Soon it was Wednesday and time for Charity to have her first surgery. Gibbs woke her up. "Time to get ready for your surgery." Gibbs said.

Charity grumbled incoherently at him.

Gibbs gently shook her. "Corporal get up now."

"Huh?!" Charity said, her eyes popping open. In her sleepy state she almost forgot where she was. Then she realized that her dad had just said that to get her up. She playfully slapped his arm. "Dad, I woulda woke up eventually."

Gibbs smiled at his daughter. "Come on get up and get dressed. It's almost time to go."

"Okay, okay." Charity said. She sat up and stretched. Then she made a shooing motion to her father. "Go on. I'll get up and get dressed, but I need some privacy."

"Okay." Gibbs leaned over and kissed her forehead. Then he got up and headed for the door.

At NCIS...

Abby stepped off the elevator with a jar in her hands. She walked over to Team Gibbs. "What are you up to, Abby?" McGee asked.

"Charity is having her surgery today. I'm taking up a collection to get her flowers and maybe some things she can do while she's in the hospital." Abby answered. Then she took the lid off the jar and held it out to McGee.

Tim reached into his wallet and pulled out a five and placed it in the jar. Abby walked over to Ziva, who also placed a five in the jar. Next of course was Tony. "Alright, Tony, your turn."

Tony reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. He pulled out a ten and placed it in the jar. "There you go, Abby." Tony said.

"Thanks guys." Abby said. "I'm gonna go buy the flowers and stuff now. I'll make sure to put all your names on the card." Then Abby left.

Abby soon arrived at the hospital after she had picked up the flowers and a few puzzle books. She found Gibbs in the waiting room. "Have they taken her back yet?" Abby asked.

"No, they are prepping her right now." Gibbs answered. "They said they would come get me before they took her back."

Just then a nurse walked out. "Gibbs family?" She asked.

Gibbs and Abby both walked over to the nurse. She then led them back to Charity's room. "When the surgery is over we'll bring her back to this room. We just gave her the anestetic, so she'll be out of it pretty soon."

"Alright, thank you." Gibbs said.

The nurse left and Gibbs and Abby walked over to Charity's bedside. "Hey baby girl." Gibbs said.

Charity looked up at him. "Hey Daddy." She said smiling. "Abby's here."

Abby stepped out from behind Gibbs. "Hey Charity. Everybody chipped in and we got you flowers."

"That's nice." Charity said.

Then two orderlies walked in the room. "We're here to take a Charity Gibbs for surgery on her knee."

"That would be me." Charity said from her bed.

"Well, is our patient ready to go?"

Charity looked over at the orderlies. They were both very handsome young men. "As long as I'm going somewhere with you cuties, I'm ready." She said, which was unlike her. Of course she was drugged up and didn't care.

"I believe she's ready." One of the orderlies said.

Charity then looked at Abby and her father. "I love you guys." She said, dazedly.

"We love you, too." They both said.

Then the orderlies rolled her out. "Weee!" She squeeled as the bed moved.

Gibbs and Abby both laughed. "That nurse wasn't kidding when she said, Charity would be out of it." Abby said.

"No she wasn't." Gibbs agreed.

A couple of hours later, Tony and Ziva were walking into the room. "What are you guys doing here?" Gibbs asked.

"We thought we would come see how Charity was doing." Ziva answered.

"Where is she?" Tony asked.

"Still in surgery. They should be bringing her back soon." Gibbs answered.

Just then two nurses were wheeling Charity in from her surgery. She was asleep. "Which one of you is Mr. Gibbs?" One of the nurses asked as soon as they had her bed parked.

Gibbs stood up. "That would be me."

"Alright, well you're daughter is going to be just fine. The doctor will be in in a few minutes to talk more in depth to you." The nurse told him.

"Thank you." Gibbs said.

The two nurses then left. Then as promised, the doctor arrived. "Hello Mr. Gibbs." He said.

"Hello doctor." Gibbs said.

"The surgery went very well. We repaired the tendons and they should heal just fine." The doctor explained. "Now, as long as things go well, we will be releasing her into your care tomorrow. It is important that she keep the brace on and keep her leg straight so that the muscles can repair themselves. If she moves the muscles right now, it will likely pull the stitches and then we'll have to go through this again."

Gibbs nodded. "For how long?"

"It should be a couple of weeks. While we were in there, I was able to get a better look at her the entire injury." He told Gibbs.

"And?" Gibbs asked.

"We are going to try a couple of more surgeries, but if they don't work, it's very likely that we'll have to replace her entire knee."

Gibbs nodded again. "Thank you, doctor."

"Thank you." The two men shook hands and then the doctor left the room.

Gibbs sighed and then took his seat once more. "This is going to be one long recovery." he muttered to himself.

There was silence in the room and then a moan from Charity got everyone's attention. Gibbs was instantly up and by her bedside. "Daddy." she groaned.

"I'm right here baby girl. Is something wrong?"

"My knee hurts." She grumbled, her eyes still closed.

"You want me to call a nurse in to get you something?" Gibbs asked.

"No..." Charity mumbled. "Just talk. Keep my mind off...it."

"Okay, Tony and Ziva came to see you." Gibbs said, not sure what else to say.

"Are they still here?" she asked.

"Yeah, we're here." Tony said, coming closer to the bed. "How are you feeling?" He asked.

Charity groaned. "As good as can be expected." she then opened her eyes and looked around the room. "Played any good oranks lately?" she asked.

Tony grinned. "Of course. I get McGeek at least twice a week." He answered.

"What'd you do to him this time?"

Tony went into great detail explaining his latest prank on poor Tim. Charity laughed as Tony explained the prank. Even when she was half out of it and in pain, Tony was able to make her laugh.

Tony enjoyed bragging about his antics and he also enjoyed the fact that someone else finally found him funny. It's about time somebody appreciated my sense of humor. He thought as he continued to make Charity laugh.