Chapter Two

As Abby put the speeding fine back in her bag her fingers couldn't help but jangle the item that would eventually lead to her demise. The Porsche keys. Shit! She had forgotten about the car being parked downstairs in the parking garage~ IN HER SPOT!

I know, I could move it. Buy a little bit of time, she thought. Abby grabbed the keys in a panic, a plan formulating in her mind as she spun out of her office and slammed straight into a very pissed off Tim McGee.

Abby and Tim stared into each others eyes for a long moment, neither speaking. The panic stricken scientist was searching her mind desperately for something to say...some way to explain, but for once in her life she was speechless. So was Tim.

Abby puffed out a breath of air and couldn't help the defeated... "Shit!" that escaped through her teeth.

"That about covers it Abby, doesn't it ?" Tim retorted sarcastically. "Keys"? he demanded thrusting out his hand. Abby dropped the offending items into Tim's hand and opened her mouth again to try and make this right but Tim just put his hand up to stop her. "Don't even try Abigail. We'll discuss this at home."

As the elevator doors closed Abby again plopped in her chair and this time burst into tears.

What had she done? It wasn't that she was scared of Tim. He would never really hurt her. Although he was going to make her extremely uncomfortable for a while that she didn't doubt. His lectures could go on for hours. The thing that really upset her was the look she had seen in his eyes. She had hurt him and betrayed his trust and that was worse than anything else. There was another look though. Something different... Determination.

Tim was changing. He had a different air about him. He was more confident like he was totally in control of a given situation. While Abby found this new side of Tim very sexy she was not sure it was going to bode to well for her this time. What was it he had said

"You won't like what happens ". What did that mean anyway?

Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

Upstairs Tim stomped through the bullpen, threw the keys into his desk with his sig and his badge, slammed the drawer shut and locked it. Tony and Ziva looked up from their desks with baffled expressions.

This was not their usual easy going Tim.

Gibbs expression was more of a 'I knew it' type of look. Still, it was none of his

business. He knew that Tim was more than capable of fixing his own problems.

Tony as usual couldn't resist.

"What's the matter with you McCranky ?" he teased.

Gibbs caught Tony's eye with the trademark glare and he let it drop.

Ziva looked at Tim with concern and curiosity etching her face but decided to say nothing except

"Good afternoon Tim".

Tim took a deep breath and answered in his usual amicable tone "Hi Ziva". "Hi Gibbs ,Tony."

Once he had calmed down Tim tried to put things more into perspective. She

shouldn't have driven the car that was true. Thankfully nothing bad had happened. She must have driven more carefully. She didn't appear to be hurt in any way. When they'd pulled into the parking garage and he'd seen the Porsche parked in her spot he'd been livid. A quick check had revealed no damage to the car, which meant no damage to her...Yet. He would never really hurt her but he did intend to give her one hell of a spanking.

How could she just totally ignore him like that. It was as if I hadn't spoken at all!

Xoxoxoxoxoxox

Back in the lab Abby was going over things in her mind as well but her thoughts were turning to the defensive.

What the hell did I do that was so bad anyway? she thought to herself. I DROVE HIS STUPID CAR! Big deal! I'm a grown woman, I can do whatever the hell I want! When I want! So what if I got another speeding ticket. I earn money, I can pay for it myself! Besides, he doesn't even know about the stupid speeding ticket. I don't need Mister McBossy boots to tell ME what I can and can't do! With those thoughts in mind Abby got up brushed herself off and got on with her work.

Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

At 7 o'clock Abby shut down her babies and was turning off the lights when she

heard the ding of the elevator. She took a deep breath to calm the annoying butterflies that wouldn't stop dancing around her tummy and joined Tim for what she suspected was going to be a showdown of an evening. Tim kissed her gently and gave her a warm smile as he took her hand in his.

He took a deep breath to harden his resolve.

"Let's go home." he said firmly.

TBC

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