A/N: Hi again guys! This is too early for me, and I got 30 minutes sleep last night so ... yeah, my mind has stopped and I have exams today!

Once again, as usual Abby was alone in her lab. Always and forever alone. She was sitting quietly in her desk chair. Bert, her trusty farting hippo lay supportively next to her computer monitor, his glassy eyes staring at her, unblinking. In her fatigued mind packed its backpack with food, water, a map and a blanket and set off on a treacherous journey into the uncharted waters of Abby's memories.

He said the way my blue eyes shined

Put those Georgia stars to shame that night

I said: "That's a lie."

FLASHBACK

McGee had finally managed to pluck up the courage to ask her out. So now they were seated in a nearby restaurant, just the two of them. It had been glaringly obvious to her that he had been nervous at the whole endeavour. His choice of topic was one clue.

"So …" he began "Um … your eyes are very um … blue"

"Yeah. Yours are green" she replied, confused "What of it?"

He swallowed "Well your hair is black. But your eyes are blue. It's unusual, that's all" he coughed once. Another sign of edginess.

"My hair isn't naturally black!" she laughed light heartedly "I found that blonde and goth don't really work that well"

"Oh" a small chuckle snaked out between his lips "Well you have very pretty eyes"

Now it was her turn to be embarrassed "No … no I don't"

He was gaining in confidence "You do. They put the stars to shame"

This time she looked pointedly at him and spoke only half joking "That's a lie"

END FLASHBACK

The tiny little being that was her subconscious breathed deeply, it's miniature eyes screwed shut, as if it was wishing the world and herself away. Quietly, not wishing to disturb the untamed beast, it tiptoed along to another closed door. Bracing itself it gave the non-distinctive door a gentle shove with the tips of it's fingers. Ominously … it opened.

I hope you think my favourite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake

FLASHBACK

Abby lay on the red and white patched blanket beside an enchanting body of water. Her head rested neatly in McGee's jean clad lap, her hair pooled out around her like a majestic raven stretching it's wings in order to take flight. A small wicker picnic basket lay just to the left of them. Beside the basket a radio uttered sweet whisperings into the dusk.

"This was nice" Abby sighed happily.

He smiled down at her "I'm glad you think so"

She closed her eyes for a few brief seconds and then bit her lip apprehensively "Tim?" she asked quietly, like a child would ask her angry mother.

"Yeah"

Another small silence "Will you dance with me?"

He frowned a little, at least his brow creased but then he spoke "Sure!" He got to is feet and helped her up. Tentatively he placed a hand on her waist and with the other kept hold of her hand. She mirrored him and they began to sway in time. Their bodies pressed against each other so that all that separated them was a few flimsy layers of clothing. Blue and green eyes never left each other, not even to blink, for in that moment it was not needed.

"How long are we going to dance?" she whispered.

He smiled "Forever"

END FLASHBACK

It's hard not to find it all a little bitter sweet
And looking back on all of that, it's nice to believe

The twisted passage ways of Abby's halls of memories were stained with salted droplets of fluid as the being trudged dejectedly back to it's original habitat. It lay down with it's backpack beside it and curled itself up, tears pouring down it's cheeks.

Abby was sat stoically in her lab chair, her eyes still shut, only one sound echoed tauntingly around the lab, it was one spoken quietly by her own lips … "Forever"

A/N: Clear sign you have been doing too much English work when you start using a vast variety of language features to describe a mind and curse yourself for using the words 'happily' and 'small'. And yes, I know Pauley's eyes are green, but for the sake of this just pretend. Also I'm not sure whether black is Abby's natural colour, I just know it isn't Pauley's. Shhh!