"Dad, why are you getting food for three?" Kelly asked as her dad finished ordering their Chinese food dinner.

"Because we have a guest waiting for us at home, Kelly," the elder Gibbs simply put.

"Oh," she paused, "Who?"

"Don't worry, sweet pea, you know him," he smiled at his daughter and placed a kiss on her forehead. Kelly didn't ask any more questions as they got their food and drove home, keeping a light, comfortable conversation the entire way.

When they got home and inside, Kelly's eyes lit up as she seen who their surprise visitor was and ran to go hug him. Gibbs chuckled as he watched his daughter hug Kort.

"Dad, Thanks for having him over. Trent, well he took care of me while I was in the witness protection program. Kind of like a dad, except no one could replace you and nothing is better than the real thing. With mom being shot when I was ten, Trent played single dad with a girl going through puberty and stuff. I appreciated him so much for it."

Gibbs smiled at his daughter and then at Kort.

"I figured it was something like that. It seems like you took wonderful care of my daughter, Kort."

"It wasn't easy. She is YOUR daughter," Kort gave a slight chuckle, "but I did my best and tried to raise her like you would of."

"Kort, you did very well," Gibbs complemented the British man as he laid the food out on the table so they could begin eating dinner.

They ate their dinner with light conversation. Gibbs smiled at the strong bond that his daughter and the British man shared. He wouldn't of wanted his girl staying with someone she didn't like, but he couldn't stop thinking that some stronger bond than a close friendship for father/daughter relationship was between them.

At this point, Gibbs wasn't all too concerned if there had been a more intimate relationship because Kort was truly a good man and has already taken such good care of her for some years now, and Kelly was well over 18 now and can make that choice for herself.

Then Gibbs got curious to where she was staying.

"Kells, do you need a place to stay?"

"No, Dad. I have a place on base," she knew she would have to tell him sooner or later.

"What?" the older Gibbs had a surprised look on his face.

"Dad, Quantico Marine Base. I am in the military. A Marine MP, just like you, Dad."

"Why, Kells?" Daddy Gibbs was just plain curious now, not that he wasn't proud, but he knew that she knew she didn't have to do that.

"Because I got their scholarship to pay for my college and I used the money that I got from the FBI to pay for housing. I am 1st Sergeant Gibbs. I made it to a higher rank than you, yes. I even have my own team working for me," Kelly explained to her father with a smile on her face.

Gibbs looked over to Kort, wanting to know how this came to be. And as if the British man could read minds, he explained how their sweet, sweet Kelly came to be a United States Marine.

"Well, after she came into my care, she needed to have an after school activity, with my job and all. I gave her a list of different groups, clubs, and youth groups that she could join. Most of them were mainly physical. She ended up wanting to join the Young Marines. I looked into it and seen that one of your men was in charge of it, so I let her join. She absolutely loved it. She always talked about how she wanted to be like her dad to Shannon and now look at her. She joined the junior ROTC in high school to complement the Young Marines, and with her 3.6 GPA, got the scholarship they offered her," Trent finished with a smile.

Gibbs and Kort both looked at Kelly and she smiled.

"Yeah, Kort. You did well raising her. Thank you."

"No need to thank me, Gibbs," Kort stated, getting up from his seat, "Kelly, I will see you later, okay?"

"Okay Trent," Kelly smiled once again, "glad that you came over for dinner."

Kort nodded curtly and left. Kelly turned back to face her dad and found him smiling at her.

"What?" Kelly asked with a giggle.

"Just glad to have you back, Kelly."

"I am glad to have you back too, Dad."