A/N: Okay, this is the end of Gibbs and Abby's date- finally. I'm sure all of the Tate fans are dying for some action. Heh. Sorry... Um, there will be one more 'filler' chapter- that is necessary. then I'll get on with it, I swear. I have yet to write it though, so please be patient. :hint, hint: Reviews make me more inclined to write it!

As a reminder for what just happend: Gibbs and Abby were dancing and she told him that she was having a good time. Capisce? Enjoy!

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And indeed she was; more than he would probably ever know. In fact, when the proverbial date was over and Gibbs was driving her back home, Abby found herself wishing for a flat tyre or a minor wreck or something. Nothing really big, of course, and certainly not something that would land anyone in the hospital, but definitely something that would allow them to spend more time together. Sure, she was being incredibly selfish- not to mention stupid- but she didn't want him to leave her.

"Hey, are you alright?" Gibbs rubbed her leg gently as he drove. "You seem awfully quiet all of a sudden."

She managed what she hoped was a big enough grin. "I'm fine, really. I guess I'm just a little bit tired, that's all."

He squeezed her knee. "Are you sure?"

She shrugged. "Well, yeah."

Gibbs shrugged, knowing all too well that he was missing something. Still, he had been incredibly lucky so far and he wasn't about to jinx himself. He didn't want to lose the ground he had gained tonight. He dropped the subject and flicked on his CD player. Heavy metal music filled the car.

Abby turned to look at him. "Gibbs, I swear it wasn't me!"

"What wasn't you?"

"I didn't do this. I didn't switch out your CDs, I promise."

"Well of course you didn't."

"No, Gibbs, I swear, I'm not lying, I really didn't-"

"Abbs, I know. I put this CD in." He chuckled.

She frowned at him. "Wait, did I miss something? You listen to Android Lust?"

"Don't you?"

"Well, yeah, I do, but I just- I never thought that you-"

He chuckled again. "Abbs, you didn't miss a thing. Ducky gave it to me and I thought Oh, what the hell, I'll try it."

Abby blinked in confusion. "So Ducky gave you a heavy metal CD and you actually listened to it? Who the hell are you and what have you done with my boss?"

He sighed. "Okay, do you want the real reason that it's in there?"

She gave him a look. "No Gibbs, I really want you to lie to me," she replied sarcastically.

"Would you believe that I had hoped Kate had set us up for tonight and I wanted to have something for you to listen to in my CD player so I asked Ducky for one of your favourite CDs?"

"Normally, I might actually buy that. But the puzzled look on your face when I opened the door and your clueless-ness pretty much ruined that theory. So why'd you really do it?"

He sighed. "I decided at the last minute that one of Kate's goody-two shoes friends wasn't going to be my best bet for a girlfriend. Quite honestly, I was expecting a prissy redhead and that really doesn't appeal to me anymore. So I decided to freak whoever it was out by listening to my 'Abby music'."

Abby mulled that one over for a minute. "Okay, I actually believe you this time. Just one question- why'd you base the 'scary' you on me?"

He should've known this would come up. Abby did, after all, have Majors in both Psychology and Sociology. He was going to have to get used to that though, as he had no intentions of leaving Abby anytime soon. "Well, I think that if she had found it sexy or something I might have actually stayed with her- if only because she was the closest thing I would get to you while you still had McGee."

"Oh what a funny little world, as I didn't have McGee." She grinned. "I do you know."

"You do what?"

She looked out of the window and was shocked to see her house. They had arrived way too soon. She opened her door and unbuckled her seatbelt. "I find it sexy," she told him as she hoped out of the car and shut the door, leaving him in stunned silence. With a small chuckle, Abby walked up her front path, incredibly grateful to Kate for making her go despite her misgivings. Sure, she wished that it could have lasted longer, but that was okay. And now, she had a phone call to make.

Gibbs grabbed her arm and gently spun her around. "What, aren't you at least going to let me walk you to your door?" He smiled at her.

"Well, I figured I should probably make a quick escape, as I just made a royal idiot out of myself."

He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and mounted her front steps with her.

She pulled her keys out of her purse and reached for the front door to unlock it. She turned the key in the lock, though she delayed in actually opening the door. She stood there a minute before realizing that she really did have to go. Abby refused to look at him as this was the end of the most wonderful evening of her life. "G'Night Gibbs…"

As she turned the handle, Gibbs put his hand on her shoulder. She let go of the doorknob, almost reluctantly. "Abbs wait, don't go yet." He sighed and turned her back to face him.

She stared into his eyes for over a minute. "I'm sorry; did you want something from me?"

"Abby…" he murmured softly, not taking his eyes off of her. He liked the way her name felt in his mouth. "Abby, Abby, Abby. Nothing gets by you, does it?'

She frowned at him. "Um, okay, I guess not but so what? What's going on Gibbs? You're confusing the He-"

He smiled at her and pushed her gently against the front door. Suddenly, Abby realized what Gibbs was doing and she smiled at him, her eye aglow- perhaps from the light of the moon, though more likely from her happiness. The fact that Abby was aware of what he was doing didn't hugely help Gibbs. It was, however, enough to get him to reach a tentative hand up to her cheek and gently- tenderly- caress it. She blushed slightly and avoided his gaze, opting instead to focus somewhere over his shoulder. "Abby…"

She bit her lip and looked up at him. "Yeah?" she whispered, completely aware of everything and nothing. On the one hand, she could have told anyone what colour the sky was- though if Gibbs had told her it was green, it would have unquestionably been green. On the other hand, she could feel Gibbs' hot breath on every inch of her exposed skin. It sent thrilling shivers up her spine. She felt his pulse racing and knew their hearts were beating in time with each other. She could feel his fingertips playing across her face. She could even feel his gaze travelling the course of his hand, as though he was fascinated with every inch of her that he could touch. She felt incredibly shy at the moment.

Eventually though, it was too much. His seemingly innocent touching was sweet, but she wasn't going to deny that she wanted more from him. She reached back and began twisting the doorknob, though her eyes never once left his. Even though she couldn't stand waiting, she was drowning in his icy blue eyes, which- at the same time- held an undeniably affectionate glimmer.

He chuckled, knowing the exact reason that she wanted to leave. He took her hand in his and pulled it away from the handle. He lowered his head to hers and brushed his lips playfully against her own. He realized- much too late- that he had made a huge mistake. What had started out as a simple goodnight kiss quickly deepened and left them both breathless.

"Wow," she whispered, still pressed between Gibbs and the door- yet she suddenly no longer wanted to move.

"Yeah," he muttered. "Wow…"

She shifted awkwardly, trying to prolong the inevitable. "So…"

He grinned. "So what?" He pressed his lips against hers again, no longer pretending that he was giving her a quick goodnight kiss.

As he kissed her, Abby got an idea. Amazingly, she was able to keep her mind focused as she subtly tugged her hand out of his and reached for the door handle. Gibbs didn't notice, as his arm just snaked around her waist and pulled her even closer to his body. Once the door was open, Abby began backing slowly into her living room. Gibbs unknowingly followed her.

He realized that he was suddenly no longer outside and let her go with a grin. "Abby!"

She smiled and took that as an opportunity to pull her keys out of the front door. "You can leave if you really want to," she told him as she held the door open.

He walked over to the door and shut it, locking it behind him. He turned back to her. "The only problem there is that I don't want to."

She grinned and grabbed his shirt pulling him over to her couch and on top of her. Calling Kate was definitely going to have to wait until the morning… Gibbs slid his hand up her shirt. On second thought, maybe Kate would have to wait until work on Monday.