Laying on his back with his hands behind his head G. Callen looked up at the night sky as a small smile spread onto his lips. She still lived there; she still used the same soap and she still slept in one of his T - shirts.

Kelly opened the front door of her home, throwing her keys down, not caring where they landed. She walked up the stairs to her room.
The place was quiet and she was grateful that it was. She sat down on his side of the bed up the towel what was on the floor; something she hadn't noticed before when she was home earlier. She picked it up and smelt it; it smelt like him and for the first time since he had left she cried.

Amy Callen stood nervously in MTAC waiting.
Ten minutes ago she was at her desk finishing paperwork when she was told she was needed in MTAC with a call waiting from LA.
Amy stood up and searched the floor for her father in law but he was nowhere to be seen, she even looked to the catwalk in the hope that her 'uncle' would be there but he wasn't.

So here she stood in MTAC waiting with the worst possible scenarios running through her head. Looking at the screen she saw movement and let out a breath when she saw her mother- the thoughts about her Godfather Sam Hanna standing there telling her that her mother was dead quickly left her mind.

With red eyes Kelly had made the decision to tell her children about their father before they heard it from anyone else. Kelly watched on the screen as her daughter slowly relaxed.

Amy watched the screen noticing on the bottom right hand side another person was joining their conversation - her brother Dominic

'Mum. Everything OK?' Amy asked concerned.

'Yes' Kelly replied a little too quickly.

Amy raised her eyebrow 'You sure? If this was NCIS business it would be just you and me. But Dom's here as well' she finished gesturing towards her brother's face on the screen.

'Mum what's wrong. Your eyes are all red. Has something happened?' inquired Dom.

'We found your father'

Amy's breath hitched. They found her father. Her daddy. The man she worshipped.

Dom looked at the screen. They found his father. His dad. The man who taught him things. The man who made him become a man before he needed to

'Have you spoken to him' asked Amy.

'No. I've only seen CCTV footage'

'So you don't know its him?' Dom inquired.

'It's him. I identified him. Uncle Sam Identified him' Kelly stated.

'I'm coming to LA' Amy declared.

'No. No. Not until I've spoken to him'

'Mum'

'Amy Shannon'

'Look out Ames, first and middle name' Dom teased his older sister.

'Shut up, Dominic Leroy Jethro'

'Kids!' exclaimed Kelly just as her son was to return a comment to his sister 'You can come to LA once I've spoken to him' And with nothing more to say Kelly cut the connection.

'I've got to go Dommie. I'll call you tonight'

'Yeah Bye'

Cutting the conversation off with her children Kelly left OPS. Once she got to the bottom of the stairs she made her way to her office to find Sam waiting for her.
'Sam' she acknowledged.

"Kelly. You OK' he asked noticing her red eyes.

Kelly nodded 'I'm fine. I've been up in OPS. I just told the kids'.
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Amy DiNozzo left MTAC, walking slowly across the catwalk and down the stairs. At the ;last stair Amy sat down, rested her chin in her knees and thought about what had just happened.

Rounding the corner after exiting the back elevator and walking towards the stairs were former team members; NCIS Director Timothy McGee and Snr Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo laughing.
'Hey Amy' Tony said noticing the young woman.

'What?' asked Amy, looking up to see the two men in front of her 'Oh hey Tony. Uncle Tim'

'You OK' Asked Tim.

''Uh Yeah I think so'

'No Your not. He said as he sat down beside her. 'I've known you since you were a baby, Your my daughter in law. I know when something's wrong. said Tony who stood in front of her.

'Same here Amy' agreed Tim.

Amy sighed. 'Mum found Dad'

'Dead' asked a hopeful Tony.

'Alive. CCTV footage. She hasn't spoken to him.. He's apparently turned into a ghost again'

'Take the afternoon off' stated Tim.

'I can't do that'

'Yes you can' Tim argued back 'Your uncle is the Director of this Agency and I say you can'

'Well I'm not one to argue with the Director'

'He's alive. Say something Tim' demanded Tony after they watched Amy gather her things and leave the building.

'I know' Tim returned softly

'You knew?!'

'Kelly told me last night'

'Well who else knows. Wait you think Gibbs knows?'

'He does. And so does her team'

'Ha! well when Gibbs get a hold of him...'

Amy DiNozzo wasn't sure where to go in the middle of the day. She didn't want to go home; no one was there - her husband was at work, one daughter was at a friend's place, the other visiting her grandmother in LA. Her best friend Harper was on holidays with her family and she couldn't talk to her so she went to the place where she would feel safe.

Retired NCIS Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs was surprised to find his granddaughters car parked out the front of his house in the middle of the day during a working week. He parked his own car in the drive, got out and curiously entered his own home.