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Chapter 4: Dinner with the Family
We finished going through old memories around 6:30. It had been a long day, and we were too tired to do any cooking, so we decided to go out somewhere for dinner. My dad came up with the idea that we invite the whole team to go with us somewhere, that it might be a good time to get to know all of each other better.
After about 15 minutes of calling everyone that was on the MCRT, we all decided to go out to dinner at a very fancy Italian place down the road. Tony called and made reservations for us all at 7:30, so we had an hour and a half to get ready and be there. I went and looked through all of the bags until I found a new outfit and some makeup. I walked into the bathroom to get ready for dinner.
I finished my nice warm shower and started to get ready. Throwing on my mint green one-sleeved dress, I realized just how bad my clothes had looked. I decided they were not worth keeping, because they were burnt in little spots, but my Nike's were still doing okay, so I just tossed my jacket and leggings into the trashcan.
I started to open up my makeup packages, and began applying it. I decided to go with some silver tones, because it looked pretty good on my emerald green eyes. I put on the foundation and blush after finishing my eyes. Lastly, I swiped on some lip gloss and was almost ready to go.
After my makeup was done; and to be honest, I was feeling pretty proud; I went to do my hair. It must have been a good day, because I just had to throw some hairspray in my naturally wavy brown locks, and it looked pretty great.
I looked up at the clock and was shocked to know it was already 6:45, and we had to leave in like twenty minutes to be ready on time. I grabbed the white fake pearl earrings off the counter and put the studs in my top earring hole, which was right above the one where I put the earrings with strings of pearls hanging off.
Looking at my feet, I realized I still had no shoes to wear with me, so I walked out to the living room where the bags of stuff were, so I could go through the shoe bags. Eventually I decided on some white heels with a bumpy texture of fabric over the top of them. They looked pretty nice. It was 7:10 when we finally made our way out the door of the apartment and into the red convertible. I jumped in with my white clutch so I could carry my phone and we got on our way.
It was a longer trip, but nothing terrible, taking at least fifteen minutes to finally get to the valet service in front of the hotel. I got out and we gave the keys to the driver there who would be taking our car into the parking lot. I got in the door to find Abby, McGee, Palmer, and Ducky there already. The only one missing was Gibbs.
Everyone was dressed all fancy, the guys in suit and ties, and Abby was wearing a black and red dress. We got our table at 7:30, the exact time we had made our reservations for, and I couldn't wait to eat, because whatever everyone else had on their plates on the way to the table looked delicious!
I ordered myself a water and was waiting for it to come when Gibbs came walking in. "Yay! The party has started!" Abby squealed.
Everyone else just laughed, and the waiter came back to our table with our drinks and ready to take our orders. "Get whatever, dinners on Eliza, after all the dinners she made you lose in the process of finding her." I joked pulling out a credit card.
I ordered the steak, along with the rest of the table. Before we took a drink, Ducky spoke up. "A toast to Carmendy, who even though we just met a few hours ago has woven herself into our NCIS family!"
Everyone mumbled along and I laughed. Then we all drank our drinks and talked for a while. "Hey, what are we going to do tomorrow, because I kind of have nowhere to go during the day?" I asked.
Everyone looked around and shrugged. "You're going to join us at the office tomorrow. I mean it might be boring, but we can show you around everywhere, also get the correct safety procedures down and everything. Speaking of safety, I have another number to enter into your tracking database." Tony replied.
"Tracking database?!" I questioned.
"Ya, but don't worry, it will only show up if I type in the correct password, so don't worry about being stalked." Tim spoke up.
"Well that wasn't what I was worried about at the beginning, but now I have two fears. So you will be able to find me anywhere at any time?" I asked.
"Ya, but I won't use it that often, don't worry about it, it's more of a safety thing." Tim joked, understanding my reasoning.
"Dinner's here!" Palmer interjected as they started to set down the plates of food on the table.
We ate all of our food, with lots of conversation in between. For the first time in a while, I felt like I had a family. It was very nice to get to know these people, because they were all very interesting. Eventually dinner was over and it was time to go back to our prospective houses.
After the fifteen minute ride home, I grabbed my pajamas and changed into them in the bathroom. When I walked out, I saw a nervous look on my dad's face. "Car, we are going to need a new house." He said nervously.
"Why?" I asked.
"I only have one bedroom." He responded.
"Oh, I see what you mean there. Here, let me take the couch tonight, and we can start looking. Maybe we will find something within the next few weeks." I replied, grabbing the pillow and blanket stack out of his hands.
"No, you can have the bed." He replied.
"I really don't want the bed; I heard what they were saying at dinner." I said walking over and lying on the couch.
"Okay, well goodnight then."
"Goodnight daddy." I replied, as he turned off the lights and I fell asleep.
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