Here's the next chapter...Abby! This was a harder chapter to write since I didn't have anything to go off of from the episode...she wasn't shown in June, so I just wrote a quick scene. Hope you all like it and I'm glad you are enjoying this story! Read and Review!

Abby was angry and hurt. She couldn't understand how Gibbs could leave a team member behind. A month had slowly and painfully gone by and she hadn't heard anything from Ziva, it shocked her and hurt her. Ziva always, always replied to emails or called her back. Abby had never been given the cold shoulder by Ziva…except for when she first came to NCIS. Abby couldn't stand Ziva, but things changed and Ziva quickly became one of her best friends.

Abby was keeping track of the days that went by. Thirty-six days had gone by since the departure of Ziva, and it was getting frustrating having to deal with all these losses. First Kate, who she misses dearly, died. Not long after that Gibbs left the team to "retire" and do who knows what on a beach in Mexico. Then Jenny dies in Los Angeles. Now Ziva left, and no one has heard anything from her.

"Ziva I miss you. You gave me a tazer to protect myself, and you taught me how to shoot well. Are you mad at me or something? Why haven't you answered my emails or calls?" Abby whispered quietly to herself.

She knew that there was a job to get done, and she'd get there…eventually, but thinking about Ziva always depressed her. She hadn't been this depressed since Kate and Jenny's death.

Oh no! What if something happened to Ziva? What if she's hurt or worse…dead? No! She can't be! Maybe she just needs time to think and cool off…but not trusting Tony? What the hell was she thinking? Of course she can trust him! Tony is her partner! If only I could knock some sense into her! JEALOUS! TONY! NO! He cares about her…and possibly loves her…but no she doesn't trust us. She chooses to not trust us…

Abby's thoughts were cut off by Gibbs.

"Abs. I need you to take a look at this." He handed her an evidence bag with a shirt in it.

"What's this?" She asked halfheartedly.

"A Petty Officer's undershirt. I need you to trace any evidence of meth and see if you can find anything else. We need to find out who's dealing on this ship. And now that another Petty Officer overdosed, we know this is serious." Gibbs informed her, studying her while he did so.

"Ok, I'll get it back to you as soon as I can." Abby quickly replied, signing the evidence log and taking out the shirt.

"Abs?" Gibbs raised an eyebrow and looked at her. Abby glanced up briefly before rushing at her work.

"Gibbs."

"What's going on?" Gibbs gently asked and approached her.

"Nothing." Abby quickly replied, but sighed. "Gibbs, I haven't heard from her. Why haven't I heard from her? Did I do something wrong? She never ignores my emails or calls, but she hasn't returned either. And what if something's wrong? Or what if she stays mad forever and doesn't ever contact us again. I can't lose another friend Gibbs, I can't. I have lost too many already." Abby quickly babbled, Gibbs pulling her in for a hug and kissing the top of her head.

"She'll come around." Gibbs simply answered.

"I hope so Gibbs. I miss her so much. Things aren't the same around here, everyone is all weird about it, and it's driving me crazy! It's making me crazy just thinking about everyone acting crazy, and the thing is, I'm just as weird as everyone else…weird in a different way cuz obviously I am already weird, but that's not the point…I'm acting like everyone else is. Distant and snappy. I'm never snappy Gibbs. I'm happy, I'm supposed to be happy. And I'm not right now. I hate seeing Tony pretend he's ok. And I can tell that McGee is missing Ziva too. And you…don't even get me started on you! You are avoiding all of this! You left her there Gibbs. You! Not Tony. Not Vance. And I still don't understand why!"

"Abs…" Gibbs tried to cut her off.

"No! Don't Abs me! I know that she said that she doesn't trust Tony, but she'd get over that. She has to! If she's ever gonna come back, she needs to learn to trust him, to trust us!" Abby started to cry, and Gibbs hugged Abby.

"I know you miss her. And I left her there to realize that she needs us. Until then we need to go on with our lives and do our job. We'll wait for her." Gibbs assured Abby, hoping that she will feel better.

"I sure hope so." Abby mumbled as she pulled out of Gibbs embrace.

"Now get to work." Gibbs softly told her as he began to walk out of the lab, but turned around at the last minute and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

"Sure thing Gibbs." Abby whispered. As soon as Gibbs was out of sight and she heard the ding of the elevator, she slumped down into her chair and stared at the computer screen. She knew she needed to pull herself together and get to work, Gibbs was right. Ziva needed time and they had to go on with their lives. But Ziva deserved at least another five minutes of mourning, so she sat there in a daze until she heard the ding of the elevator again.

"Hey Abby." Tony whispered. Abby turned around and put on a big smile, pulling up her hair and tying them in pigtails.

"Tony! What are you doing here so soon? I haven't even gotten a chance to get any work done." Abby tilted her head curiously at Tony and watched as he pulled a Caf-Pow from behind his back. A huge smile appeared on her face and she snatched it from Tony.

"Thought I'd bring you a pick me up." Tony shrugged as Abby hugged him.

"Thanks Tony!"

"Yeah, well I know this month has been difficult for you."

"And for you." Abby quickly added becoming serious. She knew Tony was suffering, just as much as she was. She could see it in his eyes and posture. But today there was something different about him. He seemed to be back to his old self.

"Have you heard from Ziva?" Abby couldn't help but ask. Surely that is why Tony seemed back to normal.

Tony's eyes immediately lost their sparkle and he frowned. "No, why? Have you?"

"No. I thought she would have contacted me right away, but still nothing. And with your normal self I figured you heard from her. You've been all weird lately, and not just you, but Gibbs and McGee are being weird too. So I figured that since you seem back to normal Tony, you heard from her or something."

"No, no one has heard from her. Not even Ducky." Tony told her.

"Oh, well maybe soon then? She has to. She can't stay mad forever, well maybe at you, but she has no right to be angry! You protected her, you were looking out for her! Although you did kill her boyfriend, but still Tony! You look out for her and have her back! You're her partner! She will contact us! Don't worry about it!" Abby nodded her head as she furrowed her eyebrows.

Tony shook his head amused and a little sad. Abby noticed this and hugged him.

"Don't worry Tony. Things will be ok. Now go or I'll never get my work done and Gibbs will be mad." Abby pushed him out of the lab and ran back to the evidence, quickly getting to work.

There you go! Again a shorter chapter, but I really wasn't sure how to handle this...but I hope you enjoyed it...