Argh, when I was on a roll and wrote more than one chapter at once this chapter got overwritten with another one. The rewrite isn't as good as the first try. Sigh.

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She looked familiar. It wasn't her was it? As Tim got closer he could see that it was indeed Abby that was sitting on the park bench. When she spotted him she waved him over. He knew why she was there and it was with heavy steps that he walked over towards her. He soon sat down next to her. "I don't need to ask you why you are here now do I?"

"No. You don't." She waited for a response but when she didn't get one she went on. "Why didn't you go?"

"I just couldn't do it. I couldn't talk to Gibbs." He answered truthfully.

"Ok, give it time and you will." She so hoped she was right. "Who knows maybe Hannah will get him to go along with her idea." As she hoped he was now looking at her. He was interested. "Maybe if the two of them didn't see each other for a while they could figure out how real their feelings were."

He turned away from Abby and looked out at the pathway where a mother just passed with her child. "That doesn't make sense."

Abby frowned at what he had said. "It's a start isn't it? Anyway, If they discover that these feelings were only temporary they will not get back together and the problem would be solved." That thought made Abby a bit sad tough.

Not all things were as easy as Abby wanted them to be. "And it they are real?"

She reached out a hand to touch his arm. "Then Gibbs will find a way to make it work."

He shouldn't have expected anything else from Gibbs biggest supporter. "You have a lot of faith in him Abby. You always had. I don't think I do anymore."

"Tim, don't say that." She squeezed his arm gently.

He turned to face her again. "Come on Abby. You can't seriously think Gibbs is some kind of superman that can fix everything at all times." He didn't like the hurt that was now visible on her face and that he had put it there. He had to look away.

She did not like the bitterness in Tim's voice. This was not going as she had planned. Obviously Tim was more hurt then she originally had thought. The fact that she couldn't make him feel better was also troubling her. "Give him a chance." She whispered almost silently.

He stood up and inhaled the warm breeze. "I think it's time to go."

She stood up next to him. She didn't know what to say. She had come here to try and make things better. She hoped she had not made things worse. "Ok."

He turned to face her one last time. "I don't think I can give him a chance Abby."

It was said with such coldness it almost frightened her. "Why not?" Then it struck her. Maybe he was afraid of losing his sister. "Are you afraid that you might lose Hannah? I mean you are close and no doubt now she'll be spending more time with Gibbs and…."

"Abby." He saw her shut her mouth and scrunched her nose. Part of him didn't want to admit that he was a bit afraid of that too. His feelings and admiration for Gibbs had changed. He felt nothing for the man right now and wanted nothing to do with him. That would impact his relationship with his sister no doubt. "Listen, things have changed for me and Hannah sure but I doubt I'll lose my sister over it. Like you said, we're too close for that. However, our relationship might change thanks to Gibbs. It might change for the worse and I can't forgive him for that."

Abby nodded completely understanding of how he could feel the way he did. "He wouldn't want to come between you and Hanna. You know that Tim."

He sighed deeply. "I don't want to talk about Gibbs." He said it with such a loud voice he noticed that Abby cringed a bit. He reached took a hold of one of her hands and squeezed it gently. She gave him a tight smile and though it wasn't her usual bright one he was satisfied with it. He leaned in and gave her a small kiss on her cheek. "I'll see you later."

She grabbed a hold of him and hugged him tight. "If you ever need to talk please call me. I won't talk about Gibbs if you don't want to."

There was desperation in her voice he hated but he hugged her back. "I will."

She reluctantly withdrew and watched as he walked away. She sank back onto the park bench. Why did she feel like she had made things so much worse?