*HI! Before reading this I would like you to know that I have not actually watched the season 9 final. I am watching the seasons in order and I have not come to that yet. But, I do see things floating around and I got the inspiration for this from something I saw where it said Gibbs was worried about Abby's reoccurring nightmares.*

It had been five weeks since NCIS had been blown up, four weeks since the team was brought back together, three weeks since they could move back into the NCIS building, two weeks since Gibbs had caught Deering, and just three days since they were handed a new case. This was just the stuff that had happened on the surface though.

It had been five weeks since Abby's nightmares started, four weeks since McGee was released from the hospital completing their teem once more, three weeks since Abby had started spending her nights on Gibbs' couch so she wasn't alone, two and a half weeks since Tony and Ziva started to admit to themselves there was something more between them and just a few days for everyone to just back in the normal swing of things.

It was roughly one in the morning; the team was pulling their first all nighter since they had been back. Tony and Gibbs had gone on yet another coffee/Caf-Pow run, Ziva was sifting through files on her desk, McGee was still trying to get used to controlling his computer mouse with his right hand while Abby was running tests for Palmer and trying to decode a computer chip for Gibbs.

"The energy has arrived!" Tony announced stepping out of the elevator with Gibbs.

"We got anything new?" Gibbs asked walking up behind McGee.

"Yes, Boss. I traced all of Tylar's phone calls to these three locations." McGee told him trying to click on the screen to bring it up but he was having a rather hard time. Seeing the annoyed look on Gibbs' face, he did the action by clicking some keys.

Seeing the locations Gibbs directed his attention to Tony and Ziva, "You two, go check them out." He told them scribbling down the addresses so McGee didn't have to. He had been pretty much restricted to his desk, Abby's Lab and that was about it. Gibbs wouldn't send him out for much fieldwork with his arm unusable.

Tony and Ziva took their coffee to go and caught the elevator.

Gibbs started to walk around the corner, "McGee, check on Abby, see if she has anything."

"Boss, I wanted to ask you something real quick." McGee stood and walked behind him. "Has something been going on with Abby? I know she was in a lot of shock about what happened but she's just seemed really out of sorts lately." Tim pointed out.

Normally, it wasn't like Gibbs to just share personal information about one of his co-workers lives but he knew the kind of relationship McGee and Abby have and he felt Tim should know what was going on, "She's been having nightmares, Tim. They started the night of the explosion and haven't stopped. She started staying with me about three weeks ago, just so she wasn't totally alone. Most nights she doesn't get more than three hours of sleep with out me having to wake her up, and most of those nights it is her crying in her sleep. I actually think it's something she should talk to that shrink about." Gibbs might have given him a little more information that he was able to swallow.

This was Abby, she was always able to see the positive side, she was always so strong for everyone, hell, and she was the one who was there in the hospital when McGee woke up. She had been putting on a really good front and McGee was just sorry he didn't see through it sooner.

"Has she told you what they are about?" He asked Gibbs.

"No. Most nights she's just sobbing, she might say a few things but I can't understand half of it. All of our names have been thrown around, your name does seem to come up more often though." He pointed out.

Abby was having nightmares about everyone, about him. Now he felt like he really should go talk to her about all this, "Just go see if she has anything. Stay down there with her for a bit, you two have always been close, maybe she'll talk to you. But, take the Caf-Pow with you regardless!" Gibbs was saying as he walked away.

McGee had snatched the Caf-Pow off Tony's desk and made his way down to Abby's Lab. When he got there he saw most of the lights had been off yet her computer was running some massive search it looked like. He could see the new futon Gibbs had bought her as a Welcome Back to the Lab present was pulled out in her office and he guessed Abby was trying to catch up on some of that missed sleep. Tim walked into her office with the only sound being the whoosh of the doors as they slid open, that was until McGee actually got in the room and could hear everything.

Bert the Hippo was laying on the floor next to the futon. Abby was crying and thrashing around in the bed, the sheet that covering her at one point was now tangled around her legs. McGee rushed to her side and set the drink down near her shoes. His hand hovered over her restless shoulder, he wasn't sure how to go about waking up someone from a nightmare, he wished Gibbs might have gave him some insight. He remembered Sarah would get them when she was young and a few times he watched his parents wake her but it was never an easy thing to do. He even remembered himself having nightmares but never bothered to ask how to wake one up from one.

He placed his hand on her arm, trying to hold her still, "Abby, you can wake up. It's okay. You're okay. It's just a bad dream." He was trying to cox her out of it. She stopped twisting about but her eyes were still squeezed shut and her hands clutched the fabric of the bed tightly. Tim used his good hand to loosen Abby's grip and held her hand in his. Abby's eyes sprung open upon realizing the familiar touch.

"Timmy!" she gasped throwing her arms around him, smashing his still sore arm between them, he winced but didn't dare make a sound, "I was so afraid." She said still hugging him tightly.

"Abby. It's all right. You're safe." He told her returning the hug.

"No. It wasn't. I dreamt you didn't make it, Timmy." She was crying again and she was dreaming about Tim.

"Abby," Tim chuckled a little and pushed her back just so he could look at her, "I'm right here. A little banged up but I'm right here. And I'm not going anywhere." He smiled at her.

She threw her arms back around him and he welcomed her greatly, "Good. Because if something happened to you I'd-I…" she realized what she was about to say and pulled away from him, sitting cross legged on the futon.

She drew a deep breath before finishing her thought, "If something happened to you, I don't know what I would do. I'd loose my mind, Tim." She finished the sentence he couldn't a few years ago and hearing it back made something click inside Timothy McGee's head.

NOTES FROM ME! So, yeah. Here you have it. This is my little way I think McAbby should be handled next season and I am a little let down now that we pretty much know Tiva is going to happen, I feel McAbby is going to get pushed aside. Don't get me wrong, I love Ziva and Tony, I have just wanted Abby and Tim longer :)

Might keep writing on this, let me know what you think of it, please (: