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Title: Sneaking around
Author: Abbyforever
Pairing: Abby/Ziva
Rating: PG 13 but later, strong adult themes.
Warning: Adult themes. Slash. STRONG THEMES. Mention of rape. Do not read if that will offend you. It is not graphic but do not blame me if this theme bothers you cos i have warned you plenty.
Spoilers: Only if you haven't seen or know what happened in 'Twilight.'
Author's note: Most of you have probably read this elsewhere but i shall post it here anyway cos it fits and i was convinced to. It i still in progress.
CHAPTER FIVE.
Finally the time of the day had come that Gibbs had told Ziva to go home and she made her way down to Abby’s lab to meet her. Gibbs hadn’t dared to piss Abby off again that day and made a note never to accuse her of lying again.
It only took Abby a couple of minutes to shut down everything before they were on their way to her place.
When they arrived at Abby’s house, Abby handed Ziva a pair of track pants and a top.
“Change into these and get comfortable while I make us coffee.” Abby said and left the room. Ziva quickly changed and within ten minutes they were both settled into the sofa and ready to talk.
“Okay Ziva, time to tell me what’s going on. I wont judge you and I just want to help you.” Abby soothed and started to rub her back.
“Alright. It was about a two months ago, I was on my way to my car from a club.” Ziva started and it was lucky Abby had brought the tissues back with her because she was crying uncontrollably by this stage. Abby held her until she calmed down enough to continue.
“So I was near my car and was looking at my keys to find the one to my car when I was caught off guard. I am trained for that kind of situation but there was nothing for me to do. He pinned me down and used my own cuffs to restrain me.” Ziva pressed on between crying fits. Abby was even crying at this point. “He raped me Abby, and I did nothing.” Ziva said and she had to take deep breathes until she could continue.
“There was nothing you could do.” Abby said with a tone that was trying to be confident.
“I could have done something before he attacked me.” Ziva said and continued crying.
“No you couldn’t and there’s nothing you can do now except catch the bastard and make him pay.” Abby said and held Ziva rubbing her back.
“Oh he paid. One in the foot and another in the back of the head.” Ziva said triumphantly.
“You shot him?” Abby asked to clarify.
“Yes. First the foot so he felt pain then the head so he couldn’t d
o that to anyone else.
“Did you go to the hospital?” Abby asked.
“Yes. And then the police to file the report and it was ruled self-defense even though he was leaving.” Ziva answered.
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
“We were just starting to talk to each other and I didn’t want any one to know anyway. I moved on and accepted it. I didn’t want you to reject me because you thought I was damaged.” Ziva said and looked down. She was still afraid of that. Abby hooked a finger under Ziva’s chin so she was looking at her.
“I would never be able to find a reason not to love you, Ziva.” Abby admitted and kissed her softly.
“Just wait.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Abby asked.
“There’s more.” Ziva warned and Abby sat back worried of what else she had to tell her.
“Okay.”
“So at the hospital they filed my rape-kit and then I snuck out before they ran any other tests.” Ziva started. “And now… I’m pregnant, Abby.” Ziva revealed and wanted to cry again. She had just found out herself. She held it together so she could see Abby’s reaction.
“Honey, that’s okay.” Abby soothed grabbing her hand and kissing it. “Something good can come out of this.”
“I never thought of it like that. You’re really okay with this?” Ziva said.
“If you are. I know we can love this baby enough if you are willing to keep it. And if you don’t want to, I’d understand that too.”
“I love you so much, Abby.” Ziva said and kissed Abby. “And I am going to keep this baby.”
CHAPTER SIX
“So, you’re okay with this?” Ziva asked again still not convinced that Abby was.
“Definitely. So long as you are up to dealing with all of this. I want to support you as much as possible and I want you to know that, Ziva.” Abby said and grabbed her by the shoulders so she had to look at her.
“No I’m fine. I was only worried about your reaction and thought that I would be going through this alone.” Ziva said looking Abby directly in the eyes.
“Never think that again.” Abby commanded. Ziva smiled and would have to teach Abby later how to be authoritative.
“So, we’re really doing this.” Ziva confirmed as a reality check.
“Yeah, we are. This is huge.” Abby said and Ziva had to laugh at how animated she got when she was excited.
“How are we going to tell everyone? What are they going to say?” Ziva asked suddenly worried.
“It doesn’t matter what they think. Plus, just look at me. They’ll understand cos anyone that matters to us, will support us and everyone that doesn’t, we don’t care what they think.” Abby said.
“True. But we care about Gibbs, and what is he going to say?” Ziva said.
“I don’t know but I know that he will only have a problem with us breaking rule 12.” Abby said.
“Rule 12?”
“Oh, you probably haven’t heard rule 12 yet. It’s Gibbs way of telling us that inter-office dating doesn’t work and he doesn’t approve. Although he never had a problem when he thought McGee and I were sleeping together.” Abby said.
“You slept with Special Agent McGee?” Ziva asked with a hint of jealousy evident in her voice.
“Only once. But if it’s any consolation, I didn’t enjoy it.” Abby joked.
“How about with Kate?” Ziva asked.
“Gibbs didn’t know about Kate and I so I don’t know what reaction he would have had.”
“That’s not what I mean.”
“I know. But I don’t want to talk about the relationship I had with Kate to you. I don’t feel the same as I did, and I love you too much to make you feel like I am comparing you to her.” Abby said.
“I know that I am not competing with Kate, at least not to you. I just want to know how much she meant to you.”
“Seriously? We were really close and I really did care about her. But I never fell in love with her. We had a different bond and now that is gone.” Abby said sadly. “But then I have to think that if she hadn’t died, I never would have met you and I cant even begin to imagine that.”
“Abby, you don’t have to forget her, or stop talking about her. I would never feel jealous of what the two of you had.” Ziva said honestly.
“Thank you Ziva. But I honestly have no desire to revisit my time with Kate again at the moment. Not yet.”
“Okay.” Ziva said. She knew that she had just given Abby the window to talk about her lost love.
CHAPTER SEVEN
“When are we going to tell everyone?”
“Whenever you want to, my love.” Abby replied. They were lying in Abby’s bed but they had been there for hours just talking and neither one had intentions of going to sleep.
“We can hide it from most people for a while. We are gonna have to tell Gibbs and the rest of the team soon though.” Ziva said.
“That’s what I am afraid of. Oh, and don’t forget Madame Director. She already has an unprovoked grudge against me.” Abby replied. She traced Ziva’s bare stomach that was still toned for the moment.
“She would flip if she and I didn’t have history.”
“Really? She really doesn’t seem like your type.” Abby teased.
“Not like that, Abs. A working relationship.” Ziva said trying to convince Abby not noticing the enormous grin Abby was wearing.
“I’m just kidding. She really isn’t your type at all. She really does hate me though.”
“She doesn’t hate you… well, not yet that is.”
“Okay, hate’s a strong word. Finds pleasure in making my job as difficult as possible. First the dress code, then Chip. And now she’s complaining to Gibbs about my caffeine consumption.”
“Okay, so what you are saying is that I should tell her?”
“Exactly.”
“Gibbs, do you have a second?” Abby asked as she called Gibbs from her lab with Ziva still standing next to her.
“What is it, Abs?” Gibbs asked. The first good sign, he appeared to be in a good mood.
“Ziva and I need to talk to you alone. Could you come down to my lab?” Abby asked.
“I think I know what this is about. I’ll be there in a sec.” Gibbs said before hanging up the phone.
CHAPTER EIGHT
“What do you think he knows?”
“Don’t know. He is the best investigator I know so he probably knows about all of it.” Abby said and then Ziva mocked offence.
“You really think he is that good?” Ziva asked pretending to be hurt.
“Not better than you, my love. And you are the best looking investigator I know.” Abby tried.
“Oh, Abby. I’m offended.” Gibbs interrupted. He hadn’t made a sound entering the lab as they expected.
“Gibbs, you know you’re cute too.” Abby said reassuringly.
“Abby, what the hell is going on?” Gibbs nearly yelled. Abby stopped smiling knowing he was being completely serious. Maybe he wasn’t in the best mood.
“Well Gibbs, and this is before I knew about rule 12. Abby and I have been seeing each other.” Ziva started.
“Yep. And…?’ Gibbs asked not even showing acknowledgement of the comment.
“What? You knew?” Ziva asked.
“Told ya.” Abby said like a child.
“Yes, and I haven’t figured out how yet but somehow Ziva is pregnant.” Gibbs said.
“How the hell did you figure that one out?” Abby asked.
“My gut. Now fill me in on the details I haven’t got.” Gibbs said calmly.
“Okay.” Abby said deciding this time to be the one to tell the story.
“Wonder what Abby wanted to talk to Gibbs about?” Tony said as he and McGee sat at their desks.
“Don’t know.” McGee said and looked back to his work to try immerse himself in it.
“Yes you do, what do you know that you’re not telling me?” Tony asked not believing McGee knowing that he was lying.
“Nothing. I just have to get this report done.” McGee lied.
“I will find out, don’t you worry.” Tony said.
“Yes, you will. When Abby is ready to tell you.” He said. “Oops.”
“Yeah oops, what is it?” Tony asked intrigued.
“I’ll kill him.” Gibbs yelled knocking an empty beaker off the bench in his rage.
“Ziva already took care of that.” Abby announced proudly.
“What?” Gibbs yelled.
“One bullet in the foot, the other in the head.”
“Very good. Couldn’t have taught you better myself.” Gibbs said eerily calm.
“Thank you.” Ziva said.
“Just wait. I have only one thing to say. I know this has to get in between your work for the both of you, and there’s nothing to do about that, cos I am not willing to lose either of you. That doesn’t mean I am going to treat you any different though.” Gibbs said.
“And we don’t expect you to. And we didn’t plan this so we are just as shocked as you Gibbs.” Abby said.
CHAPTER NINE.
“How are you feeling Ziva?” Tony asked.
“Why would ask that?” Ziva asked getting defensive.
“Um, because you emptied your stomach into the trash can yesterday.” He said in his defense wondering why she was freaking out. Even she was allowed to be human.
“Oh. That’s okay then. I think it is just a thing that will go away eventually.” Ziva said honestly.
“Like a bug.” Tony said thinking he was helping her with a term that she hadn’t learned yet.
“A bug? The creatures that crawl around the floor?” she asked confused. That had nothing to do with what they were talking about.
“A virus that makes you feel sick for a while then goes away.” Tony explained.
“Something like that.” Ziva said and sat down at her desk. McGee just smirked at her. Ziva had found out that Abby had told McGee that they were in a relationship to let him down easy. He thought he had all the information and she couldn’t help but smirk back at him and be amused by his naivety.
CHAPTER 10.
“Ready to go?” Abby asked as she entered the Bullpen and saw only Ziva there. They had planned to go to dinner together.
“Yeah, in a second.” Ziva said smiling as Abby came in. Abby sat up in Tony’s desk to wait, being unoccupied and surprisingly tidy. She watched Ziva pack up her things.
“Okay.” Abby said.
“What?” Ziva asked as she noticed Abby watching her.
“Nothing. You’re beautiful so it is only natural to want to look at you.” Abby said quietly even though there was no one else in the bullpen being the end of the day.
“As if.” Ziva scoffed.
“Move in with me.” Abby blurted out unaware that Tony was currently under McGee’s desk. He was there to snoop around his things when Ziva had come back and he had to hide. Now he was trying hard not to make a sound and keep his tongue in his mouth.
“What?” Ziva asked shocked. Nearly as shocked as Tony.
“Yeah. We have been together for long enough and now with the baby? We can make my spare room a nursery.” Abby suggested. She had wanted to wait until dinner but was far to impatient for that.
“What’s wrong with my apartment?” Ziva asked standing in front of Abby. Tony peeked his head over the desk but stayed where he wouldn’t be spotted.
“It’s got only one bedroom.” Abby said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
“True. Okay, lets do it.” Ziva agreed. Abby jumped off Tony’s desk and pulled Ziva into a gentle and yet passionate kiss. Tony thought he had died and gone to heaven. He also wanted to ask them since when had this been going on.
Abby pulled back as they heard the elevator arrive, bringing McGee back into the bullpen. Luckily though because the close proximity and the previous activity could still be seen, especially with Abby’s lipstick now on Ziva. He just laughed.
CHAPTER 11.
“You two leaving?” McGee asked. Tony realized that Abby had already told him they were in a relationship, ‘so that was what he was hiding.’ Tony thought.
“Yeah.” Abby confirmed and linked her arm with Ziva’s as they left, entering the elevator. Tony watched them leave then let out a cough as he stood up.
“Tony, what the hell were you doing behind my desk?” McGee asked.
“Forget that. The real important part is what I heard and saw, while there.” He said unable to wipe the smirk off his face. McGee thought for a second then realized that the girls had just been there and they had thought they were alone.
“What did you hear?” He asked.
“More than I expected.”
“So you know about Abby and Ziva?” McGee asked. He would have to have known because he knew they were kissing before he came out of the elevator.
“More than you.” He taunted.
“Oh yeah?” McGee asked. It wasn’t possible.
“Yeah. I don’t suppose Abby told you everything about her and Ziva’s relationship.”
“Why would you say that?”
“They just decided to move in together.” Tony revealed.
“Really? Who’s place?” McGee asked. It didn’t surprise him too much that they would move in together. He and Abby hadn’t worked out because of her preferred gender preference.
“Abby’s cos it has the extra space. You know the kinda space a baby occupies.” Tony revealed. He didn’t want to tell McGee but he wanted to prove that he knew more than the Probie and it was all just too juicy to be kept a secret.
“Baby?” McGee asked and Tony received the confirmation that he wanted about how much information McGee had.
“Yeah. One of them is pregnant, I’d say Ziva by the recent vomit incident. That‘s all I have though so don’t ask me how they managed that.”
“Well, I certainly missed that.” McGee said disappointedly.
“A good special agent knows how to gather valuable intel through the use of clever improvisation.”
“Yeah, improv. I’ll find out what you were up to behind my desk.” McGee declared.
“Fine, next time you can wait for Abby to tell you all the details.” Tony vowed grabbing his back-pack and leaving the building.
CHAPTER 12.
“Hey, Abs.” Tony said the next day.
“Tony.” She beamed as she took the giant Caff-Pow out his hand. He could tell she had already had a few that morning by the level of bounce in her action. “What brings you into my humble lab at this early hour?”
“Boss is in a meeting with the Director and I was bored.”
“So you got me a Caff-Pow?” She asked.
“Yeah.”
“What are the other’s doing?” She asked casually.
“McGee is doing some computer geek thing to his system and Ziva didn’t come in.” He lied.
“Yes she did.” Abby revealed.
“How do you know that?” He asked. He had trapped her and it went exactly as he had planned it.
“My car broke down so she drove me into work this morning.” Abby lied quickly and he was impressed despite knowing better.
“I know.” He said. Tony had seen them come in that morning.
“Then why’d you ask… wait, what do you know?” She asked putting her hands on her hips.
“Enough to ask how long you and Ziva have been going out.”
“Did McGee say something? I’ll kill him.” She said slamming her fist on the metal table.
“As much fun as it would be watching you murder the Probie, I must say no he didn’t tell me.”
“Then how…? Did you see us come in this morning? And see us in the bullpen before anyone else arrived?” She asked hoping he hadn’t been treated to that show.
“Yes, but I found out yesterday so you guys today in the bullpen was just hot rather than revealing.” He said smirking.
“You’re a pig.” She commented and he knew she wasn’t pissed.
“Well if you continue to insist on public displays of affection…”
“Yesterday. You were in the bullpen yesterday?”
“Yeah.” He admitted.
“Hope you enjoyed the show.”
“No complaints.”
CHAPTER 13.
“Tony knows.” Abby said as she sat with Ziva that night.
“How and how much?” Ziva asked.
“Bullpen yesterday and this morning. He was there for both so he knows about us, the baby and that we’re moving together.”
“That sneaky bastard.” Ziva said angrily.
“Yep.”
“Abby, I found this while I was moving my things into the closet.” Ziva said holding a photograph. It was of Kate and Abby, Kate smiling as Abby was kissing her cheek. Abby somehow managed to hold the camera straight.
“Sorry babe, I didn’t mean to leave that there.” Abby said thinking Ziva would be pissed.
“Abby, I’m not mad.” Ziva said trying not to laugh at Abby’s reaction. “I think the picture is beautiful.”
“What?”
“I told you that before. I am not jealous of what you and Kate had. I also said you can talk about it.”
“I know.” Abby said removing a box in her closet. “You want to know about Kate?” Abby asked.
“Yeah.” Ziva said sitting on the bed. Abby brought the box over and sat opposite to Ziva.
“Okay.” Abby said opening the box and putting the photo down next to it.
She pulled out things one at a time. First a surgical cap with butterflies drawn on it.
“Okay. What is this for?” Ziva asked fascinated.
“Kate and I ripped McGee off for twenty bucks with that.”
“How?” She asked not able to see how that would work.
“I bet McGee twenty dollars that I could get Kate to wear that, then told her and she agreed to get half the money.”
“That’s sneaky.” Ziva said and they both laughed.
“Yeah.” Abby said as they started to calm down. The next item she pulled out was an appointment card at Abby’s tattoo parlor.
“What does this have to do with Kate?” Ziva asked holding up the card.
“It was her tattoo. It was a birthday present for me, a tattoo on her body. All her idea.”
“She did that?” Ziva asked.
“Yeah, but it wasn’t anything that would have been a problem had we broken up.”
“What was it?”
“A kitten on her butt. I joked about it cos the word ’cat’ is in her first name if you take out the ’i’ but she thought it was a good idea.”
“That’s sweet.” Ziva said genuinely.
“Are you sure, you’re okay with this?
“Abby, this was my idea.” Ziva reminded her.
“Well. Okay. Kate was really sweet. She was also very skilled as a special agent and profiler.”
“Seems to be your type.” Ziva laughed.
“It does, doesn’t it?” Abby asked laughing. She had never realized she did that.
“Yeah, tell me more.”
“Okay.” Abby agreed and pulled out a dog collar.
“Wait, do I want to know about this one?” Ziva laughed.
“Yes, this is an actual dog-collar, for a dog.” Abby pointed out.
“Oh.”
“It was at the end of a case and Gibbs ended up blowing up a trailer that had our killer inside. Before he did that though he called for the guy’s dog so he wouldn’t kill her too, with the explosion. So, then we were stuck with the dog so Kate took it and named her Toni.”
“To tease Tony?”
“Yeah, cos Toni, the dog doesn’t like Tony the person. But after Kate died, one of her brother’s adopted her and I just kept the collar because I couldn’t have her here.”
“Why not?”
“Toni loves the outdoors so she needs a backyard which as you may notice I am without.”
“Yeah.” Ziva said before laughing hysterically. “What is this?” She asked holding up a photo.
“Halloween party. We had an agreement. I could pick her outfit and she could pick mine. Within reason. Her only objection was a dominatrix.” Abby explained. “So I made her a Goth and she made me a blonde playboy bunny.”
“I couldn’t imagine.” Ziva said still looking at the photo.
“I don’t know who’s reaction was better, Gibbs’ or Tony’s.” Abby laughed.
“It was an NCIS party?” Ziva asked.
“Kinda, It was my party, so there were many NCIS people there. Of course Gibbs didn’t dress up but Tony came as James Bond.”
“And McGee?”
“A jock. Tony nearly fell off his chair. It was all my idea and he agreed to it.” Abby said laughing again and Ziva laughed too.
“How did you get such a great wig?” Ziva asked still analyzing the picture.
“Kate’s, I found at a great costume shop.”
“No, your’s.”
“That’s no wig. I will tell you and if you tell anyone I will be forced to kill you, that is pretty close to my natural hair color.” Abby revealed. Ziva would find out sooner or later, anyway.
“What? You’re a blonde?” Ziva asked shocked again looking at the picture then back at Abby.
“No, I was a blonde.”
“But it looks so natural.” Ziva reveled at Abby’s hair.
“Exactly. And thank you.”
“So you got rid of the black for a day?” She asked.
“Yeah, that was a really great dye job but it was gone by the next day. Despite being what I was endowed with, it isn’t me.”
“I prefer the black.” Ziva confirmed giving Abby a quick peck on the lips.
“Good. Shall we move on to the next item?” Abby asked.
“Yeah. This is proving to be more revealing about you than Kate.”
“True. Here is yet another picture of me, that Kate took.” Abby explained holding the picture out to Ziva. It was the one Kate took when Abby had found the fish stuck in the bottom of the car in the McAllister case.
“This is a gorgeous picture.” Ziva said looking at it.
“Thanks. She did good work.”
“Is there anything else?” Ziva asked still clutching the photo. She wanted either that one or a copy of it.
“Yeah. This is yet another picture of me only this one is a caricature that Kate drew.” Abby said offering the paper to Ziva.
“She drew you as a bat?”
“Yeah, she knew how much I love bats and that’s what she came up with.”
“She had a real skill with drawing. And very interesting, the attention to detail on the bust.”
“Yeah, I gave her hell about that cos she was just too shy to admit anything. It was very telling though.” Abby joked. “And that is all from the box.” Abby announced.
“Have you told the director yet?” Abby asked as they sat down for dinner.
“Yeah. And you were right, she doesn’t like you.”
“Well the feeling’s mutual. I have tried time and time again to impress her with my training but she can’t get passed my clothing, tatts and choice of music.”
“Yeah, oh well. She can’t fire you, cos then she would have to fire me and she wouldn’t. Plus, Gibbs wouldn’t have that either.”
Abbyforever
Author: Abbyforever
Pairing: Abby/Ziva
Rating: PG 13 but later, strong adult themes.
Warning: Adult themes. Slash. STRONG THEMES. Mention of rape. Do not read if that will offend you. It is not graphic but do not blame me if this theme bothers you cos i have warned you plenty.
Spoilers: Only if you haven't seen or know what happened in 'Twilight.'
Author's note: Most of you have probably read this elsewhere but i shall post it here anyway cos it fits and i was convinced to. It i still in progress.
CHAPTER FIVE.
Finally the time of the day had come that Gibbs had told Ziva to go home and she made her way down to Abby’s lab to meet her. Gibbs hadn’t dared to piss Abby off again that day and made a note never to accuse her of lying again.
It only took Abby a couple of minutes to shut down everything before they were on their way to her place.
When they arrived at Abby’s house, Abby handed Ziva a pair of track pants and a top.
“Change into these and get comfortable while I make us coffee.” Abby said and left the room. Ziva quickly changed and within ten minutes they were both settled into the sofa and ready to talk.
“Okay Ziva, time to tell me what’s going on. I wont judge you and I just want to help you.” Abby soothed and started to rub her back.
“Alright. It was about a two months ago, I was on my way to my car from a club.” Ziva started and it was lucky Abby had brought the tissues back with her because she was crying uncontrollably by this stage. Abby held her until she calmed down enough to continue.
“So I was near my car and was looking at my keys to find the one to my car when I was caught off guard. I am trained for that kind of situation but there was nothing for me to do. He pinned me down and used my own cuffs to restrain me.” Ziva pressed on between crying fits. Abby was even crying at this point. “He raped me Abby, and I did nothing.” Ziva said and she had to take deep breathes until she could continue.
“There was nothing you could do.” Abby said with a tone that was trying to be confident.
“I could have done something before he attacked me.” Ziva said and continued crying.
“No you couldn’t and there’s nothing you can do now except catch the bastard and make him pay.” Abby said and held Ziva rubbing her back.
“Oh he paid. One in the foot and another in the back of the head.” Ziva said triumphantly.
“You shot him?” Abby asked to clarify.
“Yes. First the foot so he felt pain then the head so he couldn’t d
o that to anyone else.
“Did you go to the hospital?” Abby asked.
“Yes. And then the police to file the report and it was ruled self-defense even though he was leaving.” Ziva answered.
“Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”
“We were just starting to talk to each other and I didn’t want any one to know anyway. I moved on and accepted it. I didn’t want you to reject me because you thought I was damaged.” Ziva said and looked down. She was still afraid of that. Abby hooked a finger under Ziva’s chin so she was looking at her.
“I would never be able to find a reason not to love you, Ziva.” Abby admitted and kissed her softly.
“Just wait.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Abby asked.
“There’s more.” Ziva warned and Abby sat back worried of what else she had to tell her.
“Okay.”
“So at the hospital they filed my rape-kit and then I snuck out before they ran any other tests.” Ziva started. “And now… I’m pregnant, Abby.” Ziva revealed and wanted to cry again. She had just found out herself. She held it together so she could see Abby’s reaction.
“Honey, that’s okay.” Abby soothed grabbing her hand and kissing it. “Something good can come out of this.”
“I never thought of it like that. You’re really okay with this?” Ziva said.
“If you are. I know we can love this baby enough if you are willing to keep it. And if you don’t want to, I’d understand that too.”
“I love you so much, Abby.” Ziva said and kissed Abby. “And I am going to keep this baby.”
CHAPTER SIX
“So, you’re okay with this?” Ziva asked again still not convinced that Abby was.
“Definitely. So long as you are up to dealing with all of this. I want to support you as much as possible and I want you to know that, Ziva.” Abby said and grabbed her by the shoulders so she had to look at her.
“No I’m fine. I was only worried about your reaction and thought that I would be going through this alone.” Ziva said looking Abby directly in the eyes.
“Never think that again.” Abby commanded. Ziva smiled and would have to teach Abby later how to be authoritative.
“So, we’re really doing this.” Ziva confirmed as a reality check.
“Yeah, we are. This is huge.” Abby said and Ziva had to laugh at how animated she got when she was excited.
“How are we going to tell everyone? What are they going to say?” Ziva asked suddenly worried.
“It doesn’t matter what they think. Plus, just look at me. They’ll understand cos anyone that matters to us, will support us and everyone that doesn’t, we don’t care what they think.” Abby said.
“True. But we care about Gibbs, and what is he going to say?” Ziva said.
“I don’t know but I know that he will only have a problem with us breaking rule 12.” Abby said.
“Rule 12?”
“Oh, you probably haven’t heard rule 12 yet. It’s Gibbs way of telling us that inter-office dating doesn’t work and he doesn’t approve. Although he never had a problem when he thought McGee and I were sleeping together.” Abby said.
“You slept with Special Agent McGee?” Ziva asked with a hint of jealousy evident in her voice.
“Only once. But if it’s any consolation, I didn’t enjoy it.” Abby joked.
“How about with Kate?” Ziva asked.
“Gibbs didn’t know about Kate and I so I don’t know what reaction he would have had.”
“That’s not what I mean.”
“I know. But I don’t want to talk about the relationship I had with Kate to you. I don’t feel the same as I did, and I love you too much to make you feel like I am comparing you to her.” Abby said.
“I know that I am not competing with Kate, at least not to you. I just want to know how much she meant to you.”
“Seriously? We were really close and I really did care about her. But I never fell in love with her. We had a different bond and now that is gone.” Abby said sadly. “But then I have to think that if she hadn’t died, I never would have met you and I cant even begin to imagine that.”
“Abby, you don’t have to forget her, or stop talking about her. I would never feel jealous of what the two of you had.” Ziva said honestly.
“Thank you Ziva. But I honestly have no desire to revisit my time with Kate again at the moment. Not yet.”
“Okay.” Ziva said. She knew that she had just given Abby the window to talk about her lost love.
CHAPTER SEVEN
“When are we going to tell everyone?”
“Whenever you want to, my love.” Abby replied. They were lying in Abby’s bed but they had been there for hours just talking and neither one had intentions of going to sleep.
“We can hide it from most people for a while. We are gonna have to tell Gibbs and the rest of the team soon though.” Ziva said.
“That’s what I am afraid of. Oh, and don’t forget Madame Director. She already has an unprovoked grudge against me.” Abby replied. She traced Ziva’s bare stomach that was still toned for the moment.
“She would flip if she and I didn’t have history.”
“Really? She really doesn’t seem like your type.” Abby teased.
“Not like that, Abs. A working relationship.” Ziva said trying to convince Abby not noticing the enormous grin Abby was wearing.
“I’m just kidding. She really isn’t your type at all. She really does hate me though.”
“She doesn’t hate you… well, not yet that is.”
“Okay, hate’s a strong word. Finds pleasure in making my job as difficult as possible. First the dress code, then Chip. And now she’s complaining to Gibbs about my caffeine consumption.”
“Okay, so what you are saying is that I should tell her?”
“Exactly.”
“Gibbs, do you have a second?” Abby asked as she called Gibbs from her lab with Ziva still standing next to her.
“What is it, Abs?” Gibbs asked. The first good sign, he appeared to be in a good mood.
“Ziva and I need to talk to you alone. Could you come down to my lab?” Abby asked.
“I think I know what this is about. I’ll be there in a sec.” Gibbs said before hanging up the phone.
CHAPTER EIGHT
“What do you think he knows?”
“Don’t know. He is the best investigator I know so he probably knows about all of it.” Abby said and then Ziva mocked offence.
“You really think he is that good?” Ziva asked pretending to be hurt.
“Not better than you, my love. And you are the best looking investigator I know.” Abby tried.
“Oh, Abby. I’m offended.” Gibbs interrupted. He hadn’t made a sound entering the lab as they expected.
“Gibbs, you know you’re cute too.” Abby said reassuringly.
“Abby, what the hell is going on?” Gibbs nearly yelled. Abby stopped smiling knowing he was being completely serious. Maybe he wasn’t in the best mood.
“Well Gibbs, and this is before I knew about rule 12. Abby and I have been seeing each other.” Ziva started.
“Yep. And…?’ Gibbs asked not even showing acknowledgement of the comment.
“What? You knew?” Ziva asked.
“Told ya.” Abby said like a child.
“Yes, and I haven’t figured out how yet but somehow Ziva is pregnant.” Gibbs said.
“How the hell did you figure that one out?” Abby asked.
“My gut. Now fill me in on the details I haven’t got.” Gibbs said calmly.
“Okay.” Abby said deciding this time to be the one to tell the story.
“Wonder what Abby wanted to talk to Gibbs about?” Tony said as he and McGee sat at their desks.
“Don’t know.” McGee said and looked back to his work to try immerse himself in it.
“Yes you do, what do you know that you’re not telling me?” Tony asked not believing McGee knowing that he was lying.
“Nothing. I just have to get this report done.” McGee lied.
“I will find out, don’t you worry.” Tony said.
“Yes, you will. When Abby is ready to tell you.” He said. “Oops.”
“Yeah oops, what is it?” Tony asked intrigued.
“I’ll kill him.” Gibbs yelled knocking an empty beaker off the bench in his rage.
“Ziva already took care of that.” Abby announced proudly.
“What?” Gibbs yelled.
“One bullet in the foot, the other in the head.”
“Very good. Couldn’t have taught you better myself.” Gibbs said eerily calm.
“Thank you.” Ziva said.
“Just wait. I have only one thing to say. I know this has to get in between your work for the both of you, and there’s nothing to do about that, cos I am not willing to lose either of you. That doesn’t mean I am going to treat you any different though.” Gibbs said.
“And we don’t expect you to. And we didn’t plan this so we are just as shocked as you Gibbs.” Abby said.
CHAPTER NINE.
“How are you feeling Ziva?” Tony asked.
“Why would ask that?” Ziva asked getting defensive.
“Um, because you emptied your stomach into the trash can yesterday.” He said in his defense wondering why she was freaking out. Even she was allowed to be human.
“Oh. That’s okay then. I think it is just a thing that will go away eventually.” Ziva said honestly.
“Like a bug.” Tony said thinking he was helping her with a term that she hadn’t learned yet.
“A bug? The creatures that crawl around the floor?” she asked confused. That had nothing to do with what they were talking about.
“A virus that makes you feel sick for a while then goes away.” Tony explained.
“Something like that.” Ziva said and sat down at her desk. McGee just smirked at her. Ziva had found out that Abby had told McGee that they were in a relationship to let him down easy. He thought he had all the information and she couldn’t help but smirk back at him and be amused by his naivety.
CHAPTER 10.
“Ready to go?” Abby asked as she entered the Bullpen and saw only Ziva there. They had planned to go to dinner together.
“Yeah, in a second.” Ziva said smiling as Abby came in. Abby sat up in Tony’s desk to wait, being unoccupied and surprisingly tidy. She watched Ziva pack up her things.
“Okay.” Abby said.
“What?” Ziva asked as she noticed Abby watching her.
“Nothing. You’re beautiful so it is only natural to want to look at you.” Abby said quietly even though there was no one else in the bullpen being the end of the day.
“As if.” Ziva scoffed.
“Move in with me.” Abby blurted out unaware that Tony was currently under McGee’s desk. He was there to snoop around his things when Ziva had come back and he had to hide. Now he was trying hard not to make a sound and keep his tongue in his mouth.
“What?” Ziva asked shocked. Nearly as shocked as Tony.
“Yeah. We have been together for long enough and now with the baby? We can make my spare room a nursery.” Abby suggested. She had wanted to wait until dinner but was far to impatient for that.
“What’s wrong with my apartment?” Ziva asked standing in front of Abby. Tony peeked his head over the desk but stayed where he wouldn’t be spotted.
“It’s got only one bedroom.” Abby said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
“True. Okay, lets do it.” Ziva agreed. Abby jumped off Tony’s desk and pulled Ziva into a gentle and yet passionate kiss. Tony thought he had died and gone to heaven. He also wanted to ask them since when had this been going on.
Abby pulled back as they heard the elevator arrive, bringing McGee back into the bullpen. Luckily though because the close proximity and the previous activity could still be seen, especially with Abby’s lipstick now on Ziva. He just laughed.
CHAPTER 11.
“You two leaving?” McGee asked. Tony realized that Abby had already told him they were in a relationship, ‘so that was what he was hiding.’ Tony thought.
“Yeah.” Abby confirmed and linked her arm with Ziva’s as they left, entering the elevator. Tony watched them leave then let out a cough as he stood up.
“Tony, what the hell were you doing behind my desk?” McGee asked.
“Forget that. The real important part is what I heard and saw, while there.” He said unable to wipe the smirk off his face. McGee thought for a second then realized that the girls had just been there and they had thought they were alone.
“What did you hear?” He asked.
“More than I expected.”
“So you know about Abby and Ziva?” McGee asked. He would have to have known because he knew they were kissing before he came out of the elevator.
“More than you.” He taunted.
“Oh yeah?” McGee asked. It wasn’t possible.
“Yeah. I don’t suppose Abby told you everything about her and Ziva’s relationship.”
“Why would you say that?”
“They just decided to move in together.” Tony revealed.
“Really? Who’s place?” McGee asked. It didn’t surprise him too much that they would move in together. He and Abby hadn’t worked out because of her preferred gender preference.
“Abby’s cos it has the extra space. You know the kinda space a baby occupies.” Tony revealed. He didn’t want to tell McGee but he wanted to prove that he knew more than the Probie and it was all just too juicy to be kept a secret.
“Baby?” McGee asked and Tony received the confirmation that he wanted about how much information McGee had.
“Yeah. One of them is pregnant, I’d say Ziva by the recent vomit incident. That‘s all I have though so don’t ask me how they managed that.”
“Well, I certainly missed that.” McGee said disappointedly.
“A good special agent knows how to gather valuable intel through the use of clever improvisation.”
“Yeah, improv. I’ll find out what you were up to behind my desk.” McGee declared.
“Fine, next time you can wait for Abby to tell you all the details.” Tony vowed grabbing his back-pack and leaving the building.
CHAPTER 12.
“Hey, Abs.” Tony said the next day.
“Tony.” She beamed as she took the giant Caff-Pow out his hand. He could tell she had already had a few that morning by the level of bounce in her action. “What brings you into my humble lab at this early hour?”
“Boss is in a meeting with the Director and I was bored.”
“So you got me a Caff-Pow?” She asked.
“Yeah.”
“What are the other’s doing?” She asked casually.
“McGee is doing some computer geek thing to his system and Ziva didn’t come in.” He lied.
“Yes she did.” Abby revealed.
“How do you know that?” He asked. He had trapped her and it went exactly as he had planned it.
“My car broke down so she drove me into work this morning.” Abby lied quickly and he was impressed despite knowing better.
“I know.” He said. Tony had seen them come in that morning.
“Then why’d you ask… wait, what do you know?” She asked putting her hands on her hips.
“Enough to ask how long you and Ziva have been going out.”
“Did McGee say something? I’ll kill him.” She said slamming her fist on the metal table.
“As much fun as it would be watching you murder the Probie, I must say no he didn’t tell me.”
“Then how…? Did you see us come in this morning? And see us in the bullpen before anyone else arrived?” She asked hoping he hadn’t been treated to that show.
“Yes, but I found out yesterday so you guys today in the bullpen was just hot rather than revealing.” He said smirking.
“You’re a pig.” She commented and he knew she wasn’t pissed.
“Well if you continue to insist on public displays of affection…”
“Yesterday. You were in the bullpen yesterday?”
“Yeah.” He admitted.
“Hope you enjoyed the show.”
“No complaints.”
CHAPTER 13.
“Tony knows.” Abby said as she sat with Ziva that night.
“How and how much?” Ziva asked.
“Bullpen yesterday and this morning. He was there for both so he knows about us, the baby and that we’re moving together.”
“That sneaky bastard.” Ziva said angrily.
“Yep.”
“Abby, I found this while I was moving my things into the closet.” Ziva said holding a photograph. It was of Kate and Abby, Kate smiling as Abby was kissing her cheek. Abby somehow managed to hold the camera straight.
“Sorry babe, I didn’t mean to leave that there.” Abby said thinking Ziva would be pissed.
“Abby, I’m not mad.” Ziva said trying not to laugh at Abby’s reaction. “I think the picture is beautiful.”
“What?”
“I told you that before. I am not jealous of what you and Kate had. I also said you can talk about it.”
“I know.” Abby said removing a box in her closet. “You want to know about Kate?” Abby asked.
“Yeah.” Ziva said sitting on the bed. Abby brought the box over and sat opposite to Ziva.
“Okay.” Abby said opening the box and putting the photo down next to it.
She pulled out things one at a time. First a surgical cap with butterflies drawn on it.
“Okay. What is this for?” Ziva asked fascinated.
“Kate and I ripped McGee off for twenty bucks with that.”
“How?” She asked not able to see how that would work.
“I bet McGee twenty dollars that I could get Kate to wear that, then told her and she agreed to get half the money.”
“That’s sneaky.” Ziva said and they both laughed.
“Yeah.” Abby said as they started to calm down. The next item she pulled out was an appointment card at Abby’s tattoo parlor.
“What does this have to do with Kate?” Ziva asked holding up the card.
“It was her tattoo. It was a birthday present for me, a tattoo on her body. All her idea.”
“She did that?” Ziva asked.
“Yeah, but it wasn’t anything that would have been a problem had we broken up.”
“What was it?”
“A kitten on her butt. I joked about it cos the word ’cat’ is in her first name if you take out the ’i’ but she thought it was a good idea.”
“That’s sweet.” Ziva said genuinely.
“Are you sure, you’re okay with this?
“Abby, this was my idea.” Ziva reminded her.
“Well. Okay. Kate was really sweet. She was also very skilled as a special agent and profiler.”
“Seems to be your type.” Ziva laughed.
“It does, doesn’t it?” Abby asked laughing. She had never realized she did that.
“Yeah, tell me more.”
“Okay.” Abby agreed and pulled out a dog collar.
“Wait, do I want to know about this one?” Ziva laughed.
“Yes, this is an actual dog-collar, for a dog.” Abby pointed out.
“Oh.”
“It was at the end of a case and Gibbs ended up blowing up a trailer that had our killer inside. Before he did that though he called for the guy’s dog so he wouldn’t kill her too, with the explosion. So, then we were stuck with the dog so Kate took it and named her Toni.”
“To tease Tony?”
“Yeah, cos Toni, the dog doesn’t like Tony the person. But after Kate died, one of her brother’s adopted her and I just kept the collar because I couldn’t have her here.”
“Why not?”
“Toni loves the outdoors so she needs a backyard which as you may notice I am without.”
“Yeah.” Ziva said before laughing hysterically. “What is this?” She asked holding up a photo.
“Halloween party. We had an agreement. I could pick her outfit and she could pick mine. Within reason. Her only objection was a dominatrix.” Abby explained. “So I made her a Goth and she made me a blonde playboy bunny.”
“I couldn’t imagine.” Ziva said still looking at the photo.
“I don’t know who’s reaction was better, Gibbs’ or Tony’s.” Abby laughed.
“It was an NCIS party?” Ziva asked.
“Kinda, It was my party, so there were many NCIS people there. Of course Gibbs didn’t dress up but Tony came as James Bond.”
“And McGee?”
“A jock. Tony nearly fell off his chair. It was all my idea and he agreed to it.” Abby said laughing again and Ziva laughed too.
“How did you get such a great wig?” Ziva asked still analyzing the picture.
“Kate’s, I found at a great costume shop.”
“No, your’s.”
“That’s no wig. I will tell you and if you tell anyone I will be forced to kill you, that is pretty close to my natural hair color.” Abby revealed. Ziva would find out sooner or later, anyway.
“What? You’re a blonde?” Ziva asked shocked again looking at the picture then back at Abby.
“No, I was a blonde.”
“But it looks so natural.” Ziva reveled at Abby’s hair.
“Exactly. And thank you.”
“So you got rid of the black for a day?” She asked.
“Yeah, that was a really great dye job but it was gone by the next day. Despite being what I was endowed with, it isn’t me.”
“I prefer the black.” Ziva confirmed giving Abby a quick peck on the lips.
“Good. Shall we move on to the next item?” Abby asked.
“Yeah. This is proving to be more revealing about you than Kate.”
“True. Here is yet another picture of me, that Kate took.” Abby explained holding the picture out to Ziva. It was the one Kate took when Abby had found the fish stuck in the bottom of the car in the McAllister case.
“This is a gorgeous picture.” Ziva said looking at it.
“Thanks. She did good work.”
“Is there anything else?” Ziva asked still clutching the photo. She wanted either that one or a copy of it.
“Yeah. This is yet another picture of me only this one is a caricature that Kate drew.” Abby said offering the paper to Ziva.
“She drew you as a bat?”
“Yeah, she knew how much I love bats and that’s what she came up with.”
“She had a real skill with drawing. And very interesting, the attention to detail on the bust.”
“Yeah, I gave her hell about that cos she was just too shy to admit anything. It was very telling though.” Abby joked. “And that is all from the box.” Abby announced.
“Have you told the director yet?” Abby asked as they sat down for dinner.
“Yeah. And you were right, she doesn’t like you.”
“Well the feeling’s mutual. I have tried time and time again to impress her with my training but she can’t get passed my clothing, tatts and choice of music.”
“Yeah, oh well. She can’t fire you, cos then she would have to fire me and she wouldn’t. Plus, Gibbs wouldn’t have that either.”
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