A/N: it may sound a little cheesy, but this is something I dreamed of the other night. Tony has several thousand brothers and sisters (he's in a family of 10 kids). His little sister Esther replaces McGee when he's gunned down. Esther is a Sergeant (E-05), technically in the Marines 2 ranks lower than Gibbs. Gibbs was a Gunnery Sergeant (rank E-07)

Filling McGee's Shoes

Wow, this place is HUGE! Tony stood on the other side of the car park, yelling at me to hurry up otherwise I'll be late for my first day. "Are you ok?" Tony asked as we walked into the building. I swallowed and nodded, "absolutely fine" he patted my back soothingly, "you'll do great. They're going to love you"

I looked up at him worriedly, "but I'm replacing McGee! Everyone loved McGee, he was your Probie!" I said and Tony shrugged, "we all miss him but sometimes you've just gotta move on from things like that." I sighed and Tony turned to me, "you're doing that whole worrying thing again. You're so much like ma"

I looked down at my shoes, "am I dressed ok?" I asked and it was Tony's turn to sigh. "How was I born into this family?" he said in despair as the elevator doors closed. I slapped my hand to my forehead.

I felt ok as soon as I entered the Bullpen. Everyone was pretty much still half asleep as I looked around. Tony had already put his things down on his desk, "Esther, your desk is over there" he pointed to a clean desk to the left of him. The other woman's head shot up as I sat down.

I guess she recognised me from the time I dropped off Tony's car after it had been detailed. She smiled sadly and I returned it. I watched as Tony pulled out a generous amount of paperwork, pens and white-out. "Esther, I'm gonna show you how the report system works"

He said and I rolled over to his desk on my computer chair, "if I remember correctly, I taught you how the system worked. You came to my place and pleaded for me to help you" Tony turned red. I laughed and rolled back to my desk. A silver haired man strode in and I took a wild guess that it was my new boss, Jethro Gibbs.

Every time I'd been to visit Tony, Gibbs was always somewhere else. I'd heard a lot about him though. He was fierce and liked things done straight away. Kind of like my old Marine General. Gunnery Sergeant Connor Greydove was a man who barked orders by the millisecond. His legendary motto was 'if you fell behind, you stayed behind'

I was in the Marines for 6 years. I joined when I got out of school and stopped last year. A few weeks ago Tony mentioned the job vacancy after McGee had died tragically. I knew Timothy McGee well. To replace him was an honour, but I couldn't help but feel bad about it.

Gibbs loomed over my desk and I hurriedly stood up, "Sergeant Esther DiNozzo reporting for duty, Sir" I said loudly and stood to attention. "At ease" he muttered, "it's nice to see someone with some respect in this goddamn place" out of the corner of my eye I could see Tony twirling around on his chair. "Who were you under the command of, Sergeant?" Gibbs demanded and I stood stiffly again, "Gunnery Sergeant Connor Greydove, sir"

Gibbs nodded, "Connor, a good man. An excellent marine too" he moved away to his desk and as soon as he sat down, the phone rang. He picked it up, "Gibbs". A few seconds later I heard an exclamation from his side of the room, "I don't see why you can't just come down the stairs to see her instead of ringing, Jenny"

Some angry jabbering could be heard on the other end and Gibbs dropped the phone into its holder. "Esther, the director would like to see you in her office." I nodded, "yes, sir" I stood up and made my way up the stairs. Once up there I could hear the other girl on the team speaking, "Tony, I like your sister so much more than you"

I smiled and pushed open the frosted glass door with the word 'Director' engraved on it. I figured I was heading in the right direction. I arrived in a small waiting room. The secretary looked up and smiled, "have a seat, the director with be with you shortly" then she leant over and pushed down the intercom button, "Director, Sergeant DiNozzo is here"

A few minutes later a pleasant looking lady with cropped red hair opened the door of the office and beckoned me in. once we were both seated she smiled kindly at me and played with one of the pens on the desk. "I must say, it's very nice to have a fresh face in NCIS. You know whose spot you've taken?"

I nodded, "I attended Agent McGee's funeral. I knew him well; he was a terrific agent and a great friend" she nodded, "yes, I recall seeing you there. Anyway, I though I'd share a few things with you before you start your first official day here. Number one, you don't have to refer to Gibbs as 'Sir' or 'Gunnery Sergeant' if you don't want to. He would be fine with you calling him Boss or just Gibbs"

I shrugged, "is it okay if I do refer to him as Sir? I'd prefer to address him as a higher rank than myself" the Director smiled, "of course" she then reached under her desk and pulled out a few sheets of paper, "I also need you to fill in a few details before you get to work"

She pushed the papers toward me and I lay them in my lap neatly. Then she leant forward, "now that you're on the team I would prefer it if you and Tony didn't discuss family matters in the workplace. It's fine if you do it outside of working hours and weekends but in NCIS, there is to be no talk of it"

I nodded, "yes ma'am". She smiled again, "you can go now. That was all"

A/N: this is the first story I've written in so long! Hope you like it and once I get 5 reviews I'll post another chapter up. In reply to the PM I got about The Long Goodbye, I'd like everyone to know it'll continue soon.

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