Hey guys! lol yes i'm sorry about the Huge-mongous wait on chapter updates...and i'm one of the annoying ones who is always like 'HOW COULD YOU LEAVE IT THERE? UPDATE SOON!' made me laugh out loud when i read something similar to that in the reviews... well we hit the big 30..so i decided to be nice and post another chap...STAT! lol and depending on what mood i am in...you may get another tomorrow...but till then...give me a couple days to get back to the computer and post another chap here... i have three more exams then FINITO! i have two shameless plugs for fics here...and unfortunately there are for mine...as a preview...with no preview...i will be posting another Kibbs fic here asap..its actually the very first one that i have written EVER.. was my first fanfic :tear: and its just gotten back to me with the seal of approval...thanks Kat and Theo! and secondly... if any y'all interested... i have just started my first ever HouseMD fic...its in my profile...two chapters only...with a third on the way...would improve my mood alot (hint hint) if you read it MWAH :blows kisses: and now...on with the show!
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Chapter 5
The mood was light and merry at The Oxford, a 'bar and grill' in Georgetown, where the gang and Director Morrow, Grace's grandparents and friends were celebrating her internship and the gang was celebrating the breakthrough of the month long cold case. Kate was looking a little flushed at sitting so close to Gibbs, his arm resting along the back of the bench around her to accommodate for the tight squeeze, a result of Abby and McGee squishing into the small space forcing Kate to move closer to him.
"You know GiGi, I don't get you, you drive a nice car, have mega rich grandparents who've bought you a beach house, you've partied with politicians and other snobs, but you'd rather train to be an agent with NCIS? What's with that? If I were you, hell… I'd be in the Bahamas sipping drinks on some yacht with a bevy of babes," slurred Tony.
Grace swallowed the mouthful of ice-cream, cringing at the brain freeze, "First off Tony, stop calling me GiGi, and I drive a Mini, I can definitely think of a better car that I'd want to drive…wink wink, nudge nudge Dad. Secondly yes, my grandparents are well off, but no I do not have my own beach house, although I'd love one, and thirdly, well there's my point, why party with a bunch of stiffs - no offence Nana and Pops, when I can shoot a bad guy, poke around Ducky's dungeon of bodies and hack into stuff with Abby? Although the yacht in the Bahamas would be nice, 'cept I think my taste and preference in babes are far more appealing than the little lady's that I've seen you drooling over."
"HERE, HERE!" The table roared with laughter at Tony's outraged face.Director Morrow got up and everybody quieted down, Tony muttering threats under his breath towards Grace, who just smirked innocently,
"I'd like to congratulate Grace on her internship and Agents Gibbs, DiNozzo, Todd, and McGee along with Ducky, Palmer, and Abby for cracking open the Corrigan case and finally giving the Lieutenant's family some closure. Out of appreciation for your hard work, Agents as of tomorrow you are all on 10 days leave. So enjoy your time off, who knows when I'll next be so generous so have fun; Kate enjoy the wedding; Ducky, Palmer, Abby and Grace you all have three days before I want you back at work."
As chatter broke out, Gibbs went and spoke with his former in-laws, while Kate pulled Grace and Abby to her hissing, "Enjoy the wedding? What the hell were you two thinking, first lifting my cell phone and calling Alex, but the Director?"
"So Grace, how bout those drinks?"
"Uh yeah, right with you."
Kate yanked them both down before they could scamper away, "Oh no, no way, you are not getting away with it that easily, so start groveling."
"Aw come on Kate, it's not as if we asked Gibbs for you, we just nudged," reasoned Abby.
"Exactly, and besides we didn't give Alex a name, just a brief description, so really you asked dad yourself, without any of our help. We're real proud of you Katie! As for Uncle Tom, he already had a bet going with Ducky to see whether you'd ask or not, and we had nothing to do with that."
Kate was mortified, how did Morrow know? "Are you telling me that the whole office knows about this?"
"No, no! The whole office doesn't know about this, but the people who work closest to you all, all know that you and Dad harbor some feelings for each other. According to the grapevine, there was a lot of UST in the air the day you and dad met on Air Force One."
Kate jaw dropped as she stared at Grace's retreating back as she scampered of to the Juke box with her friends, turning only to find Gibbs watching her, "You ok?"
"Yeah, fine," embarrassed to find that her response came out somewhat breathily.
TBC...
Lillie! a new NCISfic fan! i'm honored that this is your first NCIS fic that you have read :tear: sniffle...i hope this was ok! lol
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