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Chapter 3

Gibbs woke with a start, feeling a heavy weight on his chest.

"Kate?" he murmured.

OW! A jab to the ribs made Gibbs focus his eyes on the cheeky eyes twinkling in front of him. He grinned as he saw his little Princess propped on his chest with her head cocked to one side like Toni does when thinking, hair mussed up from sleep, pink 'Binky' in her mouth with the cutest grin on her face peering mischievously at her Daddy.

"DADDY!" She cried as she launched her self at him wrapping her little arms around his neck.

"WAKE UP! WAKE UP! UP UP!" she exclaimed bouncing up and down. Gibbs laughed, sat up and started tickling her. She shrieked with laughter wriggling around manically trying avoid her fathers' tickling fingers. He finally stopped when Stacy was red from laughter, letting her catch her breath, he pulled her into a big bear hug picked her up and proceeded to go to the kitchen to make breakfast.

"Pancakes for the Birthday Girl?" Stacy nodded her head eagerly "YUMMY!"

"And how old is the birthday girl today?" Stacy wiggled two fingers at him with some difficulty grinning,"TWO! DADDY TWO!"

"That's right TWO!" Stacy wriggled out of her daddy's arms and ran around the living room Toni chasing her, woofing at her little master, shouting at the ceiling

"Mommy I two" before collapsing on the floor from dizziness in giggles. Gibbs grinned looking up to the ceiling

"She soo takes after you Kate!"

After they finished breakfast, Gibbs took Stacy back to her room to get ready for her big day. There was one place that they had to go before the party… to see Kate. "Daaddy, I do it!" Gibbs looked down and stared at his daughter "You want to dress yourself today?" Stacy nodded her head vigorously "Yup." yanking down on the shirt that he had been trying for the last 10 minutes to get over her head. "Ookay then! I'll be in the bathroom if you need me kiddo." he held up his hands in defeat as she gave him an "I'm a big girl now" glare. He stood to leave and watched as she toddled over to her drawer giving it a tug, and started rummaging for something to wear. Gibbs shook his head as he left, 'girls'.

"DADDY!" hearing her sweet, frustrated little voice outside the bedroom door, he stuck his head out and bit the inside of his cheek to stop himself from laughing out loud. There in his doorway, looking quite frazzled was Stacy, dressed in her pink Nike sneakers (on the wrong feet, laces untied), blue denim overalls, white shirt and hair a tangled mess, bow hanging limply from her locks framing her cute rosy face. She had somehow managed to get herself tangled in the straps of the overalls, struggling to buckle them. As he untangled his daughter and attempted to tame her hair, he skeptically looked at her and asked,

"Are you sure you want to wear this?" She pouted and nodded

"Mommy buyed it". Understanding, he picked her up

"Ready to go see Mommy?"

"Yup… bring Mommy cake?" Gibbs grabbed the cupcake that she helped bake earlier with her Nana (Gibbs' mom) and started for the door.

"JJ, Nick! What are you two doing here? Party's not till 1400." JJ looked sheepishly at his dad "Yeah well, we thought that we'd come see Katie with you and Stacy, if that's ok…I mean if you don't want us to-"

"No no, that's fine come on, lets go before Stacy completely demolishesthe cupcake, we need to get some supplies after, and I could use your help."

Nick grinned "uh Dad…"

"What?"

"You let her dress herself this morning didn't you?" Gibbs looked down at Stacy who was now toying with the assortment of beaded necklaces and green feather boa that she had managed to snag on the way to the door. He shrugged and said, "One of the things that I've learnt is never mess with a girls dress sense… they tend to get shirty."

The mood of the family had reached a somber point as they placed the assortment of Kate's favorite flower at her gravestone. Each member of the family said a little something to Kate. A recent date in JJ's case, a mini league football victory for Nick, updates on friends and family by Gibbs, and a quiet "Love you Mommy" from Stacy who traced the lettering on her gravestone, clinging to her fathers leg.

Setting down the cupcake, having blown out the single candle, Stacy reached for her father and snuggled down in his arms burying her face in his neck. Over in the distance, something caught her eye, lifting her head, craning to get a better look, she saw a familiar looking woman standing by a black car, staring in their direction, before being escorted into the black car by a short balding man and driven away… "Mommy?"

tbc...

ooh so was our darling cutie-pie gets Tony into trouble- little girl dreaming? or is she? mwah hahahahaha!

ahaha...so evil..!

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