NCIS:
MISTLETOE...
DISCLAIMER: NCIS and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
Abby climbed the ladder and hung the misteltoe in the doorway between her office and her lab. Just as she was starting back down the ladder, her foot slipped and she fell. The next thing she knew is she landed in someone's arms, she opened her eyes and...
CHAPTER 5: GIBBS & MCGEE WAKE UP...
Days passed as Abby, Tony and Ziva taking turns holding a vigil.
A LITTLE OVER A WEEK LATER...
By day Abby, Ziva and Tony worked cases, but at night sat between the beds. It was during Abby's time a little over a week later that something happened...
There was a moan and Abby looked up to notice Gibbs was awake, but McGee remained the same.
"Gibbs! Gibbs! Gibbs!" Abby yelled running to his side.
"Abby, settle down. Why am I here?" Gibbs asked.
"You don't remember?" Abby asked. "No." Gibbs replied.
"I was kidnapped at on Christmas. You, Tony, Ziva and McGee came to save me. I tried to tell you it was a trap, but had a gag in my mouth. Once the gag was taken out, I tried to tell you again, but..." Abby said.
"Something hit me." Gibbs said cutting her off.
"Yeah, someone hit you with a baseball bat." Abby told him.
"Where is everyone else?" Gibbs asked.
"Home, but McGee is over there." Abby said pointing to the bed across the room.
Gibbs looked over and saw McGee.
"Wh..." Gibbs began.
"McGee was hit with a baseball bat as well." Abby said as Ducky walked into the room.
"Hey, Duck." Said Gibbs.
"Jethro, it's good to see you awake." Ducky said coming to stand beside Gibbs.
"What are you doing here?" Gibbs asked.
"Oh, I was on my way home and decided to come by and see if you were awake." Ducky replied.
"I'll go call Ziva and Tony." Abby said starting to leave the room, but stopping at the doorway with a last look at McGee.
The look Abby gave McGee did not go unnoticed by Gibbs or Ducky.
"Hey, it's Abby...guess what? Gibbs, is awake...thanks for telling, Tony...all right, I'll see you when you get here." Abby said and hung up, then headed back to Gibbs and McGee's room.
Ducky and Gibbs were in a conversation, but stopped talking when Abby entered the room. Abby had a feeling they had been talking about her.
When Gibbs looked over, she seemed torn, as though trying to decide whether to sit beside McGee or walk over to stand beside him.
"It's all right if you want to sit beside, McGee. You'll still be able to see and talk to me." Gibbs said guessing what Abby was thinking.
"Ho..." Abby started to ask.
"Tony told me how you and McGee shared a kiss under the mistletoe." Gibbs replied, before Abby could finish.
"McGee and I were just under the mistletoe." Abby said looking down at McGee and taking his hand.
"When you went missing, McGee was really scared we would never find you." Said a voice from the door and everyone looked.
It was Tony and Ziva.
"Hey, boss." Tony said as he and Ziva walked into the room.
"What?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, he actually at walked down to your lab at one point." Ziva told her.
"How do you know?" Abby asked.
"Because I followed him. He was going on, wondering if he would ever see you again. It was then..." Ziva began.
"When me and the boss walked in saying we might have a lead where to find you. He told McDummy to stay behind, but when we got to the warehouse a car pulled up beside us and Mc..." Tony began, but Abby had crossed the room and slapped him upside the head.
"Timothy McGee is not a dummy!" Abby told him and everyone just stared, as she walked back over to McGee and took a hold of his hand once more.
"That hurt worse then when the boss usually does it." Tony said.
"I started to yell at McGee for not staying behind, when we heard a noise from inside the warehouse. We checked every room and then..." Gibbs didn't finish, because everyone knew what had happened.
"Because you and McGee were hit by baseball bats. Why hasn't he woken up?" Abby asked in frustration staring down at McGee.
"He will." Ziva told her.
"What if he doesn't?" Abby asked, voicing her fears, she got up and left the room.
Ziva followed and found her just outside in the hallway crying.
"You have to believe. Gibbs woke..." Ziva began.
"I know, but it's not the same." Abby told her.
"Why?" Ziva asked.
"Because I think of Gibbs as a father and McGee, I think of him diff-differently." Abby said looking at Ziva.
"Why don't we go to the ladies room and you can clean up." Ziva suggested.
"I think I'll go by myself." Abby said as she turned and walked down the hall.
Ziva watched her go and then headed back into the room.
"Where's Abbs?" Gibbs asked concern written all over his face.
"She just needed to take a walk." Ziva told them.
'What am I going to do if you don't wake up? I need you, Timmy. I love you, you have to wake up.' Abby thought as she looked into the mirror and after splashing some water on her face, she headed back down the hall to Gibbs and McGee's room.
Nobody said a word as she once again took her seat beside McGee.
A week later Gibbs was released from the hospital, after grumbling having to stay in the hospital for so long and the terrible food.
When Gibbs left Abby stayed by McGee's side.
ONE WEEK AFTER GIBBS WAS RELEASED...
Abby had fallen asleep, holding McGee's hand and didn't hear him wake up. McGee looked around, the looked down at Abby and smiled.
"Abby." McGee said and squeezed her hand.
Feeling pressure on her hand Abby jumped and woke up. She looked up and McGee noticed that she had been crying.
"Timmy, you're awake!" Abby yelled and threw her arms around him.
"Abby, what happened?" McGee asked.
"What do you remember?" Abby asked.
"I walked into your lab, you fell off the ladder you were on and I caught you. I set you down then I..." McGee began, but couldn't seem to finish.
"Kissed me?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, but that was a dream...wasn't it?" McGee asked.
"No, it wasn't. You kissed me under the mistletoe and then again when you dropped me off at home." Abby told him and he looked a little surprised.
"Abby, I'm..." McGee began.
"Sorry? You told me when we talked about it later...you didn't regret it. You had wanted to kiss me for so long." Abby said hoping he hadn't changed his mind about them.
"The next day I went to your apartment, y...you weren't there. We searched for you and found you, but after that I can't remember anything else." McGee told her.
"When you found me, I tried to tell you it was a trap through the gag in my mouth. You took out the gag, I told you, but...but you, and Gibbs were hit over the head with baseball bats. Gibbs woke up and he was released a little over a week ago. I...I was..." Abby began and tried to force the lump in her throat to go away.
"It's all right, I'm alive. Where is everyone else?" McGee asked.
"W-work." Abby told him and he brushed some tears away with his thumb.
"Shouldn't you be there?" McGee asked.
"I couldn't leave you. I took some time off." Abby said and looked right at him.
"To sit beside me?" McGee asked.
"Yes, Timmy, I was so scared you wouldn't wake up," then unable to resist it any longer...she leaned in and kissed him on the lips.
"I told you there was something more to that kiss under the mistletoe." Said a voice from the doorway.
Abby and McGee jumped, then looking at the doorway there stood Tony, Ziva and Gibbs.
"What is rule 12?" Gibbs asked.
"N-never date a co-worker, but boss..." McGee began.
"What are you doing here?" Abby asked.
"Well...we got done at work and decided to see if McComa was awake. If you want us to come back later though...OW!" Tony said as Gibbs gave him a smack in the back of the head.