Chapter 13

Sara and Grissom woke nice and early so that they could say goodbye to there house guests. Grissom headed to the kitchen to make coffee while Sara headed to the guest room in an attempted to get Gibbs and Abby up. Abby never did like to be woken up especially this early, she just hoped that Gibbs was awake. She wanted to give Gibbs and Abby plenty of time together before they collected the rest of the team. If her plan from last night had worked out how she thought it had then these two had some talking to do.

Sara knocked on the bedroom door "Abby, Gibbs it's time to get up, we need to get you two to the airport"
"Thank you Sara, we'll be out soon" Gibbs replied.
"OK there's fresh coffee in the kitchen when you're ready"

Gibbs never really slept much anymore so he had been awake for a while. It had given him time to think about what he was going to do now knowing that Abby felt the same way about him as he felt about her. It had taken him this long to get this far he wasn't going to back down now. Abby was a very special person and needed to be treated right, if this, what ever this was, was going to go any were and have a change at survival then he needed to show her just how much she meant to him. Gibbs moved to sit on the bed next to a sleepy Abby, he gently rubbed her arm "Abby sweetheart its time to get up"
"No, to early" she grumbled
"Come on Abbs, there's coffee?"
"Coffee?"
"Yep, and we have a plane to catch"
"Oh. We're going home today"
"That's right"
"Gibbs, did we um, talk about us last night? Or did I dream it all?."
Gibbs leant forward so his face was only an inch from hers "No Abbs, you didn't dream anything. I still see you" and he placed a very soft almost chaste kiss on her lips. "Now get ready before I drink all the coffee"
"OK" today was going to be a good day, she could just tell.

Abby dragged herself out of bed grabbed her clothes and headed for the bathroom. She needed a moment to process the last few hours.

Once Abby was out the door Gibbs tried to pull his thoughts together. He liked Abby, liked her a lot, had done for a while, he never thought she liked him back though, not in that way at least. But this little trip had been an eye opener thanks to Sara and Grissom. How had he been so stupid and not done anything about this before? She was the only woman, no the only person who knew him this well, who actually understood him, gave him space when he needed it, gave him company when he thought he didn't want it. She certainly was one amazing person and it was about time he started treating her that way. An idea struck him; he picked up his cell phone and called the airline.

His plan was in motion, now for that coffee. He followed the all too familiar smell of fresh brewed coffee to the kitchen were he found both Sara and Grissom
"How do you take your coffee?" Sara asked
"Black, thank you"
Sara handed Gibbs a large steaming mug of black coffee and left the two men to talk while she went to see if Abby needed anything.

Sara was just about to knock on the bathroom door when the it opened to reveal a very pouty Abby.
"Hey Abby, you alright?" Sara asked worried. Had her plan really not worked like she thought?
"I'm fine, I just realised that I left my bag at the hotel and have like no makeup"
Sara chuckled "Come with me" she said leading Abby to her room "Here use what ever you like"
"Sara! You are a life saver"
"I don't know about that"
"But you are! If it wasn't for your subtle hints through your thin walls last night I'd still be waiting for Gibbs to see me"
"I don't know what you're talking about" Sara said with a smirk
"Of course not. OK I think I'm ready to face the day now, well almost…"
"Coffee!" Sara and Abby said together, and burst in to laughter.

Mean while in the kitchen

"How long have you and Sara actually been together?" Gibbs asked, the investigator
Grissom smiled "That's a bit of a grey area and a long story"
"I don't mind hearing it if you want to tell it"
"As you know I met Sara, and Abby for that matter at a Forensics Conference in San Francisco. We went out for coffee a few times, became quite close. Technically I was her professor so friendship was all I could offer her at the time. I returned to Vegas and my job but Sara and I stayed in touch. A few years ago one of my CSI get in a bit of trouble and I needed someone I could trust to run an internal investigation, so I called Sara.
"And I never left" said Sara appearing in the kitchen with Abby.

When Sara and Grissom looked at each other it was hard to see the love they shared for each other. They didn't care about the age difference or the fact the he was her boss, at that moment they were just two people who loved each other and shared a life together.

"Ok guys we better go and collect the rest of your team if your going to make that flight" Sara said, pulling everyone back to reality.
"It was good to meet both of you"
Abby lurched forward and gave Grissom one of her hugs "It was great to see you again, you look after My Sara for me"
"I plan to Abby."
"Good, because if you don't I know how to hide a body and leave no forensics trace"
Gibbs put an arm around Abby "Come on lets go home."
Sara gave Grissom a quick kiss before leading Gibbs and Abby to the car.