Chapter 7

Abby lay in Gibbs arms, her head on his chest listening to his heart beating under her ear, she smiled as she gently made circles around his nipple, a smile on her lips

"Wow for such an old guy Gibbs you sure know who to turn a girl to mush" she sad happily

"Experience comes with age" Gibbs rumbled swatting at her hand, "but this old guy has to go to work" he said, dropping a kiss on Abby's head, and pushing her gently off him, before rising naked from the bed

"Ah no fun, you're the boss you could play hooky" she said, flopping on to her front, her chin propped on her folded hands, as she watched him getting ready

"Nope" was all he said as he headed to the shower

"Can I scrub…?" Abby started to say getting up off the bed to follow him

"And no you can't scrub my back, I'm gonna be late as it is" he called from the shower

"No fun" Abby muttered wrapping the sheet around her toga style and heading downstairs to the kitchen to fix coffee.

Gibbs came down a short while later, freshly showered and dressed and his mask firmly back in place, he grabbed the coffee Abby handed him with a smile of gratitude and a quick but passionate kiss

"What are you planning to do today?" he asked as he skimmed the paper, he had collected on his way to the kitchen

"Thought I might come into work later on" she said, avoiding his eyes, knowing what he would say "I have this really awful boss who scares temps away" she grinned at him" and I don't want a mountain of work waiting for me, that or work on your boat" she said a sparkle in her eyes. Gibbs said nothing just watched her quietly over his cup, and then he sighed

"Fine you can come in for a half day" he said not relishing the idea of Abby loose on her own with his boat, he might come home to find it painted black with little silver spider webs on it

"Thank you Gibbs" Abby said meekly, the tone not matching the sparkle in her eyes, Gibbs narrowed his eyes, a half grin on his face

"Yeah" he said, his tone indicating he knew she had engineered his reply and that he was willing to let her on this occasion.

Gibbs stood up, taking his coffee cup in the sink and washing it quickly

"I'm going, do you want me to swing by and pick you up, as you don't have your car here?" he asked heading to the door, Abby following still wrapped in the sheet

"Nope, I'm gonna get Jenny to meet me for Lunch, she can swing by here and pick me up" she said following him onto the porch

Gibbs turned and raised an eyebrow at her attire and where she was, but said nothing as he bounded down the stairs to his car.

"Hey Gibbs?" Abby called as he opened the door "Don't I get a kiss?" she asked her tone pouting and playful, Gibbs grinned at her

"Not on work time" he said, Abby looked at her watch and grinned, watching him getting in his car.

"Hey Gibbs? Gibbs?" she called again, waiting for him to stick his head out the window

"What Abby?" he said, the same tone he had used many times in the past

"Can I call you Jethro?" she called sweetly

Gibbs paused and signed something in ASL before backing the car out of the drive

"Bet your mother doesn't know you know signs like that" she muttered laughing to herself as she went back inside, to poke around his house.

Gibbs arrived at the bullpen to find, Tony and McGee crowded around Kate's desk

"He's never late" he heard McGee say

"Maybe Abby drove him insane, and he was burying her body" Tony laughed

"Nope DiNozzo, but I might be tempted to bury you if you don't get some work done" Gibbs said, hitting the back of his head as he walked past him

"Ow Boss, why do you only do that to me?" Tony moaned, rubbing the back of his head

"Because it's more fun to hit you" Gibbs replied "Kate I can punish just by making her work with you and McGee I scare just by breathing" Gibbs told the agents, as he headed to is deskand the pink message slips on it, he flicked through them then paused.

"Shit" he said, turning and leaving the bullpen again, turning at the top of the stairs,

"Kate, Tony, go and fetch Abby from my house, we have a problem" he called then disappeared, leaving three confused agents as to what was happening.