Tim watched as his sister took Kayleigh to the washroom. It was just him and the team now, well minus their leader. Now would be his chance to explain things. "Guys look the real reason I took the day off is because Kayleigh is..." Tim started.

"Don't tell me let me guess! I'm an investigator it's what I do. She is a part of our next case and Gibbs asked you to interrogate her? Better you than me, because I was never good with kids we worked with," Tony guessed.

"Tony shut up and let him explain," said Ziva. She wasn't happy that he had lied to her as well. They had been together for a few months now but Tony didn't know so she didn't say much.

Tim shook his head at Tony's guess, not even close. "Not exactly, you know how you said she looked familiar? Well there's a good reason for that. She's...." Tim started gain.

"Your daughter," came a voice from behind them. The cat was out of the bag or so it seemed. The all knowing one had guessed right away. "Why not just tell me Tim?"

"No way boss! Couldn't be. McZero here with a kid? He probably hasn't gotten any action since, I feel sorry for him." Tony said, patting McGee's shoulder with a grin, trying to hold in his laughter.

Gibbs smacked Tony on the back of the head. "Tony. Shut up," he ordered wanted to hear an explanation from McGee. "McGee." he said

Tim finished his sentence. "She is my daughter. I just thought you guys, well mainly him, would never let me hear the end of it if I told the truth. I knew I couldn't hide it forever or anything. Being the only family she has left I wasn't about to let her go to a home. So, she is coming to my place." Tim explained, half expecting Tony to not know where to begin with jokes. He may not have, because he stayed quiet which was very un-Tony of him.

"McGee. You should have told me instead of lying about it. You should know I wouldn't have said anything to them if you had wanted it to stay a secret." said Gibbs glaring hard at the younger agent

McGee looked up at his boss, being sure to make eye contact, because in his past experiences with Gibbs being intimidated got him nowhere. "It's not like I could have hid it forever anyway. It was a stupid decision and won't happen again." McGee promised.

"That's what you said when you kept your sister from us for so long, and when you kept your book from us for so long," Tony piped up.

Gibbs glared harder at his agent. He knew Tony was right, but he also somewhat understood why he wouldn't have told them about his daughter but he didn't like that he lied to him. "Tony, Ziva car now." he told his two agents, he wanted to say something to McGee without them around.

Ziva nodded and started towards the door.

"Right when it was starting to get good," muttered Tony as he followed Ziva out. He knew better than to ignore the boss.

Tim looked up at Gibbs, his pulse racing a bit with nerves. "I suppose this is kind of like being in the elevator, only without the elevator?" Tim guessed since that's where Gibbs had most of his private conversations.

"McGee. I might seem like a hard ass but I understand family loyalty. You have to stop keeping things from me. I might be your boss but I care." he said he was acting very unlike himself because he was thinking about his own daughter. "Tim. You're suspended for the week," he said with a small smile. It was his way of giving him a week off to get settled with his daughter and also keeping face.

Tim looked up as Gibbs gave him a lecture, but not a growly one like usual. He sometimes wondered if Gibbs was part bear, but the thing about bears was they stood up for their cubs that couldn't defend themselves. He wasn't going to push it or anything. "Got it Boss," was his only response to his punishment/reward.

Gibbs smiled at Sarah and the little girl when they came back before he left them to continue with their family time that he didn't want to interrupt anymore.

Sarah and Kayleigh sat back down at the table and smiled at Tim. Sarah gave him a look asking him if everything was okay.

Tim watched Gibbs go and his family come back. He smiled a bit back at them, still a bit confused as to his boss' good mood. "I got suspended for a week. Looks like we have a bit of time to get things settled in," Tim announced to his sister and his daughter.

Kayleigh looked confused. "Suspended? Why?" she knew what suspended was someone she went to school with had been suspended but she didn't understand why her dad was.

Sarah shook her head getting the feeling that maybe his boss had done that so that he could get in some more time with his daughter

Tim smiled down at his daughter who was concerned about him being suspended. "You see I lied to my boss about where I was going today. Lies get you nowhere, so he suspended me for a week." Tim tried to explain it and give a life lesson at the same time.

"Oh." she said blushing slightly at the small lecture about lies getting nowhere, she had lied to him earlier about not liking dogs. She nodded though in understanding.

Tim nodded. "Sorry about that interruption. My friends can be a bit nosey. It's just because they care about me though. And friends can joke around like that with each other. He didn't think we stole you from a playground," Tim assured her.

She smiled at that and nodded. "They know who I am now?" she asked

Tim nodded. "They know who you are now. I will do proper introductions next time you see them. They had no idea I had a sister either until... something happened," Tim explained to the child.

She smiled and nodded. "What happened?" she asked looking from her dad to her aunt. She was a really curious kid and wanted to get to know them better.

Tim glanced at his sister as Kayleigh asked what had happened. He hoped Sarah didn't mind talking about it. "Well you see everyone thought Sarah murdered someone. In the end it was a whole big misunderstanding though," Tim hoped to leave it at that

Sarah looked down at her niece and nodded. "Just a misunderstanding." she said to make sure her niece didn't think anything of it.

Kayleigh nodded and left it at that she didn't know what else to say to that she wasn't expecting anything like that.

Tim looked from his sister to his daughter, hoping to avoid any awkward silence. They still had to get her stuff and everything. "Do you have many bags waiting for us?" He asked Kayleigh curiously

Kayleigh shook her head. "Just a few," she answered. She didn't have much stuff because mostly she just had her clothes and a few books the rest was still at her mother's place and she had no way of getting them right now.

Tim nodded at her answer. We will have to pick up some coloring and drawing stuff for you then. You did say that's what you liked to do right?" Tim wondered. Maybe it was just color. He couldn't remember for the life of him.

Kayleigh nodded and shrugged. "That's fine" she said with a smile "Yes. I do like to colour," she said.

Tim looked across at the little girl. He was beginning to wonder if Sarah was right about him not having a big enough place, kids liked to roam didn't they? Not much room for that in his place. "This might be a bit of an adjustment at first, but I promise that I will get better at this" He said softly.

She smiled and nodded. She knew it would take some time to get use to this. "Where do you live?" she asked.

Tim thought about how to describe where he lived. "Well.... its.... kind of smallish. It's an apartment uptown. Big enough for two I would think. I mean it won't be forever, just a temporary fix." Tim tried to make it sound better than it actually was.

Kayleigh nodded and smiled. She didn't care she was use to living in a small place. "Well, can we go see?" she asked excitedly.

Sarah was just sitting there letting them talk she was listening as well. She looked at her watch and up at her brother. "Uh, Tim. I have an exam in my next class. I have to go." she said she wanted to stay but she knew she needed to get to her next class.

Tim smiled and nodded at his daughters request to see her new home. "For sure, I can give you the grand tour on the way there. Parks you could play in and whatnot. And feel free to introduce me to your friends" Tim said. He nodded at his sister, knowing she had limited time and gave her a small hug.

Sarah smiled and gave him and hug, She before knelling down to her niece and smiling and offering her a hug. "I'll come see you soon. Okay?"

Kayleigh nodded and hugged her aunt. "Bye Aunt Sarah," she said before she looked back up at her dad.


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