It amazed Mica how quickly things could go from good to bad. Everything was so happy at dinner and immediately after. She had suggested a middle name for the baby and everybody had loved it. They had laughed and had a good time together. A rare dinner with the whole family present. Now in an instant it had all changed. Shortly after supper, Gibbs received a call from Ducky. Breena had become extremely ill and they had to deliver the baby right away. Abby was going to pick up Olivia so that Ducky could go to the hospital and be with Jimmy. Gibbs was going too and so was everybody else from NCIS. Because it was unknown if Breena and the baby would live or not. Olivia was going to be staying with the Gibbs's at least overnight. Maybe longer if the baby and/or Breena had major complications and Jimmy needed to be at the hospital all of the time. She would be staying in the spare bedroom upstairs and Gibbs had shut the door to the nursery so that Olivia wouldn't have to see all of the baby stuff "just in case". Mica knew what just in case meant. It meant, just in case the baby died. She really hoped that the baby and Breena would pull through this. Jimmy and Breena had already lost Gracie. They adopted her after her parents went to prison but she died that same day. Jimmy and Breena were devastated after that and now they were facing the loss of another child. Even worse Breena could be dying too. Mica could not imagine what it would be like if Abby and the babies were in that situation. Luckily the pregnancy had been relatively easy for Abby but she did have to see a high risk specialist and follow certain precautions due to her age and the fact that she was carrying twins but so far so good.

"Olivia is here and Gibbs just left for the hospital." Abby said coming into her room.

"How is she?" Mica asked.

"She's really scared and she just wants to be alone right now." Abby explained.

"Is there anything that I can do for her?" Mica asked.

"Just be there for her. Keep your distance now but when she is ready to talk just listen." Abby explained.

"OK" Mica agreed.

"Now, would you mind helping clean up? Kristen is going to do the dishes and you can help her." Abby asked.

"Yeah sure" Mica replied.

Kristen turned on the kitchen sink and began to wash the dishes. Mica was going to come down to help her. It was supposed to be the adults night to do the dishes but Gibbs had to go to the hospital and Abby was helping Olivia. Kristen's mind kept going back to Ruth's baby. What if Jimmy and Breena's baby died, like Rebecca did? She didn't know the Palmer's as well as Gibbs and Mica did or even her mom but she did like them all pretty well and Olivia was fun. They really deserved to be happy and have a happy healthy baby. She really didn't know what to do or say. Her mom had just told her to be respectful and keep her distance and to only bring up Breena and the baby if Olivia initiated the conversation.

"Do you need my help?" Mica asked coming downstairs.

"Yeah, you can dry." Kristen replied.

"OK" Mica replied, picking up the dish rag.

"Did mom, talk to you?" Kristen asked.

"Yeah, it's really sad about the baby isn't it?" Mica asked.

"Mom said not to bring it up." Kristen reminded.

"Only if Olivia is around." Mica corrected.

"Yeah but what if she hears us?" Kristen asked.

"She's upstairs and the sink is running." Mica commented.

"I guess so but you still have to be careful." Kristen replied.

"OK" Mica replied.

Brett was staying overnight again. He had been staying over every night for a week now. Shane wasn't quite sure what that meant but Tara said that it was a good sign. He hoped that she was right because he really wanted Brett to be his new step-dad. He missed his real father more than he could explain and he would never forget him but he also desperately wanted a father in his life. Gibbs would sometimes take him to father/son activities or do activities with him that Kristen and Mica weren't interested in but Gibbs was going to have his own son soon. Of course that didn't mean he would stop doing stuff with Shane. Brett had two kids from a previous marriage but they were already grown and living far away. Shane had met the daughter once briefly but hadn't yet met the son and likely wouldn't for a while. He only came home at Christmas time and maybe during the summer if he could get away but they both seemed really nice.

It was light's out time but Erica was not tired. Her mind was racing a mile a minute. She had written that letter to Mica and when she was done she had taken it to the mail room. Now the door was locked and all outgoing mail was going to the post office first thing in the morning. There was no turning back now the letter was on it's way to Mica. She should have waited? What if Mica was furious with her and thought the letter was another prank? What if Gibbs decided to change his mind and press charges. She should have waited and thought it over. No scratch that, she should have never written that letter, let alone send it.

Ducky had gone to the hospital and Olivia was with the Gibbs's. It had been hours and still there was no news. She was really starting to get scared. She was already terrified but this not knowing was probably the most, horribly terrifying thing she had ever endured. Breena and the baby could both die. Olivia was beginning to think that she was cursed. First her sister, than the rest of her family, and now maybe Breena and the baby. Everybody she cared about died. How long would it be before Jimmy ended up dead too? She heard the front door open and then shut. With no other sound in the house she could hear muffled voices coming from downstairs. After a while the voices stopped and she heard footsteps coming up the stairs. The door to her room opened and Gibbs came inside and sat down beside her on the bed.

"Olivia" Gibbs called.

"How are they?" Olivia asked.

"You have a baby sister Victoria Elizabeth Palmer, after Ducky's mom. She is doing a lot better than expected but still has a long way to go. She only weighs three and a half pounds. It's a lot more than the doctors expected but still really small." Gibbs explained.

"What about, Breena?" Olivia asked.

"Her blood pressure just shot through the roof and she began having seizures. She began during the delivery. She had lost a lot of blood by the time they got her uterus out. She's had two transfusions and they may have to do a third. Her blood pressure has begun to come down but it is still really high. The main concern though is her kidneys they are starting to fail. She is receiving treatment and when I left she was responding well but a transplant could be in her future." Gibbs explained.

"Oh no" Olivia sobbed.

"She is in good hands and she loves you too much to just give up." Gibbs assured.

A/N: Will Breena be able to survive this? New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.