Gibbs was dumbfounded at the news. He stood in the bathroom doorway, pregnancy test in one hand, staring at his wife. Maggie was sitting in the middle of the bed, legs crossed, and pillow in her lap and she was tugging at the pillow case waiting for her husband to say something.

"Gibbs, please you're starting to scare me. Say something. Anything. Storm out of the room angry. Standing there staring at me isn't helping." Maggie fought the tears building behind her eyes, but it didn't help and they started to fall.

Gibbs knew he was being an ass, he was just in shock. Seeing Maggie start to cry broke the spell and he moved quickly to the bed and wrapped his arms around her.

"Don't cry." He held her and ran his hand up and down her back. "I'm not mad."

Maggie mumbled something into his shoulder.

Gibbs leaned back and brushed her tears away. "Didn't quite get that."

"You're not mad, but are you happy?"

"How do you feel about it?" He deflected the question back to her.

"I'm shocked. I thought it wasn't possible. I mean Jamie is almost 25 and I had such a rough pregnancy with him that the doctors said I probably wouldn't get pregnant again."

"Probably?"

"It never happened Gibbs. James and I tried and it never happened. Then he died and well…"

"What did your lady doctor say?" Gibbs wanted to know.

"She recommended me to a specialist. Someone who deals in high risk pregnancy."

"This will be a high risk pregnancy?"

"I don't know yet Gibbs. Women my age can still have babies safely. It's the pregnancy with Jamie that made her refer me." Maggie paused to catch her breath. "Do you want to come with me?"

Gibbs' smile didn't quite reach his eyes. "Tell me when."

"Tomorrow morning."

It wasn't lost on Maggie that Gibbs hadn't said if he was happy or not about the pregnancy. He'd only told her he wasn't angry. Maggie told Gibbs the appointment was at 9am the next morning. He was going to go into work and meet her at the doctor's office. She told Gibbs she wasn't hungry and went to bed early. Gibbs sat in the kitchen alone eating the Chinese food. Well, he was actually picking at it. His appetite was off too. Pushing the container away from him he picked up his beer and took a long sip of it. What was wrong with him? The news wasn't bad news, it was unexpected. After he lost Kelly he never thought of having children again. Okay, his ex-wife Stephanie had a miscarriage when they were in Moscow and he had thought he was Tomas' father, but that wasn't true. Jamie was his step-son and he loved being step-father to the young man. He loved being godfather to Amira and spending time with her.

Gibbs suddenly slapped the back of his own head. Maggie wanted to know if he was happy about the pregnancy. He didn't answer because he didn't know. He heard 'high risk pregnancy' and he got scared. Scared that Maggie could die and right now he'd rather have Maggie alive and well than a baby. That truth scared him too.

Maggie arrived at the doctor's office first. She waited in her car for Gibbs to get there. There was always the chance that a case would happen and he'd have to leave, but he'd texted her when he left the office. Last night he'd come to bed late. When she got up to use the bathroom, she was the lights on in the garage so she knew he was out there working on something. The basement in his old house had always been his go to for escape when he was avoiding or upset. Maggie knew he was doing that again tonight. She had fallen into a fitful sleep before he came to bed. The kitchen was terribly silent the next morning while they sat there; Gibbs drank his coffee while Maggie watched him with envy. No coffee for her now; not the way she drank it before.

"I can have an abortion." Maggie blurted out to Gibbs making him choke on his coffee.

"No." He said when he finally stopped coughing. "Absolutely not."

He hadn't said much more besides kissing her on the forehead and telling her he'd see her at 9. Maggie closed her eyes as she sat in the car waiting. No Iove you, but a kiss on the head. This was the closest they'd come to being upset with each other since they married.

"Hey." Maggie jumped when Gibbs knocked on her window before opening the door. "Were you sleeping?"

Maggie took his hand as she stepped out of the car. "No, just lost in thoughts. You ready?"

"I am if you are." Gibbs threaded his fingers through hers and they walked hand in hand into the doctor's office.

"Nice to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs. I'm Dr. Susannah Richman." The doctor sat down opposite Maggie and Gibbs at her desk. Gibbs thought she looked awful young to be a doctor.

"I know that look Mr. Gibbs, I am old enough to be a doctor and I've been specializing in high risk pregnancies from the start." Dr. Richman smiled at him. "Now let's look at Maggie's records."

Maggie took a deep breath and Gibbs took her hand in his again and squeezed it.

"It says here that you had a complicated pregnancy with your son."

"Yes, I had a hard time getting pregnant with Jamie and I was very sick, terrible morning sickness and then I had complete placenta previa causing Jamie to be born a month early." Maggie confirmed.

Gibbs had no idea what that meant, he made a mental note to find out.

"And you didn't get pregnant again?" the doctor asked while she continued to read over the paperwork.

"No. All my life my periods have been irregular and that continued after Jamie was born. My late husband and I tried, but it just didn't happen."

"Was your late husband ever tested?" the doctor wanted to know.

"Tested? For what?" Maggie was confused.

"You assumed it was just on your part that you couldn't get pregnant, but there is the possibility that it was partially his fault as well. He may have had a low sperm count."

Gibbs rolled his eyes. Were they really talking about James' sperm count? He's not the father I am, what does this have to do with anything. Maggie seemed to read his thoughts and squeezed his hand.

"Well there is no way of knowing that now." Dr. Richman continued. "And it has no real bearing on this baby. So, let's do an exam and we'll see where we are."

The doctor got up and led Gibbs and Maggie to an examination room. "Will you be staying?" Dr. Richman's nurse asked Gibbs.

"Yes." Gibbs answered before Maggie told him he could wait outside.

The nurse handed Maggie a gown and handed her a small blanket to cover herself while they waited for the doctor to come back. Maggie slipped into the small bathroom off of the exam room and changed into the gown. Gibbs had never been in an obstetrician's exam room. He took everything in. There was a padded table with stirrups tucked into it at the end. A small sink and cabinets took up an area in the corner and there were diagrams of pregnancies everywhere. Gibbs walked over to a pamphlet holder that advocated the benefits of breast feeding and another on home births and one on water births. He was reading the on water births when Maggie came out of the bathroom.

"You can totally forget that one. I'm hospital and pain killers all the way." Maggie told Gibbs as she stepped up on the small step and sat on the examination table.

"Good." Gibbs put the pamphlet back and looked at Maggie "Who wants to give birth like a dolphin?" His face was complete confusion.

"You weren't around when Shannon had Kelly were you?"

"Deployed. Missed most of the pregnancy too." Gibbs took the small blanket the nurse had given Maggie and placed it over her legs.

"So this is your first time in an exam room?" Maggie didn't expect Gibbs to answer, he looked uncomfortable enough. "But you've delivered a baby, remember?"

"How can I forget? Ziva made me." Gibbs replied remembering that Christmas Eve a few years ago.

A soft knock on the door announced Dr. Richman was ready to do the exam.

"Okay, Mr. Gibbs."

"Just Gibbs is fine." Gibbs told the doctor.

"Okay, Gibbs, why don't you go stand by Maggie's head. Maggie, you can lay back and slip your bottom down to the edge. Good."

Gibbs stood silently and watched as Maggie's feet were put into the stirrups and the doctor sat at a stool at her feet. A bright light was shown down in the area of Maggie's vagina and Gibbs felt a little uncomfortable. Maggie stifled a grin and took her husband's hand. If the door was on his side of the room, he would have bolted.

The doctor pulled out an instrument from a sealed plastic bag and Gibbs watched as the instrument was inserted into Maggie and he heard the clicking after it was in.

"Is that normal? That sound?"

The three women in the room, Maggie, Dr. Richman and the female nurse all smiled at him like he was the village idiot.

"It's perfectly normal Gibbs. I'm making some room so I can try to see how Maggie is doing down there."

"You don't have to tell me anymore." Gibbs shook his head.

Dr. Richman finished her internal exam and ran a tape measure over Maggie's belly. When she finished, she told Maggie to get dressed and meet her back in the office.

"Okay, everything looks completely normal. I'd say you are about 6 weeks along judging from what you have told me and I put your due date…"the doctor took out a little calendar wheel and did some calculations. "Around September."

"And the high risk part of her pregnancy." Gibbs wanted to know.

The doctor looked at Maggie and Gibbs and could see the worry in their faces. "Yes, Maggie had a difficult pregnancy over 20 years ago. But we know about it now and we will watch her closely. Age isn't a big factor any more. Maggie is in exceptional health. As long as she keeps on doing what she's doing than things will be fine."

"Can I still run?" Maggie asked.

"No." Gibbs said.

Dr. Richman laughed. "Actually there is no need for her to change that up now. You're not training for a marathon are you?"

"No, I run to relieve stress. I started about 10 years ago. I try to run at least 4 times a week." Maggie explained.

"Then for now, I see no need to change that. Let's make an appointment for 4 weeks from now. I'll write a prescription for prenatal vitamins and if you have any questions or you need to call me, my number is on the card."

Maggie and Gibbs stood up; each of them took turns shaking the doctor's hand. "I sense some concern on your part." She said to Gibbs. "But this is my field of expertise and I really don't see any reason to worry."

"Thanks again Dr. Richman." Maggie said as they left the office. She and Gibbs walked down the hallway to the front desk. "I can take care of things here if you need to get back to the office."

Gibbs kissed her on the side of the head. "Thanks. I'll drop this off and pick it up on the way home." He said as he took her prescription and walked out of the doctor's office. He shouldn't have left Maggie inside, he should have waited. He should tell her that he was scared; instead he got into his car and pulled out of the parking lot.

"Your husband isn't comfortable around ob/gyn offices is he?" The nurse asked as she made Maggie's appointments. "He's a Marine; I don't think he knew what an internal exam was going to be like." Maggie joked with the young girl. But inside, Maggie was hurting. She wanted this child. She wanted Gibbs' child, but what if he really didn't want a baby. Maggie got into her car and drove to the closest book store. Things had changed in 20 years and she needed to catch up on her information.

Gibbs got back to the office around 11. He was bombarded with questions about a case by all three of his agents. He ignored them all as he put his shield and gun in his desk drawer.

"If anyone needs me I'll be with Ducky." He told them and walked to the elevator.

"He didn't hear a word we said." Tony commented.

"Does not look that way." Ziva concurred.

"Does anyone know where he went to this morning?" Tony looked at Ziva and McGee. Both shook their heads.

"If it is something he wants us to know about he will tell us." Ziva told Tony.

"Hello Jethro, what brings you here? I don't have a body of yours." Ducky was sitting at his desk doing some paperwork.

"Is Palmer here?" Gibbs looked around autopsy.

"No, he has gone to lunch." Ducky noticed that Gibbs looked uneasy. "Is there something wrong?"

Gibbs sat down on the stool next to Ducky's desk. He let out a breath he didn't realize he was holding.

"Maggie's pregnant."

Ducky's eyes widened and he smiled at Gibbs; and then he saw the look on Gibbs' face.

"It is yours isn't it?"

Gibbs gave Ducky a look of 'seriously'.

"I had to ask. You look like you aren't happy about the pregnancy."

Gibbs ran his hands over his face.

"We thought she couldn't get pregnant. She has thought that for almost 20 years and then she wasn't feeling well and went to the doctors yesterday and they ran tests. She even did four pregnancy tests of her own. We just came from a high risk pregnancy doctor. She said everything should be fine."

"Jethro, things have changed a lot in the past 20 years. They can even do surgery on a fetus in the womb." Ducky looked at his friend. "But tell me, are you happy. Do you want a baby?"

"Duck, I'm terrified." Gibbs got up and started pacing back and forth. "What if something happens to Maggie? I've already lost a wife and child and I don't think I can do that again."

"Do you want Maggie to continue the pregnancy?"

Gibbs sat back down. "She offered to abort the baby."

"What did you say?"

"I told her no."

"You still haven't answered me. Are you happy about the baby?"

"I'm happy and I'm scared. Duck, I'm in my 50's. I'll be in my 70's by the time the kid graduates college."

Ducky smiled. "Is that what you're really worried about? Your age?"

"Well yeah Ducky. People assume I'm older than I am."

"Jethro sometimes you amaze me." Ducky patted Gibbs on the shoulder and walked over to his sink.

"I haven't told Maggie I'm happy about it yet."

Ducky looked at his friend. "Oh dear Jethro, I think you need to remedy that right away."

"Yeah, you're right Ducky." Gibbs stood to leave. "And can you keep this to yourself for now. We haven't talked about telling people yet."

Ducky pretended to zip his lip to keep the secret. Gibbs smirked and nodded and left autopsy.

Maggie picked up a copy of What To Expect When You're Expecting book at the book store. She also picked up a magazine on pregnancy that had articles on Yoga and working out. She couldn't believe how much things had changed. She'd had friends and co-workers who'd had babies in the past few years, but the things you could buy and do and not do had changed a lot.

Freckles barking at the kitchen door told her Gibbs was home. Maggie put the book and magazine behind the couch cushion. Gibbs walked into the living room and handed Maggie a white rose with a yellow ribbon tied on the stem. Maggie looked at him surprised.

"What is this for?"

Gibbs walked around the couch and sat down next to Maggie. "I've been an ass. You asked me if I was happy about the baby and I didn't answer."

"No you didn't." Maggie took Gibbs hand in hers and looked him in the eye. "Gibbs I need to know if your happy about this. It isn't about me it's about us. If you're not happy I need to know."

Gibbs let go of Maggie's hand and put it on Maggie's belly. His child was growing in there. The child they made together. Maybe it wasn't planned, but it was an unexpected blessing he couldn't ignore.

"Yeah, I'm happy Maggie, but I'm scared too."

Maggie leaned into her husband and kissed him. "I'm scared too, but the doctor told us everything would be okay."

"When the baby is 20 I'll be in my 70's!"

"And I'll be in my 50's." Maggie kissed him again. "We'll be fine Gibbs. I promise."