Like I promised here is another chapter.

This time I want to thank KrisShannon. Thank you for your nice reviews. And thank you for new ideas for the episode "Bloodbath". Like I wrote at the beginning, you can write me scenes you would like to see and which I forgot.

But now enjoy the new chapter. I don't own anything. The characters and the original episode story belong to CBS.

05x03 – Ex-File

"Gibbs, can I hit him?"

"No."

…

"Can I hit him now, Gibbs?"

"No."

…

"Abby."

After he had interrogated Fred, Gibbs went down to his favorite forensic scientist. He knew that she was angry and he wanted to cheer her up. But when he walked into her lab, he almost walked back out. Her music was very loud and his ears were hurting. Abby was packing a box and it seemed as if those were the belongings of Captain Reynolds, but she seemed pretty upset. Gibbs decided to walk to her stereo first, before he got deaf. When silence filled the room he was relieved.

"Hey! Don't touch my music!"

Now Abby noticed him and looked at him angry.

"I really don't know how you can work like that."

"Do you want anything in particular or did you just come here to shut off my music?"

"Hey! I don't like that tone."

"Well, this is my lab so when I'm in the mood to…"

Within a few steps he reached her and grabbed her elbow. Then he pulled her to him, until she was looking at him.

"Cut the attitude. I know that you are angry because of Fred, but I will not allow you to talk to people, who love you by the way, like you want to."

"I'm not in the mood to be friendly and nice. Fred destroyed the evidence. Okay? He DESTROYED it! I don't want any help ever again! This… OW!"

Shocked she looked at him with wide eyes, while she rubbed her butt.

"I told you to cut the attitude."

"Yeah, but you never smacked me. Or slapped me like you do Tony."

"It was just one smack."

"And it did hurt. Please don't do that ever again."

"If you keep your voice down, I don't have to."

"So I'm not allowed to get angry?"

"Of course you are, but you are not allowed to yell at any of us."

"Sorry." She murmured.

Gibbs smiled and kissed her forehead.

"Abs. It wasn't your fault. You couldn't know that Fred…"

"I left him here alone. I gave him the opportunity to erase the whole data. Why was I that stupid, Gibbs? Why didn't I think first? I mean, since when do you tell me to come up and show you my results? Either I come up on my own or you come down, but you never asked me to come up."

"He tricked you. He made you think that he was your friend and because you are always friendly and nice, you believed him."

"It was stupid. I will never trust anybody."

"Hey. You don't trust me?"

"Don't be stupid, Gibbs. Of course, I trust you. It's just…"

"It was a joke, Abs." Gibbs said "I know that you trust all of us."

He pulled her in a hug and rubbed soothing circles on her back. He felt how the tension left her body slowly.

"Gibbs?"

"Hm?"

"I want to go home." She whispered.

"What do you think about that? Give me one more hour and then I take you out for diner. Deal?"

"Actually I just wanted to go in to my bed, pull my blanket over me and don't stand up until it is Monday."

"This is not an option. At 5 pm I expect you in front of my desk."

"And when I'm not there?"

"Then you will get another smack. Or two."

"Not nice, Gibbs."

"I'm your boss and when I tell you something I expect that you do it."

"I don't need my boss right now. I need my papa bear."

For that she got another kiss and he hugged her tighter.

"Better?"

"Much."

"Okay. So 5 pm at my desk. You decide which restaurant."

"Are you sure? You don't have to take me out. You just could give me another hug and then…"

"Abs. If I wouldn't be sure, I wouldn't make this suggestion. 5 pm."

"Okay. I will be there."

"Good." Gibbs said and gave Abby a last kiss.

Then he released her and walked to the elevator, to finish his report upstairs.