Ryan lifted a finger to point to her couch. "Who the heck is that?"

Abby's gaze followed his finger to the couch and she gasped. Mcgee was still there, and it didn't look like Ryan would be too understanding. "Uh, that's Timothy Mcgee… my… co-worker…" She said trying to make the situation much less tense.

"And why might I ask, is he on your couch?" Ryan asked racking his brain for some logical explanation.

"Well, that I don't really know." Abby replied sounding curious herself. It was the truth, she had assumed he would have gone home last night after brining her home, but apparently not.

"Well do tell what you do know." Ryan demanded obviously getting angry.

"I know that 2+2=4 and that the square root of pi is 1.7724538509055160272…" Abby started in a typical response for her.

"ABBY! WHAT ARE YOU HIDING FROM ME?" Ryan asked obviously irritated.

"Well a dang lot of my skin…" She started again.

"ABIGAIL SCIUTO HOW LONG DO YOU EXPECT ME TO STAND HERE AND LISTEN TO YOU AVIOD THIS SUBJECT! You will tell me… right now… why on earth this man might be on your couch, or I will just walk out this door and never speak to you again." Ryan was obviously fed up.

Abby was tempted to just let him go, but that's not something she'd do. "Tim brought me home last night." Abby stated simply.

"From where?" Ryan questioned hotly.

"His apartment." Abby replied honestly.

"Why… Abby… What… Huh?" He was starting to look genuinely hurt.

"Uh, well I guess now would be a good time to tell you, I dated Tim, about five years ago, and I guess I never really got over him…" She said wincing.

"Well I assume he's over you." Ryan replied hotly.

"I thought that too, until, well… you know how I said yesterday was a crazy day at work?" Abby asked wincing.

"Yes…" Ryan looked curious as to where this conversation would go.

"Well, it had a lot to do with the fact that apparently we both still like each other…"

Ryan took a deep breath in. "Abby, I understand, but I can't be with you anymore. I'm sorry." He said calmly as he walked out the front door.

Abby stood in the doorway for a moment before she closed the door and slid down it and burst into sobs. Finally Mcgee awoke to her sobs, after sleeping through the entire argument. "Abby?" He questioned groggily. When he received no reply and the sobs continued he rolled off the couch and made his way to the front door where he saw Abby head on her knees covered by her arms.

Tim sat down next to her and put an arm around her. "Abs, what's wrong?" He asked as he rubbed her shoulders. When he received no reply he tried again. "What did I do?" he asked.

"Nothing." Abby said simply. "It was me, I was careless…" Abby said looking directly at him then returning her head to her arms.

"Oh Abby! Ryan, oh… Abby it was completely my fault, I never should have stayed, I was tired but I should have left, I mean you have a boyfriend…" he was stuttering.

"Had Tim, had a boyfriend." Abby said, it was muffled because she was talking into her knees, but he could tell what she was saying.

"Abby…I'm so sorry." He said softly into her ear. They stayed there for a good two hours before Mcgee spoke again. "Hey Abs, do you smell that?" He asked quietly.

Abby was about to respond when and loud bang and flames burst from the kitchen straight toward them.

Mcgee scooped Abby up in his arm and yanked the door open. He ran, ran as fast as he could while he screamed at the top of his lungs. "GET OUT! EVERYBODY OUT! NOW!" Several doors opened to see smoke billowing down the hallway and one by one each apartment emptied and followed Mcgee and Abby down the twisted staircase in her building.

Mcgee heard another bang and he jumped out the door barely avoiding the revolving door from hitting him. A few short moments later the rest of the building's occupants emptied out and Mcgee was dialing 9-1-1.

"Hello… Yes… There's a fire… I don't really know what building… It's kind of engulfed in flames… Yes… Yes it's just off Lincoln Street… Thank You." Mcgee then directed his attention to Abby. "You okay Abs?" he asked quietly.

"I… how… what happened Tim?" She asked as she watched the fire in front of her.

"I don't really know Abs." Moments later several fire trucks had arrived at the scene along with several ambulances. Abby and Mcgee were directed to the closest ambulance to be checked for burns. Mcgee insisted they check Abby before he allowed either paramedic's attention to come to him. Once it was decided the worst damage sustained by her was a fractured wrist, Mcgee had accidentally hit her hand on the stair rail in his haste to get out of the building.

Mcgee was just being cleared to leave the ambulance as two black cars pulled up. The occupants of those cars were as follows. Tony still in his pajamas looking very alert and ready for action. Ziva in a blood red dress that she had obviously been wearing since last night. Director Vance wearing a typical work outfit chewing a toothpick, as always. Ducky and Palmer in scrubs stained with blood and other such things. And Lastly Gibbs, flashing his badge allowing the group into the scene.

"Abigail Sciuto." Gibbs stated immediately to the first paramedic he saw and he was directed to the ambulance that Mcgee was helping Abby climb out of.

"Abby!" The group cried as they rushed to her. Abby was immediately pulled into a hug by Tony.

"Abby, I was so worried about you… That the last thing I would ever say to you…" Abby could see the tears forming in Tony's eyes.

"It's okay Tony. Not that I'm not extremely mad at you… but… it's okay." Abby said softly just to him. Ducky was next to approach and he thought twice as he saw her face as he was about to hug her.

"Oh, Abigail dear, you probably don't want this all over you…" He said as he looked down at his clothes. "However I'm very glad to know you're all right. Same to you Timothy." He said turning the attention of the group to him.

"Why exactly are you here?" Palmer asked blatantly in a way only he can.

"Uh…I was just, talking to Abby when her kitchen burst into flames." He explained, it was the half truth, and no one needed to know the other half.

Abby looked at him then to Gibbs who was giving him a stare that could kill. "Gibbs, calm down."

"Abby you could have died!" He exclaimed not taking his eyes off Mcgee. "And for all I know, he started the fire…" Gibbs was obviously not ready to handle something like this, not after all that had happened to his team yesterday.

"He didn't. In fact he saved my life." She said meaningfully.

"What?" The group asked again.

"Well I was crying and not really paying attention to anything, it was Tim who noticed the smell, and then he carried me out of the building. I never would have gotten out." Abby turned to Tim and gazed into his eyes, which had been fixed on her for the entire conversation.

"Ahem." Vance decided it was time to interrupt. "May I speak to you for a moment Timothy?" he asked.

"Yes Sir." Mcgee responded and he followed him to the car.

"Now Timothy, do you really want to resign. You're one of our best agents, and I haven't yet filed your resignation…because, well really, because I want you to work for us still." He finished not exactly eloquently.

"Sir, I would love to come back. Thank you. Now is it all right…"

"Go. Join them." Vance replied smiling.

Mcgee jogged over. "Abs should I take you to the hospital now?" He asked.

"Hospital!" Ziva cried.

"Don't worry about it Ziv. I just have a fracture in my wrist, they just don't have enough supplies to deal with it here, plus they want me to go to Bethesda." Abby said comforting her friend. "Yeah Tim that'd be great." She said as she turned to go to the car.

"Mcgee!" Gibbs called as he was about to follow. "Give me a minute Abs!" he called and got a thumbs up from her as she climbed into the car.

"Yes Boss?" Mcgee asked.

"Does that mean I'm still you're boss?" Gibbs questioned.

"Yes Sir." Mcgee replied.

"Okay, well what I was going to tell you was that if you ever hurt her…"

"I won't." He interrupted.

"Well if you do, you'll have me to deal with, not Tony." Gibbs said harshly then his face turned softer. "Now go on Abs is waiting."

It was three hours later that Abby and Mcgee entered the bullpen. In addition to the team, Ducky, Palmer, and Sarah, Mcgee's sister, were assembled.

"TIM!" Sarah cried. "Tony called to say you were in a fire, he said you were fine… but….Are you fine?" She questioned out of breath.

"Yes Sarah, I'm fine." She immediately changed her attention to Abby. She had always been rather fond of Abby and her independence.

"Abby! What… is your wrist okay?" She asked interested.

"Don't worry Sarah, it's just a minor fracture, I just have to wear this brace, I don't even need a cast." She said attempting to calm down the young girl.

Just then Vance walked in. "Oh Abby. We just got word from the fire department. You're apartment… We'll needless to say, it's basically gone. The good news, the fire was pretty contained, and there was only one death."

"WHO!" Abby cried, wondering just who's death she'd have to live with as she knew the fire had started in her apartment.

"Abby, calm down, it was just Mrs. Abram's canary." Vance said quickly

"No… I don't believe it…" Abby said "That wretched thing finally died! If I knew fire would kill it I would have set my apartment on fire years ago!"

Vance looked at her curiously then muttered, "You know I don't even want to know." He said as he headed up to his office.

"Abigail!" Ducky greeted this time giving her a hug.

"Ducky! You cleaned up." She stated the obvious as there was nothing else to say.

"Abby you really should rest." Gibbs said noting just how tired Abby appeared.

Mcgee who was seated at his desk, pulled Abby onto his lap. It was some time later and the bullpen had cleared and for the first time in the past two days Abby took a deep breath, inhaling the sweet aroma of Tim, her Tim. She sighed.

"What's wrong Abs?" he asked quietly into her ear.

"Nothing Timmy." She replied with another sigh. Mcgee squeezed her and she looked up and peered into his eyes. It was only a moment before their lips met and for the first time in five years Abby felt that feeling, that told her everything would be all right.

After a moment Abby and Mcgee looked up after they heard a low whistle, and they saw Tony.

"Man Mcgee's got a babe." Tony said gaping. Abby turned bright red before turning to Mcgee to kiss him again, this time ignoring the gagging sounds coming from Tony across the bullpen.

Author's Note: Okay so that's basically the end of the wrath of Abby against Tony, but I want to continue because I'm having fun. So I'm looking forward to writing more. If anyone has any ideas Private Message me, since I want to keep the surprises coming. Please review!