Here's chapter two. Gibbs and Abby respond to the pregnancy.


Abby stared into his eyes as his thoughts would somehow become known to her. His face seemed to change, but she couldn't decided whether he was upset or happy. After about three seconds he had completely absorbed what she had said. "It's yours." she said as if to clear that up before he even asked. He nodded slightly.They didn't break their gaze. Gibbs finally spoke, "We should get Ducky to check you out. Make sure that you definitely are and then that you're in perfect health." He paused, took her hand and squeezed it. "How do you feel about this?" As if to find out her own opinion before revealing his own. She breathed in and shut her eyes. She thought for a moment and then she smiled wide and her eyes seemed to shine. "I never thought this could happen to me... But, now that it has, I think that this could be really great! Of course there is my career and that's a problem, and then there's the problem of you being my boss, and whether we want people to know and ." She lost her smile. "I guess there are more problems then positives. I'm sorry Gibbs." she hung her head. He put his finger under her chin and pulled her head up so he could look into her eyes, tilting his head on one side he shook his head lightly. "Nothing you do could be a problem Abby. Your child... our child will be perfect just because he has you for a mother." "He?!" she gave him a mock shocked look, the smile returning to her face, "Who said it was a he? Maybe it's a little girl I can dress up in black lace." She grinned. He looked thoughtful for a moment. "A little girl." Then a smile lit his own face, "you know, I think that might be even better."

Gibbs could remember the look on his wife's face as their little girl's existance had been made known to him. She had a glow about her, holding his hands in her own she had exclaimed it as if it were the most wonderful thing that had ever happened to her and him. But Abby had a whimsical look on her face as if she had never thought about the possibility. Perhaps they should have talked about that night. But at the time and all the days after that it seemed like a better idea to just pretend it never happened. But now that there was a kid involve he'd have to be a man and take care of it. He already took care of the mother anyway. But he could feel himself already loving the baby because it was part of Abby, and he already loved all the things about her. Then it occurred to him that she had pointed out that it was his, did that mean he was the only man she had slept with in this amount of time? Did that mean anything? He hadn't slept with another woman since sleeping with her. Perhaps there was a reason for that.

Abby wasn't disappointed with Gibbs' reaction to the news but now as she thought on the pregnancy in more detail she realised how much this would affect her life. She'd have to take care of the kid for the rest of her existance. Did this mean that she would have to quit her job? It wasn't like she could just leave the kid somewhere, she had worked for years to get where she was now and she loved her career. Keeping this baby meant losing everything she loved. Her life was basically over. And yet she could not imagine getting rid of the child nor could she see Gibbs supporting that idea. Gibbs was all about doing the right thing and that meant taking responsibility for your own actions and dealing with the consequences. She would go and see Ducky, he was the only one they both trusted to keep the news quiet and Gibbs knew how much Abby hated hospitals.