(I just lack inspiration to write sometimes. Just know that even if it takes me a month or so, I'll still come back with a chapter, I won't be gone forever. Thanks for waiting. It's only going to be more interesting from here)

Tony's POV

When I got Abby into the car she stopped crying and fell silent.

The drive to her place was the worst silence I've ever been through apart from waking up next to a one night stand. She just stared out the window and was unaware of the tears falling down her beautiful pale face. It killed me to know that she was in such a terrible place and there was nothing I or anyone could do to help her until she was ready to come back to reality.

"Abby, we're here." I whispered to her as I wiped her tears from her cheeks.

She sat there staring at the dashboard and said nothing. She then slowly got out of the car and began staring down at her boots.

I jumped out of the car and rushed to her side before wrapping my right arm around her waist then grabbed her left hand with mine. "Come on, Abs."

We slowly walked to her apartment door then I realized that I didn't have a key. "Abs, can I have the key please?" I asked nicely.

She just stood next to me staring down at her boots again. I noticed she was holding her small purse so I asked her if I could get into it to get the key, but again she gave no response.

"Abs, I'm going into your purse and I'm only grabbing the key, alright?" I said hesitantly while slowly reaching for her purse.

I was able to grab her purse and get her key to allow us entry into her apartment. Once I shut the door behind us, I walked her over to her couch and sat her down. I didn't notice she grabbed a picture of her and Kate until I heard her begin to cry hysterically while I was in the kitchen getting her a glass of water. I ran over to her, sat next to her, and held her close as she placed her head on my shoulder and continued to cry while looking at the picture.

"Why Kate…why!" she sobbed.

"That's what we're working on, Abby." I whispered to her then kissed the top of her head.

"We have so much to talk about…I have to tell her so much…" she cried out.

I sighed and held her tighter. "..Then why don't you just tell me, Abs. We're friends. You can trust me."

She grabbed a tissue from her living room table and blew her nose. "Maybe later, Tony." she said as she began to cry harder. "C-can we please just s-sit here for a while?"

I smiled at her then laid back into the arm of the couch so she could lie down and rest her head on my chest. "Of course, Abby. Anything you want."

We sat there for an hour as she continued to cry. I didn't want her to notice, but I had a few tears coming down my face because I was missing Kate, too. All of a sudden, she stopped crying then I heard her begin to snore a bit. Knowing that she fell asleep made me smile because she wasn't crying anymore. Seeing her that upset killed me inside.

I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket, knowing it was Gibbs, I tried to get it with out moving too much so I wouldn't wake Abby. "DiNozzo." I whispered.

"Tony…why are you whispering?"

"Abby fell asleep, Boss. She's next to me right now."

"Oh, Alright. Well I want you to stay with her until I send McGee to stay with her."

"Got it, Boss."

I hung up the phone then got a bit nervous when Abby began to move around. After a moment she stopped moving and I allowed myself to exhale.

I waited about an hour before getting up slowly then I carried her to her bed. As I placed her in bed, she mumbled something that I couldn't quite understand. I was on my way out of her room when I noticed something on the floor next to her closet.

Oh man… I said to myself in attempt not to laugh then placed the photo in my wallet.

End of POV

McGee's POV

I hope Abby is alright…damn it I wish I was with her right now…I thought to myself as I looked up Kate's credit card information.

I know that Tony won't do anything with her… No, he wouldn't…he IS Tony, but he would never do that…would he?…nah I highly doub… my thoughts were cut off when I heard someone yell at me.

"Keep your mind on the case, McGee." Gibbs scolded. "Abby is fine, she is asleep right now, Tony is just…Abby-sitting. So stop your worrying and work on the case."

"Sorry, Boss.."

He gave me an evil glare. "What did I tell you about that McGee?"

"I'm So…won't happen again, Boss."

"Good, now what do you have?"

"Boss, uh, nothing appears to be out of the ordinary…" I hesitated.

"Well keep looking McGee…" Gibbs said as he walked to the elevator.

Damn it…I need to see her. I want to be the one to comfort her…Not…Ton…I paused as I began to look at the video surveillance outside of Kate's apartment. I see her going into the apartment with a man then a couple hours later he leaves.

I grabbed my phone and called Gibbs. "Boss, you need to come back here, I have something…"

"Be right there, McGee."

A short time later, Gibbs came back up with Ashley. "What do you have for me?"

"Here we have Kate and a man walking into her apartment building together, then a few hours later you can see that he is leaving by himself."

"Good work, McGee. Go down to the lab with Ashley and identify who that guy is."

Gibbs received a phone call then made his way up to MTAC,as Ashley and I made our way down to the lab and began a facial recognition.

"I am really worried about Abby…" Ashley commented while staring at the computer screen.

"…me too…"

"I haven't seen her this broken up since…" she paused. "…never mind."

"No…what were you going to say?"

She stayed silent and I just let it go. After a few minutes the facial recognition identified the mystery man.

"Ari Haswari." we both said as I grabbed my phone. "Boss, we have a hit, his name is Ari…What do you mean you know?…" I stared at my phone in shock once Gibbs hung up on me.

"How in the hell…never mind…"

"…he said he will be back in an hour and have details. Tony's on his way so I need to get to Abby's. He also said keep running tests, a thousand if you have to, find anything." I said while walking toward the door.

"I guess I'll just sit here and do more tests." She said as she grabbed a bloody pillow case. "Tim, give her a hug for me. A big one."

"I will."

End of POV

"Tony, start getting ready to come back, I'm going to have McGee go over there once he's done with a facial recognition." He hung up his phone as he made it up the last couple stairs.

He made his way up to the Directors office and let himself in. Jenny looked at him with angry eyes then at her assistant for not stopping him. The assistant mouthed 'I'm sorry' as she stood behind Gibbs then closed the door. He stood in front of her desk waiting impatiently to finish a call she's been on for the past few minutes. Once the call was done, she stood up slowly with her hands on the desk leaning forward.

"Who do you think you are?" she questioned angrily.

"Special Agent Gibbs, you know that Jenn." he said with a smirk on his face then took a sip of his coffee.

She walked around her desk and stood in front of him. "You need to stop being such a smartass, Jethro. I might have had you called up here, but you do not just waltz in my office like that. If my assistant tells you I'm busy, I'm not here, or anything that prevents you from coming in here, I expect you to comprehend that, understood?"

"Yeah…" he said as he took another sip of his coffee. "McGee is running a facial recognition on a man who was going into Kate's apartment with her the night she was killed…"

"His name is Ari Haswari." she cut him off. "He is an officer of Mossad. He is here practicing medicine. He was also Kate's boyfriend."

He paused for a moment. "…And you know this how?"

"My contact called me. She is on her way in a few hours. She is his control officer."

"So he killed her?"

"No, she's coming to clear him from any involvement in Kate's murder. He received orders his morning to go back to Israel for an assignment."

"That's really fucking convenient." he growled.

"She's bringing proof, Jethro. Plus, I trust her. I worked with her back in Europe and she saved my life." she said calmly as she walked back to her seat.

"Proof my…" he was cut off by his phone ringing. "What?…I know, McGee…I'll let you know everything shortly, Tony is coming back soon so make your way over to Abby's…I'll be back in an hour with details, tell Ashley to run tests a thousand times if she has to." he hung up then began walking out of the directors office. "You coming?" he asked as he stopped and turned to look at her.

"What are you talking about, Gibbs?"

"I need to get a change of clothes, more coffee and you need to tell me more about your contact and the fake proof she's bringing."

She sighed then stood up. "Jethro, I can't. I have so much to do right now."

"It's only an hour, Director."

She rolled her eyes then grabbed her purse and followed him out of her office.

Tim knocked on the door for five minutes before he let myself in. Once he got into the apartment, McGee noticed Tony sitting on Abby's couch sleeping with his head tilted back. He was debating on whether to let Tony rest up some more, but he really wanted to be with Abby now.

"Tony…Tony…" he said while lightly shaking his shoulder.

"Boss I wasn't sleeping on the job!" he yelled as he stood up quickly and pulled out his gun.

McGee jumped back. "Tony. It's just me. I'm here to be with Abby."

"Oh, it's just you Probie. Don't do that to me!"

"I'm sorry…so Abby is still sleeping?"

Tony sighed then ran his fingers through his hair. "Yeah she is... So anything new on the case?"

McGee sat down and took a sip of his coffee. "Ashley and I did a facial recognition on a guy from the surveillance video outside of Kate's apartment. He was walking in with her, but later left by himself. His name is Ari Haswari. When I called Gibbs to let him know, he cut me off and told me he knew and that he'd let me know how he knew…he said he'd be back at the office in about an hour. So by the time you get there he should be there to fill you in."

Tony raised his eye brow then grabbed his keys. "Thanks, Probie. I'll see you later…and take care of Abs will you?"

"Of course I will, Tony."

As Tony left Abby's apartment, McGee took off his coat and placed his coffee on the table then made his way to Abby's room. He looked at her as she slept peacefully then slowly made his way into her bed. He wrapped his arm around her and kissed her temple lightly then accidentally woke her. She turned around and gave him a peck on the lips before wrapping her arm around him. She let out a sigh and opened her eyes slowly.

"Tim…I had the worst dream…" she said with a hoarse voice. "I had a dream that Kate died and it was just terrible…"

McGee looked at her with wide eyes then sighed. He kissed her lips lightly then held her close as he was about to break the news to her. "Abby…that wasn't a dream…you broke down at work and Tony brought you here…he went back to work and now I'm here…"

She stared into his eyes as hers began to fill with tears. Remembering everything that happened at work from getting the news to how she got home made her cry hysterically. "Oh my god, Tim.." she yelled into his chest as she cried harder. "Kate's really gone? She's really…really gone?"

"I'm so sorry, Abby…" he whispered as he kissed her forehead and held her close as she cried. He felt so horrible and missed Kate as well, but he needed to hold it together for Abby. "Everything's going to be okay, I promise."

He continued to hold her as she cried until she fell asleep again about an hour later. As she slept in his arms, tears began to roll down his face while he looked up at her ceiling. Tim sighed deeply and attempted to swallow the large lump in his throat. Just before he drifted off to sleep, he whispered then let out one last sigh. "…I'm going to miss you, Kate…"

Tony's POV

I left Abby's apartment knowing that she was well taken care of with McGee. Even though I wanted to stay and care for her, I know that he would do a decent job at comforting her and taking care of whatever she needed. I can tell that he cares for her, so at least I don't have to worry about him fucking up. It's been a while since I've been that close to her. I missed that. I just wish it was under better circumstances.

I drove out of the parking lot making my way to the office. When I reached the highway I received a phone call. "Boss, I'm on my way…"

"Tony…it's me…Christine." she said cautiously.

I sat there with the phone to my ear in shock as I continued to drive. It's been a while since we've spoken. She disappeared when she had to tell me something important. Ever since then I've been wondering what that something was. I had an idea that she was pregnant, but I wasn't a hundred percent sure.

I took a deep breath to keep calm before answering her. "Hey…Christine… How are you?"

"I-I'm ok…how about you?"

"Not too great, a lot of stuff going on at work…Look, enough small talk. You said you wanted to talk, I went over to your place and you were gone. You never returned my calls. What was so important, Christine?" I realized I sounded rather harsh once I finished speaking, but I had every right.

I parked my car outside of the yard and waited for her to say something. "I-I am sorry Tony…I-I just couldn't face you…"

"Well you don't have to, you can just tell me now and call it a day. I have a lot to do." I couldn't help it, but my frustration was getting to me.

I heard her try to hold back tears. "I…I was…pregnant, but I terminated the pregnancy." she said as she began to cry. "I was going to tell you I got an abortion the day I called, but when it hit me that you were coming over, I just couldn't face you…I'm sorry…"

I sat there in my car in disbelief. The truth was out. She was in fact pregnant. With my child. Even though I knew didn't want a child now, I still feel I should have been told before she decided to terminate the pregnancy all on her own. Maybe I would have wanted her to have the kid, but now we'll never know. All I knew was that I was pissed off and I just couldn't stay on the phone any longer. "You had no right to make that decision on your own. As the father I had the right to know and help make the decision." I shouted.

"I-I'm sorry, Tony…I was afraid you would be upset.." she sobbed.

I grabbed a fist full of my hair and let out a loud sigh. "I wouldn't have been nearly as upset as I am right now, Christine! Damn it! I have to go, I have work to do." I shouted just before hanging up on her.

I got out of my car and slammed the door. I walked into the building trying act calm and collected, but people could tell I was not happy. In the elevator , I crouched down and ran my fingers through my hair. I still couldn't believe it. She was pregnant, with my kid, and terminated it without consulting me first. Even though I knew I didn't want a child and I wasn't ready for one, I couldn't help but think, what if she did keep it. What type of father would I be? Would I have liked being a dad? Would I have a little me around?

As the thoughts kept running through my head, the elevator reached my floor. I stood up and made my way to my desk when I noticed a beautiful woman with her hair wrapped in a scarf sitting at my desk. I walked up to her and noticed she was reading one of my magazines that was from my top drawer. "Do you always go through peoples belongings when they aren't around?" I said sarcastically.

"Not always." she said with a smirk on her face as she looked up at me.

Her brown eyes were mesmerizing and that smirk on her face was such a tease. I was hypnotized by this mystery woman, but I couldn't let that happen. "So, who are you and why are you sitting at my desk?"

She unwrapped her hair then leaned back in my chair. "I am here to see Director Shepard and Special Agent Gibbs…." she pulled out her credentials. "I am Ziva David, Mossad, I'm here to clear Ari Haswari from any involvement in Caitlin Todd's death."

As soon as she said that, I became very tense. "You can try to clear him all you want, Ms. David, but Gibbs isn't going to let him off the hook that easy." I said confidently and I pointed for her to move to McGee's desk.

She got up and walked over to McGee's chair then sat down and smirked at me. "You seem a bit upset... Are you having girl trouble?"

I chuckled. "What makes you think I have girl trouble? I never have girl trouble."

"You're lying." she smiled then walked up to my desk and sat on it. "You have this nacho guy thing about you, but deep down you are hurting. Yes?"

"Nacho? No, no. You mean macho." I laughed and shook my head. "and no you are completely off...Ms. David."

She raised her eyebrow at me then smiled. "I can tell when anyone is lying to me. I was trained by the best. Agent…?"

"Smith…Agent Smith." I lied.

"Lie. Your eyebrow twitched when you said Smith." she smirked then pulled out a knife and began to play with it. "Let's be honest here, Agent…?"

I sighed then began looking through the papers that were left on my desk from Ashley. "DiNozzo. Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo."

"DiNozzo? That's a strange name."

I turned toward her and leaned back into my chair. "And Ziva isn't strange?"

Before she could respond, I heard the elevator doors open and Gibbs walked out arguing with Director Shepard.

As Gibbs made his way to his desk, Ziva quickly stood up and walked over toward the stairs and greeted the Director. They kissed each others cheeks and began to talk as they walked up the stairs. Gibbs just stared at them.

"Special Agent Gibbs." Director Shepard said as she made it half way up the steps. "Are you coming?"

"I'll be right there…Director."

She lightly smirked at him before turning back to Ziva and continuing their conversation. I walked over toward Gibbs desk to let him know who Ziva was before he went up there. "Boss, her name is Ziva David and she's…"

"Ziva David, Mossad. She's here to clear Ari Haswari. Kate's killer. I know, Tony. I'll let you know everything when I come back down." he said as he cut me off and began walked toward the stairs.

I walked back over to my desk and noticed that in the papers Ashley gave me was a note. "As soon as you get back and you read this, come down to the lab, Please."

I'm sure she just wanted to talk about Abby, so I made my way down to the lab to ease her mind.

When I walked into the lab, I still heard the gothic industrial music playing, but it was lower than usual and it was more tolerable. I raised my eye brow and walked over by the Abby's desk and saw Ashley laying on the floor in the ballistics lab.

"Ash!" I yelled as I ran up to her.

She shot right up and pulled out her knife. "What! What?"

I let out a sigh and pushed her hand down. "Put that thing away…what are you doing laying on the floor?"

"I miss Abby, I'm tired, and there really isn't any new evidence. I've ran over hundreds of different tests on bed sheets, pillows, the gun, the note, blood, skin particles, but nothing new is coming up. Gibbs still has yet to come and explain what's going on." She sat up and moved herself to be seated against the wall.

I sat down beside her and wrapped my arm around her. " Gibbs is talking with the Director right now and a woman named Ziva David. A Mossad officer who is here to clear that guy Ari's name."

"Yeah, like Gibbs will let him off the hook that easy."

I let out a laugh. "That's what I told her."

We sat in silence for a few moments then she rested her head on my shoulder. "How's Abby?"

"She's pretty upset…She cried for a while when we got to her place then she drifted off. I took her to her bed so she can sleep there. As I was walking out of the room, I found something on the floor. " I said as I pulled out my wallet and took out the picture then handed it to Ashley.

"Oh my god. No way." she laughed as she looked at the picture. "How old were you guys?"

"About…nine or so."

"Look at your face, you have that "Ewwwwww Gross" face." she said as she continued to laugh.

I began to laugh to as I noticed what she meant. "I know, but can you blame me? That was pretty gross, but of course Abby just didn't care and though it was hilarious. Instead of helping me out, her mom takes a picture of it anyway."

She handed me the picture back and I placed it back in my wallet. We sat in silence for a few minutes before my phone went off. "DiNozzo…we're on our way, Boss."

I stood up and held out my hand to lift Ashley up from the ground. "He finally going to tell us what he knows now?" she asked sarcastically as she followed me out of the lab.

"Yes he is and he does not sound happy at all." I said as I let out a sigh and leaned against the elevator wall.

"When all this is done, you want to grab a drink? I really need someone to just drink with and talk to, you know?"

"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I definitely need to talk about some things."

As the elevator doors opened, we walked out and we saw Gibbs and the Director arguing silently. They didn't notice we were there, so I lightly coughed to make us present. Gibbs looked at us, then the Director, and walked around his desk to his seat. He was clearly not happy.

"Ari Haswari has been cleared and he is no longer a suspect in this investigation. I already told Special Agent Gibbs to look elsewhere and you should do the same. I mean it." Director Shepard stated then began walking away.

"What clears him from this case? He enters the apartment with her then leaves a few hours later. Everyone else in that apartment building was ruled out. No one left or entered through the back entrance at all that night. He was the only one that could have done this. His skin was under her nails, his sweat on those sheets. His prints all over the place. Clearly no one else was in that room other than Kate and Him. So we're either doing something wrong, which is highly unlikely, or they are lying to us." Ashley bellowed.

Director Shepard turned around and walked up to Ashley. They began to stare each other down as Gibbs and I looked at each other knowing this was not going to end well.

"Ms. Kellen, are you questioning me and are you telling me you are going to ignore my orders?" she said sternly.

"It's all about the evidence, Director. It does not rule him out, no matter what some Mossad officer says." Ashley stated without moving a single muscle as she continued to have a staring competition with the Director.

"Well if you don't like it, Ms. Kellen, once Abby returns you can leave." she said while smirking lightly.

As soon as she smirked, I knew that was the one thing that would make Ashley want to cut her up right then and there, so I jumped in to try and stop this from getting any uglier than it already was.

"Director, don't mind Ashley, she's just not having a good day. Stress and worrying about Abby and needing some rest. That blouse is beautiful by the way. I'm just going to take her back down to the lab and have her relax before she says something stupid again and we can forget this all ever happened… Come on." I said as I grabbed Ashley by the hand and walked quickly to the elevator.

I pulled her into the elevator and once the doors closed, she shoved me. "What the fuck, Tony!" she shouted at me.

"I know you, Ashley. I wasn't going to let you try to slice and dice the Director. I saved your ass in there!"

She stood in front of me as I leaned up against the wall with our noses almost touching. "I can take care of myself, Tony." she said angrily as she stared into my eyes.

I stood up straight and our noses were touching as I stared into her eyes. " You have all this built up anger and frustration. You sure you can take care of yourself? Because it seems like it's just eating you up alive." I whispered.

We stared at each other for a few more moments until we heard a familiar voice that distracted us. "Oh, I'm sorry for interrupting. I didn't see a thing." Ducky said as he walked into the elevator.

"It's fine, Ducky. You weren't interrupting anything." Ashley said as she stormed off the elevator.

"What happened, Tony?"

"Nothing, Ducky. Just another moment of me pissing someone off."

"I'm sorry to hear that, Anthony. Do you know if Gibbs has returned yet? I have some important information to give him."

"Yeah he's up at his desk. I'll go with you."

End Of POV

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