A/N: Here's another chapter folks! To all my recent followers/favourites, welcome to this universe! To all my reviewers, thank you so much! Your comments keep me inspired!
Without further delay, let's get back to the family..
"Dad needs a new TV, and I don't think he's got a DVD player or the internet either" Nix commented as he sat down on the couch.
"We can ask him when they come downstairs" Kelly remarked, it had been at least 30 minutes and neither of her parents had surfaced from their bedroom. Her mind was giving her images she wasn't sure she wanted but her brother had yet to go there & she truly hoped he wouldn't. She knew though that Mike had gotten a similar thought as they'd heard some muffled noises when they were coming down the stairs but neither had said a word about it, they'd merely herded their siblings downwards, extremely quickly!
"Why don't we go check out the backyard" Mike suggested "need to see what the place is like for Buster yea?" he really wanted to take his mind off what he thought was happening up the stairs.
"Yea!" Nix remarked excitedly leaping up & heading for the backdoor.
"Nice shot squirt" Kelly smiled, they'd somehow found an old soccer ball in her dad's shed, who knew he'd had one?! She certainly never remembered it, but thanks to it they were having a small game, the yard had changed a bit, but not a great deal. There was still a patio area with a table & chairs, she wasn't sure if they were same ones from before or not. There was also a grassed area that they were currently playing in, and along one side was some shrubbery. Up the back though were a few large trees, she remembered those, her & Harry would play in them as they overhung between both of their places.
"Not bad" Myles remarked to Nix as he saw the ball go past him.
Mike retrieved the ball & crouched down "come 'ere squirt" he beckoned the boy.
Nix came up to him not sure what he wanted "what's up?"
"That was pretty good, especially to get it past Moby" Mike conceded "but you shouldn't always put the ball back onto your right foot squirt" he remarked, the last 3 shots he'd done exactly that "I know your left isn't as strong, but you keep putting the ball back onto your right & it will never get better, it will also require you to take an additional pass, which takes time before shooting, you don't want to waste that time, ok?" he tried to help him with his soccer as much as he could.
"Ok" Nix nodded, "but it never goes where I want it to using my left foot, never" he could never get the ball to go where he wanted it to on his left foot, only his right.
"That's why we practice" Mike smiled "we all have to practice to get better, I couldn't head the ball that well when I was younger, but I kept practicing & got better. We all have aspects that we need to work on" he took a quick glance to his brother before continuing "Moby here found it hard to run with the ball at speed when he was younger, he'd always go a few feet & then leave the ball behind him, because one kick would miss the ball & it'd end up behind him. One time he even lost his team a game because of it" he finished with a smirk.
Myles could have taken offense that his brother was bringing up that incident, but he knew he was trying to encourage Nix, so he too crouched down "he's right, I completely messed it up. I didn't let it beat me though, I kept practicing, got help and after lots of practice, I managed to get better & better, all it takes is practice squirt" he finished with a smile.
"And we are happy to help you as much as we can" Mike added, he pulled Nix closer & whispered into his ear "I'll show you how to dribble so fast Moby here wouldn't be able to stop you" he finished with a nice big smirk & sidewards glance to his brother.
Nix grinned, he'd seen that Myles had heard the comment, he loved it when they egged the other one on, it was so much fun to watch! But specially to get involved in!
Myles rolled his eyes, he'd heard the remark even though his brother had spoken quietly "you're hilarious monkey"
Mike just grinned as he stood back up "as winner of the comedy competition, I'd hope I was funny" he retorted, before placing the ball on the ground "now this ball, you won't stop from heading through those goals."
"We'll see about that" Myles retorted as he stepped towards his brother "I'm thinking it'll head through those goals first."
Kelly pulled her brother backwards a few paces, she needed to give the boys space, knowing full well that this was about to get well, a little rough.
Shannon pulled the door closed & couldn't help but smile at her husband "that was…"
"A perfect welcome back to our room" Gibbs replied with a smile, he was feeling unbelievably happy.
"Absolutely" Shannon answered before she wrapped her arms around his chest "it's so good to be home Jethro"
Gibbs wrapped his arms around her in return "I don't want to be anywhere else"
Shannon looked up at him "neither do I" she agreed "I have to say as beautiful as that was Jethro, we need a new bed" she finished with a wry smile.
Gibbs nodded, he knew that she was right "yea, new bed, good idea, we start fresh"
"A king size preferably" Shannon requested with a grin.
"King size most definitely" Gibbs replied with his own grin "I like this jumper on you"
Shannon took another look at the jumper, it was his old black USMC jumper, she had changed into it after… .. well, she preferred this one to the one she'd previously worn "I love it too, you know you aren't getting it back" she remarked before placing it over her nose and inhaling the scent of the jumper, which was entirely her husband's, coffee & sawdust, it was heavenly for her!
Gibbs considered it with a smile "I'm kind of going to need to wear it occasionally for it keep that scent"
"Don't be logical right now" Shannon chuckled, she leaned up & gave him a kiss "I think this proximity will provide you enough opportunity to leave a mark" she grinned before giving him another kiss.
"ah huh" Gibbs grinned through the kisses, he then pulled her into his chest "we keep going like this Shan & we'll end up back in our room, and not that I wouldn't love it, but the kids…" he finished with a groan.
Shannon pulled back to look at him "well you're just a spoil sport now aren't you"
"I'm the spoil sport?" Gibbs asked surprised "you were the one who didn't…"
Shannon instantly placed a hand over his mouth "I believe you'll find that it was you who…" she didn't finish but merely raised her eyebrow, she saw the look on his face "yes?"
Gibbs just stared at her "y..….ss" he mumbled through her fingers, he waited until she had removed her hand before he kissed it quickly in cheek and then took hold of it. He brought it to his chest and placed his own hand on her cheek "I've missed you ever so much, and I will never leave you & the kids ever again. We're together forever in this house, we'll get the kids rooms squared away quickly and be moved in before you know it, never to go anywhere!"
"Sounds absolutely delightful, and I will not let anyone take me, or the kids, away from you my darling. We're here in this house of ours forever" Shannon replied, as she placed her second hand on his cheek "never going anywhere"
Gibbs just smiled and it was then he realised the trap door to the attic was up "guess the kids are no longer in the attic"
"Guess not" Shannon agreed "guess we should go find them" she remarked as she pulled him towards the stairs "I'm thinking outside" halfway down the stairs she looked back to him "I really liked your idea for the attic"
Gibbs smiled as he followed her downstairs, he nodded in agreement "does sound pretty good, and fun to make" he grinned as they reached the bottom step. He pulled her back into his arms "family project?"
Shannon looked at him, she couldn't help herself "I think this whole place is going to be a family project" she remarked as she pulled him towards the living area.
Gibbs couldn't disagree, he just smiled as he was dragged into the lounge/dining area, which was apparently void of life, but he did hear a noise coming from the back. Maybe she was right & they were in the backyard. Arriving outside his eyes widened, whilst his kids were standing off to the side, and his girl had her arms around her brother, the Bond boys were almost wrestling over a soccer ball, what on earth?
"Get your foot off the ball" Myles laughed as he tried to wrestle his brother away from the ball.
"Fat chance" Mike retorted as he held his brother off as much as possible, he'd finally gotten the ball between his own feet & managed to kick the ball towards his goal.
Nix grinned as he watched the ball roll towards the goal, he saw though that it was going to stop short of the line, so he left the hold of his sister & went straight for the ball, he gave it another kick to help it over the line & grinned when it happened, because he knew the outcome.
"Squirt!" Myles exclaimed "what ya do that for?" he couldn't believe the kid had helped Mike!
Nix grinned at Myles "for the fun of it!"
Myles tried to get out of his brother's hold "you rascal!" he laughed
"Gotta try harder than that to get away bro" Mike laughed "specially to get to squirt"
Nix grinned as dashed around a tree trying to get further away from being caught, he was laughing when he saw his parents "Myles owes me $20! And Mike owes me a 50-point head start next time we go bowling!" he finished with glee as he came to a stop right in front of them.
Shannon couldn't help but smile at her boy's gleeful face "and how'd you manage that?"
"Beat them both at a shootout" Nix answered with a grin.
"I see" Shannon replied, but her gaze went to the boys, they were both now standing side by side both were flashing looks between each other and them "do you boys seem to be having issues with your football lately?"
"Not at all Mrs G" Mike answered "he's getting better" he encouraged
"Sure is" Myles added
Nix grinned "can we go bowling tonight?" he was soo collecting on the 50 point head start!
"Not tonight darling" Shannon replied "soon though, because I think bowling sounds like a wonderful idea"
"Me too" Gibbs agreed "I'll beat you this time" he smirked at his wife as he bumped his hip against her's.
Shannon bumped him back "doubtful, you didn't the last few times if I recall"
"but all the times before that I beat you" Gibbs retorted with a grin.
Myles shared a look with his brother, this was weird sight to see? What were they doing, arguing or playing? He saw his brother was equally as confused & just shrugged in response.
"Oh!" Nix remembered something "Kell & Mike have an awesome idea for the attic & my room"
"They do, do they?" Shannon smiled
"Ah huh" Nix nodded "what about your room mum?"
Gibbs saw his wife smile at him & that she was about to reply when he heard his girl start coughing "you ok angel?"
Kelly tried to clear her throat "fine" she finally managed to say, she couldn't believe her brother had gone there & asked about their room! she saw though that Mike was also doing his best to avert everyone's gaze "might go get myself a drink"
Gibbs shared a look with his wife as they watched their girl head back into the house, what was that about?
"Sounds good to me" Mike agreed
Shannon watched as her daughter & then Mike went back into the house, both were doing everything they could to avert their gazes. She suddenly realised that her daughter had figured out just what her & her husband had done to welcome themselves back into their room. She suddenly felt embarrassed & did not want it discussed one bit "room was lovely darling, thank you" she turned herself towards the house "might get another drink myself"
A/N: So.. they seem to be settling in well :) ;p
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