Hey All,

Sorry for the delay, exams are a bitch. Oh well.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed. Keep them coming. Some notes as last time; refer to chapter 1

Sammy

Chapter Two

"Hey Abs, what's up?" Tony asked as he walked up behind the forensic scientist, tugging on one of her midnight black pigtails.

Abigail Suito wasn't your every day employee or scientist. She wore short skirts and tight tops, plat form combat boots and had more tattoos that she had fingers. She was eccentric and wild, but that didn't stop every man at the agency and some of the women wanting her, and everybody loving her. To Jethro Gibbs she was exactly how he pictured Kelly is she was still alive.

"Tony!" Abby exclaimed jumping into Tony's waiting arms, giving him a bone-crushing hug. Taking a step back Abby looked up at Tony with a pleading look and a pout marring her otherwise flawless features.

"I'm bored Tony. Entertain me." Abby demanded, flopping back into her chair, looking expectedly at him.

"Oh, if I must." Tony sighed dramatically.

Abby frowned, but upon seeing the mischievous glint in Tony's eyes, growled at him and punched him in the shoulder. Hard.

"Not nice Tony, not nice." Abby giggled as dragged him over to the stools in front of her computers by the ear.

"Ow Ow…I get it, I get it. I'm sorry Abby. Yes I'd love to stay down here. Anything to keep me away from that dreaded thing called paper-work. Which there happens to be this huge pile of on my desk?" Tony replied.

"Yay!" Abby squealed, jumping up and down in her seat like a hyperactive five year old on sugar. Tony just sat back and laughed. He loved seeing Abs like this.

"How many Caff-Pow have you had today Abs?" Tony teased, as they both continued to laugh, Tony at Abby's behaviour and Abby at Tony because he was laughing at her.

After a few moments, they both settled down and Abby turned her attention back to him, her gaze suddenly a combination of evil and innocent. Never a good thing with Abby.

"How was your weekend?" Abby asked sweetly.

"Yeah alright. Hung out at home and watched the game on Saturday and caught up on some sleep on Sunday. Pretty boring weekend really, but I needed it." Tony said on a yawn. It wasn't that far from the truth, Lee and himself had watched the game on Saturday and had spent the better part of Sunday in bed, however sleep was the furthest thing from their mind at that point.

Abby smiled shyly to herself. Tim McGee and herself had also spent the weekend together. However instead of watching the game, Abby had dragged Tim to see the latest horror movie that was out in the cinemas and in return, Tim had taken her out to dinner and one of their favorite restaurants and then kept her busy until late Sunday afternoon.

Tim and Abby had been in a relationship themselves that they were keeping from the people at work because of Gibb's stupid Rule 12. They had been together for almost 6 months now and were talking about moving in together. Abby smiled to her self, she had never been happier. The only person that knew about them was Tony and that was only because he had caught the two kissing down here in the lab during one of their all-nighter cases.

"How about you, Abby? How are you and McGee going?" Tony asked, his protective streak coming to the surface.

"Good. You can't tell him I told you, but were thinking of moving in together." Abby told Tony in an excited tone.

"Really?" Tony gasped, pleased for his friends. They made an odd yet appropriate couple. McGee was a good kid, but that didn't mean that if he hurt Abby that Tony wouldn't deck him a couple of times. "That's great Abs. I'm so happy for you. Just remember that if he hurts you, you tell me, ok?"

"Tony!" Abby groaned. "Thanks though. It really means a lot to me, well both of us. And you know he'd never hurt me." Abby said, giving Tony a gentle hug. "What about you Tony?"

"What about me?" Tony asked, slightly confused.

"What's her name Tony? This girl that has you all happy-go-lucky and doe eyed?" Abby teased with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Oh no. Not you too, Abs. There is no girl. Why does everyone think I'm in love?" Tony laughed.

"What do you mean 'me too'. Who else thinks that you in love?" Abby queered, looking Tony straight in the eye, watching to see if he was lying to her.

"Kate asked me the same thing this morning. What makes you think I'm in love?" Tony questioned. He'd been in love for months, what had suddenly changed for them to pick up on it.

"You've always got this silly grin on your face now and this little skip in your step. It's actually kind of to watch." Abby giggled. She loved to tease Tony; it was one of her favorite pass times, along with teasing Gibbs of cause. 'Ah her boys,' Abby thought affectionately, with a mental sigh.

"Ha-ha. Well the jokes on you because I'm not in love with any one, unless pizza and M'n'M's count as people." Tony raised his eyebrow, trying to look serious, but the straight face didn't last long and he failed miserably. They both cracked up laughing.

As the laughter in the room died down and they set onto some serious work, Tony sat there wishing he could tell Abby the truth, as she had become his best friend over the five years he had been working at NCIS, next to Jethro of cause. At this, Tony's thoughts turned back to Jethro, wondering if he had bothered to go and get something to eat like he had asked. Jethro had been out of soughs these last couple of days, very tired and lethargic, with his sugar all over the place and quiet low a couple of times. He hoped that he was okay and that he was worrying for nothing.

TBC