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Chapter 4 – Damn Straight

My heart pounded as I just stood there, back to the wall. My ears were strained so that I would be able to hear Gibbs's response. Why is it taking him so long to respond? What is going on? It would be so much better if I could just see their faces. In the silence my mind reeled, was he staring her down? They were far enough to the side no one else would see them, or hear them. Or was he just standing there, his own mind reeling?

"No, I am not going to stop talking to Abbs," said Gibbs and my heart fluttered, wow, "If you can't deal with me and Abby being close, don't let the door hit you on the way out."

"Jethro," said Mann in a shocked voice.

I smiled inwardly. How do ya like me now, Monster? That's my silver haired fox, hands off.

"You're really surprised?" said Gibbs, and I noted the tone in his voice, almost scarey, "Some woman I have on again off again relations with or my Abbs? And why the sudden interest in me and Abby's relationship?"

My Abbs, My Abbs! He said my Abbs. But, really why the sudden……… Oh crap.

"Well to be quite frank, I thought I meant more to you than some fling," said Mann, and I listened very intently for Gibbs's response.

"Well, you were, until you started messing with Abbs, I figured you had enough sense to leave her alone," said Gibbs, I could hear the blind anger in his voice, "And you didn't answer my second question."

Damn it! Don't answer, please just don't answer. He'll think you're ridiculous anyways, please, please, please. I crossed my fingers, crossed my arms over my chest, and closed my eyes. Please Monster…

"You're a detective, you figure it out," said Mann, and I took a deep, silent, breath.

"I don't need this, you need to go, now," said Gibbs, and I am sure if I could see his face it would be his trademark stone cold expression.

"See you tonight?" She said seductively, or as seductively as a monster can sound.

"No," for once in the whole conversation there was no hesitation and a triumphant smile came across my face, "No, we're done. I thought you'd have enough sense to obey rule number two. No one messes with Abby."

Rule number two? Monster must have been thinking along the same lines.

"I thought rule number two was--"

"Different set of rules," said Gibbs and I heard him walk away.

I was still beaming as I returned to the Lab, where Tony and McGee were waiting for me.

"Hey, what're you guys doing here?" I asked as I sipped the Caf Pow! McGee had handed me as I walked in.

"Well Ziva said you were upset," said McGee giving her a weird look.

"But apparently you're feeling better," said Tony matching McGee's look, I almost laughed, with the expressions on their faces; you would have thought they were brothers.

I returned their looks with a smile.

"Ok," said McGee taking back the Caf Pow! and dangling it in front of my face, He's such a tease, "What happened?"

I was about to make something up when Gibbs walked in with a different Caf Pow! he handed it to me and gave McGee a look that made him back away.

"Glad to see you're doing better," said Gibbs and he flashed me a smile that made my world stop.

Just because it's over with Mann doesn't mean he'll be with me next. Even though my happiness was quickly crashing, I sipped my Caf Pow! with a smile hoping he wouldn't be able to read me.

'Didn't think so,' He signed and then turned to McGee and Tony, it may go without saying, but I was nervous, "DiNozzo, McGee, Don't you have some work to do? Officer Hamilton still needs to be brought in."

"On it, Boss," said Tony and he made for the door, "C'mon McGeek."

They both left quickly and McGee left the Caf Pow! Oh great, so I will be super hyper by the time I leave work, so many Caf Pow!'s today. Oh he's trying to read me, well hopefully he doesn't mind hearing about how hyper I am going to be later. Gibbs reached for the extra Caf Pow! and threw it out.

'You want to talk about it?' He signed and then he gave me a sympathetic look, 'I'm sorry I left you here with her, she wasn't completely horrible though, right?'

Oh, he feels bad now that he realizes what a monster she is. Oh, my silver haired fox, so much to learn, so little time.

'She was fine,' I decided to be nice; it wasn't really his fault she was a monster, though I do hope he picks his girlfriends more carefully in the future.

'You sure?' He signed; he could tell there was something I wasn't telling him.

'She was actually surprisingly nice,' I signed and he gave me a look that said he didn't believe me.

'I'm sorry,' He signed once more, and he leaned in and kissed my cheek, why does he have to be so perfect, and then he said audibly, "Now tell me what happened, at least with General Mann."

"Why? I told you, she was nice," I said hoping not to get into it.

"Just something she said," said Gibbs simply.