Disclaimer: Definitely not mine.

A/N: This is a very late (pseudo) response to the LJ NCIS Pornathon prompt- Kate/Abby, slash. It kind of took on a mind of its own… And, a special thanks goes out to lj user"dragynflyqueen" for betaing! Thanks, sweetie!

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(1/4)

It had been a long week and all Kate wanted to do was get home.

They'd just closed a particularly rough case; one of which hadn't been helped along by Tony's constant chatter and chauvinistic behavior. And to make matters worse she'd been stuck at her desk long after the team, and even Gibbs, had left earlier, leaving her to finish up all of the paperwork.

She sighed, glancing at her watch as she stepped out of the elevator in her building and walked toward her apartment door. It was late Friday evening, almost 10:15, and she was hoping that Abby hadn't forgotten about the movie night they'd been planning. She desperately needed to unwind, and had a feeling that a good chick flick and a pint of Ben & Jerry's ice-cream with a friend would definitely do the trick.

The telltale muffled thump of Abby's music accosted her as she opened her door, bringing a genuine smile to her face for the first time all day. Her bag slipped off of her shoulder and landed carelessly onto the floor as she made her way into the living room, finding the Goth sprawled out on the pullout bed from her couch with her laptop resting comfortably across her legs.

"So," Kate said, sarcasm dripping from her voice. "I give you a key for emergencies, and this is what happens?"

Abby jumped and looked up from her screen, a grin stretching her Caf-Pow! stained lips as she turned the music down. "Well, that's what you get when you're late to your own sleepover. Where were you?!"

She flopped down next to her friend with a groan. "Work. Tony seemed to think that getting laid was a valid excuse to flake out on paperwork duty."

"Typical. That's Tony for ya."

Kate smirked. "I'll never admit it, because it could possibly result in the beginning of the apocalypse, but I wouldn't have him any other way."

Abby chuckled and nodded in agreement. "I don't think he could change if he tried to." She shifted, leaning closer to Kate. "I made a bet with him once that he couldn't go an entire weekend without shamelessly flirting with a person of the opposite sex. He didn't last more than three hours."

"How much money did you make?"

"Have you seen the sound system at my house?"

Kate's eyes widened. "Really?"

"And I still have some of my winnings stowed away." She gloated, her brows rising as she grinned evilly.

Kate rolled her eyes, and shook her head. She'd have to remember that the next time she was short on cash and needed a quick buck or two. Tony could never turn down a bet.

"Well, I don't know about you," Abby announced, setting her computer at the end of the bed. "but I'm starving."

Her heart fluttered a bit as the lab tech crawled over her, a long and slender pale leg on either side of her hips, and a warm palm on her stomach for balance as she reached over to the end table for her phone. A tingling sensation radiated through her body, making her breath hitch as she watched her friends' shirt ride up, a sliver of smooth stomach doing a fine job of distracting her. She was really hoping that her question had been strictly rhetorical, because for some reason she couldn't get her lips to form enough words to answer.

Abby had rested her weight on the top of Kate's thighs as she scrolled through her address book not giving a second thought to what she was doing, and all Kate could seem to think about was how hard it was to resist running her fingers up the other woman's legs until they swiped teasingly along her hips; where she knew for a fact was the location of more than one tattoo.

She could just imagine what'd she'd do next- Palms caressing up Abby's sides, taking more than the necessary amount of time to tease her breasts as she passed them; gentle brushes of thumbs over her nipples until the were small, hardened, points against her thin t-shirt. A hand would slide into her black hair as the other explored the smooth skin of her back, their breaths mingling, and hips rocking, lips trembling against soft skin…

Her cheeks flushed completely red. What was wrong with her?

This is Abby she's fantasizing about! Her friend! A very girl friend!

"Do you want me with Lisa, or on my knees?"

Kate startled, her jaw hung open slightly. "W-what? Who's Lisa?"

Abby frowned and titled her head to the side. "Huh?"

"Nothing," She grinned nervously. "never mind. Um- what was the question?"

"I said, 'Do you want pizza or Chinese?'"

It's official. She was loosing her mind.

"How about both?"

"Just what I was thinking." Abby smirked before innocently sliding off of her lap, and headed for the kitchen to order the food.

Kate sighed in relief, her head flopping helplessly back against the pillows. She'd never felt like this before, or even wanted to for that matter. Sure, she'd admit to occasionally checking out a woman but it was more for comparison than anything overtly sexual.

She was so confused.

Sitting up, she shed her blazer and un-tucked her shirt, trying to cool, and ignore, her heated skin. She tossed her clothing next to Abby's computer near her feet, and was just about to get up for some much needed alcohol when something blinking on the screen caught her attention.

Cautiously, she peeked toward the dining room and shook her head when she saw that her friend was chatting up the take-out boy, again, before sliding the laptop toward her.

The blinking had been an IM from McGee, wondering why Abby had disappeared in the middle of a conversation. She ignored it, not wanting anything to implicate that she'd been meddling in anything that she wasn't supposed to be, and curiously clicked on the only other open document.

It was a story from what she could tell. And, a very well written one at that. Wanting to see who had written it, she scrolled a few pages up to the top, searching for a title and the name of an author. Her eyes widened when she finally spotted it.

Title:Catching the Bad Guys can be Stressful

Author: MassSpecAbbs

Rating:NC-17

Fandom: Bones

Pairing:Temperance Brennan/Angela Montenegro

Warning: This is femme-slash! If you don't like it, don't read it!

Oh, God! She thought. Abby's writing X-rated stories about two women, now?

Honestly, she wasn't that surprised when she thought about it. Through many drunken admissions and nights playing truth or dare out of boredom, over the years she'd learned that Abby had been through quite an experimental phase in college. It's not exactly news that she'd slept with women before.

So, why was this little story so disconcerting?

Maybe because you just had the urge to throw your best friend down against the nearest flat surface and have your wicked way with her until she screamed your name so loud that the neighbors heard?

"Yeah," Kate grumbled as she closed her eyes and rubbed her forehead. "that's exactly why."

"'Exactly why', what?"

She jumped, hand on her chest, as Abby bounded happily back into the living room and plopped onto the bed. Her eyes floated down to the computer in front of her a guilty expression on her face as the scientist followed her gaze.

Kate braced herself for an onslaught of berating questions, but surprisingly, Abby didn't seem that upset. In fact, she was smiling.

"Oh! You found my story!" Her brows waggled suggestively. "You like?"

Her pulse quickened at the question, mouth floundering as she tried to find an answer. "Uh, from what I read- I mean, you write…"

Abby laughed, eyes sparkling with mischief as she shut her laptop and set it aside. "It's okay, Kate. I know it's probably not your thing."

"No!" She countered a bit too quickly. "I- It's not that." The other girl looked slightly shocked, as Kate continued. "I mean, I only got through a few paragraphs…"

By now, Abby's smirk was nearly contagious as she shuffled forward a bit. "Why, Caitlin Todd! Are you telling me that, 'Little Miss Up-Tight' herself has just admitted to liking a little girl on girl action?"

Kate felt herself blush as she ducked her head. She hadn't been this embarrassed about her sexuality since she was dating her first boyfriend and hadn't known how to give a blowjob.

"Oh my, God!" Abby chortled, sobering a bit when her friend's eyes remained glued to the comforter. "You do, don't you?"

Kate looked up reluctantly, still not quite sure herself how she felt. "I- I don't know."

The bed dipped lightly as Abby crawled in front of her sitting with her legs crossed, their knees almost touching.

"It's okay if you do, Kate. There's nothing wrong with that."

"I know." She sighed. "It's just…It's a fairly new development, and I'm not sure how to deal with it yet."

Abby nodded. "Well, let me ask you a question."

"Alright." She agreed wearily.

"Have you ever thought about kissing a woman before?"

"Abby!" Kate exclaimed.

"What? It's a valid question!"

Her shoulders slumped in defeat. "Maybe once."

"Only once?"

"Yes."

She smirked in only a way that Abby was capable of. "Was it hot?"

Kate tensed; mouth slightly open, her cheeks reddening at an alarming rate as she remembered exactly what she'd wanted to do to her friend's body.

Abby squealed. "It was, wasn't it?!"

Kate groaned, she couldn't handle much more of this. "I am not talking about this anymore with you."

"Aw! Come on, Kate."

"No." She said firmly.

"Is it someone you know? 'Cause in most cases, your first girl-crush usually is. I know it was with me."

"Abby!" Her eyes pleaded. "Please, just let it go."

"Are you sure you don't want to-"

"Abbs!"

She threw up her hands in surrender. "Fine! Letting it go."

"Thank you."

Abby moved once again, never one for long silences, leaning over the side of the couch as she grabbed the bag of movies that she'd brought over. "So, what do you wanna watch first?"

Kate's lips showed a faint trace of a smile as they were unceremoniously dumped onto the blanket, thankful for the change of topic. Her eyes flickered over the titles; Saved!, Serenity, The X-files Movie, a random season of Buffy, and the series Wonderfalls.

"I don't care, they all look good. You pick." She ran her fingers through her hair and looked at the clock on the wall. "I'm going to take a shower before the food gets here. I trust you can entertain yourself until I get out?"

"I'll be fine." Abby grinned, pushing her playfully off the bed. "I have to IM Tim anyways, before he does something stupid like posting an Amber Alert in my name just because I didn't answer back right away."

Kate chuckled halfheartedly as she was shooed away and made her way toward her bedroom to get a change of clothes. Leaning against the door once she was safely inside, a deep breath finally escaped her.

"What have I gotten myself into?"

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TBC...

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