I Never Told

Chapter 6

Abby's (POV): (Yesterday)

Walking into my apartment, I threw my stuff to the right of the door. Walking into my room, I collapsed onto my bed.

(Now)

Walking into the kitchen, I switched on the coffee machine. Glaring at it until it finished making half a mug. I walked to the fridge. Glancing up I dropped the mug.

Ziva's (POV): (10 Minutes Ago)

*Ring Bling Ring* Abby's voice came through my phone speaker. Sitting up, I hit answer. "Yes Abby?" My voice was light, though I was exhausted.

"Ziva! It's Gibbs, he's not dead. He's alive." I jumped up.

"How do you know Abby?" I heard the click of a clip.

"He left me a sign."

"Abby...." I sighed.

"Can you come over?" She begged.

I looked around, "Of course." I heard the clink of what was probably broken glass.

"Hurry!" I walked into the closet and grabbed clothes.

Ziva's (POV): (Now)

I knocked on her door. "Ziva, its open!" She yelled. I walked in and laid my shoes to the left of the door, as the right was taken up by Abby's hospital items.
"Abby!" I called.
"In the kitchen." 

I walked through the doorway, seeing a coffee stain on the tiles and Abby at the counter with a picture and a black rose in her hands.

"What are those?" I asked her. 

She looked up and smiled. She hadn't smiled since she woke up in the hospital. "Look." She gestured me over and pointed at a picture of what looked like Gibbs in a clown suit. "I convinced him to let me take a picture. He has one copy, I have the other. Mine is still in my room.... This was clipped to the fridge with this." She pointed to the single black rose "My favorite....I only ever told Gibbs that. Ziva, it has to be him. He has to be alive...." Abby sniffed. "He has to be."

Wow, she loved him more than she let on. "Maybe he left this 'proof' before you two were in the accident." She frowned.

"What Ziva, do you want him to be dead?"

What? "NO! I am just saying do not get your hopes too high."

She stood. "He's Gibbs, Ziva, he can't just die!"

I can see when I am unwelcome. "Okay Abby. I will talk to you later, yes."

"Ok." She turned away from me.

Gibbs(POV): (Day Before The Accident)

"Hey, it's me." I growled into the phone.

"Ahh. So you thought about my offer then?" 

I glanced around."I'm afraid the people I love will be hurt." My eyes strayed to Abby's picture.

"I need you to do something for me, and I'll owe you a favor." 

What would he want? "What do you need?" 

I could sense his smile."Just a Name." I cringed.

"Who's name?"

"The name of the man who killed those navy children." 

Images flash through my mind of all the parents who came to the school, only to find their children in body bags.

"Why?" I glanced up.

"That is not something you need to know, Agent Gibbs. Do we have a deal?" 

I sighed. "Joshua Perazza"

"Thank you. This number will be open for one more call, then it will be disabled. If you try to track me you will not hear from me again. Talk to you soon, Gibbs"

The line went dead, leaving me hoping to hell I did the right thing.