NCIS:
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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 13: THINGS BACK TO NORMAL, BUT NOT...
ABBY'S P.O.V.
I've been waiting for most of the day for Tim to come down and see me. At one point, I had gone up to the squad room, but it had been empty.
Gibbs, Ziva, Tony and Tim were out in the field. I hoped they would return to soon.
I hadn't talked to Tim that much yesterday, less then we usually did. So, I was looking forward to them coming back with evidence that I'm sure Tim would help me go through.
I found things to do around my lab while I waited. There was nothing to, really work on, until they brought me the evidence.
Finally, two hours later, when I was starting to go a little crazy...
"Hey, Abbs." Tim said and when I turned to face him he had a big smile on his face, he looked happier then I had seen him in a while.
"Hey, Tim, is that evidence for me?" I asked.
"Yeah, guess what?" Tim asked and I could tell by the look on his face it was something good.
"Is it something good?" I asked him and he nodded.
"Sarah, remembered something last night. I helped a little though." He told me.
"Okay, how did you help and what did she remember?" I asked.
"I bought the ingredients for her favorite pizza, then when she put the peanut butter on it and started to eat. She remembered that day that her peanut butter had been GHB in it." Tim told me.
"Did she remember anything else? Where is she anyway?" I asked.
"I dropped her off at the campus this morning, she told me she needed to try and get back there to see if she could remember anything else. As for her memory...she says she keeps getting flashes, but nothing solid. When you called, I was typing up some stories about growing up for her to read. I went to bed last night and she was sitting on the couch. Then I woke up at four o'clock to hear her laughing. She said something you have told me a couple of times..." Tim said, but didn't continue.
"What did she tell you?" I asked.
"She said, 'I know you're there, Tim.' I told her what you would say about that." Tim told me.
"No lurking without a permit? It's not hard to tell when you're around, Tim." I told him as I put my arms around giving him a hug and laying my head on his shoulder.
He hugged me back and went to kiss the top of my head, but I looked up at the last minute and he kissed me on the lips.
I then wrapped my arms around his neck...
"You can get to work whenever you're done playing grab ass." Gibbs said and we jumped apart, then looking over at the door we saw him smiling.
" Boss. I was just telling Abby that about something that Sarah remembered last night." Tim said.
"Then you felt you had to play grab ass? I want you two to at least try and keep it out of the office." Gibbs told us.
"Abbs..." Tim began, but I just gave me a smile, let go and got back to work.
"What you got, Abs?" Gibbs asked.
"Nothing yet, I just got the evidence and we haven't had time to look through it yet." I said.
"All right, try and get some work done or I will have to separate you two." Gibbs said, giving me a kiss on the cheek, a Caf-Pow and then leaving.
After a few minutes, the elevator doors closed and I turned to Tim. He looked very annoyed at me.
"What?" I asked.
"Did you have to do that?" Tim asked.
"Do what?" I asked trying not to laugh.
"I tried to give you a kiss on the top o..." Tim started to say.
"I know, but I didn't want that. So I had to change it a little." I told him.
"And get me in trouble with Gibbs. Why didn't you help me?" Tim asked and I just gave him my devilish smile.
"Because it looked like you were doing all right on your own." I replied.
"Doing all right on my own? Abby...never mind!" Tim said and got to work.
"Tim." I started to say, but he just ignored me.
So for the rest of the morning we worked in silence with him ignoring me. Then after lunch, he went to work in the squad room, not returning.
'I didn't think he would get that mad at me.'
After a while I couldn't stand it anymore and headed up to the squad room.
THE SQUAD ROOM...
"Hey, Abby, what are you doing up here?" Tony asked and saw Tim look at me out of the corner of his eye.
"Have you seen Gibbs?" I asked.
"No..." Tony began.
"Abs, what are you doing here?" Gibbs asked coming around the corner.
"What happened earlier wasn't Tim's fault." I told him.
"What did you do, Probie?" Tony asked with a smile from his desk.
"Not what you're thinking, Tony." Tim muttered and started to turn a little red.
"It ha..." Tony began, but Gibbs smacked him.
"Do you want to come back down to my lab, Tim?" I asked stepping in front of his desk and he looked up at me.
"I have a lot..." Tim began still looking a little annoyed at me.
"A little extra help in the lab?" I asked and hoped he wouldn't say no.
"Boss?" Tim asked.
"Go ahead, but remember..." Gibbs said and let the sentence trail.
"We know." I said as I took Tim's hand leading him to the elevator.
ABBY'S LAB...
"Abby, I'm..." Tim started to say.
"It was my fault, Tim. I should have helped you out and told Gibbs from the beginning. I have a confession to make." I said and he looked at me.
"What's that?" Tim asked me and I gave a small smile.
"When I stayed at your apartment for that three weeks..." I started, but something stopped me and I couldn't seem to continue.
"What, Abs?" Tim said setting down the evidence and coming over to me.
"It felt...right. That night after I went home I sat and cried on the couch, you know I never cry..."
Tim nodded and I continued.
"...Both my phones rang, but I couldn't answer either of them. I was afraid of what you were going to say. After a while, I got ready for better and climbed into my coffin. This time it was different, because it now felt cold and empty. I had gotten used to your arms around me. I eventually fell asleep though and then I dreamed of all the time we had spent together." I told him.
"I know." Tim said so quietly I almost didn't hear him.
"Know what, Timmy?" I asked.
"I know you cried and had a hard time falling asleep." Tim told me.
"How..." I began.
"I tried to call your cell phone and home phone..." Tim began.
"I know that, Tim." I said.
"After a while I gave up and sat in front of my typewriter, but I couldn't think of anything to write. I was thinking of you and everything that had happened in the past three weeks. Every day I woke up with you at my side and you know we never..." Tim started to say and I couldn't resist.
"We never what, Timmy?" I asked with a smile.
"We never had s...s**, I realized how much I loved waking up beside you. I was trying to tell you that night that I loved you and wanted there to be a...us again, but you had left and wouldn't answer the phone or anything. So after a while in front of my typewriter, I got dressed, grabbed my keys and wallet. I came to your apartment and knocked..." Tim began and I looked at him confused now.
"I never heard you knock." I said.
"I know. I found the spare key and let myself in after I didn't get an answer." Tim said and I just looked at him.
"You broke into my apartment while I was sleeping?" I asked.
"N-no, I remembered where you kept the spare key. I looked around, but didn't see you. I went into your bedroom and found you asleep in your coffin. I could tell you had been crying, because of the tear streaks on your face. After that, I left and went home. I lay down in my bed, but now it felt cold and empty. I missed having you beside me and holding you in my arms as we slept. It took me hours to get to sleep, but when I did...I realized how much I had come to depend on you. I broke a rule, Abbs." Tim told me and I could see in his eyes that it hurt him.
"What are you talking about? What rule?" I asked.
"I broke rule eight: Never take anything for granted. I took you for granted." Tim told me and I just gave him a hug.
"Tim, you never took me for granted. I knew you were worried about losing, Sarah and had already lost so much in that time. Do you remember what I told you that night we sat beside Sarah's bed and you asked me to stay?" I asked with a smile.
"For as long as you need me." Tim replied as he returned the smile.
"I meant every word, Tim. I'll always be here as long as you need me." I told him.
"Thanks, now we better get back to work before Gibbs comes down and tells us to st..." Tim began and retuned the hug.
"Playing grab a**." I said and we both laughed.
"Yeah." Tim said giving me a quick kiss.
TIM'S P.O.V.
For a minute, I just stood there and stared at her.
"Hey, Tim, quit staring at my butt so we can get this work done." Abby said without looking at me.
"How di..." I began.
"I always know, Timmy." Abby said as she glanced at me and smiled.
'I love it when she smiles...well, the truth is I love everything about her.'
Then got back to work on her computer as I sat down to work on mine. After that, the day seemed to go by a little faster.
Things had gone back to normal between us...
Her giving me head slaps for not paying attention to what I was supposed to be doing. Hitting me on the shoulder, the flirting and I caught her glancing at me when she thought I wasn't paying attention.
I didn't want the day to end, because I didn't want to leave her side. Then since the day seemed to be flying already, it ended.
I was not looking forward to going home...alone. I waited for Abby to get her things after shutting everything down and then we headed up to the squad room, so I could get my stuff.
THE SQUAD ROOM...
When we got off the elevator Tony was still at his desk.
"Hey, Probie, what did you two do down there all day?" Tony asked and I knew what he was hinting at.
"What do you think we were doing?" Abby asked him, before I could say anything.
"I could think of a few things, as long as you thought you couldn't get caught." Tony said.
"Actually, that's not a bad idea. We'll have to try that tomorrow, Timmy." Abby said winking at me.
I can't really think of words to describe what Abby had just said, but I know when she said it, I knew I could feel myself turning red.
Just the look on Tony's face, we tried to keep straight faces as we walked together hand in hand to the elevator.
ELEVATOR...
"Abby, why did you have to tell him that? He's going to think we have done that." I said and she just gave me that smile of hers.
"Come on, McGee. I know you've thought about it and I wanted to see the look on Tony's face." Abby told me.
"Well, you can hide in your lab. I have to sit in the squad room and have him constantly ask me if it has happened." I told her.
"Well...if it gets to be to much you can do what you always do...come spend the day in my lab." Abby told me and I kissed her.
Until the elevator came to a stop and we got off. I knew she would go back to her apartment and I would go back to mine.
We would sleep without each other for another night.
"Hey, Tim, do you want to sleep in my coffin or your bed tonight?" Abby asked as if reading my mind.
"Wh..." I began.
"Bed or coffin?" I asked. "How did you know what I was thinking about?" I asked.
"First you stared at my butt, then you kept looking over..." Abby began.
"You're the one that kept looking over at me." I told her and she laughed.
"I guess we couldn't quit looking at each other. Bed or coffin?" Abby asked a third time.
"How about your lab? Then we can tell, Tony all about tomorrow." I joked.
"Okay, come on." She said and actually grabbed my hand to take me back inside.
"Abby, I was kidding. How about my bed tonight and your coffin tomorrow?" I asked.
"Sounds good to me." Abby said as wrapped her arms around my neck at kissed me.
"Abby, we can't do this here. We're in the middle of the parking lot." I told her. "Okay, let's go then." Abby said.
After a few minutes, we made it back to my apartment.