Okay, as I have had people tell me... this probably wouldn't happen on the show. Well, all I have to say is, of course it wouldn't. Everyone needs to remember that fanfiction is fiction and if this sucks or is totally unlike NCIS then, well... be glad that I am not one of the writers for the show.
Read, review and enjoy!
Abby sat crumpled on the floor, tears falling and staining her cheeks. She was in a daze as she wondered if she was dreaming. God, she hoped she was. Why did she do it? How could she do it? She lifted her hands to wipe her eyes, but was surprised when someone grabbed her arm. Looking, up she was Tony. How didn't I see him there? I always know when someone is there.
Tony helped her up off of the floor and pulld her into a hug. Abby hesitated at first, but finally gave in. She let Tony hold her as she cried silently. "Kate told me what happened," Tony whispered into her hair. "It's not like it was intentional."
"But it still happened!" Abby yelled, yanking herself from his arms. "She could have stopped, but she didn't. Did she not care what it would do to me? Did she not care that it would tear me apart?"
"She cared," Tony replied. He hated to see Abby in this much pain. She was his friend, he didn't want to see her hurt.
"How do you know that she cared?"
"She came to me last night, explaining what had happened. Trust me, she was very upset too."
"Why didn't she come to me? Why you?"
"With how you just treated her, would you have come to you? She had a lot of courage to tell you at all. She could've just left it and never said a word, but she was trying to be a good friend. You just shot her down," Tony scolded. He cared for Kate too, much more than anyone would ever know. Everyday he saw her, he wanted her, but she always belonged to someone else.
"What was my reaction supposed to be? Was I supposed to be all happy about it? I just snapped. I was angry and hurt. Why did she do it Tony? Did she tell you that?"
"Yes, she did, but I am not going to tell you. If you want to know, then just talk to her."
"Where is she?"
"Bullpen."
Kate sat at her desk while so many thoughts raced through her head, clouding out the recent case. McGee had showed up maybe fifteen minutes ago... late. Since then, a uncomfortable silence had lingered in the air. They had yet to acknowledge each other, except for a nod of the head when McGee had first arrived.
"I'm going to go get some coffee. I'll be back in a few," Gibbs said. He wished he knew what was going on. He could feel the tension between the two of them. Leaving the bullpen, he glanced back to see Kate holding back tears. He watched her wipe away the few that had managed to escape. It was the first time Gibbs had ever seen her cry... ever."
After Gibbs had left, Kate saw the elevator door open, revealing Tony and Abby. She glanced over at McGee. He looked so nervous that she could've swore that he was going to have a heart attack.
"Hey Abby," McGee said, waving slightly. She didn't wave back, just glared at him.
"We'll talk later. Right now, I am really pissed off. Actually... I think that... that my heart is breaking," Abby said, her voice quivering the entire time. She tried to hold back the tears that threatened to fall. She looked at Kate and saw that she was crying. She could hear her taking slow, deep breaths. Before this day, Abby had only seen her cry once, but it wasn't nearly this bad.
"Why did you come up here? I mean, you must want to talk to somebody."
"I do McGee. I have come to talk with Kate," Abby replied. Kate's head shot up at the sound of her name. Abby waved a hand, urging Kate to follow her into the elevator.
Surprised that Abby wanted to talk to her, Kate made her was to the elevator, just a few steps behind Abby. The ride down to Abby's lab was going to be long and uncomfortable.
They stood side by side in the elevator as it went down to Abby's lab. All of a sudden, in one quick movement, Abby's hand hi the emergency stop button. "Why did you do it? You knew that it would hurt me. Didn't you?"
Kate stood for a moment, searching inside for her voice. After a few seconds, she finally spoke. 'Truthfully, I never even thought about you." Kate's voice was shaky, as was she.
"Is that supposed to make me feel better?"
"Just listen, okay?" Kate said, pausing for a minute. She needed to gather courage and she had to find the right words to say. The words needed to be caring, remorseful and they needed to be the truth, but she didn't want them to sound selfish. This was going to be hard. "I was upset and hurting. I needed some..."
"Why were you upset?" Abby interrupted.
"Please don't interrupt. I was upset because Harrison left me. I... I had... I caught him with another woman." Kate stopped to take a deep breath. "In my bed."
"And he left you? He cheated and he left you?" Abby sounded aggravated, but she was also beginning to sound a little less angry. "Why didn't you call and talk to me? I would've helped you Kate," Abby sighed.
Kate should've known that asking Abby not to interrupt was pointless. "I did call you. No answer."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Just let me finish. I was hurting and had no one to talk to. Sure I could've called Tony, but what does he know? He wouldn't understand. So I decided to go somewhere to help take my mind off of things. I went to a bar, had a few drinks. Nothing serious. That's when I saw McGee. I thought I would go talk to him. He said..."
"He said that we'd had a big fight," Abby finished for her. "We'd had a fight, but we weren't over. Did her tell you that we had split?"
"He wasn't sure, but he said probably. I told him about Harrison and we talked for a little while, trying to comfort each other. We got to talking about the case and we both were hungry. So he invited me to his house where we could talk and eat and he could show me something he had discovered about the case. He thought he had a lead."
"Well, how did you end up sleeping with him?"
"Harrison called my cell and got me upset," Kate said, tears now pouring down her face. "McGee hugged me and told me that it was going to be okay. We were both upset Abby. We need someone... we needed a way to escape, a way not to think of how sad we were and how screwed up our lives were. I swear, nothing would've happened if I had been certain and sure that you two were still togther."
"But you were unsure enough to have sex with my boyfriend?" Abby snapped.
Kate just sat there. She wanted Abby to understand. She needed Abby to understand. She wasn't as strong as everyone thought. Sometimes she needed a shoulder to cry on or an ear to whisper her secrets in.
"You should've went to Tony," Abby muttered. "He would've understood about you and Harrison. Even if he didn't understand, he would've listened and tried to comfort you. Kate, he loves you."
"What?" Kate said shocked at what Abby had said and of how fast the subject had changed.
"He loves you. Can you not see the goo-goo eyes he gives you?" Leave it to Abby to say goo-goo when you're haveing a serious conversation. "You think all that flirting is for nothing? He wants you. You can tell by the way he looks at you. The only problem is... he can't have you."
