I'M BACK PEEPS
Hey guys, how's it going? I HAVE RETURNED. I'm so sorry I was away for so long, writer's block decided to get in the way. Anyway, I have returned with another chapter featuring my beloved OC Megan whom I have already formed an emotional attachment to which is not a surprise.
Also, nineteen days until Christmas!!!! I have a Christmas songfic that I'm going to post at some point, and that's all there is really. I might post a oneshot or two also, but we'll see.
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Previously
They got out of the car and went to the door. Ducky rang the doorbell and a man with salt and pepper hair answered.
"Hey, Duck. How was-" the man was cut off when he saw Megan. "Who're you?"
"My name is Megan. Megan Shepard. I am your daughter" Megan replied.
Present
The man was shocked.
"My daughter?" He asked.
Megan nodded.
"My Mom is Jenny Shepard" she stated.
The man turned to Ducky.
"You knew that Jen had a daughter and that it was mine? Why did you not tell me?" The man asked.
"Jennifer did not want you to feel like Megan was a replacement" Ducky replied.
"Replacement? What do you mean?" The man asked.
"A replacement for Kelly" Megan said quietly.
"If she thought that I-" Gibbs was cut off as a thought came into his head, "I never told her about Shannon and Kelly."
Ducky and Megan shared glances.
"But if you didn't, who did?" The redhead asked.
"I don't know" Gibbs replied honestly before he stepped out of the doorway, "come in."
They walked in and a blonde woman and a similar looking teenage girl around Megan's age were sitting on the sofa.
"Ducky, how nice to see you again" the woman said sweetly before she turned to Megan, "may I ask your name?"
"You may. My name is Megan Shepard" the redhead replied.
"I'm Hollis, and this is my daughter, Bianca" Hollis said and Megan smiled politely at them both.
"Megan, let me show you to your room" the man stated and Megan nodded.
They walked up the stairs and the man took Megan to a room with floral wallpaper and a white bed with a pale blue duvet set on it.
"I never formally introduced myself" the man realized before he put his hand out for Megan to shake it and she did, "Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, but you can just call me Gibbs."
"It is nice to meet you, Gibbs" Megan replied.
Gibbs smiled slightly.
"I'll leave you to unpack" he said before he left and Megan began to do just that.
Half an hour later, Megan was done and she went back downstairs. Ducky was talking to Gibbs and Hollis while Bianca was on her phone. They were all on the sofa. Megan stood in the doorway before Gibbs gestured to in between him and Ducky. Megan sat down and did not pay attention to what they were talking about.
"Megan?" Gibbs said suddenly, "would you like something to eat?"
"Yes please" Megan replied.
She and Gibbs walked through to the kitchen and he gestured to each of the cupboards and the fridge and told her what was in each of them.
"Help yourself" he said.
Megan grabbed two slices of bread and looked at the toaster.
"Uh, Gibbs?" She asked, "how do I use this toaster?"
"You've never used this type of toaster before?" He questioned incredulously.
"Nope, we have a different one at home" she stated.
He took her pieces of bread and stuck them in the toaster.
"Just push this down" he told her as he pushed the lever down, "it'll pop when it's ready. If it's not enough for you, push it down another time."
"Thank you" Megan said as Gibbs walked out.
Megan grabbed a plate, a knife and the butter. Her toast popped but it was not up to Megan's standards so she put it once more. She took it out and put it on a plate before she sat down at the table and ate both of the slices. She was putting her plate in the dishwasher just as Bianca walked in.
"Hi there, I'm Bianca" she said with a sugary sweet smile, holding out her hand to Megan which the redhead took.
"Hi, I am Megan" Megan replied politely.
"So you're from Scotland then?" Bianca asked, "what's it like there?"
"It is quite cold, and much smaller than America" Megan told her.
"I heard. I also got told that your cities are much smaller than the ones here. How do you live?" Bianca questioned.
"Edinburgh is quite small compared to London, but it's home" Megan said.
"What type of phone do you have?" Bianca asked her.
"Motorola G2" the redhead replied.
"I didn't know they still made phones!" Bianca cried, clearly disgusted, "I have an iPhone 6S. I got it the day it was released. My Grandpa bought it for me."
Megan nodded silently.
"What's your favourite clothes store?" Bianca questioned.
"Next or Debenhams. What are yours?" Megan said.
"Abercrombie and Fitch. Best store ever. The stuff's really cool" the blonde told her.
"I've heard" Megan stated.
"So how much money do you have? Your clothes look like they came out of a thrift store" Bianca said, wrinkling her nose.
"We have enough to buy us the basics and a little more" Megan replied coolly.
"What's the basics? Lots of clothes?" Bianca asked her.
Megan resisted the urge to roll her eyes.
"No, food, water, clothes, shelter and warmth" she told the blonde.
Bianca looked at her, clearly confused, before she walked away. Ducky sat down in Bianca's place.
"How did you find her?" He asked the girl who was like a granddaughter to him.
"A cross between Lacey Chabert and Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls" she muttered before they both burst into laughter.
"You and Anthony are going to get on well" Ducky told her, the smile still on his face
"I can't wait to meet them all" Megan said with a grin.
"And I can't wait for them to meet you" the doctor informed the redhead.
Megan yawned, looking at her watch.
"I'm gonna head to bed. I'm exhausted from the flight" she said and Ducky nodded.
"Goodnight, my dear" he stated.
"Night" she responded.
Megan walked upstairs, changed into her pyjamas and went straight to sleep.
NCIS
"Ugh" Megan groaned as she checked her watch.
03:00.
'I'll try and go back to sleep' she thought.
And so, Megan tried to go back to sleep for the next hour.
'Stuff that' she thought, 'I'll read instead.'
Megan read until 7 and then she got dressed and walked downstairs. Gibbs, Ducky and Hollis were already there.
"How did you sleep, Megan?" Ducky asked.
"Jet lag decided to wake me up at three, but I got eleven hours, so that's good" she shrugged as she sat down.
"What do you want for breakfast?" Gibbs questioned.
"Toast please" she replied.
"Help yourself" the Marine told her.
Megan nodded as she got up and walked over to the cupboards. She grabbed some bread and put it in the toaster.
"Gibbs?" She asked, "would I be able to have a glass of water too?"
"Of course. The glasses are in the cupboard above the sink" Gibbs informed her.
Megan opened the cupboard and pulled out a glass. She filled it up with water and placed it on the surface. Her toast eventually popped up so she put it on the plate, grabbed her glass and sat down at the table.
"You, Ducky, Hollis, Bianca and I are all going to go into NCIS today" Gibbs told Megan, "are you OK with that?"
"Yeah" Megan said.
Bianca came down an hour later. She got her breakfast and then it was time to go. Gibbs and Ducky got in the front and Hollis, Bianca and Megan got in the back. They drove to NCIS and when they got there, Hollis, Bianca and Megan all got visitor's badges. Ducky went downstairs to Autopsy and the other four went into the elevator. Gibbs pressed the button for the next floor up and then the top floor.
"I need to see the Director" he explained to Megan who nodded, "and these two are going to see Hollis's Dad who is the Assistant Director."
The elevator reached the floor above relatively quickly. Megan walked out of the elevator and the doors closed. Dread filled her and her throat tightened. She couldn't breathe. Tears were rolling down her face now. A foreign woman walked over.
"Look at me" she said gently and Megan looked at her, "copy my breathing."
"I can't" the redhead breathed through her tears.
"Yes you can. Copy my breathing" the woman repeated and she empathised her breathing.
The teenager shook her head.
"You're going to have to either breathe yourself or you're going to have to copy mine" the woman told her.
Megan copied the woman's breathing and her own slowed. She burst into tears right after and the woman rubbed the teenager's back in a soothing manner as she cried. Eventually, Megan's crying stopped.
"Thank you" the redhead said, wiping her cheeks.
"You are very welcome. May I ask your name?" The woman asked her.
Megan nodded.
"Megan Shepard" she told the woman.
"I am Ziva. Ziva David" the woman replied, "where are you supposed to be?"
"I came with Agent Gibbs. He's gone to see the Director" Megan informed her.
"I will take you to where he works then" Ziva said to her and the redhead nodded.
The two of them walked to the bullpen to where a man wearing a suit was throwing paper balls at a man on his computer.
"Stop throwing paper balls at him, Tony!" Ziva snapped, her eyes flashing.
Megan's eyes widened.
"I knew I recognized your name!" She told Ziva, "Ducky told me about you all!"
"You know Ducky?" The man on the computer asked.
"I've known him my whole life. He's like a grandfather to me" the redhead replied, "I'm Megan Shepard, Gibbs's daughter."
"Gibbs never told us he had a daughter" the man in the suit said.
"That's because he never knew until last night" the teenager informed him.
"If you don't mind me asking, where are you from?" The man on the computer questioned.
"I'm from Edinburgh" the redhead stated.
The other three all nodded.
"I'm McGee by the way. Tim McGee" the man on the computer said.
"Nice to meet you, McGee" Megan replied.
"I'm Anthony. Friends call me Tony which backwards is "Y not"" the man in the suit told her.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Tony" the redhead told him with a smile.
Suddenly, he looked at her top and his eyes widened.
"You like Star Wars?!" He cried.
"Of course" Megan replied, "who doesn't?"
"Gibbs" the other three chorused.
"That is just rude" the teenager stated.
"Right?!" McGee asked.
"My Mom and Ducky both like it. Star Wars marathons with them are always the highlight of my summer" the teenager told them with a fond smile.
"Hollis and Bianca hate it" Tony informed her and the grin fell off her face to an expression of confusion.
"I don't get why they're after Gibbs. They strike me as marrying for money type of people" Megan said.
The team all shared looks.
"What?" The teenager asked.
"He's being headhunted for a promotion" Ziva informed her quietly, "they want to make him Head of the Major Case Response Teams. The promotion also means he'll get a big pay rise."
"Oh, now that makes sense" Megan stated.
"It also means we're going to have to deal with them permanently" McGee said with a roll of his eyes.
"Wow, you really hate them" the teenager observed.
"Hate whom?" A woman in black asked as she walked into the bullpen.
"Hollis and Bianca" Tony explained.
The woman nodded before she turned to Megan.
"Who're you?" She asked the redhead.
"Megan Shepard. I'm Gibbs's daughter" Megan replied.
The goth woman grinned.
"Abby Sciuto, Caf-Pow addict and forensic science extraordinare" she informed the redhead.
"It's a pleasure to meet you" Megan said.
"It's nice to meet you too" Abby replied before her eyes widened, "Gibbs never told us he had a teenage daughter!"
"That's because I never knew, Abs" a voice said from behind Megan and the redhead jumped.
Her breathing sped up and she took deep breaths, tapping her finger on her thigh. Only Ziva noticed and gave the redhead a reassuring smile.
"Megan, where's Ducky?" Gibbs asked.
"Here, Jethro!" Ducky called as he walked into the bullpen.
The doctor stood beside Megan and squeezed her hand briefly.
"Megan, I take it you've met my team?" He asked and Megan nodded, "what did they tell you?"
"Just that you hate Star Wars" she replied.
Gibbs nodded his head before he turned to his team.
"Paperwork" he said, gesturing to their desks and they all groaned.
"You can come with me if you want" Abby offered.
"Sure" Megan shrugged before she followed the goth to the elevator.
They got into the metal box and Abby pressed the button for the floor below. A couple of seconds of silence later, the elevator dinged and the forensic scientist got out, the redhead following.
"What do you want to do? I've got solitaire, a bicarbonate and vinegar volcano or we could make cinnamon cookies" Abby offered, "it's not much though."
"Could we make cookies?" Megan asked shyly.
"Of course!" Abby replied.
She got the recipe and the two set up the ingredients and began to make the biscuits. When the mixture was done, Abby grabbed a couple of tripods and Bunsen burners. She put one tripod on top of a Bunsen burner and she and Megan made balls of the cookies before putting them onto the tripods.
"They shouldn't take long" the goth told the redhead who nodded.
After a few moments of silence, Abby spoke up.
"What's your favorite subject?" She asked.
"English. What was yours?" Megan replied.
"Chemistry. Favourite book?" Abby questioned.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yours?" Megan said.
"I don't really have one. Favourite song?" The goth asked.
"Fix You by Coldplay. How about you?" The redhead replied.
"The Sensory Gate Aura Mix of Halo by Collide" Abby told her.
"I've never actually heard that" Megan informed the goth.
"I can put it on if you want" Abby offered.
"Sure" Megan said with a smile.
Abby and Megan went through to Abby's office. They put in the CD, Abby found the track and she pressed play.
"This is actually really good!" Megan cried.
"I'm glad you think so" Abby replied with a grin.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Are you expecting anyone?" The redhead asked the goth.
"I'm not" she told the teenager.
They walked through to the other room and opened the door.
"Hello Megan."
CLIFFHANGERRRRRR *screams*.
Wow I'm not calm am I? XD.
THAT was long. Really really long. But I prefer to write long chapters *shrugs*.
Thank you all for reading this. I love you all to the moon and back x