Tony was very happy and tired. His pop had just sent him to his room for a nap or rather demanded and as a threat he used that he wouldn't get his surprise if he didn't do as told. So that was why he now was lying on his bed. He'd spent hours with his father shopping and they had a great time. He never thought he could have so much fun shopping. His pop had insisted on buying everything he desired. And he wouldn't take a no for an answer or that Tony wanted to pay for it with his own money. So it really looked like his father told the truth that he was going to spoil him rotten. Though to Tony it wasn't necessary he would be happy just to be with him and really get to know him. He'd never been shopping with Gibbs, but he had fun with him with just being at his house and watching him fixing his boat. Just thinking about his daddy Gibbs made him miss him a lot. Not that he didn't enjoy being with his pop, but Gibbs was his lifeline, his Anker. Without him he was sure he wouldn't be able to function properly even that it seemed that he had a caring and loving pop, but Gibbs would always be his dad no matter what.
Tony got his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed Gibbs' number and waited anxiously for Gibbs to answer.
And he smiled when he heard Gibbs' famous answer, "Gibbs!" In a loud and clear voice.
"Hey Dad. You miss me? I for sure miss you. It's feels like I've been away from you for years."
"Tony. It's nice to hear your voice son. How are you doing? Is he treating you okay? If he'd hurt you just say the word and I'll be at your side in a flash!"
"No don't worry Dad. He's really treating me great. We've been shopping. The only thing that he's doing that isn't fair is making me taking a nap. If I don't he said that I won't get my surprise he promised me," Tony whined. Tony had a feeling he could feel Gibbs smile.
"Well son that sounds really like a caring father than a mean one. So have you a hard time keep yawning and rubbing your eyes? And don't dare to lie to me! You know that it only will give you in the end and it won't be pleasant especially for your backside."
"Yeah I know Dad. I remember clearly," Tony said, rubbing his backside in remembrance. "And yes I have a hard time to keep from rubbing my eyes and yawning. But still, I'm an adult. I don't need a nap."
"You're still not quite over the plaque and you know that you still need a lot of rest. So your pop is right even that he doesn't know about the plague incident. Well you better do as your pop asked you to. You better hang up now. And that's an order. I want you to rest too." Tony pouted even that he knew Gibbs couldn't see him. "And stop that pout. It won't help you one bit."
"I'm not pouting."
"I know you son. Now stop that pout. I'm going to hang up now and I expect you then to close your eyes and go to sleep." Tony wasn't able to comment on it before Gibbs hang up. So Tony reluctantly lay down on the bed and closed his eyes. While thinking that it wasn't fair, now he had two fathers to boss him around. They should listen to him instead of agreeing with each other. Now it was two against one. He so wished that his sister and brother were still alive and his sister Kelly too, than there would have been four against two. That would have been cool." With that Tony closed his eyes and he fell asleep in matter of seconds.
Outside Tony's room Pop DiNozzo stood looking through the slit of the door that was open to Tony's room. He let out a sigh. He wished he could order his son not to call agent Gibbs. He wondered what to do to keep them apart at least when he's not working at the NCIS. He wished he could get him to resign, but he knew that it wouldn't happen. It broke his heart once again when he heard his son calling his boss dad and that he'd missed him. DiNozzo silently closed the door and went back to his study.
oOo
After DiNozzo had worked about an hour in his study Jimbo came back. "Sorry sir, that I didn't come back before now. My daughter Jenny got worse and my wife and I had to get her to the hospital. I know I should have called you."
Mr. DiNozzo looked worriedly at Jimbo. "I'm sorry to hear that. Nothing serious I hope."
"It turned out she has pneumonia. And luckily it isn't that serious and she's now on antibiotics. So she'll be fine very soon."
"Happy to hear that. You can take as many days off as you need to be with your daughter. I'll do my best to make it without you so long."
"Thank you sir. I could for sure need some days. Even though it isn't serious it's very hard to see my little girl in a hospital bed. And I would like to be there for her. I found out about the relationship between your son and his boss. I'm sorry; you won't like what I'm going to tell you…"
"You don't need to tell me. I already know. And you're right. I don't like it. But I'm happy that my son had a father figure who was there for him when I couldn't. But now I'm back in his life and now it's my turn to be there for him. And he doesn't need two fathers. And I'll make sure he's only going to need only me to be his father, since I am his real father."
"I can imagine how you feel. I wouldn't like to share my daughter with another father."
TBC