NCIS:
TIMOTHY MCGEE, IF I HAVE TO TELL YOU AGAIN...
DISCLAIMER:
NCIS and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
McGee keeps stealing glances across the lab at Abby and doesn't think she knows. Abby feels McGee glancing over at her and yells at him.
CHAPTER 10: WE CAN'T START OVER...
ABBY'S HOSPITAL ROOM...
"Where are McGee and DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked when he spotted Ziva.
"Tony took McGee home..." Ziva began.
"What?" Gibbs asked.
"The night Abby disappeared McGee had asked me to take her back to his apartment. He went to get her something and I left when he came back." Ziva said.
"Well, what did he go get?" Gibbs asked agitated.
"A ring," Ziva told him.
"A what," Gibbs started to ask.
"He bought me a ring?" Abby asked still sounding groggy.
"Yes...I saw it." Ziva said as she and Gibbs turned their attention to her.
"Tim...I left that night, because he wouldn't tell me..." Abby began.
"Settle down, Abs." Gibbs said noticing that she was beginning to get upset again.
"I never gave him a chance to explain that night." Abby said starting to get more upset.
"Do you want me to go call Tony and ask him to...?" Ziva began.
"No, I'm not ready to talk to Tim yet." Abby said.
THE APARTMENT OF TIMOTHY MCGEE...
"What if she never wants to talk to or work with me again?" Tim asked.
"Come on, Probie. You just have to give it a little time." Tony said.
"I could've driven myself home." Tim stated.
"Not the way you were looking. You would have probably been in or caused an accident and landed in the hospital." Tony said as there was a knock at the door.
Tim opened the door and there stood Ziva.
"What are you doing here?" Tim asked.
"I was talking to Gibbs and Abby overheard me." Ziva said.
"She's awake? What did she overhear?" Tim asked.
"I told Gibbs what happened the night she disappeared and she overheard me tell him, what you went to get her." Ziva told him.
"How..." Tim began to say.
"She started to get upset when she heard what you had bought her. She said she's not ready to talk to you yet." Ziva said.
"Yet," Tim asked.
"Yes, do you want us to take you back to the hospital?" Ziva asked.
"No, I'm going to do a few things and go later." Tim said.
"Then Tony and I will leave you to do your few things." Ziva said and pushed Tony toward the door.
"Thanks, Ziva." Tim said with a small smile as the door closed behind them.
OUTSIDE TONY AND ZIVA...
"Is it true? What you told, Probie?" Tony asked as they headed down the stairs.
"Yes, why would I lie?" Ziva asked.
"Do you think they'll get back together?" Tony asked as they got into her car, but Ziva didn't answer.
Ziva dropped Tony off at home, with a promise to see him the next day when they went to visit Abby.
Then she headed home herself.
JUST OUTSIDE ABBY'S HOSPITAL ROOM...
Gibbs was sitting in a chair right outside of Abby's room; Abby had gone back to sleep not long after Ziva had left.
Looking up Gibbs noticed McGee coming down the hall and got up to meet him.
"H-hi, boss," McGee said standing in front of Gibbs.
"This is why there is rule 12. I thought I told..." Gibbs began.
"I didn't mean to hurt her. She didn't give me a chance to explain that night..." Tim began.
"McGee?" Came a voice from the doorway.
"Abs, what are you doing out of bed?" Gibbs asked.
BACK INSIDE ABBY'S ROOM...
She held on to the door frame, before Tim could stop himself he was at her side and though she tried to push him away.
He kept his arm around her, until she was back in bed.
"What are you doing here, McGee?" Abby asked.
"Can we talk?" Tim asked her.
"I..." Abby began.
"I know you're still mad at me, but we need to talk." Tim said and she could see the pleading in his eyes.
"All right," Abby finally agreed and Gibbs left saying he would be back in a little while.
"Abby..." Tim began.
"I should have stayed and let you explain." Abby said cutting him off.
"I should have gone after you when you left. It's all my..." Tim began.
"Stop, it was both our faults, Tim. I should've stayed and we should have talked." Abby said and took his hand.
He looked at her surprised, unknown to either of them Gibbs had called Ziva and Tony.
The three of them stood just outside the door, which was open, just a crack.
"Abby, can you forgive..." Tim began.
"It's my fault that I left and got kidnapped. Then..." Abby began.
"No, it's not your fault. How about we..." Tim began.
"Start over? We've been there twice now and twice something has happened to break us up." Abby told him.
"Just let me finish, okay?" Tim asked looking at her.
"Okay, what?" Abby asked and noticed that he seemed nervous.
"Abby..." Tim began. "What's wrong, Tim?" Abby asked.
"I don't want to start over for a third time. I-I want to move past that." Tim told her.
"What are you talking about?" Abby asked confused.
"You asked me earlier,
'What was so important that I had, Ziva, take you home'
that night..." Tim began.
"Yes and you said that it didn't matter." Abby told him.
"I thought it wouldn't matter to you..." Tim told her.
"What wouldn't matter? What are you talking about?" Abby asked.
"I had this made for you, but you left that night before I could give it to you." Tim said showing her the ring.
"Is..." Abby began.
"Every time we start to DATE something happens and we break up. So I thought we could skip the dating, since it hasn't worked...Abigail Sciuto, will you marry me?" Tim asked and she just stared at him.
He looked so sincere; she didn't know what to say or what to do. After thinking about it for a minute...
"I'll marry you on one condition." Abby said.
"What's that?" Tim asked her with the first real smile in weeks.
"We don't get married right anytime..." Abby began, they both looked toward the door, when they heard a cheer and noticed it was open just a crack.
Tim walked over to the door, when he opened it there stood Gibbs, Ziva and Tony.