Disclaimer: G'day All. Like everyone would be well aware I do not own anything of the show NCIS, I just like to borrow their characters every now and then without asking, don't tell on me ;o)

Warning: Ok, so like most of the things I write, this is a Fem Slash; highly recommend that if you don't like it, not to bother reading any further. Cheers mate!

Note: This is a Kate/Abby story. However it isn't really based around any episodes and I kind of don't stick with the series timeline of characters or events, personally I just too mix it up a bit. I just put in who I like, when I like. Also a big thanks to all those who responded to my first fanfiction 'GETTING RESULTS'.

What to Get a Goth for Christmas.

It was Kate's first Christmas at NCIS and she had managed to get everyone something special that suited their likes. She got Gibbs' one thing he loved the most! Some very delicately handcrafted hand tools to use in his basement on the boat that was to never get finished before burning it and starting a new one. For tony she invested in a year's subscription GSM (Get Some Magazine)magazine for men, and for McGee the newest member of the team who had only been with them for a few months got a lovely novel signed by his all time favourite crime writer. However she had yet to get Abby anything. She sat at her desk and tapped her nails on the keyboard as her mind drifted a million miles away. "I'm not sure leather jewellery would be appropriate, she might think I'm into that kinky stuff..... Why am I worried if she thinks I'm into that kinky stuff?" Her thoughts were rudely interrupted by Tony.

"Kate? Earth to Katlin? Yo Todd!" He threw a crumpled piece of paper at her.

"What is it DiNozzo?" She frowned placing the bit of paper in her waste basket.

"I've been asking you what you think I should get Gibbs' for Christmas!" Looking as though he had been pondering something new he walked over to her desk. "And just what were you thinking about Agent Todd?" He smiled his charming smile.

Returning his smile with absolute falseness. "Just wouldn't you love to know Tony?"

McGee watched as Tony pressed Kate harder for answers. Knowing all too well how it was going to end. He may have only three months under his belt with this team, however it wasn't long before he had seen this game played and knew it never ended in Tony's favour. He wondered why Tony even bothered annoying Kate when he was either going to be physically hurt or ignored by Kate, or have Gibbs' head slap him.

"Fine Tony." She leant over her desk and pulled him in closer by his tie. "I was thinking about having sex with you." She winked and before Tony had a chance to reply she pulled the knot on his tie so tight he felt his neck shrink instantly. Yet at that sometime the gothic scientist had just exited the elevator at the squad room and her heart stopped when she saw Katlin pull Tony in close, and was more than amused to his him soon trying desperate to release his tie.

"Morning."

"Hey Abs." Tony choked out with frustration.

Abby leant over to Kate, "Is Tony prying into your sex life again?" Kate instantly blushed. Turning from Kate she walked over to Tony's desk and whispering she asked "Find out anything interesting about Kate?"

"No." Tony grumbled. Abby laughed.

"You really just need to learn how to ask the right questions DiNozzo!"

Tony's head shot up. His smile lighting up once again. "So you know something?"

This time she answered loud enough for ex secret service agent to her. "Well Tony, what I know about Kate could have her almost put on the bachelors most wanted list." She winked in Kate's direction. "Or Bachelorette's." Pausing long enough for Tony and Katlin to pick their jaws up off the floor she continued. "So is Gibbs' in?"

"M-TAC." McGee finally spoke after pulling his glance away from the computer screen.

"Well then so am I." She looked to Kate and raising only an eyebrow in question as Kate was so nervous she could barely keep eye contact with the perky dark haired scientist. "Gee she is easily embarrassed. God the things I could do to her." She thought as she kept her eye contact with the nervous special agent as she walked up the stairs to M-TAC.

McGee slyly looked over the top of his computer screen looking from Kate to Abby. Returning back to his screen he smiled and shook his head.

"Bachelorette?" Tony had barely waited for Abby to walk away before he started his new onslaught of questioning. "No way Abby has to be lying."

Kate shook her head as she pulled her gaze away from Abby's "Tony she's playing with you." However inside, Kate's mind was flashing images she had never imagined before. Her hands around the pale skin of Abby's waist and her blood red lips laying a trail done her the nap of her own neck. "I'm going straight to hell." Katlin thought.

Abby swung on her stool to see how dizzy she could make herself without falling over when she tried to stand up. Too say she was bored was definitely an understatement. While waiting on DNA results from their latest case, Abby had made a new wallpaper for her computer. Listened to her favourite cd while dancing with Bert the farting hippo teddy and polished off three Caf-Pows. Now she was hypo, bored and dizzy. She secretly had been thinking of what she could get Kate for Christmas. Although she didn't know it she was just as organised as Kate for Christmas presents. She'd brought McGee the new release computer game Counter Strike and had managed to get it before its actual release date. For Tony, she managed to get him two tickets in a skybox to his favourite football team after levelling a few favours owed to her. And for Gibbs she went with a years' supply of mobile phones, considering one phone usually had a lifespan of a month with Gibbs. All of them Black with a small red bat symbol on each of them. So he'd always think of her. Yet Kate was tough to buy for. She considered going for something for Kate's home. However she felt like that was a bit of a thoughtless gift. It wasn't till she regained her equilibrium from spinning around on her stool it came to her. She was so excited she just had to organise it right then and there, so as per usual she rang Gibbs.

"Gibb's?"

"Abs got those results yet?"

Abby shook her head it was always business with him. Yet knowing what his reply would be, she lied. "No, still another three hours away." She answered knowing it was really only about one.

"You got one Abby."

"Yeah about I have got to duck out for half an hour to get Kate's Christmas present. She paused as she heard Gibb's let out a sigh of frustration.

Gibbs knew Christmas time was always special to Abby, and he liked keeping her happy. She was the only member of the team he actually hated fighting with. "Abby you have twenty minutes...." And before he could finish his sentence she hung up the phone and headed straight for her favourite Tattooist.

Kate was googling every website she could think of for a gift to get Abby. "I just really want to impress her." She thought aloud.

McGee and Tony shot a look to each other and then to Kate.

"Um Kate?" Kate looked to McGee. "Who exactly do you want to impress?" The boys both smiled.

Kate was mentally slapping herself while stumbling over her words. "I... I... I was just thinking of what to get a dear friend." She smiled triumphantly, thinking that would be the end of the discussion. However she could not have been more wrong.

"Oh a dear friend is it?" Tony added from behind his desk. "McGee do you think Kate is withholding the truth."

Jumping on board McGee nodded. "Oh I think she's not withholding the truth completely, but maybe just a big portion of it."

Kate shot a glare to McGee.

"That's what I thought probie. Now why exactly would it be so important to impress a dear friend? And in what way would you be trying to impress her exactly?"

"Tony please." Kate warned.

"Oh no Kate, would it be that Abby wasn't lying about the Bachelorette most wanted list."

"Tony I'm not gay!" Her temper boiling under her skin.

"Well I'm not so sure of that Kate. You do tend to eye a special tall gothic forensic scientist a little too much to be innocent." Kate was about to lose it and throw Tony through the window. Instead she stood from her desk. Walked straight to the elevator and almost pushed the elevator button through the other side of the wall. As soon as the elevator doors closed she hit the level which would take her to Abby's lab.

"Hmm. I think I hit a soft spot there probie."

McGee couldn't hide the fact he was a little scared of Kate when she was angry, and wishing he'd thought it through before jumping in with Tony's mocking of Kate.

"Tony I think we should just take it easy on her for a while."

Tony looked to McGee. "Ahha! So you've seen it too then."

McGee looked straight down and pretended to be looking at his computer screen. "No I haven't." McGee lied. Thinking maybe its best Tony doesn't know what he had seen earlier or on other occasions. He remembered a time he had walked into the lab and Kate was quicker then lightening to move her hand from Abby's shoulder. It seemed innocent enough yet he wondered why it would worry Kate if he saw considering it was innocent, yet it was the slight glint of disappoint in Abby's features with the loose of contact that he began to question them.

"McNerdWriter. I will find out you know."

"Whatever Tony."

Kate rushed into Abby's lab already raising her voice "You won't believe what Tony said..." It was then she realised the lab was empty. She let out a long sigh as she leant just Abby's steel examination table. Slowly she let the tears fall down her cheek. "Dam it Abby."

Abby was about to return to her lab from getting her last Christmas present, when she heard the soft voice of Kate. She leant against the door frame watching the secret agent sobbing and cursing her name. Abby just smiled. Thinking how cute it was when Kate got worked up about something. Deciding she could play a little game in hope to lighten Kate's spirit she quite snuck up behind Kate.

"And what exactly did I do wrong?" And before Abby had a chance to smile the shorter special agent had her lips locked on hers. It was intense yet soft and extremely sensual. "Wow was not expecting that." Abby thought. Breaking slowly out of the kiss that had almost blown her mind, Abby had to almost physically shake herself back to reality. When her sight finally focused on Kate's, she was shocked to see the steamy gaze that was lingering in Kate's beautiful brown eyes yet before it was there it was gone. Replaced with absolutely shock and then absolute fear. Kate slowly pushed Abby away and was backing away.

"Abby, I'm so sorry, I don't know...." Abby cut her off by pulling her into a fearsome kiss, passionate, raw and full of confidence. She loved control and this time it was her that had it. She effortlessly lifted the shorter brunette onto the table. Still engaged and the heated kiss she felt the secret agent relax in her grasp, and took it as Kate's silent approval. Abby pulled Katlin's leg up and wrapping the around her waist. And holding her grip so Agent Todd couldn't remove them, when she felt Kate's thighs tighten around her she let her hands slid back up the other woman's body to rest around her shoulders. Parting the kiss and hearing a small moan of disappointment from Kate, Abby couldn't help but laugh.

"Merry Christmas Kate." Abby reached into her back pocket to reveal a small envelope.

It took Special Agent Todd a few second to realise what was happening. Reaching for the envelope she opened it, while letting her legs fall from Abby's waist and draggle at her sides.

"WHAT?! OH NO ABBY I CAN'T." Kate was in a panic, "A TATTOO?" Abby just stood there amused at Kate's reaction, it was exactly what she was hoping for, yet was slightly fascinated by the fact Kate had mentioned anything about the position they were still in or the kiss they just shared.

"So you don't like it?" Abby asked still smiling.

Kate lowered her voice a little. "But... I ....Just never."

"So what are you getting me?" Abby decided to change the subject.

Kate relaxed a little. Then Abby swears she saw the slightest suggestion of a wicked smile creep upon Kate's lips "I finally have the perfect gift for you. But you'll have to wait. Christmas isn't till Friday. And really I like making people wait." Winking she hoped down from the examination table and exited the lab.

When elevator doors closed on Kate she leant against the wall, and shook her head. "My mother would be turning in her grave" then another thought occurred. "Damn it the security cameras."Abby's lab had security cameras just like their squad room.

Meanwhile upstairs. Two men had their faces glued to a computer screen.

"McGee, did I see what I think I just saw?"

Without looking away from the screen McGee just nodded.

Note: MERRY XMAS!!!! I can't wait to tell you what Kate gets Abby for Christmas. But it will have to wait for now.