Christmas Miracles

Chapter 16th

"What I mean Jethro is ever since you came back from Paraguay going back with Timothy McGee. Your not been yourself ever since being gone those two months. I understand that you had told Tim that he was alright with coming back and talking with Doctor Grace."

"Yeah I know Loreile. We both went through hell over there for the two months. If it wasn't for Tim, I don't know where I will be with my sanity." He stated to his wife.

"I don't think you were able to control yourself for when it came to certain cases during the past few years. Even Director Vance has been concerned for you my husband and you're going to to face it that you're not able to handle your job even though you keep saying that it centers you."

"True Loreile. And I just can't retired as yet. I need to find that bastard that has done this to me on several occasions." He was catching his breath talking to his wife in the hospital.

"And on top of everything else Jethro. You go and step on a bomb without the ramifications of the first one blowing on the Kitty Hawk during the Christmas holiday. I am so stressed out with this entire affair Jethro and you need to stop!" Her heart was racing with needing to sit down and rest...

"Are you alright?" He almost had gotten off the bed to find out on whether she was alright or not...

"Sure I am fine. I am just venting my emotions to my husband that is just too stubborn to listen. So I will wait for George downstairs to have him drive me home in the snow. I do know that Phineas and our son Shane wants to go back out again to work on the snowman."

Gibbs chuckled that he was missing this because once again with his work and this case. "Please stay Loreile I promise to be good. Let's talk about something else."

"Okay. How about we plan on going on a vacation somewhere nice and warm for where Shane will love to swim in a pool with his parents teaching him? Or we can go to an casino or a race track that we both love sometimes?" She will say to have him thinking about the idea.

"Since I am now on medical leave again with this damn bomb explosion. I do have six weeks left with my vacation and two weeks for personal time. I will have to discuss it with Leon on how much I can take." he will reply with Loreile agreeing even though she knew in a big way that he wanted to go after Hernandez and his associates.

"Years ago when Mike Franks was alive did you ever take any time to spend with him in Mexico?" She asked with bringing up old memories of his past.

"I did. One time for when I retired back then and others with having given him the boat I made for him called "The Kelly. However I had to search for him having gotten into trouble a number of times." As he answered the question. He needed to drink some cold water from the pitcher.

There was a knock on the door thinking that it was George. When in fact it was the nurse needing to come in to check his vitals. "I am sorry sir I have orders to check your vitals given by your doctor before he went home. The snow is beginning to pick up again outside."

"Thank you." Gibbs said. He turned to face his beautiful wife. "Don't you think it was a good idea to stay here in the hospital?"

"Are you crazy? I am not letting Shane stay home with the nanny that I don't know all that well." She said with her blood pressure rising.

"Mr. Gibbs you need to relax your blood pressure is up as with your heart rate. Doctor Taft is not going to like this when he finds out about with a phone call." She responded with pulling out a syringe from her uniform pocket with his pain medication inside it.

"All I can say nurse I can't help it when I have a beautiful woman sitting by my side." He commented to have Loreile blushing.

"You're a real charmer Jethro!" She stated with her phone ringing.. It was George calling. "Yeah George where are you?"

"Downstairs in the emergency room main entrance. I was lucky to find a parking spot with the plows working hard. I will be coming up to get you. The snow and the roads are bad currently. So we are going to take our time going home."

"Okay George see you soon." She hung up..."George is downstairs Jethro. So I will get myself together before leaving. What I want from you is to behave with Christmas tomorrow?"

"I will mommy." He joked with his wife. As she came over to give him a final kiss for now on his lips...

"I love you, Loreile." He said with Loreile heading you to meet George in the hallway when he came off the elevator. She was quiet for a moment before heading out with him. "How bad is the snow really?" She had to asked...

"Bad enough Loreile and believe me I don't like it either for anyone crazy enough." He replied with walking over to the elevator.

"And you're crazy?" Loreile joked before heading for the entrance after moving out of the elevator.

Looking outside she whistled. I have never seen it this bad George." She said with placing her hood and tying it tight before finding the truck and with moving the snow from the windows as with George taking the brush from inside to brush the snow as well from all of the windows and windshield wipers.

After they were ready. He moved out with his brakes working really well with the chains. Snow plows were out in force in this weather trying to clear the main roads with the forecasters predicting another three plus inches.

Taking 45 minutes to get home with the police stopping drivers to slow down. While George dropped off Loreile first on her side of the walkway with the snow being shoveled by some of the workers and neighbors as per the laws to keep all sidewalks opened if possible.

Walking inside the house. She was never so glad to be home to her son Shane and a warm house. Madeline was upstairs asleep with Shane in the nursery as she dried off from the cold in front of the fireplace.