Oookay ! Here I am again , unfortunely this one is un betaed too, but I re read it a lot of times, I hope that my mistakes are less than the last time.
FAMILY SECRETS
FAILURES
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"Now you get some sleep.We'll figure out the rest in the morning."
"We can sleep a couple of hours, before we heading to the HQ, Dad."
"Ziva, McGee and I can make the operation, Tony, you have the day off"
"No, I want to be there for that. I want to take that group down"
"Look Tony, I don't think..." The old man had no intentions of allowing his son to go through any more that he already had.
Tony interrupted. "Dad, think about it. I know their M.O., I made a lot of research and I gain Kellerman's trust while I was working undercover, I know at least one of them, beside I'm your 2IC"
"Well, he is making a point Jethro.."
"I thought so, Ducky, you can take my room for the night . I..I think I'd rather stay out here"
"Sure kid, get some sleep. "
"Look Tony."..Gibb's angry voice interjected, the over protective father in him, isn't going to let his boy put himself in danger.
Dr. Mallard watched with fascination, Tony had turned to meet the intense stare and something had happened. Just what, he had no idea. He heard what he swore was like a very low growl, barely audible, come from his old friend. Then Tony placed his hand lightly on his arm. There was a silent exchange between the two men, and he was sure that it had something to do with the whole father/son thing. Gibbs had calmed instantly. Completely. And Tony had seemed to get some sort of, reassurance? Strength? Just what, he could no place his finger on, but there had been a radical attitude adjustment in the two men.
"I will catch some Zzz in here" Tony was lying down in the long coach not really wanting to come back to his own bed.
Gibbs tucked a quilt around his son. "Can I get you anything?"
"No, I'm fine. Thanks ,dad"
"No, problem. All part of the service. You know where I am if you need anything." He smiled reassuringly down at him, but Tony was already drifting off.
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Leroy Jethro Gibbs was sitting in the sofa beside his son, feeling like an eighty years old man, in all those years it was the first time that Tony talked so openly about the nightmare he lived, and he was sure that Douglas Mallard presence had a lot to do with that fact, his son always had a lot of confidence in the old doctor and he seemed to be the most secure person to call in anguished moments, even Dr. Mallard was the only person that his son called after "The fight" - how Tony like to name it- with separated father and son for the third time in the life, its seemed that like every time he let go of his son, something horrible happens...
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1991
"Daddy!" Kelly Gibbs ran happily towards his father arms, followed close by her dear "brother" Tony, who walks away a good distance from his sister not wanting to act like a little kid, but showing in the eyes the inmense love he felt for his father and his now surrogate family.
"Hello princess" The gunny Sargent embraced his beloved daughter who was – as usual- escorted for his overprotective big brother, In the almost six months that Tony come to his life's, his son has improved a lot, he is now more confident and dropped a little the barriers he built around himself for eleven years, part of the credit belongs to Kelly, who adopted Tony since the first day, no needing more explanation that the fact that Tony was "daddy's" son too, his very wise daughter immediately began to call Tony "bro", making the boy felt wanted and loved, Kelly was too guilty for Tony calling him "Dad", because she simply couldn't understand why Tony called him Gibbs, so in behalf of the female pressure, Tony surrounded.
"Hey Junior! How are you doing?" He said to his son embraced him strong against himself. " Just great, dad, and you? " "Tony, how are you?, for real" Gibbs asked again taking Tony by the shoulders, he too learned to " read" Tony real feelings, his son just learned to hide everything behind a smart remark or a charming smile, something that Jethro knows works for Tony a lot of times.. until now...
"I brought Kelly to bought a chocolate ice-cream and I tried to convince her to better get one of vanilla, because it had less sugar and a better flavor, and, you know what happens when we eat a lot of sugar . Shannon said that we act like we are possessed or something like that, but Kelly didn't listen to me and she bought the one with this..."
"Tony! Are you nervous?" Jethro put a hand in his son's shoulders stopping the incessant rambling.
"I hate war, that's all?" Said Tony averting his father gaze.
"Come again?"
"Why do you need to go to war, it isn't even your country or your people... and you will leaving us alone. I don't understand, I don't..."
"Hey princess, can you tell your mommy, that your brother and I will taking a walk, please!"
"Sure, daddy!" Kelly, understand perfectly the "walks" that his daddy like to take with you when serious things happens.
After a short walk around the neighborhood Gibbs started to talk with his son:
"I know you are upset about me going to the Gulf, but you know that I need to do it, that is my work Tony"
"I know that, but why, why do you have to go?,some boys in my class told me that "Dessert storm" is just a freaking need of control of the goverm.."
"Tony, Tony, stop, son, please!" "Dammed advanced school" Thinks Gibbs passing a callous hand over his short hair.-After some tumbles in different schools, believing that Tony was lazy or a little "slow", Jethro discovered that Tony was for real a very intelligent boy in the wrong school, so the solution was an advanced school, where Tony felt that he really belongs.
"Son, that's my duty, and this is the last time, I already talk with..."
"NO; WE ARE YOUR DUTY, YOUR FAMILY IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT JOB, YOU PROMISE, You promised that you never will leave me alone- you promise" The last part was said in almost a whisper, just before Tony start running in direction of the house, after following him for a couple of minutes, Gibbs decided to walk and give sometime to Tony for cooling himself, anyway his son was a hell of runner.
"Shannon! Sweetheart, Im home"
"Hi honey! What's wrong with Tony? He just stormed in the house and lock himself in his bedroom?"
"He- don't want me to come to the Gulf"
"That make three of us, Jethro" Gibbs hugged his wife, enjoying the peaceful feeling.
"Its the last time, love, after this one I going to have a permanent job in NCIS, no more war in foreign countries.
"I hope so, I really hope so, Jethro"Shannon Gibbs hugged his husband sending a pry to heaven, for his beloved welfare.
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A pissed Tony, was a silent Tony and that is very annoying, after spending all the afternoon in his bedroom, Tony finally join his family at dinner time,still doing the silent treatment to his father, when he was helping to clear the table Jethro discovered that the kid was limping, after a closer inspection, he was sure, Tony hurts his ankle , probably running home away for him.
"Tony" "Tony"
"Yes"
"Come with me to the basement please"
"But..."
"Now Tony!"Jethro said turning around and heading to the basement stairs.
Tony downed the stairs with a lot of job, but with a sweet smile in his face, in the third step Jethro raised in his arms at his surprised son.
"Wha-what are you doing Dad" Tony was trying to dislodge himself of his father's strong arms.
"What happened to your ankle"
"Nothing"
"Come on, let me see"
"Its nothing Dad, I told you, Im fine "
Jethro puts his charge over the working bench, taking out Tony's snickers and trying to roll up the boy's pants leg. "Why didn't you tell me that you hurt your ankle?
"Because its doesn't matter and also it's doesn't hurt at all" Tony said with his best pouting face.
"It's matter Tony" Gibbs take his son's chin lifting his face to see him direct in the eye "Any thing that happens to you, good or bad no matter if you think is just a very little thing is important to me. Do you understand that Tony?, YOU are very important to me" said Gibbs pointing in Tony's chest and giving the boy a tender kiss in the head. "So let me see!"
Gibbs was very aware of his son looks in him, Tony was following every one of his movements.
"When I was a kid.." Gibbs smirked to that, "I mean, when I was seven my father register me in the Juniors Polo Club's team and even if a love the horses -¡Ouch!-I don't liked the games, always full of competition and tension , for Fabio all that matters is win, the day that we were playing the championship I fell off my horse and twisted my leg..its hurts like hell. When HE saw me, he come to me and order me to not cry, he told me- Ouch Dad!- he told me to suck it up and that if I want to be a great man I need to learn to cope with the pain,Finally we won the game but at the end my leg was cold and all black and purple, HE took me to the hospital.. I was in there for three days, Annie can't visited me, she told me that in hospitals they don't let people smoke. You knew that to smoke is a very bad habit, Dad? I hate it!" Tony was staring at his dad with that heartbreaking desolate look "They leave me in there for three days.. I was alone, I dont want to be alone.."
"You will never be alone again, I promise son" Gibbs was now hugging his son with all his forces, wanting to protect him for all the bad things in the word.
"You know what I learned that time" Jethro can hear the muffled little voice of his son from the deep of his embrace.
"How to cope with the pain". Answered Gibbs, fearing to be in the correct. Every time that Tony talks about his past, Gibbs felt the strong desire to have a face to face with Fabio Dinozzo.
"No, I learned that: Polo is a dangerous game" Tony look at him with a little smile in his lips.
"Its the last time son, after this I will going to work in NCIS for a long time and you never going to be alone, ever. You got that , Tony?"
"I got that, Dad" Jethro felt Tony deeping in his embrace.
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SIX WEEKS LATER
"Tony, Kelly, come on , we are running late for on boys, I have a lot of errands to run today" Morning routine in Gibbs house, without Daddy in there is always a roller coaster. And over all some one is calling at their door at a very inapropite hour in the morning.
"Morning" Outside her door , Shannon was meet with a dark suited young man, and two more bad faced ones behind him
"Morning, can I help you!"
"Of course, you can Ms. Gibbs. My name is Miguel Ortiz, and Im here to collect my client's son, Anthony DiNozzo"
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Okay! I did it again, please let me know what do you think. And you can help me a lot pointing me my horrible grammar mistakes, please!