Breena hoped that Jimmy was right and nobody would care about her scar. She didn't know why she was so self-conscious about it. She never had been when she was a kid. She was just so happy to still be alive. Then she got to high school. The uniform of the private high school she attended along with her sisters and brothers went to the bottom of the neck. So nobody ever noticed. Same for the kindergarten through eighth grade school she had gone to. Everybody in the lower level school she went to, knew about her surgery and how sick she was but when she got to high school. Very few knew and of those few even less still felt bad for her. It was changing before gym class that she first got called a freak. She knew that she shouldn't let it bother her but by the end of Freshman year she had given up. Poor Jimmy thought she thought he was ugly because she wouldn't sleep with him for so long. When he found out that she had had a heart-transplant. He just hugged her and said she was perfect. Still she felt like she was defective and Jimmy was just lying to get in her pants.

"You really are perfect I promise." Jimmy assured.

"I know and I also know I shouldn't be so self-conscious" Breena replied.

"No you shouldn't." Jimmy replied.

"I mean I am alive and healthy." Breena replied.

"So many people aren't as lucky as you." Jimmy replied.

"I know and I should be glad I only needed the one transplant. Some people's body's reject donor organs or they start to fail as well." Breena replied.

"Let's hope you don't have to go through that." Jimmy replied.

"I know I was so scared back then." Breena replied.

"I can imagine Jimmy replied.


FLASHBACK


It fist started on a Saturday. Seven year old Breena had been sick all week with what her family thought was just a bad virus. When her dad checked her temperature that morning it was back to normal. She took that to mean that she could finally get out of bed. She still felt pretty bad but she didn't have a fever anymore. So she wasn't contagious. That afternoon she was playing soccer with her two sisters and three brothers. They had only been playing a few minutes when she started feeling out of breath and tired.

"Are you OK Breena?" her brother baby Joey asked.

"Yeah just tired." Breena wheezed.

"You are seven years old. Seven year old's shouldn't get tired that easy." Her oldest sister Charlotte commented.

"She was pretty sick." Her oldest brother Danny pointed out.

"Danny's right Breena maybe you should go back inside. I am sure you will be well enough to play with us next weekend." Her other sister Becky replied.

"Maybe not maybe she's dying!" Her middle brother Randy teased.

"You're such a jerk Randy!" Becky cried.


Breena ignored Randy and went back inside. She ended up spending the rest of the weekend watching TV on the couch. By Monday her dad decided she was well enough to go back to school. She found herself out of breath walking from the bus to her classroom. The moment that changed her life forever happened at recess.

"Breena are you alright?" Her friend Heather asked.

"No" Breena replied.

"What's wrong are you sick again?" Heather asked.

"I don't know my heart feels weird." Breena replied.

"What do you mean?" Heather asked.

"Mommy" Breena whimpered as she fell to the ground clutching her chest.

"BREENA! HELP!" Heather cried.


Six months had passed since the day Breena collapsed on the playground. She had been stuck in bed ever since. She was only allowed to get up to use the bathroom and take baths. Even that took too much out of her. One afternoon, she was awakened by the phone ringing. It was a Saturday so she assumed it was somebody calling to invite Charlotte, Becky, or Danny on a date. She heard Becky answer and then scream for their father, Ed. She heard her father gasp and then say something to Becky who immediately started screaming. Before long the other kids were screaming too. It sounded like she was missing something fun. She wished she wasn't so sick and could be a part of everything. Seconds later her bedroom door opened and Ed came in and started shaking her.

"Breena wake up sweetie we have to go to the hospital." Ed replied.

"But I don't feel that sick." Breena argued.

"No honey they have a heart for you." Ed explained.

"Really" Breena asked.

A girl and her mother died in a car accident. The mom saw the report and left a note saying that if anything were to happen to her daughter and you still needed one. That her daughter's heart go to you" Ed explained.


END FLASHBACK


Gibbs didn't really feel like going out but Tony and Abby had backed him into a corner. Abby knew about Kelly's heart and the note because. He had inquired to her about it. On the off-chance that she had received the heart but Tony was out of the loop. As far as Gibbs knew he didn't know anybody who would have been young enough to receive Kelly's heart. Tony was just worried about his Boss. Because well Tony tended to worry about people and he had been acting strangely since he returned from Joann Fielding's funeral. Jimmy and Breena were the last of the group to arrive. Everybody greeted them and started questioning Breena on her pregnancy. Gibbs looked up to say hello when he noticed the tight-fitting V-neck t-shirt Breena was wearing. She had a jagged scar on her chest.

"Oh My God, Breena!" Gibbs gasped.

"I knew they would judge me!" Breena bolting from the restaurant.

"Breena wait!" Jimmy cried.

"No Breena it's not like that!" Gibbs cried chasing after Jimmy and Breena.


Breena jumped into the passenger seat of Jimmy's car. She could not believe it. Gibbs of all people had called her out for her scar. She wished that she had just stayed home or worn the big t-shirt she had worn to work that morning. She tried to fight it but before she knew it tears were pouring down her cheeks. She heard a knocking on the window and looked up to see Gibbs and Jimmy standing on the other side.

"What?" Breena asked rolling her window down.

"Come back inside Breena it was all a big misunderstanding." Jimmy replied.

"No it's not! Gibbs things I am a freak! That's why he got so weirded out by my scar!" Breena cried.

"No Breena it's well could you come out please?" Gibbs asked.

"Fine" Breena sniffed opening the door and stepping out of the car.

"Breena I am sorry I hurt your feelings it's just well. I noticed your scar and here look at this and you will understand." Gibbs replied handing Breena the note.

"I wrote this when I was seven. I got really sick and ended up having to get a heart-transplant. I was days away from death. When my dad got the call. My mom had been killed in a freak accident just over a year before. Where did you get it?" Breena asked eyes welling up again.

"Breena you got Kelly's heart. Less than two weeks before they were killed. Shannon saw a report on the news about a little girl who was in heart failure and if she didn't get a new one soon. She would die. Shan convinced me to donate Kelly's organs and left a note specifying that if Kelly died and you hadn't gotten a transplant yet. That her heart go to you." Gibbs explained.

"You're that Mr. Gibbs?" Breena gasped.

"Yes I am." Gibbs replied.

"Thank you so much. I wish there was something I could do. To make it up to you." Breena sobbed.

"There is one thing you can do." Gibbs replied.

"Anything" Breena replied.

"Cherish every moment and live up to the note. You are already married and done with high school and college, married to Jimmy, and having a baby." Gibbs explained.

"I know but this is a boy and his name is going to be Donald." Jimmy replied.

"I know Jimmy but we should honor Kelly by naming our first born for her." Breena replied.

"I know but Kelly as a boys name I know it can work but I don't know." Jimmy replied.

"Well I don't want to have to constantly explain that Kelly is our son and not our daughter but. Wait! Kellen!" Breena cried.

"I love it Donald Kellen Palmer." Jimmy replied.

"Breena I am glad you are here. The way you make Jimmy feel it's how Shannon made me feel and how I prayed Kelly would make a man feel one day." Gibbs replied.

"Thank you Gibbs." Breena replied.

"Don't thank me." Gibbs replied.

"You're right." Breena replied.

"Thank you Kelly." The three said in unison.


FIN


A/N: Well that's it. What do you think? Was it worth the build up? Please review and thanks for reading.