A Pain Never Forgotten (NCIS) - Part Two

Chapter Six

Kelly's laptop was set up on her black marble kitchen breakfast bar she heard a ringing sound, she waddled her way over to the laptop it was her Skype account she opened it up to see it was McGee calling she managed to perch up on the stool so only her face and shoulders were showing, she answered the call she smiled in the camera to see McGee, Ziva and Tony in shot.

"Hi guys" Kelly chimed.

"Hello" They all replied at the same time.

Abby came stomping into the shot Kelly could hear the buckles rattling on her knee high boots. "Hi Kelly" she smiled "you're looking really good, glowing even"

Kelly laughed a little, even though she felt bad as the pain of lying to her family hit her once again. "I guess England is good for me"

"When are you coming to see us?" McGee quizzed

"Yeah, it's been 6 months" Tony whined

"Soon guys, soon" Kelly replied

"You always say that" Ziva pointed out

"It's my birthday in a couple of months, I'll try and get out of work then come and celebrate my birthday in America" Kelly suggested.

"Sounds like a plan" Kelly heard her father’s voice but couldn't see him.

"Hi boss" Tony said looking to his side out of Kelly's view on her computer screen.

Gibbs appeared on screen and smiled at his only daughter, it felt like forever since she'd seen him, she missed him so much. She had only met him again 8 months ago but they already gained the strong father daughter bond like it had reoccurred naturally after years of grieve for Gibbs and year of lies about her father for Kelly. She just wanted a hug from him, she felt so alone in England but she still stood by it being the right choice.

"Anyways sorry guys, I gotta go. Remember England is 5 hours ahead, its bedtime here and I want an early night. I love and miss you all" Kelly pointed out

"Bye, night" Kelly managed to hear out of the crowd looking back at her all talking over each other.

She closed her laptop and climbed off of the stool, they weren't so comfy anymore with a big bump attached to her, she finished getting ready in her PJ's and climbed into her four poster kingside bed, she drifted off into a peaceful sleep with a big smile on her face after she thought about seeing her family.

She jumped up in the middle of the night to see her clock saying 3.35 am, as she struggled to move over in her bed, she felt a wet patch appear.

"Oh no!" The pain flashed through her body again. "Oh God" she climbed out of bed and managed to get changed out of her wet clothes she grabbed the hospital bag that she had packed days before she made the way through her house and grabbed her car keys. As she drove herself to the hospital she was holding back the tears, she had never wanted her first child to be born like this, no father, being a single mother, no family around her and struggling to drive the car due to the pain of contractions that were now getting closer together, she knew that it wouldn't be long now, she was glad of it though she was dreading the thought of a long birth.

It was an early start for the team back at NCIS, they had a new case to start on. The morning passed quickly following up leads and eye witness accounts Gibbs had barely had time to think about Kelly. When he sat at his desk and his whole team were there he saw the picture that he had of them both and smiled.

"I want to see Kelly on her birthday, it's the first one she's had since she's been back, maybe I should go to England surprise her but I can't leave you lot" he stated to the team.

"It sounds like a great plan" Ziva commented

"And I can take charge while you're gone boss like before" Tony pointed out

"I guess you didn't too bad of a job" Gibbs mumbled "but I know she wants to see you lot too and we can't all go"

"You could get her tickets to come here and we can make it a week of birthday celebrations then she will see us all and it might want to make her move back to America" McGee chirped

"It's a good idea" Gibbs replied "I could call her agency and sort the time off for her as a surprise then she won't have to worry about anything"

The team agreed so he picked up the phone and called Kelly's agency, after a while of been on hold and finding the right person to talk to so that he could finally sort it out he was connected to the right guy.

"Hi, it's special agent Gibbs, I'm agent Kelly Gibbs' father, and I was wondering if I could request to get Kelly some time off, as I am sure you were aware of what happened between me and her and when she came to America. She has no family in England so I really want her to be able to be here when it's her birthday, in about a couple of months time"

He could hear the person on the other end of the line typing on a keyboard after a little while the young man on the phone replied.

"Well sir you shouldn't have to book the time off for her, I've just looked and seen that Kelly's maternity leave is still valid for another four months and I remember her mentioning to me that she was planning to take most of it"

"Her what?!" Gibbs shouted.

The guy on the other end of the phone jumped and started to stutter "erm ... Her maternity leave"

Gibbs put the phone down on the young man to look up and see his whole team staring at him with concern.

"What's up Boss?" Tony quizzed after hearing his leaders outburst.

"They say she's on maternity leave" Gibbs sighed confused

"What?!" Both Tony and McGee shouted in unison

Gibbs looked up to them "you both looked more panicked then shocked do you know something about this?"

"No! No!" They both muttered looking at their computer screens to avoid Gibbs' icy stare