Okay I' m determined to make this chapter longer. I'm just going with it atm, I have no plan about what's going to happen with these two. Here's chapter 4...
Abby tapped at her keyboard listlessly, face resting on one hand. She stared blankly at the screen. The day had dragged for an eternity, Bert nor her favourite bands could make it go any faster. The events of the past few hours had caught up with her. Not normally her bubbly self Abby's thoughts wandered to the future, not the past. How could this possibly work out, did he love her? Sex was sex, but it didn't mean commitment, did she even want commitment? Gibbs was a safe bet. She knew he wouldn't stalk her, maim her, torture her, he would care for her, protect her and make her feel safe. That was what she wanted, at least that was what she decided she wanted.
Gibbs had spent his day outwardly concentrating on the case at hand, a small part of him feared that if someone found out he was in love with Abby she would be put in danger. 'Did I just say love?' he asked himself inwardly. Yes, of course. He had known her for years, he wanted to keep her safe, protect her and that amounted to love. But he had a reputation, one which he did not try hard to obtain but rather came from his true attitude towards others. Abby could do better then a silver haired fox, she could have anyone she wanted. He would do whatever he decided was best for Abby, whether it was what she wanted or not, it was his job and always had been.
Tony kept a low profile, doing his best to avoid Ziva's menacing stares and questioning eyes. He knew she could get it out of him if he looked to deeply. He replayed the image of Gibbs' work roughened hands softly resting on Abby's shoulders. Abby was like a sister to him, and he'd thought a daughter to Gibbs, obviously he'd been mistaken. He had no idea what Gibbs would do if her knew what he'd seen.
Gibbs entered her lab after his team had gone home. They'd solved the case, quicker then he'd expected due to Tony's new found work ethic. He'd been unusually silent and it worried him. Abby was still there, typing out an email in her office, her hippo Bert sat on the desk next to her almost as if looking up expectantly. "You can't sneak up on me." she said without looking. "I wasn't trying to." He stood in the doorway, his hands behind his back. "I am starving!" She said, "You want to go out and get something, take-away?" She spun slightly on her chair, left to right. He took a step closer and placed a white bag on the desk at the same time as pulling up a second swivel chair from his left. "Gibbs!" She smiled sweetly at him, hands open towards the bag, "You're a mind reader." He smiled and began to unpack the Chinese food. She leaned forward, bouncy and cheerful despite having had no sleep for hours. Gibbs watched her take her fork eagerly, amazed at her youthful exuberance which always lit her face.
"So case closed eh?" she asked, her mouth full of noodles. "uh huh. Thanks to you Abs." without looking up. Gibbs spoke of the case across the table to her, comfortable enough to discuss his past also. When the food was finished Abby stood up, gibbs looked at her expectantly. She leaned on the desk in front of him. "Want to come back to my place?" she asked, tilting her head forward like a little girl and looking upwards through her eyelashes at him. He smiled.
