Authors note: The song used in this chapter is "Always on your side" by Sheryl Crow
On Your Side
Life went on for Abby and her friends. At work there was an understanding that McGee would not work with Abby and Abby would not work with McGee unless it was absolutely necessary. One day McGee ran into Abby in the hall. "Hi." McGee said. "Yeah, hi." Abby replied and after a moment of awkward silence they both walked away.
My yesterdays are all boxed up…
And neatly put away…
But every now and then you come to mind…
Cause you were always waiting…
To be picked to play the game…
But when your name was called…
You found a place to hide…
When you knew that I was always on your side.
Everything was easy then…
So sweet and innocent
But your demons and your angels reappeared…
Leaving only traces of the man you thought you'd be…
Leaving me no place to go from here…
Leaving me so many questions all these years…
At lunch with Tony, Kate, and Aidan one day McGee couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Tony and Kate as he watched them interact with each other and their son. The three of them were so close and very happy. He realized he would never have that with Abby and his child and he knew it was his fault. 'What kind of man was he to walk out on the love of his life and their child?' he thought to himself.
Well is there someplace faraway…
Someplace where all is clear…
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear…
Or are you left to wander all alone eternally?
This isn't how it's really meant to be…
No it isn't how it's really meant to be…
Abby was shopping with Kate a few months after McGee left her and she noticed all the people around her. There were so many couples, happy couples and there she was alone. She looked at Tony and Kate's marriage and how happy they were. That is what she wanted but feared she would never have it.
Well they say that love is in the air…
Never is it clear
How to pull it close and make it stay…
Butterflies are free to fly and so they fly away…
And I'm left to carry on and wonder why…
Even through it all I'm always on your side…
Soon McGee and Abby were friends again, well sort of. He looked out for Abby. He never missed a doctor's appointment. He was really trying to be there for her and the baby. He helped her with the nursery and at times it was like nothing had changed between them, except everything had changed.
Well is there someplace faraway…
Someplace where all is clear…
Easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear…
Or are we left to wander all alone eternally?
Well is this how it's really meant to be?
Now is this how it's really meant to be?
It wasn't long before McGee and Abby's little girl was born. McGee was by Abby's side through it all. She hadn't realized it until the moment she held her little girl for the first time that McGee was and has always been on her side and she was on his. Fate was always on both their sides.
Well they say that love is in the air…
Never is it clear…
How to pull it close and make it stay…
If butterflies are free to fly why do they fly away?
Leaving me to carry on and wonder why…
Was it you that kept me wandering through this life?
When you know that I was always on your side.