So the next couple of chapters leading to the end of the story, I have decided will be moments in Andraya's life and of course there will be Jibbsy goodness and the team, I mean they are her wacky family

Chapter 25

Three months later….

Gibbs slowly woke, his eyes fluttering open and then closing again as the light from the street lamps outside flooded the room.

It was then that the cry's of their baby girl reached his ears, taking a moment to compose himself he opened his eyes once more but did not shut them again.

He looked around at his wife and wasn't surprised to find her deep asleep, she had been at their daughters every beck and call since they had brought her home, she needed to rest. He looked over Jenny's shoulder at the alarm clock on the beside cabinet, the numbers were aglow '5:39' he couldn't help but groan.

So he untangled himself from her and slipped out of their bed, trying not to wake her before walking across the hall to the nursery.

"It's ok Andy, Daddy's here" he told the baby in a soothing tone as he bent over the handmade crib where she lay crying, tears rolling down her chubby cheeks, "Everything's ok" Gibbs leant down and carefully scooped the baby girl up and cradled her close to his chest and began to rock her back and forth in an attempt to sooth and after a couple of moments it did.

Little Andraya was beautiful, she was the cutest baby he had ever seen, she had her mother's red locks and her daddy's blue eyes, she had her mother nose, Gibbs smiled down at her and pressed a kiss to her head "I love you baby girl" he mumbled, breathing her scent, "Come on, lets get you something to eat" he began to bounce her up and down slightly as he carefully carried her down the stairs.

Gibbs held the girl in one arm as he got her formula ready, once he'd tested it on his wrist, he sat down at the round kitchen table, cradling the baby girl in his arms as he fed her and tickled her tummy lightly as she ate.

Once she was finished Gibbs took her over to the sofa, not having the energy to walk her back upstairs, he pressed another kiss to Andy's head and then began to rock her back and forth in his arms. He then thought of what he used to do or more like sing to get Kelly to sleep.

Hush, little baby, don't say a word.
Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird

And if that mockingbird won't sing,
Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring

And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Papa's gonna buy you a looking glass

And if that looking glass gets broke,
Papa's gonna buy you a billy goat…..

He sang softly as he noticed the baby's eyes droop.

Jenny woke some time later, she turned to seek the warmth in her husband's body but instead found a cold empty bed. "Jethro" she groaned, leaning up on her elbows and pushing her hair out of her face as she looked around the dark room, the only source of light coming from the sun that was rising over the city of D.C as it awoke.

All of a sudden it hit her, there was no baby crying, there was a peaceful silence over the house, something that there hadn't been in three months.

I mean she loved Andraya, she loved her more than life itself, but it was strange for Jenny to wake up to silence, to not have the baby crying for attention.

Grabbing her pink silky robe Jenny slipped out of the bed and made her way across the hall to the nursery as she tied the sash around her waist.

She walked over to the crib and gripped the bars with her hands when she found Andraya wasn't there, she began to worry for a moment but then she knew that Andy had most likely woken her husband up and he was taking care of her.

The crib was beautiful, she couldn't believe that Gibbs had made it with his own hands, it was painted white with pink flowers painting on it he had taken so much care and detail with every spindle of the bars, she ran her finger along it once more before turning and walking out of the room.

Jenny then made her way down the stairs trying to be as quiet as she possibly could, not wanting to ruin any moment Gibbs might be having with their daughter.

He and his team had been involved in two big cases in a row and so had been working none stop for weeks coming home at odd hours of the day, she knew Gibbs regretted not being there as much as he should and she knew it killed him to be apart from her and Andy and to be honest she missed him too, having gone from working with every day to staying at home with the baby, it was hard but they would pull through, I mean they had been through a lot worse.

She stopped dead in her tracks when she was walked into the living room. What she saw made her heart sink and a smile grace her lips.

On the sofa lay Leroy Jethro Gibbs his mouth open slightly as he snored lightly, on his chest lay baby Andraya, sprawled out in her pink onesie with her head resting above Gibbs's heart on his chest, his heart beat soothing her.

Jenny bit her lip as she crept over to where she had left her phone on the coffee table and she took a few pictures, to capture this moment forever.

Once she felt she had enough pictures and that the moment would forever be engraved in her brain, she pulled the blanket from the back of the sofa and put it around her husband and baby not having the heart to wake them, she pressed a kiss to both their heads and smiled.

She hadn't realised how much Andraya actually looked liked Gibbs, she was most definitely a Gibbs.

TBC…

Short but sweet

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