Disclaimer: I don't own NCIS or the characters. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter & please excuse any grammatical or spelling errors, sometimes when I'm writing, my hands are 4 seconds behind my brain, which leaves me with some strange sentence formations & an interesting time when I'm editing.

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After a long, hot shower, in the unisex NCIS bathrooms, Scarlett was feeling a little refreshed & relatively clean. The day had wiped her out & she just wanted to go home & sleep. She had put on a new black, lacy set of bra & panties & was combing out her hair, knowing with the curls, she couldn't do it dry. She used a towel to squeeze the drips of water from the brunette tendrils & looked at herself in the mirror, the flushed, wet skin & lingerie reminding her of her modelling days. She ran the towel over her body one more time, before grabbing her body cream from her bag & rubbing a copious amount on her skin, sliding the bra straps down her arms so that the lotion wouldn't get onto the lace.

Scarlett had finished with the cream & had moved onto applying coconut oil, when Tony walked in & looked her up & down - his eyes almost popping out of his head as he took her in. She heard his expensive, Italian shoes come in & turned to find his gaze shooting up from her ass as he tried to pretend he wasn't just admiring her body.

"Ahh, Boss says you have the rest of the day off." He stated monotonously, trying to keep his eyes on hers but it was growing increasingly harder with her flushed, scantily clad, oiled chest heaving as she took in breaths, recovering from her scalding shower.

She let out a big grin & looked away, grabbing the jar of oil & allowing Tony a good 5 seconds to stare at her to his heart's content. His eyes roamed every inch of her exposed, perfect, tan & toned body, taking an extra second on her incredible bust which had him feeling dry in the mouth.

"You gonna jump in the shower Tony?" She asked with an amused shake of her head, which snapped him out of his ogling, he wasn't feeling game enough to stare now, with her brown eyes on him.

"Ah what? No. I'm going back to work." He said as he quickly pivoted & headed back towards the bull pen, denying every inch of his being that wanted to turn around & look one more time at the extremely attractive Australian.

Scarlett finished with her moisturising ritual & went back to combing her hair, noting how the strands immediately rejected the flat state & began to curl again, dripping drops of water as it went. She pulled on a pair of tight, grey yoga pants & an oversized jumper, before packing up her stuff & returning to her desk, knowing that there was still a missing girl & her father to find.

"You've got the afternoon off Jones, go home, get some rest & come back tonight." Gibbs said, leaving no room for discussion.

Scarlett prepared to argue, but the tired side of her won out & she gathered her gear to go home, knowing that she was going to be no use to anyone at the moment & she was violating the current dress code.

She climbed down the large flights of stairs to the parking garage & jumped into her car, deciding to pick up her daughter, Maeve, on the way.

She arrived at the day care centre & could see all of the kids playing outside, she spotted her daughter straight away as she parked the car - her curly brown hair made her easy to find & she also had at least a head on the other kids, as Scarlett had when she was a child.

"Mum!" The girl shrilled in delight when she recognised her.

"Hi baby! Do you want to come home with me?" She asked with a big smile as she undid the gate to the day care.

"Yes!" She shrieked & ran to go get her bag, leaving Scarlett to sign her out of her class for the day.

"Wow is that your mummy? She's very tall! I think she's taller than my dad & he is the tallest!" A young boy exclaimed, as he stared up at the Australian, his blue eyes shining with wonder.

"That is my mummy & she is the tallest." Maeve informed with a big smile as she flicked some of her chocolate curls out of her eyes.

"Bye Maeve, we'll see you tomorrow." The teachers said as the Australians waved & left the centre.

"Mummy you're so early! Are you okay?" Her little 4 year old asked her with big golden eyes, her thick dark lashes batting.

"I'm fine honey, thank you, I thought you might like to come home & watch Frozen with me?" Scarlett said, smiling at the beautiful nature of her little girl.

"With Elsa?! Can I wear my dress?!" The young girl squealed in excitement.

"Absolutely! & I'll make popcorn." Scarlett said with a big grin that matched her daughters.

When they got back to their new apartment, Scarlett turned the heating on, so that Maeve could prance around in her thin Elsa costume & not get cold. Boxes were still everywhere, but the important things, such as the movies & the popcorn machine were all out of their cardboard homes & ready to go.

"Are you going to help me with these boxes this weekend?" She asked her daughter from one of the cupboards when she heard the girl come into the kitchen, frozen costume on & plush Elsa doll in hand.

"What?" She asked, confusion in her tone, but a big smile on her face.

*You help with boxes* Scarlett signed to her daughter, feeling bad that she'd asked her, without facing her.

*Yes, yes, yes.* she signed back, her grin never fading.

Scarlett walked over to the girl & reached behind her ears, flicking on the hearing aid that had turned off.

*okay let's get cooking!* Scarlett signed enthusiastically grabbing the kernels & the machine.

They were half way through watching Frozen for the second time that afternoon when Scarlett got a text from Tim, saying she had to come back.

She tried to shake off her tiredness, without moving too much, as she didn't have the heart to wake her sleeping daughter, who was lying on top of her.

Scarlett reached for the remote & switched off the TV, a little relieved to have been able to avoid 'Let it Go' for the 14th time that day.

"No mummy, I was watching that." Maeve muttered as she groaned & tucked herself firmer against her.

"Maeve, mummy has to go back to work & you get to come too, do you want to get some warmer clothes on? It's a lot colder here than in Sydney."

"Because Elsa does the magic?" She said as she looked up with big, sleepy eyes.

"Yeah because Elsa does the magic, I think it might be snowing outside!"

"Do we get to see the ice castle?" She asked with a big yawn.

"I don't think so, because that was very high up in the mountains remember?" Maeve's face fell slightly at that, so Scarlett quickly added "There is a queen at my work though, her name is Queen Jenny & she is in charge of all of the people & all of the Princes & Princesses."

"You have a queen?" she asked with wide eyes, her interest peaked & the sadness disappearing.

"Uh huh, you will probably get to meet her too, she will want to see you, Princess Maeve."

"The queen will want to meet me?" She said excitedly as she climbed off her mother's chest & jumped on to the floor.

"Then I need to get my sparkle skirt on!" She yelled as she raced into her room & started opening the boxes, desperate to find her favourite light pink skirt that was covered in glitter.

Scarlett stayed put on the couch for a while, but then heard a big box get knocked over, she stood up, trying to alleviate the tension in her muscles, before heading to her daughters room, as she knew her little girl would turn the whole apartment upside down looking for the skirt.

"Hang on honey! Hang on!" She yelled when she heard a crash & a small "uh oh."

Maeve was decked out in a princess crown, a pink & white striped jumper, some red & purple spotted stockings, her light pink, sequinned ugg boots & her favourite 'sparkle skirt.' She spun around & admired herself in the mirror that Scarlett had stood up in the hall, not knowing where to put it yet.

"Yeah Baby." She said to herself as she did another twirl, Scarlett bit her tongue, trying not to laugh at her 4 year old's antics.

"Looking good Baby, how do I look?" She asked her daughter as she did a little twirl, her business suit & black pumps less than ideal to her child.

"You've no pink?" She said despondently but let out a grin of delight when her mother opened her suit jacket to show the light pink sweater she had on.

*Perfect* she signed.

Scarlett smiled & grabbed her & her daughter's bag, while the toddler grabbed her plush Queen Elsa doll.

"Let's go!" She exclaimed to her daughter, whose head spun around to look at her mother with excited, big eyes.

"Let it go?!" She squealed, lifting up her Elsa doll & starting the song.

"No, no, no!" Scarlett almost yelled, but it was too late, the slip up had been made & her 4 year old was already approaching the chorus, doll swinging around & her long, curly hair following as she danced down the hall, groaning when her mother insisted on taking the stairs rather than the elevator.

A/N: Please review, your feedback is so important to me & I love to know what you think & where you would like certain characters or relationships to go.

Thanks for reading xxx