Tim had managed to sit himself up by the time Abby had got back into the room. "Abby, what the hell happened? I just remember being in your lab." He asked and lightly touched the bandage that wrapped itself around his head.
Abby sat down in the chair next to his bed before she found the correct words to say, "I feel off the counter much like I told you I wouldn't do and you caught me but, we lost balance. We fell back and you cut your head really bad on that metal table I have. I also might have broken your rib because I kind of landed on top of you." She couldn't bring herself to look at him; she was still feeling horrible about what happened.
When McGee glanced down at her, he could tell she was blaming all this on herself. So he sucked up all the pain he was feeling and reached for her hand that was lingering by his, "It's nothing too bad at all. I will be back to work in the morning and I will be good as new. Don't you worry about a thing." Maybe it was the dream still having some sort of effect on him but Abby didn't seem to mind. She actually found some comfort in it much like she always did when he was around.
McGee decided to change the subject to a lighter one for the moment, "You wouldn't believe the dream I had." he told her.
"Really?" she perked up.
"I was the Best Man at Tony and Ziva's wedding. You were the Maid of Honor." He didn't really know if he should bring up the part where they were already married or not.
"That had to be a sight to see." Gibbs said walking in with two cups of water.
"Hey, Boss. It really was. You were there too." He added accepting the water and Abby grabbed the other.
"I talked to your doctor on the way in. He wants to make sure you are doing okay but other than that you should be out of here in less than an hour." Gibbs told them.
"Well, that didn't seem to take long." Tim said leaning his head back.
Abby squeezed the hand of his she was still holding and shot him a look, "Tell that to Abby. She's been here with you for nearly 12 hours now." Gibbs laughed and left the two in the room.
~~~~~~~~~~The Next Day~~~~~~~~~~
Abby decided that cleaning her lab could be put off until next spring for all she cared. She was a little more than nervous to climb back up on the counter top. Instead she focused on getting the cell phone information out of the horribly broken phone that Tony had brought her first thing that morning. She had just started looking at the most recent calls when Tony popped back into the room.
"When are you guys going to learn, I'm just not as fast as you'd like me to be at time?" Abby told him as she accepted the Caf-Pow he handed her.
"I just had to get away from McGee for a bit. He's been looking at me strange since he came in and every time I ask him why he just mumbles something and goes back to typing or looking at some folder. It's driving me crazy!" Tony babbled as he looked at the numbers, "That ones sure coming up a lot." He pointed out to her.
"Yeah, seven times in the last three days so far. I'm tracing it back a week to see what I can find." She told him, "And I'm sure McGee is looking at everything a little different. He was knocked out for a pretty long time."
"Abby, we run that risk every time we level the office. Heck, even you have found yourself in trouble! I understand it might be hard on him but why is he looking at me all weird. It's like he is going to say something and then just doesn't."
Abby knew it was about his dream he had. And if she had to bet it was going to be something he was trying to save for just the right time. "Was anyone else in the office? Gibbs? Ziva?" she asked.
"Well, Ziva was but he never has an issue with talking around her."
"Maybe you should pull him a side. This might be something he needs your advice on and he doesn't want other people to know about it." Abby offered up writing down the phone number.
"Then why doesn't he just come talk to you about it? You two are thick as thieves anyways."
"I don't know, Tony. But go put your big boy pants on and talk to him. While your at it, ask him to run this number, it's the most called it the last week." She said and shoved the paper to his chest.
"Fine but, if he gets all touchy and weepy, I'm sending him to you!" Tony said as he walked out of the lab.
"Awe, Tony. You need to get in touch with your sensitive side!" Abby laughed back.
"Probie, with me!" Tony said rounding the corning and still walking to his safe spot behind the stairs.
"What's up, Tony?" he asked a few seconds later.
"I wanna know what's going on with you? Did something else happen yesterday that I don't know about?" he asked him.
"It was nothing, like I have been telling you all morning." McGee said and tried to walk away but he was pulled back in the very same way Tony had done in his dream and it sent his head spinning.
"McGee? You okay?" he asked as he steadied him.
"Fine, I'm fine." He was going to have to talk to someone about what had happened but he didn't think Tony would take him seriously long enough for him to get to the point.
"Hey, I know you are probably a little freaked about being out for so long yesterday but, Gibb's said your doctor said you are just fine. If you need a day off just ask Gibbs, you know he'll give it to you." Tony offered.
"It isn't that." He told him looking at his feet.
"Then what's going on inside your brain now?" he asked.
"I-I had this dream, sort of thing, when I was out. It just felt really real. Like it could have been real." He started to explain.
"Is this an Elf Lord thing? Because if it is, I'm sorry but I'm not going to be too much help here." DiNozzo said.
"No. It was a this team sort of thing." He said knowing he was going to have to tell him.
"Spit it out, Probie!"
"All of us where at yours and Ziva's wedding, Tony!" he said a little more loudly than he would have liked, "And that's not all of it. Abby was Ziva's Maid of Honor and I was your Best Man and, wait, there's more! Abby and I were married! Tony, it felt real. Like all of it could happen!" Tony pulled McGee by the arm farther away from where everyone was sitting.
"McGee, pull yourself together. It was a dream. Come on, you see Ziva and I everyday and most day's we are at each others throats for one thing or another!" he said in a harsh whisper.
"Oh shut up, Tony!" McGee was feeling brave, "I see the way you look at her when her back is turned and same goes for her to you. Stop hiding it, it's wearing thin!" Tony looked taken-a-back but found words to throw back.
"I'll stop hiding when you and Abby stop hiding!" Tim's eyes grew wide, "That's right, I said it! You want to talk about Ziva and I, well okay! You and Abby have had this, this thing, since before you even joined our team!" this was quickly turning into an argument neither of them were ready to have.
"Where is the rest of my team?" Gibbs was saying from just around the corner.
"This isn't over, Probie." Tony said and started to walk away.
"But, you just admitted it. You do like Ziva." McGee said just loud enough for him to hear.
"Yes, but, if she finds out. You just need to keep in mind that you admitted you like Abby."
"Did not!" the words sounded more childish than he expected.
"McGee! You have a dream about her! And not just any old dream, not even a sex dream but a dream where you two were married. And you even said it felt real! Ya know, you might not like her. I'd bet more along the lines of you love her." And then he walked back to his desk.
McGee looked up the number Tony had handed to him. It didn't lead too much, just a pre-paid phone. He had been in the office late and Gibbs was up in MTAC while Ziva and Tony went to grab some dinner. He decided to go on an adventure down to Abby's lab to see if the phone pulled anything else.
"Nope. Just that. It wasn't even used to send texts or anything." Abby told him. "More important that any phone though, how are you feeling?" she asked him.
"Better. My head is still sore but I'm due for another dose of medicine so I'd bet that's why."
"I'm glad. Can't have my geek out of commission for too long. That'd be tragic!" she said and hugged him.
"Ah! Abbs careful, rib, still hurting." McGee said before carefully putting his arms around her.
"You are not getting out a hug that easy I hope you know. This has been my first one all day. That's like five more than I normally have by this time." She said and held him a little looser.
"I didn't say I was trying to get out of it." He smiled.
"Did our little Timmy McGee confess?!" neither of them heard the ding of the elevator or hear DiNozzo walk into the lab.
"Confess what, Tim?" Abby asked still hugging him but now looking at him.
He thought about telling her, he really did. Wouldn't that have told Tony? But, he let another chance slip, "It's nothing Abby. I'll tell you some other time." And that, he meant.
NOTES FROM ME!
So I want to make this story more over time. And I know these two chapters have been mainly McGee so my next one will be more Abby centered (Might even have some AbbyxZiva time in there for girl bonding). I hope you are liking my little spash of Tiva I am tossing in. Not that they will ever come close to compare to my love for McAbby. I think the next one I am going to have will be a month in advance.