Tony followed Jason into the mansion. He isn't even sure why he came anymore. Sonny was always very supportive of whatever he did since their first meeting in Rode Island. Tony has spent every holidays and summer with Sonny while he was in military school. So he can't understand why he is so nervous about seeing him. Tony first introduced Gibbs to Sonny after he first started working at NCIS. Tony wondered if he should even be there considering the closest family member he has is a mob boss.
After a long weekend in Port Charles with Gibbs, Tony was ready to pack his bags and leave NCIS. That was until Gibbs had told him he wasn't going to be going anywhere. That while he doesn't agree with what Sonny does, he likes him. Tony had been relieved that he didn't have to choose between the 2 men. 9 years later, nothing has changed.
Tony and Jason walked in on Sonny in the middle of a kiss with Olivia. Jason cleared his throat. Sonny ignored him hoping whoever it was would just leave. Jason cleared his throat again.
"Go Away!" Sonny growled.
"You have company." Jason responded coolly.
Sonny looked away from Olivia to Jason, but most importantly the one standing next to him. He broke away from Olivia and ran to his nephew. He wrapped him up in a hug.
"Olivia, this is my nephew Tony DiNozzo. Tony this is my girlfriend Olivia Falconeri."
"Hello Ms. Falconeri, nice to meet you."
Sonny rolled his eyes at his nephew politeness, but he knew this was Tony and this is how he is.
"Please call me Olivia. Ms. Falconeri makes me feel old."
Tony nodded.
Dante walked into the room of the mansion. Dante and Sonny have reached an understanding to agree to disagree about everything, but as long as Olivia was dating Sonny they would try. Dante noticed a stranger in the room and wondered if his so-called father was conducting business with his mother in the room.
"Excuse me, but who are you?" Dante asked the stranger rather rudely. If this person is in the mob, he has no intentions of being polite.
Tony said nothing and looked down at the floor, finding it very interesting all of a sudden. Sonny knew what he was trying to do, disappear as if it was even possible. Sonny waved his hand in front of Tony's face to get him to look up.
"Dante, this is Tony DiNozzo, my nephew. Tony, this is my son with Olivia, Dante." Sonny introduced before turning his attention back to his nephew. "Don't mind Dante. He is a cop, so he is defensive by nature; at least where I'm concerned."
"Hello Officer Falconeri." Tony responded quietly.
"It's Dante Tony, sorry about earlier. I thought that you were an associate of Sonny's and you were conducting business. So what do you do for a living?"
Tony didn't respond; he wasn't sure what he should say.
Sonny spoke up for Tony. "Tony is a Federal Agent, NCIS."
Olivia and Dante were both shocked; they never expected Sonny to have a Federal Agent for a nephew.
"Tony what does NCIS stand for?" Olivia asked trying to get him to calm down and relax.
"Naval Criminal Investigative Services. Basically we investigate murders and wrong doings of Navy and Marine Personal and their families. Also anything dealing with terrorist."
"WOW! That sounds like some job, very interesting. How long have you been doing that?" Dante asked impressed.
"9 years, 6 years as a cop before that. I was working as a cop for Baltimore Homicide when we had a death of a Navy officer. NCIS was called in and we shared jurisdiction. After the case was over; the Agent, I had been working with invited me to join his team. So I did and have been there ever since."
Sonny could see his nephew was tired and something else was wrong. Something he couldn't put his finger on. He knew Tony as well as anybody could. He is always grateful when Tony doesn't show up in full mask mode. But with or without the mask, he is never truly relaxed unless he is alone. Always worrying what people think and if he would ever truly measure up.
"Tony the guest room is made up, why don't you go upstairs and relax for awhile before dinner."
Tony left the room grateful to have some time alone to think.
"Sonny something is going on with him, he seems so" Olivia began trying to think of the word she would use to describe him.
"Diffused?" Dante offered the best word he could come up with.
Sonny knew he had to explain Tony to them.
"Tony was abused by his father for years, before being disowned and shipped off to Military School at 12. I met Tony a year later; he was to accepting of what he had been through. He blames himself for everything under the sun. He is so polite and nervous when meeting new people. His boss and I have been trying to get him to see the value in himself for years, but nothing we try ever seems to work. He is always going to be believe the bad thing his father said about him and none of the good things anyone else tries to tell him. But I won't give up and neither will his boss. We just hope that one day we would be successful and he can truly be happy and believe that he does deserve to be loved. Tony also has a tendency to hide his pain behind a mask of a frat boy persona."
