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Harry was slightly hiding behind Julius when the door opened. He was still wary about trusting adults but Julius had protected him and helped him once already. He had dropped the toy he was playing with and ran to hide behind Julius when he heard the buzzer go off.

He saw three men enter the room. One was an agent he had met yesterday who had a funny accent. Tom said he was from New Orleans so that is where the accent is from. Harry had thought that all Americans had the same accent so he got into a good conversation with the agent about it. They had pointed out that like the different regions in Europe had different accents, so did the United States. He was trying to remember what his name was.

"What was the agent's name again?" Harry whispered into Julius' ear from behind.

"Agent Dwayne Pride" He whispered back, turning his head towards the boy.

Harry watched as the second man, a tall man wearing a military uniform. The jacket was a dark navy blue or black color with red accents. There were two shoulder straps as well that were the same Navy blue. The pants matched the top of the uniform. The Hat was a crisp white color that left Harry wondering how they were able to get it to remain so white. The left side of his chest was full of colorful ribbons that Harry had no idea what they meant but he knew they were achievements. He also had patches on his sleeves with one gold line above another shape. (I do not know how to describe this ahh… I will put an image at the end of the uniform I am referencing. It is the Lieutenant Colonel enlisted uniform.)

The other man was fairly tall and was wearing a tan military uniform. The tan camouflage is probably used in the desert if Harry were to guess. He had short cropped hair and shockingly blue eyes. Harry knew this must be Kelly's Daddy when he saw her run to him. He watched with some jealousy at how her daddy easily scooped up Kelly. Holding her close and checking her over. He was left to wonder if that is what James would have been like when he came home from school.

He looked away to look around the room again. The other man was talking with Tom who had gotten up from his desk to come around. Tom had motioned towards Harry and saw the other man turn towards them as well. Julius stood and saluted the other man who easily returned the gesture.

"Gentlemen, Lieutenant Colonel William Ryan this is Sergeant Major Julius Lachlan. Behind him is our new friend Harry Potter." Tom said, introducing the two. He knew Harry was listening but he would not push him to say anything or do anything. Will saw a bright green eye peeking out from behind the Sergeant. The boy looked to be about nine or ten years old, with thick messy black hair, tan skin, a large t-shirt that was probably not his, and the most curious lightning bolt scar across his forehead. It branched off the real lightning going almost to his eye.

Will moved towards them to start a conversation with Julius. They talked over previous deployments and where they were stationed. The more they talked the more Harry crawled around to see Will. He slipped into Julius' lap and picked up the toy he was playing with before. Tom had stopped on the way home and gotten him some clothes and a toy each. Kelly had picked the mini mouse stuffed animal. Harry had picked a super soft light brown teddy bear that was wearing a military uniform. He named it Major after his new friend.

He knew that eleven may be too old for some to still get teddies, but this is the first teddy he remembers ever getting and he got it as a gift. He had been carrying it around all day, never really putting it down, as had Kelly with her new teddy. Minnie mouse now lay on the floor next to the coloring books she was using. Julius had been teaching Harry how to play solitaire with a deck of cards Tom had in his office.

Harry started to notice that the others are sitting talking now, Kelly on her Daddy's lap while he talks to Tom. He peeked over and accidentally made eye contact with her Daddy before quickly looking back down at his lap fiddling with Major.

Jethro got up, holding Kelly on his hip and walked towards the little group. Harry had turned to hide his face in Julius' chest.

"Ryan, who do we have over here?" Jethro asked, nodding to his commanding officer, knowing now is not the time for formal interactions.

"Gibbs, this is Sergeant Major Julius Lachlan and his friend Harry Potter. Gentlemen this is Gunnery Sergeant Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Kelly's father." Will said. Harry had one eye peeking at Gibbs from his hiding spot when he heard it was Kelly's daddy.

"Do you mind if we join you over here?" Jethro said, pulling out a chair to sit down with Kelly sitting in his lap. They spent a bit of time making small talk where Harry got more comfortable with everyone.

Harry started to turn and look more, following the conversation. He knows that he's almost 12 but he is scared, tired, and in a country he doesn't know about.

"Hey little man, who is your friend here?" Jethro asked Harry, pointing at the teddy bear.

"This is Major. Julius got him for me last night. Kelly got a new teddy too." Harry said, making sure he knew that Kelly also got something.

"Oh really, that sounds like a great name. I noticed you have an accent, where are you from" Gibbs asked.

"I'm from Surrey, in England. But I go to school in Scotland at a boarding school." Harry said.

"What is your favorite subject in school?" Gibbs asked. Julius paid attention as well.

"I enjoy science and defense." Harry said, trying to think about what he liked before Hogwarts and how to say Defense Against the Dark Arts in mundane speech.

"What do you learn in defense?" Julius asked, he had never taken a defense class until military school.

"We learn basic self-defense and what dangers to be aware of." Harry said, which is technically true.

"That sounds like it could be a really helpful class. I may enroll Kelly in something like that after everything that happened. I just wanted to thank you for helping save Kelly and taking such good care of her." Jethro said.

"Harry is the best Daddy! He helped me get to grandpa and is super strong. He even carried me when I was too tired. He is a hero just like you." Kelly said, jumping into the conversation when she heard her name.

"Oh no sir. I just did what everyone would have done. It's really no problem." Harry said, once again downplaying what he did. The adults could not tell if he genuinely thought he did not do much or if he did not know the true impact of what he did.

"It is very important to me that you helped keep my little girl safe. I bet your parents will be so proud when they are here." Jethro said, only to worry when he saw tears in the little boy's eyes.

"I like to think they would be sir. My mum and dad were killed when I was a baby, only one year old. I was on a vacation here with my aunt and uncle." Harry said. A single tear dripped down his cheek until Julius wiped it away. He rubbed the little ones back to help comfort him, sharing a look over Harry's head with Tom.

"I am sorry bud, I bet that they are so proud of you." Jethro said, reaching forward to rub his hand through Harry's hair. He saw the flinch and had to work on keeping his face relaxed.

They spent a while talking again until it was time for some food. They were brought pizza and salads, something Gibbs has not had in a long time. Harry had admitted that he had never had pizza before so they had him try a couple different kinds by cutting it up for him. They noticed that he would or maybe even could not eat a lot.

"Where are the kids' relatives?" Jethro asked when Julius had taken Harry to the bathroom.

"That is the slight problem, we will need to ask Harry his relatives names to confirm what we found in the motel if that is his family." Mike said.

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