Thanks to Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, Michael Weatherly, Cote de Pablo, Sean Murray, David McCallum and all the other for giving life to the wonderful characters of NCIS

Everything belongs to CBS and Bellisarius Productions except for a few things like Shane Caulfield, Randall Hunter, and his son, Lee, Evan McIntire, and Thomson Oliver are mine as well as Tanisha and Janet and their background.

For the purpose of the rest of the story, let's pretend that the episode "Baltimore" doesn't exist.

I also want to apologize for any spelling and or grammar mistakes.

Meet Chris Burton, a friend of Abby's that's also a creation of mine.

In this chapter, I'm going to take the story out of the box, I think, I've been watching too much Marvel movies lately or "The Flash" That doesn't mean that I will give any one of the characters superpowers though, it only means that Shannon, Gibbs' first wife, will make an apparition. She will help Abby with the help of her best friend to have faith in life and the future again.

Also, I'm sorry, it took me so long to update but I've been upset by a few things and I had to some order there first.

Previously on "Driving me Crazy"

Chris had this ability to make her feel at piece when things were getting too hectic. Gibbs did it too, a word, a kiss on the cheek, but now he wasn't around, he was fighting for his life surrounded by doctors and nurses that were in her eyes as helpless as she was right now to help him, it was his fight and his alone. She hoped that Shannon and Kelly would tell him to come back to her that they would tell him it wasn't his time to get yet.

As if reading her mind her friend said. "He'll come back to you, have faith."

Abby simply nodded her head and reached to take Chris' hand. Taking hand seemed to give her renewed strength. And she realized she believed his words, Gibbs would come back and all she had to do is have faith in him, in them, in life itself.

FOURTEEN

No sooner had Chris Burton said the words that, they heard one of the doctors say: "We've got him back"

Stunned Abby looked at her friend. "Did I just dream this or did I really hear someone say "we've got him back"?

"That's what I heard too." He smiled at her.

"One of these days, you'll have to tell me how you do this."

"Do what?" Chris asked, intrigued.

"How you make good things happen. I mean, not even an hour ago, I... I can't even believe I did but I did. I doubted that Gibbs would make it and now, he's back to us and I'm sure that we will get through this all of us and we will be stronger when everything will be over."

"I don't do anything except believing in life and in the good things life brings to us."

"I have to call the others to let them know that Gibbs is out of danger."

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. He's awake, but not of danger yet, even though, I'm sure he will be alright, I wouldn't claim victory just yet."

Abby sighed heavily knowing her friend was right. "Let's hope that he'll soon recover now that thing will go back to normal so that we'll be able to pick up our lives and go back to normal."

Chris looked at her and smiled. "You really love him, don't you?"

"Since the first time I laid eyes on him." She told her friend.

"… But tell me something, Abby… Why didn't you tell me that you and Gibbs started a relationship? Normally, you're more excited about telling your friends that you are in a new story with someone."

Abby looked at him surprised. "Yeah, I know but this one is different, Chris. Gibbs is… he is… I love him really love him. You know love with a capital 'L' plus he is my boss, he broke one of his own rules for me, so and the less people know how close we are the less bad guys who'll want to hurt him through me."

Chris' left eyebrow lifted up. "I don't work with you or Gibbs and I'm your friend, I thought you guys would have trusted me by now. We know each other for a long time, but apparently not long enough…"

"I'm sorry, it's not that. I guess I wanted to be a little selfish and keep him for myself a little longer." The forensic scientist admitted sheepishly. "I've been waiting to be with him for so long…"

"It's okay, sweetheart, I get it and I know for how long you've been in love with him." Chris smiled mischievously.

"Wait… Wait a minute, are you telling me that you have known my biggest secret from the start... Is that it?"

"Do you want the truth?"

"Yes, please." Abby said.

"I knew it from the moment I saw the two of you interact together."

"And I thought I was doing a great hiding job."

"Oh but you did. It all was in the small details."

"Small details?" Abby asked her intrigued.

"The way you looked at him when you thought he wouldn't notice. The way you always seem to anticipate what he is going to ask for. The way you smile when he kiss your cheek… Your eyes shine when he approaches you. Want me to elaborate further?"

"No, I get the picture." She told him a bit embarrassed.

"Your secret's safe with me, dear."

"I know."

"I thought we had some work to do here."

"We do," Abby told him but when they were about to start anew and focus on the work ahead, a familiar face showed through the door.

"Mr. Gibbs left us for a moment, but we got him back with us. He's stabilized now."

"When can see him, Shirley?"

"I'll come and get you to him as soon as the doctor gives his green light."

"Okay. Thank you so much, Shirley."

"No problem, Abby. Doctor Bratt will come and see you soon.

"Alright then." Abby said feeling relieved when she watched the nurse leave and close the door behind her.

Chris Burton looked at his friend, smile, Abigail Sciuto was an amazing person, and he was happy that she and Gibbs had finally found one another. He had faith that they would be happy together. Love was the strongest after all. Some people say that sometimes love isn't enough, but to him that wasn't true. Love is enough it's just that for some people life had other plans before it would make them see that specific feeling always wins in the end.

It sometimes happens that two persons are made for each other, but along the way their paths need to separate to be able to understand just their love for one another really is. The magic then only picks up in intensity.

Life had plans for them too, the two of them, were meant to be, he had known it from the very start.

Other matters had priority now. Shannon had told him to watch over them. The danger wasn't gone yet, but he couldn't do it alone, so Chris decided it was time for him to tell Abby that everything was going to be alright for them, he decide that he could tell her part of the truth he knew.

"Abby?"

The dark haired forensic scientist lifted her nose from what she was reading. When she looked over had her friend she saw the seriousness written all over his face.

"Yes, Chris, what is it?"

"I need to talk to you about something."

"Okay." She said simply.

Her friend stood up, and came to stand next to her wheelchair, Abby felt a bit more comfortable in the chair, though she felt a lot better, she still felt week physically and didn't trust her muscles just yet. With the armchairs, either side of her she felt safe. "What are planning to do, here?"

"Lifting you in my arms and take you somewhere."

"What? Why?" She asked him, feeling a little nervous.

"Don't worry; I just want to show you something."

"But I don't want to leave, Gibbs, what if Shirley or Doctor Bratt comes to talk to us?"

"They won't not for the next twenty minutes."

Chris reached for her, and effectively lifted her up in his arms, just like Gibbs would have. Abby put her arms around her friend's neck.

"Okay then, but just tell me, how do you know how long it will take them to come back to tell us about Gibbs' condition?"

"That is my secret, missy. You trust me, right?"

"Yeah." Abby nodded her head.

Abby trusted Chris, always had.

For some reason, she suddenly had the impression; she was about to land in a science fiction movie or something. Oh, come on,. Tony really has a bad influence on you. A science fiction movie can't you think of anything else, you are a forensic scientist for Christ sake! All that, simply, because, Chris is taking you, somewhere unknown to you? Abby, you are losing it

It bothered her though, how could he possibly know that no one would come for at least twenty minutes? There must be a rational explanation to it, there always is. Abby holds on to her find wondering where he was taking and why he was being so mysterious or rather secretive.

"It's going to be alright, I promise." Then he looked straight ahead again. About five minutes later, Abigail Sciuto was speechless, they were standing on the rooftop of the hospital. The view was breathtaking. How was it that she didn't know about this place? On the other hand, she was not the kind of woman that walked on the rooftops of public buildings.

Abby smiled inwardly and made a mental note to show this place to Gibbs when he would better. Chris Burton looked at her then and was certain to know what was going on in her pretty head. The black haired forensic scientist looked at her friend and smiled.

"Thank you for taking me up here, the view is very beautiful."

"You are welcome, but the view is not the only reason I brought you up here."

"Oh." Abby simply said.

"Gibbs will be alright, the two of you will be alright." He told her firmly.

Abby searched his eyes and all she could do, was believing his words. To him there seemed to be no doubt the fact that everything would turn out alright." It felt to her as if her friend simply knew the truth about everything that was happening with and around them right now.

"Chris, what?" Abigail started but he silenced her "No. No questions anymore."

"Okay, but you should put me down, I'm too heavy."

"None sense, you are as light as a feather. I'm a superhero, didn't you figure that out by now?" He said, grinning.

"Oh shut it!" She answered laughing.

"You do believe in angels, don't you?" He asked her.

"I'm a scientist, Christopher, I can't…"

"Abigail…"

"Okay, I'll admit it, I believe in them, but way do you ask? And don't call me, Abigail."

"No questions, remember? Now close your eyes.

Obediently Abby did as she was told. She would never say so, but she indeed believed in angels or in ghost whatever you called them. Not that she thought that an angel was a ghost. Sometimes, she was sure she could feel one being around in her lab. And she was convinced the team were surrounded by guardian angels when they were in the field otherwise they would have been shot or injured more often.

Abby also often wished she could tell Shannon not to worry that Gibbs would never forget her, because she accepted him just the way he was and that she would have loved to know her.

"I know, you accept him the way he is Abby. That's why I am happy the two of you are finally together."

Abby's eyes flew open. "Shannon?" she murmured. She looked over at her friend, visible shocked and amazed by the fact she was now able to see Gibbs' first wife, also she was happy, but also she didn't understand why Shannon was here with her, while she should be with Gibbs.

As she looked at the woman standing in front of her, she was very beautiful and she wasn't at all surprised that Gibbs had fallen in love with and that he married her.

"Shouldn't you be with, Gibbs?" Couldn't help but ask.

"Gibbs is going to be fine. Abby, I promise you that the two of you will be happy together, the way is going to be long and it won't always be easy, but it's going to be okay."

"How do you know?"

Shannon smiled. Abby always needed to know everything. "Abby there isn't always an explanation for everything in life."

"But…"

"You're able to see me and talk to me, right?"

"Yes."

Shannon smiled again. "And you can't explain it, can you?"

"Not really, no."

"It's sometimes, it's easier to just accept the things as they are and not knowing they happen even if I know that for someone like you, with your curious nature, it mustn't be easy. Letting things be the way they are supposed to be good, sometimes the best way to act is not to act at all."

"Are you telling me that we shouldn't look after the person who did this to Gibbs?" She asked frustrated.

"No, Abbs, that's not what I'm saying. You do have to search for whoever did this to him, I was referring to your personal life. You will be able to hold him in your arms again."

At those words, the NCIS forensic scientist looked down as her cheeks turned red, "I'm sorry, I know it must not be easy for you."

"Don't be it's okay, Abby, I'm alright, I can't be with him anymore, I'm death now and I wasn't supposed to be with him now, you are."

Abby's head snapped up in surprised. "I am?"

Gibbs' first wife nodded. "Yes, you are. You are the one who will be guiding him. Our story was beautiful; we were one another's first love. We were so in love and so happy…"

Shannon's voice trailed off. Abby noticed tears in the woman's beautiful blue eyes.

"You don't have to…" Sciuto started.

"Yes, I do." The red haired woman insisted.

Abby didn't say anything anymore, and waited for the woman to elaborate further so she simply listened. "I had to… die, we had to Kelly and me so he could become a NIS agent and then a NCIS one. We needed to go for him to become the man you fell in love with now. You see, in life everything happens for a reason."

"There's a reason why we are in a relationship?"

"Exactly!"

"Do I have a special to accomplish then?" Abby asked intrigued.

"You could put it like that, yes."

"Please tell me I will be able to help in some way. I've wanted to be there for him for so long. I love him, I love him so much it hurts at times, and when he doesn't want to let me in when something is bothering him it makes my heart bleed."

"I know you do love him, you love him the way he deserves to be loved and that is exactly what you'll have to teach him."

"Talk about an easy task." She let out and Shannon chuckled knowingly.

"He already let you in so many ways, he trusts you with his heart, Abby, he loves you because he's be through so much already and yet he's he chose to step in a relationship with you."

Gibbs' first wife watched as her words sank in on the green eyed woman standing in front of her on the hospital rooftop.

"My God, he loves me, he really does and not only physically…"

"That's right."

"It's time for me to go now," Shannon suddenly said.

"No wait…"

"Take care of you, and remember, keep your eyes and heart open for the world above." Shannon told her and an instant later, she was gone.

"We should go back down." Christopher's voice brought her back to reality.

"Was Shannon Gibbs really here or did my mind make her up, Chris?" Abby asked a little dazed.

"She was. It means your sensitive enough to feel or see them."

"But Shannon wasn't an angel or was she?"

"I don't know for sure, Abbs…"

"Wait a minute; Abigail said suddenly realizing that Chris saw her too.

Burton didn't answer her at first. It had always been like that for him, for Christopher Burton it was almost daily routine, he didn't see ghosts all the time but he knew they were there, sometimes he saw them when they needed help or they had a message to deliver to someone. Society would probably call him a medium, but Chris didn't see himself like that. He had always been sensitive and open to this kind of things.

As her eyes looked at him more carefully, the forensic scientist realized that Shannon wasn't the only one he could see or sense.

"How do you manage?" She asked him, softly.

"I simply let them be around, it's not so difficult. They just become a part of your life."

Abby couldn't resist and pulled Chris into a hug. "Thank you for sharing this with me."

"I wouldn't have been able to do so if I wasn't sure you could sense them too."

"That's why you told me that everything would be alright in the end, isn't it. Shannon Gibbs came to you."

"Yes, she did."

"This is incredible, it's an amazing gift you have there, Christopher."

"Don't call me that." He said making a face.

"Why not? Christopher is a beautiful name. It's the first name of the best Superman of all times."

Chris Burton eyed her surprised as he softly pulled away from her, but not letting her quite go.

"I never took you as someone who would be into that kind of movies."

"I wasn't, but a friend and colleague of mine initiated me, he's a bit like a movie freak and most of them are old school. And for the "Superman" movies, I have to say, I agree with him. There is been more than one superman actor, and well Christopher Reeve was clearly made to play him, and he was a superman in real life too. I'm not saying about the way he was in real life, because I didn't know him personally but I know one thing for sure, he has strength of character. I mean, keeping fighting the way he does when you know he's paralyzed. I don't even know if I would be able to keep going if something like that would happen to me."

"You would fight your way through it as well, Abbs, 'cause you're strong."

"You think so?"

"Yeah, and I don't think so, I know you are."

"Go tell that to everyone who wants to protect me then."

"That's different, it's in our nature to want to protect you, honey, we are males." Chris winked at her.

"Oh right, I forgot. Macho Alfa males have to defend the ladies..."

"That's it, yes. But to continue on the Christopher matter. Maybe it has happened to him because he was strong enough to live through it and prove to others that there is always hope..."

"It seems like I have already heard that somewhere." She smiled.

He smiled back at her.

Their eyes locked for a moment and then without a word, they left the rooftop, holding hands. As she walked with her friend, holding his hand, Abby felt better, lighter, and more confident that everything will indeed be all right.

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TBC...

Additional note: I know, I know. It's time for Gibbs to get some improvement and get better we also need a little more action and I promise it will come, but this chapter is need to be, it should be even longer but I have decided to split it in two.

Stay tuned, I promise it will get better.

Any remaining mistakes and grammatical error are mine.