A/N: I forgot to mention this before, but I have no clue what happens when someone has a heart attack. Please forgive me if my story isn't 100% correct. I hope this doesn't ruin it for anyone.

Chapter 3

It wasn't until after midnight that Gibbs woke up. It wasn't until 1:30 a.m. that they called Abby. She didn't go back to the hospital after work. All she could think about was the last time Gibbs was in the hospital. She was afraid of him waking up and not remembering her again. She knew that was most likely very illogical, but it worried her just the same.

She didn't call anyone else to tell them he was awake. She figured it could wait until the morning. On her way to the hospital, she started second guessing her decision. Even if she wouldn't be able to see him, she would want to know how he was doing. I'll call after I see him, when I have more information.

The nurse took Abby to Gibbs' room. His room mate was asleep and snoring loudly. It was dark in the room and Gibbs appeared to be sleeping again. "I thought he was awake?"

Abby saw Gibbs' eyes fluttered opened and he turned towards her voice. His eyes squinted as he tried to focus on her face. She subconsciously held her breath as she waited for Gibbs to recognize her. "Abigail?"

Abigail? "Yeah, Jethro. Its me," she said walking over to the chair she was in earlier and sitting down. She placed her hand on his arm again. A little warmer than before. "How do you feel?"

He glanced over at the nurse, then back to Abby. He motioned for her to come in closer. "She stole my boat."

Abby blinked. "What?"

"That nurse. She stole my boat," he whispered. Abby looked at the nurse with a questioning glance.

"We put him on a morphine drip," the nurse dryly explained. Abby nodded in understanding. "He'll probably be in and out of it for a while." Abby looked back at Gibbs, and, sure enough, he was already asleep again. "Would you like a blanket and pillow, Miss Gibbs?"

"I'm not married!" said Gibbs still in slumber.

"Yes, please. Is it alright if I use this phone to make a call?" The nurse nodded and left to get the bedding set for Abby.

Abby made the calls to Tony, Ziva, McGee, Ducky, and even Jimmy, and updated them on Gibbs. Jimmy offered to come to the hospital, but she said no. Tony insisted on coming down, but Abby told him he wouldn't be able to see Gibbs anyway. While on the phone with McGee, Gibbs woke up and asked who she was talking with.

"Its McGee."

"I hear he's a lord of elves."

Abby smiled. "Yes. Yes, he is."

"I'm what?" McGee asked from the other end of the phone.

Abby soon fell asleep in the chair once all the calls were made. Not 10 minutes later, she was woken up by someone saying her name. "Abby? Abby." Her eyes slowly opened. Tony was kneeling in front of her.

Of course he came anyway, she thought. She looked over at Gibbs who was still sleeping. "How did you get in here?"

"Snuck past the nurse." He grabbed a chair and pulled it over next to Abby. "How's he doing?" he asked nodding his head towards Gibbs.

"The morphine is messing with his head. He's been awake on and off for a few minutes at a time since I got here. If it wasn't so scary, it would be funny."

"What's he been saying?"

"He's convinced one of the nurses stole his boat."

"She did," Gibbs said waking up for one of his short spells.

"What makes you think she stole your boat?" Abby asked.

"I can hear the motor running," he said referring to the snoring his room mate what doing. "It sounds broken." Tony chuckled. "What the hell are you laughing at?"

Tony stopped laughing. "Nothing, Boss." He turned to Abby and whispered, "I thought he was building a sail boat? Why would it have a motor?"

Tony was able to hide from the nurse for almost two hours before she found him crouched down next to Gibbs bed. "You're not supposed to be here," she said to him.

"Come on," he said sweetly to her, trying to charm his way into staying.

"Get out."

"Yes, Nurse Ratched," he roughly said.

The nurse faked a laugh. "That's so original!" she said sarcastically, then she turned serious. "You've got two minutes," she said and walked out to the hallway.

"I don't like her," he said grabbing his coat from the closet.

"I didn't think you could hate anyone with boobs that big," said Abby.

"Kelso in Legal," said Gibbs sleepily.

Abby chuckled. "He is a rather large man, isn't he?"

"I hate lawyers," Tony mumbled as he walked out of the room.