sorry its taken ages to update again. i've had this almost done for ages, but i jsut finished my exams, so i finally have time to write again. NO SCHOOL FOR 10 WEEKS!! i think. but its ages, and i love it. all say yay for me!! anyway. hopefully ill have plenty of time to finish this now. and you guys wont be left waiting for months. all hail holidays!

and i put this in coz there hasnt been enough abby, and best friends talk, especially with all the shit shes been through. haha. so here we go. hope you enjoy!!

Sleep was a thing of the past for Kate. Each night she would lay awake at night thinking about her mixed feeling between her bastard of a boss and her skirt-chasing coworker. What was she going to do, Gibbs loved her, Tony kissed her…what the hell was going on, this was days of our lives material, not crime fighting federal agents love life. What if they didn't really mean it, what if they were trying to make her feel better, or sleep with her before she was sane again…but they wouldn't do that, would they??

Kate grabbed for her cell and pressed speed dial 1, "only one way to find out…" she muttered to herself.

'hello'

'hey Abbs it's me'

'Kate? What's wrong, are you ok? Its 2 in the morning…'

It suddenly hit her that normal people sleep at this hour of the morning.

'Sorry Abbs, I didn't mean to wake you, ill talk to you tomorrow..'

'No, Kate, what's up?'

'Don't worry about it.'

'But Kaaaate…if you don't tell me ill be up ALL night wondering what you were going to tell me. You may as well tell me now…'

'K…'

After a few minutes silence..

'Well, are you going to tell me or what?'

'Umm, do you think…well ummm…Gibbs told me he loved me…'

'Oh mi god! Kate!! I KNEW it!! I'm so happy for you..'

'But I told him to leave…'

'Oh Kate..But..Dont you..?'

'I don't know, then Tony came over..and we had a really good time, like always, teasing…and, well..we kind of made out on the couch..'

'KATE!! You little…skank'

'skank? Really Abby, that's a little high school..'

'ummm, sorry Kate, but its pretty skank like…unless you like him instead of..'

'no, yes, maybe…I have no idea'

'ohhh, this is…'

'my life Abbs, don't screw it up. Please!'

'right, well they both like you, or love you..you just have to decide who you like/love.'

'easier said than done Abbs'

'well sleep on it..'

'Abby!'

'i..Kate, I really didn't mean it like that'

'sure…'

'k, well I'm gonna get some beauty sleep now. Although we both know I don't need it. right..'

'right Abbs, talk to ya tomorrow'

'night Kate'

'night'

She hung up the phone and put it back on her nightstand. Well, for all her supposed wisdom Abby really didn't help much. I guess I'll just sleep on it like she said…

ITS 6:30AM, YOU'RE LISTENING TO…

A hand slips out of the covers as Kate batters her alarm clock until it stops screeching at her and groggily pulls off the covers and opens her eyes. Wow, so that's what sleep feel like. She slowly followed her morning routine, thinking it was going to be a normal day at work, not remembering the horrors of her past being slowly unraveled for all her coworkers to see.

The second she appeared in the bullpen Abby bombarded her with questions, not waiting for an answer before asking another, and another, and another…

"already had some caf-pows I see Abbs" she laughed and walked over to her desk, dropping her purse and gun in the drawer, not noticing Gibbs and Tony staring at her until she turned around…

"What?"

"Kate…what are you doing here?" Gibbs asked angrily.

"You know, just working and stuff.." she joked.

"I told you to stay home" he replied.

"But I can't stay there in my empty apartment, alone…"

"Alright, but you're not leaving that desk."

"What? Gibbs, that's not fair…"

"No arguments Kate or you're going home."

"FINE! I'm going to help Abby." She said storming off, dragging Abby by the arm.

"Do you think you did the right thing boss?" Tony asked, still staring in the direction Kate had just stormed off in.

"Don't know DiNozzo, but we're going to find him."

"Arrrgh!! He makes me so…MAD! Just brushing me off like a probie, ordering me on desk duty like a baby…"

"He's just trying to help you Kate, doing what he thinks is best for you…"

"But I don't need him too, I can look after myself."

"Usually. But this has been hard on us too, we're all really worried about you, and then last night, he opened his heart to you Kate…and you told him to leave"

"I know. I feel so bad, but could he have possibly chosen a worse time to do it. I don't know what to do, everything's messed up and my coworkers are suddenly in love with me…"

"It's not sudden; you're only just realizing it. It's been obvious for a long time how they feel about you…you just never noticed."

"But, but…what?"

"Think about it Kate…"

"Now I got some work to do. Wanna help?"

"No I…think I'm gonna go for a walk…cya later Abbs."

"Later Kate." Abby called just before the music started.

well thats all for this chapter. im starting the next one now. and will all the spare time i have now, all i have is to write and talk 2 people. haha, what a life eh?

well please review if you like it or think i need to work on/change something. especially if its majorly ooc. im working on it, but its not as easy as u guys make it look.

thanx for reading xxoo ashy