Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS
Warning: May contain spanking of a minor
Tabitha 'Tabby' Gibbs is twelve years old and is the daughter of Leroy Jethro Gibbs who is married to Jenny Shepard. The bad thing about being the daughter or Gibbs is that you can never get away with anything. He knows everything; at least his team and daughter believe that. Tabby told herself she should have remembered this when she got in that fight with the meanest kid in the school. Gibbs had to come and pick her up and he wasn't happy. Jenny was busy with important business, so Gibbs had to leave in the middle of an investigation.
"Tabitha Grace, why was a fight the first thing you chose?" Gibbs asked when they got in the car.
"Sophie is the meanest kid in school and she always picks on me and my friends. I finally got tired of it and I had to stick up for my friends." Tabby said.
"We'll talk about this more later. You will go down to Abby's lab until it's time to go home."
"Why can't I go into mom's office?"
"She has some important business. Are you going to stay in Abby's lab?"
"Yes, I promise."
"Ok," Gibbs said pulling into the parking lot of NCIS, "let's get us down to Abby's lab."
In a matter of minutes Tabitha found herself in Abby's lab with her dad talking to Abby about making sure Tabby didn't leave the room and overall didn't have any fun. "Don't worry dad, I won't leave unless I have to." Tabby said. Gibbs nodded and left.
"So, you got in a fight?" Abby asked after a few minutes.
"Yeah, technically it was self-defense. Unfortunately, I know that dad doesn't see it that way and I guess I don't either." Tabby said.
"Do you have any homework to do?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, of course, I have three days of school work I have to do." Tabby said grabbing her bag and pulling out her math book and started working on the problems. After about an hour she got extremely bored. "Abby, can I play a game?"
"No, Gibbs said no games." Abby said.
"Please Abby! Just a five minute game! My dad won't even know."
"Tabby, have you forgotten that your dad is the all-knowing Gibbs."
"No. I'm just extremely bored." Tabby said as they head the elevator ding.
"Tabby, go upstairs." Gibbs said coming up to them.
"Why? I thought I was staying down here until we went home."
"There is a change of plans." Gibbs said. "And take your bag with you." Tabby got up and left Abby's lab.
"Gibbs, what wrong?" Abby asked.
"One of the bodies found was that of a twelve year old girl from Tabby's school. Her name is Rose and both she and her father were shot. I don't want Tabby finding out until later. Rose was one of Tabby's friends. She always came over to our house and spent the night."
"When are you going to tell her?"
"Sometime tonight." Gibbs said unknown to him that his daughter had heard the whole conversation. Tabby ran up the stairs to the bullpen before Gibbs's caught her.
"Hey, Tabby Cat, I heard you got into some trouble." Tony said when Tabby came into view.
"I don't want to talk about it Tony." Tabby practically growled it out.
"No need to get angry, Tabby." Tony said.
"Tony, leave her alone. She had a bad enough day already without you torturing her." McGee said.
"Do you know if my mom's free or not?" Tabby asked. She wanted to cry and she knew her mom would comfort her and not ask too many questions.
"I don't think anybody is up there with her." McGee said.
"I'm going to go see my mom." Tabby said leaving her bag by Gibbs desk and walking up the stairs to her mom's office. She knocked on the door and waited for her mom to say enter and then ran to her mom and started crying. Jenny led Tabby over to the couch and they both sat down. Tabby cried into her mom's shoulder while Jenny tried to comfort her. Gibbs came barging through the door a few minutes later angry at his daughter for leaving the bullpen until he saw her crying.
"What's going on?" Gibbs said sitting on the other side of Tabby.
"I have no clue; she just came in here crying." Jenny said.
"Tabby, what's wrong?" Gibbs asked. Tabby just stayed quiet. She couldn't tell him what she overheard. "Tabby, please tell us what's wrong."
"I can't!" Tabby said.
"Why?"
"You'll be mad at me?"
"Maybe, but it's better for you to tell me then for me to find out a different way."
Tabby took a couple breathes, "I overheard you talking to Abby about the case."
"So you eavesdropped on me."
"Yes, daddy." Tabby said.
"Tabby, I wanted to wait until we got home. I not mad at you and I'll just give you a warning about the fighting, but this is the only time that this will happen."
"Yes, daddy." Tabby said.
"Tabby, I'm about to leave, you can come with me if you want to, or you can stay here with your dad." Jenny said.
"I'll go home."
"Where's your bag?"
"By dad's desk."
"Go grab it and I'll meet you down there."
"Ok," Tabby said leaving the office.
"Hey, Tabby Cat, did you get in trouble for leaving?" Tony said with concern.
"No." Tabby said grabbing her bag.
"Tabby, what wrong?" Abby said coming into the bullpen. Tabby just started crying all over again. Abby ran over and started hugging Tabby and was surprised when Tabby hung on to her until Jenny came down.
"Tabby, let's go." Jenny said. Tabby let go of Abby and followed Jenny to the car. Jenny was happy Tabby had been suspended. Tabby needed the comfort of her family for next few days.
