Hi Guys, sorry for the delay. I had some kind of writer's block and I still have. Somehow I don't get the right feeling to write on this story again.

Back to the story. How are Gibbs and Kate going to explain the wedding to Abby? This and more in this part.

Part 25

back at home

It was Monday morning and Kate and Gibbs were coming back to work after their few days off to see Kate's old friend Dr. Gil Grissom in Las Vegas. During these days, Tony was the supervisor and Gibbs was kind of afraid to see the mess, Tony would clearly have made.

Together they entered the office, surprised to see Tony working on his desk. Max was there, too.

"Good morning, Boss. Good morning Kate? Had a nice trip?" Tony asked.

"We had a very nice trip, but what happened to you? It's just past 0730 and you are at the office, working for the matter. What have you done?" Gibbs asked, assuming that something must have happen while they were away. There was no other explanation for his behavior.

"Nothing happened, boss. I just thought it would be good to take over a bit responsibility. I have a family now, time to get mature." Tony explained and left Kate and Gibbs speechless.

"Tony, you are sure someone with surprises. I never thought you were able to do something like that. But I'm proud of you." Now Tony was speechless. Gibbs never ever said that he was proud of one of his agents. Looked like the whole team was changing their behavior.

Short time after Kate and Gibbs had arrived; McGee and Abby were coming in.

"Kate, good to have you back. How are you? How was your weekend? Treated boss-man you nice?" Abby shot him a look and got one in return.

"Abbs, you don't need to worry about me. Jethro treats me just fine. The weekend was fine. We went to Las Vegas to see one of my old friends. I haven't seen him in 15 years. We had some differences the last time we met. But we cleared them now. Actually he made me to his best-woman. He's going to marry a great woman in three months. And I'm just fine, no throwing up in the morning. Couldn't be any better." Kate said.

"That's good. Since nothing happened in the last few days, I got enough time to start planning your wedding. Set a date, yet?" Abby asked, being really excited about the whole wedding idea.

Kate looked at Gibbs and he looked back at her.

"I can tell there is something wrong. You are not telling me, that you had a fight and broke up, are you?" Abby asked worried, not wanting them to split up.

"No, we didn't fight and we are still together. Actually we were in Vegas." Gibbs explained, afraid to tell Abby.

"We knew that. Stop! Vegas? You didn't get married there, did you?"

"Actually we got married on Saturday."

Abby was hurt. "I can't believe you did that. You have known that I planned your wedding. I thought we were friends. I don't want to see either one of you anymore." Abby said and ran to the elevator.

"Abbs, wait we can explain." Gibbs said, going after Abby, stopping her just before she got into the lift.

"I don't want to hear anything about that. I'm not your friend anymore. Good-bye."

Gibbs grabbed Abby's arm and pulled her out of the elevator.

"Abby, I thought you know us better than that. Do you really believe, we would tell you to stop planning our wedding? Please come back to the others and we explain you everything. And I'm sure you are going to like the idea." Curiosity got the better of Abby and she went back with Gibbs.

"Okay, tell me about your idea, but I don't promise you that I'm going to like it." Abby said, sitting down on Tony's desk.

"First of all. Abby, we don't want you to stop planning our wedding. We got married because of one reason. I want everyone to see that we belong together. Jethro, me and our baby. I just wanted our baby to be born into a real family. And I know you are planning something really big and that you will need time to get everything right. And since we didn't set a date yet, we weren't sure if you would be able to get everything on time. So now, you can take as long as you need to plan the perfect wedding. Friends again?" Kate asked smiling, knowing that Abby would not be angry for a long time.

"Okay, friends again, but only if you promise me to give me free hand in the planning."

Kate looked at Gibbs afraid. Both of them knew her flavor.

"Abby, no offence but this is going to be a wedding, no funeral. We know what you like and I'm not sure our family will like that, too." Kate said, trying not to hurt Abby again.

"Okay, I can promise you, that it won't be completely dark, but nothing more. You have to wait for the wedding day to see the results. Any ideas about the date?"

"How about the two of you? Set a date, yet?" Gibbs asked Tony and Max.

"Not really, but we would like to have a spring wedding. Why do you ask, Boss?"

"In Vegas we got the idea of a wedding together. You know, more to plan for Abby." Kate smiled.

"Oh, that's perfect. A double-wedding. And I have just the perfect date. Second weekend in April. This is going to be so cool." Abby said and went back to her lab, starting to plan the wedding.

"Looks like Abby's happy again. But I'm kind of worried about the wedding. You gave her totally free hand, are you really sure about that?"

"That's fine with me, as long as you are there to say YES. What about you? Are you okay with that?" Kate asked Tony and Max.

"Well, we don't have any family who is going to attend the wedding. Perhaps we are going to invite some friends, but you know that it could be difficult for Max' friends to come."

"Okay, I'm not going to invite Dix or Mole and their gang from Terminal City but OC and the bunch. They are human. But it won't be much of our site." Max explained.

"That's okay. It's going to be more on my site. I can tell you, all my brothers with their family are coming. And so will my parents and I'm sure some of my aunts and uncles will come too. And than there are my friends in Vegas. I really want to stay in contact with all of them, including the ones we just met last weekend. They are really nice guys and I'm sure you are going to like them. Jethro, what about you? Jess is coming, won't she?" Kate asked smiling at Gibbs remembering the conversation they had while visiting his sister-in-law.

"I'm sure she is coming together with Charlie. But I still have to tell her. You know, she will freak out. I'm not sure about Michael. I'll see if he can come home for the wedding. Would be nice to see him again, last time was 5 years ago, if I remember correct. He doesn't know about you, yet."

"He doesn't know about Kate yet? Afraid to show her off, Boss?" Tony asked grinning one of his charming smiles.

As response Tony was hit on the back of his head by Gibbs. "No, DiNozzo, I'm not afraid to show Kate off. But it's kind of difficult to do this, while Michael is living in Russia. And if you don't be nice, I will send you there personally. Russia is a very cold and unfriendly place to live. You would really like it there." Gibbs said smiling. He was really enjoying the banter with Tony. He never imagined that work could be fun.

The next few days were just routine. Tony, Gibbs and McGee were working on a case. A Midshipman was found murdered at a waste dump. At first there were no clues about his identity but Kate was able to find his family together with Abby's help. The case was really hard to solve but at the end the team was able to find the murderer. Max and Kate were left to finish the paperwork.

Gibbs and Kate took some time off to get Kate's things moved to Gibbs' house. They were finally moving together and there was much to rearrange in the house, so Kate would be distracted for some hours.

Later that week, the team had a new case and the boys were busy solving it. They all had to put in overtime. Only the girls had nothing to do at the moment. There was nothing to research and no evidence to run. Max stayed at home to spend some time with Joshua. He was missing his friends back in Seattle.

Kate stayed at the office, trying to help Abby with the planning for the wedding while waiting for work to come in. But today Kate had an appointment with her OB/Gym and Gibbs was supposed to come with her. Kate would really love to have some company. But there was no way, Gibbs could come with her. So she asked Abby, who was more than thrilled to come along.

So both women went to Dr. Long. She was already waiting for Kate and so she was taken to the examination room without waiting. Abby was allowed to come in, too. Dr. Long did an ultrasound on Kate. Abby was thrilled to see the baby for the first time. One could think Abby was the one expecting.

Kate watched the monitor close, happy to see her child. It sure was a moment you never forget. Then she turned to Dr. Long and saw her worried expression on her face.

"Samantha, is something wrong?" Kate asked worried.

Samantha printed the picture of the ultrasound and addressed Kate. "Kate, you can get dressed again. Meet me in my office when you are finished."

"Samantha, please tell me. Is something wrong with the baby?" Kate asked more worried this time.

"Everything is fine, Kate. Get dressed and I will tell you."

"Why don't I believe you, Sam?" Kate asked but didn't get an answer. Instead she got dressed and went together with Abby to the doctor's office.

Abby and Kate said down on the seats in front of the desk, waiting for the medicine woman to begin. But she didn't say a word. Finally Kate got impatient.

"Sam, what's wrong with the baby? Something serious?"

"Kate, everything is fine with the baby. Where is the father, by the way?"

"Jethro is unavailable at work. He's very sorry that he couldn't come along but I brought my dear friend Abby. And now back to the topic. What's wrong?"

What's wrong with the baby? Stay tuned to read it. And I promise to update sooner. Did you like this chap?