"Abby made us do it!" Ziva finished, relieved to be away from that horrible tune. It was probably the most despicable thing she'd ever heard and she'd heard a lot of things. Those poor children; they had no idea what they were up against!
"ZIVA!" Abby complained as Jenny came to stand before her. "Spill it." She ordered. Abby took a deep breath and spilled the least amount possible. "We were out clubbing last night and we were driving by this cafe and we saw you and Gibbs. Tony's had a betting pool for ages and he was driving and he said we should follow you to see who could rightfully reap the rewards of said bets. So we did. You guys kissed and went inside and we left." Abby lied smoothly or rather omitted parts of the truth that were extremely incriminating.
Tony's eyes popped as the blame was laid at his door. "Come on! I figured that the money could be used for either McAbby to go eat lobster or me and sweetcheeks to go eat lobster." He threw his hands up and then his and the rest of the team's eyes widened in horror. "Oh, shit!"
Gibbs descended like a pack of hungry wolves. "Sweetcheeks? Did you just refer to Ziva as sweetcheeks and talk about lobster dinners?" He growled. Jenny raised an eyebrow and shrugged helplessly at the four's silent plea for help. "And McAbby? What the hell is 'McAbby'?" Gibbs demanded.
"McGee and Abby like well...like a couple." Tony looked at the ground as he spoke, terriffied of what was occurring.
"Not one of you, not two of you, not three of you broke Rule number 12 but ALL four of you did?" The silver-haired fox snapped.
"You did too Gibbs so don't even start preaching. Why even have that stupid rule if you're going to break it anyway?" Abby questioned with a raised eyebrow and a determined expression.
"That rule is for your protection! I didn't have it once upon a time and I got hurt, Abbs. It hurt real bad. The woman I loved walked away from me to further her career." He should have quit while he was ahead because the next thing he received was a slap to the face and a look of utter betrayal from his lover. "You never told me that rule was because of me." Jenny whispered, heartbroken.
Eyes bugged out of the audience's heads and Abby was practically hyperventilating since she thought this very well might be the end of her Mommy and Daddy dreams. Thank goodness Gibbs wasn't going to give up.
"It's also because of you that I'm going to edit that rule out. I love you too much to have you hurt over some damn words I made up out of bitterness and spite." He pulled her close to him and he kissed her softly.
Jenny melted into his touch and mentally reasoned with herself. Was it worth losing him again because he made up a stupid rule to keep his team from getting hurt? Of course not, she loved him but back then he hadn't known that. The blow was fresh then.
"I love you too, Jethro." She rested her head on his shoulders and wrapped her arms around his neck, happily smiling now that the matter was resolved.
"Ahem," Abby raised an eyebrow."You want to tell us something?"
Jenny turned a deep red and mumbled something.
"What was that?" Tony asked just about ready to burst into cackles.
"She said that we should really just shut up and get back to work before she keelhauls the lot of us. AND that she's pregnant." Abby shrugged with a grin.
Jenny and Gibbs both choked on air. "Abby, I sure as hell didn't say I'm pregnant thank you very much."
"A girl can dream of Gibblets." The raven-haired woman spoke with an innocent smile.
Gibbs and Jenny exchanged a look and silent communication passed between them.
"I hate when you do that." Abby complained.
"Just like when I hate it when you two sign and nobody else knows what you're talking about or can do it." Jenny replied with a shrug of her own.
"Not true, I can do it." Tony made a gesture that Gibbs had shown him but he did it wrong once again.
"TONY!" Abby squealed covering her eyes.
"You should wash your hands with soap again." Gibbs rolled his eyes.
"Damn, I wish I knew what the hell I was saying!" Tony exclaimed and he was met with chuckles all around.
After Gibbs composed himself, he slapped the back of Tony's head without a lot of force though.
"We have to tell you something." Jenny sighed having reached the conclusion that keeping this bit of information to themselves and not sharing with their little family would do more harm than good. "That girl who came in the other day she's-she's-" Abby cut her off.
"The Gibblet Lauren. We know. We already met her." Abby shrugged and smiled wryly.
Jenny and Gibbs looked at her in shock.
"Aww, come on! We're investigators. We investigated the girl for your best interests." Tony slapped his forehead in a duh motion and Gibbs raised his eyebrows.
"Our best interests or were you just nosy?" Jenny asked with a look of slight annoyance mingled with amusement.
"He's DiNozzo of course he was being nosy." Gibbs rolled his eyes and kissed his favorite redhead with a smile.
Gibbs turned to Abby and signed something to which she replied with a few hand signals of her own. Jenny pouted and Gibbs just patted her head patronizingly.
Abby nodded in acknowledgement and reached over to slap the back of DiNozzo's head.
"Ow! Abby why'd you-oh, thank you, Boss, Abbs." Tony changed his sentence midway through after he realized Abby was told to slap the back of his head during the two's signing conversation.
The phone rang and Abby answered it in an attempt at a gruff baritone. "DiNozzo." She grunted and pulled the phone away from her ear after a few seconds. "Some chick named Robyn. Says you're the father of her baby."
"I'm the who of her what?" Tony's eyes grew big and Abby snickered along with everyone else.
"Tony you did not notice McGee call the phone from his cellphone?" Ziva cocked her head, laughing.
"Oh thank God." Tony breathed.
"So you did date a Robyn?" Abby questioned.
"ANd an Amananda, Brianna, Julie, Sarah, Mary, Lisa, Lois, Helena, oh sweet Helena, Michelle, Sabri-"
"OK, that's enough. We get it-you're a womanizer." Jenny rolled her eyes and leaned up to kiss Gibbs who pulled her flush against him.
Abby cleared her throat.
"Please no making babies in the office and if you can't refrain from doing so could you at least not do it right in front of us?" Tony requested, cringing as the boss's hand came to smack the back of his head.
"Well, I'm going to go up to the office. Jethro, could you get me coffee when you go out for your morning one?" Jenny's lower lip jutted out and she gave him her puppy dog eyes.
"Of course." Gibbs smiled and kissed her cheek. Jenny disappeared up the staircase and Gibbs turned to go but Tony grabbed his arm.
"Boss," He said hesitantly.
"DiNozzo." Gibbs said flatly, annoyance growing.
"Don't hurt her." He winced, expecting a headslap but was surprised when he had Gibbs stroking his hair.
"I won't, Tony, I won't." And with that he headed out for the required caffeinated liquid.
"What just happened?" Tony questioned.
"The signs of the coming apocalypse?" Tim suggested.
"Gibbs was nice." Abby inputed, dazed.
"And it was not to you." Ziva added, shocked.
"Or Jenny." Tim supplied, eyes widening.
"Definitely a sign of the apocalypse." Tony agreed with McGee, a rare occurence.
"And you two just agreed with each other!" Abby exclaimed. "I better go to confession or something."