Chapter 3
Closer than friends
Abby was sat in her lab tapping her foot impatiently waiting for Rachel to come back to the lab she was worried as to what was taking them so long she went to ring Gibbs but before she hit the call button she heard a soft sweet tone in what she thought to be a strangers voice say "Abby" she swung around on the tips of her toes and said "Rachel" with a questioning tone to her voice.
"Yes" Rachel replied
"I've been waiting for almost an hour now to meet you" Abby explained
"I'm sorry I couldn't pluck up the courage to come down and meet you in person, I was afraid you would shout at me like Ziva did" Rachel replied sounding rather scared
"Ziva had a go at you?" Abby asked
"Yes" Rachel replied sweetly
"Right that is it" Abby sad while calling Ziva at the same time, she picked up after the second ring "get your backside down to my lab this instant" Abby shouted down the phone
"Chill out abs Ziva replied, I'm on my way"
With that Abby put the phone down and sat and waited. As Ziva walked into the lab Abby shouted "how dare you" at Ziva.
"What you on about abs?" Ziva answered sounding confused
"How dare you shout at her" Abby shouted even louder this time
"Shout at who abs" Ziva asked trying not to lose her cool
"Stop calling me abs you lost that privilege when you shouted at Rachel" Abby screamed.
"Abby you're not her mother ok so stop yelling at me did she tell you why she wasn't reported missing even though she was gone 3 days" Ziva screamed back
Rachel began to cry so Abby ran over to give her a hug and reassure her that everything is fine
"Stop fighting" Rachel shouted and hid under the table
"What's wrong rach" Abby asked concerned for the girl she thought of as her own child
"When my mum and her boyfriend stops arguing he hits me to get rid of his anger" Rachel explained
"that's bad" Abby replied
"That's why I went to see my dad I asked him if I could live their but he told me to go home and never go see him again and I couldn't go home so I sat at the bus stop and that's when they took me"
"That's terrible" Abby reassured her "you can come and stay with me at my place with McGee" Abby explained
"Thanks mum" Rachel replied "wait I men Abby" she added
"You can call me mum if you want to as I feel like you are my own child seeing you like this has encouraged me to sort things out with my dad of whom you have met already" Abby explained to Rachel
"Have I and thanks mum" Rachel replied
"Yes you have baby girl my dad is special agent Leroy jethro Gibbs" Abby replied
