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~Sweet Nothings~

Carol and Abby sat down at to the table with their salads.

"I'm just saying that what I saw could light a freaking forest on fire." Carol said unable to restrain her excitement.

Abby smiled at her friend. "Carol, could you just let it go there's nothing there and there's a rule against things like that."

Rolling her eyes she picked up her iced tea. "Yeah, yeah rule 12." She slurped down the beverage. "Again another point, you must have considered the possibility that something might happened because you brought up rule 12." She kept pressing.

"No. There's nothing there. There never was and I don't think it could ever happened." Abby kept insisting.

"But you have thought about it admit it."

"No. Carol, please change the subject." Abby pleaded with her friend.

"Okay, fine." Carol eventually dropped the subject and was about to crunch into her salad when she noticed someone come in.

"Ow!" Abby exclaimed feeling her friend kick her under the table.

"Hey, 'hotness' at your 8 o'clock." Carol said finally biting into her salad.

"Gibbs is here?" Abby whispered.

Carols' eyes widen as she quickly swallowed the salad. "Oh my GOD, you think he's hot?"

Abby bit her bottom lip trying to hold back from 'Gibbs-slaping' her friend. "Shut up!" She said smiling.

Carol watched Gibbs order something. "Oh, he looks very hot in those jeans makes his ass look soo good." She said while sipping on her drink.

Abby couldn't help but laugh. "Carol."

"What-?" She said not a bit bothered from making Abby uncomfortable. "He is very hot though." She added.

Abby ate her salad avoiding to say anything that might make Carol continue her assault.

"Hey, he's leaving shall I call him over?" Carol asked in excitement.

Before Abby could 'no' Carol yelled out. "Hey, Gibbs!"

"Oh My GOD." Abby said under her breath feeling like the teenager being set up with a crush.

He stopped and headed toward them.

"Hey, girls." He said as he sat down next to Abby.

"Hey, Gibbs." Abby tried to say casually while looking up over her salad at Carol.

Carol who was smiling from ear to ear picked up her drink. "So, what you up to Agent Gibbs?" She asked.

"Uh... just getting something to eat before interrogation." He said plainly.

"Oh you get the guy?" Abby ask while picking up her cranberry juice.

"Yeah, about an hour ago." He answered.

"So-" Carol was cut off mid-sentence by a young blonde walking up next to Gibbs.

"Hey, Special Agent Gibbs." She greeted Gibbs.

Gibbs tilted his head up to her. "Hey, Kelsey."

Carol shot a look at Abby and kicked her again under the table. Abby narrowed her eyes her while rubbing her leg under the table.

'Who's that?' mouthed Carol to Abby who just shrugged.

"So, you still catching bad guys?" Kelsey asked as she playfully nudged Gibbs' shoulder.

He just smiled and nodded. "Yeah."

"So, who are these people?" Kelsey asked pretending to be interested in them.

Gibbs nodded in the direction of Carol. "That's Carol and this is Abby." He pointed out.

"Oh." Was all she said before turning her attention back to Gibbs. "Well, I got to get going. I'll see you around and maybe I'll be extra naughty so you can come and hand cuff me." She flirted as she dropped a piece of paper that had her number written down on it in front of him.

Gibbs just chuckled while she left he picked up the paper and looked at the number.

Abby couldn't help but feel slightly jealous that some girl was flirting with Gibbs right in front of her. Why should she be jealous anyway she thought, they're just friends she told herself.

"You're seriously not going to call that are you?" Carol asked looking at Gibbs examining the paper.

He only smirked as he dropped the piece of paper in front of Abby.

"Dunno, should I?" He asked Abby.

Suddenly, her mouth went dry. Was he really asking for her permission? No, maybe he was just being Gibbs keeping things fun she thought to herself before being kicked again from under the table.

"Ow!" Abby said again.

Gibbs looked confused and leaned closer to Abby. "You okay?" He asked.

She searched for the right words to say. "Uh - um... bit my tongue." She blurted out quickly.

He just smiled.

"So, Gibbs you always get hit on like that?" Carol asked.

Turning his attention away from Abby he answered her friend. "Not always." He said honestly.

"I don't blame them you are very hot... huh Abby?" Carol asked throwing the 'ball' back into her court.

Gibbs smiled as he looked from her friend back to her.

'Oh my god, did she just ask me that?' she told herself as she nervously looked at the man who was looking directly at her.

Abby just giggled nervously. "So, you want me to get those results to you later?" She asked changing the subject which made Carol roll her eyes.

He only smiled and looked back down at his lunch. "Yeah."

Abby looked up at Carol who was giving her a 'what the hell was that' look when suddenly Gibbs phone rang.

"Gibbs." He answered. "Okay, I'll be right there." With that he hung up. "DiNozzo, is ready. I'll see ya later." He said as he leaned in and quickly kissed Abby's cheek.

Carol tried to hide her excitement over that little glimpse of chemistry again.

"Okay, bye." Abby said softly as he left the table.

"Abby said you have a nice ass!" Carol yelled out after him.

"Carol!" Abby said terrified.

Half way out Gibbs stopped and yelled back. "What?"

"Bye!" Carol yelled out again which made Gibbs smile shaking his head as he left.

"Carol you did not just say that. What if he heard you?" Abby said looking to the exit.

"He didn't, he said 'what'." Carol assured her.

"He hears everything." Abby pointed out.

"Well, he didn't hear me that time." She insisted. "Did you hear that bitch though?" Carol changed the subject.

"Yeah." Abby said sipping on her juice.

"What a slut." Carol added. "Someone was jealous." She teased.

Swallowing her juice she smiled and shook her head. "I was not jealous."

"I saw that look you had when slutty Barbie came prancing up to your man." She continued.

"Okay, first of all he's not 'my' man and second there was no look of any kind on my face." Abby started defending herself again.

"Girl I know you like him." Carol kept insisting to her blushing friend.

"You're wrong."

"I'm not and what is up with you he asked you if he should call that number. You just sat there." She pointed out.

"What was I going to say?" Abby asked her crazy girlfriend.

"Well for starters. 'No don't call her.' Would have been nice."

Abby kept smiling. "Well, I'm done are you?"

"And Mrs. I-don't-like-my-boss changes the subject again." Carol said as she slid out of her seat.

"Well are you done?" Abby asked getting up from her seat.

"Yeah, yeah I'm done." Carol replied a bit annoyed.

Abby shook her head and followed her out.


Back in lab she was double checking her work before Gibbs would be down there to hear how they came out.

*ding*

For some unexplained reason she felt butterflies in her stomach and a tingly sensation come over her as he approached behind her.

"What do you got, Abbs." He asked as he always did.

"Well, the bullet did come from his gun and his prints were the only ones that I found so…"

"He did it." He finished for her.

"Yeah." She said simply.

"You know you could have told me that on the phone." He pointed out to her.

"I know but I thought you wanted to see the bullet and stuff." She added.

Smiling he nudged her with his shoulder. "If you wanted me to be alone with you, could just ask." He teased.

She couldn't help but let her jaw drop. 'Was he really flirting with her?' "What?" she asked confused.

"Joking, Abbs." He said as he place her caf-pow on the desk next to her.

"Oh – Thanks." Was all she could say to save herself from saying something stupid.

"What did Carol say when I was leaving today?" He asked her.

Felling those damn butterflies again she only smiled at him. "Uh – She said…" She stalled while searching the words. "bye." She blurted out.

"Hmm… funny I thought she said that you thought I had a nice ass." He said keeping a straight face as he walked away from her.

Her heart skipped a beat or maybe it stopped she thought to herself as she watch him walk out of her lab. Her eyes for a split second drop to his ass, catching herself she quickly turned away.

'Great now she has me checking his ass out as he leaves' She told herself while heading back into her ballistics lab.

Somewhere between Abby's lab and the bullpen Gibbs found himself question his demeanor today. First with Burt and just now was he starting to fall for her? 'No, can't be.' He told himself he can't love her after all it's a rule. Well, maybe not love Abby but never date a co-worker… 'Hold on' he thought date a co-worker? Was he really contemplating the idea of dating Abby? He shook his head no this was just normal for them teasing and sharing sweet… nothings.

'Was it really nothing?' He asked himself again while he walked into the bullpen.

"So, boss can we book him or not?" McGee asked from his desk.

"Yeah, go ahead book him." Gibbs replied before taking his seat.

"Nice!" Tony yelled out. "Hey since we all are off this weekend why don't we head over to the usual spot and kick back a few and play some pool?" Tony said clearly full of excitement.

Shutting down his computer and picking up his coat Gibbs answered. "Yeah, why not."

"Yes! Boss man is in what about you Ziva?" Tony asked.

"Hmm..." Ziva thought for moment. "Okay, sounds like fun."

"Great now for Magoo." Tony said turning his attention to McGee who was on the phone.

"Fine." McGee replied not sound that enthusiastic as Tony.

Gibbs walked pass Tonys' desk to head home just as he heard Tony. "I'm going to make this a party and get Abby in on this." He said dialing up Abby's lab.

Hitting the lobby button Gibbs thought to himself 'What could it hurt just hanging out?' Now, he found himself questioning his actions more when it came to Abby. What changed today? He asked again. *ding* The elevator doors opened. It wasn't like she liked him too he thought but Carol did yell out that she thought he had a nice ass. He let his mind wonder her's wasn't bad to loo- he cut himself of by giving himself a head slap.

"Snap out of it, gunny." He quietly told himself.

Everything that happened to day was normal he kept thinking and everything else was just sweet nothings he kept insisting. But there was something different about him and about her today whether they wanted to or not they were starting to realize just how much of an effect the other had them.

TBC...


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