AN ok the reason that I put for Abby passing out I'm not really sure you can really pass out from it and it can be that serious but just go with it :) please read and review

Gibbs was still thinking about what he should do about McGee and Abby when he was rudely interrupted by a ringing phone. Jeez do they know when I leave I want to be alone? He thought annoyed but answered anyways considering it could be important. "Gibbs." He answered kind of monotone.

"Boss it's Abby." Tony replied, panicked. Gibbs didn't even give Tony time to explain he just shut his phone throwing it into the passenger seat and did one of his famous u-turns to head back to NCIS.

Tony had called the paramedics and they were on their way. For now Ducky was performing CPR on the unconscious body. Tony and Ziva were just watching as there was nothing for them to do at the moment. There were so many questions on their minds including 'was she going to make it?'

Tony was thinking of how much of a best friend she was to him. They were like brother and sister. He loved her and could not loose her. He was regretting never talking to her about McGee and never offering to be the shoulder to cry on. He should have got more involved and showed that he really cared. Now he didn't know if he would ever get to talk to his spunky little Goth again. Honestly he avoided going down to her lab this week. He was afraid she would break down on him and he had no advice, no way of giving information to help her feel better and look what happened. She was lying on the floor not breathing and possibly dying and he could have been down there to help her. But he wasn't, he was upstairs basically hiding from her.

Ziva didn't have much to think about except the fact that she never got to become good friends with the girl. Sure Abby tried asking her to go out for a little girl's night out but Ziva would normally turn her down. Not because she didn't like her but because it wasn't her thing. Now she worries that Abby took it the wrong way and thought she didn't like her. She couldn't tell her how much she wanted to be her friend.

Ducky was kneeled beside Abby constructing CPR, first repeatedly pushing down on her chest then gently blowing air into her lungs. It didn't seem to help at all but he knew he had to continue the action. Poor Abigail. He had no idea how long she had been lying on the ground unconscious. She still had a pulse which made him have a little hope but he didn't have much. All he could think about was what a beautiful young women she had become. He was saddened that she and McGee were having problems. He knew they would get though it in the end but this, this could be the exception. He didn't want McGee to have any guilt set on him but he knew it would happened if she passed and he wasn't sure the young man could handle the pain of loosing her. That scared him.

The three of them were all in there own world thinking about what would happen when she died. None of them ever considered the fact that she just might make it.

Gibbs had arrived in record time beating the paramedics even though he had been further in distance. He was already in the elevator. He had no idea what he would walk into. She could be dead for all he knew. He should have let Tony explain to him what had happened to her but he didn't. The elevator doors opened before him and when he took a step time seemed to slow. He couldn't hear anything except for Ducky mumbling to himself. All he could smell was the gun power filled air of the lab waiting for him to enter. The site before him made him nervous as he continued into the lab with the cold chill hitting him hard. Ducky kneeled beside his young scientist. Tony leaning against the refrigerator with his arms crossed staring blankly at the ground. Then Ziva sitting in Abby's chair with Burt in her hands stroking his back and also staring blankly ahead. As he got closer to Ducky it hit him. She wasn't dead she was still alive for the time being. Time then sped up as he rushed to her side to hold her hand.

Just then the paramedics rushed in and lifted her to the carrier. Ducky and Ziva followed them and Gibbs stayed behind to find out what happened. Tony still hadn't moved "Tony what happened?"

Slowly getting back to reality, he responded "Well Ziva and I were up stairs and we really didn't have much to do so we figured we would do down and see how Abby was. When we got down here her music was still on and computers too. But she was lying on the floor. I told Ziva to get Ducky and I was going to see what was wrong. She wasn't breathing. She had her coat on and her bag with her. She was probably running a quick errand considering she didn't turn anything off." Gibbs didn't say anything as he thought about the situation.

Finally he asked. "Did you call…?"

But Tony cut him off knowing what he was going to ask, "No, that really hasn't crossed either of our minds but I will get on that now." He reached for his phone.

"Tony be calm about it with him. He is going to take it hard. Tell him you need his help in the lab. Some chemical she was messing with earlier could have gotten to her and knocked her out."

"But boss…" Tony wondered. He knew Abby wouldn't have an accident.

"I know, I know but we need to check anyways." Gibbs said as he left the lab to go to the hospital.

Just a little after he left Ziva came back to help Tony. Tony had a questioning look on his face when she walked in. Ziva came up to him and rapped her arms around his neck but he still didn't move. She whispered lightly in his ear. "Tell me she will be fine."

Feeling the warm breath on his ear and neck brought him back to reality. When he realized what she said he rapped his arms around her waist to secure her. He whispered back. "She will be fine." I hope. He thought to him self.

At the hospital Ducky and Gibbs were sitting in Abby's room talking while the waited for her to wake up.

"Duck, do you know what's going on with McGee and Abby?"

"Jethro, I have no idea. Maybe they are just going through something. Let them work it out."

"Yeah Duck, I know but it has gone too far. I have my rules for a reason and I should have never let them break it." Gibbs was frustrated and normally didn't show his feelings around his co-workers, but Ducky was his friend so he had nothing to hide. Besides, Ducky could read him like a book anyways.

"They will be fine. They will get through this. They are best friends and both love each other dearly. Neither of them would hurt the other purposely and you know that Jethro. So give them some space."

He ignored what Ducky had just said and continued with his rant. "My gut is never wrong. My gut is what told me they would work out. Does either of them know you aren't supposed to mix personal and private life? Ok, I let them slide on rule 12 but I specifically told them…"

"Jethro!" Ducky interrupted

"…I told them to keep it at home. They promised it wouldn't interfere with work. They lied!""

"Jethro!!" Ducky interrupted again. This time Gibbs stopped and turned around.

She wasn't fully awake but she could hear familiar voices in the air. She didn't know exactly who they were but she knew that she knew them and that made her happy. She was with people she loved and that was all she needed. Abby didn't force her self to get up quickly. She let her body wake its self up. As she became more conscious she could make out what was being said and who was saying it. She turned her head to the left and opened her eyes a bit. Sitting in a chair to her left was Gibbs. He had turned his chair to face Ducky so she could only see the side of his face. She looked more to the right of Gibbs and saw Ducky sitting in a chair against the wall across from the foot of her bed so she could see his worried face and decided to listen in on their conversation for a minute before announcing she was awake.

"…they would work out. Does either of them know you aren't supposed to mix personal and private life? Ok, I let them slide on rule 12 but I specifically told them…" when Gibbs had said rule 12 she had come to the realization of what they were talking and with out knowing what happened tears were streaming uncontrollably down her face. She reached up with her hand to try and wipe the tears before they saw but Ducky caught her.

"Jethro!" he had demanded him to stop. Gibbs was too into what he was saying to pay attention.

"…I told them to keep it at home. They promised it wouldn't interfere with work. They lied!" that did it for her. She couldn't believe Gibbs, the one she looked up to for everything. He was like her father. How could he say that? He had no idea what had happened. He had no right to judge. She gave up on trying to hold back her tears and let them flow down her checks like a water fall.

"Jethro!!" Ducky interrupted again. This time Gibbs stopped, he turned around hearing her crying. As quick as he could he stood up and ran to her side. He grabbed a napkin and dried her face.

"Abby?" she looked up at him with her glossy eyes and splotchy face. "I didn't mean any of it. I had no right…" she cut him off, he wasn't one to ramble on but it was Abby she deserved better than that and he felt bad. Here she was laying the hospital and what did he do? He made her cry. What kind of protector was he?

"Gibbs. Don't. You don't need to explain you're self. I know. Its ok." She reassured him.

"Can I say one thing?" he asked

"Sure." She agreed wondering what else he had to say.

"Abs, I'm sorry." That mad her smile. He knew it would and that why he said it. He gently grabbed her chin, lifted her face and pecked her on the cheek then sat back down.

"Ok first of all why the hell I am here?" Abby asked rubbing her head realizing she didn't remember what had happened.

"You passed out." Gibbs responded.

"Oh yeah. Um…do we know why?" she asked trying to be a little sarcastic.

"They said you hadn't eaten in three days. Abigail what's going on?" Ducky responded concerned.

"Oh. No no no. It's not what you think. I'm not starving myself; I know how to take care of my body."

"Obviously not." Gibbs said angry with her for what he thought she was doing.

Abby rolled her eyes, "I hadn't even realized I never ate. I have been under so much pressure with McGee and the…" she almost slipped but just changed the subject. "I'm really sorry I just had too much going on. If it makes you feel any better I'm starving. I could eat a cow."

"Well I'll go get the nurse and let her know you are awake and maybe she will bring you some food." Ducky offered, getting up and walking to the door.

"Thanks Duck-man." A smile spread across his face as he left the room. "Hey Gibbs?"

"Yeah?"

"Did the doctor say if there was anything else wrong with me"

He noticed the want, no, need for more information in her voice. Was something else wrong with her? "No. They just said your blood sugar was low because you hadn't eaten so you passed out."

"Oh…ok." She turned over on her right side, placed her hands in a prayer form and slid them under her pillow to brace her head while she waited for the nurse.

AN ok I know I made the characters a little dramatic about when she first passed out and it just ended up being low blood sugar but I will enforce the over worrying of the team in the next chapter. Please tell me what you think so far and what you hope to happen. :) I take suggestions.