NCIS:
PRANKS AND ACCIDENTS...
DISCLAIMER:
NCIS and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
Abby has a practical joke for Tim, he gets back at her and then as she comes into the sqaudroom. Tim recieves a phone call and has to leave.
CHAPTER 6: SARAH & THE SCARE...
SARAH'S HOSPITAL ROOM...
ABBY'S P.O.V.
Tim seemed to relax when I told him that I would stay with him as long as he needed me to.
Then it happened...
The machines went off, the doctors and nurses pushed us out of the way. They began to work on Sarah.
I could see the terror in Tim's eyes and knew what he was thinking. I was thinking almost the same thing.
'Not Sarah too. Please don't take Sarah, he just lost his parents.' I thought silently.
After a few minutes, they stabilized her and we returned to our seats.
"Please, Sarah, don't scare me like that again. You need to fight, I know you're strong and I just need you to wake up." Tim said one of his hands in hers and the other hand mine.
'Sarah, come on. Your brother needs you and I think he would be lost without you.' I thought hoping on some level she would hear us and wake up.
After a while I felt Tim begin to lean on me and just a few minutes a nurse said we needed to leave and could come back tomorrow.
"I'm not leaving her...my sister needs me." Tim said and refused to leave.
"Tim, you need eat. Come on..." I began.
"I'm not hungry, Abby and I'm not leaving my sister." Tim told me, not looking me.
"Tim..." I began.
"I'm not leaving, Abby. I can't...what if..." Tim started, but I cut him.
"You need to eat." I told him and he looked terrified at the idea of leaving Sarah.
I knew he was thinking about earlier and what had happened. I thought for a minute and then it came to me.
I hated the idea of where to eat, but it was the only way to get him to eat. If I took him there, he wouldn't be too far from Sarah.
"We'll go down to cafeteria to eat. That way we won't be too far." I suggested and after another glance at Sarah, he got up and followed me.
I looked over to him walking beside me and realized he looked lost.
"Are you okay, Tim?" I asked and he looked at me.
"I just lost my parents and might lose my sister, now you're asking if I'm okay? I'm fine!" Tim said and began to walk a little faster.
"Timothy McGee! Stop, listen to me..." I said and he turned to me.
"I'm so..." Tim began.
"Tim, you have every right to be angry right now and I know you're scared..." I began.
TIM'S P.O.V.
"You're right, Abbs. I am a little scared, because I don't want to lose my little sister. I broke a promise." I told her.
"What promise?" Abby asked as we began to walk down the hall again.
"I promised my dad, on the day I met Sarah for the first time...that I would protect her. Why is every time I'm asked to protect someone, I can never protect them? Those times I was supposed to protect you..." I began.
"Tim, you have never once failed to protect me or anyone. What happened to your parents and Sarah was not something you could stop. I want you to remember something..." Abby said and made sure I was looking her in the eye.
"What?" I asked.
"I've seen you risk your life day after day. The times you were supposed to protect me, I had a part in that too. I made that decision to ignore what you told me that night, when you told me not to open the door for anyone. I know you Tim, you would risk you life for your family and friends..." Abby began.
"But..." I began.
"The day Sarah came to you and told you she thought she killed someone, you almost quit your job at NCIS thinking that would help you protect her. You never broke a promise to protect your sister, anyone or me. I never want to hear you say that again, okay?" Abby asked and for a moment, we just stood there in the hallway of the hospital.
"Okay, thanks, Abbs." I said and kissed her cheek without thinking.
I kissed her a little longer then I should have and after giving me a quick hug, I felt her tug my hand.
"Good, now let's go get you something to eat." Abby told me.