My Girls

Chapter 5

*in the squad room, Gibbs’ POV*

Ziva came back from Abby’s lab.
“Got anything?”
“No, just girl talk.”
“Alright.”  I said, not getting involved.
“Although I need to talk to you. In private.”

*In the elevator*

“What”
“Abby and I tried talking to Emma, and we did not get Anywhere. We were hoping that you could get through to her.”
“I already tried. You can't force someone to tell you things."
“Well there has to be something, someone that knows anything.”
“She will come to us about it when she’s ready.”
“We are running out of time, and patience. I am just worried that she is in trouble.”
“There is someone, who knows more than us, someone she trusts.”

*Griffin’s POV*

I heard a knock on the door, Emma was at work so it wasn’t her.
I opened the door revealing: Gibbs, Ziva, and Abby.
“Hey, can we talk.” Abby said
“Yea, come in.” They came in and sat down.
“What is this about, did something happen to Emma?"
“No, she’s fine. But she’s been acting strange.” gibbs said.
“Strange, how?”  I asked, becoming more alert.
“We were hoping you could tell us, she trusts you more.” Abby said.
“Has she opened up to you at all?” Ziva asked
“Emma and I are close but she doesn’t open up much.” I lied, I wanted to tell them the truth; but also that was Emma's call.
“What happens when she does open up?” Gibbs asked
“It’s really not my place to tell you.”
“It’s important, she has been more distracted. She wanted to talk yesterday, but closed up.” Abby said, catching my attention.
“You talked to her?”
“yeah.”
“Did you pressure her or corner her?”
Gibbs looked at Abby, “Maybe a little. But she didn’t say anything.”
“She doesn’t do well under pressure, Do not back her up into a corner. She just shuts down more.”
“How do we find out what is going on with her?” Ziva asked.
"You don't. she'll tell you when she's ready."
     "Well there has to be a way to get some clues." Abby said.
"Um, maybe a wire. I do know some things, but I'm not gonna betray her trust, god knows it took way too long to earn."
     "Will she be back over tonight?" Ziva asked.
"Trust me, after today; she'll come here after work."
      "got it, we'll get you set up" gibbs said.
They left hoping it would work. So did I, She was smart I hoped she wouldn't figure it out.

An hour later they came back with everything we would need. I already knew  everything about Emma’s past. I wish I could tell them about her, but it’s her story to tell. and I made a promise.

*Emma’s POV*

I stepped out of the elevator heading straight for my desk, not making eye contact with any of them; especially dad. I sat at my desk, getting a phone call a few minutes later.
“Emma”
    “Hi, Em, can I speak to you for a moment. Come on up.”
“Alright, on my way.” I hung up and went up to her office.

“You wanted to see me, director Shepard?”
“Yes, please shut the door…. Sit.”
“Am I in trouble?”
“Oh, no. I just wanted to talk.”
“Okay.”
“The team and your father have been worried about you, they haven’t talked to me but I get paid to observe. Are you alright?”
“I’m fine, director.”
“You’ve been a bit distracted.”
“I’ve been distracted, yes. But I’m fine. I won’t mix personal life into my work one.”
“If you ever want to talk, I am here.”
“I know. Thanks for your concern.” I said and left.

*After work, at Griffin’s house*

I arrived at Griffin’s house, immediately after work which was normally 21:00 but dad sent me home early so it was 17:00. I got out of the car, and knocked on the door. He opened. “Hi” he said and let me in. I sat on the couch, he made dinner,  after we ate, we just laid around his house.
“How was your day?”
“Good. we didn’t have a case today so I got to be lazy”
“That's good” It was silent for a bit, until he caught me off guard.
“What was the nightmare about?” I tensed up.
“I don’t know what you're talking about.”
“Don’t lie, I heard you crying last night.” I took a breath.
“It was just a memory of the night she died. I still blame myself. And I'll never stop.” It was true, I wouldn’t lie to him, even though I just did, but he’s really my only support system.

*Gibbs’ POV*
We had Griffin wear a wire, and an earpiece. I added a few cameras in the house, to have video, but also to see how he treated her. The people on Team Gibbs all have a bet going on. We all hope they get together other than DiNozzo, for some unspoken reason. Emma had a nightmare the night before,  we know someone she knows had died. I started thinking about what could be wrong with her.
*3 weeks earlier*
“Be careful, have fun.” Emma said, Giving me a hug.
“We will, be good.” I said as me and my wife, Dianne, stepped out the door. (We go on a little mini vacation together every other week. To help out our marriage. we started that a year ago.)  She seemed a little weird then as well.

*A few hours later, Griffin’s POV*

Emma soon fell asleep, in my arms.  I stayed by her side and didn’t move. I waited a few minutes, still nothing.
   "Griffin, try leaving her. Maybe something will happen." Gibbs said, into the earpiece.
"Alright." I said, getting up and going to my room.