The Shocking Discovery
Oops. I realized that made a mistake with Kelly's age when she died, she was actually 9. Anyways I fixed it and I hope you like this chapter. This is kinda of the start of Gabby but they don't have their first date until the next chapter:) Enjoy
3 hours later... (It's 0100)
Gibbs realizes that Abby has gone very silent when he finds her, he notices that she is curled up sound asleep in the boat.
"She looks like a butterfly lying on a flower" Thought Gibbs, referring that it's one of the most beautiful sight he has ever seen
So, instead of waking her up, Gibbs picks her up and while picking her up she remines asleep, and he puts her in his spare room.
He puts a comforter over her, rubs her arm like he used to do for Kate when she was still alive; to comfort her and Abby responded by pulling the comforter up to her chin.
7 hours later...
It's 0800 on Sunday
At this time, Gibbs gets up from his bed and starts his morning routine. Ever since he became a Marine, he'd had the same routine for 35 years. First, he would go answer nature's call. Next, he would go to the kitchen to start the coffee maker. Then, he would go have a shower. Finally, he would have a cup of coffee and maybe a little bit of cereal while reading the Sunday's newspaper.
Since Abby stayed at his house last night, he made a real breakfast not just some cereal.
In the spare room with Abby...
The smell of coffee was coming into the room from underneath the door which caused Abby to start waking up.
"Where am I?" Thought Abby as she had sleep in her eyes still and it only took a few seconds for her to remember where she was "Oh that's right. I'm at Gibbs; I fell asleep in the boat."
A few minutes later...
She got out of bed and made her way into the kitchen to see if Gibbs was in there.
With Gibbs in the kitchen...
He was putting 2 plates of food on the table when he heard the floor squeak indicating that Abby has entered the kitchen.
At that time, he looks over at her and smiles at the sight as she is rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and her hair is all a hot mess.
"Mornin' Abbs" Said Gibbs as he goes over to the cupboards to take 2 mugs out and pours coffee into them
"Mornin'" Said Abby as walked the short distance to the table and sat down
Gibbs walks over to the table with 2 mugs filled with hot coffee and placed a cup in front of Abby on a coaster and then he walked to his seat and sat down.
During breakfast, they ate in silence and just enjoyed each other's company
Afterwords...
"Hey, Abbs?" Said Gibbs as he put the 2 plates in the sink
"Yeah?" Answered Abby as she put the cup that she had in the sink
"Would you like to come with me to visit Shannon and Kelly's graves?" Asked Gibbs
"Sure, I'd love too" Answered Abby "But I have to stop at my apartment and change clothes"
"Alright. Since you drove here, do you want me to follow you to your apartment and then we can go to the grave site in the Challenger?" Asked Gibbs
"Yes, that's fine with me." Replied Abby
They both got their car keys; Gibbs grabbed his wallet and Abby grabbed her bag with the bowling ball and her wallet inside.
About 15 minutes later...
They arrive at Abby's apartment, they both get out of their cars, and they make their way up to Abby flat.
"Make yourself at home, I'll only be a couple of minutes" Said Abby as she unlocked the door and walked inside with Gibbs following
Abby walks into her bedroom, puts her bowling bag beside the door, and goes over to her closet.
"What to wear" Thought Abby as she opened the closet door and started looking for something to wear
Outside of Abby's bedroom...
With Gibbs...
He was in the sitting room looking around until he came across a picture of the team in the squadroom.
He picked the photo up and started to have a flashback to when the picture was taken.
Flashback
It was an ordinary day in the bullpen and they had just got done solving a case.
The team was hanging out in the squadroom; Abby was sitting in Gibbs' chair at his desk, Gibbs was sitting on the edge of his desk, McGee was at his desk turning his computer off, Ziva was cleaning her gun like she always does.
Then Ducky came up to tell Jethro that he was leaving for the night and that's when Tony came into the bullpen; he walked over to his desk to sit down but he missed and it caused him to crash to the floor.
Everyone including Gibbs was laughing
"Alright alright laugh all you want" Said Tony as he pulled himself up from the floor
End of flashback
"Gibbs, I'm ready" Said Abby as she walked out of her bedroom
She was wearing a red long sleeve shirt with a light black jacket and black pants with red socks and black dress shoes. Her hair was no longer in 2 pigtails and it was cascaded over her shoulders quit nicely. She looked beautiful
As soon as Abby came into his veiw, he was frozen like she was wearing her Marilyn Monroe costume.
Flashback (In Abby's lab)
"Not bad for a blonde." Said Gibbs as he was in her personal space
"You know, there's no statistical evidence that says blondes have lower I. Q's then any other hair color." Said Abby as she had her back against the computer table
"I'll take your word for it, Abs." Said Gibbs as he started walking out of the lab
"There's more, if you're interested, Mister President." Said Abby
A microsecond later...
Gibbs popped his head into the lab and slightly smiled.
End of Flashback
Now Gibbs had 3 unanswered questions in his head; 1. Was he really interested in having a relationship with Abby? 2. Could it really work out? 3. But what about rule 12: Never date a co worker? He put that rule there for a reason
"You look good Abs" Said Gibbs as he came back to reality
"Why thank you Gibbs" Said Abby as she hooked her arm around his
They walked out of Abby's apartment, Abby locked her door, and they made their way to the elevator.
While they waited for the elevator to reach their destination; they were in deep thoughts.
2 minutes later...
Ding!
The sound of the elevator indicated that it reached their destination and that the doors were opening.
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Within 15 minutes later...
They arrived at the Glenwood Cemetery downtown of Washington D.C where Shannon and Kelly are buried.
They entered though the mental gates and Gibbs take Abby over to where Shannon and Kelly's graves are and then he puts flowers down.
Once he put the flowers down; he took a deep breath as memories flooded his mind.
Then he closed his eyes and he could feel Abby near him; he took another sigh, opened his eyes and start telling her what they were both like and such.
After that, he tells her when he got the news that Shannon and Kelly were died. When he gets done talking, Abby puts her hand on his arm to show sympathy for him.
Abby could see that he had a tear coming down his cheek, she gave him a typical 'Abby hug', and they stayed like that for several moments.
"Hey, Abs?" Asked Gibbs as he pulled away from the hug
"Yeah?" Asked Abby
"Do you wanna order chinese and eat back at mine?" Asked Gibbs
"Yes. I love spending time with my silver haired fox" Replied Abby
They made their way back to the Challenger, got in, and drove off to Gibbs' house.
For the first couple of minutes...
Silence
Then Abby started to talk about when her parents died
"You know I was with my parents when they died" Said Abby
"How did it happen?" Asked Gibbs who was still driving
"A drunk driver hit our car and sent us into a ditch. After that happened, I wish it was me who died instead of them" Said Abby as a tear comes out of her eye
Gibbs looks over at her, that's when he noticed that she's crying a little and he wishes that he could take her pain away.
He reaches out and gently wipes the tear away with his thumb
5 minutes later (It's about 0800 pm in Marine time)...
Gibbs pulls up in front of his house, him and Abby got out of the Challenger, and headed into the house.
In the house...
While Gibbs was ordering their usual meal, Abby was watching him talk into the phone from the couch but he didn't seem to notice.
2 minutes later...
Gibbs came into the sitting room and tapped her leg indicating for her to move it so that he could sit next to her.
Once he sat down, Abby leaned into him, cuddling.
"Comfortable?" Asked Gibbs as he put his arm around her
"Huh huh. Um, Gibbs?" Asked Abby
"Yeah?" Asked Gibbs
"What are we going to do about work tomorrow?" Asked Abby
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"We'll just play it out by ear." Replied Gibbs
"Oh, alright." Said Abby
About 5 minutes later
Knock Knock
Abby got up from the couch and walked over to the door.
It was the delivery guy
"That'll be $7.95" Said the delivery guy as he handed Abby the foor
Abby then handed him the money
"Thank you. Have a nice night" Said the delivery guy
"You too" Said Abby
After that, Abby closed the door, walked into the kitchen, and sat the food down on the table.
"What would you like to drink?" Asked Gibbs as he walked the short distance to the fridge
"Fango soda. [It's a soda that we drink here in the US, the color of the soda is orange]" Replied Abby
During dinner, they made small talk about everything except work.
Afterwords...
"Wanna go down to the basement for a little while?" Asked Gibbs as he got up from his chair, taking his plate to the sink
"Sure." Answered Abby as she followed him to put her plate in the sink
When they got done cleaning their mess up, they went down into the basement and Abby watched as Gibbs picks up the sander from the workbench, walks over to the boat, and starts to sand down the skeleton of the boat.
Abby was remembering the last time she was in Gibbs' basement and well let's just say that it didn't go very well. After she had asked him those 3 questions all he did was stare at her like he didn't have anything to say.
4 hours later...
It's 0000 Midnight in Marine time
It's getting to be that time to turn in for the night and well I think we may have a problem. The problem was the sleeping arrangements. Where was Abby going to sleep? Maybe she could sleep in the spare room again. Or she could maybe sleep with Gibbs in his room and after all they were adults, right? Nothing was going to happen because it's too early to think about THAT in their relationship.
I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. Next chapter; Abby and Gibbs' first date and who knows, maybe a first kiss perhaps:)