Rated: T-for some bad language, and some violence.
Summary: Kate's life is turned upside down when the new kid on the block moves in. His name? Tony Dinozzo. His game? Create utter mayhem and chaos, without lifting a finger.
Pairings: you'll just have to see won't you! ;)
A/N: This little plot bunny was running around in my head for a while and I finally decided to write it down. I know that there are quite a few NCIS high school fics, but I wanted to just take my own jab at it… So here goes nothing! Hope y'all like it!
Disclaimer: While I came close to getting an autographed script for X-mas, I sadly do not own NCIS and am using it solely to entertain poor, destitute people like me that wish they did own the wonders of the NCIS world.
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"Hey Dad?" Kate's voice came through the open door to the basement.
"I'm in the basement Kate!" Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs yelled up to his eldest daughter. He looked up when he saw her shadow on his boat. "What's up sweetie?"
Kate pointed out the door and said, "Did you know that we have new neighbors moving in?" Gibbs shook his head, "No, I didn't. Do wanna go over and meet them?" Kate perked up. She always loved to meet new people. "Sure!" she said happily.
"Should we invite Abby along?" Gibbs asked. "Naw, she went over to Tim's house this morning, they're such a cute couple!" Gibbs smirked. Yes, his younger daughter Abby and her boyfriend Tim McGee were quite 'cute'.
"C'mon Dad! Hurry up, they might go inside and then it'll be all awkward!" Gibbs shook his head and took the stairs by twos. As they were walking out the door Gibbs got the first view of the new neighbors. There was an Arabic looking woman standing outside the moving truck lifting a small box. She had long black hair in a tight braid, and strong cheek bones that complemented her darker skin.
"Hey Sadeeqaty, which room do you want this to go in?" A boy of about 17 or 18 walked out of the truck and jumped down to the ground holding a large box. The woman looked up and shrieked, dropping her box, it landed with a loud thunk.
"Tony! Don't take the big boxes! What if you strain your arm!" Gibbs looked incredulous; the box didn't look that heavy, so why was his mom coddling him? As the woman grabbed the box from the boy, Gibbs saw that Tony was wearing a brace on his left arm. As he and Kate were walking up to the woman and Tony, they could hear Tony whining.
"Aww, c'mon Sadeeqaty! The box isn't even that heavy, and I need to start using my arm if I wanna get ready for football season!" Gibbs let out a small cough, announcing his and Kate's presence. Tony whipped around quickly; Gibbs could swear that he saw an instance of fear flash across his face before he gave a huge goofy grin.
"Well hiya." He said. "Hey! Sadeeqaty, we have visitors." The woman stuck her head around the corner, and smiled when she saw the two Gibbs. She walked over and stood next to Tony. "Hello," she said. "You must be our neighbors." Gibbs nodded and stuck his right hand out to the woman. "Jethro Gibbs, and this is my older daughter Kate." The woman took the proffered hand. "Ziva, and this is Tony." Gibbs held out his hand to Tony and Tony awkwardly shook it with his right hand. Kate laughed and stuck out her left to Tony.
"It's so nice to meet you guys, it's awesome to finally have someone my own age around." Kate said smiling widely. "So where did you guys move from?" Tony looked at Ziva, and when he got a nod he said, "New York." Kate gave a groan of jealousy. "I've always wanted to go to New York! Dad over here, can't take us though, 'cause of his job."
Ziva looked at Gibbs. "Oh? What is it that you do?"
"I'm a Special Agent at NCIS. That stands for-"
"Naval Criminal Investigative Services." Tony interrupted, and then blushed a little. "Sorry, its just I've…heard about it before." Gibbs noticed the pause in Tony's sentence.
"So, Mrs. Ziva, what do you do?" Ziva jumped slightly at her new title. "Please call me Ziva, calling me Mrs. makes me feel like my mother. And currently I am unemployed, if know any place that's hiring, please let me know." She smiled slightly. "Anways, it was wonderful to meet you two, but Tony and I should probably try to finish unpacking before it gets dark."
"Why don't we help you out?" Gibbs offered, while Kate nodded. "That would be wonderful!" Ziva said. "Then direct us where to Boss!" Kate said, giving Ziva and Tony a military salute, just like her dad had taught her.
"Here, Kate, you can help me," Tony said as he lifted himself back into the truck. Kate crawled in after him, while Gibbs followed Ziva into the house carrying the box Tony had previously been carrying. Gibbs was surprised to find out that while it looked light, it was very heavy.
"Why don't you grab that box there, and I'll take this one." Tony suggested as he held up a small box. Kate nodded. As they were walking into the house she whistled. The living room was beautiful, even though there was scattered furniture and boxes everywhere. There was a big window that let in the afternoon light and it shone off of the cherry wood floor.
"My room's up the stairs." Tony said, leading the way. Kate followed, taking in everything around her, including the boxes everywhere and random items taken out.
"You guys are Jewish?" Kate asked nodding to the Chanukah sitting on top of a box.
"We kinda are, Sadeeqaty is, I mean Ziva is. But we're more a mixture of Christianity and Judaism." Tony said, his forehead crinkling as he thought about how to describe it. Kate giggled in her mind; he looked so cute when he scrunched up his forehead. Whoa! Kate thought. Did I really just say that Tony was cute? I haven't even known him for an hour!
"Kate? Are you coming?" Kate jumped and saw that Tony had already walked into his room, his head sticking outside of the doorway. She nodded and walked quickly into his room.
Her mouth dropped open when she saw the 40 inch TV screen and the floor to ceiling bookshelf full of DVDs. "Holy crap! Do you think that you have enough DVDs?" Tony smirked.
"Yeah, I know it's a lot…It's just that we've moved a lot and DVDs are the only friends that I've taken with me." Tony gave a nonchalant shrug and a goofy smile, but Kate could tell that he was trying to hide something.
"What's in that box?" Kate said, nodding to the box that Tony had carried in.
"Photo documentation of my life," Tony said grinning. Kate cocked an eyebrow in question. "Here, I'll show you."
Tony opened the box and Kate saw a bunch of pictures. Some were in frames; others were loose and still sticky from the tape that had once held them up to a wall. Tony took out the framed pictures and set them onto his desk for Kate to see. The first picture she looked at showed three boys with their arms around each other's shoulders. They were all wearing dirty football gear and grinning from ear-to –ear. The one in the middle was obviously Tony with his goofy grin and twinkling eyes. The next picture showed a little boy giggling in Ziva's arms. Kate smiled at the happiness of the baby and didn't notice the slight strain in Ziva's smile. The next picture was of Tony being lifted up by a group of screaming classmates. Tony was holding up what was obviously the winning game football and grinning like a Cheshire cat. And on went the pictures each depicting a happy moment in Tony's life, sometimes featuring Ziva. The last picture in the lineup was a newspaper clipping about the 'Boy Wonder on the Field' with a big picture of Tony jumping up and grabbing the pigskin for the winning touchdown.
"Wow, Tony! You're really good at football." Kate said finally looking at Tony. He grinned at her, then nodded to wrapped wrist.
"Now you understand why I need to get this thing off my wrist. It's my last year in high school, and even though I'm going to play college I want to play for high school for one last year." Kate nodded, understanding the need to participate in something that you loved. She didn't know what she would do if she wasn't able to play on the tennis team. "You can just put that box over on the bureau for now, I'll have to figure out where I want to put that stuff later," Tony said, gesturing to the box Kate still held. "I think that's everything for now. Thanks for helping out Kate. Maybe we can see each other tomorrow?"
Kate nodded enthusiastically. "We'll definitely be seeing each other tomorrow, when my sister Abby finds out that she wasn't the first to meet the new neighbors she'll drag us back on over here on pain of death with cookies and the standard welcome to the neighborhood greeting. And I'm sure Kelly and Mom will want to meet you, too!" Tony looked at Kate.
"Wait, you have two other sisters? Abby and Kelly? And then your mom?" Kate nodded. "Awesome! I can't wait to meet them; I hope that they're as sweet as you are."
Kate felt a blush creeping across her cheeks, and saw that Tony was also going red around the ears when he realized what he said.
"Er, I mean…I'll show you to the door, I'm sure that Sadeeqaty and your dad and done now." Tony said, ushering Kate back down the stairs to the door where Ziva and Gibbs were saying goodbye. As Kate and Gibbs walked towards their house, Kate turned around and yelled, "See you tomorrow Tony!" Tony smiled and waved.
After Ziva closed the door she turned to Tony. "Tony, do not make me remind you that it would be unwise to get to close to the Gibbses." Tony looked at his Converse.
"Yeah, Ziva, I know. I don't want a repeat of New York."
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I know, the first chapter is pretty boring, but we need to set the scene so you understand what is going on. Don't worry mayhem and chaos will ensue in the next few chapters.
Next chapter: ABBY! Haha, I couldn't go and write a fic with out her!
I'll try to update again this weekend, but no promises, because I have to study for three tests in the same class next week, ugh.
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