1990

Gibbs wakes up when he feels someone is poking the back of his shoulders. He recognizes the feeling of his little girl playing with her little dolls on his back. She is also singing a little Christmas song. He almost always sleeps on his stomach so ever since Kelly was little when she slept in her parents' bed she always woke up before her parents. She would go into her room and get her little dolls and she would sit in between her parents and play on her dad's back. over the years Gibbs has gotten used to it and actually started to like it. Just lying in bed listening to his little girl letting her imagination run wild was something he always enjoyed. Gibbs turns his head but is careful not to move his torso too much to not ruin his little girl's play. He looks over at Shannon. she is peacefully asleep.

"Morning sweetie. Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas daddy," Kelly says not looking away from her dolls. She seems too occupied with her dolls to pay any attention to her parents.

"is mommy awake?" Kelly asks without looking over at her mom.

"no, she is still asleep."

"can I wake her up?" Kelly asks eagerly and looks over at her dad.

"no. how about you and I go downstairs and make Christmas breakfast?" Gibbs asks. The little girl nods eagerly with a big smile and jumps out of her parents' bed and forgetting everything about her dolls that are still on her Dad's back.

Shannon has woken up by the smell of freshly made coffee and the smell of pancakes and bacon. She smiles when she hears her husband and daughter walking up the stairs.

"can I wake mommy up now?" Kelly asks. She is trying to whisper but she is too excited to be quiet.

"sure," Gibbs says. Shannon lays down under her cover to not ruin her daughter's wake up plan, but she then hears Gibbs ask Kelly where she is going. "I just need to get something." She hears Kelly say and then the door to the bedroom is opened and Gibbs walks in. he smiles at Shannon who is just peeking over the cover.

"morning." He says and sits down on the bed. She reaches over and slides her hand down his chest over his grey Marine T-shirt. He lays down next to her and kisses her.

"you know Kelly is going to be in here soon," Gibbs says in between receiving passionate kisses from his wife. Kelly comes into the bedroom and jumps into her parents' bed and squeezes herself down between them.

"daddy… I wanted to wake mommy up." The little girl says a bit disappointed.

"I was already awake, sweetie," Shannon says defending her husband. She rubs a hand on Kelly's back. "I could smell that you and daddy made bacon and pancakes." The little girl smiles and nods eagerly.

"I flipped a pancake… all by myself." the little girl sounds so excited about her accomplishment. Shannon sits up and places a kiss on her little girl's forehead before she lays down under her cover again. Both Gibbs and Shannon notice the sneaky smile on Kelly's face.

"what do you have behind your back?" Gibbs asks. Kelly giggles sneakily and lays down in between her parents. Gibbs is laying on his side resting his head on his hand that is popped up on his elbow. They are just waiting to see what Kelly is up to. Kelly takes out the little mistletoe that she got last year at a street marked and she holds it over her head and Shannon's at the same time. "look, daddy." Kelly giggles. Gibbs and Shannon look at each other and then sit up and kiss each other in front of Kelly, to Kelly's big and unpleasant surprise.

"no daddy," Kelly says and pushes her dad down on the bed by his chest. Kelly is pinning her dad down to the bed by leaning on his chest.

"not fair daddy." Both Gibbs and Shannon are laughing.

"Mommy… not fair." Kelly says looking over at her mom. "I wanted a kiss from daddy," Kelly says almost with tears in her eyes. Gibbs sits up and holds his little girl in his arms and gives her a kiss on her forehead. She leans her head against his chest while looking accusing at her mom. Gibbs and Shannon share a glance before Gibbs lifts Kelly over to sit in between her parents. Shannon takes the little mistletoe from Kelly and holds it above Kelly's head. Both her parents lean in and places a kiss on each side of her face and the little girl giggles heartfelt.