Hopefully, this is my best. Jenny's was the easiest to write. She is just getting to know Tony, so her reaction is going to be shock, but not anger. Also, Jenny is a bit more open-minded than the rest of them. Pat Toby is three for four. She didn't guess McGee. SMS what a mess is also psychic. Even though she can't spell. Initials. . So Ziva will be next and I'm not sure how she should meet Angel.
Disclaimer: I can't say that I didn't ask for NCIS for graduation. All I got was sun burnt. And a Nook. At least I own Angel.
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It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping.
- John Sinor
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It was fate that brought Jenny Sheppard to the mall that day. Well, that and a lack of a decent party dress. So she was in the dressing room at Forever 21 trying on dresses. She heard giggling from the large stall next to her and figured that there were two girls in there. They were either best friends or sisters. Possibly even both. She heard a man's voice.
"Are you two done yet? I'm starving"
The two girls called back "Not yet, just a couple more."
The man groaned, "Why? We already bought half the mall!"
Jenny chuckled. She pitied the poor man who agreed to take his daughters shopping. Jenny walked out to go see what her dress looked like in the mirror. What she saw stopped her dead in her tracks. The two girls were standing in front of a man. They were talking to him and Jenny was close enough to here what they were saying. They were discussing the elder-looking girl's dress.
The man was saying, "Sage, you are not wearing that"
The girl, Sage, replied, "Why not?"
The man replied, "Because you look like a prostitute."
Sage stomped her foot, "But Daddy, I love this dress."
The other girl said, "It is kind of tight"
The man said, "Thank you, Evangeline"
Evangeline giggled, "You're welcome, Daddy"
Sage muttered something under her breath, something that Jenny couldn't catch.
The man did, though "Sage Elizabeth, do not call your sister a suck-up"
Sage rolled her eyes, "Fine. I'll go try on something else."
The man smiled, "Good girl."
Evangeline looked up at her father, "What about my dress, Daddy?"
The man smiled, "You look beautiful, honey."
Sage came back out, "Is this better?"
The man smiled, "Much."
The family walked out of the changing room. Jenny was still standing there, watching them go. The reason she was stuck, the man, the father, was none other than notorious womanizer, Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo.
She paid for the dress and walked to the food court where she once again saw the small family. She got something to eat and sat at a table diagonal from them. She was eating and also listening.
They seemed to be talking about nothing. But, Jenny saw the way Tony listened and realized that they didn't need to have serious conversations. She heard the younger one, Evangeline speak.
"Hey Dad, the woman at the table diagonal to ours has been following us. I saw her in Forever 21."
Damn it.
Tony whirled around, his worried eyes meeting her astonished ones.
"Director Sheppard?"
She grinned sheepishly, but in her mind she was thinking "How could that girl have seen me? I wasn't even looking!"
The-Evangeline said "That's the new director?"
Sage spoke as well, "No wonder BossMan has a thing for her"
Jenny shook her head, how did they know? "You can stop talking about me as if I'm not here."
Tony grinned sheepishly, "Sorry, they have no manners. Why don't you come over here and talk to us, I don't like having to yell."
At the last line both girls snorted loudly. Tony made a shushing gesture as Jenny slid into the empty chair.
"So how old are these girls?"
Sage put her elbows on the table and leaned over towards Jenny, "How about this, you direct the questions at us, not him."
Tony leaned over and pushed her elbows off the table, "Elbows, young lady."
Evangeline smiled and said, "Knees, old man."
Sage giggled and said, "Toes, Madame Director."
Jenny watched as all three laughed.
"To answer your question, Evangeline is thirteen and Sage is twenty-three. Ten year difference."
Evangeline rolls her eyes, "I think she can count, Dad."
Tony moans, 'Why do you have to be a teenager?"
Jenny chuckled.
Sage laughed, "Thank God I don't act like that anymore."
Tony sneered, "I'm sure you don't"
Angel pointed at Sage, "Bagged."
Jenny cleared her throat and they all looked at her.
Tony nodded, "Okay basic facts. Sage is adopted Evangeline, biological. Never married their mother, but she lives with us because she has had some trouble with apartments. Sage is a business major and wants to open her own inn and Evangeline is almost 14 and is a freshman in high school."
Jenny nodded; this was a lot to take in.
Evangeline said, "Another one to add to the knowing, so much for us being a secret."
Sage smacked her arm, "Evangie, you weren't supposed to say that."
Jenny looked at Tony and her voice was cold, "Who else?"
Evangie ticked off the names on her fingers, "BossMan, RubberDucky, AbbyKazam, McProbie, and now MadameRedhead."
Jenny raised an eyebrow.
Tony shook his head, "Just go with it. Gibbs, Ducky, Abby, McGee, and you."
Jenny chose to ignore the obviously missing name.
Evangie slid her fries over to Jenny and then took one of Sage's.
She protested and they started arguing while Tony and Jenny laughed.
Jenny leaned back, "I could get used to this."
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Sorry for the wait. I got caught up in a few things. Well, how was it? I'm going to do Paula and Vance too. Should I do Jeanne? REVIEW!
