I'm a person who likes long chapters and this chapter isn't as action filled as you thought it would maybe be. This chapter is long too and if you want then I can try to only write 2 WORD pages as a chapter but I like writing details sometimes. Tell me what you think.
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………………Sunday 6th of July…………….
"A week is just too little. I wish you didn't need to go home tomorrow." Kate told her sister-in-law Max. Max, she and Julia sat on a bench in the park resting after taking a walk. Julia was playing in the sand.
"I know…We've had a wonderful time and it's nice to see your family. Next time we'll see you two you'll actually have a baby. It's so exciting." Max said to her.
"I know." Kate said thinking about holding her baby and being happy.
"Do you want to go back home? I know you have to go to the toilet often." Max said to her recalling how many times she has complained about needing to go the toilet every fifth minute.
"No, I'm ok. Taking a walk seems to be good for me. Do you want to go home?" Kate asked her. Kate waited and waited for an answer but it didn't come.
"Max, hello!" Kate said waving in front of her face.
"Ok, don't move just listen. I have a feeling we're being followed. That guy we saw earlier today he is here again." Max told her.
"Maybe he lives in the community. I don't know so many around here since we just moved in."
"Seeing him twice doesn't make me suspicious but seeing that he is filming us is. Don't turn around just act normal. I'm going to call the guys and tell them the licence plate number and tell them to get us. That guy will probably know something is going on if we suddenly start to write something on a paper." Max explained to her. Kate got really worried and even if she was tired she went up to Julia and told her she couldn't play anymore and that her father was going to pick them up soon. While Max was dialling Julia and Kate went back to her.
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"It took four weekends and help from friends, family and movers but now most of it is in the house unpacked and the apartment is empty and clean. Finally!" Tony said with a sigh of relief looking around the living room.
"I understand how you feel. Now you can fully concentrate yourself on your family and new house. Congrats big brother." Andy said to him happy about his big brother being so happy.
"Thanks and hearing the words big brother is an unusual thing coming from you so I take it like a great compliment."
"You should." Andy then said.
"So are you still sure Kate will love what I've done to the nursery the last couple of days?" Tony then asked him now worried since it was today he was going to show her the room.
"She'll love it. I'm positive." Andy said just before he heard his cell phone ring.
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Andy took it up and answered it. Tony saw the look on his face and when Andy quickly wanted a pen and paper he started to feel uneasy.
"We'll get there as soon as possible." Andy said after scribbling down something on the paper and then hanging up.
"Someone is following them. Max is worried." Andy told him.
"What the….And the gun is at work. I know I should have one at home but we both agreed that isn't a safe thing to have around children. I'll take the car keys." Tony said now very worried because instantly he thought it was Ari who was doing this.
"My car has the car seat so we'll take it." Andy said now almost at the door.
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The park wasn't far from the house so it only took them ten minutes to get there and their wives seemed really relieved when they got there.
"Thanks for coming so quickly…He took off just as you came. I think he saw you." Max stated now holding Julia tightly. Julia felt how scared her mother felt and now she started to cry.
"It'll be alright Julia." Her dad told her trying to comfort her along with her mother.
"Nothing happened, right?" Tony asked concerned.
"Nothing. We had seen him a few times today but we thought he lived in the area until he started filming us. I took a picture of him on my cell phone but we were quite far away so I don't know how good it is. I zoomed as much as I could." Kate explained to the men.
"That's great. Something that will help." Andy stated wanting to catch the person who made his family so scared.
"Who is he after? Us or you? We all are in law enforcement!" Max asked.
"I think it is us. I guess it is good you are going home tomorrow. I don't want you to be in danger just because of us." Kate said now sad and worried.
"I'm so sorry your vacation will end like this. We love having you here and wish you could stay longer." Tony told his brother and his family.
"Ahhhh….." Kate yelled.
"What's wrong?" Tony asked now so frightened.
"I don't know." Kate said touching her stomach.
………………Thursday 8th of July………….
"Kate, you don't need to be here." Gibbs told her. It was his first day back at work after the holidays. Tony had been the boss while he was gone.
"I don't want to be alone at home." Kate said to her boss. She sat in the chair with a pillow behind her back, a mattress on the floor together with a pillow and blanket since sitting in the chair wasn't the best thing to do according to the doctor. She was worried about the man who was following her and also her baby. The scare they had at the hospital just became too much for her.
"Just as long as you don't start to live here. We don't want Ducky to suddenly deliver a baby." Gibbs told them.
"We won't, boss." Tony replied.
"Ok, let's get on with it. It was a stolen licence plate, an unknown man who followed you…Is your brother and his family alright? No one who has a grudge for them because of a case?" Gibbs asked again even though he had asked them that as soon as they had called him on Sunday.
"Nope…They've checked and their co-workers have checked…That person is after us." Tony quickly replied.
"I thought I had been followed before they came to visit but I thought I was only paranoid but I guess not…Maybe it was Tony they followed but since we are together so much…" Kate then said to him. Tony knew this already but it was news for the rest of the team.
"We're going to get to the bottom of this." Gibbs insured them not wanting them to worry about another thing since they already had a lot on their mind.
"Ahhh…." Kate said and now everyone got worried and watched her.
She looked up and saw everyone staring at her.
"The baby just kicked and it hurt…The doctor said that I was in a lot of stress on Sunday and as long as I'm taking it easy I'll be alright and most importantly the baby will be alright." Kate told them not wanting them to be too worried.
"What a relief!" Tony said.
"I'm ordering you to lay down…The rest of you will try to find out as much as possible but still try to work on old cases. Amanda I now you're new here but try to help wherever you can. Stick with McGee for now and I'll see how things are going. Palmer, are you sure you can handle things alone since Ducky is away for a few more days?" Gibbs said to everyone.
"I can handle it." Palmer replied feeling not so sure how he would cope but he knew he had to take it one day at a time.
"Meagan, how are things going?" Gibbs asked Abby's new assistant.
"Great." She answered too scared to say anything else in the current situation.
"We're all here to help and you shouldn't be afraid to ask or say your opinion. We're not that scary." Gibbs said and the others couldn't believe it was him who said that.
"I know what you are thinking…Get back to work…" Gibbs demanded and everyone except Kate started to work. She lay down on the floor.
……………….A few minutes later…………….
"Why are you down there?" a girl around the age of 15 asked.
"Doctor's orders. Why are you here?" Kate asked the girl. The girl was the same one who had runaway with her boyfriend and took her father's gun with her. After a few weeks on the run the police had caught them and sent them home. Kate and Gibbs told them when they came home that they would destroy their futures if they pulled another stunt like this again.
"Nick is waiting downstairs…His parents are so mad at him so I had to talk him out of doing something stupid. Being home isn't working for us. My parents are crazy too. You know we aren't wild kids just misunderstood. I just wanted to make sure you won't come after us." The girl named Isabella said.
"Come after whom?" Tony asked going up his wife. He remembered who the girl was.
"They want to run away again." Kate stated just as Gibbs came back with Nick beside him.
"I heard all about it…Why don't you two go and sit over there while we all discuss something?" Gibbs asked them.
"I'm not going soft if you think so. It's not Lauren's ideas and influences…I'm just acting like this because it is the best way to act right now…Anyway about everything…The two runaways are not doing so well…I know something else is going on but neither of them are saying anything. ..The face on the picture is still unidentified. I'm sorry for that." Gibbs told Kate and Tony.
"You did your best." Tony said.
"The offer is still up if you want to." Gibbs said to them thinking about what Lauren had suggested to them without his knowledge and that was letting them stay at his big house until they caught who was following them.
"We're fine." Both said at the same time.
"Ok…" Gibbs said before turning around facing the two youths.
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"You two…Either you tell me everything or I'll do something you will not like…Amanda and McGee come with me…You two too." Gibbs said to them and they all headed towards the interrogation room. Soon they had found out Nick had got kicked out of his home and Isabella had asked her parents to let him stay there until he sorted out things with his parents and then her father hit her. It had only happened a few times before but he hit her several times now not being able to stop and her mother thought she deserved it since nothing else worked. Drugs, guns and running away had been too much for Nick's and Isabella's parents even though they said they only took drugs a few times but stopped months ago.
……………A few hours later……..
Kate was still lying on the floor. The rest of the team were doing their work and somehow Gibbs managed to talk to the teenagers' parents and even though Nick's parents refused to take him back and Isabella refused to go back home he found a solution on where they could stay this night at least…Hearing them blame each other and saying that just because now both Nick's and Isabella's older siblings have moved out didn't mean they could do whatever they wanted to…Well somehow as soon as Lauren stepped into the office since she had come back home with Gibbs everyone was sorted out to Gibbs' dismay…The kids could stay with them until the police had taken care of Isabella's father and Nick's parents came back to their senses.
