Today's my birthday! A week away from Cote DePablo exactly! I had extra time to write today so here's the next chapter! Please read AND review! Thanks! Enjoy!
"Abbs, you remember Mike Franks' daughter in Law Leila?", Gibbs asked. Abby nodded, then said,
"Oh my G-d! Is she alright?" Gibbs looked down and didn't say anything.
"Gibbs, what happened?"
"I got a call from Maria from the cantina. Leila died last night." Abby's eyes filled and she gasped.
"That's horrible. I'm so sorry. How?"
"In her sleep. Apparently she had cancer. Maria said she'd been sick for a really long time, but she wouldn't let anyone call me. She just thought she'd get better and didn't want to disrupt my life.", Gibbs said, his voice sounding a little bitter and frustrated at the end. Abby just shook her head and moved in to hug him. After the two had pulled apart Abby suddenly thought of something.
"Gibbs, what about poor little Amira? What's gonna happen to her? Her dad and Grandpa are both gone now. And it would be dangerouse for her in Iraq!"
"Her Grandmother died too. Just last year. You remember I'm Amira's Godfather, right?"
"Yeah…Wait… Gibbs, you're not moving back to mexico are you? Because I know Amira needs you and everything, but I couldn't take it very well the last time. I don't think I could handle it at all if you left again, and….", Abby rambled but was interupted by Gibbs.
"Abbs! Quit worrying. I'm not going to live in Mexico. I'm going to get Amira and bring her back here to live with me. That's where you come in."
"ok. What do you need me to do? Name it.", Abby replied.
"Well, I think Amira will need a female in her life. I'm a grumpy old bachelor and I know nothing about adolecent girls." Abby looked down and tried to stop more tears from forming. She knew that Gibbs didn't have the experience only because Kelly had never made it to adolescent age. Gibbs continued,
"I could ask Bishop, but Amira knows you fairly well and she doesn't know Ellie at all. You have so much…love to give, Abbs. Amira's gonna need all the extra love she can get. I also trust you to look after her if anything were to happen to me."
"Gibbs, Nothing's gonna happen to you. Don't say things like that!", Abby said, pain filling her voice.
"I'm not planning on it Abbs, but I gotta be realistic. The job is dangerous. Anything could happen to any of us at anytime. You've been around here long enough to know that."
"I know.", Abby admitted.
"So how bout it Abbs? Will ya take the role of Amira's Godmother? Help me protect her and give her the love she needs and deserves?" Abby gave him a look and then a smile.
"Well, Of Course Gibbs. There was never any question about that, was there? I mean, Amira's a sweet kid and like you ya said, she's gonna need all the love we can give her." Gibbs gave Abby a kiss on cheek and said,
"Knew I could count on ya, Abbs." Abby smiled again and said,
"Ya know, I bet Ducky would love to take the grandfather role to stand in for Franks and Jackson." Gibbs smirked.
"My next stop." With that he restarted the elevator and the doors opened. He got out at autopsy and Abby waved and pushed the button to go back to the lab.
Ducky agreed to be Godfather/Granducky to little Amira imediately once he heard what was happening.
"Certainly Jethro. That child is going to be very loved by alot of people. You know you will have the support of the entire team once they are told about this new developement. Now go talk to them and make you're arrangments. You need to go to Amira as quickly as possible."
"Thanks, Duck." Gibbs found that Ducky was right. When he told Bishop, McGee, Torres, and Quinn, they quickly asked what he needed from them. Then McGee reserved the plane tickets. Gibbs then grabbed his go-bag and was soon on his way. The others hung around disscussing the situation for awhile. No one but McGee knew who Franks or Leila or Amira really were so McGee filled them in. Meanwhile, in the lab, Palmer was talking to Abby.
"So Gibbs is taking custody of Mike Franks' grandaughter? He's gonna be a dad? At his age?" Abby Gibbs smacked the man and said,
"She's his Godaughter Jimmy! He's the best choice. Besides, she doesn't have any other family now. Even her grandmother died!"
"That's terrible!"
"I know! It is! Now it's up to Gibbs, me, Ducky and all of us, to make sure she has a good life here and knows she's loved alot! That includes you, Jimmy. We're family, so we'll all be Amira's family too!"
"Of course, we will!", Palmer replied. Then the two talked a little more until they were told there was a case.
Several hours later, Gibbs was in Mexico. He caught a transit to the beach area where Leila and Amira had lived. It stopped at the little town nearby and Gibbs walked to the cantina. When he arrived, he was quickly spotted by Maria who gave him a big hug.
"Where is she?", he asked when she'd pulled away. Maria sighed and looked down for a moment, before looking at Gibbs will sad eyes.
"She is upstairs." Gibbs thanked the woman and headed up to the tiny appartment above the cantina. He opened the door to see the little girl cuddling a stuffed animal on the couch while watching the tv absently.
"Amira?", He asked softly. The young girl looked up and exclaimed,
"Uncle Jethro!", before bursting into tears. She then threw her self into her Godfather's arms and sobbed as he held her tightly. As Gibbs held Amira and rocked her back and forth, he had to wonder if there was enough extra love in the world to heal the massive amount of emotional pain the young girl was experiencing.
Well, there's chapter 2! Hope you liked it! More with Amira either Wednesday or Friday. Remember ALL reviews are MUCH appreciated! Please don't forget! Thanks! Catch ya later!
