Chapter 4

Gibbs sat on the standard hospital bed listening to the nurse, his embarrassment growing steady worse with every word that came out of her mouth. "I need you to give me sample of sperm in this sterile pot, sir. There is a tv over there and some dvds that you can watch. Here's the remote. They have some 'suitable material' for you to look at if you have trouble getting...stimulated."

He coughed nervously as he took the remote control and then fidgeted to the point where the nurse put a hand on his leg and smiled sympathetically at his growing discomfort. "Sir, think of the end result."

And then she left him to it.

He stared at the blank tv screen for some time before hopping off the bed and switching it on. He turned the volume off because he hated the thought of anybody knowing that he needed help in doing something that he really shouldn't have any trouble doing, what with his reputation at stake, an' all!

He found a dvd that she had recommended, slipped it into the player and sat back on the bed . He watched for a while until he realised that it was doing absolutely nothing for him at all. He barely got a stirring and certainly not enough of one to produce a bucketful of sperm. In fact, as he thought the more about it, the more turned off he became. Jethro Gibbs was a physical man, and he needed a physical woman to do it.

Half hour later a tentative knock came on the cubicle door. "Sir, are you done?"

Seconds later the door flew open and a very red-faced Jethro Gibbs came hurtling past her muttering, "It was the red-head last night. Must have drained me dry. Sorry!"

The nurse was left giggling to herself as she stared at the closing doors.

Abby opened her door to his knock and although she had been expecting him she was startled by what he had come to say. He took a deep breath, looked her straight in the eye, and said, "I think we should do this the old fashioned way, y'know, man and woman, face to face as it were. What do you say, Abs?"

She took his hand and pulled him inside, feeling lighter than she had done for days as his unexpected proposal filled her heart and soul with hope. "I think that's a very good idea, Gibbs, and if it's the only way I'm going to get any of your sperm, I guess I'd better stick around so no-one else get's it first!"