Jimmy stood in the doorway of the guest room and watched his baby sister sleep. He couldn't believe she was going into high school in a few months. He had been ten years old when his parents sat him and Clark who was seventeen down and explained to them. That while they still loved them. They were no longer in love with each other. Jimmy moved with his mom to a new apartment. While Clark stayed with his dad in the old place. When Jimmy was fourteen his dad married a women named Marie and when he was sixteen his dad and Marie had a baby girl. Kayley was only three months old when Wendell suffered a fatal heart attack. Barely a month after that Clark was hit by a car and killed instantly. Clark was only twenty-three at the time. It always seemed unfair to Jimmy that he lost his dad and brother so close together. Two years later Marie married a man named Peter Reynolds and Jimmy went off to college. Even though he now lived over and hour away and was no longer blood related to anyone in the house besides her. Jimmy still tried to stay in Kayley's life. Ducky's heart attack and Jimmy's marriage to Breena made it harder for Jimmy to visit with his sister. For almost two years which was far too long for Jimmy. After a while he realized it was probably a little creepy for a grown man to stare at a sleeping teenager for too long. He also didn't want to scare Kayley. If she woke up and saw someone staring at her. Just as Jimmy was about to head back to bed.

Later that night Jimmy was lying in bed beside Breena. Kayley's mom and step-dad should be near California by now. If he remembered correctly their plane had taken off at five. He heard his cellphone ring. He unplugged it and picked it up off the bedside table. According to the caller ID it was Tony. That seemed strange to Jimmy. Even if he was being called to work. It was typically Ducky or Vance who called him in if it was early in the morning or late at night.

"Tony are you okay?"

"Jimmy what flight were Jimmy's parents on?"

"I don't know Cross Coastal Airlines 215 or something. Why?"

"T...Turn on ZNN."

"Tony what's going on... Hold on I'm getting another call."

"Hello this is James Palmer?"

"Yes she's my sister."

"Yes Marie Ross and Peter Reynolds are her parents."

"Peter is her step-father. Why is this important?"

"The plane crashed."

"Are you sure they are dead?"

"No I am her only family. Her biological father died when she was a baby."

"Does she have to identify the body? She's only thirteen years old."

"I work as a Medical Examiner so I am comfortable in morgues."

"I'll bring her in the morning."

"Thank you goodbye"

Breena sat up in bed. She had heard Jimmy's phone ring and then he was talking about Tony. She pretty much just ignored it. Ever since Ziva had moved back to Israel if Tony had been drinking or was too tired to drive over to Gibbs's house. He would call Jimmy early in the morning and late at night and they would talk for hours about nonsense. After sharing room with her sister. Who was captain of the cheer squad and the most popular girl in school. She had gotten pretty good at drowning out pointless late night phone calls. However she was snapped back to attention when Jimmy took another call. All of the sudden he was talking about Kayley and her parents. When she heard the words plane crash. She snapped to attention. When she heard about identifying bodies and morgues she knew it had to be really bad. Finally Jimmy hung up the phone and turned towards her.

"Jimmy what's going on?" Breena asked.

"Kayley's parents plane crashed somewhere in Ohio." Jimmy explained.

"Are they alright?" Breena asked.

They were both dead when help arrived." Jimmy explained.

"Oh Jimmy I am so sorry." Breena said.

"Don't be sorry for me. Be sorry for Kayley." Jimmy replied.

"Oh poor Kayley should I wake her up?" Breena asked.

"No let's let her have a few more hours as a normal teenager. I said I would drive her up in the morning to identify the bodies." Jimmy replied.

"Does she have to do that? She's just a kid." Breena asked.

"Unfortunately yes. She is the next of kin for both of them." Jimmy explained.

"That's going to be rough." Breena replied.

"Yeah" Jimmy replied.

"You should get some sleep you have a long drive in the morning."

"I will in a few minutes I need to call Tony back." Jimmy replied.

"Why do you need to call Tony?" Breena asked.

"He called me just before I got the call from the authorities. He saw something about a plane crash on ZNN." Jimmy explained.

"Oh well be quick then." Breena replied.

Jimmy woke up at seven-thirty the next morning. He was planning on waking Kayley up at eight if she wasn't up already by then. He couldn't believe his baby sister was suddenly an orphan. He thought it was bad when he was orphaned at twenty-four. KayBear was only thirteen. She was just a baby. Jimmy had all kinds of thoughts running through his head. How would she take it? What would happen to her? Would she turn out okay or be one of those orphans and that ended up in prison? Would she be able to handle identifying the bodies? How did he tell her? Hell how would he tell most of his co-workers that he even had a sister? The only ones who knew were Abby, Ducky, and Tony. He didn't want to keep Kayley a secret from the people at NCIS but Marie was paranoid that she would be targeted if Jimmy spoke too much about her at his work. Him being kidnapped twice and Dearing's bomb didn't exactly help that issue. So only three people knew about her. Four if you counted Vance but he only knew because Kayley was listed as his next of kin. Though all medical decisions were up to Ducky and all information would be given to him first. That's when it really hit him. Not only was Kayley his only surviving family but now he was hers. Breena came in from her morning run and sat down beside him at the table.

"Jimmy it's eight." Breena said sitting down beside him.

"Of course it is." Jimmy sighed.

Jimmy got up and walked down the hall to the guest room. He stood outside for a few minutes. Before finally knocking on the door. Jimmy hoped that it would take her forever to get out of bed like she did most mornings. Just his luck this was the one morning. She was out of bed right away.

"Jimmy what's going on?" Kayley asked.

"KayBear can you come with me to the kitchen?" Jimmy asked.

"Uh yeah sure." Kayley replied.

Jimmy returned to the seat he had been at before. Kayley took the seat directly across from him. He swallowed hard and tried to figure out what exactly he should say. Breena reached over and placed her hand reassuringly on his knee.

"Guys what's going on?" Kayley asked.

"Kayley we have some very bad news for you." Jimmy replied.

"What? Did something happen to the baby? Is one of you sick?" Kayley asked.

"No. Kayley I hate to tell you this but, the plane your parents were on. It crashed last night. I am sorry but they were both killed." Jimmy explained

"No! Just no!" Kayley screamed running for the guest room.

"Should we go after her?" Breena asked.

"No let her deal with this on her own." Jimmy replied.

"Will she be alright?" Breena asked.

"She will be eventually." Jimmy assured.

"Is there anything I can do?" Breena asked.

"I have to make some calls. I guess you can help with that." Jimmy replied.

"Okay" Breena replied.

"Actually Breena there is something you can do for me." Jimmy replied.

"Of course Jimmy anything." Breena replied.

"I am the only family Kayley has left and she's going to need somewhere to live." Jimmy explained.

"Well I was hoping I would have another almost twelve and a half years before I had to deal with a teenager but I know how much Kayley means to you and I can't in good conscience leave a child in the cold. So of course." Breena replied.

What do you think? I know it's depressing but at least I got that part out-of-the-way. I hope to update soon. Please review and thanks for reading.