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A/N: This is the last chapter. I hope you like it, it's set 10 years in the future. Enjoy!
10 years later…
Eighteen year old Destiny Nicole Gibbs, her name was changed just after the night Jenny was brought home, was graduating high school. She was set to go to school for Criminal Justice with a full scholarship and a 3.8 GPA. She was ready to face the world as a college student now.
At the Gibbs house, Jenny, Ziva, and a pregnant Abby are setting up for a going away party for Destiny. While the women are working inside, Gibbs, Tony, McGee, and Ducky work on setting up the patio for the meal they're going to have together.
Destiny was upstairs in her bedroom. She was finishing packing her things to leave for the University of Virginia the next morning. She looked at the photo on her nightstand. It was the one of the team. Destiny smiled at it. She was going to miss them even if she was an hour or so away.
Destiny's younger sister, Alyssa poked her head into her sister's room.
"Dessie, Mommy says that everything is almost done," she said.
Destiny turned to face Alyssa.
"Okay, Aly, I'll be down shortly," Destiny replied as she turned back to the picture.
Alyssa Michelle Gibbs was born a couple years after Gibbs and Jenny were married, which was only 3 months after he had proposed to her. Alyssa watched her sister as she tried to read her body language.
"Dessie, are you okay?" Alyssa asked.
Destiny looked up at her little sister and smile lightly. She sighed deeply.
"I'm okay, Aly. I'm just going to miss everyone," Destiny said softly.
Alyssa walked over and put a hand on Destiny's shoulder. Destiny looked up to her little sister who pulled her into a hug.
"We'll miss you a lot too, but we're always together in each other's hearts," Alyssa murmured.
Destiny hugged her sister tightly.
"I know, Aly, thank you. Now, come on, before Uncle Tony eats everything," Destiny said getting up and swooping her sister into her arms.
Alyssa giggled. Destiny walked downstairs and looked over at the decorations that her family had put up. Streamers and balloons and a banner were in the kitchen. As they crossed the threshold of the back door, Destiny set Alyssa down.
She looked out at her family as they gathered together, talking amongst themselves not noticing that Destiny was standing there. That was when Destiny saw that her father wasn't out there.
"Looking for something?" came a voice that made her jump.
She turned to see her father right behind her.
"You're worse than Ziva when it comes to sneaking up on people," she said as she swatted his shoulder.
Gibbs chuckled at her. He kissed her head and walked outside. Wrapping an arm around Jenny, he whispered something in her ear. That's when Jenny turned to Destiny and waved her over.
Destiny walked to her mother who wrapped her in a hug.
"I'm not leaving until tomorrow, Mom," Destiny said.
Jenny pulled back and smiled.
"Yeah, well, after you leave I won't get to hug you so much," Jenny replied. Destiny ginned.
It was Abby's turn to try and hug Destiny as best she could. Abby and McGee had married not long after Jenny and Gibbs. They already had a 4 year old, Thomas Jethro McGee or T.J., and Abby was pregnant with twins. Destiny hugged Abby back.
"I'm gonna miss you," said Abby with tears falling down her face.
Destiny wiped her face.
"Don't cry, Abby. I'll visit as much as I can," Destiny said.
Abby smiled and sniffled.
" Hormones are a wonderful thing," chuckled Abby.
Destiny nodded smiling. McGee hugged her next and then came Ducky.
"Oh, it seems like yesterday that you were just a child," Ducky stated.
"Aw, Grandpa Ducky, don't start that again," Destiny said with a grin.
Ducky chuckled and kissed her forehead. Next was Tony. His big arms wrapped around Destiny.
"I'm gonna miss having my partner in crime around," said Tony.
"Come on, not you too," Destiny said, "You're supposed to be making some type of joke or a movie reference that this reminds you of."
Tony grinned. Destiny smiled at him.
"I'm gonna miss you too, Uncle Tony," Destiny said.
Destiny walked over to Ziva who was standing off to the side with little JJ or Jackson Jethro in her arms. Tony and Ziva were married a year ago and JJ was born a couple months ago.
"Hey, Z," Destiny said softly.
Ziva looked up at Destiny. Her eyes had sadness in them.
"Ziva, if anything, I would think you would be the one who wouldn't cry right now," Destiny said with a grin.
Ziva smiled at her.
"It is not something I can help," she said, "You want to hold your godson?"
Destiny grinned and nodded. She took JJ carefully from Ziva.
"You are going to miss him growing up in his first year," Ziva said.
Destiny looked over to her godmother and pulled her into a one-armed hug.
"Ziva, I won't be far. If you ever need me, just give me a call. I'll always be there for JJ and for you. I promise," Destiny said.
Ziva smiled at her goddaughter. The little girl she knew had grown up to be a wonderful young lady.
"Ani ohevet otakh, Destiny," Ziva said softly.
"I love you too, Ziva," Destiny murmured.
Destiny put JJ back into Ziva's arms and walked over to her father.
"I was wondering if you forgot about me," he mumbled lowly.
Destiny chuckled.
"Daddy, I could never forget you," Destiny said, "Don't be too hard on them while I'm gone."
Gibbs smirked at her. He wondered if this is what it would've been like if Kelly was able to go to college. He wondered if she would've been like Destiny. Destiny looked into her father's eyes. She saw he had that faraway look he gets when he thinks about Kelly and Shannon.
"I'm sure she would've been a wonderful young woman, Daddy. She would've been proud to be your daughter just like I am," Destiny said.
Gibbs looked up at Destiny and smirked again. He pulled his little, but not so little, girl into his arms.
"I love you, Baby," he whispered in her ear.
"I love you too daddy," she whispered back.
"Can we eat now?" asked T.J.
Destiny chuckled and walked over to the boy. She picked him up and turned to her family.
"Well, you heard the boy! Let's eat," Destiny said.
They all laughed as they gathered around the table.
The next morning, the team had said their goodbyes the night before and Destiny was left with her parents and sister. After the last box was loaded into the car, she shut the trunk and turned to them.
Jenny had tears falling down her cheeks as did Alyssa who was in Jenny's arms. She looked at them for a minute, fingering the bracelet that Ziva had given her the night before. It was one similar to the one Destiny made a long time ago that Ziva still wore. She walked to her mom and her sister and wrapped her arms around both of them as tears fell down her cheeks.
"Be safe and call us when you get there," Jenny whispered in her ear, "I love you and I'm very proud of you."
"I love you too, Mom," Destiny said.
She pulled out of the embrace and looked at her sister.
"Aly, you be good for Mommy and Daddy. I love you," she said.
Alyssa nodded. Destiny kissed her sister's forehead gently.
"Oh, I almost forgot," Destiny said as she pulled an item out of her pocket, "I made this for you last night."
She handed it to Alyssa. Alyssa saw that it was a woven bracelet that had her favorite colors in it and her name was woven in as well.
"It's pretty," Alyssa said, "Thank you. I love you Dessie."
"I love you too kiddo," Destiny replied.
She turned to her father. He pulled her into a tight hug.
"I love you Daddy," Destiny said.
"I'm going to miss you," Gibbs murmured, "You call us whenever you can, okay?"
Destiny nodded.
"I love you very much," he said.
They broke the embrace. Destiny stepped back and smiled with tears in her eyes.
"Semper Fi," she stated proudly.
Jenny, Gibbs, and Alyssa smiled. Destiny got into her car and drove off to start her future knowing that her family loved and supported her while she did so.
THE END
A/N: What a wild ride, huh? Hope you liked the ending! Leave me a review please! Thanks for reading!
