1989
Gibbs comes home from work. It is the day before Christmas and his father Jackson is coming over for the holiday and so is Shannon's mother Joann. Gibbs gets out of the car and walks towards the front door. before he reaches the door, it is torn open by his little girl Kelly. She is wearing her favorite red dress and her hair is set in pigtails.
"daddy." The little girl greets excited. Gibbs smiles every time he sees his little girl. She is standing just inside the doorstep. She knows she is not allowed to go outside without shoes on. Gibbs picks her up for a big hug.
"look, daddy." The little girl giggles. Gibbs looks up and sees the little girl holding her new favorite Christmas decoration in her hand. Gibbs gives her a kiss on the cheek. Then he carries her inside and places her feet back on the ground.
"grandma is here. Me and mommy picked her up from the airport." Kelly informs her dad as he is taking off his shoes and jacket.
"grandpa is here too," Kelly tells her dad excited. Shannon comes into the hallway from the living room. She has been busy in the kitchen all day.
"Hey, honey." She greets and gives her husband a kiss.
"hey mommy. No kissing thing." Kelly complaints.
"I don't need mistletoe to kiss your daddy."
"it is my daddy," Kelly argues very determinedly with her arms crossed over her chest.
"my husband." Shannon shoots back at her daughter with a teasing smile. Kelly just walks into the living room. She doesn't want to argue with her mom. She knows she is right. It is her dad, no matter what her mom says.
"you really have to have that argument every day?" Gibbs asks Shannon as he kisses her again.
"if she says I can't kiss her dad I know I can kiss my husband," Shannon says determined and then breaks into a big smile and kisses Gibbs again.
"my two girls arguing over me."
"be happy. Not every handsome man has girls fighting over him." Shannon says and that makes Gibbs Blush and looks away. Shannon loves when she makes her husband blush.
"I need to go take a shower. I'll be down helping you about in 30 minutes." Gibbs says and grabs his bag. He gives his wife one last kiss before he walks upstairs.
Gibbs comes into the living room after he has taken his shower. He loves seeing his dad Jackson with Kelly on his lap.
"you know, Kelly, you should hang that up in the door, then you should stand under it and a boy will come and kiss you," Jackson explains to Kelly. Kelly looks almost weirded out by that explanation from her grandfather.
"no Grampa. It creates Magic. You want to see?" Kelly asks eagerly and is standing up before her Grandfather can say anything.
"look, grandpa," Kelly says eagerly as she runs over to Gibbs who was standing in the door. she stops in front of her dad. She just looks up at her dad with a big smile and then looks bag at her grandpa with a big anticipating smile and then back at her dad. Gibbs kneels in front of his little girl and places a kiss on the little girl's cheek. She immediately starts giggling. Both Jackson and Leroy Gibbs are amused by the little girl's heartfelt giggle.
"Kelly…" Shannon calls from the kitchen and Kelly runs past her dad and into the kitchen. Gibbs walks over and sits down on the couch next to his father.
"How are you doing son?" Jackson asks.
"I'm great, dad." Gibbs simply says and leans back on the couch and rests his head against the backrest. He seems so relaxed.
"Where did she get that mistletoe from?" Jackson asks. It makes Gibbs chuckle just thinking about it.
"Shannon brought it for her a few days ago. We went to a little Christmas street marked where she found it at a stand. Now she runs around with it all the time. Mostly getting me to kiss her or Shannon. But I am now only allowed to kiss Shannon with Kelly's permission." Gibbs chuckles.
"she is getting territorial," Jackson says and Gibbs nods with a smile. His little girl has always known what she wanted and been very determined and very aware of what was hers. Shannon has always said Kelly was a daddy's girl and Gibbs is starting to agree with her on that.