Disclaimer: NCIS belongs to CBS. I'm making no money off of this so please don't sue me.

A/N: Apparently this is becoming a series. But I make no promises. Postep for Leap of Faith so obviously this story contains spoilers for leap of faith.

The rumors were going around NCIS for a week. Abby a fancy hotel, eating Caviar with a head hunter. They offered her six figures a year and her own Caf!Pow machine. Abby was leaving. Everyone was talking about it.

The idea of Abby leaving hit him like a gun shot. It had never occurred to him before that she would leave. He didn't believe it. He didn't want to believe it. Why didn't she tell him about it?He wanted to kick DiNozzo's ass for, for spreading the rumors but actually felt bad for him when he saw how crushed he looked after taking a verbal lashing from Abby.

She may have taken the flowers but she was still angry. He knew her well enough to know that. He saw her face when he told her to take the job offer. He had hurt her deeply. Flowers weren't going to fix that.

Gibbs stood on Abby's doorstep. He could hear the familiar sound of Coltrane floating through the door. If Abby was listening to jazz than Gibbs was in more trouble than he thought.

He gripped the handle to the liquor bottle he had brought Abby as a peace offering and knocked on her door. He waited, listening to the sound of Abby walking to the door and unlocking the endless sets of locks. The chain was still attached when she opened the door. She peaked through the door.

"So I get flowers for solving the case and bourbon for staying at NCIS." Abby said looking at him half smiling, pointing at the bottle. He noticed that she did not move aside and open the door for him as he hoped she would.

"You get Bourbon because I was an ass." He admitted. She shut the door, undid the chain and opened the door all the way.

"I'm listening." She crossed her arms and leaned against the door frame.

"I take you for granted."

"Damn right Gibbs." She grinned at him and opened the door, "Get in here." She gave him a hug and he held her, tightly against his body.

"I'm sorry Abbs." He pressed his lips against the top of her head. She pulled away and looked at him.

"You were mad at me. You were cold." She looked at him sadly; the hurt in her eyes was evident. He looked at her, his mouth set in a firm line. He didn't know what to say. It wasn't often that he found himself in that position, not with Abby, "Gibbs?"

"I wasn't mad at you." Gibbs sad "I was... I thought you might leave." he admitted finally.

"Gibbs!" Said Abby said, her voice fogged with emotion, "I can't believe you thought I would leave."

"Why didn't you tell me about the offers? Three or four a year?"

"Because Gibbs, it's a non issue. I would never leave NCIS." She looked at him, "I simply would never do that."

"Was it just for the caviar?"

"It was nice to be fawned over." She said softly. And I like to dress up and go to nice places one in a while.

"Next time you want someone to fawn over you." Gibbs took her hand, "Call me."

"Gibbs, It's fine." She got up and went into the kitchen to get ice and two glasses, all the while talking, "I'm busy, You're busy. The work we do is important. We almost never have the time to stop and say thank you. I get that and it's totally ok. But sometimes it get to be too much."

"I'm never too busy for you." He looked at her. "You know that Abby.

"The things you say." She smiled at him and looked away. He leaned back against the couch and watched her thoughtfully as she gracefully poured the bourbon into two highball glasses. She handed it to him without looking him in the eye.

"Abby?" He sat up and wrapped his arm around her. "Abbs." Gibbs took her face in his hands and saw the tears in her eyes. Gibbs could count on one hand the number of time he had seen her cry.

"It's the music." She laughed and took a deep breath. "It makes me sad. I should change it. Android Lust OK?" Gibbs almost winced at the thought.

"How about a movie?"

"Are you telling me that you are going to let me subject you to a movie of my choosing twice in one month?" She grinned and pulled out a large black DVD case that contained only a fraction of her movies.

"The last one we watched was good." He suggested, looking over her shoulder.

"I'm going to broaden your horizons Gibbs."

"Am I going to regret this?"

"Let's see... you liked the Princess Bride, which really does have it all, swordplay, humor, true love and of course, big damn hero's." She looked at him and smiled slyly, "I have just the thing."

The End

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