Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or its characters or the song 'Tim McGraw' by Taylor Shaw.
A/N: I know this plot has been done before but please bear with me.
A/N 2: This story is set three years after Kate's death. Kate and Ari are still alive. This is just so the story matches the song.
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You said the way my blue eyes shine
Put those Georgia stars to shame that night
I said that's a lie
I'm so modest. The day Tony told me I was beautiful, I told him I wasn't and kept brushing off all of his compliments thereafter.
Just a boy in a Chevy truck
That had a tendency of gettin' stuck
On back roads at night
And I was right there beside him all summer long
And then the time we woke up to find that summer gone
Tony and I had been seeing each other for a while when I 'died'. He had this old crappy truck that would break down in the middle of nowhere. When I found out Ari was trying to kill me, the FBI put me in the Witness Protection Program. Someone impersonated Ari and 'shot' me on that roof. For the last three years, I've been living in Philadelphia as Meredith Clark.
Tony and I had good times together. We knew after a while we were meant for each other. I know it sounds corny but it's the truth.
But when you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jean
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
We'd dance to our song in his apartment in our pajamas. We'd watch movies only to fall asleep half way through. Once, he took me out to some lake at night. He thought it'd be romantic. And it was, until we got bit by mosquitoes.
September saw a month of tears
And thankin' God that you weren't here
To see me like that
But in a box beneath my bed
Is a letter that you never read
Three summers back
It's hard not to find it all a little bittersweet
And lookin' back on all of that
It's nice to believe
I lost contact with all of my family and friends. I'd cry for hours. I was all by myself, hoping Ari wouldn't find me and Gibbs would find him first so I could come home. I'd try to write my family letters that I'd give them once I was safe. But I could only write one to Tony.
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think my favorite song
The one we danced to all night long
The moon like a spotlight on the lake
When you think happiness
I hope you think that little black dress
Think of my head on your chest
And my old faded blue jean
When you think Tim McGraw
I hope you think of me
According to the FBI, Ari wasn't far behind and was on my trail. He was coming to kill me. So, I get a new name and a new home. They told me I could tell one person that I was alive. Anyone. I didn't pick my parents, my siblings or even Gibbs. I picked Tony. I had to give him that letter.
And I'm back for the first time since then
I'm standin' on your street
And there's a letter left on your doorstep
And the first thing that you'll read
They drove me to Tony's apartment. I knocked on his door and waited.
And waited.
The more I waited the more nervous I became. I had no idea what he'd do or say to me.
No answer. He was at work.
I slid the letter under his door, walked back to the car and headed for a new life.
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I've got chapter 2 done. Just tell me if you want it.
And I know that the FBI probably doesn't let people tell their family that they're alive but let pretend they do.