Abby stepped out and began walking towards the bar, She could feel Gibbs staring at her but she needed to focus on greeting her fans first or she would end up ignoring everyone in favor of being with him, As she neared the bar she stopped and turned to look at him, Their eyes met and she smiled gently at him and tilted her head towards the group of people at the bar, at the sudden mass of people who surrounded her, he nodded his head in understanding, He would wait.
As she made her way to the bar she signed CD covers and concert fliers, Her drummer, Zack, quickly made his way to her and helped her to the bar as the crowd could be a little over whelming, She smiled and greeted each person with a smile and a handshake as they slowly filtered back into the bar or left.
Zack stepped closer to her, and with a quick look over his shoulder at Gibbs, "You know him? He hasn't taken his eyes off of you since he got here." She smiled and nodded, "Yeah... That is the one and only Leroy Jethro Gibbs." She laughed at his stunned look before watching him swallow and look back at the man who he had felt intimidated by without even realizing who he was. "He doesn't bite Zack! Come on I'll introduce you!" Zack smiled shakily before nodding.
Abby took a deep breath and walked towards him as he stood, His smile was gentle as she wrapped her arms around him and held him as tightly as she could, She could feel herself slipping as his familiar scent surrounded her. She closed her eyes against the threat of more tears as she carefully pulled back. His hand came to rest on her cheek before he leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on her face, so close but so far away from her lips where she wished they were. She gave him a small smile before pulling away and reaching for his hand as she turned to introduce him to Zack.
"Gibbs, This is Zack, My Drummer, and best bud here! He has helped me get settled in and has been a great help with the charity." She smiled as Gibbs reached out and shook his hand "Nice to meet you Zack." Zack swallowed again, "Its great to meet you too Gibbs, I've heard a lot about you! Abby didn't tell me you were coming!" Gibbs almost looked embarrassed, "She didn't know." "ah, well that would explain it wouldn't it? Well I will let you two talk and I'll see you for practice on Tuesday, Abby?" Abby hugged him with the arm that wasn't held, "Of course! See you then!"
As he walked away Abby turned back to Gibbs before wrapping her arms around him again, He held her closely before whispering in her ear, "Why haven't you called me?" She buried her head in his neck as she answered "Because I would have came running back, I've missed you so much Gibbs!" He held her tighter before answering "I've missed you too, Abbs" After another moment She pulled back and grinned at him, "Wanna walk me home Special Agent Gibbs?" He reached down and grabbed his jacket before nodding. As they left she looped her arm threw his and leaned her head against his shoulder, She wanted to ask how long he was here for but held her tongue. It was gonna be hard enough when he left, she didn't want to know what precious little time she would have.
As they arrived at her apartment building, The door man noticed them "Ah I see you found her!" Gibbs smiled at him "Right where you said she would be!" Abby smiled at them before pulling Gibbs through the door and leading him to the elevator and pressing the button for her floor. It surprised Gibbs that she had pressed the number 18, He knew the building was tall but until he realized there was 30 floors it hadn't hit him just how tall. She leaned her head against his shoulder again as they rode up, He smiled gently at the top of her head before leaning forward and placing a kiss to her hair. He felt her sigh at the gesture.
As the elevator finally opened, Abby stepped out and reluctantly released his hand before digging into her purse, after a moment she pulled her keys out and let them into her apartment. He watched her place her purse down before turning and taking his jacket, He looked around and realized that even this apartment screamed Abby, He wasn't sure how she managed to turn a basic apartment into something that just fit her perfectly but she did, every single time. "You want something to drink? I don't have much but I might have some Bourbon left over?" He nodded as she hurried to her kitchen. He walked farther into the room and finally settled on her couch.
In the kitchen her hands trembled as she attempted to pull the glasses from the cabinet, She was trying to keep her emotions in check. She wanted to hold him and never let go but she couldn't. He was here now and she was gonna enjoy what time she had with him, before she watched him leave. She poured their drinks and carried them to the living room and realized he was looking at her song list from tonight concert. She watched as he slowly looked up at her, She swallowed before handing him is drink. He took it and set it next to the paper before looking back at her, He took him her fearful expression "Abbs? Any other songs you want me to hear?" She looked at her guitar sitting next to her chair, then back at him and considered it for a moment and realize what he was asking, If this was how she could talk to him, how she could tell him how she felt. He was asking her to tell him, She nodded and quickly slammed her drink before placing the glass gently on the table and then settling across from him and picked up her guitar before, gathering her courage to look at him. He leaned forward and nodded to her before she began. Her fingers started playing her first song she had written for him, The song she had written when he protected her from Mikel.
Will you think of me in time?
It's never my luck so never mind
I want to say your name but
The pain starts again
It's never my luck so never mind
And I had a dream that you were with me
It wasn't my fault, you rolled me over
Flipped me over, like a somersault
That doesn't happen to me
I've never been here before
I saw forever in my never
And I stood outside his heaven
Will you wait for me in time
It's never my luck so never mind
And yeah,
I've lost a lot of what I don't expect to ever return
I tend to push until the pushing's turned from hurt into burn
I always take them to that place
I thought they wanted to go
But end up dancing 'round this,
Clown commands applause at a show
I had a dream that you were with me
It wasn't my fault you rolled me over
Flipped me over, a somersault
And that doesn't happen to me
I've never been here before
I saw forever in my never
And I stood outside his heaven,
His heaven, heaven, ooh,
Heaven
And I can only dream of you
I'd sleep but I'd never see sunlight again,
I can try to be with you
But somehow I'll end up just losing a friend
I can only reach for you, relate to you,
I'm losing my friend, where did he go
(Where?)
I had a dream that you were with me
It wasn't my fault you rolled me over
Flipped me over like a sumersault
That doesn't happen to me
I've never been here before
I saw forever in my never
And I stood outside his heaven
I stood outside his heaven
Let me in your heaven
Ooh, I wanna live inside your heaven...
Gibbs waited as she decided whether to play another song or look at him and when she plucked the strings he knew she was playing one more for him, He almost knew for certain that his love was returned. He loved her completely, But never quiet knew if she returned it and had feared destroying what he had with her, but as she started her next song and she lifted her eyes to meet his. He knew he would never be able to walk away from her again, and he could never let her go.
There's something I can't quite explain
I'm so in love with you
You'll never take that away
And if I've said it a hundred times before
Expect a thousand more
You'll never take that away
So expect me to be
Calling you to see
If you're okay when I'm not around
Asking "if you love me"
I love the way you make it sound
Calling you to see
Do I try too hard to make you smile?
To make us smile
I will keep calling you to see
If you're sleeping, are you dreaming
If you're dreaming, are you dreaming of me
I can't believe you actually picked me
I thought that the world had lost it's sway
It's so hard sometimes
Then I fell in love with you
Then came you
And you took that away
It's not so difficult
The world is not so difficult
You take away the old
Show me the new
And I feel like I can fly when I stand next to you
So while I'm on this phone
A hundred miles from home
I'll take the words you gave me and send them back to you
I only want to see
If you're okay when I'm not around
Asking "if you love me"
I love the way you make it sound
Calling you to see
Do I try too hard to make you smile?
To make us smile
Abby looked up as Gibbs walked around the table, Her hands trembled as he took the guitar from her hands and pulled her to her feet. He placed his hands on either side of her face before whispering her name, She felt a tear slide down her cheek as she looked in to his eyes. He leaned in and touched his lips to her right cheek before placing one on the other side, her knees became weak as he moved forward.