"Who are you?" He asked and she looked up, stunned into silence.

It was the silver-haired fox from the bar. So stunned was she that she signed her name without thinking. He signed it right back to her. ‘Nice to meet you Abby Sciuto.'

She shook her head and spoke. "And you are?"

"Special Agent Gibbs. You can call me Gibbs."

With a quick smile, she turned from him. "I take it you're here for test results."

"That's right." He said and stared at the big screens on the wall.

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That was their first real meeting. The years that followed, Gibbs noted all things about Abby.

The lonely road you choose to travel on,
it must seem awfully long.
Innocence all gone,
It must be wrong to hide your lovely face away.
That music you play, I'm not saying it's bad, it just seems terribly sad.
Is everything all right?
I'd like to think you'd tell me if something was wrong

He thought she told him most everything; certainly all the important things that is. Until she was stalked by two men at once. He found out that Abby kept some things to herself.

"Don't worry Mum, don't worry Dad.
The hours that I spend alone are the happiest I've ever had".
That's what she'd say if she ever spoke to you,
But it's something she can never do.
'Cos it's only by herself that she'll find out
What makes her different from the rest

Through everything, she never loses her smile. That's the one thing Gibbs always notices. Mad, angry, scared or sad, her smile is always there, waiting for the right moment to shine like the sun on his day.

Well her clothes are blacker than the blackest cloth
And her face is whiter than the snows of Hoth.
She wears Dr. Martens and a heavy cross,
But on the inside she's a happy goth.

Because of the outside, people that don't know her give her a wide berth. But it's the inside that draws them to her. On the inside, she's happy.

~Calalily~