McGee had been up for almost an hour but didn't want to moving seeing as Abby made her head right at home on his chest. The blanket was pulled clear up to her chin; he was used to his room being cooler at night but clearly Abby was not. He laid his head back down, deciding to just enjoy the moment and brushed his hand carelessly up and down her side.
Abby started to stir in her slumber which made McGee to snap back from his daydream. She blinked in the morning light and smiled at him, which he returned and hugged her.
"So, I guess McGregor did the right thing by telling Amy?" McGee asked Abby after giving her a second to wake up.
They talked a little bit before falling asleep but McGee wanted to ask again now that the heat of the moment had left them.
Abby laughed, "You think?"
He let out a chuckle and kept playing with a loose strand of her dark hair, "Thanks for having the courage to say it though. I know I've been wanting to but you know how I am with the words and everything." Abby rambled while she played with his fingers.
"You don't have to thank me. I couldn't just let it go. I couldn't keep letting you go." He was feeling sentimental. Too much time had been wasted, and he let her slip by too many times, this time was going to be different.
"I'm not going anywhere, Timmy." She told him. Abby was getting over her fear of commitment a little at a time but she could admit to herself it was what she was going to want the same things Tim wanted in the end. She didn't want to see Tim going after random girls anymore and she didn't want to kid herself by dating other guys. She knew what she wanted and it was about time she let herself have it.
He tilted her chin up to meet his lips to hers; it was soft and sweet, it still had a spark and was laced with some passion from the night before.
Tim pulled away from her, grinning like a fool and his ears filled with a ringing sensation.
Abby smiled for a second, then chuckled, "That's your phone, Timmy." She informed him.
He's smile left, "My phone?" He listened, "CRAP! My phone!" He jumped out of the bed and out of the room trying to find it but Abby knew it was closer than he thought. She moved herself to the end of the bed and leaned off reaching for his pants. She dug in the pocket until she found it.
"It's Gibbs!" She called and he came running back into the room.
"Boss?" He answered wondering why Gibbs would be calling him in on a Saturday morning.
"McGee. We got a case." He responded.
"But, this isn't our weekend to work, right?"
"Stop questioning and get in here, ASAP."
"Right, Boss. Be there soon." And McGee hung up the phone.
A few minutes later Abby got a call from Gibbs saying just about the same thing but in a calmer tone. He reassured her nothing was wrong with any of their group that he just needed everyone to come in.
Abby's mind was in a million different places, "Why does he need us on a Saturday? Why does he need ME in on a Saturday? I could see if you guys needed to do paperwork or something but that doesn't mean I'd need to be there!" She was saying pulling her shirt over her head.
McGee put his hands on her shoulders, "Don't freak out. I don't need you driving and freaking out. He told you it was nothing to do with Tony, Ziva, Ducky or Palmer and you know that I'm okay. So just go home, change, and we will find out when we get to work."
Abby knew he was right. It couldn't be anything too bad because if it was he would have told McGee and McGee would be all freaking out right now and he wasn't. She took a deep breath in, "Okay. I'm just going to run home and get some other cloths then I'll be there." She repeated what he told her to do while putting her shoes on.
"Good. I will see you soon then." He pulled her to her feet and hugged her.
She smiled, so happy she could be with him like this again. She kissed him just because she could, "I'll see you soon." He said and stole another kiss before she left.
Gibbs waited for every one of his team members to get there before talking about the case. Ducky and Palmer were already there when Tim got to work about a half hour after Abby left his apartment, Abby came in about ten minutes after he did and sat in a spare chair next to his desk, Tony and Ziva came in at the same time about twenty minutes after Abby; Gibbs was going to have to chat with them about that later.
"Alright. First of all, I'm sorry to call you in on your day off. I came in to pick up some papers early this morning when I over heard the weekend team talking about a case. A Navy Commanders fourteen-year-old daughter went missing from the same festival we were at last night. I offered to take the case because we were all there and we might have seen something even if we didn't think anything of it at the time. The girls name is Cora and her fathers name is Clark Kenzie, he will be coming in at noon to talk to us. Until then, all of us are going back to that festival to see what we can find, gear up!"
Everyone except Ducky looked at Gibbs with awe, that was the longest briefing they ever heard from him! "You heard me! Let's go!"
Everyone had gone over the notes by the time they arrived at the scene, "Abby, you know this place better than anyone. She was taken from the Haunted House, start there." Gibbs directed.
Abby took McGee and Ziva with her, "Okay. I know there are three other ways different ways to get out of here, mainly in case someone gets too scared they can exit." Abby told them and pointed out the correct directions for them to go.
The house looked very different in day light with no one trying to scare them. It didn't take too long for Ziva to holler at the rest of her group.
She had taken the exit that was along with back wall and she was bagging a tube of Chap Stick and some torn fabric, "I believe you can get some use out of this." She told Abby handing her the bags.
"I'll get on it as soon as we get back. This had to have been where she was taken from." Abby stated the obvious.
"Yes. And DiNozzo is already searching the area below.
Abby was starting to get this horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach as Ziva walked away leaving McGee and her still in the house. She wasn't sure if it was the fact she had been here so many times and nothing really happened or it could have been that she had a soft spot for cases that involved children. What ever it was, she felt worse about this case then she had for one in a long time.
Tim put his arm over her shoulders, "Hey. Let's get back to NCIS and see what we can find." He wasn't blind; he knew she became more emotional in cases that had to do with people under the age of eighteen so he expected this. It was a shame to see though, after both of them had been so happy just hours ago.
So, I know this one was really short but I needed to brake it up between two chapters. Hope you like the start of the new case. Let me know what you think. :)
