Good Night Sleep Tight
A collection of bedtime stories one shots.
Chapter 1 Gibbs & Tali: The Grouchy Old Bear
"Do you want me to tell you a story, Tali?" Gibbs was watching his granddaughter and grandson for the night while their parents had a date night. She smiled and nodded her head, "Please, Grandpa!"
He tucked Kelev under her arm and sat on the side of the bed. "Once upon a time, there was a grouchy old bear. He was grouchy almost all the time. Some days he didn't even try to smile. The grouchy old bear had a few friends, but they mostly tried to stay away when he was very grouchy.
"He would be grouchy at home, at work, when he went shopping, and just about any place. He didn't care if the other bears didn't like him because he was so grouchy. He just wanted to be grouchy and work on his boat. But his job meant that he had to work with other bears and talk to them.
"He worked hard and his team helped catch bears who broke the laws. Some of the bears on his team were nice to him, but he had too much grouchiness inside him to be nice back. One day all that changed, because a new bear came to work for him.
"The new bear liked to work with the grouchy bear, and learned to ignore the grouchy parts. The new bear even got the grouchy bear to smile once in a while. He would act silly or make a joke and even if the grouchy bear didn't laugh or smile, on the inside he did smile. The grouchy bear began to like the other bear as a son.
"Another new bear, who was very good with computers, came to work with the grouchy bear and the goofy bear. Computer bear was very smart, and he learned from the other two bears. Their team was almost complete. A girl bear came to join the team. Grouchy bear liked her independence and spirit and she was like a daughter to him.
"The four bears worked together catching the criminal bears and solving crimes and became the very best at their job. The grouchy bear cared about his team a lot, and if someone tried to hurt one of his team, he got very, very grouchy and very angry. Nobody messed with his kids!
"The girl bear got very sad and had to leave the job. The goofy bear was very upset and went to find the girl bear because he loved her. But the goofy bear came home without his love. She needed to figure out her life.
"One day the team learned that the girl bear had been hurt and they were very sad. The goofy bear left the team to take care of the baby bear that had been born to the girl bear. The goofy bear was her daddy. The little girl bear and her daddy bear went to find the big girl bear. She found them in Paris and they were a family.
"The bears had another baby bear, this one a boy baby. The daddy and mommy bears decided that they needed to go home to Washington DC. The grouchy bear was very surprised when they came home. He hugged his kids and then the little girl bear. The baby boy bear smiled at him.
"The little girl bear loved her grandpa bear. He was not as grouchy as he used to be. Then one day the little girl bear hugged her grandpa bear and said to him, 'Grandpa, I love you.' The grouchy old bear felt his heart growing and he cried happy tears. His heart was no longer grouchy; it was happy and loved.
"The grandpa bear was nice to everyone, except the criminal bears, and the whole bear family lived happily ever after."
Gibbs looked over at Tali, who was sound asleep. He gently kissed her forehead, "Sleep tight, Tali. I love you!"