Ch 2
Kate had her parents escorted to an interview, not wanting to discuss her personal life in front of everyone. She never really put two and two together to realize they still thought she was dead. They lived in Indiana, so they weren't in on her whole body switching fiasco.
Jules suddenly turned to her with a look of panic and said, "She said all of us, didn't she."
"oh no." where the last words Kate said before the elevator door dinged again and out stepped her two brothers Chris and Kevin, and her sister Rachel. Juliet and Kate looked from each other to Gibbs silently begging for help.
The three stepped into the bullpen as Tony said, "Ah, Dr. Cranston, nice to see you again." "Hello Tony," she said without looking his way. "Baby sis," said one of the men, "nice to see you again." "You're looking real good for a dead person." said the other, causing Rachel to hit him in the stomach with the back of her hand.
"You three, conference room, now." she said pointing to the hallway. Juliet followed them as Kate turned to Gibbs. "You, with me." she said as she turned to leave. Gibbs stood with a half smile following Kate to the elevator.
Once they where on, and the elevator turned off, Kate spoke. "Why did you allow them up here?" she asked angrily. "They said it was am emergency, I didn't realize they thought you were dead." he said with a slight chuckle and a smile. "This isn't funny Gibbs!" she said angrily. "You don't know my family. My parents are…different. My mom smothers and meddles and controls, and my dad, as sweet as he is, he doesn't have a filter on his mouth, and always says what he is thinking. Chris is too protective, and Kevin can't take anything seriously, and Rachel
is-" she rambled before she was cut off. "I know." said Gibbs. "You know?" asked Kate slightly annoyed. "I know what Rachel does." he said. "Oh really? So you know she is a physiatrist from Miami and-" she was cut off again. "And she did our phsyc evaluations last year," he finished for her. Kate stood speechless. Gibbs began to flashback to when Rachel had come to visit last year.
Flashback
"You're the only member of the team I haven't talked to yet." she said. "Not gunna happen." he said with a chuckle. "Oh that's right I forgot," she said with a smile, "you're perfect." "No," said Gibbs with a laugh, "I'm just too set in my ways to change now." Rachel laughed and looked back at him before Gibbs continued. "You know, from down there, you looked just like your sister."
End flashback
"She came because she wanted closure. To meet the ones closest to you when you died." he said as he looked at her. She looked back with a sad look in her eyes. She hadn't realized how much her death had affected them. She now felt terrible for keeping secrets from them, and she now felt terrible for sending Juliet to fend for herself with them. Juliet entered the room, followed by her family. Everyone was silent, observing Juliet's every move. She was wearing a light turquoise sun dress with a white sweater and damsels. She looked more like she was ready for a day on the town then being a federal agent. Finally, Kate entered the room and everyone started talking at once and the room was in mass chaos. The only one not screaming was Juliet, who grabbed a stapler from the table by the wall, stood on a chair whistled, causing everyone to look up at her.
"This," she said pointing to the stapler," is the talking stapler. You can only talk if it's in your possession." she finished with a small satisfied smile. "But what if-" said Kevin. "Ah! No! You dint have the stapler." "Jules, you really shouldn't stand on a rolling chair!" said Linda. "G-dizzle!" said an exasperated Juliet, "you don't have the stapler!" this caused Thomas to snicker. "You too G-dog! No talking!" she said seriously.
"Ok," said Chris, "Whoever's idea it was to let her "name" them, was a terrible decision maker!" he said with a smile, referring to her sill nicknames for her grandparents.
"STAPLER!" shouted Juliet angrily at the group. After pausing for a moment, she hopped off the chair and handed the stapler to Rachel.
"Aunt Rachel," she said, "you can start, because you're the only one who hasn't annoyed me this morning." she said with a smile as she sat down.
"Thank you Jules!" said Rachel, then turning to Kate. "Baby sis, we tell each other everything. But why not this?" she said with a sad look in her eyes.
Secrets
One republic
Kate drew in a deep breath and looked at her family.
Intro
They all stared back at her with sad eyes. It broke her that she had hurt them like this.
I need another story
Something to get off my chest
My life gets kinda boring
Need something that I can confess
They needed to know the truth, the whole story.
'Till all my sleeves are stained red
From all the truth that I've said
Come by it honestly I swear
Thought you saw me wink, no
I've been on the brink, so
She started telling them all about Jorge. All about the deal she made with Ari. Where it went wrong, what happened.
Tell me what you want to hear
Something that will like those ears
Sick of all the insincere
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
The team rescuing her. Juliet saving the day.
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
My God
Amazing that we got this far
It's like we're chasing all those stars
Driving shiny big black cars
Brian leaving. Juliet almost leaving. Everything.
And everyday I see the news, all the problems that we could solve
And when a situation rises, just write it into an album
Seen it straight to gold
I don't really like my flow, no, so
Her family stared back at her silently. They had no words. Kate stood, followed by Juliet, them Rachel.
Tell me what you want to hear
Something that will like those ears
Sick of all the insincere
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
The rest of her family stayed seated, thinking. They needed to process.
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
Once in the hall, Juliet walked off, but Rachel and Kate stayed behind.
Oh, got no reason, got not shame
Got no family I can blame
Just don't let me disappear
I'mma tell you everything
Rachel grabbed Kate's hands and looked into her eyes. "You know?" she asked. "I know." replied Kate.
So tell me what you want to hear
Something that will like those ears
Sick of all the insincere
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
Rachel responded by pulling Kate into a hug. A tear rolled down Kate's cheek as she embraced her sister.
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
"I love you baby sis." said Rachel. "I love you too Rachel." replied Kate. Rachel pulled away and returned to the conference room.
So tell me what you want to hear
Something that will like those ears
Sick of all the insincere
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
Kate stood in the hallway alone. Contemplating what to do next. She decided to give them their space.
This time
Don't need another perfect lie
Don't care if critics ever jump in line
I'm gonna give all my secrets away
She had just poured out her heart, and it felt good. No more missing them.
All my secrets away
She gave all her secrets away.
All my secrets away
"McGee!" cried Tony as soon as Kate was gone. "What Tony?" he said looking up. "Computer stuff, now!" he said standing up and walking over to McGee's desk.
Pulled up on McGee's computer screen was a picture of one of Kate's brothers. "Way ahead of you." said McGee.
"This one's Chris," he said. "He is a petroleum engineer in Arizona. Married to Vanessa Tomlinson, now Vanessa Todd" he finished. "Big bucks?" asked Tony. "The biggest," replied McGee. The man looked just like Kate, the greenish brown eyes, the round face, the cheeky smile.
"The next in the family is Rachel," he continued. "Obviously a psychiatrist in Miami, married to Jason Cranston." he finished
Tony replied with a "Hmm" so McGee moved on.
"Last but not least, we have Kevin." he said. "He is a Broadway performer…" "Really?" asked Tony. "Dead serious." replied McGee. Kevin looked more like Rachel. With a narrower face and redder hair, but he still had the eyes.
"Parents?" asked Tony after a moment. "Linda is and always was a stay at home mom. That's all there is to it." said McGee. The petite woman had piercing green eyes and auburn hair.
"And Thomas is CEO of a furniture company in Indiana." said McGee. The man had chocolate brown hair that had started to grey long ago, and softer green eyes.
"So in hindsight, they all have pretty off the wall jobs." finished McGee. "Uh," said Ziva, "I have not known agent Todd for long, but I do not think she would approve of you nosing in her personal life." she said concerned. "Ah come on," said Tony. "It's not like I'm going through her trash or anything." he said. Ziva thinking he was kidding said, "Now that would be very, very creepy." "Oh," said Tony, "because I didn't use to do that at all."
Their conversation was interrupted by Kate and Juliet reentering the bullpen. McGee closed the files on his computer and Tony returned to his desk without a word.
Kate could tell, this was going to be a looooong day.
