"Abby?" Tim said gently. "Ziva and Tony need to take Sienna back to the NICU at Georgetown."

Abby slowly pulled her finger out of Sienna's hand. "So you guys really have to go?" She asked quietly.

Ziva looked at her sympathetically. "Sienna's got to be back in twenty minutes… We're going to be late as it is."

Abby sighed as she carefully transferred Sienna into Tony's arms. "I guess you can go." She replied as she settled back into her pillows.

"Hey Abs?" Gibbs said quietly as he stood in the doorframe.

"Gibbs!" Abby cried genuinely happy to see him. "I'm so happy you're here!"

Gibbs smiled before coming into the room. "I brought a couple of girls who were interested in seeing you." He said as Caitlin and Anastasia followed him in.

"See you Abby." Ziva whispered as they slipped out the door.

"I'm so sorry mommy!" Caitlin cried as she ran into Abby's open arms.

Abby resisted the urge to vomit as she pulled her into her arms. "Shhh… Caitlin it's alright honey. It's not your fault."

Are you okay mom? Anastasia signed nervously.

Abby nodded before urging Caitlin off of her. "Alright girls I need to talk to you." She signed and spoke aloud. Tim intertwined his fingers with hers as their daughters settled in at the foot of the bed. "Girls, you're going to have a little brother or sister."

"Really mom?" Caitlin asked excitedly but Anastasia sat still.

Stacey are you okay? Abby asked gently.

Anastasia shook her head. Why are you here mom? The last time you came here after you said that you told us Oliver wasn't coming after all."

Abby took in a sharp breath. Honey… Oliver died before he was born.

Why didn't you just tell me that then? Anastasia asked in surprise. Why were you hiding that from me?

Stacey you were only four. Tim quickly jumped in. It was a hard thing for your mom at the time and it still is. The reason she's in the hospital right now is to prevent this baby from having problems like Oliver.

So mom's not losing this baby? Anastasia asked slowly.

Abby looked unsure but Tim replied for her. No. This baby is perfectly healthy. Your mom however, is pretty sick.

"Okay I love the sign language thing and all… but can someone please explain what's going on in English?" Caitlin said sounded exhausted. "This is more signing then I've done in a long time."

Abby could feel her stomach begin to protest sitting still for too long and she shifted her weight. "Abs you okay?" Tim asked immediately concerned.

"I'm fine." She said quietly closing her eyes.

"Alright girls let's take this outside and let your mom rest." Tim sighed as he carefully lifted Anastasia off the bed.

Abby watched as his husband left the room with his two daughters and lay back ready to enjoy the silence.

"Abby?" Gibbs's voice came from the back of her room.

"Really?" She asked sounding genuinely upset.

"Are you alright?" He asked sounding concerned.

Abby opened her eyes and looked up at him. "I've never wanted my mom more than I do right now." She admitted quietly.

"Abby you know that no matter what happens the team's going to be behind you one hundred percent." Gibbs reminded her. "How can you be so concerned about things still?"

"GIBBS!" Abby shouted. "My life… hasn't been a picnic… I'm sorry if you think that just because I make everything seem fine for the girls means that everything is fine."

"Talk to me Abby." Gibbs said gently. "I know it's not the basement… but you can still trust me."

"Gibbs… not now." Abby pressed out through her tight lips.

"Abby is everything alright?" He asked looking immediately concerned.

Abby shook her head and pointed to the plastic bin sitting on the bed's side table. Gibbs quickly handed it to her and watched sadly as she emptied whatever was left of the contents of her stomach into the bin.

"Gibbs is she okay?" Tim asked nervously as he came back in.

Abby could feel the sweat beading on her forehead. "Tim… when are they going to feed me again?" She practically sobbed. "I need food."

"I'll page the nurse right now." Tim said gently as he wiped the sweat from her forehead with the cuff of his shirt. He carefully leaned over her and pressed the call button before sitting down next to her. "Don't worry Abs. The nurse will be here soon."

"Timmy?" Abby asked softly.

"I'm right here Abs."

"I'm scared." She admitted before burying her face into Tim's shirt.

Gibbs looked at his agent sympathetically. "I'm going to go check on your girls." He told Tim quietly as Tim ran his hands through Abby's tangled hair.

"Hey what are you scared of?" Tim asked quietly.

Abby pulled away from his chest and looked up at him in disbelief. "Tim… I know it's a bit over your head here… but I'm not prepared to have another baby… I should be done with this! The morning sickness was supposed to never happen again! None of this was supposed to happen again."

"Abby…" Tim said quietly not knowing if he should ask what he was thinking. "Are you thinking about what I think you're thinking about?"

Abby looked down at her fingernails. "I don't want to do this Tim…" She admitted softly.

Tim looked at her in disbelief. "Abby no."

"I DON'T WANT THIS!" Abby shouted back. "I DON'T… want this…" She said quietly before breaking down into Tim's arms.

"Shhh." Tim comforted her. "I know it's hard right now Abs, but you don't want that."

"Tim what if it is what I want?" Abby asked quietly. "What would you say if that's what I want?"

Tim knew exactly what he'd say. "I'd say I don't believe you."

"What?" Abby asked sounding confused.

Tim slowly started rubbing circles on the back of her hand. "The Abigail I know values life far too much to end one before it even had a chance." Abby looked up at him angrily. "Not even you can convince me that you would end your pregnancy on purpose Abs. I get that it's hard with so many things that could go wrong. But you don't want to end this pregnancy."

"Then why don't I want it?" She retorted.

Tim sighed. "You're scared." He replied honestly. "You said it yourself. You're afraid to want this baby because you think something's going to happen."

Abby's mouth opened slightly before she closed her lips into a thin line. "Tim I can't… I can't risk losing another baby."

"Which is why we're here. I'm not going to let anything go wrong with this pregnancy if I can help it Abs. You and our baby are going to be taken care of." He promised before a knock sounded on the doorframe.

"You buzzed?" A nurse questioned.

Abby nodded. "Can I get some food?" She asked feeling very childish.

"Well Dr. Walker didn't want to put too much food in your stomach." The nurse replied hesitantly.

"I'm starving." Abby said softly. "My stomach hurts… I'm that hungry."

The nurse sighed. "Alright I'll see what I can do. In the mean time you may want to take a walk or something before we hook you up to a feeding tube again."

Abby nodded as the nurse left the room. "Tim?"

"Do you want to go for a walk?" Tim asked her gently.

"Yeah." Abby replied as she sat up. "Can we walk over to the nursery?" She asked sheepishly as Tim pulled her sheets and blankets down.

"Of course we can Abs." Tim replied gently as a smile crept onto his face. "Do you want help up?" He offered.

Abby nodded as her hand grabbed on to Tim's wrist. She sat still for a moment and thankfully the churning feeling in her stomach settled.

"You okay?" Tim asked softly. Abby nodded in response and he helped her up. "You sure you want to walk?"

"Yeah." Abby replied slowly. "I don't want to just sit in bed all day."

Tim smiled and slid his arm around her waist. "Should we invite the girls?" Tim asked seeing their faces peering around the corner.

Abby smirked. "You think we have a choice?"

Tim shook his head. Join us? He signed through the window.

Both Caitlin and Anastasia nodded their heads before pushing open the door. "Where are we going?" Caitlin asked.

On a walk. Tim signed before taking his youngest daughters hand in his and beginning the walk across the hospital.

The Mcgees had just gotten back to Abby's room when Tim's phone went off. "Caitlin help mom back into bed." Tim instructed before slipping into the hallway. "Mcgee." He said as soon as he was out of Abby's earshot.

"Mcgee I know you're at the hospital with Abby but I need you here. I already have Tony on his way." He could hear Gibbs's voice ring through the phone at him.

Tim flinched. "I really think that that's not such a good idea Gibbs…"

"Mcgee… I need you here, now." He said urgently.

Tim could sense something wasn't right. "What's going on Gibbs?"

"Our team is being accused of a murder… our bullpen and Abby's lab are crime scenes right now." Gibbs replied harshly.

Tim was shocked. "Are you kidding me?"

"Tell Abby and get down here as soon as you can… The FBI wants to question the whole team and we're already looking suspicious by having two members unable to report to the building." Gibbs instructed.

"Got it." Tim replied hesitantly before hanging up his phone. He took in a deep breath before heading back into Abby's room. Girls can you go outside for a moment? Tim requested as he looked at Abby sympathetically.

"Tim what's going on?" Abby asked nervously. Tim simply shook his head to signal that the girls needed to leave first.

Once he heard the door close he started. "Abby I need to go to NCIS."

"Tim!" Abby protested.

"Trust me I don't want to go Abs… But there's a slight team emergency." He said flinching as he saw her face turn to one of skepticism.

"What do you mean emergency?"

"The FBI thinks we committed a murder… or something like that." Tim said softly to make sure Caitlin and Anastasia couldn't hear through the door.

"WHAT?" Abby replied angrily. "What's going on?"

"It sounds like the bullpen and your lab have been marked off as crime scenes and they want the team for questioning. Tony and I really need to go in because you and Ziva can't at the moment. They're already suspicious because both of you can't make it to NCIS." Tim relayed the information.

Abby sighed. "We didn't do anything wrong…"

"I know Abs. I really have to go…" He said quietly before pressing his lips to hers. "You want me to take the girls?"

"No." Abby replied quietly. "They shouldn't be there right now." She looked up at him her face showing how terrified she was. "Go Tim…"

"Abby I'm so sorry I'm leaving you here… I promise I'll be back as soon as I can." He said quietly before pressing his lips to her forehead. "I love you."

"Love you too." Abby replied as Tim sprinted out the door. "I just wish something would go right for once.."

"Mcgee!" Tony called across the parking lot as he saw him pull in his silver Porsche.

Tim quickly pulled his keys out of the ignition and jumped out of the car. "Did you do anything?" He asked quietly.

"Me?" Tony asked in disbelief. "I've been dealing with a pregnant ex-assassin for the past nine months. I didn't have time to do anything even if I wanted to. What about you?"

"My house has been just as crazy as yours." Tim replied as they headed into the elevator. "Between Stace switching schools and whatever Caitlin's been pulling I've been spending all my out of work time dealing with my girls."

Tim and Tony sat in an uncomfortable silence until they reached the main floor. They quickly placed their sigs and badges in the provided bins and made their way through security. "Agent Fornell is waiting for you by your desks." One of the security officers informed them as they handed back their items.

Tim and Tony gave each other a nervous glance before heading up the stairwell to the bullpen. "Mcgee, DiNozzo!" Fornell barked as the two of them emerged through the doorway. "I assume you can explain your significant other's absences?"

"You mean Gibbs didn't tell you?" Tim asked in disbelief.

"Gibbs hasn't said a word to me." Fornell replied. "Is something wrong?"

"Abby and Ziva are in the hospital." Tony replied. "So yeah… I'd say something's wrong."

"Are they okay?" Fornell asked immediately forgetting his job. He wasn't exactly close with the team, but he and Gibbs went way back.

"Ziva and our daughter Sienna are both doing well." Tony replied before looking to Tim.

Tim sighed. "Abby's having quite a hard time with her morning sickness."

"She's pregnant again?" Fornell asked in disbelief. He had taken over the case that Dylan was involved in after Abby's attack to give the team some adjustment time.

Tim nodded. "Her body just isn't keeping anything down right now."

"Well… not to dampen the mood anymore… But I am here to help Agent Sacks with his investigation."

Tony rolled his eyes. "Are you kidding me? Agent Sacks thinks we did something… again?"

"Come on DiNozzo." Tim muttered under his breath as he followed Fornell to interrogation.

"Agent Mcgee." Agent Sacks said as he saw him coming down the hall. "I've been waiting for you." He said with a smile that was far too fake to bring any sort of comfort.

"Can we please just get this over with?" Tim asked as he sat on the opposite side of the table than he was used to.

"Anxious?" Sacks asked as he slammed a file folder down to the table in front of him.

"My wife's in the hospital." He said through gritted teeth. "So yeah… I guess you could say I'm anxious."

"Your wife?" Agent Sacks asked with a smirk. "You really think I didn't dig up everything on you?"

"What are you talking about?" Tim asked using all his will power not to roll his eyes at him.

Agent Sacks slammed a picture down on the table. "This is what I'm talking about.

Tim pulled the picture toward him with a furrowed brow. "What…" Suddenly he pushed it back. "What is this?" He asked immediately.

"Can you not see yourself?" Sacks asked sounding irritated.

Tim sat there looking at the photo in disbelief before he shook his head. "This is… That's not…" He wasn't sure what to say. "I don't understand." He finally said.

"What don't you understand? You were the last person seen with Ms. Edwards… On her front porch kissing a bit passionately for a married man." Sacks said enjoying the obvious discomfort of the agent.

Tim took in a deep breath. "That's… Not me." He finally said calmly.

"You recognize yourself in that photo Agent Mcgee. Don't lie to me. When was the last time you saw Ms. Edwards?"

"I don't even know who that is!" Tim exclaimed. "I don't know how you got this photo but I'm telling you right now that I did not cheat on my wife."

"I honestly don't care about whatever you and that tramp from the labs are up to…" Agent Sacks started.

Tim immediately stood up. "DON'T SAY THAT ABOUT MY WIFE!" He yelled.

"What are you going to do about it?" Sacks said with a smirk. "Besides you know it's true… She's nothing to brag about. Anyone could pick her up. In fact I'd bet plenty have. How do you even know the baby she's carrying is yours?"

Before either of them knew what was happening Tim had him up against the wall. "Take it back." He said through clenched teeth.

"Maybe that's what you should do with your wife and those two pests you call daughters… Take them back." Sacks replied with a smirk.

"MCGEE!" Gibbs shouted as he stormed through the door. He immediately grasped onto his agent's shoulders and pulled him back. "What are you thinking?"

"He wasn't thinking anything just like that idiot he married." Sacks said as he momentarily regained his composure.

"Excuse me?" Gibbs asked in disbelief.

"She doesn't really know anything… All she does is put things into a machine. You can get anyone to do that." Sacks said slowly losing confidence.

"Get out." Gibbs demanded.

"In case you've forgotten… I'm the one running the case here, and you happen to be a suspect." Sacks replied looking frustrated.

"I'm going to give you ten seconds to get out of here before I personally make sure you lose your job." Gibbs threatened.

"I'm just doing my job." Sacks protested.

Gibbs shook his head furiously. "No… your job is to find out what happened to the murder victim. Not to harass my team."

"I'm not harassing them. I'm simply questioning them. Family is a fair topic when it comes to interrogation." Sacks replied.

"Not when it comes to my Abby." Gibbs said angrily. "Not when she can't defend herself. You won't say a word through your lying teeth until she's here."

"She couldn't defend herself if she had an entire army on her side." Sacks replied angrily.

"I can… and will defend myself perfectly well." A voice came from the doorway. They saw Abby sitting in a wheelchair accompanied by a Bethesda nurse.

"Abby?" Tim asked in disbelief. He quickly rushed over to her and stooped down so he'd be at her level. "Are you sure you can do this?"

"I can't let you and Tony try and get around agent Sacks alone." Abby replied quietly. "I don't feel great… but Emma's here to monitor me and the doctors say I should be fine to be an outpatient."

"Oh so she's shown up?" Sacks asked with mock sarcasm. "What does the brave girl have to say about this?" He asked smugly as he handed her the photo he had shown Tim earlier.

Abby's mouth opened in disbelief. She could barely choke through her tears. "I don't believe you." She whimpered before delivering a swift slap to his face. "And you had the nerve to accuse me of cheating."

"Abby… I swear I didn't!" Tim protested.

Abby shook her head. "You're not worth it… Not if you won't even bother to tell me after I know."

"ABBY!" Tim cried in protest as she wheeled out of the room.

Gibbs grabbed the picture from Tim's hands. "What is this Mcgee?"

"It's a lie… A lie that's going to ruin my life."

Author's Note: Sorry there wasn't a flashback this chapter :( I actually did consider adding one in towards the end but then the chapter would be too long. Thanks so much for the reviews! Please please please review!