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The eye-witness around them had all an equally shocked expression on their faces.
"He is not dead!" She said forcefully. "He can't be dead."
Tears were streaming down her face.
"Abs."
"Abby."
"My Dear."
They looked at Abby and gathered a little closer right before she broke down and let the tears freely fall.
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Ziva kneed down and pulled Abby in a hug.
"He is not dead." She pressed out through gritted teeth.
"He is not dead." She said again more desperate.
"He can't be dead; my child is not going to grow up without his father." All gasp except Ducky who had figured it out a little while ago after doing test after test for her in the lab and the morning he witnessed her backwards eating in his house.
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"Anthony, help me." Tony looked to the ME who pointed at the crying Abby.
He ignored the throbbing in his chin and lifted his 'little sister' up to carry her to the elevator followed by Duck.
He glanced to the crying figure in his arms. Abby had clenched her fists into his shirt and sobbed onto the fabric of said.
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Together they entered the small cubicle.
As soon as the doors were closed Abby cried even more, though in between the sobs she tried to speak.
It took her a while, to be exact till the doors opened at the morgue level.
"I'm… sorry…Tony …I …didn't… mean to… hit you…"
"Abs, don't worry Gibbs hits harder to the back of my head… I deserved it."
He lowered her to the metal slab and waited for Ducky who got his bag.
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While checking her blood pressure he ordered Tony to get her a glass of water.
"I'm glad you calmed so fast my dear, you should keep the level of stress as far down as possible, but you know that anyway."
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After putting everything away he looked down at her and smiled.
"Have you seen a doctor?" The pale woman on the metal slap shook her head.
"I hope you don't ask this question all of your other patients." Abs said dryly with a shadow of a smile on her face.
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The wet streams on her cheek where glinting, reflecting the light above her while she shook her head.
She sighed. "We found out the day this mess started, and after that I just couldn't go…" She trailed off.
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He patted softly her shaking hand while Tony held her other.
"Abs, you have a mean right hook, let me guess the Boss gave you some private lessons."
Tony said as an attempt to lighten the mood.
"Ah you have no idea." She wiggled with her eyebrows.
"I didn't need that picture Abs." Tony said playing along.
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Ducky listen to the light chatter before he brought the conversation back to a serious level.
"You need to see a doctor, to make sure the baby is fine."
She nodded.
"Glad you agree otherwise I would have dragged you there in handcuffs." Tony said softly ignoring the pain he felt for making Abby cry.
If Gibbs knew he would certainly kill him.
With a sigh Abby sat up.
"I better do that right away, could you give me a lift?" the question directed to Ducky.
"Certainly, my dear."
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With each man on one of her sides she walked to the elevator.
"I'm really sorry Tony."
"Don't apologize." She couldn't help but smile.
There was a little bit of Gibbs's attitude in all of her friends.
While they made it to Abby's lab the men convinced her to not sleep alone tonight, eventually she agreed for a night at Ducky's place again.
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TBC...
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Next chapter we'll back at Gibbs 'cosy whereabouts'