Leroy Jethro Gibbs was walking out of the elevator and into the bullpen when someone ran up to him.
"Boss! There is a young woman with three little kids here waiting in the bullpen; I offered to take her to the lounge but she just sat at your desk!" said Special Agent Antony 'Tony' DiNozzo, worried at how his Boss would react.
Jethro pushed pass and walked into the bullpen. He saw a young woman around twenty-two with reddish brown hair sitting in his chair. When he was about five steps away she spun around and bounded up to him with a baby in her arms. Expertly she shifted the baby off to the side and wrapped Jethro up in a one arm hug.
"You still can't sneak up on me Uncle Roy!" The young lady said.
"I can still try though, can't I?" Jetho asked looking at his niece.
"I suppose. The little boy over there is Jethro Roy Raine, the little girl is Shae kelsy Raine and," she shifted the baby in her arms so he was facing Jethro, "and this is Thomas Marcus Raine." Harmony said as she grinned proudly, looking down at the little boy in her arms.
"Jethro and Shae- the twins Thalia was pregnant with at Shannon and Kelly's funeral?" Jethro asked quietly.
"No, she miscarried but she got pregnant with twins again around seven years later and didn't survive the birth. Then dad started drinking; He's drunk all 'round the clock now. And it was survivable- until he started knocking the kids around. Can we please stay with you? I'll look after Jethro, Shae and Tommy while you work," Harmony murmured pleadingly, sounding close to tears.
"Wait, you said Thalia died giving birth to the twins, so who is Thomas' mother?" Jethro said looking at his neice with one of his Gibbs glares.
"I-i am." Harmony whispered. "The guy I was seeing pressured me into having unprotected sex with him and little Tommy was the result."
"Fine. You can go to my house. I haven't moved so you should get there fine." Jethro said.
"Uh, Boss? Your house isn't exactly child proof for the twins and from the amount of take out rubbish that's in your waste bin, there's probably no food there either," Special Agent Timothy McGee spoke up.
"They can go to my place Boss. Thomas and Harmony can sleep in my bed, the twins can take the spare room, and I can sleep on the couch." Offerd Tony quickly.
Jethro studied Tony for a minute then nodded,"Take them there now and stay there until McGee or Ziva comes by."
"On it, Boss. Miss, if you would come with me?" Tony motioned to Harmony.
"Uh actually if you could take Jethro aand Shae down to the car and load them in, I need to talk to Uncle Roy about something that they need not know about." Harmony said biting her lip and looking up at her uncle.
"DiNozzo, take the twins down the stairs. Harmony and I will take the elevator." Gibbs said.
Harmony bent down and gave the twins a kiss on the head each.
"You two be good for Mr. Tony, or no story tonight!"
Jethro watched Tony took the twins by the hands and led them to the stairs before turning to his niece. He gave her a swift searching look. She was nervous about something, that much was obvious. It couldn't be about what he was thinking it was, could it?
Once they were in the elevator Jethro flicked the stall switch.
"A few weeks ago in science we were doing blood testing. Because mum and Aunty Shannon were identical twins they would have shared the same blood and it would look like Kelly, Jethro, Shae, and I are half siblings." Harmony immediately started up.
"Yeah that sounds about right." Jethro said groaning inside. She knew.
"But dad has a different blood type. He is type B. Mum is type A. Jethro, Shae and I should all be type AB."
"Yeah and?"
"You are type A. I am type A. Not AB but A."
"And?" Jethro asked even though he knew exactly where she was going.
"The man that has raised me can't be my bialogical father." Harmony said looking everywhere but at her uncle.
"He isn't!" Jethro said then flicked the switch and the elevator was moving again. Harmony went to flick the back but Jethro grabbed her hand. Pulling her close into a hug he buried his face in her hair and mumbled
"I will tell you the story later, but Harmony, please know that you have always been wanted."
The elevator dinged and Jethro stepped back.
"Now go have fun with Tony." Jethro said with a small grin.