-1"Eight weeks to be exact. I have been trying to tell you but the others have been there or when its been just us, I was afraid to lose you." She said.

"Why would you be afraid of that?" Gibbs asked her as he went around to the side of the desk that she was seated.

"Cos, even though you are great with kids I never pictured you with a kid. I just thought that if you wanted them you would have had them with one of your wives and avoid knocking up your lab technician." Gibbs held her and reassuringly stroked her back.

"I didn't have children with them cos I wasn't happy with them and didn't want to subject kids to that. And even though this wasn't planned, this child will be born into a happy relationship. That's why." Gibbs soothed as Abby started laughing.

"So glad to hear you say that. Wow, is this really happening?" Abby said smiling for the first time Gibbs had seen that morning.

"Looks like." Gibbs added with a laugh. The situation was as ridiculous as it was serious at that moment.

"I'm guessing now we are gonna have to tell everyone about us." Abby said.

"We could hold off for a few more months but then again, what's the point. Have you told anyone yet?" Gibbs inquired standing up and looking at the temporarily flat stomach on Abby.

"Yeah, my mum knows and she told my dad. Oh, and Kate. I needed someone to talk to other than my mother which is why I told her before you. She doesn't know about us so she probably thinks it's a one night stand or something." Abby explained.

"That's alright. We can fill her in today if you'd like."

"That would be so good. Gibbs, my Silver Haired Fox, we're gonna be parents." Abby said ecstatically back to her old self as she grabbed Gibbs and hugged him as he laughed. Abby then burst into a fit of laughter.

"Abs, what is it?" Gibbs asked amused at the mood change in the young Goth.

"Imagine what Tony is gonna say." Abby managed between giggles.

"Whatever it is I'm sure I'm gonna have to slap him for it." Gibbs answered.

"You gonna tell him or am I?" Abby asked.

"I will, you tell Kate, then we'll both tell Ducky." Gibbs said.

"Okay. Back to work for you." Abby enforced letting go of Gibbs and returning to her desk.

"Yes, Ma am." Gibbs droned with a mock salute.

"Oh, and don't stop Kate from coming down here cos I'm gonna call her down here to tell her when you're gone."

"Why do I feel like the employee and you the boss?" Gibbs asked rhetorically.

"Cos I'm the only one who you allow to assert authority and that's one of the advantages of being me. Now go." Abby finished with a trademark smile that prevented any further protest from Gibbs.

Kate hurried down to the lab before Gibbs got out of his unexplained spontaneous good mood. They rarely saw this side of him and didn't want to push it.

"Hey Abs. How are you feeling?" Kate asked her best-friend who appeared to be back to her old self behaviorally. Since she told her she was pregnant she seemed really down.

"Actually a lot better now that I've told Gibbs." Abby said trying to rid her face of the enormous smile that was plastered on it.

"That's gotta be a relief. But I don't get it. Shouldn't he be pissed? He's in a dangerously good mood." Kate explained confused at his behavior even though if any member could get away with something as major as that it would be Abby.

"I thought he would be pissed too, but he is actually really excited. It caught him off guard like it did me but he secretly always wanted a child but not with his ex-wives." Abby explained then realized what she had said. She wasn't planning on being that blunt when she was telling Kate. "Oops." Abby said and started laughing again when she saw the look on Kate's face.

"What? Abs, you and Gibbs?" Kate asked shocked.

"Yep. Busted huh?" Abby answered.

"Yeah, wow. I cant believe all of this. How long?" Kate asked and her tone would be intimidating if she didn't have a big smile haunting her face.

"Um, five…months." Abby replied.

"Wow, you guys are amazing at hiding it. Wait…before McGee left?" Kate asked. This was getting better by the minute. The NCIS soap opera.

"Yeah, now I'm glad he did leave cos even though we weren't together anymore it would still hurt him." Abby said and finally realized that she would still have to tell him eventually. She just wasn't ready yet.

"Well I'm sure getting pregnant wasn't an intentional act." Kate reasoned.

"Definitely not. But we're okay with it now. Honestly I wasn't happy with it until about half an hour ago. Was surely not what I had planned when I started at NCIS. And being a young mother but least I have support."

"Yeah, well if you need to talk you know to come to me right?" Kate seriously asked.

"Of course. I love you, Man. You were one of the first people I told about all of this. You even beat out Gibbs."

"I'm flattered." Kate said then hugged Abby.

"I thought my dad was going to flip. I went to see him yesterday after my mom told him and prepared myself for the disappointed father looks."

"What happened?" Kate asked seriously.

"Well he's deaf so I knew I wouldn't be yelled at. I went there and he just told me that they would support me even if the father didn't. They love Gibbs though, ever since he learned sign language to communicate with them." Abby explained not able to wipe the smile off her face thinking about how great Gibbs was and how much he adored her.

"That's great, Abs." Kate told her and then started laughing.

"What's funny?"

"Tony is gonna go crazy. I wanna be there when you tell him." Kate added trying to stop herself from laughing.

"Gibbs is probably doing it as we speak. Wanna go see his reaction?" Abby asked.

"Definitely." Kate immediately asked as she grabbed Abby's hand and lead her to the elevator.