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The little girl started to walk slowly towards Gibbs. Everybody's eyes were on her. As she approached Gibbs, he bent down so he could be eye level with her. They stared silently at each other for a few moments.
The girl was the one who made the first move to start a conversation, "Hello." She signed. Gibbs gave a small smile to her before he signed hello back.
"I've missed you." The little girl signed and placed her right hand on his cheek. Gibbs pulled her in for a hug and gave her a kiss on the cheek as she wrapped her arm tightly around her neck. As he embraced her, he held back the tears that were gathering in the corners of his eyes.
Jenny, Ziva, Tony and McGee were standing in the middle of the ballpen, when Jenny gave a slight cough that pulled Gibbs back into reality. Gibbs stood up and stroked the little girls' hair. She turned around and walked up to McGee.
McGee also bent down to be eye level with her, "Hello, my name is T.I.M. It's very…"
"Where did you learn to sign, Probie." DiNozzo jumped in with.
"We didn't have a case and I had done all my paper work, so I went down to see Abby. She was really bored and asked me if she could teach me ALS (American Sign Language). I agreed so from time to time she teaches me a little bit more but I still only know a little."
"We your just full of surprises McProbie. Does this mean we all need to learn ALS to communicate with her?"
Gibbs was about to speak but was interrupted. "No you don't Tony." The girl said. Everybody looked down at her and then to Tony, who blushed. "I have hearing aids and Tim it's nice to meet you too, I've heard so much about you from mama."
"McGee, Tony this is Tia Elizabeth, my daughter." Jen said as she picked up her daughter and held her on her hip.
"How old are you now, Tia?" Ziva asked as she tickled her side.
"Five" She said giggling and held up one hand showing five fingers. "Mama, can Timmy take me down to see Abby? I would really like to meet her."
"If McGee is ok with it, then yes you can. I'm sure Abby would also like to meet you" McGee nodded if head and he took Tia's hand and lead her to the lift to get to Abby's lab. Ziva followed Tia and McGee, Tony went back to his desk as he was so far behind on his paper work that her worried that Gibbs would head slap him into the next century and the Director was half way up the stairs heading for her office before Gibbs followed her.
Abby's Lab:
When Abby heard the lift open she turned in her chair wondering who it could be. When she saw Tia she screamed and ran up and hugged her tightly. She pulled back and looked Tia up and down at arm's length. "Oh my you are so cute. What your name?"
"I'm Tia Elizabeth Shepard. It's really nice to meet you. Mama says that I'm like you, free spirited, lively and talks way too much."
"How do you know sign language?"
"I'm deaf but I have hearing aids so I can also hear you." Tia said with a big smile on her face.
Ziva just watched them whilst McGee tried to follow but he didn't know all of it and they were too fast for him. Abby looked up and the look on his face just made him laugh. His forehead was all wrinkled and his nose was crinkled up, she just had to laugh. She decided that it would be best to talk to Tia with others around so they could follow. "So Tia, where have you been for the past three months?" Abby asked.
"I have been at school. I go to a boarding school about an hour's drive from here. I would have come up before know but I get travel sick on long journeys so I just waited until the end of term."
"Do you like boarding school because Tony didn't like the boarding schools he went to?" McGee Inquired.
"Yeah I love it. I have so much fun when I'm not in class or doing homework. We get to do a lot of different actives like basketball, baseball, gymnastics, art and lots of other things. The weekends are the best. We get to do whatever we want as long as it's in school grounds 'cause if you are in the seventh grade or younger you're not a loud out of the school grounds without a teacher."
"Your boarding school sounds so much better than mine." They all turned around to see DiNozzo leaning against the door frame. Abby, McGee and Ziva just laughed at Tony but Tia felt sorry from him so went over to him and gave him a hug.
Jen's office:
"Are you going to tell them how Tia's father is?" Gibbs asked Jen the second he closed the door.
"I thought we talked about this." Jen said crossing arms and leaning back in her chair.
"What if, they find out Jen?"
"How are they going to find out Jethro? I've told Tia not to tell anyone, so just relax. If you are that worried, talk to Tia. Now please leave, I have a tonne on paper work to do."
With that he left Jen's office and headed down to Abby's lab. As he got into the lift smiled to himself, he was happy to see Tia agagin.
A/N: everything in italics is sign language.
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