CHAPTER 9: LIFE WITHOUT TIMMOTHY MCGEE
McGee opens his eyes and finds himself in a cemetary, he has no idea how he got there, he looks around and sees everyone gathered
around a coffin. He walks over to the gathering and sees Abby, Tony, Kate, Ziva, Emma, Gibbs, Ducky, Jimmy, Jenny, his parents and
his sister, they are all crying as the minister is saying something, he can't make it out but he begins to fear the worst. He moves to the
front of the coffin and blocking Abby from seeing it which is pretty useless because she canot see him or hear him, she can't even
feel him.
He sees that the coffin has not been sealed yet and his curiosity gets the better of him, he lifts up the lid and sees his lifeless body
looking peaceful wearing his favourite suit which he knew Abby would have picked out for him. His face is all messed up but
someone has tried to cover it up, they did not do a very good job at it. He then begins to look around the cemetary to figure
where he is but when he turns back to the gathering there is just Abby and two small children standing over a headstone.
"Hey baby, its me again, Abby" she says holding the little boy's hand in her left and the little girl's on the right.
"Abby, its me i'm right here" McGee says but it is no use, they cannot hear him
"I cannot believe it has been 5 years already its crazy, you couldn't even see your babies grow up" Abby says shedding a tear
"Oh my Abby, they look just like you" McGee says trying his hardest to get them to notice him
"Tony and Kate finally got married, took them long enough" Abby laughed at the thought
"Mummy, can i give my picture to daddy now?" The little girl said
"Sure hunny, put it under the rock and he will see it later" Abby said lifting up the small rock the children had painted for him
"Gibbs has a new girlfriend which is really funny because i tease him about it all the time" Abby said bending down
The two children begin to chase each other around the cemetary, laughing and making alot of noise as Abby washes down the
headstone and replaces the near dead flowers with fresh ones. McGee stands next to Abby and puts a hand on her shoulder
and she shudders.
"Abby you can feel me, i'm here, i'm here" McGee said rubbing her shoulder
"I want you to know that even though they have neven seen you, they knew who you were and how great you were to me" She says
standing up "They will never forget you as i won't"
"Mummy! Mummy!" Tim jr and Molly shout
"What is it babies?" Abby says looking at them
"Its Aunty Kate and Uncle Tony" They shout running up to them
Kate and Tony make their way to Abby, Tony is carrying their 6 month old baby in his arms, they reach Abby and exchange hellos
as they all stand in silence of a few minutes to remember Tim.
"Hey Probie" Tony says smiling but still feeling the loss
"Hey McGee" Kate says holding Abbys hand as they begin to cry
"Women" Tony says to the tiny girl he has in his arms
"Tony!" Kate and Abby say in unison
"Probie, meet my little angel, Antonia Caitlin DiNozzo, Antonia, Probie" Tony says bending down and showing her the stone.
McGee closes his eyes and hopes that it is just a dream and that when he opens his eyes he will be at home with Abby and
everything will be back to normal. He opens his eyes and he is standing in someone's back garden, it has a huge silk tent in
the middle and there are people in wedding outfits and they are all sitting down facing a dark haired woman and a man
at the very back of the tent, he makes his way through the crowd and stands between the couple and the crowd.
"I know that my father would have been so proud of this moment that his only daughter is getting married" The woman said
a glass of champagne in her hands
"I know that he is here today smiling and i know that he would wish us the very best for the future" She said tearing up
"I would like to thank my mum for all her help through my life and for teaching me everything i know, Cheers" She said
holding her glass up as the guests all joined her and sipped their champagne.
Closing his eyes one more time he felt a huge pain in his heart as he opened his eyes he was in a hospital bed he looked
around to find nothing was familiar he had no idea where he was and why he was there all he knew was that he felt like
his face was on fire and he was hearing this annoying buzzing sount in his ears. He tried to move but could not feel any
part of his body, why was he here? where was he? he had no idea. He saw someone enter the room, look at him,
saying something he could not hear then disappearing again so he shut his eyes hoping he was still dreaming. After a few
seconds he opend his eyes again but still the same this time he was not dreaming.
"Abby" he struggled to say it, he was not even sure he did because he did not hear it.
"Its ok sir you are in the Bethesda naval hospital, you were in an accident" The nurse said as several others rushed in
'accident' was all he could understand from that he had managed to learn some lip reading techniques from spending
so much time with Abby
"Abby" he tried saying again but it got lost in his throat
"Sir, your fiance is outside she would like to see you" The nurse said going to fetch Abby
"Hey baby, its me, Abby" She said as McGee closed his eyes he did not have the energy to keep them open
"Abby" was all he could say but he felt her touch his hand and he knew it was her.
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