Chapter 11 has been updated! Like I said, this chapter will have the bachelor and bachelorette parties, both of which will probably be wild and crazy. And after the parties, it will be only two days until the wedding!
Enjoy!
"You're serious aren't you?" He said in resignation, and they all nodded, Mike included.
"I'm staying here to watch Amira and Lee," Jack said, and Gibbs groaned.
"Oh come on, Jethro, if I have to, so do you," Abby said, walking over to him and wrapping her arms around his neck. He rested his hands on her hips and sighed, saying,
"Well, all right," He said grudgingly, and Abby chuckled.
"Don't sound so happy,"
"I don't," He muttered, and she laughed as she kissed him.
"I'll see you later," She said as Jenny came up and attempted to tug her away. Gibbs just held on tighter and kissed her again, murmuring,
"Okay. Love you,"
"Love you too," She whispered, and then allowed the girls to drag her away. Gibbs watched her go and then blew out a breath in resignation.
"All right. Where're we going?" He asked, and Tony and McGee just smiled.
"You'll see."
"I don't like the sound of that," Gibbs muttered as he allowed himself to be pulled out of the house and put into Tony's car. Mike and Luka were in the backseat, while McGee rode with Ducky. They pulled up to the local bar that Gibbs always went to, and Mike walked behind Gibbs into the bar, covering his eyes with his hands.
"Mike! Get your hands off…" Gibbs started to exclaim when Mike took his hands off and he saw the decorations in the bar, all proclaiming it was his bachelor's party.
"We reserved the bar for the night," Ducky explained as the bartender waved at them.
"Congrats, Gibbs," The bartender said, shaking Gibbs' hand before pouring him a shot of bourbon. Gibbs smiled at him and said,
"Thanks, Dave," And then he tossed the shot back. A cheer erupted from all of the men and all of them ordered shots, and told Dave to keep them all flowing.
"All right, before we get too drunk, time for presents!" Mike said, pulling a wrapped box out from behind his back.
Gibbs sat down at one of the tables and they all piled their presents on top of the table. He opened Mike's present first, and he threw his head back and roared with laughter. Then he set it on the table so everyone could see what Mike had gotten him: a pair of fuzzy handcuffs and some adult games to play with said handcuffs.
"You are outta your mind, Mike," Gibbs said, shaking his head.
"I sent the key with Layla to Abby's bachelorette party," Mike said with a wink, and Gibbs groaned and downed another shot of bourbon.
"Me next!" Luka said, handing a flat, rectangular box to Gibbs. He unwrapped it and found two plane tickets to New Orleans. "I couldn't think of anything to get you because I don't really know you that well, so Jess suggested this, so I could get to know my brother-in-law a little better," Luka said quietly, and Tony grumbled,
"Dang, he actually got him a good present,"
"Thank you, Luka," Gibbs said, shaking the younger man's hand. "I think Abby will love this, as do I," They both sat back down and Ducky handed Gibbs his present next.
"It's not quite as interesting as Mike's present," Ducky said with a smile, and Gibbs rolled his eyes.
"Thanks for that, Duck," He opened the box and found a big bottle of bourbon. He smiled at Ducky and then they began talking about the proof and hold old it was and other stuff that the others all but ignored.
Tony, McGee and Palmer slipped outside while Ducky was explaining the proof of alcohol, and came back in with a huge present.
"What the…?" Gibbs was confused as they set it in front of him.
"Me, McGoo and Palmer went in together for this," Tony said with a flourish, and Gibbs looked at all three of them.
"Why am I scared?" He asked himself under his breath, and McGee laughed while Tony looked affronted.
"Hey, it's a good present," Palmer defended, and Gibbs just laughed as he took another shot and unwrapped the present.
Inside he found numerous smaller wrapped boxes, and he aimed a glare at the three boys. "You really gonna make me unwrap all these?"
"Yep," McGee said with a grin, and Gibbs rolled his eyes as he tore open the first one. Inside he found a small hand sander, almost an exact replica of the one he and broken months ago when he and Abby got into a small fight and he'd thrown it against the wall, breaking it. He opened the next package and found another tool that he'd broken.
"How did you know?" Gibbs asked, looking at Tony, McGee and Palmer.
"We asked Abby to make a list of the tools you've broken and haven't replaced, and she did." Palmer explained, and Tony muttered,
"Sometimes there was a bit of a language barrier,"
"She didn't exactly know all the names all the time," McGee added, and Gibbs laughed.
"Thank you, boys, a lot," He said sincerely, and they all smiled.
"And now, time for the strippers!" Mike yelled, and the front door opened with four girls striding in, wearing all different forms of undress.
"Abby is gonna kill me," Gibbs muttered under his breath and he grabbed a glass of bourbon and started sipping it, trying to look inconspicuous at the bar.
"This is the man of the night!" Tony yelled, grabbing Gibbs' arm.
"If Abby doesn't kill me first, I'm gonna kill all of you," Gibbs said dangerously, as two of the showgirls grabbed his arms.
"Don't worry, Gibbs," One of them purred.
"We won't make you do anything to you that you'll regret later," The other one said with a mischievous grin, and Gibbs knew he was in trouble.
Meanwhile, the girls ended up at Abby's favorite club, Pandemonium. At first they ordered a round of Jell-O shots, and after they drained those, Jenny stood up and placed a crown on Abby's head, saying,
"Present time!"
Abby sat there and clapped her hands as Layla went first and handed Abby a small present. She unwrapped it and pulled out a key on a chain. She looked at Layla with confusion in her eyes and Layla explained, "Mike gave it to me to give to you, he said he was giving Agent Gibbs the fuzzy handcuffs that went with them, along with some games,"
"Oh," Abby said with an evil grin, slipping the chain over her head. "Thanks, Layla!" She added, hugging the other woman.
"Me next!" Jess exclaimed, handing a present to Abby. She opened it and found a box of martini glasses.
"I love these!" Abby exclaimed, opening the box and waving for the bartender to fill them with some alcohol.
All the girls started sipping from the glasses as Kaytlin sidled up next to Abby and gave her a wrapped present. "Open mine!" She insisted, and Abby grinned as she ripped the wrapping paper off.
"Kaytie!" Abby exclaimed, nudging her friend with her elbow.
"What? What is it?" Ziva wanted to know, as did Jenny and Jess.
"It's…" Abby just showed them the box full of bedroom stuff, wordlessly shaking her head. "I'm getting married, Kaytie, not running a sex shop!"
"Well..." Kaytlin said with a grin and a shrug, and Abby just rolled her eyes as she took another sip from her martini glass.
Then Jenny and Ziva handed her a present, saying, "We went in together on this one,"
Abby shot them a look and then opened the present. "Oh my God, you guys would," She said, pulling out piece after piece of skimpy lingerie. Everyone applauded and then Abby found a home waxing kit for a bikini wax, and a gift collection of skin care products.
"Why don't you put some of that lingerie on?" A man said suggestively, sidling up next to Abby. She looked at him and said,
"You do realize this is a bachelorette party, right? Which means I'm getting married pretty soon?"
"So?" He said with an easy grin, and Abby smiled right back.
"He's a federal agent who carries a gun and used to be a Marine,"
"Oh hush, Abby, these are our own male strippers!"
"Strippers? Didn't you hear the part about my fiancé being a federal agent who carries a gun?" Abby said worriedly, and Jenny laughed.
"Oh don't worry, Mike and Tony got female strippers for Jethro's bachelor's party,"
"Well…" Abby said, and then two of the strippers grabbed her by the arms and pulled her into the crowd on the dance floor as one of her favorite songs came on.
"Don't forget your glass!" Ziva exclaimed, hurrying over with Abby's filled martini glass.
"It wouldn't be a bachelorette party if we weren't drunk," Abby said with a laugh and Kaytlin added,
"Or if we didn't have male strippers,"
"We've got a cab lined up already right?" Abby yelled over the music, and Ziva nodded.
"Yes and I made sure one will be at Gibbs' bachelor's party, don't worry,"
"Thanks!" Abby yelled, and then started dancing around the dance floor.
Well those were interesting gifts! Since the last bachelorette party I went to I was like 10 and they made me go sit on the stairs and color in a coloring book while they opened presents, I had to google ideas for both bachelor and bachelorette presents, hopefully those were okay. Next chapter will have the morning after the parties, and also the aftermath. Thanks so much for reading and I hope you like this story so far!