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They just sat at the table doing and saying nothing. Gibbs was first to make a move, he picked Tia up and handed her to Jen before he left the kitchen. Jen watched him leave the room then looked down at Tia as if asking if she knew where he was going but Tia just shrugged her shoulders.

Gibbs headed for the basement. When he got to the bottom of the sTiar he headed toward his work bench quickly. There he twisted a jar of nails from its lid, then emptied the content on to the bench to produce his cell phone. He grabbed the phone and ran back up the sTiars to the kitchen. When he re-joined Jen and Tia at the table, he flipped opened his phone to see he had three new messages all from Abby. He opened the first message, squinting his eyes trying to read the text. When he saw about to read them aloud, Tia took the phone from him and did it herself.

"First message- Hey Gibbs, I was wondering if you would like to have lunch with the Team, Ducky, Jimmy, the Director and Tia. Text back Abby x – second one says- Everyone is in apart for Jimmy has he is visiting his parents. Just waiting to hear from you, Abby x- finial one – 34th street park. 1200 hours. Be there, Abby! What time is it now? Tia closed the phone and gave it back to Gibbs.

Jen looked at the watch, "It's almost ten so go get a shower and changed." Tia nodded, hopped off her mother's lap and headed to the bathroom.

About ten minutes later Tia came back into the kitchen to find her parents sitting in silence. As she took the seat across from Gibbs, Jen spoke. "I think we should just tell them because if Abby does know, then by this time next week everyone at the base will know. Plus Ziva can stop being interrogated by Tony and Abby."

"Ok and Ducky knows." Gibbs added

"If we tell them, I think we should have a schedule for me." Gibbs and Jen looked at each other and nodded in approval. "I stay with mom Monday to Thursday night. On Friday I go home with dad and stay with him for the weekend. If daddy has a case I stay at mom's house."

"I'm good with that." Gibbs commented.

"Same with me" Jen said

Tia got up and stood between her parents. "Also…No fighting please. I don't like it when you fight."

"I promise." Gibbs said. He kissed Tia on the top of her head, then left to get ready. As he left the kitchen he glanced back at them. Jen was hugging Tia and then started to do Tia's hair. Gibbs hopped that he would –one day- have them living with him as a family.


Jen, Gibbs and Tia arrived together in Jen's car. Abby, Ducky, Ziva and McGee where already at the park. The group were sitting on the grass talking.

"Hey boss!" McGee shouted when he noticed them. Tia sat down next to Abby, Jen sat on the other side of Abby so she was also next to Ziva and Gibbs sat between Ducky and McGee.

"Where's DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked

"He's on his way." McGee told him.

"Is Tony ever on time for anything?" Ziva asked McGee.

"Depends, if he is picking you up for a date then yes he'll be on time. Anything else no." They all laughed at McGee comment about the senior field agent.

"For your information McKnownothing, I would have been on time but I had to fill my car with gas." He was going to head slap McGee but noticed that Tia was watching him so made a note to get Probie back later.

Abby had packet a picnic basket for lunch. She had made four different kinds of sandwiches- ham, ham and cheese, tuna and peanut butter- she had also brought array of different flavoured crops, biscuits and drink. They drove in and started talking about everyday things. Ducky was telling Tia a story about a time when he had a picnic as a young lad in Scotland.

"Is that Palmer?" Gibbs said, squinting to see if he was right.

"OH! I meant to tell youse that Jimmy was coming after all." Abby told them

"See! I'm not the only one who was late." Tony expressed and head slapped McGee since Tia was looking the other way. "Did you get lost Palmer?" He asked when Palmer sat down between Tia and Ducky.

"No. My parents forgot to tell me they were going on holiday today so I ended up taking them to the airport." Palmer informed Tony.

"Can we play a game of baseball?" Tia said changing the subject.

Everyone nodded, "Would I be ok if I pitch. I'm not as fit as I once was." Ducky said.

"Sure Ducky but we don't have a bat or ball." Tony commented.

"I do! In the car." Tia shouted joyfully. Jen passed her the car keys and she ran off with her half eaten sandwich.

Tia can back with two gloves, a baseball and metal bat which was silver and had a USA flag design. She was also wearing a black baseball helmet. "Who's going to be capTians?" she asked as she dropped the ball and gloves on the ground.

"Ducky, you can choose since you're the pitcher." Gibbs said.

"Then Miss Tia you can be a capTian since it was your idea and…." Ducky looked round the group wondering who less to choose, "Jennifer you can be the other capTian." Jen and Tia walked up to Ducky and stood either side of him. "Miss Tia you pick and bat first."

"I pick Ziva."

"Jethro"

"McGee"

"Um… Abby"

"Palmer"

"DiNozzo" Tony walked over to Jen's team with his head hung low, he had never been picked last for any team.

As the two teams and Ducky headed across to the baseball field in the park, Jen's team walked behind Tia's team talking about tactics. When they got to the field Ducky stood on the pitchers post, Jen's team went to their designated position- Gibbs went outfield, Tony stood between bases 1 and 2, Jen stood between bases 2 and 3 and Abby crotched behind home base- and Ziva went to bat first.

"Now Ziva, when Ducky throws that ball you hit it with the bat, that's that long thing in your hand." Tony shouted but as if Ziva was a toddler.

Ziva raised the bat ready for Ducky's throw. When the bat had contact with the ball, the ball travelled in the direction of Gibbs. Ziva dropped to bat and ran towards first base. She was about to run for second base but Gibbs already had the ball. Tony stood in his position gazing at Ziva with his mouth open.

"Close your mouth Tony you're not a fish." Jenny shouted and Tony closed his mouth

As Tia went up to bat Ziva was at third base, Palmer at second and McGee at first. Tony moved closer towards second base and forward.

"I wouldn't do that DiNozzo." Gibbs shouted from behind but Tony was too late to move back as Ducky through the ball and Tia hit it as hard as she could. The ball soured into the air above Jen. Jen and Gibbs started running move outfield and Tony stood closer to third base. By the time Jen through the ball to Tony Tia was already home and giving her team high fives. Tia turned to face Tony and stuck her tongue out at him. Tia's team got nine points before the where out when Gibbs full caught McGee's hit. When it was Jen's team turn Abby was first out as she could run that fast in her platform shoes.

They had been playing for almost five hours before Abby noticed the time. "Hey did youse know that past six o'clock." Everyone else looked at their watch in disbelieve that they had been playing for so long.

"Since it's still nice how about we have a BBQ at my house." Jen said.

"That sound lovely Jennifer, count me in." Ducky said sat he pick his jacket off the ground.

"Same here." Ziva, Abby, McGee and Palmer said in unison.

Gibbs and Tony didn't say anything they just nodded their heads. Jen, Tony, Ducky and Palmer all got in their cars and Gibbs, Tia, Abby, McGee and Ziva all walked to Jen's house as it was only a five minute walk and they also stops at the local shop to get some drink, crisp and chocolate.


When the group got to the house from the shop, they found the rest in the kitchen deciding what they wanted. Gibbs and McGee sat the bags on the kitchen counter and put their orders in with Jen.

Jen looked around for Tia but could see her, "Where's Tia?"

"Back garden." Gibbs told her.

Jen walked over to the back door to see Tia at the bottom for the garden standing by a large wooden hut, "Tia! What would you like?" Tia didn't answer. She was to distracted by what she was doing so Jen choose for her.

Once everyone had a drink they went out onto the decking, whist Gibbs started the BBQ with Ducky. Abby, McGee, Palmer and Tony where all curious at what Tia was looking at so they went to find out. As they got closer to the hut they could see two small furry things. One of the things jumped out of the hut and Tony jumped and let out a little girly scream.

"Shhh!" Tia said and put a finger to her lips, "You'll scare them."

"What is it?" Tony said a bit weary about going any further forward.

"Have you never seen a bunny, Tony?" She turned to face him. She saw the relief in his face when she said bunny.

"The sandy coloured one, the one that made Tony scream like a girl, is called Thumper and the white one is called Stitch."

"Are they a boy and girl?" Abby sat next to Tia as Stitch hopped out the hut.

"No they are both girls."

Tony knelt down and put his hand out to Thumper, "Thumper is the name of the rabbit in Bambi but who is Stitch?"

"Stich is the name on the Lilo pet in Lilo and Stitch it's a Disney film." Tia informed Tony.

"They are so cute! Who old are they?" Abby said a bit loud that she scared the rabbits.

"They are two and we share the same special birthday." Tia picked up Stitch and sat her on her lap. "Would you like to stroke her Timmy?"

"She won't bite me will she?" Tia shook her head at McGee's question. He held his hand out and traced it over the top of the rabbit's head.

"So who looks after them when you're at boarding school?" Palmer was sitting on the ground behind Tia with Thumper on his lap stroking her with Tony.

"My mom looks after them but when my mom was overseas then my dad looked after them." Tia stood up and walked back up the garden and everyone followed. Jimmy passed Thumper to Abby to hold.

Ziva and Jen where talking when they got back to the table. When Gibbs noticed the rabbits he was going to make a joke about having the rabbits for desert but her remembered that last time he said it, Tia cried for hours.

"Tia, what's the special birthday you and the rabbits share?" Abby asked taking the seat next to her.

"I was born on the marine corps birthday November 10th." Tia glanced up at her father as she said it.

"Hey Boss, isn't that your birthday to?" McGee asked.

"Yip" Gibbs replied has he placed Tia's steak in front of Tia and stroked the top for head before giving everyone else their dinner.

"Tia, go put Thumper and Stitch back in the hut and go wash your hands." Jen instructed her. Tia got off her chair and walked back to the hut with Abby to put the rabbits away then ran into the house to wash her hands.

When they had all finished with their main meal, Jen asked if anyone wanted any ice-cream. Everyone apart from Abby, Tony and Tia where still sitting outside as Abby and Tony had already got their ice-cream and Tia was waiting for Jen to bring hers out. Tia sat spinning one of Ziva's empty beer bottles.

Abby was watching her when an idea popped into her head, "Do you want to play a game of spin the bottle but with a twist Tia?" Tony looked at her in a funny way.

"What's that? Is it like truth or dare?"

"Yeah, you spin the bottle and you normally kiss the person it lands on but if you were to play I was going to say that the person it lands on you ask them a question. However spin the bottle/true or dare sounds so much better."

"Yeah, that sounds like fun. What do you think Tony?"

Tony smiled at her and then grabbed Ducky's scotch and downed it one. He was glad that Jimmy had said he would be designated driver, "Count me in."

Tia ran into the kitchen shouted excitedly, "Does everyone wont to play spin the bottle/truth or dare?"

They all looked around at each other, "Abby!" They all said in union.

They had all agreed to play and all sat down at the table with their ice-cream whist Abby explained the rules, "Right so you spin the bottle whoever it lands on they have to do a true or dare and if you don't you spin the bottle and who ever in lands on you have to kiss them."

"Uhh… Abby, for instance I say true and don't want to say and I spin and it lands on Boss, McGee, Ducky or Palmer then what happens."

"You kiss them." Abby told him. Tony's eyes widened at what Abby said.

"I vote Abby to start." Tia said and everyone nodded.

Abby spun the bottle, it went round and around everybody's eyes were on it praying for it not to land on them. It finally landed on, "Gibbs! Turth or dare?"

"Truth" He said taking a sip of his bourbon.

"Is Tia your Daughter?"


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