Gibbs drives Tony to the High School to pick up Jessica for their doctors' appointment. Jessica is sitting on the stairs of the school crying on some boy's shoulder. Tony immediately goes into full protective mode.

"What is going on? Jessica, what is wrong? Who is he?"

"He is my best friend Justin. Justin this is my foster father Tony DiNozzo; he works for NCIS." Jessica introduces.

"Nice to meet you, sir." Justin said as he extends his hand.

Tony looks him over. If this guy is really Jessica's best friend, he will have to have a nice long talk to him later. But now he needs to find out why she is so upset. Tony finally shakes Justin's hand.

"Why are you crying?" Tony asks.

Jessica reached into her backpack and handed him her Spanish test with a 35% at the top. "I am so sorry." She cried.

Tony wants to comfort her. He wishes Abby was here. Abby is a hugger, she will make her feel better. But Abby isn't here; so it falls on him. As a cop he has comforted many upset woman but he always kept an emotional detachment. He never liked being touched by anyone. At first he was afraid of Abby. She tried to hug him when he first joined NCIS; he freaked and ran out of the room. It was 3 months before he stopped flinching every time she hugged him.

Tony closes his eyes and then opens them again and wraps his arms around his daughter. "It's okay. It is going to be okay. We will go talk to your Spanish teacher and see what we can do to bring your grade up."

Jessica leads Tony to her Spanish classroom. Justin follows and stays with Jessica at the back of the classroom while Tony talks with her teacher.

(All in Spanish)

"Hi my name is Tony and I am Jessica Johnson foster father. She just came to live with me last night and I was wondering what I could do to help Jessica bring up her grade on the test and in your class."

"What makes you think she failed more than just that test?" Senora Martinez asks.

"I'm a cop. She wouldn't do that poorly on the test unless she was struggling all along. So tell me is she passing the class." Tony responds.

"At this point, no."

"What do I have to do to help Jessica pass your class?"

"Go through her textbook with her. If she turns in the assignments and practice tests in the book; and if she redoes the worksheets that I passed out, I will use it to raise her grades. I will gives the worksheets to Jessica's tomorrow."

"Deal."

"But she has stay caught up and start passing the tests from here on out."

"She will. Thanks."

(Spanish Ends)

"Okay Jessica; we need to be going. Gibbs is waiting for us." Tony says as he goes to collect her.

"You speak Spanish, and from what I observed fluently." Jessica comments.

"This is how it is going to go. We will start at the beginning of your Spanish book and work our way through it. I will help you, don't worry you will pass the class."

"You know any other languages besides Spanish?" Jessica wonders.

"I do, Italian. Gibbs knows Russian and sign language. Ziva can speak 9 different languages. So if there is any other language you want to know; we can teach you. That is, after you pull up your Spanish grade."

"How do you know Spanish so well?"

"My father had a house staff; butler, cook, housekeeper, nanny, the whole nine yards. If there was any type of job to do at home; he had someone else do it. All of them were of Hispanic decadent from Puerto Rico and Mexico. Being around them all the time; I picked up the language real quick."

Tony opens the car door and allows Jessica to get in.

"What took you guys so long?" Gibbs asks.

"I had to speak with Jessica's Spanish teacher." Tony answers.

"Are you angry?" Jessica asks Tony?

"No, of course not. Languages are not easy to learn when you have other things you need to worry about. Well you don't have to worry about that now. You are safe now and I am going to make sure you stay that way." Tony responds.

"Gibbs, do I really need to get a physical done. I'm fine." Jessica asks

Gibbs shakes his head. He has heard that phrase from Tony for as long as he has known him.

"Look, we have to know if there is any damage that you may not be aware of. A broken bone that healed wrong, a tear in a muscle; whatever. The only way we are going to find out is with a physical and x-rays." Gibbs answers and then turns his attention to Tony. "Don't even think about trying to get out of your exam.

"Would I do something like that?" Tony asks with a grin.

"Oh, just about every single time."

Gibbs arrives at Bethesda. He knows he is going to have his hands full with Tony and Jessica.

"Come on; let's get this over with and no funny business." Gibbs warned.

Tony nods. He knows that he should set a good example for Jessica. But he hates the hospital; more so since having the plague.

"Jessica, bring your Spanish book. We will start with chapter 1 while we wait to be seen."

"Tony, I get why I have to do this; even though I hate it. Why do you?" Jessica asks as she grabs her backpack.

"Several years ago, I had pneumonic plague. It was bad and it almost killed me. I survived it, barely. But my lungs were seriously scarred as a result of pneumonia. Now, I get to be poked and prodded like a pin cushion to make sure that my lungs are not compromised. That doctor we ran into at the food court yesterday was my doctor when I had the plague and had been my doctor ever since." Tony explains.

"But you are okay, right?" Jessica asks concerned.

"I feel fine and I hate these check-ups. But several times the check-up had found a small problem developing in my lungs. They knocked it out with a strong antibiotics and I didn't even get sick."

"But if you didn't have the check-up; you could have gotten seriously ill." Jessica realizes.

"So they tell me. Shall we do this."