Chapter 2
After leaving the doctor's office with the terrible news she received, Jamie went back to the NCIS building. She enters the Forensics Lab and walks to where Abby keeps her futon. Jamie brings the futon out, lies down and tries to go to sleep as she's been rather exhausted the passed couple of days. After a little while, Gibbs enters into the Forensics Lab. Gibbs looks at Jamie who is lying on the futon. Then he looks toward Abby who is working on a couple samples. Gibbs walks over to Abby.
"What's wrong with Jamie?" Gibbs asked.
"Not sure… She went to the doctor this morning, came back, was called to go back to the doctor's office, came back again and just pulled the futon out and lied down." Abby responded.
"She hasn't said anything?"
"Nope… But she definitely has been looking rather tired the passed couple of days. Though, she hasn't said why. But I can take a wild guess that…"
"Abs!"
"What?"
"I know what you were gonna say… And I really don't wanna hear anything like that."
"I'm not saying or implying that they…"
"Abs!"
"I'll just shut up now."
"Good idea."
Abby goes back to work on the samples in order to get them finished. Gibbs looks over at Jamie. He finally walks over to his daughter and sits on the futon, right next to Jamie. She wakes up and yawns. She then moves up on the futon, lays her head on her father's chest and flops her left arm over him.
"Is there anything wrong Sweetie?" Gibbs asked.
"No… I'm just a lil tired, that's all." Jamie replied.
"You want me to bring you home?"
"I'm fine right here."
"Then just get some rest."
Gibbs uses his left hand to rub Jamie's back. Jamie listens to her father's heartbeat as she tries going back to sleep. Her eyes begin to slowly close. After a couple minutes, Abby finally glances over at them
"Aww... That's so cute." Abby said. "I like how you're never afraid to show your love for Jamie around us."
Abby quickly grabs her camera. She points the camera toward Gibbs and Jamie lying on the futon. She snaps a picture.
"I'm gonna use that for my wallpaper." Abby stated. "Would that bother you?"
"Just as long as you never put up that other picture." Gibbs answered.
"But the other picture is so…"
Gibbs waves his finger in the air in order to get Abby to realize she shouldn't say anything more about the other picture.
"So anyway… I had a pretty good weekend." Abby changes the subject. "Which… Me having a good weekend would have nothing to do with what happened last night…"
Gibbs glares at Abby.
"Yeah, I should just shut up all together, shouldn't I?" Abby asked.
Gibbs nods. Suddenly, Tony walks into the lab.
"Did I miss something here?" Tony asked.
"Nope… Nothing… Not at all." Abby responded.
Tony looks at Gibbs and Jamie on the futon.
"Keep your hands off my girlfriend." Tony said.
Gibbs glares at Tony.
"I just wanted to see if it would work… You know, the whole, keep your hands off my daughter thing that you always say to me…" Tony sees Gibbs' facial expression. "Yeah… It was a bad joke, so I'll shut up now."
"Tony, you know you'd never get away with a comment like that." Abby said.
Gibbs' cell-phone rings so he answers it.
"Gibbs…" He said.
Then he listens to what the person on the other line is saying. Tony looks on in excitement because he's been quite bored all day. After Gibbs closes his cell-phone, he makes a slight movement to try and get up, but Jamie grasps onto her father's right shoulder. Gibbs stops and relaxes as he knew Jamie wants him to stay. Gibbs looks over at Tony.
"What do we have Boss?" Tony asked.
"You have a missing 15-year-old girl. She never got home last night." Gibbs stated. "Go to West Springfield, Virginia and get onto Deland Drive. Obviously go to the house with all the police cars."
"You're not coming?"
"You're perfectly capable of handling this on your own DiNozzo. Bring the team and just keep me up-to-date."
"On it Boss."
Tony leaves the Forensics Lab in order to get the team so they can leave. After Tony left the lab, Gibbs just stays there, lying on the futon as Jamie keeps listening to his heartbeat as she tries to go to sleep. Gibbs continues to rub Jamie's back as he knows it always helps her to go to sleep faster.
