Second chapter to this story is up! Only one more to go after this! Thanks to all those who reviewed, I hope this chapter is okay! (And yes this still has Gabby angst, major angst in fact, and I'm not sure if the verbal argument at the end is in-character, after you read it let me know, please! THANKS!) ENJOY!!!

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Just like the waves down by the shore
We're gonna keep on coming back for more
Cause we don't ever wanna stop

"I don't know, Tony, I just don't know why he keeps pushing me away!" Abby said, as she slid under her computer to fix a snapped wire. Tony nodded and said,

"That's Gibbs. He clams up, won't let anyone see what he's feeling."

"Not the Gibbs I know! As long as we've been together, and it's been like 2 years, mind you, he's been more open to me."

"Well, not to us." McGee said, walking in.

"Must just be you, Abby." Ziva said, walking in right behind McGee. Abby slid out from under her computer and Tony put out a hand to pull her up. She stood up with Tony's help and said,

"Maybe, but when he pushes me away, especially last night, I felt useless, like he doesn't love me. And I know that's not true. At least, I think I know it's not true."

Gibbs stood outside the lab, listening to Abby's heartbreaking words. But now, his heart was too hardened to really care. He knew that by pushing Abby away, he pushed away the best thing that ever happened to him besides Shannon and Kelly, but with his hardened heart, he just didn't care.

He strode into the lab and set a Caf-Pow down, saying shortly, "We've got a case. Go upstairs and gear up, I'll be out there in a moment." The team nodded and walked out. Gibbs looked at Abby and saw her back to him, and he spun her around, putting his hands on her shoulders. He was shocked to see tears coursing down her face, and she said,

"Gibbs, last night, I get it that you wanted to be alone, but I wanted to help you, and, when you pushed me away, it hurt so bad, and…" Gibbs silenced her by pressing his lips roughly to hers for a long, heart stopping moment and then broke the kiss, saying,

"Don't come home tonight, Abbs. I'm just, I'm not ready yet."

With that he strode out, leaving Abby behind with a breaking heart. No, make that a shattering heart. She furiously wiped her tears away, and touched her still-tingling lips, shocked into non-speaking after Gibbs rough and sudden kiss.

For some reason, it just seemed like their last kiss. Abby didn't that, not at all, so she shoved those thoughts out of her mind and waited for the team to come back with her new evidence, while she left the Caf-Pow that Gibbs had brought her sitting on the desk, determined not to touch or drink it.

Out in this brave new world you'll see
Over the valleys and the peaks
And I can see you on the top

It took the team less than a day to solve the case, as it was a slam-dunk, a girl had been kidnapped by her father, but the father brought her back and turned himself in. Tony, Ziva and McGee were sent home, but instead doubled back and went down to Abby's lab, where Ducky was already hanging out.

Abby turned up her music and laughed as even Ducky began tapping his feet to the rhythm. She switched songs to "Where Did You Come From Cuttin' My Joe" and grabbed Tony, dancing with him. Ziva laughingly pulled McGee into the dancing mix, and halfway through the song they switched partners, laughing the entire time.

Gibbs rode the elevator down, trying to plan out how he was going to tell Abby that he needed a break from their relationship, kinda like a separation, but not really, since they aren't married.

Truth be told, he just needed time to think things through, to try and figure out where their relationship was headed, and what he was going to do if the relationship went in whatever direction it was headed.

He hated having to think about things like that, but after what that Lieutenant did, it forced Gibbs to think about not who he was, but who he was now, after all this time. The bad part was that if whatever was bothering Gibbs took him down, it would take Abby down with it. And that was why he needed to distance himself from her.

He had promised himself right after Shannon died that he would never get too close emotionally to anyone, so he could up and leave at any time, and not have any regrets. Well, with Abby and the team, that just ripped that promise to shreds. He had thought, by going to Mexico, that he could reestablish that promise, but no such luck. After only a summer, he had cared too much about his team and came back to save Ziva, and then to help out Fornell, and then, it was too much.

He couldn't stay away from his team, especially not Abby.

He just kept wishing that Abby would move on and find someone else, someone new, but deep in his heart he wished and knew that it wasn't true. For some unknown reasons, Abby loved him beyond life itself, and Gibbs tried to reciprocate with the same love, but couldn't find it in himself to give that kind of love, after what had happened with Shannon.

You'll find better love
Strong as it ever was
Deep as the river runs
Warm as the morning sun
Please remember me

Gibbs took a breath and walked into the pulsing lab, saying loudly over the music, "I thought I told you all to go home!"

The music was turned down, and everyone looked at him. "Um, on my way, boss." Tony muttered, walking out, with Ziva and McGee following in his wake. They didn't dare question Gibbs when he had that look on his face, like he had on now.

It was that look that said, 'if you don't get out of this room now I will kick your ass out of here, and don't think I won't.'

Ducky kept standing next to Abby, until Gibbs just looked at him, pleading with his eyes to leave, so he could talk to Abby. With a sigh, he patted Abby on the shoulder and left, tossing a look back at Gibbs.

"I don't want to talk to you, Gibbs." Abby said, bustling around, getting her stuff together to leave.

"I want to talk to you." He said quietly, and Abby spun around, saying heatedly,

"And what gives you the right to talk to me? You just told me, not five hours ago that you didn't want me to come home. So please, Gibbs, tell me what gives you the right to talk to me."

Gibbs took a deep breath and said, trying to keep his temper under control, "Because we need to talk. Not just me, we."

"Fine." Abby said, crossing her arms. "Talk. You've got about 5 minutes."

"Sit down, Abbs."

"My name is Abby, and I do not feel like sitting down." Abby said quietly, and Gibbs winced inwardly at her tone, but he didn't blame her in the slightest. In fact, he knew that he deserved it.

"Abby, I've been thinking…"

"I can tell. You've had that 'thinking' look on your face all day. And by the look on your face now, it's not a good thing, is it?"

"Not exactly. It's just, Abby, that you love me, with all your heart and soul and mind and body, and…"

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End of this chapter! I hope I did the argument right, because it'll continue into the next chapter! The next chapter will be the last one, and thanks for reading! I hope you liked this addition, and adios for now!!!