Tony was sitting by his desk and showing baby pictures of Johanna to Sandy for the 100th time, Sandy hadn't met Johanna until she was older and they loved comparing and seeing how much she looked like her parents.
"DiNozzo, you wanna tell me what you found out about the Jenkins guy yet?" Gibbs said strictly as he walked past them with a cup of coffee in his hand.
"Sure boss" Tony said and sat up straight "His alibi doesn't match up, and his sister wasn't even in town when the murder happened"
"You sure?" Gibbs asked.
"She said she was an economics conference so I called to the hotel where the conference was and there were several witnesses that could confirm it. The hotel is in Salt Lake city, there's no way she could have been here when he said she was"
"Good job DiNozzo"
"Thanks boss"
"Doesn't mean you're not off the hook for not working at work"
"Off course not boss" Tony said and glanced over at McGee.
"How could he use his own sister to cover up a murder?" He asked.
"We're going to find out" Gibbs said "Grab your gear"
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After one solid interrogation by Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Jenkins confessed and the case was closed.
Tony was pretty much smiling all the way home; he loved it when they were able to catch the bad guy without having to stay at work the entire night. This way he could get home and eat dinner with his family.
"Honey, I'm home!" He said as he entered the apartment and as usual he got a heartwarming greeting from Johanna.
"Daddy!" She said and ran over to him.
"Hey there, little munchkin" he said and lifted her up in one good 'swoop' and started swaying her around like she was an airplane.
"Look mommy, I'm flying!" She squealed happily and Kate smiled, her hands planted firmly on her hips.
"Okay, make sure you don't break anything like the last time" She said.
"You said yourself you never liked that lamp" Tony said as he placed Johanna back on the floor and walked over to Kate and gave her a quick kiss on the lips and grinned hugely when Kate offered him a smile.
"You can sit down, dinner's ready" She said.
"Perfect timing then" Tony answered and sat down on his usual spot by the table.
"I'm glad you don't have to work daddy" Johanna said as she found her chair as well.
"Me too" He said as Kate put the dinner on the table.
Kate smiled as she sat down "So, how was work?"
"We solved the case" Tony said, he didn't really say much about work when Johanna was present, because he couldn't exactly discuss murder with a four year old.
"Daddy and Uncle Gibbs always solve the case mommy, you don't have to ask" Johanna said while Tony helped her cut her food in smaller pieces.
Tony and Kate laughed a little, most of the time that was true.
"You want some juice sweetie?" Kate asked and Johanna nodded as Kate poured her a glass of orange juice.
This was how it was suppose to be, all three (or four) eating dinner together, talking about their day.
"Mommy's not sick anymore" Johanna informed and Tony looked over at Kate.
"You're not?" He asked, he had started work earlier lately and wasn't always a part of Kate and Johanna's morning routine.
"Just a little nausea" Kate informed "But let's not talk about that while we're eating, okay?"
Tony nodded, in his work there weren't a lot of things that disgusted him anymore, but vomiting still wasn't the best dinner subject.
"This is good" Johanna said with her mouth full of food, making Kate sigh and swipe a napkin over her lips.
"Don't talk with food in your mouth" She said.
"Dad does it" Johanna defended herself.
Kate rolled her eyes at Tony who just smiled nervously at her "Kids, they say the darnest things"
Kate continued her death stare on Tony and he swallowed nervously "So how was your day?"
"Good, I've done some shopping and tidied around here and guess what I found out what Johanna have been learning when I picked her up today?"
"What?" Tony asked and looked down at Johanna who was grinning so her face was pretty much glowing.
She coughed "A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I…" She sang, and tried to remember more, but clearly didn't so she just finished off with a "Tada!"
"Wow, that's great Jo" Tony said and clapped his hands together. "But don't pressure yourself, you're only four-"
"Almost five" Johanna corrected him.
"Almost five, you don't have to learn the periodic system yet"
"What?" She asked confused.
"You still don't know it Tony" Kate said.
"All I'm saying is, I think I was six years old when I was able to memorize the alphabet song"
"Daddy" Johanna said and got up from her chair and placed a hand on her father's knee "Sorry to say it, but you're a slow learner" she said and Kate had to hold back her laughter.
"Thanks for dinner mom" She said, took her plate and placed in on the kitchen counter and walked into her bedroom.
"Don't say it" Tony said grumpy.
"I won't, but that kid is developing fast, remember how early she said her first words?" Kate asked and Tony nodded.
"She'll probably be a doctor or something" Tony said "Hope she doesn't turn out a lawyer, Gibbs won't be too happy about that"
Kate nodded "But does it matter?"
"Nah, not really" Tony agreed, it didn't matter what she became as long as she would be able to support herself and be happy.
"Same goes with this little guy…. Or girl" Tony said and walked over to Kate and placed both hands on her stomach, she was getting quite the baby bump.
-
Later that night Tony awoke and momentarily noticed the lack of Kate's body next to his own. First he got a little worried, but figured she was just in the bathroom, he would have awoken if something else had happened. He glanced over at the alarm clock, it was 01.24. Tony sighed, he was tired and had to get up early for work the next day, but he wouldn't go to sleep before Kate was back.
After a few minutes, he finally saw some blue-ish lights escaping the cracks between the door and the doorframe. That's when he realized Kate was not in the bath room; he got up from the bed, and scratched the back of his head while walking out of the bedroom and into the living room.
"Hey" He said when he saw Kate sitting in the couch, watching TV with a box of ice-cream in her lap.
"Didn't mean to wake you" She said while taking a mouthful of chocolate ice-cream in her mouth.
"It's okay" Tony said and sat next to her "So I have to theories on why you are sitting here"
"Shoot" Kate said, not taking her eyes of the black & white movie she was watching.
"Either you woke up and were incredibly starving so you went for ice-cream, because besides from green apples that's what you've been craving lately"
"And the other one?"
"You had another nightmare"
"Bingo" Kate answered and turned over to look at Tony who smiled sweetly at her. The last weeks Kate had had a lot of nightmares, they had looked it up online and it was pretty normal for pregnant women to have vivid dreams, even though she hadn't had a lot while carrying Johanna.
"What about?" Tony asked as he rested his arm on the back of the coach and started stroking Kate's hair.
Kate didn't answer, but Tony could feel her shivering beneath his fingertips, and he wasn't sure it was because of the ice-cream.
"You don't want to talk about it?" He asked and she shook her head.
"That's okay" he said "But let's go back to bed"
"I'll just finish this" Kate said and pointed at the ice-cream box with her spoon.
"Kate…" Tony said and kissed her cheek "Let's go to bed"
Kate sighed.
"I'll keep you safe" Tony promised, and as always; Kate believed him.
"Fine" She said and Tony smiled and turned the TV off.
"There's only one thing that are on the top of my list with you and Jo, and that is Ben and Jerry" Kate said and Tony smiled and took a hold of her hand and led her into the bedroom.
"Come here" he said as they settled under the covers. "Nothing's gonna happen to you" he said soothingly as she rested her head on his chest "I love you"
"I love you too"
"And I'm not going anywhere, I'll keep you safe. Always"
