NCIS and OTH
Truth or Dare
Chapter 1
The letter
Gibbs sat in the silent bullpen watching as the other agents in the office began their morning routines. He brought the Styrofoam cup in his hand to his lips and let the hot dark liquid inside it to fill his mouth and slide down his throat. After taking the sip he placed the cup soundlessly on his desk to let it cool just a little bit longer. While the morning felt quiet now Gibbs could not help but notice that his gut was churning for reasons he was not yet aware of. Instead of trying to figure out why the feeling was there Gibbs closed his eyes for just a moment to relax while he waited for the team to show up. Ziva or McGee would show up first or maybe together leaving Tony to come in last as usual.
Jethro sighed softly content with the moment then slowly opened his sparkling blues. Gibbs froze in utter surprise when he came face to face with a ghost of his past. How he did not hear her enter the area surrounding his desk was beyond him. For a long moment Jethro stared at her confused as if trying to figure out whether or not he was really seeing her.
"Victoria." He muttered, more to himself than to her.
The woman before Gibbs who was a former redhead turned brunette, stared back at him with cold and distant eyes. Like his they were a piercing blue yet unlike him she appeared heartless and this would likely be obvious to anyone. All it took was one look to figure it out.
With pursed lips Victoria Davis slapped a sealed envelope down on the surface of the desk between the two of them. Gibbs looked down at it for just a moment before returning his gaze to meet Victoria's. His expression showed more confusion than ever.
"Congratulations, it's a girl and she's your problem now." Without another word or even waiting for so much as a response Victoria Davis turned away and stormed out in her designer clothes and pricey heels.
Gibbs felt his gut churn again as he watched her leave shoving her way past Tony and Ziva as he got off the elevator. The senior field agent stared after her letting a playful and sexual growl escape him while wearing a smirk on his face. Ziva rolled her eyes at his behavior and headed to her desk. Tony strolled into the bullpen behind her and nodded toward Gibbs.
"Who's the cougar?"
Gibbs glared across at Tony. "My ex-wife." He grumbled in response.
The grin on Tony's face disappeared as he sat down and he decided it was best to not speak on the observation he made that the woman had dark hair as opposed to the shade Gibbs seemed to be attracted to.
Gibbs waited to hear the sounds of Tony and Ziva typing on their computers before reaching for the thick envelope that Victoria left behind. His mind continued to repeat her words as he unsealed the large brown envelope. He was not prepared in the least for what he was about to read.
Inside the envelope was a collection of papers that may as well have been a scrapbook of legal documents and newspaper clippings, pictures of a baby girl and finally a birth certificate and DNA test results.
The birth certificate had the baby's name printed in perfect cursive lettering. Brooke Penelope Davis was what Gibbs read after slipping on his glasses. At first he did not understand, the father's name on the certificate was Richard Edgar Davis, the same man that Gibbs had caught Victoria cheating with while they were married. Based on the date of birth the baby was far from being a child.
It was not until Gibbs actually looked at the DNA results that Victoria's words began to make sense. Gibbs read the results at least fifty times over before it finally began to sink in. Leroy Jethro Gibbs was the father of a twenty three year old woman who probably had no idea that he even existed.
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Meanwhile
Brooke opened her eyes as the sunlight shone through the curtains of the bedroom window. She sighed not exactly ready to face the day but she knew that once she was awake it would not be easy to return to sleep after already having slept through the night.
She sat up in the bed and rubbed the sleep out of her eyes before stretching her arms out to each side yawning as she did. She threw the covers off her long legs and slipped her feet into the soft plush slippers she kept on the floor next to the bed since the hardwood floors were cold in the morning.
Brooke smiled as the smell of coffee coming from the kitchen tickled her nostrils letting her know that Peyton was already awake and starting breakfast. Brooke ran her hands through her shoulder length hair and opened the door to her room. It did not take long for Brooke to go from just waking up to being her perky self.
She grinned happily at Peyton whose curly blonde locks were a tousled mess from a good night's sleep. "Morning, Goldilocks." Brooke taunted playfully. She received an eye roll in response from her best friend and simply laughed as she took the cup full of fresh coffee that Peyton passed her.
"Morning, B. Davis." Peyton finally replied as she turned back to preparing pancakes for herself and Brooke.
Out of the corner of her eye Brooke noticed a large envelope sitting on the island's countertop. She nodded toward it even though Peyton's back was turned to her. "What's that?"
Peyton looked over her shoulder for a brief second to see what Brooke was talking about. "It was on the doorstep with the paper. There's a note stuck to it from Bitchtoria." She answered groggily, using the nickname that she and Brooke created to describe Victoria's nasty demeanor.
Brooke's eyebrows pulled together in wonder and she moved around to the other side of the counter and took a seat on one of the tall barstool chairs. She set her coffee down in front of her and reached for the envelope sliding it closer to her.
The post-it note on the surface had a cryptic and hurtful statement in her mother's handwriting. 'You've disappointed me for the last time I want nothing to do with you anymore. Go to him if you need help with any stupid decisions you want to make.' –Victoria
Brooke took a deep breath and crumpled up the note before tossing it aside not caring to find out where it landed. She lost her company and that was difficult enough and thanks to Victoria. The last thing she needed was to be called stupid yet again. She was doing the right thing paying the investors back and it was her company therefore it was not Victoria's business what she chose to do.
She sighed as she took the envelope in her hands and opened it up. Inside was a copy of her birth certificate which she didn't need since she already had one in her scrapbook. Also in the envelope was a copy of a wedding license but instead of her father's name it was a foreign name to her. 'Leroy Jethro Gibbs.'
"Oh em gee." Brooke muttered to herself.
Peyton turned setting a plate of pancakes in front of Brooke. "What is it?" She asked curiously as she turned back to the stove for a minute before moving to sit beside Brooke with her own breakfast.
"My mom…she was married before she met my dad." Brooke explained showing Peyton the papers. While the skinny blonde took a forkful of her pancakes that she had just finished drenching in maple syrup Brooke took out another page from the folder.
"Who is that?" Peyton questioned after swallowing as she read the mysterious name.
"My father…" Brooke whispered.
Peyton looked up so fast that she nearly gave herself whiplash. "You said what now?"
Brooke shook her head and sighed. She couldn't believe it and yet it explained how distant of a father Richard was to her and why he cared more about his golf-score than he did her.
"He's my Dad, my real Dad that is." Brooke clarified letting Peyton see the DNA results in her hands from just after she was born.
A/N: I just want to make a few things clear so you readers aren't confused. I love Julian but I wanted Brooke to be single, you'll find out why as the story continues. Also I am well aware that Gibbs did not remarry until the 90's I'll remind you that this is slight AU so the timeline is a bit different in order for this crossover to fit together. So, it is simple as this. Gibbs married Shannon younger than the show implies. Instead of them being twenty or so in this story they were 18. They have Kelly, move to Stillwater, etc. Gibbs goes off to war, the girls get killed, Gibbs joins NCIS. A couple years pass and he meets Victoria who is quite a bit younger than him but he's lonely and they marry, she cheats but she's pregnant with his baby not Davis's. She never tells Gibbs, they divorce, and she let's Davis think Brooke is his. Then comes Jenny, then the other two wives. So there is the explanation for the slightly recreated timeline. Instead of Jenny coming after the first marriage she comes after the second. As far as when the war took place in reality I am not going to get technical about that so don't bitch at me about it. This is fanfiction which means that historical events may shift a bit. It's fiction! That doesn't mean I'm trying to change anything I'm just doing what I can so this pieces together and doesn't get confusing.
Now as far as the timeline with Tree Hill goes it is all mostly the same with the exception that Peyton still lives with Brooke and there is no Julian. Everything that happens to Clothes over Bro's will still happen it just goes on sooner than it actually has on the show.
Also if you don't like the story then don't read it. I've had people in the past bitch about my writing b/c they hated it and that's fine if you don't like it but I have better things to do than read your rants about how I suck. So just be nice and if you don't like it go find another story to read.
Happy reading, please read and review. :)
