Author's Notes: I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed so far, you are the one's who are the encouragement I need to continue writing this. I know a lot of you are asking when Jenny is gonna tell Gibbs the truth, and in answer to that, I haven't worked that bit out just yet. I'm determined to do it right, because I know if it's done to quickly the story looses it's appeal, but I also don't want to drag it out to much, so finding a happy medium is my plan. I'm thinking it will probably come about within the next few chapters, but I've got so many plan's for this story yet, it's no where close to finished. This chapter begin's part of the explainations to Gibbs, but as you will see it barely scratch's the surface.
Review Responses:
itzcheeseball - Glad your enjoying it. Here's the next chapter.
fart fart and Liina01- Don't worry the truth will come out soon. Not in this chapter but within the next 5 or so I'm thinking. I don't want to rush it.
Tempe4Booth - At this point in time Jenny doesn't know about Kelly, even though they are really good friends and have been since she became the director. They were not in contact with each other between the end of Paris and the start of her joining NCIS as Director, hence why Gibbs doesn't know about Izzy, but in a couple of chapter's time i'm going to have them have a big conversation where they share all the information about each of their pasts. Little bits will come out each chapter from now onwards so stay tuned.
I don't want to give everything away, so I'll leave you to read it for now.
- Chapter 10: Revelations Over Breakfast -
The next morning Jenny is the first one awake, used to getting up early. She makes her way to the bathroom being careful not to wake Jethro. Feeling the shift of the bed, and the cool air now reaching his skin, Jethro wakes up a few minutes later, and after waiting for Jenny to finish in the bathroom, he follows her lead. They meet up in the kitchen a few minutes later where Jenny, still in her nightwear has just set up the coffee machine for their morning caffeine kick.
Since having Izzy, Jenny herself has become dependent on coffee in a similar way to Gibbs, although she is a lot less obvious about it, one of the perks of being Director of a federal agency. After finishing her coffee, refusing a second she heads back to the bathroom for a shower.
While Jenny is up in the shower, Izzy gets up and pads into the kitchen feeling a little lost.
"Good morning," Gibbs greets her warmly pulling out a seat for her and asking what she would like for breakfast.
Izzy asks if he's got any cereal, surprised to find that he's got her favorite. Gibbs finds the dishes, spoons and milk and brings them to the table where they both settle down to breakfast together.
"How are you feeling this morning?" Gibbs asks breaking the silence.
"Ok," Izzy answers a sad look passing across her face as she remembers the nightmare she had last night. "You said something about meeting the people you work with?" she asks remembering the discussion they had in the middle of the night after her nightmare.
"Yes," Gibbs replies, "Your school is staying shut for today, and both me and your aunt have got to work, you can't really stay here on your own, so I thought it might be a good idea for you to come to work with us. You can meet the rest of the team, I'm sure you'll like them."
"Tell me about them," Izzy asks softly, curious as to his perceptions of the people he and her mom work with.
"Ok," Gibbs says swallowing a mouthful of cereal and deciding on where to begin, "You already know Ziva right, and you met Tony yesterday when he went with you to get your things."
Izzy nods in response.
"Ok, so we've got Ducky, our medical examiner. He's the one that examines all of the victim's bodies. He's a lovely older gentleman who enjoys telling stories from his youth. He also has the best advice and is the best one to turn to with any problems, next we have his assistant Jimmy Palmer, he's still being trained by Ducky, but is an essential part of the team, and then we have Abby, our Gothic forensic scientist. She's the clever one, and is really hyper and cheerful. She's a bit like a daughter to me. We've also got Tim McGee; he's our computer specialist and is almost a match to Abby in computer skills, and the two work well together, especially where computers are concerned, he also writes novels in his spare time. I think you've met everyone else. Why don't you tell me how you came to know Ziva?"
"Ok," Izzy replies thinking through her words to remember the cover story her and her mom have got for situations like this, "I met Ziva in Europe when Ima was working over there. Ziva saved her life and they have been best friends for a long time. Other than Ima and Tammy and her family, she is one of the only people I knew back then. I've always called her auntie because that's what she's always been like to me. She's taught me a lot and even lived with us for a few years."
"I've noticed that you always seem to call Jenny, Ima, why is that?" Gibbs asks the curiosity beginning to get to him.
"I pretty much always have," Izzy confesses, the story they concocted running through her brain, "My mommy died when I was too tiny to remember and Jenny raised me as her own, to me she is my mommy. Ima is Hebrew for mom, and my friend at school Sam, calls her mommy Ima so I kind of got used to using it too. Does it bother you?"
"No not at all, I was just curious, so what about you're other friends. You haven't said that much about them yet."
"I guess," Izzy says scratching her head in thought, trying to remember what she has and hasn't told him so far, "I guess I should start from the beginning, Tammy was my first real friend and I met her at nursery. Her parents we're police officers in London, where we all lived at the time. We've always been close but she only moved to America a few years ago, although she used to visit often. Her cousin lives over here, but I haven't met her yet. When I first moved to America, I didn't know anyone. I met Sam on my first day at school, and we got along straight away. She was adopted as a baby and doesn't know anything about her real family. Her mom is a translator for the FBI; she speaks fluent Hebrew and some other similar languages. Sam's Dad was born in Turkey, so she hears a lot of different languages at home. She's a bit like a younger version of Auntie Ziva, mixing up some of her English words. I find it funny and keep telling her that one day she'll have to meet my Auntie. Sam is a bit younger than me and is not in any of my classes at school. It was in my first science practical that I met Jose and Matt, I had no one to work with and so the teacher paired me with them. I was a little nervous at first but we got on really well and have been best friends ever since. At least one of them was in most of my classes and we have a lot in common. Matt's parents both work for the Navy, and are almost always working so he spent most of his time at Jose's house. After Ima met his dad, and got to know him a bit I often joined them. We are like one big family. What about you Gibbs, where's your family?"
Gibbs sighs, a sad look crossing his face at the memories of his first wife Shannon and daughter Kelly, but on seeing the hopeful look on the young girls face he decides to tell her the story, "I haven't got a family, well other than my Dad who lives a long way away so I only see him on occasion."
"What happened," Izzy asks, noticing the hidden sadness in his words.
"I had a wife Shannon and Daughter Kelly," Gibbs begins.
"Where are they now? Why aren't they here?"
"They died. They witnessed a murder while I was away fighting in a war, and the officer who was meant to be protecting them was shot and crashed into a tree. Neither of them survived, the only thing I've got left is memories and photographs," Gibbs explains picking up a framed photo from the fireplace and showing it to the young girl in front of him, "Kelly was only about your age at the time."
"Oh Gibbs, that's so sad," Izzy says, giving him a hug before saying more, "Tammy's cousin had a best friend called Kelly who died when they were little," she adds.
Just then they hear Jenny returning from the bathroom and decide to end their conversation for now. Jenny settles at the table to tuck into her own breakfast whilst Gibbs goes to the bathroom to get himself showered and dressed for work. While Jenny eats her breakfast, Izzy stacks her empty dish in the sink and goes to get dressed herself, kissing her mom on the forehead as she passes her.
Half an hour later they are all ready to go and head to NCIS headquarters in Gibbs truck.
to be continued...
I don't think there are any unexplained translations in this chapter, but if i'm missed any please be sure to PM me and let me know. I use the odd Hebrew word quite frequently in my daily life now (No i'm not fluent, just the odd word's I've picked up from NCIS) often without realising it.