A/N: Kk story it took so long! I took a break from vacation… and just read fanfics for a while!

Ari paced back and forth…Caliana was whining again. He thought about giving her to Kate, it would give Kate something to do. Kate had been crying for the past week and a half. He hated to see her like this, but he couldn't let her eavesdropping go unpunished. Yes that is what he would do, he would put Caliana in the same room, they would both be happy. They would both hate him but… Yasmine had taken away his pride, and his dignity, and his only child, when she had left. Leaving him with emptiness inside, he had spent his raging anger, in years of working for any agency, group, or terror network that would hire him. His job was perilous, yet, thrillingly satisfying.

"Caliana, come here please. We are going to go see Miss Kate okay?" He calling from the kitchen, it was her house too, he didn't lock her up or anything. He just didn't want Al-Qaida to find her is all.

"We are!" She said, running into him holding onto his legs, smiling. Smiling, she was beautiful when she smiled, so was Kate, too bad he wasn't the cause of those smiles…most of the time.

"Yes, she came to visit, she's in the living room, okay?"

"Yay!" she said running down the hall to the door. "Kate! Kate!" she cried running into the living room.

Kate who had been on one of her deep depressive states, she wasn't crying just staring into the blankness of the wall corner. She had been drifting between this and bawling her eyes out for the past, Week or so. She'd heard the sound of running footsteps and someone calling her name, she'd not moved from her position, thinking it was all a dream. When Caliana came running in, opening the door, she whirled around so fast she'd cricked her neck.

"Oh My gosh Cali! Are you Okay? Did He hurt you?" Kate cried, stroking the girls hair, and checking her for obvious injuries, broken bones, bruises and such. She found none. The girl was wearing nice clothes, and she looked well fed.

"Who? Daddy? No, daddy didn't hurt me." She said quietly, something of a glazed look washed over her eyes for the tiniest of seconds.

"Are You Sure?" Kate said sniffing as she hugged the little girl.

"Guess what? Me and Daddy went to the zoo, and to the movies!"

"Really?" Kate asked wiping her eyes. "What movie did you see?"

"We saw…" She turned around to look at her father who was leaning in the doorway, his arms crossed, and smirking at Kate, who was over the moon about something so trivial. She just glared at him, eyes full to the brims with malice. She Would never EVER forget what she had suffered, not from him, but because of him—no, not even because of what he did…but because he did nothing to stop it…

"—Yeah we saw Wedding Crashers. There were these Guys-"

"Oh My God! Ari! How could you let her see that! She's only 5! Oh My god! Honey," she said cupping the girls face in her hands, "Don't ever let me hear you say ANY of the things you heard in that movie, understand?" Kate said glaring at Ari.

"Oh, Caitlin relax, she didn't understand any of it did you Love," he asked Cali.

"I understand Kate. Daddy thought it was funny tho," she said with a frustrated expression on her face.

"Hey Babe, could you go watch TV for a while?" Kate said pointing to the TV. " I need to talk to your daddy okay?" Kate said. "I won't leave I promise." She said smiling. Cali nodded and walked over to the TV flipping it on to MTV.

"Ari. How could you do that?" She asked angrily.

"Caitlin like I said, she didn't understand any of it," he said dismissively.

"Haswhari that movie was rated R!"

"You are just upset, because of the other night," he growled, "And you have every right to be-"

"Hell yes I do! You just sat there and laughed as you're suck-ass "friends" beat the crap out of me!" She said her voice dripping with hate, and eyes dripping with silent tears.

"Caitlin, I know your secret, I would never have let them go that far," He said gesturing down at her stomach. She wasn't showing yet, but she looked up at him fear apparent on her face.

"How did you know?" She asked bitterly.

"Caitlin, the morning sickness, the picky appetite- or lack thereof, the depressive mood swings, I'd be a fool if I couldn't tell. So, when are you due?" He said smiling.

"December." She said in a clipped tone.

"Ahhh, lets see, that would make that a March conception? Ahh and that would make that last month…" he said smirking.

"Shut up," she said icily, giving him a an "its not that funny, moron," look.

"Well, then lets hope Agents Gibbs and DiNozzo, find you before that, because I have no desire to deliver this baby," he said giving her stomach another appraising look.

"What! hell no! We're going to hospital!" She said. "And it doesn't matter, cause Tony is going to come." She said defiantly.

"Whatever you say, Caitlin dear," he said. Turning to go, Kate followed…She hadn't put much energy, into walking around, except for going to the bathroom, unless of course she was in her "pacing" mood. She managed to wear a small path in the carpet…Ari had been pissed, but hadn't said anything, and instead had put a throw rug down, for her to pace on instead—how thoughtful.

"Why does she trust you? She watched you kill her mother!" Kate said grabbing his arm…this had been gnawing at her for sometime now.

"I didn't." he said gruffly…Why he had taken Cali, was starting to gnaw him from the inside out…Yasmine had threatened to tell the Al-Qaeda that she thought he was untrustworthy…he couldn't let that happen. Yasmine was the one who was working for Al-Qaeda, he was still a double agent under the employ of the CIA…He hadn't killed Yasmine tho…He assumed it had either been CIA, or Al-Qaeda…he really couldn't tell…neither side was admitting. It was true. He had shot at Caitlin, and Caliana, but only to make it so they were protected…He had heard whispers though, they weren't as protected as he had thought. So he had taken up guard outside their house.

"What do you mean 'I didn't'?" Of Course you did!—"

"No, Caitlin I Did not. I was set up. I Did however Go To Her House. But only to get Cali."

"What? Why?" Kate sputtered. None of this was adding up.

"Yasmine was the terrorist. Not me…I still work for Uncle Sam." He said with a sort of smile/grimace, and put his right hand over his heart.

Kate stood there mouth gaping open…

Life AlWaYs ThRoWs CuRvEbAlLs, JuSt WhEn ThInGs StArT tO bEcOmE PrEdIcTaBlE…

TBC

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