A/N: I'm so glad you're all enjoying the sequel so much already! To my latest followers & favourites, welcome to the new ride! To my reviewers, you're awesome! I love hearing how much you're loving this!
To guest reviewer Sharon: Thank you so much! I'm so glad you're loving this story! When I hear someone say how much they love this, it just makes me feel so chuffed! Gibbs might trust Tim with Kelly, but he's still Gibbs, so there will always be the overprotective & unwilling to share of his little girl nature he holds close. But they do make a great couple!
Now, think it's time for Tim to meet Kelly for dinner..
"Signor McGee" Marissa greeted.
Tim smiled at the receptionist "Hi Marissa, is Kelly in?"
"Si, she said for you to go straight in when you get here" Marissa replied.
"Thanks, your English is greatly improving" Tim said as he headed for Kelly's office.
Tim gently opened the door to her office "knock, knock" he smiled.
Kelly looked up from her desk & smiled "well hello there stranger"
It took Tim all but 3 seconds to cross the empty space between the pair "hello"
"I have a much better way to say hello" Kelly replied as she stood on the edge of her desk in his embrace, she leant in for a kiss.
Tim returned the kiss, gosh he'd missed her, finally coming out of it "you're right, that's a much better hello"
"What kept you? I was expecting you an hour ago" Kelly asked as she closed off her laptop.
"Zuse" Tim replied.
Kelly looked back to him "Excuse me? A Greek god kept you?"
Tim laughed "Not a Greek god, our new probie agent arrived today, his name's Conrad Zuse. I had to get him settled at the navy lodge & get him going with all the welcoming stuff we went through"
"Probie agent? Since when?" Kelly asked.
"Only found out today" Tim answered "ready?"
"Most definitely, let the weekend begin" Kelly said, she went to place her laptop bag over her shoulder but was stopped.
"I've got it" Tim said taking the bag off her & putting it on his shoulder before she could argue.
Kelly just smiled & headed out "I'm off Marissa, have a good weekend & go home!"
"Si Signorina Gibbs" Marissa replied.
Kelly just eyed her.
"Si Kelly, I am going home in a few minutes" Marissa corrected.
Kelly smiled "good & I don't want to see any work emails over the weekend, we're not overloaded right now, so no working!"
"No Kelly" Marissa replied a little blushed.
"Still working weekends huh?" Tim asked as they headed towards the car.
"Look, don't get me wrong, sometimes you have to put in the crazy hours, and work all weekend, but right now we aren't that busy that it's required. She doesn't realise that & doesn't think she can do the work in the normal hours, she's…. she too determined to get everything perfect the first time. She hasn't learnt yet that when things slow down, you need to take the time to have a break so that when things get crazy you've got the strength to push through the long hours & days" Kelly answered, Marissa was great legal secretary but she tried to push herself too hard & she didn't want her to burn out too early.
"She's young Kells, she'll get there" Tim offered.
Kelly eyed him "Young?" she asked "She's 21 & doing law school, she…"
"She's not a genius who graduated at 15 & had almost 2 degrees by that age" Tim smirked interrupting her.
Kelly smirked "I wasn't actually going to go that direction, but now that you mention it"
"Ok" Tim acknowledged "where shall we go for dinner?"
"The Port" Kelly suggested "We wanted try that fish & chip place, remember?"
Tim nodded "Port it is"
As they strolled along marina towards the shop, they walked arm in arm, just enjoying the scenery & being together.
Kelly knew that working for NCIS over here meant all of them & not just Tim being pulled to other places for periods, heck Ziva was currently on the Sea Hawk, Tony had gone to Spain, Holland & Frankfurt too already, her dad had even gone to Frankfurt & London. And as far as Jimmy was concerned, that guy seemed to be going somewhere every week or two. But it didn't mean she liked it, she much preferred when they were all here in Naples, though all of them being here was proving somewhat elusive. It just made her cherish those times even more, right now though she loved having Tim back, she'd missed him, she pulled the arm that was wrapped around her & gave him a kiss on the hand.
Tim was loving being back in Naples, there was a point a few days ago where it looked like he might have had to stay longer over the weekend & into next week, that would have sucked! But he worked long through the nights to get what he had to finish done, so it wouldn't have to happen. It was still blowing his mind that he & Kelly were working so well, but they were really good together, they got each other, they took the mickey out of each other for sure & there was nothing he wouldn't do for her, nothing! He gave her a peck on the head as she kissed his hand, it was almost at the exact same moment, they knew each other that well.
Tim loved how committed she was to her brother, to her family, it was actually helping him build a better relationship with his own sister & parents. Then a conversation that he'd had in Frankfurt came to mind & let out a chuckle.
"What's so funny?" Kelly asked.
Tim smiled "one of the IT guys & I were talking one night about some things, he saw a picture of us on my phone"
"and?" Kelly prodded.
Tim looked at her "he asked if I was really going out the boss's daughter, Gibbs's daughter" news about Gibbs & his 'new' family was slowly making its way across the whole agency.
"and you said?" Kelly asked, intrigued as to his answer.
"Yes" Tim answered "the guy thought I was either nuts or….. crazy" almost the entire agency had either met Gibbs or heard about him & the stories were legendary, add that to the story now about his family & they presumed that he'd be overly overprotective.
Kelly smiled "Well, you are a little nuts" she waited a moment "but that's what makes us work, cause we're both a little crazy"
Tim just chuckled "you're not wrong there"
"Did the guy say anything else?" Kelly asked.
"Yea, he said he was really impressed, he doubted he'd go near you with a 12 foot pole" Tim smiled, but he would admit, he wouldn't let any guy near her, she was his.
"Isn't it a 10 foot pole?" Kelly asked.
"He said given he's Gibbs, the extra 2 feet were a requirement, to help avoid the death stare" Tim smirked.
"Nice, very nice" Kelly chuckled "so.. what's Frankfurt like?" she asked.
"Was ok, didn't get to see much of the city, would need to go back there to get a real feel for it" Tim said.
"go back with work or…" Kelly smiled.
"definitely or. We've got so many places to choose from, and that's places we haven't been yet. Cause I'd love to get back to Florence, Rome & Barcelona" Tim said, they already managed a few trips & he'd love to go back to those places too.
"I agree, but let's keep the rule of only new places for now, there's so much to see, we shouldn't double up" Kelly replied.
After ordering their fish & chips they headed for a nice grass area overlooking the port area.
"Why don't I tell the others I'll skip movie night?" Kelly suggested "I mean, what's the big deal if I miss one movie night?"
Tim smiled, they were still sitting on the grassed area over looking the port area, it was one his favourite spots to sit with her "Doubt your dad would like that, especially considering the movie he wants to watch, isn't it the last Harry Potter movie?"
Kelly chuckled "second last, but I've seen it... heaps of times" she leaned in for another kiss.
Tim returned that kiss, gosh he'd missed her! He'd only been in Frankfurt for the week, but still! speaking & texting numerous times each day, just wasn't the same! "Maybe you can be late" he agreed.
Kelly grinned "ah huh" as she moved the remains of their dinner away & push him back so she could lay on him.
Tim smiled, he'd love to stay like this this for a while... one issue "Kells, movie night, your dad would probably smack me through christmas if I made you miss it"
"You're not making me miss it, I'm choosing to miss it for you, difference" Kelly replied.
Tim chuckled, he seriously doubted Gibbs would see the difference.
"Let me handle my big scary daddy" Kelly said as she leaned into another kiss.
Tim smiled coming into it "ok"
The pair enjoyed the kiss & were startled when Kelly's phone rang.
Kelly groaned "if this is dad, I swear..." she sighed "yes dad"
Tim couldn't help but chuckle, leave it to Gibbs..
"We're coming home now" Kelly said, but the look on her face was one of defeat.
Tim brushed her hair away from her face as she hung up "So that's showing him" he smirked.
"ow shush you!" Kelly smirked "I say we need a weekend away, just us"
Tim smiled "Euro Disney here we come"
"How was dinner?" Gibbs smirked as he saw his girl & Tim approach the house, he'd just gotten home too.
Kelly just eyed him "considering you interrupted us, it was short, theres no reason we couldn't have done movie night tomorrow" she was going to continue but she saw her brother pull up into the driveway.
Nix had heard his sisters comments as he hopped out of his car "Nope can't do that. We've got plans" he grinned at his sister.
Kelly, Gibbs & Tim all looked at him confused.
"What plans Phoenix?" Gibbs asked, last he knew they had no set plans.
"I scored some VIP tickets to the Release of the Hobbit movie" Nix grinned.
Kelly grinned "Awesome! How many?" she could see Tim was happy about that as well.
"Enough" Nix replied.
"What time is this movie Phoenix?" Gibbs asked eyeing him
"It starts at 16:00, I'll be finished by 22:00, maybe 22:30 dad, I'll then head straight to the club, I'll get plenty of rest, the game's not til 19:00 on Sunday" Nix answered, the entire team always had to sleep the night before a game at the club facilities, even if they weren't in the match day squad, and they had to be there by 23:00, earlier kick offs brought the curfew forward.
"You need rest & a solid night sleep Phoenix & given we're spending all day out tomorrow, going out in the evening like that probably isn't the best, you should be at the club by 22:00, no 21:30" Gibbs replied, keeping a rein on his social life was one of the challenges he & his wife had faced, this boy seemed to get on with everyone so much he'd get invited to everything, he was so like his mother in that regard. He doubted anyone wouldn't realise he'd only been at the club a couple of months at the rate he gets invited to things.
Nix moaned "come on! I can still get decent sleep by getting to the club a little later"
"Good evening" Shannon smiled coming out of the house, she'd seen them come home a few minutes ago & wanted to get on with the show, but she had heard the conversation that was starting.
"Good evening" Gibbs smiled as he took her into his hold, giving her a kiss "guess who I saw this afternoon?" he asked finishing with a look to his son.
"Who?" Shannon asked, wondering where he was going with this, she saw though her daughter & Tim looked curious whereas her son looked worried.
Gibbs turned to his son before answering "Colonel Burrows, she wants to arrange a time to come meet, so you can talk through the assignment. I could say you're free tomorrow night?" he finished with a raised eyebrow.
"Sounds like a good idea, you should get an early night anyway" Shannon remarked.
Kelly had pulled Tim aside as they watched on, wanting to both stay out of it & watch, it was kinda funny & had become a regular discussion, she enjoyed watching her brother try to negotiate for that extra 15 or 30 minutes, but maybe not "think we'll go inside" she suggested, drawing a nod from Tim.
"Why don't we all go inside, we can finish discussing this & not catch cold" Shannon suggested, she wanted them all to go in at the one time.
"You're no help" Nix whispered to his sister.
Kelly smirked "you should have seen that coming"
Gibbs nodded as he followed his family, but he stopped & looked at Tim "Shouldn't you go check on Zuse, McGee?"
"He's getting an early night, jet lag & all. He's got a base tour & intro sessions starting tomorrow at 07:00, boss" McGee replied
Nix was confused "Who's Zuse?"
Tim grinned "our new probie"
Gibbs had to smile at Tim's pure delight of finally getting a probie, he knew the feeling. He just followed his family inside, he was glad it was the end of another week, and more so glad he didn't have any pressing matters to deal with over the weekend, he could enjoy some time with his wife & kids.
Tim knew what was coming, he shared a smile with Shannon, they were both excited to see their reactions, this was going to be good! No, this was going to be great!
A/N: That was a nice dinner for the pair & they can definitely take the mickey out of each other, like all couples should!
But it's time for the family to be surprised, how will it go? And will Nix win his battle to get to the movie premier or will Gibbs win out?
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