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 15: SARAH & TIM VISIT THEIR PARENTS GRAVES...
TIM'S P.O.V.
THE SQUAD ROOM...
Sarah and I had left my apartment at 0730. By the time I had dropped Sarah off at the campus and got to work, it was a little past 0800.
Tony and Ziva were already at their desk when I arrived. I was half-asleep as I sat down at my desk, turned on my computer and started to get to work.
"Hey, McTardy glad you could..." Tony started.
"Leave me alone, Tony." I told him, I was not in the mood to deal with him this morning.
"So why are you so late?" Tony asked.
"I said leave me alone, Tony." I repeated.
"Did you get any sleep last night?" Ziva asked.
"No, not really." I replied.
"Did something keep you up? Something fun?" Tony asked.
"No, Tony. It's not what you're thinking. I'm going to go see, Abby." I said and as I was about to step into the elevator.
"McGee!" Gibbs yelled and I had known this was coming.
"He-hey, boss." I said.
When the elevator arrived, he stepped in and I followed, knowing what was coming. He flipped the emergency switch.
"Why are you late?" Gibbs asked.
"Sarah, showed up to have dinner with Abby and I last night. When I opened the door, she was crying and blaming herself for the accident. She looked it up in the newspaper and went to where the accident happened...she remembered what happened. She has her memory back." I said as Gibbs stood there coffee in hand.
"Did you stay up all night with her?" Gibbs asked.
"No, after a while she fell asleep and I went to bed. I couldn't sleep, I was awake over half the night." I told him.
"Try not to be late again. Now go see your girlfriend and one more thing." Gibbs told me and I was afraid not knowing what he was going to say.
"Wh-what's that, boss?" I asked.
"Don't ever hurt Abby." Gibbs said flipping the emergency switch.
He stepped out of the elevator and I took it to go see Abby.
When I stepped off it, I could hear Abby's music and smiled.
ABBY'S P.O.V.
ABBY'S LAB...
I got to work a couple of hours ago and have since been working. I kept wondering what happened last night.
I hadn't spoken to Tim since and I haven't seen him since I got here. I was about ready to head up to the squad room, when I heard him.
"Hey, Tim. Is Sarah all right?" I asked without turning around.
He came over to me and took his normal seat beside me. When I looked over there was a half smile on his face.
"She remembers everything...her whole life." Tim said and I finally looked at him.
"Really, that's...did you get any sleep last night?" I questioned seeing how tired Tim looked.
"No, not really. If they hadn't been on their way to surprise me here at work...they would still be alive." Tim said and looked like he had been beating himself up about it.
"Timothy McGee, I'm going to tell you the same thing you told Sarah last night. You didn't know they were coming to surprise you and it's not your fault." I told him, as I leaned over and gave him a hug, which he returned.
"Thanks, Abs. Sarah had me drop her off at campus this morning. I told her if she needed anything to call me or just come to NICS. That if she couldn't find me, she could come down and see you. Is that all right, I guess I..." Tim began.
"Tim, its fine and you know you don't have to ask me that." I replied returning to my work.
"Sarah told me why she went to where the accident happened." Tim said.
I looked at him again.
"Why did she say?" I asked curious.
"She told me, 'She was tired of walking in, a strangers shoes.' I told her that wasn't the best way to try and get her memory back." Tim said and I smiled.
"Is she okay now?" Abby asked.
"A little better...I think, but is still having a hard time trying to process it all. She hasn't asked to go see our parents' graves yet and I'm afraid of what will happen when she does." Tim said.
"Don't worry, Timmy, you'll both make it through." I reassured him.
After that, we set to work, working as we always did together and knowing what the other was thinking, helped too.
It was a couple of hours later when Tim's cell phone rang.
"Hey, Sarah is everything all right...are you sure you want to do that?...All right, I'll be there soon to get you. Love you too...bye." Tim hung up.
"Is everything all right?" I asked.
"You know what I told you about how she hadn't been to see our parents' graves and I was afraid of what would happen when she did?" Tim asked.
"Yes, she wants to go see them?" I asked putting it together.
"Yeah, I have to go talk to Gibbs..." Tim started to say.
"Go ahead, I'll tell Gibbs. He should b..." I began.
"Do you have anything for me, Abs?" Gibbs asked walking in with a Caf-Pow.
'The man can read minds.'
"Yes, Tim needs to take Sarah to visit their parents and I have it covered here. Plus..." I told him what else I had.
"Good work, Abs." Gibbs said giving me a kiss and was almost out the door.
"Gibbs!" I said and he turned around.
"Can Tim take Sarah to go visit their parents?" I asked.
"Just don't take to long and come back as soon as you can." Gibbs said.
Tim and I looked at each other thinking the same thing.
'What happened to, Gibbs?'
Tim then got up and gave me a kiss.
"Thanks, Abbs. You know how much I love you, right?" He asked.
"Of course I do, Timmy. Just let me know how things go and we can decide if we have any plans for tonight." I told him.
"Since we slept in my bed, it's your coffin this time. I'll have to see how things go." Tim said and without another word, he left me smiling.
TIM'S P.O.V.
I got to Waverly University and went to the place where Sarah agreed to meet me. She got in the car and we started to head to the cemetery.
This was the first time she would visit the graves of our parents. She had come out of her coma about two weeks ago.
"Sarah, are you sure..." I started to ask.
"Tim, please stop asking me that. I have to do this and I'm sure." Sarah said and after a few minutes of silence, we reached the cemetery.
THE CEMETERY...
She got out and so did I, I led her to the site where they were buried. For a minute we just stood there and then, she started to cry again.
"Sarah, you said the day you came to see me...you were arguing about your fake id. That was..." I started to say.
"I know, they said when they found me coming out of the bar and picked me up. I said something about how I had used a fake I.D. two years ago. I don't remember telling them that and if I wouldn't have...I'm so sorry." Sarah said falling down to her knees in front of the graves.
"Sarah, how many times do I have to tell you this wasn't your fault?" I asked as I knelt down beside her.
She leaned over against me.
"Wh-what am I going to do, Tim? I miss them so much and there are days I don't think I can make it." Sarah told me.
"I know, the days you don't think you could make it...just come to me and we'll talk, okay?" I asked her.
"I know." Sarah whispered.
She still wasn't back to the way she had been before the accident. Since then she had completely changed.
She had been so happy...now over the last two weeks since she woke up, she was so depressed.
I am so worried about her and don't know what else I can do, but be there.
"Do you want to go back to NCIS with me and go be in Abby's lab? I'll be in her lab for part of the day, but I'll probably have to go up to the squad room or out in the field. That way I won't be far away, okay?" I asked and she nodded.
So we got up and headed for NCIS, once there we took the elevator down to Abby's lab.
ABBY'S LAB...
"Hey, Abbs." I said as Sarah and I walked in.
"Hey, is everything all right?" Abby asked.
"Besides the fact I k..." Sarah began.
"Sarah, you didn't do that. Can she go in your office and lay down?" I asked Abby.
"Sure, go ahead." Abby told me.
"Every time I close my eyes...I see mom and dad, then the crash happens." Sarah mumbled just before she fell asleep.
I wondered how much sleep she had in the last couple of weeks. I decided it was time to do something and after telling Abby where I was going headed for the elevator.