An: OMG...Thanks giving for those Canadian people. OMG Yesterday family dinner at Grandma's house....5 year old cousin worships me, god im such a bad roll model but the kids 5 im not gonna break her heart. Her heart was already broken back in August when I missed her birthday party. My excuse for not being there? I was at camp so Ha! Oh yeah...You get to meet Brett's parents in this chapter.
Chapter 3
The morning after the party nobody felt like getting up, but unfortunately everyone had to because, they had to go in to work. Everyone arrived at work and it was peaceful to about midday when a loud scream pierced the hallways of NCIS.
Everybody wanting to know what was going on followed the direction where the scream originated from. What ever they were expecting, it was not what they found.
A girl around fourteen years old was with the Director. She was a splitting image of her and Tony decided to speak up to see if they needed any help. The girl had long red hair and the clearest blue eyes Tony had ever seen.
"Director is everything alright?" He asked.
Jenny looked up and nodded with a smile on her face. She knew things had got out of hand and watched Tony tell every other agent; expect Gibbs' team to go back to work. He was one of the best agents there and nobody was stupid enough to piss him, or his team mates off.
He was trained as a cop, later trained as a Federal Agent. Ziva was trained as a Mossad assassin, Kate was Secret Service before NCIS and Tim was a computer Geek.
"Everything is fine, just a minor disagreement, right Brett?" Jenny said, with no room for argument.
Brett nodded, looking anything but happy. All she wanted was to know why she couldn't get her birthday wish. After all, it wasn't that big of a deal. She had a right to know him, and just because he and dad hadn't seen each other in over thirty years, should not mean she had to suffer as well.
It was not like she was missing school or anything, as she was home schooled and pretty much lived in Israel with her best friend Annie. They traveled with her grandfather and private Tutor. Every couple of months, they would stop in either; England for three weeks or here.
"Yes sir, just a minor disagreement with my mother." She replied glaring back at her mother.
Tony grinned, obviously wanting more information. Jenny knew Brett wouldn't say anything; as she was shy, but Tony's Tony.
She could speak French, Spanish, Hebrew, and English. She was in the middle of learning Russian from Ziva and her father, also American Sign Language. She's been to practically every country in the world.
You never know what Tony could get out of you with out him even trying. Brett was smart, yes, but Tony would not take no for an answer. He had been raised to speak three different languages and knew every trick in the book and out of the book as well as the fact that he was taught by Gibbs.
"Mother? I didn't know you had a daughter Director." Jenny nodded, already annoyed with Tony.
She looked back at Brett who was usually sweet and shy. She wished Brett could have a normal life, with normal friends, but with Jenny who was being The First Director Of An Armed Federal Agency and her over protective father, it wasn't going to happen anytime soon. Plus, with what Brett did with most of her time.
She was the First Female Director of an Armed Federal Agency, she had everyone breathing down her back at once and it was far from pleasant. Brett's father was a former Marine Scout/Sniper for the Marine core, but quit years ago. He had then joined NCIS and is now a Field Agent.
"Mom…These people are scaring me." Bret admitted while moving out of view from them.
Jenny sighed as Brett moved behind her. She was back to being shy. The only wish Brett had for her birthday next week was to meet her grandfather, as she knew he was still alive.
Jenny and Brett's father had tried to explain that it was not as easy as she thinks it to be. But Jenny and her boyfriend of sixteen years had given up and decided to surprise her on her birthday. Though Brett knew the trip was coming, she just didn't know the surprise party after words was down in her father's home town. The party, and being in the town made Brett happy and that's all that matters.
"Alright People back to work!" Jenny ordered just wanting to go back to her office and let Brett's father deal with her.
Sadly, a week later Brett was fourteen, and they had pulled up in front of a store in a small town called StillWater Pennsylvania. Brett got out of the car and quickly moved beside her mother. Together Gibbs, Jenny and Brett walked into the store.
Jackson Gibbs looked up from reading the paper once he heard the bell ring. He never imagined that his son finally returned home after all these years. Gibbs didn't even know he had a niece and nephew. Jack wished he could tell his son right there and then, but he knew his daughter would kill him, as Leroy left on bad terms with her.
"Leroy?" he said shocked.
Jethro took a breath, counted to ten, and nodded. He counted to about thirty this time before answering. He hadn't seen his dad in thirty years and yet, he still hadn't changed. Though he really wanted to see his sister, who he hadn't seen sense she was eleven. He wouldn't recognize her if someone showed him a picture.
The last time he saw her, she had fiery red hair down to the waist pulled into two long braids, he could never forget because he had started doing her hair when she was three, after their mother passed away. Gibbs and Jack never did get along, and he felt bad for leaving DS alone with him.
"Jack. It's nice to see you again." Not being called Dad stung, but it had been thirty years and he shouldn't expect much of his son.
Jack was pretty sure his son was only here to see his sister. The last time they saw each other was the same day the two of them had last seen each other. Dominique was only eleven, and Leroy had been eighteen.
He had left to join the Marine Corp and was Honorably Discharged eighteen years ago. That would have made Leroy about thirty one and Dominique would be twenty four. His kids were both grown, with kids of their own, and Jack wished he had the guts to tell Leroy he remarried.
"Welcome home son." Brett looked at the man called Jack, and right away she could tell she got her wish.
She had been really excited that she finally got to meet her only living grandfather, as her mother's father killed himself when her mom was sixteen, leaving her to raise her twelve year old sister Lily by her self.
There mother had died of cancer when Jenny was nine. Lily was five, and of course, they were both mamma's angels and it had hurt them pretty badly when both parents died. Lily had found their mother's body 'sleeping' on the couch, and Jenny had found their father's body on the floor in the study.
"Thank you. Jack." Gibbs stopped talking for a minute, deciding if he should run out the door now, but he had quickly changed his mind.
If he walked out that door, Brett would never talk to him again and it would be like losing another child. He had had Kelly shortly after he joined the Marines. Nine years later she was killed, along with his first wife, Shannon Marie Gibbs.
He quit the Marines and joined NCIS and a couple of years later, he found love again and had another daughter. Named after her big sister, whose first name was Kelly and middle name Anne.
"I would like you to meet my girlfriend Jenny Shepard of sixteen years, and our daughter Brittney Kellyanne Shepard-Gibbs who is fourteen today." Jack's smile got wider, if that was even possible.
He studied Brittney and could tell she looked like her mother, only she had her father's blue eyes. She wasn't very tall, but wasn't short either. She didn't have a city accent like he thought she would. It sounded exotic; maybe it was Somalian, or even Israeli. He wondered if they ever lived in the country or Content.
She probably didn't, as her skin was to pale to have lived there for even a year. If she did, she would probably be more tan that she was.
"Well Brittney, I can see where you get your good looks from." Jack grinned while he looked at Jenny.
Brett smiled and spoke in a soft voice. You could tell she was shy, as she did not sound very confident when she talked. She was raised with manners, and probably taught to honor the uniform as well. Though, he would have to ask her later, if he got the chance. She was fidgety, almost nervous like and moved her hands a lot.
He wondered if English was the only language she knew, but doubted it as schools taught Spanish. Brett had stopped paying him any attention and hid her face in Leroy's coat. He should make Leroy take that off.
"Thank you sir, call me Brett please. Everyone does."If you asked anyone that knew Brett Shepard they would say she's a shy, but friendly girl with long red hair that reached her shoulders, like her aunt's and mother's hair.
Brett was a childhood nickname that had stuck to everyone and it was one of the rare names, that as a nickname, she liked. She only got called Brittney when she was in trouble or if she was forced to say it. Her best friend Annie had given it to her when they were three, and Brett gave her the nickname Annie, as she picked up from Aunt Ziva who called her Anna.
"Call me Jack, Alright Brett. Happy Birthday, I'm sure you're very happy to be fourteen, as you get lots of freedom correct?" It was like nothing could wipe the smile off his face.
He got to see his son again, his son's girlfriend and his granddaughter. He watched as she nodded and focused his attention on Jenny. She seemed to have a fire burning in her eyes, and could hold her own.
She looked smart and confident. He wondered if they worked together, or if she even worked. He would get all the answers he wanted later, but right now he was going to get to know them, well as best as he could with out upsetting anyone.
"Red head eh? Well your pretty darlin' if only I was twenty years younger." Jenny laughed. Oh he was a flirt. She could flirt straight back with him, but Jethro would get mad, and she did not want to deal with his temper today.
It was their daughter's birthday and nothing was going to change that. So she would keep on his good side for now. Tomorrow however, she would be back to her normal self and trying to piss off Jethro for no reason.
It was always fun, especially at work when she can use her 'I'm the boss card, so do as I say' voice. Jack looked so much like Jethro it was scary, I guess its father like son.
"Thank you Jack, I love my hair. Though, I did cut it once, which was a big mistake." She said smiling at the memory that came to mind.
Jack grinned, noticing Jenny wasn't shy as Brett was. Jack wondered how short she cut her hair and why it was such a big mistake, but let it go thinking she just didn't like the haircut. Jack wasn't a curious person, but when it involved his son, he was definitely curious. Now he wondered about Jenny's name.
Was her name really Jenny? Or was it short for Jennifer or something else. Well the only way was to ask and that's just what he did after he finished looking at her. Her Green eyes were twinkling and had fire burning in them. He wondered why.
"So is Jenny short for Jennifer?" Jenny nodded.
Damn, of course he would figure it out. She hated the name Jennifer. Never less her name was Jennifer Lilith Shepard for nothing. It meant that she was strong willed and her little sister had the same name basically only in a different order.
Lilith Jennifer Shepard, or more commonly known as Lily. Lily was dangerous and was a CIA Agent, the best they had and would never fire her. She only knew how to behave around Brett and her kids. Jasper Brian Shepard-Thomson and Alexia Katrina Shepard-Alexandrov, both had their father's names and her last name, which was a good thing.
"Yes. It is Jennifer but I go by Jenny. Only the rare person gets away with calling me Jennifer." Jack grinned.
Knowing she was the second best perfect woman for his son. The first best was Shannon, he knew they had got married, knew they had had a little girl named Kelly Anne Gibbs. He didn't know how they died and something told him he didn't want to know.
Jack wondered how long it would take Leroy to ask about his sister. He loved her more then anything in the world and never could say no to her. In his eyes she was a princess, and would break if she heard the word no. He suspected it was the same with Brett, but chose not to ask.
"Hey Jack, Where's Dominique?" Jethro asked, as if on cue.
Jack looked over at Leroy and shrugged. Knowing Dominique, she would come in at the wrong time with the twins. It wasn't his place to tell him about the twins, but he would blow up at her for not telling him.
But Dominique would kill him for telling Leroy. Let's just say, she wasn't looking forward to being a mom at the time she ended up pregnant. She was temped to run away and just not deal with it, but after a long talk with Jack, she did the right thing. Stayed where she was and raised her kids with help from her father.
"She mentioned spending the day down at the beach, but she should be back soon knowing her." It was true. She wanted to spend time with the kids while she had time off work, and it was summer, so it's not like they were missing school.
They were hard to deal with alone though. Luckily her boyfriend Stan Burly, who lived in DC, loved the kids as much as she did. The door suddenly opened and two five year olds ran in screaming at each other.
Gibbs thought they looked like someone he knew and connected the dots. His sister wasn't a little girl anymore. She grew up and had kids of her own. They were arguing about a star as far as he could tell.
"LJ GIVE ME BACK MY STAR!" He was named after me? He would have to ask her about that later.
The boy LJ looked like a mini him, and the little girl looked like a mini Dominique. They looked no older then five…and twins by the similarity.
He knew twins ran in the family, but wow. Actually, he was very surprised Brett wasn't a twin. The Boy grinned and shook his head. He was just teasing her and would give the star back later, when he had to it seemed.
He wondered when Dom would show up, and demand him give the star back to his sister. He also wondered who was older. More questions and yet, no answers.
"Gotta catch me first JL!" Jack rolled his eyes, he had enough.
They were arguing and if they kept it up Jackie would cry, and Leo would get grounded for two weeks for making his sister cry. If he got grounded, then Jack would be stuck babysitting two grumpy five year olds.
He wondered how long it would take Leroy to realize these two kids are his niece and nephew, who are named after him and himself. Jackie and Leo had two first names and one middle name. Jackie had two L's and one J in her name, while it was the other way around for Leo.
"Jacqueline-Leonora and Leroy-Jethro what happened?" he demanded.
The two kids cringed at their full names being used. So they hated the names, Gibbs suspected they only used LJ and JL as their names, and only got called by their full names when they were in Trouble. He guessed Jack was watching them, and so he used their full names.
Jack had simply nodded at the kids, and it was like he made them continue to get one of them in trouble. Where were his sister and their father? The only thing really running though Gibbs' mind at the moment was, he was going to kill the kid who knocked his sister up.
"Umm LJ stole my star, and he wont give it back. Make him give it back please?" JL pleaded.
Jack nodded and turned on Leo, He stared at LJ until he gave the star back.. He was probably used to this thing as if it happened every day. Well they were twins so it probably did. The kids seemed to have good manners, and were raised perfectly.
He wondered what Jack would say to make the boy give the star back. If he even gave it back. Though he suspected stone cold hard punishment would be involved if he didn't do as Jack said. He saw the boy pass the star back to his sister with out a word after Jack spoke.
"Give it back before your mother finds out." The doors opened and Dominique walked in carrying some bags. She put them on the counter and turned around, she had saw Leroy.
Leroy had also turned around and faced her. They set their eyes on each other before freezing.
Jack sighed, and wondered who would snap out of it first. Dominique opened her mouth and closed it again a couple of times. This was the first time she had seen her brother in many, many years, and she could still recognize him, only he had scars every where and was with two other red heads it seemed. She wondered who they were, before speaking one word.
"Leo?"
Gibbs nodded and walked over to hug her. She did the same and didn't bother to hold back the tears. This was her wish for so many years; to see her brother again and tell him everything that had happened. For now though, she was fine crying in his arms.
Gibbs had to hold back tears, which didn't work and walked over to hug his sister. She had grown up and he was surprised he could even recognize her. Though in her eyes he saw pain, and knew they would talk about that later. After they had finished crying, Gibbs finally said something to her.
"DS! Wow you grown up sense I last saw you." He stated the obvious.
Dominique let a smile creep up on her face. It was true, she was still growing when he left and joined the core. She was so heartbroken when he left, but had eventually moved on.
Her boyfriend would be down later and spend the weekend with her. She looked at the two red heads and thought to her self they must be the wife and daughter. Well she was only partly wrong; she was his girlfriend, not his wife. She wondered how long they had been married, because their daughter looked to be about fourteen or fifteen and very shy.
"Jen, Brett, this is my sister, Dominique Serenity Gibbs, unless she got married without telling me." He half teased, half questioned.
Dominique smiled at everyone, and figured her brother hadn't changed. Brett was a cute name, and figured Jen was probably short for Jennifer or something. She could probably get along with Jen anyways, she seemed nice enough, and that's all that mattered. Her big brother was finally home!
Gibbs wondered what was going through his sister's mind at the moment, and could tell she hadn't change that much. She still had her long waist length hair. So many questions he had to ask her, but for now he could just be contempt with being with her, his girlfriend, daughter, father, niece and nephew.
"No Leo, I didn't get married without telling you, never been married in my life." She admitted.
Two hours later, Jack had managed to get Brett alone and was able to get her to talk. She was sweet, kind, Shy, and perfect. Not like any other fourteen year old he knew. Leroy wouldn't talk to him at fourteen, and Dominique, well…she was missing her brother a bit too much.
"So Brett, tell me a bit about yourself, maybe a bit about your parents too, if you want to of course." Brett grinned and opened to mouth ready to start talking.
Brett was really shy. Well, expect when she was talking to Saba Eli or Annie. She was around them long enough not to feel shy towards them.
"Well my best friend's name is Annie, and we travel the world with her grandfather. Annie's step-mom and aunt both work under mom and dad. I speak fluent English, French, Spanish and Hebrew..."
She told him everything that she had been up to, and what her parents do, how they met, and answered most of the questions he asked.
The end.
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