A/N: Okay, so as most of you already know, I'm not having the greatest time with much of anything right now, not that I really expect you to care. Anyways, point be that I love reviews and they're the highlight of my day/week/month/whatever. So please, for the sake of my sanity (or lack thereof), review. At this point, I don't even really care if they're flames or not. So yeah... Please review?
-Jenni

Abby was sleeping when, all of a sudden, her cell phone rang. She moaned and tried to move, only to remember that she couldn't. Gibbs had her held tightly against his chest. Of course, she wasn't going to complain. It was, after all, right where she wanted to be. He loosened his grip on her and sighed.

"Okay Abbs, that's the third time someone's tried calling you. I think you'd better pick it up now."

She made a face but sat up anyways. "Where is my cell phone anyways?"

"Check your purse," he murmured as he watched her closely. He only had one eye open, but she wasn't fooled for an instant. She knew he was watching her closely.

She made a face and climbed off the bed. "Hello?"

She came back to sit on the bed with Gibbs and he pulled her down to him. "Kate!" She grinned, though whether it was because Kate had called she would never know. "How are you?"

"Hey Abbs, where have you been?"

"What do you mean where have I been? I've been right here, at home." Gibbs kissed her cheek and she swatted at him playfully. He grabbed her hand and pulled her closer.

"I've called you at home at least six times today, and I've called your cell about three times."

Abby bit her lip. "I guess I was in the shower then…"

"You've been in the shower for over six hours? I'm finding that one rather hard to believe Abbs…"

"Well, no. I was probably playing with my new Christmas present."

"Christmas present? What did you get?"

"Good question Abbs, what did you get?" whispered Gibbs softly, his lips brushing against her ear.

She thought quickly then grinned as Gibbs kissed her cheek suggstively. "I got a puppy!"

"Did you really? Who bought you that?"

"I did of course…" Okay, this was going to be a hard lie to keep up with.

"Aw, how cute! What kind is it?"

She chewed on her lip as she thought. What kind of dog could she compare Gibbs to? "He's a chocolate Labrador."

"I love chocolate Labs! They're adorable. What's his name?"

Uh-oh. She could base her new 'pet' on Gibbs, but she couldn't very well have named it Leroy, Jethro, Gibbs or any combination of the above. "Um, Mr. X-Man… It's a long story."

Kate chuckled. "Yeah, I'll bet it is and I know better than to ask. Are you going to bring him with you to Gibbs' party next week? Wait- are you even coming?"

"Of course I'm coming! But I'll probably leave the dog at home, just because I don't know that Gibbs would be too happy, you know?"

"I don't know Abbs; you'd probably get away with it."

"So what did you do for Christmas?" Abby grinned as she remembered the number that had flashed on her caller ID. "Did you and Tony have fun?"

"Did Tony and I- How did you- I went to my parents' house!"

"You're a really bad liar Kate. You're calling from Tony's home phone number. And besides, the rest of your family took a trip to Florida."

"Okay, okay, you win. Tony and I went to his mom's house. It was fun, but God, his family is huge and-" She giggled. "Stop it! No, Tony, I said stop!"

Abby snickered.

"Abbs, what is he doing to my agent?" murmured Gibbs as he heard Kate shrieking in the background.

She covered the phone. "I don't know," she whispered back. "Kate? Hey, Kate, what's going on?"

"Sorry Abbs, I just- Well, Tony has a thing for tickling people."

"I see. But he's just tickling you?" She grinned mischievously.

"Well, for now he's just tickling me..."

Abby grinned and raised her eyebrows. "Really?"

"Abby!"

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. But seriously- what did you guys do?"

"Well, he picked me up yesterday morning and then we drove to New Jersey. His mom apparently had no idea that I was coming, so she started flipping out. Tony says that that means she likes me…And it's not like there was a food shortage or anything! So we ate the typical Christmas dinner, and then we stayed the night at their house. Something about it being too late to drive all the way back to D.C. or whatever. Anyways, his mother put us in his old bedroom and- Well, anyways, I tried to call you several times on the way back this morning, but you never answered."

Abby grinned even wider. "You guys slept in his canopy bed?"

"Well, yeah."

Abby could hear the guilty smile in her voice. "Sounds like you had fun then, didn't you?"

"Um, I guess you could say that Abbs. Anyways, I just wanted to say-"

There was a muffled silence and all Abby could hear was Kate saying something about make up.

"Sorry about that. Anyways, I just called to say Merry Christmas, even if it is a little bit late for that and I guess I'll see you at Gibbs' on New Year's Eve…"

"I'm not even going to ask you what you're doing Kate. I have a feeling that I don't want to know. Anyways, I'll see you in about a week."

"Hey, you really should call Gibbs and ask him if you can bring your new puppy, okay? He'll say yes you know."

Abby noticed that Kate hadn't denied her implication and she smiled. Well, they deserved each other and she was happy for them. Of course, she was nowhere near as happy for them as she was for herself. But that wasn't the point. "I'll think about it, okay? Bye Kate!" Abby hung up before she started to laugh.

"A chocolate Labrador Abbs?"

She snuggled up against him. "Well, I thought you'd prefer me comparing you to a Lab as opposed to something like a poodle or a Chihuahua."

"You were comparing me to a dog? Wow, thanks Abbs… In which case, what does X-Man stand for?"

She bit her lip. Ah, the moment of truth. Should she tell him?

"Abby," he warned.

She grinned. "Mr. Macho Ex-Marine Man."