Title: Always and Forever

Rating: MATURE MATERIAL!

Pairing/TV Show: McAbby/ NCIS

Author: Chelli =)

Summary: Abby gets to the hospital and is finally reunited with McGee. McGee acts like a child when he can't sleep with Abby for the next two days. =)

Genre: Romance/Family

Author's Note: It's a long chapter. I could have made it shorter but decided that I wanted it to be long.

I didn't know if it was possible for Abby to be able to go to the Bethesda Hospital so I just left the hospital unknown. I would like to know though for future fics I may do.

Disclaimer: I own none of these characters (but lord I wish I did). All credit goes to the fabulous writers of the TV Show NCIS!

Chapter 11: Reunited

McGee impatiently paced back and forth in the hospital front desk area. The front desk lady asked him if everything was ok.

McGee replied, "No, can you just make sure you have someone ready to take care of a patient when she gets in. My friends are going to be here with her at any minute."

The lady nodded and picked up the phone. McGee started worrying when about 20 minutes went by and the team had still not gotten to the hospital. All the negative things that could have happened flashed through his mind.

An explosion

Gibbs letting Ziva drive

Ryan having an accomplice and slaughtering the team including Abby….. Ok that one was pretty out there but it could happen!

McGee quickly sat down and got a grip on himself. He told himself that nothing was going to happen to neither Abby nor the team. He got calm after repeating that in his head a few times. After 5 minutes of calming himself down, he heard the automatic hospital front doors slide open. He suddenly got up and waited. Sure enough Gibbs came in carrying Abby.

McGee rushed over to them. The first thing McGee noticed- Tony, Abby and Ziva looking dusty and dirty. McGee said quickly, "What the hell happened?"

Gibbs said, "Ryan planted a bomb inside the building. Tony, Ziva, and Abby were barely out of the building before it exploded."

So one of McGee's fears did happen but what mattered was that all of them were alive. McGee looked lovingly at Abby, who was sleeping in Gibbs arms. McGee then looked at Ziva and asked, "Did you manage to get the laptop without it being damaged?"

Ziva gave him a sympathetic look and answered, "No. I was thrown a good 13 feet from the building. The laptop was the only thing that helped me break my fall. Even though it was barely anything, I do believe it helped save me from breaking anything. It just knocked the breath out of me."

Gibbs said, "You and Tony are still getting checked out. I don't need you guys getting sick if Ryan put some toxic disease in the fumes."

McGee nodded. Ziva and Tony unbelievably agreed to go in for a check up. That was the first, McGee thought to himself. Even though he wasn't overjoyed at the news of the computer, he was still glad that the explosion took the life of the computer and not Ziva's. As Gibbs was standing there with severely injured Abby, he yelled, "What the hell does it take to get a damn stretcher in here! Didn't you tell them about us coming?"

McGee nodded and said, "Of course I did. I don't know why they haven't come yet."

Gibbs looked like he was about to tear the place apart. McGee held his arms out for Abby. Gibbs, ignoring the fact that he was furious, gently put Abby in McGee's arms. Once Gibbs was sure that McGee had Abby in a tight hold he went to ask the front desk lady why a stretcher wasn't ready and out here for Abby yet.

Abby fluttered her eyes open when she felt someone's (McGee's) lips on her forehead. When she realized who it was she jolted awake and wrapped her arms around his neck, tightly. McGee wanted to return the embrace but he didn't want to drop her. He just settled for nuzzling the nape of her neck. He pulled away to examine her. She still had on her clothes he saw on her from the live video feed of Ryan's computer. The black shirt was dusty and her skirt was really dirty. The big head gash she got from Ryan had dried blood all around it. He couldn't see but he was sure that her leg looked no better than her head wound.

Abby looked into his eyes and said, "McGee, you're staring."

McGee smiled and said, "Couldn't help it. You're just too beautiful."

Before Abby could speak, a few nurses came with a stretcher. They put it right in front of McGee and Abby. Both Abby and McGee stared at the stretcher. Abby still had a tight grip on McGee's neck and she wasn't making a move to loosen it any time soon. McGee loved the fact that she didn't want to let go and leave with these strangers.

The male nurse, annoyed, said, "Can you please lie her down on the stretcher?"

McGee whispered closely to Abby's ear, "Come on, Abs. He doesn't look like he'll bite." McGee kissed her ear.

Abby loved the feeling of his hot breath and lips on her ear but she pulled away from his lips, craned her neck, and whispered back into his ear, "I'm not too sure about that. And frankly right now I don't trust anyone."

McGee nodded and asked the male nurse, "Can I come with. She doesn't trust that many people right now."

The male nurse sighed and said, "I'm sorry. From the look of her leg, she's probably going to have to go straight into surgery. No one is allowed into surgery. It's hospital policy."

Abby was still not letting go and McGee didn't like the idea of having Abby out of his sight for one second and especially not more then an hour.

The male nurse forcefully said, "Please sir, put her on the stretcher. She needs medical attention."

Abby liked that McGee was still not making a move to put her on the stretcher but the truth was, she could feel her leg hurt more and more each minute that passed. Her head was also still a major headache and her cheek was burning from the many slaps she got across the face.

Gibbs walked over to them when he saw that Abby was still not on the stretcher. Gibbs asked, "Why is Abby not getting taken car of?"

The same nurse told him, "Abby seems to want to die more than leave this man's arms."

Gibbs chuckled but replied, "Yeah, well, she's gonna have to leave his arms." Gibbs looked at a very uncertain Abby. He gave her a look that told her to do as she was told. After a few seconds of Abby being rebellious and still keeping an iron grasp on McGee's neck, Gibbs said, "You better let go of McGee now, Abby, before I make you let go."

Not wanting to find out if Gibbs was kidding, Abby loosened her grip slowly. McGee gently put Abby on the stretcher. Before the nurses could roll her through the doors McGee leaned down to give Abby a passionate kiss on the lips. McGee and Abby's kiss was cut shorter than preferred when a different nurse cleared her throat obnoxiously. McGee slowly came apart and smiled at her. McGee said, "When you get out of here, we're going home."

Abby nodded and McGee saw her start to tear up. He wiped the tears away and Abby smiled up at him. Then the nurses rolled her through the doors to the E.R.

They had to wait a lot of hours before the doctor came out. They all leapt up, Ducky and Palmer had joined them while they were waiting. She greeted them, "Hello, I'm Dr. Holly. I'm guessing you all are for Abby?"

They all nodded and Gibbs asked, "Is she going to be ok?"

Doctor Holly flipped through the clipboard and slowly nodded. She replied, "Abby has suffered a lot of injuries but is a very strong and lucky woman. She is already showing signs of recovery." The tense air in the hospital immediately evaporated as all of the team sighed relief.

McGee was the first one to ask, "Can I see her?" Of course the rest of the team wanted to see her too but they figured that McGee needed it the most.

Doctor Holly said, "Yes but she's probably sleeping."

McGee smiled, "That's fine with me. I love to watch her sleep."

The doctor smiled and said while leading him through the double door entrance, "You must be the husband the nurses were complaining about."

McGee smiled at the thought of being married to Abby. He replied by saying, "No, not married yet."

The doctor looked embarrassed and said, "Sorry I just assumed. I know how young couples get when someone assumes their husband and wife."

McGee shook his head, "No that's not it at all. We just got together."

Dr. Holly looked at him confused and asked, "And you two are that close? The nurses told me that Abby was practically strangling you because she didn't want to leave your arms."

McGee explained, "Well we've known each other for about 7 years. It just took me awhile to figure out that I couldn't picture myself with anyone else."

Dr. Holly nodded while smiling and said, "Like I said, Abby's a lucky girl."

They both stopped in front of a hospital room. McGee saw Abby's clip board on the front of the door. He was about to open the door but stopped himself and asked the doctor before she could leave, "How exactly long is Abby staying here?"

Doctor Holly replied, "Two days max. We have to run a couple of more tests to make sure her leg heals properly. The bullet went clean through her leg, barely caused any damage to the bone. It was mostly just tearing of some tissue. If you don't mind me asking, do you know what happened to her?"

McGee told the doctor briefly, "She was kidnapped and went through way too much torture."

Doctor Holly nodded when she saw that McGee was clearly still depressed over the subject. She said, "You are free to stay as long as you want. I'll notify the nurses that you are aloud to stay overnight."

McGee smiled at her and said, "Thank you so much."

The doctor gave one final nod and then left down the hallway. McGee opened the door and walked in.

He was immediately overjoyed to see a sleeping Abby in the hospital bed. When he got closer he couldn't help himself but climb into the medium sixed hospital bed with her. Making sure not to disturb her he lightly climbed in and scooted over to face her. He was finally at peace with his Abby.

He was almost asleep when Abby stirred in her sleep. Without opening her eyes she said, "Couldn't resist, McGee?"

McGee smiled and answered, "I guess you're just too irresistible."

Abby smiled at the comment like she did the morning of her kidnapping. She sighed as she moved closer to his body. She snuggled deep into his arms as he put his arm lazily around her, to rest on the curve of her waist. McGee kissed the side of her neck as he sniffed her aroma.

McGee came apart from her neck and jokingly said, "You really need to get back to your lab. I miss the aroma of random chemicals and gunpowder."

She smiled and said, "So you don't like my new aroma of hospital shampoo?"

McGee hadn't even noticed that she had taken a shower until he saw that her hair hung down at her shoulders. He also noticed that the big gash on her forehead was stitched up and covered by Abby's bangs. He took a lock of her wet ebony colored hair between his fingers and smelt it. He shook his head, "Nope. Still like your 'various chemicals/gunpowder/cinnamon shampoo' aroma better."

Abby laughed at him and said, "Well give it a week. I'm sure I'll have my unique smell back in no time." McGee smiled as he tucked the lock of hair behind her ear and placed a little soft kiss on her forehead. As she closed her eyes she smiled and said, "Again, but a bit lower down." She raised her head a little.
McGee decided to play along. "Lower down? Okay." He kissed her on the chin and grinned.

Abby, knowing what he was doing to her, said, "No, McGee, that was too far down. A bit higher."

"Here?" he asked and put a tiny kiss on the tip of her nose.

"Even though I'm enjoying this right now, you still haven't reached the spot I want you to kiss." Abby said, pretending to be annoyed.

McGee played sarcasm and said, "Abby. I don't think a hospital is the place to undress you."

Abby hit him on the back of the head and said, "Even though that doesn't sound too bad, that still wasn't the place I was talking about."

McGee smiled at her as he said, "Ok, ok. I get where you want me to kiss you now." Abby leaned up as McGee leaned and both their lips came into a deep, passionate kiss. McGee groaned into her mouth as she hitched her good leg up on his hip. McGee came apart and said, "I see you still are feisty after everything that's happened to you."

Abby giggled, tightened herself against him, and whispered in his ear, "I'm not the one that's getting a little too overexcited under the covers."

McGee started to kiss and bite her neck. Abby gasped at the feeling of his lips and teeth against her sensitive skin on her neck. She said, after she got control of her brain, "You know, if Gibbs or anyone comes in and sees us doing this then they are going to make you leave."

McGee said against her neck, "Let them try."

Abby slightly moved her hand down to his thigh. McGee (trying to ignore Abby's hand that was mere inches form his erection that had formed in just minutes) trailed his lips from her neck to her lips. Abby responded quickly by bringing her hands (including the one that was on his thigh) to both sides of his face to deepen the kiss. McGee traced Abby's bottom lip with his tongue. Abby, knowing what McGee wanted, granted him entrance. Their tongues battled for dominance for a few minutes until McGee came apart because of the need for oxygen. McGee didn't need to hear the heart rate monitor to know that Abby's heart was beating fast.

Abby laughed and said, "I think we are the first couple to ever consider 'getting it on' in a hospital bed."

McGee said, "Well if I weren't so scared of hurting you I would most defiantly be on top of you right now."

Abby blushed then said, "Someone's a little impatient."

McGee pouted and said, "Hey you're the one that put your hand dangerously close to my junk."

Abby explained, "Well I was just caught in the moment. It didn't help that you were sucking and biting on my neck. You know that's my weakness!"

McGee said, "Yeah, I know that."

After a few minutes of silence, McGee came to a conclusion and said, "I can't wait two days, Abby. You're going to have to heal faster."

Abby said, "Hey don't put this all on me. I heal at my own pace, no mater how agonizingly slow it is. Plus, I just need to get these bandages off my leg. And then you can have me all to yourself"

McGee hugged her close and asked, "Do your injuries still hurt?"

Abby replied, "Not as much. The nurse said they'd let me out in two days if it completely stops hurting and heals."

McGee nuzzled the nape of her neck once again and said, "The doctor said the same thing to me outside your door."

After a few minutes of just laying in each other's embrace McGee noted something else in his head. McGee thought aloud, "I think I'm beginning to have problems with my self control like you do in the mornings." He grinned at himself.

Abby playfully slapped him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, just because I couldn't stand your irresistible seductive sexiness that one morning doesn't mean I have problems with self-control."

McGee sarcastically said, "Yeah, sure you don't."

Abby lifted herself up to glare at McGee, "I hate when you do that."

McGee looked right back into her eyes innocently and said, "What?"

Abby shook her head and said, "Piss me off."

McGee kept himself from laughing and stated, "I don't know what you're talking about. I was just thinking out loud to myself."

Abby said, "Oh I see." She snuggled back into his embrace. Before McGee could celebrate winning the argument she said, "I guess you'll be waiting longer than just two days to sleep with me. Just until I get my self-control issues that I apparently have under control."

McGee's eyes widened and thought to him self, "Oh shit!"

Abby couldn't help but smile as she felt his body tense. Before he could say a word a nurse came in. The nurse looked awkwardly at the couple who were lying in a hospital bed. Abby smiled big at the nurse and McGee fake smiled at him.

The nurse, who still felt a little awkward said, "Um I need to take 's vitals."

When McGee nodded but didn't get off the bed the nurse sighed and said, "You know those hospital beds aren't made for two."

McGee replied sincerely, "Well it hasn't crumbled yet so I think it'll be ok."

Abby couldn't help but let out a giggle. She got off McGee and sat up so the nurse could take her arm. McGee looked up at her and stared at her with pleading eyes. She had gotten him fair and square and was loving it.

Abby laughed at the pout McGee was giving her. She had seen it too often in the years they had known each other. It was the expression he got when he was scared that he wasn't going to get what he wanted. Like a kid who gets in trouble on Christmas Eve and is scared that Santa won't be getting him any presents.

Scared that he was going to get too depressed she told him, "Don't worry McGee, I was just joking."

At that moment Gibbs came in and said, "McGee! I need you out here right now!" McGee jumped out of the hospital bed and looked scared out of his mind at the sudden Gibb's appearance. He looked at the nurse who had come in that was now calmly taking Abby's vitals and checking up on her. He looked innocent enough. But, then again, so did Ryan Taut when they first brought him in for questioning. Bottom line, he did not like the idea of leaving Abby unprotected.

Gibbs apparently saw the reaction and said, "McGee, she's fine. Ziva is going to come in and look after her." Ziva popped in right behind Gibbs and sat in an open chair in the corner, smiling at Abby and McGee. McGee gave his thanks to Ziva, quickly gave Abby a kiss on the lips, and then ran out to follow Gibbs to see what was so urgent.