A/N: Well… at least this chapter is… lighter. Not that light, mind you, but sure beats what's been going on in the last few chapters. Onward!

General Warning Label: teen!NCIS, heterosexual sex (Abby/Gibbs), slash (Tony/Tim), masturbation (Tony), erotic dreams/fantasies (Everybody), violence (Gibbs), teacher/student (Kate/Jimmy, respectively), child abuse (Ziva), homelessness (Jenny), suicide (Ducky), & death by abortion (Abby). Told you this wasn't for the faint of heart...

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Chapter Seven: Part One: Mirror-Blue Night

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Leroy climbed up a ladder into the hayloft. The hay smelled musty and crunched beneath his legs. To the bare skin on his hands the hay felt scratchy and dry. The barn hadn't been used since the summer anyway, and the planting season wasn't until the end of February, or the middle of March. Thunder raged above him, and rain tapped briskly on the wooden roof.

Why? Am I a secret sadist? Or is the Universe just making me take out my feelings on an innocent girl… poor Abby… I should have at least apologized… Leroy thought.

He wondered if Ducky was okay for a brief moment. He knew. Leroy knew that Ducky's father wasn't in the best moods most days, and took it out on both Ducky and his mother. Maybe that's why he had taken his pent up anger out on Abby. He shouldn't have done it. He shook his head and let out a groan as he fell backwards on the dried hay.

Or maybe it was the fact that Ducky had to go to summer school, and the sadness Ducky felt was rubbing off on him. The anger that Ducky should have felt for the unfair school system, the unfair way of teaching teacher's to teach and not to forgive. To lie and to hide things from the students.

Leroy closed his eyes for a brief moment, until he heard the barn door open. His eyes snapped open, but he calmed some as he heard it close again. It's just the wind… Man, this storm is making me jumpy. He thought, and closed his eyes once more.

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Part Two: I Believe

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Abby opened the door as slowly as she could, but as soon as she unlatched the door, the wind of the storm blew it open. She rushed in just as the wind shut the door briskly behind her. She clutched Leroy's journal to her chest and shivered. She was already wet from the downpour outside, and she hadn't thought to bring a coat, as the sun had been shining when she left the house with Jenny and Ziva. She latched the door so that the wind wouldn't blow into the barn and looked around, trying to look for Leroy, who she knew had come in earlier, shortly .

She heard a sigh from the hayloft, "Leroy?" she called, just loud enough for him to hear her.

His head peeked over the hay and down at her, "Abs?" he asked, blushing.

"Can I come up? I brought you your journal… you left it by the apple tree when you ran away…" Abby said, smiling to make Leroy see that he was somewhat forgiven.

He nodded and she climbed up the hay ladder next to the loft. He helped her into the hay, causing her to awkwardly fall on top of him. The journal fell from her hand and slid over, stopping by the wall. It was soon forgotten again.

"I… I'm really sorry I asked you to hit me. It was stupid, and I know you always have a lot of things on your mind that might affect your mood," Abby said, pushing herself off of Leroy and blushing.

He sat up and smiled calmly, "No, Abs, I'm sorry I took out my anger on you. I shouldn't have given in to my anger… especially on you. I'm sorry Jenny and Ziva have hard lives…" Leroy added as an after thought.

There was an awkward silence, each of them thinking about what it would be like to kiss one another. As they thought, they got nearer and nearer to one another. They touched hands again, sweetly. Leroy looked at Abby, who returned his gaze. Leroy leaned in and kissed her. She gave in and threw her arms around him. Leroy inched his hand down to the top button of Abby's jeans, but she pushed it away, almost playfully. He did this every once in a while, but she kept pushing the hand back.

They broke apart. Abby blushed crimson, and Leroy looked away shyly. Abby turned his face back to her after some thought, and began kissing him again. This time, when Leroy's hand went to her button, she allowed him to unbutton it and unzip her jeans. He stopped kissing her and she nodded. He undid his own pants and let them drop as he mounted her, pushing her into the hay below them.

Abby gasped as Leroy slipped inside her, but continued kissing him, enjoying the intimacy. Rain tapped on the roof, and the wind blew, but the storm was far away now, and it was only Leroy and Abby, kissing and holding each other, sharing a very intimate, almost sweet moment.

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A/N: I slightly sicken myself for not writing for a while (yes, I took a rather long break on this chapter). I can't write any 'intimacy' between a man and woman. Sorry. But, there you have it. Please review, if you find the time.

Aeron Ailsa