This was going to be a multi-chapter fic, but, it didn't turn out that way.
Own nothing… DPB does, and I do not know what in the world he's going through right now that's making these episodes so depressing…
A/N: EVERYTHING I KNOW IS A LIE! At least, that's pretty much how it is here. I mean, we all knew about Gibbs and the drug-dealer dude, but this is emotional to the power of infinity. I came up with this from sadness, math, semi-logic, and slight boredom. I know I said I wouldn't do anymore chapter fics until summer, but you'll live. I just have to at least get this one started…
The quiet basement was invaded by the almost silent footsteps coming down his basement stairs. He knew this was coming. She knew this was coming. Neither one of them though, thought this would be as emotionally terrifying as it was.
He could feel her starting at him for a moment, and she finally said hello. He replies with a 'Hey Abs,' and they are silent once again. She asks to 'come in,' then walks down the remaining steps. She stands beside him for a moment, then says goodbye. He stops her, and she turns. He asks the question he already knows the answer to, and it begins.
She confronts him, stating how he killed Hernandez. She said it was cold blood, even though it was for Shannon and Kelly. He listens intently, even though he'd rather not go through this. She begins to act confused, stating that 'Gibbs doesn't do that' but then turning it around with 'well maybe he does.' She begins talking about how she didn't find it by accident, and how she wishes it was yesterday. She closes her eyes in the useless attempt to go back through time, and as she opens them, Gibbs grins.
She asks him if she know what she has to do and the choice she must make: she never said aloud, but to do her job or to save a friend. With each question he answers 'I know,' and she won't take it for an answer. She wants him to say her findings are wrong, that she had made a mistake. His answer is just a simple 'no.' Finally, she wants him to answer the one question that truly tears his heart apart. "Tell me… how much I've been like… a daughter to you. How much you love me." Silence is between them for only a few seconds thought, and he asks:
"Will that help?"
"No." Is her tear-filled answer. "What I really need to know, Gibbs, is if, you're going to love me… no matter what."
Gibbs opens his mouth to speak, but then closes it. They stare at each other for a few moments, and Abby says, "Love me no matter what. That means anything. Whatever I decide to do, any lies I have to tell… any lies I've told. Anything."
At this last statement, Gibbs wondered. Any lies she's told? He decided to disregard the statement, then thought back to earlier in the week. "Abs," he began, "I told you I'd always have your back. I'm not going to go back on that. You've always been like a daughter to me, and I'll always, always love you." Abby attacked him in a hug, then almost choked in her tears. After a few minutes, she squeezed him tight, and whispered, "I have to tell you something." She looked up at him. "I have to tell you something, you probably won't want to believe." Her eyes started tearing up more, and soon they began to fall.
"Abs, just tell me. Please. I don't like seeing you like this."
Abby took a deep breath, then said softly, "Gibbs, I'm your daughter."