A Pain Never Forgotten (NCIS) - Part Three

Chapter Eleven

Kelly made her way back to the base, she ran to the lift and hoped her father would not be mad. The doors opened and there he was, just glaring at her.

"I'm sorry Dad" she said walking over to him. " I just wanted to go home and get changed"

"It's something I expect from a 16 year old not you"

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to sort myself out so I could see TJ" she replied.

"He's back with Abby, you should go see him" he said.

Kelly felt little butterflies inside her stomach, she was so excited to see her son. She returned the car keys and made her way down to the lab, she couldn't hear the usual loud music instead she heard Abby putting on funny voices and TJ giggling his head of. She reached the door way and all she could do was smile, she thought she'd never see him again.

"Mum" he squealed.

"Hi lovely" Kelly smiled nearly crying. She scooped him up and just held him. She just couldn't get over how much she loved him! How could Tony not want him?

"Thank you so much Abby, I didn't realise you had been looking after him so much, I didn't realise Tony hadn't been here at all"

"It's okay, I loved looking after him. McGee said Tony wasn't coping well" her face then turned serious.

"Do you want to take a seat on the office chair?" she asked pulling it round for Kelly. Kelly obliged and sat a smiling TJ on her lap.

"What's up Abby?"

"Your blood test came back"

Kelly had totally forgot all about this and she started to fill with worry. "And?"

"Well ... You were all clean, no illnesses or disease" Kelly gave a sigh of relief but she felt Abby had something else to say.

"But ... You're pregnant" she smiled.

But it was met by Kelly's horror "What? I can't be, I'm careful. I've still being having periods"

"Well sometimes some women still have periods while they are pregnant, they are just a lot lighter" Abby confirmed. "I think you should go to the hospital after the trauma you suffered these past couple of days. It good news isn't it?"

Kelly sat back, looking at TJ, he was enough to cope with and she wanted to go back to work, not stay at home forever. She still didn't know if she wanted things to continue with Tony after his behaviour could she be a single mother to two children.

"It's just Tony" Kelly confirmed. "Don't tell Gibbs" She pleaded. She stood up and left the lab, she just wanted to go home.

She saw Gibbs still sat his desk, he smiled when he saw TJ. He stood up and was walking to grab TJ, but Kelly's arms clung to him. As kelly reached her free arm to hug her dad. TJ was in between them as Gibbs held on to them both.

"Can you take me home dad?" She asked.

He looked into her eyes. "Yeah of course, what's up?"

"Nothing why?"

"I know those eyes, you don't look happy, don't keep secrets from me"

"I'm fine, I just wanna go home"

Kelly put TJ down for bed as she climbed into the bath, the hot water stinging her cuts and stitches. She laid down splashing the water on herself. She looked at her damaged stomach, Ducky's stitches were perfect and he said that he had some cream that was designed to help the skin repair better to minimise the scarring. Her stomach did look a little bloated but she just thought that's because she'd eaten more junk food recently not a baby.

She got ready into her P.J's after the worst couple of days of her life, she climbed into bed for a well deserved rest. She still lay on her side of the bed, stroking where Tony would usually sleep. She pulled his pillow over to her, it still smelt like him. She fell asleep clutching it close to her body.

She dreamt of the days to come. She couldn't stand Tony at the moment, but she still loved him. She knew they couldn't live without each other, they completed each other. They both filled in the others weakness making them stronger then anything. She didn't want TJ to have to be split between spending time with her or Tony. She didn't want to be alone when this other baby was born, not like before.