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Abby was extremely tired. Today had been one of the longest days of her life. Nothing had seemed to go right in her lab. Her babies were all mad at her and they would not listen to requests. Major Mass Spec needed fixed because he refused to analyze any evidence. Her ballistics machine needed a tune up, bad. And, Gibbs was really grumpy today and she was upset with him for a lot of reasons. Abby sighed as she opened up her apartment door. She was going to take a nice hot bubble bath and then go to straight to bed.
She turned on her hallway light and looked at the floor in shock. She saw a piece of paper with rose pedals leading away down the hall. She picked it up and read it, not quite believing what it said. "Go into your room and slowly take off your clothes. Lay down on the bed and use the scarf that is on your pillow as a blindfold. Raise your hands up to the headboard and say 'Gunpowder' out loud. I will take care of you tonight."
Abby got out of her coat and she locked her door. She slowly made her way to her room after she peeked in every room along the way. Each were empty and they looked like they normally did. Abby opened her bedroom door and smiled a little when she saw rose pedals leading to her bed. She slowly entered and started taking off her jewelry. Abby let down her pigtails and she quickly combed her hair with her finger tips, letting it hang down past her shoulders. She started working on her boots and her skirt. Once those were off, she focused on her stockings and shirt. Clad only in her bra and panties, she nervously looked around before slowly sliding her panties down. She felt a cold shiver down her spine as cold air hit her fevered body. She undid her bra and let it fall to the floor. Abby climbed up in the bed and she laid down on her soft comforter that covered her "coffin". She reached for the scarf and she quickly tied it over her eyes and she made sure that everything was black in front of her eyes. Once she raised her hands up above her head, she steeled her nerves and called out the green light word.
Several seconds later she heard shuffling near the foot of her bed. She bit her lip and she started to shake a little. She moved over the lump in her throat and she finally spoke. "I don't think you're here to kill me, but if things get fishy, I have ways of getting out of this and I will hurt you!" For a while she did not hear anything. She jumped when she heard more rustling, she assumed that the person was getting undressed.
She closed her eyes through the blindfold and she counted to three. She quickly reached for the knot and untied it. She gasped at what she saw. Her silver-haired fox was standing there stark naked, but she didn't let herself focus on that. "Gibbs! What the hell are you doing here?" She flinched back a little when she saw his angry expression. He quickly started getting dressed and he was ignoring her. She sat there biting her lip and she didn't know what to say. She closed her eyes and she heard the click of her bedroom door closing. When she opened them, he was gone. She quickly put on her robe and ran down the hall. Her apartment was empty and she opened her door and looked down the hallway. No one was there. She realized that she had tears in her eyes and she ran outside to the parking lot. She heard squealing tires drive out of the exit.
Abby stood there shivering for several minutes silently crying. Her world was a whirlwind and she didn't know what to make of it. She slowly made her way back to her apartment and she found herself clutching Bert through her tears. She made her way back to her coffin bed and she laid there numb.
Once her tears were exhausted she looked at the time and sighed. She knew it was late but she had to figure out why Gibbs would do this, there had to be a reason. They had flirted with each other for years and maybe today Gibbs just wanted her to relax after a horrible day. She shook her head, Gibbs had been impossible to work with today. He made constant demands of her when most of her machines were not working. She had heard him say something mean under his breath before he left. She didn't quite hear all of it, but it sounded like he said "wish we had another lab, this one is useless." The rest of the day Abby ignored him while the techs were working on her babies. He had even given her a Caf Pow! and she still ignored him.
Abby found herself getting dressed and gathering up her wallet and keys. She silently prayed as she walked out to her car. During the drive over to Gibbs' house, she tried not to cry anymore. Abby felt like her world was crashing down around her and she didn't like it one bit. She had never adapted to change well, she liked things to stay the same and she especially did not like surprises.
Who was she kidding? She was madly in love with Gibbs, only she had hid it from him and everyone else. She had tried to "unfeel" her feelings, but it only made them stronger. They had skated around each other for years. Abby cringed when she thought of her referring to their relationship as father/daughter when she held the gun pointed at his career. She had saved him from a lot of bad things over the years and he had done the same for her. The more Abby thought about their relationship, the more she became confused. She found herself in his driveway and she quickly got out of her car. Abby quickly walked up to the porch and she raised her hand to knock but she shook her head and opened the door. The lights were on and she walked through to the living room.
As she walked through the house she deducted that he was probably either in the basement or up in his room. She opened the door to his basement and when she saw the darkness she moved on to the stairwell. She silently climbed the stairs and made her way to the spare bedroom where Gibbs slept. Abby slowly opened the door and what she saw broke her heart in a million pieces.