A Pain Never Forgotten (NCIS) - Part Two

Chapter Eight

"Dad!" She stopped dead in her tracks, looking at the man she assumed she would be so happy to see since she had missed him so much, not for him to break into her house.

"Hello" he said with that familiar smirk.

"What are you doing here?" She said still in shock.

"Well when I called your regiment they said that you were taking some time off, so I thought I'd pop by" he said calmly not giving anything away.

"You don't exactly just pop by when it’s America to England!" She said getting a little mad

"I knew you couldn't be alone" he stated

"What? Why?" She questioned, Gibbs turned and just gave his daughter a cold stare, he knew she'd give in. "how do you know?" She guessed matching her fathers stare.

"Your regiment told me, why was you expecting someone to tell me?" His eyes narrowed

"No nobody knows" she looked at her feet but a second later jumped straight back up to stare at Gibbs "have you told anyone?"

"Well yeah! I couldn't just leave the team and not tell them why! Ziva, Tony and McGee were there when I made the call anyway" he replied

Tears started to fill Kelly's eyes "okay"

He stood up off the sofa to come and give his only daughter a hug, this is what Kelly has been missing she'd needed at hug.

"Ouch!" Kelly gasped

Gibbs jumped back, "what is it?" He said finally glancing down to her stomach

"Nothing just hurts" she sighed

"Your not as big as I thought you'd be, so it’s happened since you've been back? I didn't know you was with anyone"

Kelly began to panic, no time like the present "erm ... Well no, this is erm ... deflated, he's already here"

"What?! When?!" He demanded sternly

"Yesterday Dad, this is my first time home I've just come from the hospital, he's in the kitchen"

"He?!, why didn't you call? Why have you done this alone? Anything could have happened!" He shouted grabbing my arm "you've been stupid Kelly, and 9 months ago you were in America!"

Kelly looked at her feet and began to sob. "I thought I'd be better off in England even if I did have to do it alone"

"You could of relied on us we're your family" he stated looking straight into her eyes.

Kelly began to sob harder her body shaking "I just had to leave"

Gibbs eyes widened "No! ... No! Please No!"

"I'm sorry Dad! I didn't know what to do"

"its Tony isn't it! I caught you!" He shouted at her still tightening his grip on her arm

"Yes, I'm sorry dad, but I know he didn't want him so I left" she continued to sob.

The all too soon familiar cry rang from the kitchen, Kelly pushed away from Gibbs and rushed in the kitchen wiping her eyes, he must have woken up after the shouting and crying. Gibbs followed Kelly and a tear stung his eyes, he was beautiful. Less then a year ago he thought his daughter was dead but now he had her and his first grandchild that he had never expected, he couldn't be happier.

"Can I hold him?" Gibbs asked

"Of course" Kelly smiled rubbing her nose.

"I can't believe you've done this on your own, you need to come back to America!"

"Dad I can't!" Kelly pleaded

"No arguments! You’re coming back with me"

"I can't face McGee or Tony!"

Gibbs looked into the little boy’s eyes and just couldn't help but smile, how could he love something that he's only known for less then a minute.

"What's his name?" Gibbs asked bobbing the now soothed boy in his arms.

"He doesn't have one, it's the surname that I'm worried about, I don't know who to put since Tony didn't even know he existed" Kelly sighed.

"Maybe you should call him" Gibbs suggested "I'll look after this one" he beamed down to the boy.

Kelly made her way to her bedroom and settled down onto her bed, her body will still sore and her head was buzzing, she looked at her mobile, she scrolled on to her contacts and saw Tony.

"Come on, call him, call him!" She whispered to herself

She pressed call, Tony picked up after the first ring like he was staring at his mobile.

"Hello"

"Hi, I'm so sorry Tony, I don't know what to say"

I could here him sigh "why did you lie to me?"

"Well the relief on your face when I said the test was negative told me everything I needed to know, so the best decision was for me to lie to you, because you didn't want him"

"Him? Oh my … I have a son?" I heard him choke on a tear

"Yes"

"I'm sorry Kelly I've had time to think, I was such an idiot. I haven't stopped thinking about you since Gibbs left, I've been worried and filled with regret on what I've done, I'm the reason your going through this alone with none of your family around you, I know it won't be easy but I want you back here with us, I want us to sort this"

"Oh god ... I don't know. I don't know what I want with us, I will come back so you can see him though if that's what you want"

"Of course I do, have you told anyone I'm the dad?"

"Yeah, my dad, he guessed after he caught us in the lift. He's not mad just upset, I don't know how to tell McGee"

"He's your best friend, he'll understand. What have you called him?"

"He doesn't have a name yet, I didn't know if you'd want to be involved"

Gibbs was showing his soft rare smile, as he sat on the sofa cradling the new-born in his arms the last time he'd done this it was Kelly, the memories came flooding back both him and Kelly have been through so much maybe they have grown up to be such strong people, trained killers who lack emotion and no conscience. Times were changing for both of them though this child had changed everything, they loved him, emotion had never been so high and the love that flowed between his team/family.

"You okay dad?" Kelly asked making Gibbs fall back into reality.

"Yeah, I'm fine" he smiled

"He's got a name" Kelly smiled, Gibbs looked up intrigued. Kelly continued "How about Tim Jethro DiNozzo? All the people important to me, and who will be important to him as he grows up"

Gibbs smiled looking at the little dot of a child "if you like it I like it" he chuckled "and how about just TJ for short"

Kelly grinned "yeah, that's perfect"

They spent the rest of the day sorting out the apartment and getting TJ settled in. Kelly was happy that someone was here to help her as her body was still sore. When TJ had finally dropped off to sleep Kelly and Gibbs fell down on the sofa.

"Oh my gosh, we've been here since 11 and we forgot lunch its tea time now" Kelly whined

Gibbs just laughed Kelly's mind was always on food. "I can go pick something up"

After they had finished food Kelly showed her Dad to one of the spare rooms and TJ was curled up in his Moses basket in the corner of her room, it was only 9 o'clock but she wanted an early night as she knew she would be having to get up many times.