on, it's bedtime." He said swinging around the table and grabbing Caitlin around the waist.

"DADDY!" She screeched which caused Abby to cover her ears and wince. Tim didn't respond and just continued to carry her out the door and up the stairs.

Abby shook her head and rubbed her temples, obviously starting to get a migraine. They sat quietly and ate until Abby heard another scream join Caitlin's. "Oh FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS GOOD AND HOLY!" She screamed. "HOW IS IT HUMANLY POSSIBLE THAT CATILIN CAN WAKE UP A DEAF CHILD?" She shouted as she stormed away from the table.


"Shhhh…. It's okay Anastasia…." Abby tried to comfort the squealing infant, though speaking had no affect on her, Abby thought it seemed to work.

After awhile Anastasia's screams had faded down to a small whimper, though Caitlin's were still ear-blasting.

Abby, still cradling Anastasia in her arms walked down the hall to Caitlin's room. "Tim could you please silence that child?" She asked irritably.

"Abs you look awful!" Tim escaped looking up from Caitlin. "I mean… that's not what I meant…" He said, flustered.

Abby just shook her head and closed the door to Caitlin's room and headed back down to Anastasia's room.

When Abby looked down to see how awake Anastasia still was, she was surprised to find her asleep. Abby gently placed her in the crib and headed for the door, startled to see Ziva standing there.

"Hey Ziv." Abby greeted her through a yawn.

"Hey Abby. I'm heading home… Tony already left." Ziva said quietly.

"Kay. Sorry tonight kinda…" Abby started to apologize.

"It's fine Abby." Ziva interrupted her. "Thanks." She thanked her before heading out.

Abby sighed and headed for her room where she traded her pants and tee shirt, for a pair of skull boxers and one of Tim's MIT shirts.

"Hey Abs." Tim greeted her quietly when he came in several minutes later.

"She asleep?" Abby questioned him.

"Nope… but she stopped screaming." Tim said as he swapped his clothes for pajamas as well.

"You ready to go to sleep?" Abby asked hopefully.

"You go ahead, I've got to go write." Tim replied simply, not at all expecting Abby's reaction.

"WRITE?" She screamed. "YOU'VE BEEN WRITING ALL DAY! YOU HAVEN'T SPENT ANY TIME WHATSOEVER WITH ME TODAY AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS I HAVE TO WRITE?"

"Abs…" Tim tried.

"Don't you 'Abs' me!" She screamed climbing angrily out of bed and retrieving a copy of Rock Hollow from the dresser. "You want to know what I think of your writing?" She asked as she picked up the book.

"Abby wait!" He called, but it was too late. The book had swiftly left Abby's hand and collided with the wall, leaving a hole about the size of a tennis ball.

Abby stood angrily next to the dresser for a moment before she broke into sobs. "Abs… it's okay." Tim consoled her as he pulled her into a hug.

"No Tim it's not!" She shouted pushing him away from her. "All you do is pay attention to that stupid typewriter of yours!"

"Abby I'm sorry." Tim said honestly.

"DON'T YOU USE ANY OF YOUR EXCUS… Wait what?" Abby asked confused.

"I'm sorry. I haven't been spending enough time with you." Tim said quietly. "I've been spending too much time living a fake life with Amy Sutton, instead of living the great life I have right here with Abby Mcgee." He said and he gently gave her a kiss.

"Why don't we go to bed?" He suggested after a moment. "You're tired, and need some rest. I know you won't fall asleep until I'm here anyway."

Abby's cheeks flushed. "Thanks Tim." She said quietly before climbing into bed.

After awhile of silence, Tim finally broke it. "Do you really hate my writing?" He asked, sounding like a little boy.

"Goodnight Tim!"

Author's Note: Hey guys! I would have updated sooner, but I was working on my other FanFic "The Life Behind a Paradox Wrapped in an Oxymoron." You should check it out *hint hint* Thanks for reading! REVIEW!