Days went by since Tony came back into contact with Gia. Those days turned into weeks, until it had been almost two months. Tony had stood proudly on a warm May afternoon, as Gia made her valedictorian speech and accepted her diploma. She had run to him after tossing her graduation cap, tackling him into a fierce hug, which he gladly returned. He would never admit it, even though Gia had caught him, but there were even a few tears in his eyes when he congratulated her.
On a hot day in the middle of June, Gibbs entered Abby's lab, greeted by the blaring sound she called Android Lust. Placing a Caf-Pow! by her seated form, he gently nudged her to let her know of his presence. She jumped up and turned around.
"Hey Gibbs!" She said joyfully. "What can I do for you?
"Well, it's more of what I can do for you," he said, giving a small grin.
"Ooh, I like the sound of this. Did you get me a present?"
Gibbs laughed in a way only Abby could make him. "In sorts. Now before I tell you what it is, keep an open mind."
"Gibbs, you know me! I have the open-ist of minds ever! My mind is a wide open field, with nothing but daises and roses! Well, not really roses, because they have thorns, and if you stepped on those, they would hurt…"
"Abs," Gibbs interrupted. Abby's eyes went wide and feigned zipping her mouth, locking it, and throwing away the key. "OK, Abby. The director, and I for that matter, decided to give you an assistant."
"What? Gibbs, no! No more assistants! Do you remember the last 'assistant' I had? He tried to kill me! He tried to frame Tony! Gibbs, I don't want to have another psycho in here! And all the work I can do by myself! Have I not proved myself a hundred times over? A thousand times?" Abby yelled frantically.
Gibbs chuckled to himself. "Well, you're not getting a real assistant really. More like, an intern. You would teach them everything they know."
"Oh, great. Some brainless little undergrad who can't tell the difference between oxygen and nitrogen."
He patted her shoulder. "Abby, it won't be that bad. She's here now, do you wanna meet her?"
Abby rolled her eyes and huffed. "Fine, I'll have to meet the punk eventually."
Gibbs laughed again and called, "Come on in!"
Abby turned around to see Gia walk through the door to the lab, grinning sheepishly.
"Hey Abby."
