Protecting Gibbs

Chapter 65

A week later, Charity was in the hospital with Tony (as she had been everyday since he had been shot and they got married). She was changing the dressing on his wound. Tony looked up at her. "Seriously, where's my sponge bath?" He asked her teasingly.

She grinned at him and kissed his cheek. "Hey, I gave you one last night."

"I know, but I'm very dirty, I need another."

"Besides, the doctor should be releasing you today." She replied.

"So, you'll give me a sponge bath at home?" He inquired.

Charity just laughed. "No, it's AJ's turn to take a bath."

Just then the doctor walked in the room. "Well, Mr. DiNozzo, all of your tests look good. You can go home today."

"Great." Tony said. "I'm ready to get out of here."

"I'm sure you are." The doctor replied. "Now, I'm releasing you to go home, but I'm not releasing you to go back to work just yet. I'm also going to be sending you to physical therapy."

"Okay." Tony replied. "Anything else?"

The doctor pulled out a couple of papers. He handed them to Tony. "The first page is just what you need to do to take care of that wound and the second page has some stretches and things you need to do to get that shoulder back to normal."

"Thanks doc." Tony replied.

The doctor then turned to Charity, "Mrs. DiNozzo, you make sure he does these exercises."

"Don't worry, I will." Charity said. "I'll be a regular Nurse Rachet." she then gave Tony a stern look.

"Most of the time, I can't believe your Gibbs' daughter, but when you get that look on your face, I'd swear he was staring me down." Tony told her.

Charity couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright, all you have to do is sign these papers." The doctor replied.

Tony awkwardly signed the release forms with his left hand, as his right hand was in the sling. The doctor then left so that Tony could get ready. Tony turned to Charity, "So, are you really going to be a Nurse Rachet?"

"Only when it comes to making sure you do your exercises. For the most part, I'm pretty sure I'll be babying you." She answered.

"What do you mean by babying me?" He asked, liking the sound of that.

"Let's just put it this way, you're going to know a little more what it's like to be AJ." She answered.

"So, you're going to breast feed me?" He replied teasingly.

Charity playfully slapped his good arm. "He's on the bottle now and the doctor says that soon we can start him on cereal."

Tony just laughed. He used his good arm to pull Charity in for a kiss. "Come on. Let's get me dressed and outta here."

"Sounds good to me." Charity said. She helped Tony change out of the hospital gown and into a pair of jeans and and t-shirt.

"You know, I like it better when you're undressing me." Tony replied with a devilish grin.

"Okay, I think I need to know what medication that have you on, because it seems to be making your libido run high." Charity said with a grin.

"It has nothing to do with that." Tony replied with a grin. "I'm still picturing you in that wedding dress. I mean you looked amazing."

Charity laughed. "Alright, let's go home. I think AJ misses his daddy."

Tony wrapped his good arm around Charity. "I miss my little man, too."

They then headed out the door and to the elevator. Before long they were home. Tony was sitting on the couch, AJ laying on a blanket in the floor. Gibbs was in the basement working on his boat. Charity was in the kitchen making dinner.

When dinner was almost done, Charity came in and picked up AJ and put him and laid him in the bassinet. "It's almost ready." She told Tony.

Tony smiled and stood up. He headed into the table and sat down. In just a few minutes, Charity was bringing in a plate with steak and potatoes on it. The steak was already cut up. "What do you want to drink?" She asked, setting the plate down in front of him.

"A beer?" Tony asked.

"Nope, I'm sorry, but that would mix with your pain medication." She replied.

"I guess milk then." Tony answered.

"Coming right up." Charity said, bending down to kiss his cheek. She then headed back into the kitchen and soon came back with a glass of milk. Then she headed for the basement and let her father know that dinner was ready.

Once Gibbs was sitting at the table, Charity brought in the rest of the food and plates. Making Gibbs get his own plate. Tony grinned to himself while he ate his steak. Maybe I should have gotten shot sooner. He thought to himself.

Later that night, Tony and Charity sat in bed, AJ lay asleep in his crib. "Would you like a neck rub?" She asked.

Tony looked over at her. "You weren't kidding when you said you were going to baby me."

Charity glared at him playfully. "Do you want a neck rub or not?"

"Yes, please, but feel free to let your magic hands roam to anywhere." Tony replied with a grin.

Charity laughed and started to rub Tony's neck. "This is how I know you're fine."

Tony grinned. He turned to face Charity. "Come here, Mrs. DiNozzo."

She grinned back at him. "I love hearing that."

"I love saying it." Tony replied. He reached his left hand over to hers. He pulled it to his lips and kissed the top of her hand. "I can't believe that I got lucky enough to marry you."

Charity leaned in and softly kissed Tony's lips. "I think I'm the lucky one."