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Authors note – Hey! This chapter is a bit boring, I hope it is alright though. Erm, there are a few Nashville character's popping up, however don't worry, it was just because it fit in and I think the sequel will be set in Nashville if I ever write one.

Hope that it's okay, any confusion then let me know!


"I know it isn't black and white, And it's anything but grey, I know that I'm not alright, But I feel okay cos anything can, Anything can happen, That's the story of my life." – Story of my life by Bon Jovi (I'm in love with this song, and especially when it is played live)


A few weeks later Mia Harris was stood in her hospital room, and was arguing with the nurse. She'd had another course of treatment, this time it was not as strong as they wanted to give her body a slight red for a couple of weeks so that she didn't get overloaded with treatment. If she did then there was a chance of the cancer making its self immune to the treatment which would mean a new one had to found and fast. Yet due to the smaller dosage Mia had decided she would go to work that afternoon. However it seemed that her nurse was not agreeing. By this point Mia knew the majority of nurses and doctors in this wing of the hospital, and they knew her. On the days she was forced to stay longer she would be sat there writing all of her essays for university and they'd come and stop by and point out how she had spelt things in the English way. She got along with most of them.

However the young nurse stood in front of her was either an agency nurse, a transfer from a different ward or just out of medical school. She was obviously wanting to do things exactly by the book, but what she did not realise was that Mia's case was not by the book. She stood there getting pinker in the face and slightly flustered whilst Mia brushed her hair and began to plait the wild blond locks into a side plait. The treatment had warn her out and she felt tired, yet at the same time she was well aware of the fact that she had tonnes to do at work as the 'red lips white lies' tour was heading to DC.

'Red lips, White lies' was the name of the new tour that Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes were co-headlining. Rayna Jaymes was the country music Queen whilst Juliette Barnes was an overnight teen sensation. The tour coming to DC meant Mia had to organise a wealth of rooms, finalise with venues and order enough champagne to sink a battle ship. On top of that she had a journalism article due in the following Monday – one she had yet to even start. Thankfully she was on top of her law work which lightened her load a little.

"Miss Harris, I can't let you leave. You have just had major treatment." The young nurse said trying to sound as though she had authority

"This may be major treatment for most people but I have been having it for over three months now love, so don't try that one on me." Said Mia as she pulled out her compact mirror and began to apply some mascara. The treatment was painful, and she often ended up crying so she never wore any makeup beforehand. Outside it was August in DC now, and it was warmer than summer in England ever was. But because she had work after Mia had had to dress smartly, and so was in baggy black trousers which were made of thin cotton with a scoop neck green t-shirt. She'd gotten changed after her treatment but before the crazed nurse had tried to make her stay.

"That may be so, but we need to monitor you in case the treatment has any unknown reactions."

"Honey, with the greatest possible amount of respect, if this treatment was going to cause a reaction then it would have shown up one of the other fifty times I have had it done." Said Mia, not even looking up from the mirror as she skilfully applied that black liquid to her lashes before grabbing her blusher.

"Miss Harris I cannot let you leave the premises."

"Look, just hand me to discharge papers and I will be going! It is no big deal." Mia was beginning to get a bit annoyed when her doctor walked in and asked what the problem was. "Nothing Doc, I'm ready to go."

"I've told her it isn't possible but she won't listen." Said the nurse who now seemed to be on the verge of tears.

"Miss Harris is one of our regular patients and one of our more . . . spirited ones at that." Said her doctor looking over at Mia with a small smile. She just nodded and winked at the doctor, doing anything to get out of the clinical and sterile white building. "Although this nurse is correct, we would prefer you to stay in longer."

"You really need to learn to pick your battles Doc." Said Mia with a raised eyebrow.

"I also agree with Mia nurse, any side effects would have made themselves visible by now, I'll get your papers now Mia." He said before leaving the room. The blonde had to fight the urge to gloat at the young nurse. But decided against it. Instead she added her pink gloss and stood up to grab her green wedge heels along with her bag before walking out to the nurses' station.


Half an hour later the blonde made her way into Edgehill republic's DC offices. The only person who knew of her condition was the CEO, and whilst he had been reluctant to employ her once he found out, she had managed to convince him. Now she walked into headquarters and smiled at the blast of cold air that the air conditioning gave out. The place was a bustle with live due to the up and coming tour dates. It was glass walls and all very modern. Her desk at the front of house was pine wood. She worked whenever she was not at university or in hospital. But generally it was as she was required.

Mia walked to her desk and sat down, pulling out her phone and placing it beside her before looking at the mass of white round sticky notes that were stuck to her computer screen. Each one contained the record companies' logo and a note. She barely ever spoke to the people who put the notes on her screen apart from through messages. Mia read them all, finding what she needed to do before turning the monitor on and logging in.

Hearing her phone buzz she picked it up and smiled at the name that flashed up: Tony. Checking to make sure that the boss was not glaring at her she opened the message.

Drinks at the bar with the team tonight? Xx

He smiled at the thought and decided that despite her work she could spare a few hours to see her boyfriend and probably meet the infamous Ducky and Abby who she had not yet met.

Sure, text me when you're there. I might be late, it's sticky note mountain here! Xx

Smiling she placed her phone down and set about booking near enough two floors at one of the posh hotels in the city centre. It seemed as though the day was going to be even busier than she thought. But at least she had something to look forward to at the end of it.


Jenny Shepard walked off of the lift and across the catwalk towards her office. She had had a meeting with one of the senators who she had had to kiss up to in a hope to try and get more money for the budget. Now she felt drained and fed up. In one hand she held a coffee and in the other she held her bag which was packed full of doodles from her meeting.

As she walked across the catwalk her killer heels clip-clopped along the flooring. She spared a look down to the team and saw that they had no case and were just talking for the time being. Her eyes momentarily lingered on Jethro, but moved before anyone else could notice. Yet he felt them, and looked up to her, catching her eye. Both smiled slightly as they saw the other. Things had been going well since that evening. They'd taken things relatively slow, he'd taken her on a couple of dates, but mostly she'd just spent evening with him in his basement. Or he'd gone to hers and they'd sat on the grass in her garden. Both were happy.

However they were keeping things quiet. Jenny knew that if the SecNav was to find out she was dating one of her agents then it would not matter what she felt, instead she would be made to choose between her heart and Jethro, or her job. This time though, even if it did come to that, Jenny was determined she would fight to keep him until the end. She had ignored her heart once before, and it had left her sitting at the top of the pyramid, looking down and feeling very lonely.

Jenny walked into her office and sipped her coffee, the still hot liquid filling her body and giving her some comfort. She sat down at her desk and dropped her bag to the floor. Her feet were killing her. The five inch heels were murdering her feet. The designer heels which were higher than she usually wore were gorgeous, yet that came at the compromise of comfort. She undid the strap around her ankle and began to rub her feet to little result. Standing up, now in bare feet, the red head made her way into the bathroom. The cool tiles soothed her feet as she stood there. She looked in her mirror, and unlike a few weeks ago she did not see the shell of a woman looking back at her. Instead she saw someone who was tired, but had a light in her eyes that came with love. That was something that made that red head feel a lot better.

Her silence and peace was shattered by the sound of her door being slammed open and Gibbs barging in. "Jen?" HE said before the door slammed shut behind him. She smiled at the sound of his voice calling out her familiar nickname and made her way out of the bathroom and into her office. Yet her sore feet opposite to the carpet as oppose to the cool tiles. Jenny walked over to the sofa and sat down.

"Hey." She said with a smile as his eyes raked over her choice of attire. Jenny had a tight black pencil skirt n that fell above her knee and had a split at the back, she also wore a white blouse which was fitted and had three quarter length sleeves. Her long red hair was curled and pushed over one shoulder.

"You were with a senator?"

"Yeah – unfortunately!" She replied as he sat down. Jenny leant over and kissed him before he looked at her bare feet.

"Heels hurting?" He asked.

"Killing, flirting to get more money is not my kinda thing." She stated before he pulled her feet around and began massaging them. Jenny smiled and closed her eyes. "I knew there was a reason I got back with you." She stated with a wink.


Down in Abby's lab Kate and Tony had decided to hide away from the mayhem and distract Abby from doing an equipment check. Now they were both perched on the edge of her desk whilst she was busy with a clipboard. "Do you think Gibbs and the director are seeing one another?" questioned Tony.

"Eww! Tony I don't really want to think about that!" Stated Kate, looking at her partner in disgust.

"Come on Kate! Don't tell me you have not even considered it! I mean, they are both in better moods and you can't say that you haven't noticed the fact Gibbs takes her coffee every day."

"It is none of our business, right Abby?"

"I think El Jefe would have told me. But I do think mummy and daddy would be a cute couple!" Said Abby with an evil smirk.

"See! Abby agrees. And she fits his criteria, a leggy red head." Tony stated. Yet both women were more amazed about the fact that he was not making out he fancied her.

"But just because she fits his usual type does not mean that he is going to start dating her." Stated Kate, rolling her eyes at Tony's immature view on relationships.

"Kate! She was his probie and partner!"

"I'm your partner yet we're not sleeping together!"

"That's different." He stated in a patronising tone.

"Anyway!" Said Abby laughing at their childish antics. "Is Mia coming to the bar with us tonight?"

Tony glared at Kate before turning to Abby. "Yeah she is, she might be late as she is caught up at work, got some big tour coming so she has a tonne of things to do."

"But she's coming?"

"Yeah, I'll text her when we're there and she'll try and get away as soon as she can."

"Yey! I can't wait to meet her!" Said Abby with a big grin and giving Tony a bone breaking hug.

"She's lovely Abby, really sweet and down to earth." Said Kate smiling at Tony. "What she is doing with DiNozzo I'll never know!"

"Hey!" He shouted at her in mock outrage pushing her playfully in the side. "The DiNozzo charm is irresistible!"

"In your dreams Tony! I bet you were the one doing the chasing!"

Abby just watched the pair of them laughing and joking with smiles on their faces as they acted like brother and sister. Abby smiled, liking the way her family fit together like a jigsaw pieces. Each one individually had a background of darkness and so many worries they could break, yet together they made something absolutely beautiful.

"Hey! Guys, why don't we invite Gibbs and the Director. If Mia is going to be part of our family then they need to get to know her too." Said Abby, interrupting the two squabbling children.

"Sure, we can grill them and find out whether they are dating!" Stated Tony with a glint in his eye that much resembled the sort a child had on Christmas day.

"No, we will not do that! But I think it is a good idea." Kate said, trying to ignore her childish partner.

"Who's gonna ask?"Questioned Abby.

"I volunteer Abby to ask Gibbs." Said Tony. "She's the favourite, he'll come for her."

"Well then I volunteer Kate to ask the director, she had more chance of getting her to come than Tony does." Said Abby, and then it was sorted. Abby went off to go and ask Gibbs whilst Kate went to ask Jenny.

Abby managed to get the job done quickly, she was his favourite and he could never say no to her anyway. That therefore meant it did not take a lot to get him to comply and say a 'yes', albeit be reluctantly.

Kate walked into the outer office and smiled at the Directors loyal assistant who was sat at her desk. "Am I alright to go in and talk to her?" She asked, one of the habits she had not picked up from Gibbs was invading people's privacy.

"Yes, let me just tell her you're here." Said the loyal woman, she buzzed the Director and Kate began to enter the office. She opened the steel door and closed it behind her. Kate paused for a moment, waiting for Jenny to finish. When the red head spotted her she took her glasses off and smiled.

"Agent Todd, what can I do for you?" She questioned.

"Have you got a moment, I want to ask you something."

"Of course, is this professional?"

"No." She said and Jenny motioned for her to take a seat so she did. "You know Tony has this new girlfriend? Well we're all going for a drink tonight – Gibbs included- so we can get to know her. You know Abby calls us a family, and well . . . you're our mother so we were wondering if you would like to come with us."

"You managed to git Jethro to come?" She questioned with a smirk.

"Abby did." Kate replied and Jenny smiled.

"Of course she did. Well I have a lot of work to do."

"Please Director, we'd all love for you to come, you don't have to stay long it's just she is lovely. How Tony has managed to get her I'll never know."

"Well then, you've intrigued me. I'll come for a little while." Jenny said, deciding she could use letting her hair down for a while anyway.

"Thank you, it means a lot. I'll come see you when we're about to leave?"

"Sounds like a plan. Oh, and Kate? Thank you." The brunette smiled and made her way out of the office.


Hours later, the team were gathered in the bull pen, and about to head out to the bar. Yet Mia was still sat at the office, finishing off her final sticky noted job of the day. IT was nearing seven o'clock, and the office was near empty, just those few high ranking CEO's who were talking to people abroad remained. Mia sighed and looked at her phone. Seeing a new message from Tony she read it:

We're heading to the bar, see ya soon xx

Mia closed her eyes as she felt a rush of pain hit her. It was something she got often after her treatment. But this time it just reminded her how she had to either tell Tony that he was dating someone who could die next month, or leave him. However Mia felt terrible, she was scared and did not know what to chose. Her heart felt as though it was being split in two, and at that moment she was doing everything to tie it back together.

"Mia." Said a voice from behind her. Escaping her thoughts she turned to see one of the guys who were in the offices around her. "I've just been told that Waddy White, a talent scooter, producer and demo recorder, will be attending the final DC tour. He's a big deal in the industry so I'm going to need you to get a third pent house booked for the final night."

"That's fine." She replied with a weak smile before turning to her computer and going onto the hotel website. Mia worked for another half hour before her eyes felt dry and itchy. Feeling guilty for leaving Tony so long she logged off the computer and grabbed her bag, pulling a bat winged cardigan out she left the office and headed across town to the bar.

When she entered she immediately saw them all sat there. They were around a big circular table in the corner, and there was a spare seat next to Tony where she guessed she was going to sit. The blonde walked over, pulling her hair out of the French plait it had been in earlier as she did so. They were all laughing at something, but Tony was the first to see her. He stood up, walked over and hugged her. "Hey." He said before softly kissing her.

"Hey." She replied, hugging him. "Sorry I was late, last minute pent house to book."

"It's fine." He said before they turned to the rest f the group.

"Hi." She said with a smile, her English accent making them all smile.

"Oh my god! Oh my god!" Said Abby standing up and running over as fast as she could in her massive platform boots. She then hugged Mia tightly, making the blonde girl wince slightly as she was still felling the pains from her earlier treatment. "You're so pretty!" she said standing back. "I can see why Tony is seeing you! I mean he says you're smart too which is amazing. You are nothing like his usual girlfriends though-"

"Abs." Said Gibbs from where he was sat, next to Ducky and a spare seat where Abby had been sat. Jenny was on the other side of Ducky, both of them sat not next to one another so that they would not give away anything about their relationship. "Let her get a word in."

"Sorry! I'm just so excited!" She said with a squeal and another hug. Mia winced again but managed to hide it, only not well enough. Gibbs noticed, and whilst he could tell that she wanted to keep it quiet it bugged him. Abby's hugs were tight but there was something about Mia that did not sit right with him.

"It's lovely to meet you too." Said Mia with a big smile. "And you must be Doctor Mallard." She said, turning to Ducky.

"I am my dear, and it is lovely to meet you." He said with his soft Scottish accent.

"A Scotsman?" She questioned with a smile.

"I am my dear, and you are a Yorkshire lass if I am not mistaken."

"Yes, doctor, I am."

"Please call me Ducky." He said with a small smile.

"Mia." She replied before taking the spare seat between Tony and Jenny.

"You want a drink?" Questioned Tony.

"Sure, lemonade please."

"You can drink you know." Said Jenny from beside of her. Jenny turned to see her, and was struck by how much prettier the woman looked this time. She looked happier and as though someone had turned a smile on for her.

"I don't drink." Said Mia. "I get migraines and it reacts with my meds." She said lying through her teeth. Neither Jenny nor Jethro, who was listening in, bought it. But both decided to keep quiet.

"Tony said you were at work? What do you do?" Questioned Jenny, feeling slightly sympathetic for the girl who only knew Tony in the group. They were quite a scary mix, so as the rest laughed jenny decided to talk to the blonde.

"I'm a PA at Edgehill republic record company." She said with a smile. "It's not my dream job, but it pays the bills whilst I'm at Uni."

"Georgetown right?"

"Yeah, you go there?"

"For a couple of years before NCIS. What do you study?"

"Majoring law, minoring Journalism."

"Oh, what do you want to be?"

"I actually want to be a prosecutor." Replied Mia. Their conversation went on for the rest of the evening, and whilst Gibbs felt uneasy about the blonde he kind of liked her at the same time. There was a mask that she put up, but he could see that there was a true heart behind of it. Plus she was making Jenny look happy so he was more than happy to leave her alone for a night.


The hours dragged on, and as it began to get late, Mia and Tony decided to leave, hand in hand. Everyone was happy, it seemed like Tony was for once in love, and that made them all see a different side of him. Gibbs then decided to leave and a couple of minutes later so did Jenny.

She met him in the parking lot; she had no car after all as her security had dropped her off. "Hey." She said walking over to him, and looping her hands around his neck and kissing him. "Mmm, been waiting to do that all day."

"Me too." He said kissing her again.

"You okay? You were real quiet." She asked, slightly worried.

"It's Mia. There is something about her . . . as though she is hiding something. I don't know what-"

"You're gut?"

"Yeah."

"Look Jethro, Tony is happy, and it's only early days. I'm sure she will tell him in a few months."

"Yeah." He said kissing her cheek. "Mine?"

"Yeah." She said and they got in the car and drove off, both smiling, but minds preoccupied with worries of their 'son' and what exactly was going on.


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