G Callen sat on the chair, beer in his hand, thinking about work. He and the team just finished a major case and it took a lot out of him. He just wanted to relax and For some reason Callen found himself thinking back to the past. He thought of his first and only love, Elizabeth Groth
They were 27 and crazy about each other. At least he was crazy about her. She broke up with him suddenly after them dating for a year and a half for some unknown reason. Callen was heart broken, he had even bought a ring. He hadn't seen Elizabeth since she ended things. After that Callen pretty much tried to forget about Lizzie.
Callen was so deep in thought he didn't realize he'd been drifting off to sleep and was quickly pulled out of dream land by a knock on the door. Getting out of the chair, much to his dismay, Callen made his way to the door.
"Yes?" he answered rubbing his eyes but soon stopped at what he saw. There sitting on her knees was a girl, not more than 15, her hands tied tightly behind her back, a bloody lip, a couple of bruises on her face, and a man with a gun to her head. He heard the safety of a gun turn off and looked up to see another man with a gun pointed to his head. Callen sighed "you could of just asked to come in you know."
"Mr. Callen listen to me you bring me the file entitled TA418 and your daughter lives you don't and well lets just say it won't be pretty." A man said with a Russian accent and a gun pointed at him
"Listen I don't know where you got this information but I don't have a daughter." Callen replied
"Ok then I guess you won't mind if we kill her then." the man said. Callen heard the other gun's safety turn off
"I never said that. she may not be my daughter but that doesn't mean you have any reason to shoot her." Callen said.
"Well then if you want the girl to live I suggest you bring the file. Meet me in the alley beside the Alexander Hotel at 5 pm tomorrow. you give me the file and I'll give you the girl." the man said, "take the girl to the van." the man instructed. The second man picked up on the rope that held the girls wrist, Callen saw the cringe on the girls face and a tear slip out of her eyes. he couldn't help but feel sorry for the girl. He also felt some strange connection but quickly brushed off the idea the strange man had put into his mind.
"Wait! the girl stays here." Callen said. He couldn't let the girl stay with these two men any longer. who knows what might happen to her.
"And if I let the girl stay, what makes me think you'll bring the file then." the man asked
"You have my word." Callen said
"Good, but, if you break your word, I will kill her," the man said pointing to the girl," and every one else on your team. Drop her." The second man holstered his gun a released his grip on the rope causing the girl the fall onto her knees which Callen guessed were already quite bruised. The two men left and Callen let a sigh of relief.
"Are you ok?" Callen asked the girl. He grabbed his pocket knife and cut the rope that bound the girl's hands
"Well besides being kidnapped, beaten, and having a gun pointed to my head it's been a pretty normal 3 days." the girl said rubbing her rope burnt wrist
"What's your name anyway" Callen asked helping her up
"Gracelyn but everyone calls me grace," the girl replied
"Well Grace seeing as I'm responsible for you now, c'mon inside." Callen said. Grace went inside. "Listen I need to make a call so you can sit, if you need anything to eat or drink help yourself." he walked out of the room to call Hetty. He knew it was late and she'd probably be annoyed but something kept eating at him. what the man had said about Grace being his daughter seemed impossible at first, just because he was sure he'd know if he had had a child, but something about her, her eyes they were bright blue and she kind of looked like him, almost or was it just his imagination. he needed to call Hetty and let her know about the situation and then figure out if she really was his daughter.
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"What is it mr. Callen it's late and I was almost asleep." Hetty said answering the phone. Callen could hear the annoyance in her voice
"Hetty we have a problem. two men knocked on my door just a couple minutes ago. the one had a gun pointed at me and the other had a gun pointed to a teenage girl's head." G started
"Mr. Callen can this be fixed tomorrow?" Hetty asked she assumed he had taken care of the problem and everything was ok.
"Hetty! this man said the girl was my daughter and if I wanted her and the rest of the team to live I have to bring him TA418 tomorrow."
"Stay put tonight and as for this girl being your daughter, well, you'd probably know if you had one so we won't worry about." Hetty said
"Then what am I supposed to do with her tomorrow when I come in?" Callen asked.
"She's at your house? how'd you manage that mr. Callen?"
"I have my ways." Callen said with a smirk
"bring her with you tomorrow. ok. now if you don't mind I am going back to bed." Hetty said
"Wait! Hetty!" G yelled but the phone had already been disconnected.
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Hetty ended the call. This couldn't happen not now. Yes she knew about Elizabeth and Grace. She new Elizabeth had died and Hetty had been made sure she was with someone and not going into social services. The last time she'd seen Grace was when she was 10 years old. Hetty had gone to Elizabeth to try and change her mind about telling Callen about Grace but Liz wouldn't budge she was certain they would be fine with out him.
"Your in for a wild ride Mr. Callen" Hetty said before going back to bed
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G walked back out to the living room to see Grace passed out in the chair. He smiled to himself. Callen thought he could see some of himself in her but thought it was crazy to even think he had a daughter. But he knew it could be possible yet very unlikely. he couldn't know for sure though that is until they had time to talk.
G decided to go get some sheets to put on the guest room bed. For once he was glad Hetty forced him to at least get a bed for the guest room. He didn't have much furniture anyway. Hetty just wanted him to have a place for someone on the team to stay if something happened. After he had done what was needed he walked back out to the living room to find Grace alseep. He shook her lightly. "Grace," Callen whispered softly. Grace slowly opened her eyes. "Hey I fixed the guest bed for you."
"Thanks but I'm actually not that tired any more," Grace said
"Oh. well are you Hungry?" Callen asked. Grace bit her lip and shook her head yes. "ok, well, we have...cereal, fruit, and that's pretty much it. Grace let out a small laugh and smile.
"Cereal is ok," Grace said
"Ok... cocoa puffs, Lucky charms, or apple jacks?" Callen asked
"Apple jacks. They're my favorite," Grace said.
"Really!? mine too," Callen decided to have a bowl himself. He got two bowls out, he got the cereal and milk and fixed him and Grace there dinner. "here you go," Callen said handing Grace her bowl of apple jacks "so you do mind if I ask you a couple questions?"
"No, not at all," Grace said
"Ok... well let's start at the basics. How old are you and where is your mom and dad?" G asked
I'm 15 and I don't know where my dad is and my mom.. died," Gracie said. Saying the last part quietly
"Oh... I'm sorry."
"Ya, well, it happened a year ago." Gracie replied
"So who have you been living with?"
"My guardian" Gracie said
"Who is?" Callen asked
"One of my moms old friends."
"I guess their a private person,"
"Yep " Gracie said
"Understood. So what is your moms name?" Callen asked. the moment of truth
"Elizabeth... Elizabeth Groth." Gracie said. Callen thought he lost his breath. This couldn't be. could it? "Hello? hello are you there?" Grace said waving her hand in front of Callen's eyes.
"What's your dads name?" Callen asked slowly
"G Callen. just don't ask me what the G stands for because I don't know." Grace rambled. "I don't even think my mom knew what it stood for," Callen went to his room. He heard Grace call after him. He didn't care. He grabbed an envelope of old photos in his bag and started going through it. "what are you doing?" Grace asked standing in the door way. Callen found what he was looking for.
"Is this your mom?" Callen asked handing Grace a photo of him and Elizabeth
"Yes. how do you know my mom?"
"My name is G Callen. I think I'm your father."
a/n so there it is for those of you who didn't guess by the first chapter who Grace's dad was. what do you think tell me please I'd love to know. This is the chapter I promised you for my birthday to day. I'm officially 14!