Jack's funeral was Monday. Everybody on the team except Abby, Kate, and Randy drove up Sunday night. Abby and Kate were driving up Monday since Kayla had a bit of a cold and Kate was already a week past her due date. Randy wasn't attending since he had only met Jack once also they needed somebody to watch the kids Gibbs greeted and thanked everyone for coming but then locked himself in his room.
"Dad?" Maggie called knocking on the door.
"Honey your dad needs to be alone tomorrow is going to be really hard for him." Shannon said.
"You sure because maybe if I talked to him he'd…" Maggie replied.
"No sweetheart he needs to be alone." Shannon replied.
"OK I'll go talk to Jimmy." Maggie replied.
"Talk to him outside McGee and Tony are asleep." Shannon explained.
"Can he come in my room? I promise I won't let him stay in there." Maggie asked.
"Sorry Ziva is asleep too." Shannon replied.
"Really she never goes to bed this early?" Maggie asked.
"She needs to sleep before the baby gets too big and she can't." Shannon explained.
"Oh alright" Maggie replied.
Maggie sighed and went to find Jimmy. She found him in the living room sitting on the floor playing with his laptop.
"Oh hey Maggie what can I do for you?" Jimmy asked.
"Can we talk? My dad needs to be alone, my mom is going crazy with cleaning so we can close out the house tomorrow, and everybody else is asleep." Maggie replied.
"Sure you wanna go for a walk? It will probably be a while before we are in Stillwater again." Jimmy replied.
"Alright let's go! I don't want to be late for my dad's funeral!" Gibbs called.
"Jethro relax we have almost an hour." Shannon replied.
"Shouldn't Kate and Abby be here by now?" Maggie asked.
"Don't worry they will meet us at the church! Worry about us getting there!" Gibbs yelled.
The whole town attended Jack's funeral. It wasn't that unusual Stillwater was a small semi old-fashioned town so most funerals were attended by the whole town. When the time came to deliver the eulogy Gibbs stood up, Shannon patted him on the back and whispered assurance. Before Gibbs stood up and walked to the front of the church.
"My dad and I were not close for a long time. Now looking back I wish we had been. Because well you can't get that time back. You really can't. The only thing about this that I can really take solace in is that he is with my mom again and my little girl Kelly. He was more like a father to my wife Shannon than father in law and a great grandfather to my kids Kelly and Maggie. The greatest thing he ever did to me is that he found my son Tony outside his store one night and ever since Tony has been in my life."
After the funeral was a smaller service at the cemetery just for Jack's closest friends and the Gibbs family which included McGee and Ziva. Much to Gibbs's surprise Abby and Kate never arrived. After the funeral Gibbs turned on his phone and saw that he had two messages his phone was low on power so he only had time to listen to one message. The one from Abby. After listening to it Gibbs hung up and walked into the store where the town had gathered. Most people had headed home so the Gibbs family could pack up and head back to DC.
"Everybody we need to get to the hospital." Gibbs said.
"Why what's wrong?" Shannon asked concerned.
"No shot!" Tony yelled.
"It's Kate she's in labor." Gibbs explained.
"Wait which hospital?" Shannon asked.
"Uh D.C. Memorial it was the one they were closest to when Kate went into labor." Gibbs explained.
"We need Catlin Todd's room number!" Gibbs demanded as he burst through the hospital doors.
"The Catlin Todd in Labor and Delivery or the Katelyn Todd in the ICU?" The receptionist asked.
"The one with the C?" Gibb asked hopefully.
"Oh yes she is in Labor and Delivery on the seventh floor room twelve bed one." The receptionist replied.
"Thanks!" Gibbs called.
"Oh one more thing he can't go in her room." The receptionist explained pointing to Tony.
"It's OK I will stay down here with him." Shannon replied.
"He can go up there and stay in that waiting room he just can't go in the room." The receptionist explained.
"Where is Kate?" Gibbs asked Abby who was standing outside Kate's room.
"Do we have a new god child yet?" McGee asked.
"They took her back to delivery and she should be out soon. I hope so anyway I mean with Kyle it was a looooong labor like two days but Kyle was worth it then Kayla was almost born in the hall and it was scary because my Timmy was undercover and nobody had heard from him or could get a hold of him. Thankfully he just would have been compromised if he answered the phone I mean not that he was at risk of his cover being blown but that he wasn't dead. Just think Ziva in a few months this will be you…" Abby rambled.
"ABBS!" Gibbs called.
"What?" Abby asked.
"Chill out." Gibbs replied.
"Sorry I've had like four Caf-Pows today." Abby explained.
A few minutes later Seth came out wheeling Kate in a wheelchair. Kate was holding a small yellow bundle in her arms.
"Everybody this Thomas Donald Avery-Todd." Kate explained.
"I love it." Gibbs said.
"Aw Thomas Donald." Abby cooed.
"Thomas for my father and Donald for Ducky." Kate explained.
"Well that is a lovely name." McGee said.
"Yes and every soon he will have new friend to play with." Ziva said rubbing her swollen belly.
Everybody spent some time with Kate and baby Thomas. They also spent some quality time with Zach in the waiting room so he wouldn't feel left out. After the visit everybody headed home. Except for Gibbs who drove back up to Stillwater to close the house out, get the hospital bed returned and do some paperwork. He forgot his charger in his bag so he didn't have a phone. He returned around nine that night.
"Hey dad." Maggie greeted.
"Hi Maggie."
"Jethro plug your phone in." Shannon demanded.
"Nice greeting." Gibbs replied.
Glad your back Jethro now plug your phone in. You are going back to work tomorrow and will need it and it is completely dead and may take a long time to charge." Shannon replied.
"Yes mother." Gibbs replied sarcastically.
He plugged his phone in in his room and set it on the table by his side of the bed. After it charged a little he turned it back on and saw he still had the other voice mail to listen to. The message he heard caused a white hot rage to rush through his body.
"GOD DAMMIT!" Gibbs yelled punching a hole in the wall.
Shannon was tucking Tony into bed when she heard Jethro yell followed by the sound of his fist pounding and crushing the wall. She ran out slamming the door behind her hoping that Tony hadn't tried to follow her.
Maggie and Jimmy were downstairs watching some crappy movie on cable. When Gibbs had his little outburst. Maggie practically drug Jimmy off the couch and up the stairs to her parents' bedroom.
"What's going on?" Maggie asked.
"Are you OK Mr. Gibbs?" Jimmy asked.
"Jethro please just tell me what's wrong." Shannon begged.
Gibbs just sat on the bed his body trembling the anger in his piercing blue eyes could probably kill a man if he looked directly into it but no words crossed his lips. Just the occasional shallow gasps of pure rage.
"Jethro please tell me what's wrong?" Shannon pleaded placing her hands on his shoulders.
Finally Gibbs sighed and pressed the button to play the voice-mail he had just listened to. The one that had hurt him so badly. It was from Tony's dad's lawyer he was challenging the Gibbs's custody of Tony.
A/N: Cliffhanger! OK you know the drill new chapters posted Wednesday and Friday. Times Like This will also be posted Friday and What Did I Ever Do To You? Will be updated at least two more times this week maybe more since it is due on the fifth. Thanks for reading. PLEASE REVIEW! Thank you in advance.