Damn my teeth hurt, I think I ate too much chocolate. LOL, Thanks everyone so much. I just came online and had 52 freaking emails. Was easy to go through though. Since about 70% were reviews, alerts and faves for this story. The story feels special now.

Anyway, since you all reviewed so nicely I will explain why Sarah died. You may need a tissue.

Tim played with his tissue a little bit trying to find words. When a couple minutes passed he felt a hand on his back.

"Director Vance is right Timmy, even I am not going to tease you, just tell us what happened" he coaxed.

Tim smiled at him. "Thanks Tony" he said softly. He took a deep breath.

"Okay, so you know last year, I disappeared without reason or explanation" he said and the group nodded.

"Yeah, we got that part Tim" Gibbs growled and gave a very cold stare to Leon who smirked.

"Oh put that away Jethro, I promised Tim I wouldn't tell" he said.

Tim nodded. "That's true boss…after I resigned and told Leon it was just a personal matter and not work related…he called my mom" Tim said.

"She told me what Tim told her…a week before Tim resigned he had been away that weekend right?" Leon asked.

The group nodded. Gibbs studied Tim and gasped slightly. "You were at a doctors weren't you? Sarah asked you to come with her…" he asked.

Tim nodded. "You got it Gibbs…" he said and Gibbs scoffed. "Sure, now I got the answer, had to wait a damn year" he mumbled.

Tim looked apologetic. "Sorry Gibbs…after mom spilled to Leon, we disconnected the phones and we all got new cell phones with new chips…this whole year, we been hiding…it was just too painful to talk to anyone, so only mom, dad, Sarah, Leon and of course myself knew" he said.

"Knew what?" Tony asked and Gibbs head slapped him.

"You're supposed to be an investigator DiNozzo, think about it" he growled.

Tim waited as Tony thought. He got it a minute later. "OH!" he exclaimed and Tim chuckled.

"Oh Tim…I'm sorry" Tony said softly.

"Yeah Tony…Sarah had breast cancer…only her body refused the chemo…she had as little as six months to a year to live…she made it eleven…spent the last month wallowing…then I just wanted…"

"To come home to us?" Ziva asked. Tim nodded. "Yeah, Ziva, I wanted to be back in the Naval Yard…back on team Gibbs" he said.

"Is that possible?" Abby asked.

Vance nodded. "Tim will have to pass all his evaluations, but I am sure he can" he said.

"Now we just gotta can Tommy…I been waiting forever to do this" Tony said with an evil smirk.

"Tommy? That my replacement?" Tim asked. "Yeah, but no worries…his butt will be gone soon" Tony said.

Tim shook his head. "I…I forgot…you all moved on…just forget it…I'll just leave" he said and ran out of the room.

"What just happened?" Tony asked.

"He's not going to just be the same person DiNozzo…he loved his sister a lot…"

"Yeah…I know director…but that doesn't explain…"

Gibbs growled at him. "You bury someone you love more than anything else in the world, then try and see if you can just go back like nothing ever happened" he said and left to follow his former agent.

Tony sank in his chair. "Okay…this is bad" he moaned.

The others nodded. Abby sat by Tony and put her head on his shoulder.

"He's not coming back is he?" she asked. Tony only shrugged, just like he did last year.