Fifteen years. That was how long it had been since Kelly and Shannon had been killed. Gibbs lost the two most important people in his life that day, his wife and his little girl. Just like every year since that day he stood looking at the marble headstones, and just like every other time he laid a white rose on Shannon's grave and a daisy on Kelly's. Every time he couldn't help but to wonder what Kelly would look like as a grown woman, like her mother at that age he guessed. He was almost always alone on this day but he never said a word while he was there.
His phone vibrated in his pocket and he pulled it out, another body had dropped. He pulled into the park where the body had been found and got out walking towards the crime scene.
"What do we gat Ducky?" he asked bending over to get a better look.
"You ok Gibbs?" ducky asked.
"I'm fine can we just get on with it." Ducky nodded and Gibbs let out a sigh.
"His names Nick Simon, he's a Navy Seal, looks like a gun shot to the chest. A 34 caliber by the looks of it." Gibbs stood up and looked at Magee.
"Find out next of kin and get a hold of anyone he may have been in contact with before he died." Gibbs said looking around at the crime scene.
When Gibbs finally got back to NCIS his team was gathered around the TV wispering.
"Get back to work." He barked. "Magee you got anything for me?" No one moved, they all just turned to look at him. Tony pushed Ziva towards him.
"I'm so sorry Gibbs, I know how hard everything is for you right now." Ziva said giving Gibbs a hug, he looked at her confused.
"Ziver I'm fine, what happened, happened , there's nothing you can do. Lets just focus on the case. It at least has nothing to do with them." Gibbs rasured, everyone looked at each other.
"Actualy it does have something to do with them Gibbs." Ziva spoke up.
"What? How?" Gibbs asked confused.
"We found the wife, and well, her name is Kelly Simon. She used to be Kelly Gibbs till four years ago." Tony explained stepping away from the screan. There was an ID photo of Kelly, she had aged and had darker brown hair but it was his Kelly. He stumbled backward and Ziva swung her chair out for him to sit in.
"Do you have an address?" Gibbs asked Magee nodded and handed him a slip of paper. "Ziva, come with me and help me talk to her." Ziva nodded and they walked to the elevator.
The house was a two story with tan siding and very simple. They walked up to the house and knocked on the door, after several minutes a young woman answerd the door.
"Hi, can I help you?" She smiled balancing a sleeping toddler in one arm.
"Mrs. Simon I'm Special Agent David and this is specal agent Gibbs. We're here about your husband." The girl caught her breath and couldn't take her eyes off Gibbs.
"Who are you with?" She asked looking back at Ziva.
"NCIS" Ziva replied. "May we come in." She asked.
"Yah sorry." she said stepping out of the way so they could come in. "Have a seat, I have to put him down then I'll be right with you." She said walking up the stairs.
"You going to be ok?" Ziva asked when Kelly was out of ear shot.
"I think so but thanks Z." Gibbs replied looking at the photo's on the fireplace. Most of them were her with her husband and their son, he picked up one that he knew. It was one of he and Kelly when she was about five and he was dressed in uniform.
"Did I change that much that you don't even recognize me?" A voice said behind him.
"I knew it was you from the moment I saw you Kelly." Gibbs said turning around and smiling at her. She ran over throwing her arms around him and sobbing into his shoulder.
"I missed you dad." She said threw the cries.
"I missed you to Kells." Gibbs said kissing the top of her head. They stood there for a little while before she pulled away.
"Why did you say you were here again?" She asked looking at Ziva.
"We're here about your husband."
"He's dead isn't he?" Gibbs and Ziva looked at each other.
"I'm so sorry." Gibbs said as Kelly sat down on the sofa hands over her mouth.
"I just talked to him this morning, he was supposed to be shipped out tonight for another three months." Kelly said wiping away the tears as they fell. Gibbs sat down in the chair and laid a hand on her knee.
"Is there anyone who would want to hurt him?" Ziva asked.
"No, everyone loved him." Kelly replied looking up.
"Where were you this morning?" Ziva asked.
"I love my husband, and I have a two year old son who is my entire life, who I have to now tell is not going to get to see his dad again. Where do you think I was." Kelly said threw gritted teeth.
"We have to ask." Gibbs said apologetically.
"I'm sorry, I've been having to deal with a lot of stuff laitly that was bad enough with my husband leaving. Now I have to deal with it by myself." Kelly apologized.
"So how long have you two been together?" Ziva asked now looking at the photo's.
"Umm we've been married for four years but I knew him for a little over 6 years. We met in collage but we were both going out with other people at the time and we didn't start daiting till a few months later. We dated for a year almost and he proposed." Kelly smiled.
"You two seem happy." Ziva said holding a picture.
"Yah, we were. Though I still question if I did the right thing by marrying him, I knew what it was like to have someone you love so far away and I didn't want to go threw that again, let alone put a kid threw that; but I guess love conqures all, right?" Kelly said holding back the waterfall with a quivering smile. Gibbs put his arm around her and brought her closer.
"Do you have a restroom?" Ziva asked.
"Yah, just down the hall and last door on the left." Kelly said, her voice muffled in her fathers shoulder.
"you are so grown up baby." Gibbs smiled when Kelly pulled away leaning against him still.
"Fifteen years will do that." Kelly said looking up at him.
"I'm so sorry, if I had known that you were alive I would have looked but, everyone told me that you had both died in the accident." Gibbs admited, and Kelly sat up turning to look at him just as a soft voice spoke behind her.
"Mommy?" said a little weak voice whose head was peaking around the corner.
"Hey sweetie, it's ok, come here." He paused before entering the living room and walking to his mother reaching up his arms to her and she lifted him up on her lap. The boy looked at Gibbs who was smiling while his mother fixed his hair. He hit Kelly on the arm and leaned up to her ear.
"Who's that mamma." He said in a loud wisper." Kelly whispered something in his ear a little quieter and he poked Gibbs arm and Gibbs looked into his eyes, Kelly's eyes.
"Who are you mister?" Gibbs chuckled.
"I'm your grandpa, what's your name?"
"That's a silly question, it's the same as you."
"No your middle name is the same, what's your first name?" Kelly corrected.
"Lucas" He smiled and so did Kelly.
"It is a pleasure to meet you Lucas." Gibbs smiled at his Grandson. Ziva walked back out and stopped at the doorway clearing her throat.
"Gibbs, Tony just called we have a lead and he thinks we need to come in." she said
"Ok," he said standing up and so did Kelly, who was still holding Lucas. "Come over tonight if you want I'll make some dinner and we can talk some more." Gibbs said kissing her forehead and rubbing Lucas's back.
"Wait where do you live?" she asked as they walked to the door.
"Same place we always have." Gibbs smiled, he looked back as he walked down the sidewalk and she waved goodbye, closing the door.
