Probie's Coffin
Chapter 10: So Much Alike
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A/N: Again sorry about the delay. This is another chappie that I have written and managed to lose both the handwritten copy, and the computer copy. So here's my attempt to recreate chappie 10, So Much Alike.
It was Eleanor's last day at the office, and hence her last day to learn Javascript, which is evil. As Abby went down to the lab, she could hear Eleanor's voice. "Yes, it's running it's running! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Abby walked in just in time to see Eleanor throw her arms around McGee's neck and kiss him on the cheek.
"So much alike." Abby said flatly. "If you guys are gonna act like that, get out of my lab!"
Eleanor dragged Tim out, figuring it would be best to separate them until she relaxed. "Oh, no!" she moaned. "My timing is the worst! Sorry about that."
"You're sorry? She's got some nerve!" Eleanor was flabergasted. "She's known you for one week, gone out with you twice, and she gets upset because I what- hug you? That's ridiculous."
"Did Tony whack you upside the head already today?" she wondered. "Because you're acting especially dopey."
"Well, excuse me, but everything was fine before, then you show up and she suddenly decides to go bisexual and -"
"She did not just 'go bisexual', just because you never noticed."
"I know she did, she said."
Eleanor furrowed her brow. That sounded like an oversimplification of the magnitude only a man can produce. "What exactly did she say? Exactly?"
"I asked if maybe she thought a person could like a person of one type and then out of nowhere fall for someone of a type they never expected and she said yes, and -"
Eleanor rolled her eyes. "You said 'type,' not 'gender'?" Eleanor laughed. "Now I get it. Okay, let me ask you something. Have you ever met somebody you never would have thought would be your type, and fell for them anyway?"
"Well, yeah, but-" he started without thinking. "But that's -" It was slowly but surely dawning on him. "That's. Oh. Oh!" A stupid grin spread across his face. "She thought I was talking about? And she meant?"
She nodded, laughing a little. Too cute for words, this guy.
"I'm gonna talk to her, wait here."
"Hey, Abby," she said tentatively, going into the lab. "We were just goofing around."
"Just tell me, did you say we couldn't go out because you like him?"
"Well, yeah, actually," she said assertively. Abby scowled. "Because I like him, and I want him to be happy. And you, too. Remember how I said there's somebody out there for everybody? Well, that's how I knew I'm not for you: because he is." She paused to let Abby think about what she was saying. Finally, Abby smiled. She hugged her.
"Thanks. Sorry I acted so stupid."
"I acting stupid were a crime, Abs. . ."
"Nobody we know could work for the government," Abby finished seriously. Eleanor nodded. She left the room, making a little thumbs up sign at McGee as she went upstairs.