McAbby for you hope you enjoy it as a little change from the norm. xx

P.S. Heartland was just the cutest. The bit at the end with Shannon and the rules was just so sweet. She was a very pretty girl. Damn her.
Wasn't Gibbs just the gawkiest teen ever? I loved the bit with his yellow (why yellow?) car when he was like a boy racer speeding around town. If your not getting, I loved this episode totally fun. Though I lost the actually bit about who was in hosiptal or dead? Who he was and who the kid was and oh nevermind. It was awesome anyway.

P.P.S I just bought some awesome new shoes. So awesome I bought them in grey and in black. I never buy shoes. Not ones like this so I'm like wow. Anyway on with the show.

Chapter Five

It was closing in on October and there was a certain tension in the air. Vance had long since agreed with Gibbs' demands and sent Langer packing. Agent Lee had moved back into the desk she had been in previously, and the team were working successfully. All except McGee, who seemed to be distracted by something, he was jumpy, twitchy and extremely self conscious. It had all gotten so much for Gibbs he had literally dragged McGee to the elevator by his ear. DiNozzo and Lee watched in awe as Gibbs forced them both into the elevator, the second the doors closed DiNozzo ran to the doors, placing his ear against the cold metal.

"What the blazes is going on McGee?" Gibbs demanded the second he flicked the emergency switch. McGee stared down at his hands, twisting them around.

"I-Um, well I. Hmm … I was, I am."

"Spit it out McGee!" Gibbs was neither amused not patient at his agent's stuttering. He decided to give him a little assistance. "Has this got anything to do with Abby? Because you two really suck at trying to keep secrets."

McGee looked up at his boss with a mixture of fear, shock and awe in his eyes. Gibbs knew, of course Gibbs knew, he knew everything. McGee continued to stare at his boss wondering if he was going to gut him for sleeping with the favourite. Gibbs stared pointedly at McGee who slowly placed his hand into his pocket and pulled something out. It took Gibbs a moment to figure out what he was doing, when he did he looked closely at the item clutched fiercely in McGee's hand.

"I, I was going to give it to her on Halloween." He managed to get out, before carefully opening the box to show Gibbs. Inside was the most beautiful black diamond princess cut ring Gibbs had seen, of course he hadn't seen many princess cut black diamond engagement rings. This had a certain flare to it, the silver band set it off beautifully. Gibbs looked at the ring and then at his agent who was trembling a bit, wondering what his boss would say.

"What do you mean you was going to give it to her?" He quizzed shocking the agent more than a slap to the back of the head.

"We, erm, had a fight. She said she didn't ever want to get married, and I asked her why and she just said because she didn't and so I tried to get her to explain it to me, but she just got mad. Now she wont talk to me."

This time Gibbs did give McGee a slap to the back of the head, it wasn't very hard but it was enough to let the agent know what he had to do. He had to go and talk to Abby. At this point Gibbs flicked the switch and the elevator sprung to life. He pressed the button for the basement, Abby's lab. When they arrived he pushed McGee out of the elevator and quickly pressed the button for the bullpen. Leaving McGee to talk to his girlfriend.

"Abby?" McGee tentatively asked, wondering if she would kill him if he asked more about the marriage thing. He tried again, a bit louder this time. "Abby?" She suddenly appeared in the doorway to her office. She had very little make-up on which shocked McGee. "I'm sorry Abby, for asking you so much about why you didn't ever want to get married."

"Oh Timmy, I'm not really mad at you, I'm sorry too I shouldn't have snapped at you." She ran at him as he held his arms out and she flung herself into them. McGee barely flinched used to her over enthusiastic hugging. He wrapped his arms around her as she buried her face in his shoulder.

"I love you so much Abby."

"I love you too Timmy. I realised when you left yesterday, when I threw you out, which I'm really sorry about. I realised something, I realised I could get married if it was too the right person. I never thought I'd found that person until I met you Timmy. I love you so much and I would get married, but only if it's to you."

Her words caused McGee to relax against her, not realising the amount of tension he had been under wondering whether or not to ask her to marry him anyway. Now he knew, and operation Marriage began to play out in his head as he held on to his future fiancée.

October 31.

It was the big day for McGee. He had planned, prepared and organised the perfect event to ask Abby to be his wife. It was Halloween and he knew Abby normally went out on Halloween but he persuaded her to stay in with him. Telling her he had a surprise. He had a surprise alright. He had bribed and begged and eventually paid a lot of money to have his landlord allow him access to the roof for one night only.

He had spent the entire day cleaning as much of the roof as possible, although he was in a modern building so the roof was in pretty good nick. He had bought several meters of black fabric, many meters in fact. Enough to cover quite a large area of roof. He laid the fabric out near the entrance to the roof and smoothed it out. He then placed a table and two chairs on the far side of the fabric.

He added a black tablecloth and red seat cushions to the table and chairs. The next thing to be added was another table, he covered this with a piece of red cloth, and he placed his CD player on the top. He added a pile of CD's behind it and then sprinkled the rest of the table with black and red rose petals. On the other end of the long rose covered table he placed a large bouquet of black roses.

He then turned his attention to the lighting. He had brought with him, as well as several bags of rose petals several bags of varying candles. He placed three candles onto the small dinning table, and then he placed lots of smaller candles on to the longer table. He spread the rest of the candles around the rooftop, along the roof edge and around the door way. He smiled at himself when he had finished the decorating. He walked back out off the roof and locked the door before running downstairs to go and prepare a meal for Abby. Her favourite, Mexican.

By eight o clock everything was perfect, It was getting dark and so Tim McGee had gone along and lit all the candles. He stood back and found it was surprisingly light. He then ran out to go and pick Abby up. He arrived twenty minutes later, escorting Abby up the stairs, following the trail of rose petals. Abby was overwhelmed already and she had only seen Tim, looking extremely dapper in an incredibly smart suit, and the rose petal lined stairwell.

Abby screamed in excitement when she saw the rooftop, she hugged Tim and was speechless when she took a proper look. Tim then led her over to the small table and pulled her chair out for her. She sat down, her black dress flowing over the sides of the chair. She beamed at him as he poured her a glass of champagne. She took it and clinked it against his once he had poured his own; she sipped it beaming the entire time. Tim bowed to her as a mock waiter before producing a starter off the long table, now covered in candle fed food warmers and several silver dishes full of food.

The two happily ate their way through Tim's home cooked three course Mexican inspired menu. Abby looked the happiest she had ever been and was extremely glad she was here instead of at an underground Halloween inspired rave. After the two had finished their meal they talked for nearly an hour, they talked about everything and anything and as the conversation started to dry up a bit Tim asked Abby if she wanted to dance. He walked over to the CD player and put a CD in and hit play. A slow beautifully written song started to come on and Tim took Abby's hand and led her away from the table.

He took her left hand in his right and placed his own left hand at her waist pulling her in closer to him. She wrapped her right hand around his neck as their clasped hands came to rest against Tim's chest. Abby leaned her head down onto Tim's shoulder and allowed him to slowly spin her around on the spot. They swayed to softly playing music for twenty minutes before Tim parted them. He let go of Abby and walked over to the long table, leaving Abby in the middle of the rooftop. He pulled the bouquet of roses off the table and walked back over to her.

He handed them to her gently, and as she took them off him she brought them up to her face, sniffing them gently, they smelt lovely. When she looked back at Tim she noticed he was on the floor. Or more correctly, he was kneeling. He was on one knee and he had taken Abby's hand in his, he kissed it softly. He then stared up into Abby's overjoyed face, before pulling a small box from his pocket, he flipped it open revealing the stunning black diamond engagement he had show to Gibbs a few weeks ago.

"Miss Abigail Scuito, would you do me the incredible honour of being my wife?" He asked.

"Ooh, oh Timmy, of course I will, Yes, I love you so much, Yes!" Abby replied as Tim slipped the ring onto her finger. She pulled him up and kissed him as passionately as she could, pouring out each of their emotions into that one kiss. Tim took her hand and led her off the building and down to his apartment.

November First

Abby and Tim McGee arrived at work at the same time, both were beaming ecstatically. McGee tok Abby's hand as they walked into the building, he escorted Abby into her lab and kissed her deeply before he left. The same smirk plastered across their faces. When McGee entered the bullpen Tony was particularly interested in what had caused McGee to be so happy all of a sudden. He spent the next two hours trying to get it out of him but to no avail.

Gibbs eventually came down from MTAC took one look at McGee's beaming face and left to go and visit Abby. He arrived back again in ten minutes to slap McGee on the back of the head, muttering the threat that if he hurt Abby he would have himself to answer to. McGee's grin faltered for a millisecond but solemnly swore he would rather cut out his heart then hurt Abby. Tony was slightly put off by this comment and almost missed the part where McGee seemed to be dating Abby.

"You're dating Abby, Mcgoogly?" he said in shock. "You actually got laid?"

"No, DiNozzo, he is engaged to Abby. Some investigator you are." Gibbs announced loudly before heading out again for coffee. Tony continued to berate McGee about his apparent secret relationship with the 'mistress of the dark'. The two eventually went down to Abby's lab to go and see the proof that McGee had actually proposed. Abby flying towards her new fiancé as soon as she saw him enter the room. Tony standing at the sidelines in absolute shock.

"I thought you never wanted to get married Abby?"

"Timmy is special though, I love him more than anything, he is the only person I would ever consider marrying. I trust him." She whispered the last line, more to the man wrapped in her arms than to Tony. McGee gently kissed Abby showing her he felt exactly the same.