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Furthermore, A huge thank to ncislove for helping me putting some sense in the few senseless sentence I produced (this is probably just one of them)...

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R&R!

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16

Abby woke up from the smell of freshly brewed coffee.

Apparently she was not only able to drink it but also not able to smell it, since its smell caused her to hurry to the bathroom where she emptied the content of her stomach into the porcelain god.

Ducky followed the noises towards his bath.

"Are you ok my dear?"

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He heard the toilet being flushed and the water being turned on and off again, before a few moments later the bathroom door opened.

"Yes."

The doctor in him eyeballed her with an intense gaze, while Abby turned around again to walk back to the sink.

"Are you sure my dear."

"Yeah most likely just a stomach bug." She lied glad her face was not visible.

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With shaky hands she turned the water on again and washed her face.

This was the first time in her pregnancy she actually had to throw up.

Sure she had felt sick almost every day during the past weeks, but luckily she had been able to breathe the nausea away through slow deep breaths.

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Even if her life would have depended on it she wouldn't have been able to control her body that morning.

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Why the smell of coffee… bad enough I can't drink any…

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She could still feel Ducky's eyes on her back.

"Sorry Ducky."

"What for my dear?"

"The unappetizing noises." She said quietly while finally turning around again.

"Nonsense, it wasn't the first time I witnessed an attack of nausea and certainly it won't be the last. Actually I witness a very bad one from none other than Jethro, the night before he finally had the guts to tell you that he loves you, you know my dear he was here, drunk, and told me how much he loved you…"

"He never told me…"

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With his hand on her shoulder they walked back to the living room.

"Why don't you take a shower while I make some breakfast before we go back to the navy yard."

"I don't think I should eat something."

"A piece of toast won't hurt."

With a shrug of her shoulders she grabbed her bag.

"If you think so."

"Yes."

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Abby walked to the guest bathroom up the stairs.

She entered the small bath, locked the door behind herself and sat down on the floor in front of the door cross-legged, after putting the bag on top of the toilet seat.

Her hands wandered to her belly.

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Her voice was barely audible when she began to speak.

"Baby girl/boy, hmm, how shall I call you till I know what you are?" She paused. "Mini- Gibbs maybe?"

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What am I doing here? She shook her head about herself but continued. Whatever...

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"Well you don't have inherited your dislike of coffee from your Dad or me. I hope that won't last forever, how am I supposed to live in a house with your father when I can't stand the smell of coffee anymore?"

She paused when she felt a tear leave her eye.

"Your Daddy is coming back home, he just has to."

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Abby looked to her watch, she was already 10 minutes in the bathroom, she should hurry.

She got to her feet, undressed herself and got under the warm spray of the shower.

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15 minutes later she entered the kitchen, dressed in black pants, a sweater of Gibbs and her hair down.

She smiled weakly by the sight of the piece of toast and the tea-cup next to the plate.

"Thanks Ducky."

"You're welcome."

He had a soft smile on his face while he sipped his tea.

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He wasn't happy that she slept not as much as he wished she had, but was content with the at least four hours of sleep she had gotten.

She seemed a tad calmer and the paleness of her face hadn't increased, on the contrary she seemed still pale but it looked like it was from the 'bug' she claimed to have caught.

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Half an hour later they were on their way to the navy yard, both hoping that soon everything would be over.

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TBC..

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we're getting closer to the video message, I swear ;)

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