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This chapter will deal with bullying and the impact it can cause.

Cassie and Callen pulled up in front of the school to pick up Natalia. She was standing out front with her teacher and from the car they could see she was upset. When she saw her parents she bolted down the steps and over to the car. Cassie pulled her into a hug.

"What's wrong baby?"

"I don't like it here anymore."

"Nat baby what happened?"

"Mr. and Mrs. Callen I'm afraid a few of the other students have been making fun of Natalia because of her accent."

"You have got to be kidding me?" said Callen. Cassie got Natalia into her booster seat and handed her the tablet to play with.

"It has been dealt with. Our school has a no bullying policy."

"She's in kindergarten do kids that young really bully?" asked Cassie.

"I'm afraid so."

Callen looked back at Nat she was playing a game on her tablet but was still upset.

"If there are any more problems I will let you know."

Cassie turned to Callen. "Maybe we should home school her for a few years."

"I don't think you will have to go that far. Natalia's English is getting better every day. I don't think it will be long before her accent lessens."

Cassie didn't really like this but at the moment they didn't have much of a choice. They had to trust the school to deal with things.

"We have a culture day next month. Perhaps Natalia would like to participate she could educate the other children about Romania."

"That could be fun." Said Callen.

They agreed to talk to Natalia about it. On the way home Callen asked Natalia if she wanted to have dinner out.

"I don't care Papa."

"How about the shack? She loves their fish nuggets." Callen smiled a night out would cheer her up.

Once they were seated the waitress came over. Callen and Cassie both ordered a beer. Natalia refused to talk. The waitress knew them so she asked Natalia if she wanted juice like usual and the little girl nodded.

"Natalia there is nothing wrong with how you speak."

"They said I'm not American cause I wasn't born here."

"That's true that you weren't born here but you are American now because we adopted you."

Callen looked at his little girl. "You know what Princess I wasn't born here either."

Natalia looked up at her father. "Where were you born?"

"I don't know. It was either Russia or Romania. I may never know." Callen smiled at her. "My father was Russian and my mother was Romanian and American."

Natalia looked like she was thinking hard about what Callen said. "Did you talk funny too?"

"I don't remember. I was younger than you when I came here."

"Papa will I always talk funny?'

"Princess you talk just fine. You may always have an accent but that's not a bad thing."

"Will my baby brother talk funny?"

"No baby but he'll have to learn to talk. You'll be able to help him learn."

Natalia liked this idea. Callen got a funny look on his face.

"What?" asked Cassie.

"My sister Amy used to call me baby brother."

"And now Natalia can call her brother that too." Cassie put her hand over Callen's. As they ate they talked to Natalia about the culture day. She was excited to do something for it.

"You can tell them how your family is from Romania and tell them lots of fun stuff about the country." Said Cassie.

"Are you and Papa going to come?"

"Of course we will."

"Ok. Can Grandma Hetty come too?"

"We'll have to ask her but I bet she'd love to come."

By the time they got home Natalia was all excited about what she could do at school. Once she was settled in bed Callen and Cassie crashed on the couch. They were both used to being treated badly as children. It was something they didn't want for their children.

Cassie rubbed her belly bump and Callen couldn't help but get turned on. He lifted her shirt and leaned over to place kisses across her skin. Cassie laughed at him. "Should I be worried that the fact that I'm pregnant gets you so worked up?" Callen laughed at her and picked her up.

"I can't help it." He carried her to bed and put her down next to it. "Knowing your carrying my child is the sexiest thing ever."

"Just wait till I get fat, you may not be saying I'm sexy then."

"Actually I think that it will only get stronger." Callen pulled her top off and kissed his way to her belly. "You're so beautiful." He kept telling her how beautiful she was and how much he loved her as he made love to her.

The next day Natalia put on a brave face and climbed out of the car and headed into school. Callen and Cassie watched her go up the steps and into the building. She had her head held high and walked right past two little girls who were laughing at her.

"At some point we are going to have to teach her to fight." Said Callen.

"Callen she's five I don't think she needs to kick anyone's ass just yet."

"No but at some point I want her knowing how to protect herself."

"Ok how about we enroll her in karate."

"That would be good. I'd rather her doing that then dance."

"You just want her to take after me and become an agent when she grows up."

"Hey I want all our kids growing up and becoming agents." Callen laughed.

"You do realize your little girl is smarter than both of us put together. She could become a doctor or a scientist."

"Cass she's surrounded by NCIS, NYPD, CIA and a Navy Seal do you really think she's going to pick a career that isn't involved with the government."

"Good point." Cassie smiled at her husband. "Look how hard I tried not to get involved. That went right out the window as soon as I started hanging out with your team."

"Hey you could have stayed a bounty hunter. But I am glad you are NCIS now."

"Yeah now you can keep an eye on me at all times."

"Babe your carrying my child of course I'm going to know where you are at all times."

Cassie shrugged and shook her head at him. She didn't expect anything else. She already knew there was a tracker in her car and one in her go bag. She was sure Eric had tabs on her cell phone at all times too.

She didn't expect anything less. There were people out there that would use her and their children in a heartbeat to hurt or destroy Callen. Cassie knew it was all for her protection so she didn't question it.

When they got to work they saw a tote sitting by their desks. "What's with the box?" asked Callen.

"Baby stuff." Said Kensi. "My mom wouldn't stop buying and half of it never got used."

"Thanks Kensi." Cassie started going thru the box. She pulled out a small blue sleeper and showed it to Callen. He grinned and picked up a pair of little booties. He couldn't wait till his son was here and they could dress him in all of this.

Cassie had to pull out each item and look at it. The others watched as she got more excited with each item. Now that the nursery was painted they could start buying a crib and other things they would need.

As Cassie went thru the box Callen went to talk to Hetty. He told her about Natalia getting bullied at school and about her being involved in the schools nationality day. Hetty was thrilled to go and offered to help Natalia make some traditional Romanian sweets.

Callen then got Eric to start looking into Karate schools for Natalia. Callen knew that the older she got that her aunts and uncles would see that she learned to fight in many different styles. Kensi was already talking about firearms training for Natalia when she got a bit older.

He knew this would be a necessity for his children. Just as Deeks and Kensi knew the twins would need the same training. They had to be able to protect themselves if someone tried to take or hurt one of them.

Callen stood and looked over the railing at his wife. He felt Sam come up next to him. "So you still mad about me setting you up with her?'

Callen laughed. "Best move you ever made."

"Yeah I know." Sam looked back down at their family. "Just keep in mind that Sam makes a great name."

"We haven't even started talking names. And Hetty already said she likes Henry." Sam laughed at this.

Callen left Sam and went to talk to Nell. She agreed to help Natalia with her project and went to find photos on line of important and fun things from Romania.

When Eric blew his whistle at everyone Callen knew that everything else would need to be on hold until later. A case took precedence over personal life. Everyone gathered in OPS including Cassie to see what Eric had for them. She may not be able to go out into the field but she would make herself useful in OPS helping Eric and Nell out.