TITLE: Mom's pray
AUTHOR: T'PeeJ
FANDOM: Navy NCIS
RATING: So G
ARCHIVE: Sure, but let me know where.
SUMMARY: When makes a promise, he keeps it to the end.
DISCLAIMER: Navy NCIS is the properties of Belisarius Productions, Paramount Network Television, DPB (The second greatest being in the cosmos) and CBS.
Gibbs sat down at his desk. He covered his eyes with his hands. It wasn't that late in the day, but he was tired already. Good Friday always tired him out.
"Gibbs," said Kate. "Are you all right?" The special agent stood in front of Gibbs' desk. She had two cups of coffee in her hands.
"No," said Gibbs. "I just had to do something this morning for my mother."
"I didn't know your mother lived around here, Gibbs," said Kate as she put one of the coffees on his desk.
"Mom has been dead for years," said Gibbs. "But every Good Friday, I do something for her."
Kate watched Gibbs. He was telling her something personal, and she was in shock. 'Why not press my luck?' thought Kate. "What did you do for your mom?" asked Kate.
Gibbs smiled and looked at Kate with wonder. He was telling her something he barely told any of his wives. He picked up the coffee and took a sip. With the coffee in him, he began to feel better.
"My mother made me promise that on Good Friday, I would go to church and pray," said Gibbs. The man took a big drink of his coffee. "And I am to ask St. Michael the Archangel to get a message to her that I am still alive and not in hell yet. I also ask that St. Michael watches over us here at NCIS."
"What is Michael a patron saint of?" asked Kate.
"Mariners, police, grocers, paratroopers, and sickness," said Gibbs. "I always wondered why Mom picked that one, but Mom was always good at seeing the future." Gibbs looked at Kate for a second. "I thought you were Catholic?"
"No; you assumed I was Catholic," said Kate. "I may have studied Catholic religion, but I am not."
"I'm not Catholic either," said Gibbs. "But Mom was; she went back to it after Dad died."
"Oh," said Kate. "So... we are it for you?"
"Yeah," said Gibbs. "You better not tell anyone what I told you, Kate. I'll deny everything."
Kate smiled and walked back to her desk. "You have my word, Gibbs," said Kate. "I don't remember anything you just told me."
"Good, because I would hate to have to shoot you, Kate," said Gibbs.
"Only if I don't shoot you first," said Kate. She took a sip of her coffee and smiled.
