Athena Gibbs ON HOLD

The Truth is Out There

Season 1, Episode 17

Athena's POV

A month passed from the whole event of my cousin and Jethro getting shot. I groan as I shift in bed, feeling the baby kick. Jethro kissed my temple and placed a hand on my stomach, "How are you feeling?" I smiled, "Like I'm being beaten up from the inside. Can we please go find out the gender?" I give him puppy dog eyes and he chuckles, "You're the one that wanted it to be a surprise." I groaned, "I have three months left and I can't wait that long. I have the patience of a newborn kitten."

Jethro chuckled, "That you do love. Let's go. You're with Abby today." I nodded, "I know and I fully embrace it.

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I walk into Abby's lair and hug Abby when she runs up to me. "Mom!" Abby squeals and I giggle, "Hello, my favorite." Abby giggled and then frowns, "How is Gibbs?" I sighed, "He's angry. I can tell that it isn't directed at me but he's still angry that my cousin escaped. Cait hates me for not telling her everything and Tony is......Tony." Abby hugged me, "Everything will work out in the end. They went out for a case so it's just us in here today." 

I sat down at my desk and groaned, placing a hand on my stomach. Abby heard me and ran around the corner, "What's wrong!?" I smiled, "The baby kicked. Wanna feel?" Abby squealed and placed a hand on my stomach, smiling widely when the baby kicked. Abby teared up, "This is amazing. I love the little stinker already." 

Abby turned on some music and I did some reports and paperwork while the rest of the team was hunting out information about our dead Petty Officer. Every now and then I felt the baby kick and I smiled, happier than ever and ready to meet Jethro and I's baby. I giggled as our baby kicked my hand when I placed my hand on my stomach. 

Abby came in with a bag of evidence, "Hey, Mom. Ducky sent this white substance that was on the Petty Officer's hands, could you please-?" I smiled and took the bag from her, "Of course, sweetheart." I stood up and waddled over to my workbench, getting started on what this could possibly be.

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I smiled and placed a hand on my stomach, giggling as Jethro came into the lab, "Honey. The baby loves to kick." Jethro smiled and placed his hand on top of mine, "I can feel that. I can't wait. Now, what are we looking at?" I smiled and held up a vial, "It's green latex." Jethro tilted his head, "Rubber?" 

I nodded, "One and the same." Abby grinned a little, "Probably couldn't be used as a hat. Well, not if you grew up in Dorkville." Jethro smirked, "I grew up just west of there." I giggled, "Latex is very popular in certain circles." Jethro nodded, "Yeah? What kind of circles?" Abby smiled, "Gee, Gibbs. I don't know if you're ready for this. It might upset your delicate sensibilities." Jethro smirked, "Oh, I'll stop you." I giggled, "Okay. Maybe he was wearing a latex hood. Like bondage gear, S and M, fetish." Jethro raised an eyebrow at me and smirked, "And you mean to tell me that you don't like that?" I grinned and pointed at my belly, "I believe this will answer your question." 

Abby giggled, "I dated this guy once who just wanted me to bounce up and down on a balloon-" Jethro grimaced, "Okay, stop." I scrunched my nose up, "I now understand why you guys are grossed out when Jethro and I talk about it." Abby grinned, "Gibbs, Mom. That is no weirder than a three-hundred-and-fifty-pound guy with half of his body painted yellow and the other half painted green, wearing nothing but shorts in ten-degree weather and a big plastic piece of cheese on his head, saying, "Go Packers!"." 

I looked at Jethro confused, "Packers?" Jethro smiled, "It's cute when your still learning our ways." I giggled and rolled my eyes, "You're cute." Jethro grinned, "Nah. You are. Besides Abbs, that's apples and oranges." Abby grinned slightly, "There's a fetish for that, too." Jethro rolled his eyes and smiled, "What do you two got?"