Spoilers for season 8 episode False Witness! This is set on the night of the day where Jerry talks to Abby about her and McGee's "status".

Flashback is done in italics.

It was late, and although there was still work to be done, Gibbs told McGee to go down to Abby's lab and take her home.

When McGee entered the lab Abby was busy working at her computer, "Hey, Abbs."

Abby quickly turned around, "McGee! How are you?" She asked with a uneasy look on her face.

"Fine... How are you?"

"I'm good. Everything is fine... with me."

McGee's eyes moved back and forth from one side of the lab to the other, then back to Abby, "Are you sure? You're acting kinda funny. Are you sick?"

"Nope. No. Not at all."

"Okay, that's good. Uh, Gibbs told me to come get you and take you home. He said, and I quote, "I don't want her driving that piece of crap home when it's snowing"."

Abby smiled, "I would protest, but I guess it's useless."

"Very true."

"Okay, well I just need to finish up one thing on the computer then I'll be ready. It'll take like two minutes."

"That's fine. No rush."

Abby went to turn back to the computer, but she stopped herself, "Do you... Do you want to come over here?" She asked as she pointed over her shoulder.

"Um, no, I'm fine here."

"But you're like back there, way behind me."

McGee had a confused look on his face, "I'm about three steps behind you... Are you sure you're okay, Abbs?"

Abby nodded, "Yupp. I'm just gonna go back to my work. Two minutes and I'll be done." She slowly turned around, keeping her eyes on McGee as she did so.

McGee took his cell phone out of his pocket and began messing with it while he waited.

Abby started finishing up her work, but thirty seconds in she quickly turned her head back. When she saw that McGee was looking at his phone, she resumed her work.

Thirty seconds later her head panned around again, even quicker than before. McGee was still busy with his phone.

Not even fifteen seconds after that she once again turned her head. McGee dropped his arms to his side and looked at her, "Seriously Abbs, what are you doing?"

"What do you mean?" She asked innocently.

"What do I mean?" He repeated, "You keep doing that with your head then you're going to have a serious neck injury soon."

"So you were watching!" She exclaimed with a glare.

"Just because I'm looking down doesn't mean I can't see what you're doing."

Abby gasped, "Jerry was right! You stare at my butt!"

"Wha... What are you talking about? Is... Is that why you're acting so weird?"

Abby started talking at super speed, "He said that you were interested in me. I said you were protective. He said," She began mimicking his voice, "Protective of what, your butt? He couldn't stop checking it out when you turned your back"."

"Jerry?" McGee questioned, "You were listening to Jerry?"

"He's kinda hard to ignore."

"Yeah, I had a interesting conversation with him about an hour ago."

Jerry looked over at Tim, "You're avoiding the inevitable you know."

"What?"

"If you love her, you should just tell her."

"I don't... What are you talking about?"

"You're a good looking guy. You probably get asked out by more girls then you let be known. Most of those girls you turn down. But, occasionally, you say yes thinking that maybe you're wrong and this girl is the one, not that girl... That girl being the girl who's always on your mind. You go out with them but it doesn't lead to much because in the back of your head Abby is always there."

McGee was speechless, but there wasn't much he could say as Jerry continued. "You don't tell her because, years ago, you did tell her and she turned you down. She was probably scared. But, you know, things change, people change. It's been a while since you last said anything. You both know that you care for each other but you're both too afraid to admit it. It's kinda sad, actually."

McGee shook his head, "How... How a-... Why?... I gotta go."

McGee hurried out of the conference room and down the hallway. Palmer was walking in the opposite direction, carrying a folder.

"Hey, McGee. Have you seen Gibbs? I'm supposed to give him these papers."

McGee sighed, "Uh, no. I haven't."

"Are you okay? You look kinda pale."

"I'm a... Palmer?"

"Yeah?"

"Whatever you do, don't talk to Jerry."

McGee began to walk away.

"Jerry?... Who's Jerry?"

"You did? What did he say?" A nosey Abby asked.

"Oh... Just, uh... Just that I need to lighten up. Change myself in some ways."

"He said that to you? How rude! He's wrong, Timmy!" Abby pointed at him, "You are just fine the way you are."

McGee smiled, "Thank you, Abbs."

"I guess Jerry is an unreliable source then?"

"I guess."

Abby smiled and turned back to her computer to finish her work. This time she didn't jerk her head around to check on McGee.

McGee went to put his attention back on his phone, but he may have glanced at Abby first... Maybe Jerry wasn't so unreliable after all.

So, what started out as a tiny little clip in my head (that I feel should have been in False Witness) turned into this. In my head was the part of Abby trying to make sure McGee wasn't staring at her butt. And I went from there... I remembered McGee saying that he told Palmer not to talk to Jerry and I wondered "Why would he tell Palmer that?" so I added that part as well. Hope you enjoyed.
Thank you McAbbyGirl4Life for first listening to my little clip when I talked about it on youtube then for reviewing my story and asking me if I could write a scene about it. I hope everyone enjoys the chapter, but especially McAbbyGirl4Life. We've talked about NCIS like crazy over the past few months so this chapter is for you :)
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