A/N: Well, here is chapter 3! I warn you! This is a bloody long chapter! 5 days to write this! 10 hand-written pages! My hand is dead! So, I am very sorry for the wait, but thank you guys so much for the patience and continuing support! I hope you like this extra-long chapter! :) Happy 1DDAY everyone :)
P.S: I do not know a lot about the American school system, any mistakes are mine.
Tony's Family : Story 1
Chapter 3
Tony was shocked – but happy shocked.
"She…she called me daddy." Tony turned to face Ziva, smiling. Ziva's face mirrored Tony's happiness.
"That is amazing!" Ziva exclaimed, hugging the shocked man. She wrapped her arms around his neck, and he wrapped his arms tightly around her waist. When they pulled apart, Tony had tears in his eyes.
"Daddy…" he whispered. Ziva smiled and kissed his lips gently.
"The best daddy ever." Ziva stated, placing her smaller hand in his larger ones. She started to gently pull him back down the corridor. Tony slung his arm loosely around her waist as they walked to the car and drove to work.
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In the classroom
Destiny followed Mrs Simpson into the classroom, being led to a table, were five other kids sat.
"That is your seat there sweetie." The teacher pointed to the seat. Destiny nodded.
"Thank you." She said softly. She slid into her seat next to a girl that had blonde hair just passed her shoulders, pulled into a pony-tail.
"Hi!" the girl said enthusiastically. She was a bubbly, confident child, the complete opposite to Destiny, who was shy, and preferred to keep to herself.
"Hello." Destiny replied softly.
"I'm Cooper!"
"I am Destiny." She replied, voice still quiet. The other children at the table were in conversation with one another. The teacher walked to the front of the classroom and clapped her hands to get the class' attention.
"Good morning boys and girls! Welcome to your first day at Washington Elementary! My name is Mrs Simpson and I will be your teacher for the next year. I am now going to call you up one by one and you are going to tell us your name and something about you or your family. Everyone understand?" She was answered with nods. "Okay, emm, Sophie, do you want to go first?" Sophie stood up and said,
"My name is Sophie Collins, and me and my daddy have movie nights on Saturdays." She sat back down. One by one, they stood up, telling their future classmates about themselves. Soon, it was Cooper's turn.
"Hi! My name is Cooper Curry, I have a twin sister Riley, but she is sick today, and I do swimming lessons!" When Cooper sat down, Mrs Simpson called on Destiny to talk. She took a deep breath, and stood up.
"Ehh, my name is Destiny DiNozzo." She said softly.
"Can you say that a bit louder, sweetie?" Mrs Simpson asked.
"My, erm, my name is Destiny DiNozzo." She said louder."
"And tell us something about you or your family." Mrs Simpson prompted.
"My daddy and mommy are NCIS Special Agents." She stated proudly. She sat back down. Cooper leaned over and whispered to her,
"My daddy works at NCIS too." She smiled. Destiny gave her a small smile in return.
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Tony was a very happy man, and when he was happy and joyful, he can be very annoying. He pinging elastic bands at McGee right now, waiting for Gibbs. A band hit McGee on the nose.
"Tony!" he exclaimed.
"McCranky!" Tony sing-songed.
"Why are you so happy?" Tony acted shocked.
"What's so bad about me being a happy chappy?" He asked grinning. Ziva was trying not to laugh.
"When you are happy, you are more annoying than usual. Now, why are you happy?" Tony just continued grinning. He looked around.
"Where's Gibbs?"
"Right here, DiNozzo." Gibbs said, rounding the corner.
"Guess what, Boss." Tony said to him. Gibbs turned to look at him.
"What?" he asked, playing along, curiosity over-powering him. Tony gave him a huge grin.
"Des called me daddy." He told the Marine, eyes lighting up even more when Gibbs smiled at him.
"Good for you, DiNozzo." Gibbs nodded at him. McGee smiled too.
"Tony, that's awesome!" he said excitedly. Abby came into the bull-pen.
"What's awesome?" she asked, perching on the edge of Gibbs' desk.
"I'm a daddy." Tony's grin getting wider, if it was possible. Abby frowned, momentarily confused. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her head, making the connection. She clapped her hands excitedly and squealed, teetering over to Tony's desk in her tall boots. He stood up quick, just before he was attacked in a hug. He gently pried her off him and flopped back in his seat. Abby sat in his lap, arms around his neck and kissed his forehead. Ziva was trying hard not to be jealous of Abby.
"That is awesome, Tony-boy!"
The rest of the day went past quietly, and Team Gibbs spent the afternoon talking and joking with each other.
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In school
It was now after lunch, and Destiny's class were having free time, so Destiny decided to draw. For Gibbs, she had drawn a body of a boat, with a grey-haired stick figure next to it holding a jar filled with what was presumably bourbon. For McGee, she had drawn a stick figure sat side on next to a computer with a bunch of gibberish on the screen. For Ziva, a figure wearing dark green and holding knives and guns. For Abby, there was a person covered in tattoos with a bat on her shoulder filling the page. She had drawn someone laying on a metal slap and someone standing over him for Ducky, and for Palmer, she had drawn two stick figures, resembling himself and Breena. She was now working on her picture for Tony, which was presenting Tony as Superman with a gun and a huge smile. Cooper walked over to her from the Lego she was playing with, with a kid called Jacob.
"What are you doing?" she asked, looking through the finished pictures. Destiny looked up from her current picture.
"Drawing." She replied quietly. Cooper put the pictures back on the table.
"Come play with us." Cooper invited. Destiny shook her head shyly.
"No thank you." She declined softly, and continued drawing.
"Are you sure?" Cooper asked, frowning slightly. Destiny nodded.
"Okay." Cooper went back to Jacob.
After 10minutes or so, Mrs Simpson told the class to tidy up. Destiny looked up at the clock. The big hand was near the six, and the small hand was in between the two and the three. It was nearly time to go back with Tony and Ziva! She hurried to tidy up her crayons. When everyone was sitting down, Mrs Simpson spoke to them.
"Okay, I hope you had fun today! When you parents come, they will come and talk to me first, so please stay in your seat. When I have finished speaking to them, they will come and get you. Everybody understand?" the kids nodded. "Good, Chat between yourselves I your seats." She smiled to herself when the once quiet room, was filled with joyful chatter. Mrs Simpson sat at her desk and watched her class. Her eyes rested on one little girl. Destiny DiNozzo. She was a smart kid, but was shy. She had hardly said ten words to anybody all day. She would mention that to her parents. She didn't miss how Destiny kept looking between the door and the papers in her hands.
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The team hadn't caught a case again today, so Tony and Ziva were still in the office at 1430.
"Hey, Boss?" Tony called, after seeing the time. Gibbs looked up from the case report he was signing.
"What?"
"Can me and Zi get Des?" he asked. Gibbs nodded.
"Yeah, just come back after afterwards. You are still on my time." He reminded them. Tony flashed his 1000 mega-watt grin.
"Sure. Thanks Boss!"
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Four sets of parents had come and gone – including Cooper's – by the time Tony and Ziva came though the classroom door. When Destiny saw them, her face lit up. She stood up, and then remembering what the teacher had told them and sat back down. Tony had seen her stand up and waved to her as the teacher came to greet them.
"Hi! I'm Kerrie Simpson, and you two must be Destiny's parents." She said. Tony nodded and held put his hand.
"Yeah, I'm Tony DiNozzo." Kerrie shook Tony's hand, and then Ziva's.
"And I am Ziva David." Kerrie didn't question the different end names.
"I'm sorry that we did not talk this morning, but we didn't want to upset Destiny more than we had to." Tony explained.
"Oh, that is quite alright!" Kerrie told them. Tony smiled.
"So, was Destiny well-behaved?" Tony asked. The teacher looked thoughtful for a moment.
"Yes, she is very well-behaved, but, she doesn't seem to want to interact with the other children." She told them. "She only spoke when someone spoke to her first. Cooper – the girl who sits next to her – tried to start conversation with her several times and invited her play with her and another child, but she declined politely and quietly. There was one time where she seemed to have a longer conversation with Cooper, but it only lasted for a few minutes." Kerrie expressed her concerns. Tony and Ziva frowned slightly at each other. Ziva nodded slowly.
"We shall talk to her about it, yes?" Ziva said. Tony nodded.
"Thank you for telling us, ma'am." Tony thanked her. Kerrie smiled.
"Please, call me Kerrie. Ma'am makes me sound old!" she laughed. "Now, I will let you take Destiny home. She seems to have something for you."
"Thank you, ma'am…Kerrie." Tony corrected, waving for Destiny to come over. The family said their goodbyes to the teacher, and started walking to the car.
"So, did you make any friends today?" Ziva asked. Destiny shrugged her shoulders.
"I talked to the girl next to me." She told them.
"What's her name?" Tony asked her, buckling the girl into her car seat.
"Cooper Curry. Her daddy works for NCIS too." She informed them. Special Agent Curry held the Senior Field Agent status – like Tony – two teams down from Team Gibbs. Tony nodded as he pulled into the NCIS parking lot. It was dark in the mostly full lot, and Destiny still wasn't the darks biggest fan, so Tony placed her on his hip and she concentrated on his face.
"What did you draw today?" Ziva asked, gesturing to the pictures in Destiny's hand.
"I made pictures!" she said excitedly, as they stepped into the elevator.
"That is cool!" Ziva told her. Destiny wriggled free from Tony's arms, and slipped her hand into Ziva's. "Can we see them?" Destiny shuffled the papers for a bit, pulling out the pages for Tony and Ziva as the elevator dinged at their floor. She held them out shyly. The couple took the offered drawings, smiles lighting up their faces.
"I made them for you." Destiny told them shyly. Ziva picked the little girl up and planted a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Our little artist! We love them!" Ziva told her. Tony kissed Destiny's head.
"I love it Des!" he said, walking into the bull-pen. "Are those for the others?" he asked. Destiny nodded, being placed back to stand. Tony caressed her head. "Do you wanna go give everyone them?" Destiny smiled and nodded. Tony sat down at his desk, as Destiny slowly approached McGee's desk, holding out the crayoned drawing.
"This is for you, Timmy." She said softly. McGee took the offered drawing, smiling when he saw it. He pulled her into a gentle hug.
"I love it! Thank you." She smiled up at him as McGee tacked the drawing to the bottom of his computer screen. Destiny then crept slowly over to were Gibbs was sat. Gibbs scooped her up gently, earning a squeal and a giggle from the girl. She slowly held out the paper to the older man. He smiled as he took it. When his ice blue eyes scanned the page, he laughed – in a good way.
"I absolutely love it! We have a little artist with us!" Like Kate. He added to himself sadly. Gibbs swivelled round in his chair, and taped the picture next to the photos from his Maine days on the wall. "Now I can see it every day." He smiled. Destiny giggled as Gibbs 'stole her nose'. He saw the last few papers in her hands. "Who are they for?" he asked. Destiny smiled.
"Abby, Ducky and Jimmy." She told him.
"You wanna go and give'um them?" Destiny nodded. Gibbs stood up, gently swinging the small girl on his shoulders, keeping her in place by holding her ankles gently. Destiny squealed happily, gripping the older man's short hair lightly.
"Say bye to everyone." Gibbs said. Destiny waved to McGee.
"Bye Timmy!" she turned slightly and waved to Ziva.
"Bye mommy!" Ziva's eyes filled with happy tears. "Bye daddy!" Tony's heart swelled with pride and happiness when he heard daddy. With that, Gibbs walked him and Destiny down to Abby, ignoring the shocked stares and gasps from other agents, and focused on the squeals and giggles coming from the light of joy on his shoulders.
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Abby heard the giggles fill the lab over the music coming from her computer. She paused the latest Brain Matter song and turned around. She grabbed a camera as she 'awwed'.
"Aww, Gibbs! That is so cute! I need a picture!" she cooed. She was expecting Gibbs to tell her no, so she was surprised when he just nodded and placed a hand on Destiny's back. SNAP! "Aww! So cute! I'll print you a copy! And for Tony!" Abby said excitedly, as Gibbs gently picked Destiny off his shoulders.
"And me and mommy please!" Destiny asked, running to hug Abby's legs. Abby looked confused as she hugged Destiny back.
"Mommy?" she mouthed to Gibbs. Gibbs smiled and signed,
"Ziva."
"Aww!" She cooed. "Yes, I'll defiantly print one out for mommy and you!" Destiny smiled. "So, what brings you guys to my humble Labby? Not that I don't like you guys here." She added hastily. Gibbs shook his head fondly at Abby's ramblings.
"Destiny has something for you." Gibbs handed Destiny Abby's picture. The small girl held it up to the Goth. Abby grinned.
"This is awesome! I'm gonna hang it up!" Abby hung the picture next to the bat version of her the Kate had drawn. Destiny pointed to it.
"Who drawed that?" she asked. Abby's eyes filled with tears.
"Our friend Kate." Abby choked out, moving over to Gibbs and burying her head in his shoulder. He rubbed her back comfortingly. "I miss her so much, Gibbs!" she whispered, letting out quiet sobs.
"I know Abbs." He whispered. "I miss her too." He admitted. Destiny was scared. She had made Abby cry! She slowly crept towards Abby.
"I'm sorry I made you cry Abby. I didn't mean to." She whispered. Abby wiped her eyes and knelt down in front of her.
"Aww baby! It's not your fault! I was just remembering somebody who had to go away." Abby assured her.
"Where'd they go?" she was asked. Abby glanced at Gibbs.
"You know where your first mommy and daddy went?" Destiny nodded slowly.
"Did she go with the angels?" Abby nodded and hugged her tight. Gibbs cleared his throat awkwardly.
"Okay," he said. "Let's go to see Ducky and Jimmy." Destiny nodded.
"Bye Abby." She whispered, being scooped into Gibbs' strong arms.
"Bye Dezzie." Abby said. "Keep smiling for me!" Destiny gave her a weak smile as Gibbs walked them out the lab. Destiny laid her head on his shoulder.
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Gibbs strode into Autopsy, holding a too-quiet Destiny.
"Ahh, hello Jethro! Hello Destiny." Ducky greeted cheerily. "What do me and Mister Palmer owe the pleasure of this visit?"
"Hey Duck, Palmer."
"Hello, eh, Agent Gibbs. Hi, um, Destiny." Jimmy stuttered.
"Destiny's got something for you guys." Gibbs bent down to place Destiny on the floor, but she just clung to him tighter, shaking her head. Gibbs frowned slightly, but stood back up to his full height. He gave Destiny the final two papers and walked over to Ducky. The silent girl held out his drawing shyly. Ducky smiled.
"I love it, my dear!" he told her. "Thank you!" Destiny gave him a small smile. Gibbs walked over to Jimmy, who looked like he would bolt at any moment. But when Destiny handed him her final drawing, that look was replaced with happiness.
"It's beautiful, Des!" she was told. "I love it! And I bet Breena will too!" she gave a small smile too.
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Destiny wriggled free from Gibbs' hold, running over to Tony, and burying her face in his chest.
"Hey, hey." He said to her, caressing her hair. "Don't cry. What's wrong?" he asked, concerned. When he didn't get an answer, he looked at Gibbs, whose face mirrored his own confusion. "Boss? What happened?"
"I…I don't know." Gibbs sighed. "Des asked Abby who Kate was, Abby started crying, and then Destiny turned silent after apologizing to Abby for making her cry." Gibbs saw Tony hug the girl tighter, before nodding slowly.
"Okay." Tony said, rocking the crying child in his seat slowly.
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Gibbs' POV
I feel guilty. How can I not? Destiny got upset and stopped talking in the five minutes she was in my care. Sure, I'm not perfect when it comes to kids – nobody is – but I can't be that bad. Can I?
A/N: CHAPTER COMPLETE! 2,877 words! Holy crap! Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and that it was worth the long wait. Thank you for the continued support though this story :) Byee!
Chloe xxx
P.S: I will be updating this story after I have updated my other story, What's The Point?, that I am working on. :)