Gibbs had certainly lost the smirk & was in fact stunned. Shannon was pregnant? Why on earth didn't she say something, why keep that good news from him.
Kelly could now hear Ziva and all the oww'ing she was doing, clearly she like McGee had known something & put the dots together. She did want to turn to see Ziva's facial expression but knew her father needed more explanations, he looked totally stunned, she had never him look like that before.
"Mum told me right after you left, think she wanted to take my mind off….. (She could see her fathers reaction & that he knew what she meant, so she moved on).. anyway, she said that it would be a great surprise & that she didn't want you to stress out while over there, something about you not handling things well while you were in Panama." Kelly said apprehensively, her mum never told her everything about Panama, but she knew enough.
Gibbs thought back, he did get himself into a few tricky situations because his mind was back home and Shannon had said next time she wouldn't tell him, but he never dreamed that after 8 years of trying for a second it would happen and that she wouldn't tell him.
Kelly saw that he was still processing it all, but she needed to keep going. "I have a brother, which means.. you have a son, he's downstairs. I'm going to go down, tell him…something and bring him back up (she saw something in her fathers eyes that made her realise he didn't like the idea of her going where he couldn't follow) I need to speak to him first…. to prepare him.. I wont be long and I wont leave the building." She finished saying as she got out of her fathers lap, kissing him on the cheek.
Gibbs stared at her, as she headed to the lift "Waaait" Gibbs called, Kelly stopped instantly & faced him, "You can't come, it would kind of defeat the purpose of going down there to prepare him" Kelly said as softly as possible.
He didn't like the idea of her leaving his sight just yet, but he knew she was right, she should go & prepare her brother – his son, holy crap, he had a son! He was about to suggest something, but McGee beat him to it.
"Boss, I'll go with her" He said, grabbing his weapon from the drawer, trying to preempt Gibbs thoughts about not letting Kelly go somewhere without protection. Gibbs looked at him & nodded. Kelly smiled & headed for the lift with McGee.
It had been a good 10 minutes, though Gibbs thought it was more like a hour, it was excruciating for him to wait at his desk, knowing his baby girl and apparently son, were downstairs without him. He then realised that he didn't even ask Kelly what his son's name was. He had so many thoughts going through his mind, but one thing above everything lingered, whats happened to his soul mate? What's happened to Shannon?
His mind would have kept wandering if it weren't for Ziva's voice "Gibbs…. Gibbs.. " she said gently, directing his gaze to the lifts. It had just dinged. He stood & made his way to stand on the edge of the squad room, leaving some room to not crowd him as he came off the lift. Finally the doors opened.
It took a moment, but slowly out came Kelly, she was her mother only with his eyes he thought & smiled. A younger man followed her close behind, clearly this wasn't McGee. He was tall, 6ft Gibbs thought, solid build, brown eyes & short hair that was red! He had his mother's hair! McGee followed them both out, clearly making sure he was the last one off the lift.
Gibbs took in everything he could about him, eventually turning his gaze to Kelly, she looked nervous, really nervous. As they approached him, she stepped back, allowing the 2 men to come fact to face. They both just stared at each other, not sure of what to say.
Kelly saw that they were both lost for words & knew she had to do the introductions.
"Leroy Jethro meet... Phoenix Leroy" Kelly said, not wanting to use surnames, figured they both knew it anyway.
Both men smiled.
"Hi" Gibbs managed to get out "Hey" came his son's reply.
Gibbs wasn't sure how to proceed, he felt like a complete fish out of water and totally out of his depth. He decided to do the proper manly thing & put his hand out to shake with his son, not wanting to presume he would want a hug, the reaction though was not what he expected.
Nix looked over at his sister with a bizarre expression, he briefly looked back at his father, but again was looking at Kelly with that bizarre expression. Kelly let out a single laugh, Gibbs along with the rest of his team was now staring at her with strange looks of their own.
"Maybe he forgot the rule Nix, it has been a while" Kelly said sheepishly looking at her father, hoping something would twig. It immediately did of course and he looked back his son, smiled & put his arms around him.
Nix in turn hugged his dad, he never thought he would get this chance and after everything he knew of the man, he didn't care that he was being too emotional for a man his age or that he was starting to tear up, he was just happy that he would get a chance to know his father.
Kelly looked on as her dad was embracing her little brother, she never thought this day would come, she was so happy to see their embrace that she was even starting to tear up. She shot a look over to Tony & Ziva who looked happy, stunned, but happy. McGee was next in her line of sight, he looked genuinely happy & smiled back at Kelly when their eyes met.
Gibbs eyes darted over to his daughter, he could see her tearing up, so he took one hand away from his sons back & beckoned her over, she of course went to him in an instant and he now had his baby girl & boy in his arms, it was almost perfect.
AU: Hope your all enjoying this. Bit of a surprising new addition to this Gibbs household :) But where have Kelly & Phoenix been? Whats happened to Shannon & how will Gibbs react to it all?
