Chapter 14 – Discussions with Gibbs

A few hours later Gibbs walked in to see Tim on his laptop and Palmer on his computer both working but chatting with each other every now and then. Gibb's cleared his throat and both jumped and turned towards him.

"So the potion wear off?" Gibbs asked.

Jimmy said. "Yeah about a half hour or so ago. Every 30 minutes we tested it until I was able to tell Tim he had brown eyes."

Gibbs nodded and said. "McGee go home. Palmer you're with me."

Tim nodded and making no secret of the relationship kissed Palmer goodbye. Leaving him a little breathless after.

Gibbs smiled at the kiss and waited until Tim reached the door. "Don't let it interfere with work McGee. And I'd tell Harry about both sooner rather than later."

Tim nodded and left.

Jimmy gulped when he realized he was alone with Gibbs and now had to answer for years of lying.

Gibbs turned and said. "Let's go."

"Go?" Jimmy said.

Gibb smirked. "What part of your with me. Did you miss?"

Jimmy said. "Oh." He shut down his computer and grabbed his stuff then followed Gibbs. Not surprised when he was glared at for heading towards his car until he explained he needed his back up bag.

Gibbs nodded and they left.

Jimmy wasn't too surprised when once they were in the car and Gibbs pulled the car into traffic. Gibbs said. "Start at the beginning. How you met Harry's parents to today. Leave nothing out we've got time."

It took the drive home through Gibbs making cow boy steaks over the fire. Them eating and them sipping coffee until Jimmy was done. He felt drained after he got it all out.

"So James was after James Potter and Harry James?" Gibbs asked.

Jimmy nodded and said. "Yeah. I wanted something to remember them both in my daily life."

"Ok. So I understand why you lied. But once you started to get close to us. Hell after Harry showed up why not say something. You could have come over any time day or night. You know my door is always open. Yet you pulled away. Yes you helped but you kept your distance. Was it the oath?" Gibbs asked.

"Yes and no." Jimmy said.

Gibbs raised an eyebrow.

Jimmy sighed and said. "Tim had to give me permission every time I spoke to Harry. That's hard to work into a normal conversation. Let alone getting him to give me permission to be alone with him. I got away with talking to Harry the first time. I didn't know who he was at first and his new guardian was there. But after that it got harder. I figured if I distanced myself from Harry people would ask questions I didn't want asked. But if distanced myself from everyone and just claim the truth. I'm busy I work a lot and have very little free time working two time consuming jobs. Then no one would questioned it and if they did. Then they'd see I'm telling the truth and leave it alone. Well they did until Tim asked me to tutored him and you put it together."

Gibbs nodded.

Jimmy shrugged and said. "As for coming to you or anyone. Like I told Tim your Federal Agents. You'd have to turn me in innocent or not. It wasn't about trusting you Gibbs or anyone else for that matter. It was about protecting you and not putting any of you in a position to lie for me."

"Ok. I get that. I don't agree with it but I understand it. But don't you think I would have listened and not told anyone? I mean do you think you're the first person that has come to me with troubles with the law. I could have used a truth potion like today or you could have just trusted me to believe you." Gibbs said.

Palmer closed his eyes a second and then opened them. He said honestly. "Gibbs you and Ducky are the closes thing to a father and grandfather I've had. I didn't want to put you at risk. I considered several time telling one or both of you and didn't. Maybe that was dumb on my part but I just couldn't do it. Yes it meant lying to you both everyday but it also kept you safe."

Gibbs sighed and said. "Ok so you felt you had to. What I'm trying to understand is why you felt that way? You son, me the dad. I protect my kids Jimmy."

Jimmy sighed and said. "My parents had an arranged marriage and there was no love between them. I'm sure in their own way they loved my brother and I. But showing emotion was frowned upon in pureblood society. My father was a business man and a Death eater. My brother and I use to joke that when father decided to make heirs his secretary made the appointment with mother. My brother was younger than me by two years. He and I were ruled by my mother who was at best a tyrant. Mother was a death eater and a zealot. We were raised to be the next generation of Death Eaters. I was put in Gryffindor and became friends with people that came from light families and were muggle borns or half-bloods. I had always been the black sheep but this was unspeakable. I was lectured, punished repeatedly and once my mother realized I wouldn't change. Mother convinced Father to throw me out of the house until I became a proper Black and acted like the pureblood heir I was born to be. They tried to take away the Black name and disown me but my grandfather Lord Black at the time wouldn't let my father do it. I was their named heir and had been since birth. Taking my name away because of the house I was placed in and pranks and other childhood naughtiness would make them a laughing stock. But he didn't fight them throwing me out of their house and refusing to speak my name. My grandfather insisted they pay for my tuition, clothes, and school supplies. I moved in with James family and spent two summers their before I graduated. After I graduated my grandfather summoned me. He tried to give me a vault with enough money to live on for a few years. I was to get a job and make something of myself and not embarrass the family further. The vault would be watched and if I spent through it to fast a limit would be set. He cursed me when I told him to keep it. I was becoming an Aurora and would make it on my own. After he died he said in a letter that he left to me. That that day was the proudest he had ever been of anyone in the family. I had made my own path despite what anyone said and was a true Black. Then much to my father's horror he named me his heir and I became Lord Black. That is the only thing the man ever did for me. I think he only did it because he wanted to stick it to my father."

Gibbs smirked and said. "Can't say for sure. But sounds like he liked your sprite and was proud of you."

Jimmy laughed and said. "Knowing him he might have been. Grandfather was an odd duck. He was paranoid beyond belief. He wouldn't let anyone know where he lived and if he got so much as an owl he'd move that day. He left Voldemort just before I was born and thought he was out to kill him. He was but Grandfather had always been a little odd according to mother but after that he got much worse. I remember my last spanking from a Black family member was him. I pulled a prank on him. I switched his desert with a fake one that turned him blue. He grabbed my ear and lectured me all the way to fathers study. Then all the way through the spanking and then sent me to my room. Mother was furious. But Grandfather sent me a joke book the next week at school. The book exploded when I tried to read it and the powder from the book turned me bright yellow for a week. Come to think of it I was still yellow when mother showed up at Hogwarts and told me I couldn't be disowned but wasn't welcome back. She threw a sack of money at me and a small trunk with the thing I'd left in my room at home. I'd forgotten about that."

"Sounds like he wanted to let you know not everyone in the family was against you. But with his paranoia could only allow himself to do so much." Gibbs said.

Jimmy smiled and shook his head and he said. "No not everyone I guess. Someone to talk to or an Atta boy would have been nice but I got through."

"Jimmy even with all you have been through you are a good man that helps people. I do think your Grandfather would be proud. I know I am, Ducky is and so is the rest of our family that you're very much a part of. Even a certain green eyed man that planted a pretty intense kiss on you before he left." Gibbs finished with a smirk.

Jimmy blushed and stammered. "Thanks."

"Now we need to deal with the lying Jimmy." Gibbs said sternly.

Jimmy nodded. He said clearly. "I had to Gibbs. I didn't want to but I didn't want to take you all down with me if I was ever caught."

"I know. Why don't you go upstairs and get ready for bed. I'll be up in a minute." Gibbs said.

Jimmy nodded Gibbs had remodeled the house with all of their help. The master room now Gibbs and three spare rooms Tim's, Tony's and his when they stay over. The guest room down stairs double as a den or Ducky's room. He wondered where Harry would stay and grinned when he realized he and Tim could double up and Harry take his room. He smirked when he felt Gibbs lightly head slap him.

"Yeah you and Tim can share a room. But one of you better have a headache every time you both sleep here or I'll give you one. Now upstairs." Gibbs said.

After the promised long discussion between Gibbs paddle and Jimmy backside. Gibbs held Jimmy till he calmed down and after tucking him in. He stayed when Jimmy asked him to stay until he fell asleep. Gibbs grinned when he went downstairs to see all his other kids and Ducky had texted asking if Jimmy was ok. Sending a group wide text of Jimmy's fine and sleeping goodnight all.

He grinned and went to bed himself. Only to be up and down the rest of the night helping Jimmy through nightmares.