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 6: FEELINGS & A NEW CASE...
ONE WEEK LATER...
McGee was released from the hospital and Abby took him home. She got out of the car and they headed into his apartment.
Once she was sure McGee was going to be all right, she turned to leave.
"Abby, wait." McGee called.
"What?" Abby asked turning to face him, hand still on the knob.
"Will you stay a while?" McGee asked.
"Sure, do you have any movies?" Abby agreed, she had not been ready to leave him just yet anyway.
McGee got them drinks and they sat down on the couch.
"It's my fault." Abby said after a few minutes.
"What's your fault?" McGee asked confused.
"If I would have asked you to come to my apartment for Christmas..." Abby began, but McGee cut her off.
"You still would have gone missing and I still would have gone looking for you. I wouldn't change a thing." McGee told her.
"Thanks, Timmy." Abby said setting her drink on the table and leaning over to give him a hug.
For a few minutes, they just sat there and he held her.
"I don't know what I would do without you, Timothy McGee." Abby whispered in his ear.
"I know." McGee said and when she pulled back, he set his drink on the table.
"Timmy?" Abby asked.
"Abby?" McGee asked.
It was just as it had been on Christmas Eve when he had kissed her under the mistletoe, but this time she kissed him and the kiss became more heated.
McGee pulled away...
"Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked.
"Yes." Abby told him and kissed him in answer.
A few minutes later, they ended up in McGee's bed and they fell asleep hours later.
THE NEXT MORNING...
Abby opened her eyes and she was looking at McGee when a few minutes later he opened his eyes.
"Abby? Oh..." McGee said as what they had done dawned on him.
"Good morning." Abby said and he smiled back at her.
"Wh...Did w..." McGee stuttered noticing they were both under the blankets.
"Yes, are we okay?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, I-I didn't mean things to happen this fast." McGee confessed looking over at her.
"Do you regret it?" Abby questioned fearing the answer.
"No, I would never regret it with you, Abs." He said reaching over to take her hand.
"I'm glad it's Saturday." Abby told him as she started to get up.
McGee saw her back and remembered the day he had walked into her lab...he had seen her back then as she was putting on a shirt.
He then realized he was staring and looked away as she began to get dressed.
"What's wrong?" Abby asked turning to face him.
"Y-you were getting dressed." McGee said still not looking at her.
"You saw me last night." Abby pointed out as he sat up a little more.
"Yeah, I...I guess..." McGee began and Abby laughed.
"What's so funny?" McGee asked.
"I was just remembering the day you walked into my lab as I was putting a shirt on in my office. Remember how I asked you if you liked what you saw? You stuttered then too." Abby said.
"I couldn't think of what to say. What do you want to do today?" McGee asked with a smile, getting up himself and getting dressed.
"I don't know, maybe we can go back to the cafe. The one we went to on Christmas Eve after we left my lab." Abby suggested.
McGee agreed and soon they grabbed their coats and headed out the door. They had stopped by Abby's apartment so she could change clothes.
Then finally getting to the cafe and finding a place in the corner by the window.
"You know everyone already knows about our kiss, how are we going to keep this from them?" McGee asked.
"We just won't tell them." Abby said simply.
"They'll figure it out eventually." McGee told her.
"Not if we're careful." Abby replied.
"Ziva already knows that I'm in love..." McGee began.
"You're in love with me?" Abby asked.
"Yes, I never stopped loving you." McGee said admitting it to her aloud for the first time and looking into her face.
Abby just sat there and stared at him, it was the first time in years he had said he was in love with her.
"Never mind...forget I said anything." McGee said misinterpreting her silence.
"I-I love you to, Timmy." Abby said still looking at him.
"Well where do we go from here?" McGee asked.
"What do you mean?" Abby questioned.
"I mean, I don't know where we go from here. Now that I've told you how..." McGee began.
"I think..." Abby started to say, but stopped.
"What?" McGee asked her.
"I was going to say something, but after what happened last night...I think we're a little further in this relationship then we intended to go this fast." Abby said.
"I'm sorry, Abbs. I didn't mean things to happen this fast. Do you..." McGee began.
"We can't change what we did last night and I wouldn't want to." Abby told him and he smiled at her.
"I know, I think we're past the part of more then just friendship now." McGee told her.
For a while, they just sat there in silence, until McGee's cell phone rang and he looked down at the caller ID.
However, he didn't really want to answer it...
"Hello...all right, I'll be there soon." McGee said hanging up the phone and looking at Abby.
"Gibbs?" Abby guessed and McGee nodded.
"I guess we have to go to work then." Abby said with a sigh.
"How about we meet tonight and go somewhere?" McGee asked.
"Where?" Abby asked intrigued.
"I think I will let that as a surprise." McGee told her as they got up and he paid.
McGee dropped Abby off at her lab and made his way to the scene.
"Sorry, I'm late. I had to stop somewhere." McGee said.
"Well we got..." Gibbs explained the case to catch Tim up.
After being done at the scene, they all made their way back to NCIS.
"I'll go see Abby and take this to her." McGee said holding up the evidence.
"No, I want you to search the computer and see what you can find out our dead marine. Ziva can take the evidence down." Gibbs told her.
McGee stood there for a moment, and then finally handed the evidence to Ziva. He then plopped down in his chair and sat there for a minute before getting to work.
ABBY'S LAB...
"Timmy?" Abby asked hearing the door open and turning around.
"Why did you think I was, McGee?" Ziva asked as she noticed a disappointed look on Abby's face.
"No reason. Do you have something for me?" Abby asked and Ziva set down the evidence.
"McGee was a little late getting to the scene this morning." Ziva said and Abby looked at her in surprise.
"Really?" Abby asked, wondering if it had anything to do with his surprise for her.
"Yeah, what's going on with you two?" Ziva asked.
"Nothing." Abby lied as she started to go through the evidence.
"Tony and I caught you kissing under the mistletoe, and then Tony, Gibbs and I caught you kissing at the hospital. So I know something is going on." Ziva told her.
"Timmy kissed me the first time because we were under the mistletoe and then I kissed him, because I was so glad he was awake from the coma." Abby said looking up from the evidence." You didn't kiss Gibbs when he came out of the coma." Ziva countered.
Before Abby could reply, the door opened and in walked Gibbs followed by McGee. Abby looked to McGee in surprise, but had an idea what was coming.
"Ziva, you're needed upstairs. Abbs, what have you got?" Gibbs asked as Ziva left the lab.
"No-nothing yet." Abby replied and Gibbs just looked at her.
"I wanted to talk to you two. You know rule..." Gibbs began.
"B-boss..." McGee began, but Gibbs cut him off.
"I know that you know about rule 12, but if you two can promise..." He stopped and looked at the ceiling at the video camera. "P-promise what?" McGee asked.
"DiNozzo and Ziva get back to work. I'm going to give you two a trial period to see if your personal relationship affects your work. If it does I'll have to enforce rule 12. That means McGee...that from now on I want you to concentrate on your work." Gibbs told them, Abby and McGee just stood there.
"Oh, Gibbs! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Abby said running forward and throwing her arms around Gibbs.
THE SQUAD ROOM...
Tony and Ziva had continued to watch what happened down in the lab.
"Here." Tony said handing Ziva a twenty-dollar bill.
"Thank you." Ziva said and sat down at her desk.
Tony had just turned the screen off and sat down at his desk when Gibbs walked back into the bullpen.
McGee wasn't with him and it was clear that he had stayed down in the lab with Abby.