Unearthed Secrets
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Also thankyou to Kate for her constant inspiration and help
"McGee! Top left quadrant! Take him down!" Abby yelled at McGee, furiously tapping at her keyboard, "Quick! Get him!"
McGee typed his keyboard as fast as he could, trying to take down the threat that Abby had pointed out. The machine made some beeping noises then flashed, Game Over! McGee hit the desk and swore.
"McGee!" Abby whined, "I told you to take him down!"
"Abby, it's not that easy with one hand" McGee told her
"Ah, you're such a baby" Abby retorted.
The computer beeped again and a message flashed at the bottom of the screen: It looks like I win again, Five Finger Scuito.
Abby growled and replied: You may have won the battle, but you have not won the war. This was just a fluke.
Another message appeared at the bottom of the screen: Lol, that's what you said last time. Talent is not something that just occurs as a once off, it just is.
That sounds like a challenge. Feel like playing first to five? Abby asked
You sound confident. The stranger replied
Just warming up. Abby wrote, so, is that a yes?
Unfortunately I have to leave you now, so it has to be a 'no'. I start work in an hour and I'm still haven't got ready yet. The stranger responded
You have plenty of time for another game. Only takes 10 minutes to get ready, McGee wrote
Yes, I agree. But I have a 40 minute drive. I'll try to get on here tonight and I'll take you up on your challenge. Cya later, Five Finger Scuito. The stranger said
We'll be here. Catchya later, Cyberbrain69. Abby replied
"So, what are we gonna do now?" McGee asked, looking around Abby's apartment
Abby watched McGee for a while, then suggested, "Well, I'm going to make breakfast. You can take a shower"
"Okay, and then what?" McGee asked, rubbing his arm
"We'll find something, Timothy." Abby replied, making shooing motions, "Now, go. Get clean"
Sitting on his couch, Gibbs stared unseeingly at the TV. The TV was playing Shrek, one of Jake's favorite movies. Ducky had bought it for Jake's eleventh birthday, well as close to his birthday as he could. He'd given it to Jake three weeks beforehand and then he'd bought another gift for him on Jake's actual birthday. Gibbs had told Ducky that he didn't need to do that, but he'd insisted.
Gibbs stared past the TV and recalled when Kathy told him that she was pregnant with Jake. She'd been unsure at first, thinking that she'd miscounted how many days it'd been. But then she'd taken a pregnancy test…
He made himself a coffee and was about to sit down when the phone rang. Silently cursing whoever it was for ringing at such an inopportune moment, he walked to the phone and picked it up.
"Gibbs" he answered
"Jethro, it's Kathy" Kathy said
He smiled and leaned against the wall, "Hey Kathy. How are you? Doing anything tonight?"
"I'm fine, I'm good. I was planning on seeing you tonight" Kathy replied
"Really? That's a bit presumptuous, isn't it…?" Gibbs asked
"Yes. But that's what you had in mind wasn't it?" Kathy responded
He laughed, "Yeah. A friend told me about this great new place that's opened near the beach. Maybe we could have dinner and then have a swim?"
There was a pause, "I was thinking more of a private dinner"
He sighed, "Kat, you know I can't cook"
"So, I'll teach you. We can go shopping and maybe pick up a movie rental" Kathy suggested
"Yeah, ok. I'll pick you up at five?" he asked
"How about four?" Kathy asked
Gibbs smiled into the phone, "Ok. I'll see you then"
"Ok. Bye" Kathy said
"Bye" he responded and waited for her to hang up before he replaced the receiver.
A few hours later, after fussing around at the supermarket, taking out food that Kathy put in, and putting in food that Kathy took out. Kathy taught him some basic cooking skills and helped him until they cooked a meal 'fit for a king' as Kathy had put it. They sat down at the dinner table and after playing with her food for some time, she told him.
"Jet, I have something to tell you" she said, putting her fork down
Gibbs frowned and studied her face, "You're married?"
She gave a small smile and shook her head.
"You're leaving?" he asked, slightly troubled by that
"No" she replied, shaking her head
He raised an eyebrow, "You're gay?". After getting another shake of her head, he studied her again, "Did you actually want me to guess? Or are you going to tell me?"
She sighed, "I understand if you don't want to be with me anymore, if you can't deal with it…"
"Kat," Gibbs interrupted, getting concerned "Tell me"
"I think I'm pregnant" Kathy finally said
His world stopped, it seemed everything had frozen in place as her words registered.
"Jet?" Kathy asked, "Say something. You're making me nervous"
"You think?" Gibbs asked
"Well, no. I know. I was late, so I took a test, and it came back positive" Kathy replied
Gibbs went silent as he thought of all the possibilities. Having a little person to call his child. HIS child. HIS son, or daughter. He would go to all of their sports events or watch them play at whatever they were good at. He smiled and looked at Kathy, THEIR child.
"Ok" Kathy said, looking at the wall, "I, um, well; I guess I don't have your support. I mean, who really wants to have a kid tagging along when you've got a great career like yours? I guess I'll have an abortion then"
"What!" he almost shouted, "Hell, no!"
Kathy looked at him, slightly scared when he raised his voice, but then saw his face break out in a huge grin. "You want to keep it?" she asked timidly
"You bet I do" he said enthusiastically, "Do you?"
Then she had smiled, "Yes"
Gibbs got up from his chair and gave her a big hug.
"Jethro?" Ducky's voice broke his reverie
Gibbs blinked and brought himself back to the present. He focused on Ducky, then looked back at the TV screen
"Jethro?" Ducky asked again, putting his hand on Gibbs' arm
"Yeah, I'm here, Duck" Gibbs responded quietly
"Good, I thought I lost you there for a second" Ducky responded, sitting on the arm chair, "What do you want for lunch?"
"Not really hungry, Ducky" Gibbs replied
"Jethro, you have to eat" Ducky told him
"Yeah," Gibbs said, lying down on the couch, "But I don't feel like eating. Might go to sleep though"
Ducky sighed and watched as Gibbs closed his eyes and pulled up the blanket, which hadn't moved since last night. Ducky stood up, talking to himself, "Guess I'll be eating on my own again"
Abby crawled over McGee and watched his face light up, "You enjoying yourself, McGeek?"
McGee thought for a moment about the uncomfortable position that he'd been twisted into, "Kinda"
Abby laughed, then looked down, "Ok, right hand to blue"
"Abs, my right hand is in a sling" McGee replied
"So use your left hand" Abby replied, easily maneuvering her hand to the appointed colour
McGee tried to move, but ended up falling over instead. Abby laughed and fell on top of him in a laughing fit. McGee wiped tears of laughter from his eyes, asking, "So, whose idea was it to play 'Twister' anyway?"
"Yours" Abby replied, sitting up
McGee frowned; "You told me it was …" he started but was interrupted by the doorbell, "You expecting anyone, Abby?"
"Not really" Abby replied, "Maybe the team have come around to have dinner and wish you to get better or something hinky"
"Right" McGee said, disbelievingly
Abby got up and answered the door.
"A delivery for Miss Scuito?" a delivery man said
"That's me" Abby replied
McGee got up and joined her at the door as the delivery man held out a clipboard, "Just sign here, ma'am"
Abby signed and was given a small package, "Thanks"
"That's ok. Have a nice day, ma'am" the delivery man said before leaving
Abby shut the door and opened the parcel, "I don't remember ordering anything on eBay"
McGee frowned, "Perhaps we should be more careful about it then. Remember what happened to Tony?"
"Of course I do, Tim. I was there when Ducky said it was Y-Pestis, likely to be pneumonic plague." Abby said, "I agree. Let's go to the lab"
That's it for chapter 7...Please review, Please! Hope you liked it!