"Abby, you're smart, you need to look at this logically," Ducky tried to soothe her.
"There is no logic. He is the father of my child. He doesn't want HIS child. That's not very logical!"
"Abby, you have to believe that somewhere inside him there is the strength to deal with this. This is all very sudden for him," He cooed.
"Strength? He's the strongest man I know. He lost his wife and his child. That takes strength to get through that…" Her tears continued to flow.
"Abby, obviously Jethro never dealt with it. It doesn't take strength to run from the pain… What he's doing now is true strength. He's doing it all for you, Abby, don't expect this to be easy for him. He's hurting now, openly. That's something he's never dealt with. He's never dealt with the death of his wife or the death his daughter. He hadn't dealt with the fact he was in love with you, until recently. He isn't dealing with the fact he has conceived a child with you. He's hurting, Abby."
"Can I stay with you, Ducky? I don't wanna stay with him…"
"We'll run to his house and get you some clothes and you can stay as long as you like…" He said wiping a tear from her eye.
"What if he's there? I don't want to see him."
"I'm fairly positive he won't be there. If he is, he won't be in our way at all, I promise you that…"
"Okay…" She sighed, struggling to settle herself down.
They drove in silence to Jethro's house. Abby went into the house alone. Ducky was right, Jethro wasn't there. She gathered several outfits and put them all into a large, black duffle bag. She looked at the nightstand on Jethro's side of the bed. There was a picture frame with a picture of her and Jethro in it at Tony's New Year's party. He was standing behind her with his right cheek pressed against her left and his arms wrapped around under her chin. They were happy.
She shook her head once and wiped a tear from her eye. She left Jethro's house and got back into Ducky's car.
"So, how far along are you dear?" Ducky asked softly.
"I went to the Doctor three days ago and he said then I was just four months."
"You haven't gained any weight, is everything alright?"
"Yes, he said it was. I went because two pregnancy tests came up positive but I wasn't gaining weight. He said that the baby is healthy and that I'll probably be gaining a lot of weight in the next month…"
"Oh, I'm sure. Do you want to found of the gender when you're able too?"
"Yes…I would like too. I…I wanted Jethro's opinion too, but…I guess it doesn't matter now. It's up to me I guess…" She started to cry again.