Jimmy had his girls back for two months mow. That time had been a roller coaster of emotions for him. He was thrilled to have his baby girl and wife back but it was also like losing them all over again. He was reliving a lot of the heartache but he also had great peace of mind. Gibbs had arranged for the ashes to be interned at the Columbarium at Stillwater Community Church. At least now Jimmy had a place to go to pay his respects. The tree was nice but it was a public park and even the memorial grove was not always guaranteed to be quiet and peaceful. Today Jimmy stood alone in the garden studying the place where his daughter and wife's ashes were placed. He reached up and gently stroked the name plates.

"I miss you guys but Maddie and I are really happy. She will never replace you Breena and Kelly will never replace you Victoria nor will any other children we may have." Jimmy said.

Across town Tony was pacing around the living room with concern. Christina had gone into labor around about an hour ago. The contractions were between thirty and twenty minutes apart and they were waiting for Gibbs to arrive to drive them to the hospital. Christina had wanted to wait but the hospital was over an hour away and Tony wanted to be sure they arrived in time.

"I'm here!" Gibbs called.


Tony went back to the master bedroom and grabbed Christina. He picked up her go bag and she took the much lighter diaper bag. When they got outside Gibbs grabbed both bags and tossed them in the back of his truck. Then Tony and him helped Christina into the backseat. Shortly after learning that he was going to be a grandfather. Gibbs had traded in his old white truck. For a larger blue truck that had a full backseat and car-seat clips. Tony was beyond relieved that Gibbs had volunteered to drive to the hospital. Because he was far too nervous to be able to effectively drive but as he watched his surrogate father head down the highway. It hit him that the true reason Gibbs had offered. Was because he had missed out on taking Shannon to the hospital and he wanted to get that opportunity with his grandchild.


The drive to the hospital remained uneventful. Until a little over halfway into the journey. Christina had, had three contractions during this time and was in a great deal of pain. It hurt Tony to see his wife in so much pain but knew that the outcome would make it all worth it. Though he had seen enough movies and TV shows to know that any comments like that were NEVER a good idea. Unless you wanted to get your hand or face broken that is. Back to the drive they were about halfway to the hospital when Gibbs came to an abrupt stop. Tony looked out the windshield and saw a line of traffic that seemed to stretch on forever.

"Must be an accident up ahead." Gibbs commented.

"Yikes" Tony gasped, ever since that night accidents sent a chill down his spine.

"This is bad, this is really, really bad." Christina sobbed.

"It's OK we will get you there and I am sure that all involved are going to be just fine." Tony assured.

"No my water broke." Christina whispered.

"I think I can turn onto a back road." Gibbs assured.


Gibbs managed to back up and turn onto the back-road before any more cars came up behind them. Unfortunately taking the back-roads was bound to add at least another ten minutes to their journey. Of course it was still faster than sitting around waiting for traffic to move.

"It's time!" Christina called.

"Time for what?" Tony asked.

"The baby's coming!" Gibbs hissed, slapping him on the back of the head.

"Oh! Hold on! We'll take care of you!" Tony cried.


Gibbs pulled over to the side of the road and jumped out of the car with Tony following closely behind. Gibbs opened the backdoor and Tony instructed Christina to get into position. Christina unbuckled her seat belt and leaned back, facing the opened door with her legs spread. Gibbs instructed her to breathe and Tony checked to see if he could see the head.

"OK Christina, I need you to push." Tony instructed.

"I can't do this! I want drugs!" Christina cried.

"Not an ideal thing to yell out on the side of a highway and besides it's too late for drugs. This baby is coming." Gibbs explained.

"Wh... What if I can't push it out?" Christina asked.

"Don't think like that." Tony warned.


Christina pushed for fifteen minutes before Tony could see he head. By this time she was in tears and Gibbs had climbed into the back and was sitting on the floor holding her hand. He had called for an ambulance but because of the accident they were still about ten minutes out. Tony instructed Christina to give him a big push. He could not believe that he was about to deliver his own baby. That in a few short seconds he would be catching his still sticky and dirty with afterbirth newborn in his arms. That he would finally be able to announce the gender of the baby. He instructed Christina to give one last big push and then he had his child in his arms.

"Is everything OK?" Christina asked.

"Waaahhhh!" The baby cried.

"I think that answers your question." Gibbs replied.

"What's the gender? I am dying to know!" Christina asked.

"It's a boy. We have a perfectly healthy baby boy." Tony replied.

"What's his name or do you not know yet?" Gibbs asked.

"We have the name but we want to wait until everybody at the hospital and Ducky on Skype." Tony explained.

"I understand." Gibbs replied smiling, just as the ambulance pulled up beside him.


A/N: I know I am cruel but I want Jimmy to be there when the name is announced. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.