A/N: Sorry for the long time between chapters my muse is being a pain and didn't want to do anything but torture Tony so I finally had to give in lol. I technically an essential worker so I don't have as much time as I wish to write but I will update as often as I can.
Jackson and both sets of Tony and Charlie's grandparents came to town for the weekend for Tony and Charlie's birthday. Tony was excited to see his maternal grandparents but worried his paternal grandparents wouldn't be happy to have him living with Gibbs and Kelly. The DiNozzo's show up first and looked formal and stiff to Gibbs.
"Young man we're here to see our grandson Junior. Is he here?"
"Yes, he's inside waiting. I'm Jethro Gibbs, come in."Alexandra smiles,
"I'm Alexandra and this is my husband Jonathan we're Anthony's parents." They walk in and when Tony sees them he jumps up.
"Papa, Yaya!" He hugs them both and they hold him tight.
"Junior it's good to see you. You've gotten so bit. We missed you."
"I missed you both too. You met Gibbs, this is his daughter Kelly and his dad Jackson." Alexandra and Jonathan look at Jackson. "Do you three know each other?" Jonathan nods,
"I grew up with Jackson in Stillwater and other times. I haven't seen him since you were a baby Junior. How are you doing Jackson?"
"I'm good. Come sit down, we're just waiting for the boys other grandparents to come so we can go out to breakfast." Gibbs nods,
"Tony, Kelly why don't you both finish getting ready while we get to know your grandparents better. They'll be here soon."Tony and Kelly go upstairs.
"Do you think Daddy knows?"
"I don't know Kel but I'm sure we'll find out." Tony went to get his shoes on and a box of things.
"What do you mean Tony is the baby I gave up for adoption?" Kelly looks at Tony and giggles.
"I guess he didn't know." Tony sat on the bed because Gibbs sounded angry but they didn't hear anything else. "Are you mad?"
"No but I think your dad is." Kelly frowns and sits with him and that's how Gibbs found them.
"So … how much of that did you guys hear?"
"You didn't know I was the baby you gave up. It's okay, I can go with Nonie and Poppy and..." Gibbs looks at Kelly.
"Can you go downstairs so Tony and I can talk? Charlie and the others just got here."
"Are you going to make him leave?"
"What? Of course not Kel. I just want to talk to him. This is still his home if he wants to live here." Kelly looks at Tony who smiles,
"I'm staying Kel." Gibbs watches Tony. "You can come in Gibbs."
"Are you okay? I didn't mean to announce it like that. I don't know how you can announce something like that but..."
"So you didn't know?" Gibbs shakes his head.
"Did you?"
"Mr. Broadway kept mentioning a secret you had and someone named Jacob. I know that's the name I was given at birth and so I looked in this box. Mama put it together for when I was ready to find my birth family."
"Miles thought I got you to replace Jacob. He told me so and said if you came looking for us he would tell Jacob I replaced him. Dad didn't tell me until downstairs that you were Jacob."
"That's how he knows Yaya and Papa?"
"He grew up with Jonathan and I knew he knew the grandparents but when he said he heard of you I took him at his word. I didn't know why he followed you was because of who you are."
"Are you mad at him?"
"No, he did what he thought was right. He didn't know about the trust and emancipation so he didn't want to drop on you that you were his grandson. He didn't know if you knew you were adopted either." Tony doesn't know what to say. "Kelly knows?"
"Yeah she saw me going through papers and asked. We talked about being brother and sister but I never dreamed..."
"She looked worried."
"She think … we both thought you might not want me around if you knew. If I left I was going to give you a letter letting you know so that way if I didn't make it back you knew who I was and what I was like as a person. It's been on my mind since we were in Stillwater but I didn't look at everything until Wednesday. I knew Papa knew my grandpa but I didn't know Jackson was that grandpa." Jackson was there.
"Are you okay Tony?" Tony nods and Gibbs sighs.
"Miles told him about Jacob and he looked through the stuff he had about his birth parents last week."
"When Jethro told me your grandparents were coming I didn't think about things thoroughly. I wanted to meet them but this wasn't how I pictured it." Tony snorts,
"I hope not." They look at him. "It would've been nice to warn Gibbs about them first if you thought it out."
"Well that's true. I was going to let Jethro know when you were gone but..."
"So was I. I wrote him a letter and Kelly knows too." They look when they hear Ruth.
"Is everything okay up here?" Tony breaks into a grin.
"Nonie!" Ruth hugs Tony long and hard. "Everything's fine. I didn't know you were here."
"We came with Camille and the others." Gibbs nods,
"I wanted to talk to you for a minute before you went down."
""Everything's fine Nonie. Did you meet Gibbs and Jackson? I'm going to live with Gibbs and Kelly now." Ruth looks them over and then Gibbs up and down. "Nonie..."
"Is that what you really want?"
"Yes, I'm happy here." Ruth smiles,
"Then I'm glad they're good people. I already know them through Camille and Arthur and Kelly's the granddaughter we never had."
"Oh boy," They laugh and Kelly joins them.
"Are we still going out to eat? Everyone's hungry and Poppy said to come ask."
"Yes, are you two ready?" After breakfast Ruth and David take Tony, Kelly, Charlie and Jimmy shopping while Gibbs talks to Alexandra and Jonathan about Tony's trust. "Kelly can come home with me. It's not her birthday and I know you say she's your granddaughter but..."
"But nothing, you know we don't visit without buying her and the boys something. Charlie's main gift is going to be a computer so are you okay with Tony getting one."
"Yes, that's fine. He'll probably need one for school." Tony joins them.
'Gibbs after lunch Papa and Yaya want to take us shopping cause they need to go back to New York so is it okay if we do whatever was planned for today tomorrow instead."
"It's your birthday so if you don't mind changing the days that's fine by me. I'm still hosting a cookout for everyone tonight though." Tony takes off and Ruth looks at Gibbs.
"He'll be happy with you and Kelly. I know you're a good man and he's already happier with you." Gibbs looks at her.
"You already plan to spoil all of them rotten don't you?"
"We both do but Alexandra would rather buy practical things like clothes,pay for lessons, buy things for the lessons. I buy the toys they want, games, movie passes,trips to theme parks and give spending money. Alexandra will also include Kelly."
"How do you know? She doesn't know Kelly."
"I asked her yesterday when Camille told me Tony was living with you and Kelly. I asked her if she would treat Kelly the same so if not I could spoil her a bit more. One thing Alexandra doesn't like is for me to upstage her" Later Ruth and David bring Tony and Kelly with their things to the house.
"You left the house with four kids and came back with two and enough stuff for ten kids. Did you trade Charlie and Jimmy for this stuff?" Kelly giggles and Tony even cracks a grin.
"Uncle Arthur met us at the mall because there was so much stuff for all of us. We wouldn't have fit into the van otherwise." Gibbs looks at the bags that were mostly green and some pink Ruth usually used for stuff she got for Kelly.
"I know everyone else is getting Tonio things but I couldn't help it. We miss spoiling Tonio."
"It's fine, I'm sure there are a lot of things he can use." Gibbs was sure after Ruth saw Tony's room she saw things he should have like she did with Kelly." Ruth was right when they got home that evening from shopping with Alexandra and Jonathan they had done practical buying even making Kelly happy with new summer clothes and things for Stillwater. Arthur was there along when they arrived.
"Hey Uncle Arthur, is something wrong?" Alexandra and Jonathan knew something was wrong by the say he sat.
"Come sit down, I need to tell you something."They sit down and Jackson helps Kelly take everything upstairs.
"What's wrong Arthur? What happened."
"Beecham reached out to Roger when he couldn't reach either of you and he paged me Stella was out of town and when she returned today she found Anthony dead." Tony tuned out the details while Alexandra cried.
"Tony, do you need help packing." Tony stares at Gibbs. "You're flying to New York with Charlie, Arthur and your grandparents tonight. I'll go up with Camille and the others in a few days." Tony went upstairs where Kelly and Jackson give him a hug.
"Do you need anything Tony?"
"No, I'm okay … I think. I need to pack for New York though. We're leaving tonight." Jackson nods,
"Here's my number, if you need anything call me at home or the store."
"Thanks," Gibbs drove to New York two days later to meet with everyone and be there for Anthony's funeral but he found things weren't right.
"Can we talk Gibbs?"
"Of course Tony. Is there somewhere we can talk privately or would you like to go for a walk? You look like you've been cooped up." Tony nods,
"Aunt Camille's been worried about me but I would like to talk to you." They leave and Tony doesn't say anything until they're several blocks away.
"Are you okay Tony? Has anyone said anything to you?"
"Yeah, I'm not welcome at Anthony's funeral and he isn't my dad." Gibbs was taken aback by this.
"Who said you weren't welcome and that doesn't mean he wasn't..."
"He never adopted me. Mama adopted me and he got custody when she died but legally he's nothing more than a guardian. He married the woman he cheated on Mama with when she died and Stella and her son who Anthony did adopt at some point apparently are his heirs and inherit everything."
"Tony, I don't know what to say. I'm sorry he did this and is there anything Arthur can do? He raised you and..."
"I don't want anything of his. He didn't love me, used to tell me that all the time when I was a kid and I wasn't wanted. He allowed Mama to adopt me because she wanted a baby but AJ was a better son to him. I was never good enough for him, I never did well enough in school even bringing home straight A's. I wanted to use the trust to play sports in good schools instead of investing in his stupid company and he hated me for that."
"I thought it was your money to do with that you wanted."
"It is but AJ gave Anthony his money when he got the trust. Yaya says it's not what she gave me and Charlie but since Anthony considered him a son she didn't want him to feel left out."
"So where does that leave you and them?"
"They want custody of me … so do Nonie and Poppy." Gibbs stops and looks at him. "You have custody of me but Yaya says unless I go live with the the trust is cut off. I won't see a dime of it and they won't pay you rent."
"Excuse me?" Tony doesn't say anything. "I told both Anthony, Arthur and both of them I didn't want a dime of their money and now they're saying they won't give any of it unless you live with them. Jonathan might've grown up with Dad but I guarantee that he's not going to be happy with his old friend when he hears this. Between me and Dad you will go to the best schools if I have to take on a second ob to make sure you do. You like Kelly will never need for anything Tony and if you want to stay in touch with them then that's up to you but I won't make you."
"I thought you would ban them."
"I want to but they are still … I guess they care for you just like Joann cares for Kelly and she stayed in touch with her. Even if they don't consider you their grandson they still raised you as such just like Anthony raised you so..."
"Can we go get my things soon? Either Stella or AJ have to be there but I can take the stuff from my room. Not everything but there is some things I want like my footlocker some books and stuff. There's even a loose floorboard where I put some stuff Stella wanted to throw out that should be there."
"We can go as soon as they say it's okay First though do you want to live with me and Kelly? I mean you found out I was your father and we haven't talked about that but ..."
"I do and Aunt Camille said you told them about Jacob and how you wanted to look for him when he turned 18."
"I did because I thought you were that age and what I knew about you. I wanted to know if he was okay and what kind of life he had but I know that you have two sets of loving grandparents while I only have dad."
"You also have my Aunt, Uncle and cousins as a part of your life and if I can stay in touch I'll be okay." Back at Camille and Arthur's house Alexandra and Jonathan were there.
"What do you mean you told Tony that if he doesn't live with you then he won't get the trust? You can't..."
"It's our money and we can do what we see fit with it." Charlie speaks up.
"Then keep mine too. I know Tony wants to live with Gibbs and Kelly if Gibbs will have him."
"Yeah that's a big if."
"If I was cold and heartless as you both then maybe I'd send him to live with you but I don't care if I have to work two jobs I will do what's right for both him and Kelly on my own. I told you and I told that son of yours that I didn't want money to keep him nor did he need the money."
"And how do you plan to do that? Send him to some useless public school where all the kids learn at the same pace and they don't have anything for those with brains and potential?"
"No Ruth and David already offered to pay for Creighton Academy for both Tony and Kelly like they'll do for Charlie and Jimmy."
"Of course you would go tell them how we're being mean and cruel."
"On Tony's birthday when you spent time at my house you were just worried about the trust, how often you would see Tony and how I would spend the rent money. While you had the kids they went over the money they would sent with brochures they got from Camille, how often was too often for them to come down to visit him and Kelly and how to reach them if we needed anything else." Alexandra stands up.
"Is that how you truly feel Junior? You want to stay with this man and his daughter?"
"Gibbs is my birth father and technically my only father. He says I can keep in touch with you but if you're going to try and make me choose sides or hurt me I won't." Arthur hands Jonathan a check.
"What's this for?"
"What you gave me in my trust. If it comes with strings attached I want no part of it and neither do the boys."
"We just want what's best for them. Can't you understand that?"Alexandra takes off and Tony goes after her. Jonathan hands Arthur his check back.
"There are no strings attached. Finding out those things about Anthony hurt us and we know it hurt Junior." Jonathan looks at Gibbs. "We wanted to know if you would still keep him if you thought he didn't have money."
"I meant every word I said about the jobs and doing what I could by myself and I told him that. I remember it was your son who adopted Jacob but I didn't know you had money until that day and I know you had more than one son so I didn't think it would be Tony." Tony caught up with Alexandra on the porch.
"We just want you to be happy Junior."
"Right now I can't be." Alexandra looks at him. "I didn't know Anthony never adopted me. I knew he was disappointed in me and hated me at times but to go this far … it hurts. I don't need the money, Gibbs doesn't need the money and in a year I can start working to pay my own way."
"We didn't plan to keep the trust from you. We wanted to make sure Jethro wanted you still if he didn't think you would get it. If not then we'd pack up your things from his house and find you a small apartment to live in near us so you didn't have to live with anyone unless you wanted to.."
"In that case I wouldn't have minded living with Aunt Camille and Uncle Arthur so I could be near them and Charlie." Alexandra hugs him.
"David knew you would say that." Alexandra hugs Tony tight before they go inside and work things out and part of the day. Tony, Gibbs, Arthur and Charlie were going to check out his room at Anthony's and Tony hoped there wouldn't be trouble but he didn't think he was that lucky.
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