Tony looked around to see if he knew this place of course he didn't recognize. He was standing on a beach a place that he no ties to. But it was peaceful all the same to him it was giving him plenty of time to think about his life. His life has been anything but going the way he wanted he thought he's be married by now. Looking back the on his life there was Wendy the closest he had come, they were engaged till he took the job at NCIS. Then there was the string of women over the years none of them ever being what he needed.

Then there was Jeanne who he had genuinely fell in love with. In the beginning she was just another assignment but he wasn't able to turn off his real feelings. That was a mess of a relationship in its self for it was based on a lie. But of course he was just doing his job, the hardest part of that relationship was the break up for she had accused him of murdering her father. When he was cleared she had asked him if he had ever truly loved her of course he lied and said no, but she never needed to know the truth.

Then of course there was EJ. That was a mess to she was the one who got the promotion that he turned down in Rota. She was an amazing person but of course there was always that nagging feeling that, that relationship too was doom from the start. Their working together was one factor that made it rough but the worst was that she didn't want him to take care of her; she was one to do it on her own.

Then thinking about the one woman who had escaped his life when he was young all of eight years old his mother. She was an amazing woman for what he could remember of her. The times when he was sick she would bring him tea and toast. Or how she would read to him every night so he could fall asleep. And how much she loved to just hug and hold him when he was upset. He could still remember the day his father told him that his mother had died, he too felt like he had died.

Then there was Kate she was the annoying sister he never wanted but grew to love she became family. Once she joined the team things had become a bit easier. She was a bright person and really the heart of the team. She was the one who held them all together and kept him on his toes. It was another sad day when he lost her to a sick and twisted man. She had died doing what she had done best and that was bringing down the bad guys.

It almost seemed weather it was his love life or his family the women he grew to love had always found a way to leave him. Weather they had died or just stopped loving him they all left. And then of course he really had no family his dad and him were estranged so what was left for him to go back too.

"Now son I know you don't believe that." She said as he turned to see his mother standing there behind him.

"Mom what are you doing here?" Tony asked

"To tell you that I love you and I would love for nothing then for you to stay here but there is someone out there for you who loves you so much." Mom said as she wrapped her arms around me.

"Where am I?" Tony asked

"The ocean, son you are in a coma and this is your dream. So tell us why we are here. " Mom said

"How long? And what do you mean us?"" Tony asked

"Two weeks?" She said

"Huh?" Tony said

"He loves you too Tony you have to just open your eyes and see that?" She said as he turned to see Kate standing there.

"What are you doing here now?" Tony asked

"We came to tell you that it's not your time yet. He loves you and you love him." Kate said

"How do you know that?" Tony asked

"I worked with you too for three years and I could tell it's been what ten years in the making. Come on Tony wake up." Kate said as Tony looked away from her knowing that it was true he did love one person but it would never happen.

"Gibbs is a very stubborn man and can be a real bastard but you already know that. You know more about him then all his ex-wives. He is a stubborn man I mean come on he married three times trying to replace me. " She said as he then saw a redheaded women standing next to his mom with a little girl.

"Oh my god you must be Shannon." Tony said

"Yes I am and Tony you know him better then Diane or Stephanie and whatever the other's ones name was." Shannon said

"He is a hard man to read hell even get to know." Tony said

"But you were able to get him to talk to you. You gave him what he needed and never tried to push him out of his comfort zone." Shannon said

"And you don't let him forget us." She said as Tony looked to see a little girl she was very pretty a cross between Gibbs and Shannon.

"And you must be Kelly." Tony said as he bent down to the little girl's level.

"Yeah that's me." Kelly said as she reached out and throws her arms around his neck.

"Yes Tony we are here to talk about your relationship with Gibbs you two are friends and partners. You have had each other's backs since day one and you never let him forget us let alone be alone." Shannon said

"Daddy does love you come with me and see." Kelly said as she took Tony's hand and pulled him away from the three women who he had been talking to. He found that Kelly had brought him to a small pool of water he looked in. There what he saw just about broke his heart. He was hooked up to all kinds of tubes and machines. And the only one in his room was the man in question.

"Jethro." Tony said as Kelly tightened her grip on Tony's hand as he continued to look at the scene before him.

"Daddy has been there with you the whole time. He hasn't left you Tony he loves you and you love him. He's not like all the women who left you or even like your father who abandoned you. You have been his family for that last ten years." Kelly said as Tony knelt down to look Kelly in the eye and smiled.

"And personally how do you feel about me being in love with your daddy?" Tony asked

"As long as Daddy is happy, I have never seen him as happy as he is with you." Kelly said as she hugged Tony. He then felt a few more sets of arms as he was involved in a huge group hug. The women who mattered too much to me and to Jethro were giving us there blessing. I looked out across the ocean to see the sun set feeling that there was still hope for love after all.

He all the sudden felt very cold as he was now standing alone on the beach. The women who were just here talking to me were now gone. It was all up to him what he wanted but still scared to go after it. It was almost like a whisper that he could hear someone talking to him.

"Tony I don't know if you can hear me but you need to stick with me you are irreplaceable DiNozzo. You have to be ok I need you so much." He said Tony started to walk toward the voice as it was getting louder and louder.

"Tony you do not have permission to die on me." He said Tony closed his eyes and thought about everything that he wanted. He knew that he had to fight, fight for what he wanted the most in life. He turned and thought he saw the man who meant everything to him the one person who has been constant in his life. Sure the people he loved the most had always found a way to leave him broken hearted but not his new family. He had Abby, Ziva like the sisters he always wanted and McGee, Jimmy like the brothers he never wanted but loved then there was Ducky who was more like his dad or grandfather to him.

Then there was the one man who had wormed his way into his heart even if it took him ten years to figure it out. Jethro was always there for him and had his back just as he was always there for him as well. His relationship with Gibbs if you look at it has been the longest relationship of both their lives.

"Time to go home Anthony. Time to go after what your heart really wants the most in life." Tony said as he took a few steps into the water as everything started to go dark hoping to wake up soon as he heard a whisper.

"Good Luck."