Some people wanted Gibbs/Sonny first meeting.

Soap Operas have a tendancy to age children. So I took Michael and Morgan age now and subtracted 9 years since Tony has been with NCIS for 9 years. Michael is 9 and Morgan is 3.


Tony woke up early the next morning. He looked over and saw Gibbs was still asleep. Tony thought about when he first joined NCIS.

FLASHBACK

Tony had been with NCIS for about 2 months. He was staring at his computer trying to type his resignation. Abby happened to be walking by, behind him and glanced at his computer screen. She was shocked, why on earth would Tony want to resign after 2 months. She admits that they didn't hit it off in the beginning; if he didn't quit then, why would he choose to quit now.

"Anthony DiNozzo, what the hell are you doing?" She exclaimed.

"I don't see why you care, you don't like me anyway. You have made that clear." Tony snapped.

Abby was shocked, she thought that they hadn't gotten past it, obviously he hasn't. "Tony I like you now, I was hurt and angry when you wouldn't let me hug you. I am a hugger, I hug everybody. I was offended, like you thought you were above that."

Tony didn't answer, he still won't allow a hug and he can't tell anybody as to why.

"I can't stay, if Gibbs finds out about my secret he would hate me and I would be gone anyway. So I should go now and maintain what little dignity I have left."

"Gibbs won't hate you."

"Yes he will. I have to resign now, before Gibbs gets the chance to hate me." Tony answered trying to keep his mask in place.

Abby wasn't going to give up, she wants Tony to stay. So she decided to go to Gibbs. Let Gibbs tell him that he won't hate him. Abby returned to Tony's desk after calling Gibbs and waited for him to show up.

"Oh hey Bossman." Abby said casually.

Tony looked up with a guilty look, he had hoped to be finished and have the resignation letter turned in before Gibbs came back upstairs. Tony plastered a smile.

"Hey Boss."

"What is going on here?" Gibbs asked.

"Nothing!" Tony answered quickly.

"Tony is resigning." Abby states calmly. Tony gave her the evil eye.

"Oh really DiNozzo and why is that?" Gibbs asked.

"Because I know that when I tell you, you will hate me and want me off your team anyway." Tony stated.

"Why don't you let me be the judge of that?"

Tony didn't want to tell him. He was sure that Gibbs will hate him and he was hoping to maintain a least a little dignity. But no matter what happens, he will walk out of the office with his head held high.

"I have one real relative I see on occasion. He is a 'coffee importer' but it is just a front. He is involved with illegal activity.

"Who is he, Sonny Corinthos from Port Charles?" Gibbs smirked.

Abby started laughing. Tony wasn't laughing.

"Exactly." He smiled.

"I was kidding." Gibbs exclaimed.

"I'm not. Sonny is my uncle. I have a close relative involved in mob relations and I don't personally care. We are Federal Agents and I am related to a mobster." Tony explained and turned to leave. He knew that if He didn't leave right now, he wouldn't be able to maintain that piece of dignity he was so desperate to hang on to.

Abby and Gibbs were definitely shocked by his revelation. You would think that something like that would come up in a background check. But even with his revelation, neither wants Tony to leave. But having a Federal Agent with relation to a well known mob boss (one that the always seems to skate just above the law, even though he operates on the opposite side of the law.) looks bad on the Agency as a whole.

"Tony wait, I want to meet him. I won't make any judgment until I do. In the meantime, you aren't going anywhere. Are we clear?"

Tony nodded, but he knew that it was just delaying the inevitable.


Tony brought Ducky, Abby and Gibbs to Port Charles. Carly answered the door with Michael and Morgan at her side

"Hello, I am Carly and this is my son Michael and the little guy is Morgan."

Michael couldn't take his eyes off of Abby and her tattoos. "Cool Tattoos."

"Michael this is Abby, our forensic specialist." Tony leaned down to whisper in Michael's ear. "She is a Goth."

"Come in, Sonny is waiting in the living room."

"Where are Max, Milo and Jason?" Tony asked.

"With Sonny, do you think that they would miss an opportunity to meet some of the people you work with?" Carly answered.

"Lucky me." Tony muttered as he led his coworkers to the living room.

"Uncle Sonny; this is my boss Leroy Jethro Gibbs, our forensic specialist Abby Scuito and our medical examiner Dr. Donald Mallard." Tony introduced.

"Special Agent Gibbs a word in private if you will." Sonny asked and led Gibbs to his private office.


"Tony speaks highly of you. He said you recruited him from Baltimore PD."

"Don't take this the wrong way, but" Gibbs started to say.

"How can I have a nephew in law enforcement given what it is that I do?" Gibbs nodded. "Tony's life is his own and I will support any decisions he makes with it."

"A question, Tony has a tendency to be reckless when it comes to his own safety. I noticed that in Baltimore and even more so since he joined my team.

"Tony's father and I used that term loosely, abused him and then threw him out with the trash. I met Tony a year after he was thrown out. He was attending military school. He blamed himself for the abuse and his disownment. As if he had done something wrong and his father had been justified for what he did. Tony truly believes that no one would care if he lived or died so he takes chances and risks. Whatever it takes to get the job done. He knows it isn't true, that everyone in this house would be horribly upset if something were to happen to him. But he can't internalize it, what the head and the heart know are 2 different things. He knows we care about him, but he doesn't believe that we should. That he isn't worthy of that love." Sonny explained.

"Abby is a hugger; the first time she tried, he pulled away. She couldn't understand why."

"He can't stand to be hugged. If you yell and insult him, he holds it in the highest regard. But a loving word, a kind gesture and he is convinced that they are all lies. He can only hear bad things and none of the good. He doesn't believe in himself. He told me that the reason he joined NCIS was that you believed in him, he can't understand why you would, only that you did. He couldn't believe that a perfect stranger, for the most part, was in his hospital room waiting for him to wake up after he had been shot. That innocent gesture meant the world to him."

"I don't want him to quit and I don't want him to cut his ties with you and this family. He needs all of us if he is ever going to understand that he is worth taking a chance on."

"I am sure you know what I do. Tony wouldn't have been so worried about the situation if you didn't know." Sonny stated.

"I am a Federal Agent, of course I know. Just make sure that none of them are in the Navy or Marines; because then it will fall under my jurisdiction. You may be a mobster, but you care a lot about the kid out there and so do I. Tony has potential to be a great Agent if his recklessness doesn't get him killed first. As long as you stay away from jurisdiction and Tony doesn't get hurt by it, why don't we just agree to disagree?"

"Agreed."

Gibbs walked out of the office. "Relax DiNozzo, you are not going anywhere"

END FLASHBACK