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Thank you all for the reviews. They make me want to keep writing. It really helps to know that someone likes it. Some wanted more McGee and Gibbs, this is a little more of their interacting. I hope the S/L isn't too confusing. Dale isn't bad, he is not working for Admiral McGee. He is the only one that has to be unbiased, well him and the three others. Oh yeah. I'm making up all these procedures. I know most of this stuff is impossible. Again thank you for reading. Hope you enjoy the new chapter.
Tim was so mad he could barely function. His father was going to get off; that much was clear. Rollins was finally picked up but said the abduction was his idea. He said he thought that Tim needed to find "the true way". It was all bull, everyone knew that but wouldn't say so.
He had a mind to hack into his father's accounts to prove it. But that wouldn't be legal and they wouldn't be able to use it against him. He didn't want to mess up the investigation on the people that ran the facility. It was going to be a long while before he felt safe again.
The pregnancy was still continuing. He wasn't getting his hopes up but it did seem like the little bean was sticking. Only being six weeks anything could happen. Jethro seemed to be excited about being there from almost the beginning. They had just told Anna that he needed to be careful.
"Babies are down," Jethro said, coming down the stairs. Anna was out shopping with Sarah, who was scheduled to leave the next morning.
"A.J. give you any trouble?" he asked. He had gotten A.J. to sleep downstairs but transitioning was never easy for him.
"Yep," Jethro said, grinning like a fool as he sat down on the couch beside Tim.
Tim felt his bad mood melt away when Jethro put his arm around him. He had accepted early on in their relationship that Jethro wasn't big on the emotional stuff. The bedroom was one place that he showed how he really felt about Tim. Outside of it, he treated Tim like a friend. But then there were times like this. Times where Jethro's emotions were open and freely given. Tim loved these times.
He snuggled down into Jethro's arms. They turned on the TV and started watching a movie. Neither Tim nor Jethro really cared for TV but Anna liked to watch cartoons on it.
"You seem happy," Jethro said.
"I am. While I was in that place, I just wanted to be home. I missed you all so very much." Tim rubbed his hand over his stomach. It scared him how close he came to losing the baby.
Noticing the action, Jethro spoke up. "Are you happy about the baby?"
Gibbs looked at the younger man. He wouldn't have chosen to have another baby so soon. In truth he thought that Anna and the twins were more than enough. He wasn't a spring chicken anymore. As it was he would be nearing seventy when this baby was eighteen.
"I can't say it's something I planned on. But knowing now, I wouldn't change it."
Gibbs felt a pang a guilt because he would have. Now the baby was on the way he would raise and love it. But if he had the choice, he wouldn't wish Tim to be pregnant again.
Realizing the conversation might get a little hurtful he decided to ask an easier question.
"So do you want a girl or boy?"
"I don't care as long as the baby is healthy. A girl would even out the boy/girl ratio but a little boy would be just as loved. Really it makes no difference to me." Tim lightly rubbed his stomach. There was still a little weight from the twins but it was too early for this one to show yet.
Gibbs couldn't help but get a feeling of dread. He was going to have to call DiNozzo later to follow up on something for him.
"There is something I don't get. Why would all these other people get into so much trouble just to "fix" you?" The word fix felt bitter on his tongue.
"I don't have the slightest idea," Tim said, his sincerity shining through.
Gibbs couldn't keep his hands off the man a minute more. He pulled Tim into a kiss. It started out chaste but deepened. He quickly pulled the man up and took him into the bedroom.
"What's up, boss?" Tony asked into the phone. Gibbs was off for the rest of the week taking care of McGee.
"I need you to do me a favor." Tony heard the resigned way the man spoke.
"Sure, what do you need?"
"I need a full background check on someone. See if you can get Abby to get into juvie records too."
"Boss, they are sealed; it would be illegal," Tony pointed out, getting a bad feeling.
"I know it is, just do it," Gibbs demanded.
"Sure, who?" he placated.
"Tim," Gibbs said quietly.
Tony almost couldn't believe his ears. Tony had known Tim since he was seventeen. Whatever Gibbs wanted to find, he was going to be underwhelmed. McGeek did nothing out of the line. He got wild once and it lead to his worst nightmare. After that McGee was the poster boy for hall monitor of the year.
"Okay," he told Gibbs. It wasn't his place to argue with Gibbs, and anyway he preferred his head on his shoulders.
After disconnecting he ran the background check on Tim. Abby had come through and gotten the sealed file. Like Tony, she didn't like it. There was nothing on it except getting pulled over with a roach in the car. It wasn't his car and it wasn't his drug paraphilia. His mom had come and got him while the friend gotten community service.
The background check lacked anything that could be called sketchy. The boy was almost saintly in his college years. The only thing that was a little off was that he was questioned about his professor's side job. It turned out that Professor Jamison was extorting money from some big time players in the world of politics.
Tony knew things that weren't in the background check. He was the one Tim had called when he was realized his mistake. It was obvious to him that the good professor was making Tim his scapegoat.
Tim at the time was still too naïve, even after his attack. He trusted Dominic Jamison and that trust was abused. All Tim had done was decode an encrypted file for the good professor. He was so excited when the professor singled him out for Tim had called Tony as soon as he saw what was in the file. Tony had told him not to touch it anymore and let him take care of it. Tony had called the local LEO's and had them look into what Tim had seen. It didn't go anywhere for another month when someone tried to blackmail Senator Lucas. Ever since then the good professor had been trying to get anyone to listen to him. He was still blaming the Tim.
Tony had asked before what was on the file. Tim had told him that he didn't want to talk about it. That was what the police questioned him about. The file was found when they searched the computers. Tim had told him he didn't read it. But Tony knew that was a lie. He just didn't know why Tim would lie about it.
Holden quietly slipped through the door. He groaned when he saw who was sitting on his couch. He would have to up his security again. He knew it was a mistake to bring one night stands home with him.
"What are you doing here? How did you even get out of solitary?" He knew the man wasn't allowed outside of his office building.
"I've got something to tell you," Dale said biting his lower lip. Holden didn't know what was going on but he was sure he wasn't going to like it.