Chapter 5 is hereeee.
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Previously
Abby took a cookie and offered the box to the teenager who gladly accepted."
Mmm" Megan said. "
"You should run a bakery from your lab, Abby."
"You should, Abby! Your cookies are really good!" Ziva agreed.
"She shouldn't run a bakery from her lab. She wears strange clothes and strange makeup. She's a weirdo" Bianca cut in as she walked into the bullpen.
"You don't have to be so horrible" Megan told the blonde coolly.
"I have a right to my opinion" she responded with a snap."You don't have to be so horrible" the redhead repeated, anger burning in her.
"I'll go back and see my Grandpa then" Bianca answered before she turned around.
And then she rotated back and aimed a punch at Megan.
Present
Megan caught the punch and glared at Bianca.
"You're not welcome here, Devil's Heir" the blonde snapped before she walked away.
The redhead rushed off after that. She didn't care where she was going. She got into the elevator and pressed a button. The elevator stopped and she got out, running into the nearest room she could find, her body shaking with sobs.
"What's wrong?" A voice asked and Megan jumped.
It was a man with dark brown curly hair, round glasses and scrubs.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't know anyone was here" she said, taking deep breaths as she wiped her cheeks.
"It's fine. Sit down" the man replied.
Megan sat down on a chair while the man sat down on a metal slab.
"I'm Jimmy Palmer, the Medical Assistant here" the man introduced himself.
"I'm Megan Shepard" the teenager responded.
"Why were you crying, Megan?" Jimmy asked.
"There's this girl. She's about to become my stepsister and she seems to dislike me. I want to get to know my Dad but this girl wants him all to herself. She tried to punch me and then said "you're not welcome here, Devil's Heir". I went into the elevator, not caring what button I pressed or where I went, because all I want to do" Megan let out a sob, "all I want to do is go home to my Mom."
"Whoever said this to you isn't worth it, Megan. You're clearly a much nicer person than they are and-" Jimmy was cut off by the doors opening.
"Mr Palmer-" Ducky walked in and saw Megan.
The doctor wrapped the redhead in a hug and kissed her hair.
"You know her, Doctor?" The Medical Assistant asked once the Scotsman and the redhead had broken apart.
"I've known her since the day she was born, Mr Palmer" Ducky answered, "Megan is the reason why I go to Scotland every year."
"I've heard so much about you. Ducky always speaks very highly of you" the redhead told the younger man.
Jimmy blushed.
"Thank you" he said, "that means a lot."
Just then, the doors opened, and Tony, McGee, Abby and Ziva all rushed in.
"Megan?" Abby asked. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine" Megan assured the goth.
"You need to tell Gibbs about Bianca" Tony told the teenager.
"No. I don't want to give her another reason to tease me" the redhead responded.
"Megan, she tried to hit you" McGee said.
"I KNOW!" She shouted, tears in her eyes, "I know she tried to hit me, but I'm not telling Gibbs because I don't want to ruin his happiness!"
"Megan" Ziva whispered and the redhead looked at the Israeli. "This isn't about his happiness, it's about yours."
"Everyone else's happiness always comes before mine" Megan replied, looking the agent straight in the eye before she walked out and got into the elevator again.
She stopped it and burst into tears. The redhead cried and cried into her knees for a few minutes before she wiped the tears from her face and got back up. She turned the elevator on again and went to the floor where she knew there was a bathroom close to the elevator exit.
The teenager rushed right into the bathroom and washed her face, dried it and ducked into a cubicle for a few minutes to calm herself down. She heard someone coming and stayed silent.
"Megan?" A voice asked.
"Are you in here?" A different voice questioned.
Megan remained absolutely quiet, not wanting to give herself away. There were two people outside the cubicle she was in, and she did not want them to discover her.
"Megan?" Abby requested. "Please, just come out. We promise you we won't say anything to Gibbs about what happened, just please let us know you're OK."
The redhead hesitated before she unlocked the door. Abby wrapped her and Ziva in a hug. Megan tried to pull away but it did not work.
"I've only known you guys for about an hour but you're officially the best" she whispered and the older two smiled.
They pulled apart after a few moments and walked out of the bathroom to the squad room. Tony, McGee, Gibbs, Ducky, Hollis and Bianca were all waiting in the bullpen.
"Megan? Are you alright?" Bianca asked, putting her hand on Megan's arm.
Anger and panic erupted in Megan and she stepped back.
"Don't touch me" she snapped.
"I'm sorry" the younger blonde responded and the redhead clenched her teeth, barely managing to stay silent.
"Megan?" Tony questioned. "McGee, Ziva and I, plus Ducky, Abby and Jimmy are all going to get lunch. Do you want to come?"
"Yes please" the teenager replied.
The team, Abby, Ducky, Palmer and Megan all walked out of NCIS and got into Palmer's seven seater. They drove to a diner. They sat down in a booth and began to look at the menus.
"Oh wow" Megan stated, "there's so much stuff on here. I don't know how I'm supposed to choose."
"Well you can have something different because we all come here for lunch everyday usually, unless there's a case. If so, then Tony, Ziva and I all eat in the squad room and Ducky, Abby and Palmer all do their own thing" McGee explained to the redhead and she nodded.
"Gibbs used to come, before he met Hollis" Tony said with a roll of his eyes.
"He used to be really close to us. We used to go over to his house and everything, but not so much anymore" Abby added sadly.
"He cares about you all, I can tell" the redhead told them.
"No he doesn't, Megan. He spends all of his time with Hollis and Bianca" Tony answered.
"He doesn't love Hollis. He might like her, but he definitely doesn't love her" Megan put in.
"How would you know?" Ziva asked quietly.
"Because I watched my best friend's parents fall completely out of love with one another. When I was thirteen they looked at each other with love in their eyes. Slowly the love went away and like took love's place. Eventually they just began to dislike each other, and Alexis's parents got divorced so she and her Mom moved" the redhead stated, staring into space.
"I'm sorry, Megan" McGee sympathised.
"It's not your fault" she answered.
"I wish there was something we could do to help" Jimmy said quietly.
"It's fine" Megan told them.
The others, apart from Ducky, all nodded, clearly unconvinced.
Just then, a waitress walked over to order their drinks.
"What can I get you?" She asked.
"A latte, please" Ziva responded.
"An earl gray tea, please" Ducky put in.
"A Caf-Pow! please" Abby added.
"A coffee with cream and hazelnut, please" McGee said.
"Make that two coffees with cream and hazelnut" Jimmy stated.
"A coffee with just cream, please" Tony requested.
"A glass of tap water, please" Megan finished.
"Coming right up. I'll be back soon to order your food" the waitress replied before she walked away.
"Thanks, Elaine!" Everyone apart from Megan called and the redhead was immediately confused.
"Is calling the person who serves you by their name a normal occurrence in this country?" She asked.
"Elaine's the one who usually serves us" Abby told the teenager.
"Ah, that makes sense now" Megan realized.
They all chose what they wanted and a couple of moments later Elaine walked back over.
"Do you all know what you're having?" She questioned and everyone nodded.
They ordered their food and Elaine walked away. The six of them made small talk until their food arrived. Megan looked at her ham and cheese panini and her eyes widened.
"Oh wow" she said.
The others chuckled and began to eat their food. As soon as they were all done, they had to go. They got in the car and drove back. The six of them walked up to the squad room to see Bianca sitting on Gibbs's desk on her phone.
"She never gets off that" Ziva stated with a roll of her eyes.
"She's your typical popular girl. Designer clothes and shoes and a full face of expensive makeup, not to mention the latest iPhone and acrylic nails" Megan said.
"How do you know so much?" Abby asked.
"I've spent more time with girls of her type than I care to admit" the redhead replied casually with a hint of sadness in her eyes that only Ziva and Ducky caught.
The other three all shared puzzled looks as the six of them walked into the bullpen.
"How was lunch?" Gibbs asked.
"It was good" Tony responded, "how was yours?"
"Fine" the Marine answered.
The team all sat down at their desks and Megan followed Abby back to her lab.
"What do you mean by you've spent more time with girls of Bianca's type?" Abby questioned.
"It doesn't matter" Megan told her with a shake of her head.
"It does to me" the goth said gently.
"I got bullied. After my best friend moved away I was lonely. I had a couple of friends, but one day they just started ignoring me. A few days after they called me names and I started spending my lunchtimes in my English teacher's class, because she's one of the only people that's ever been truly kind to me" the redhead told her.
"I'm so sorry..." Abby said.
"It's fine," the teenager replied, "it's not your fault."
Just then, the door opened and McGee, Tony and Ziva all walked in, making sure to close it behind them.
"Why are you three here? Not that I don't welcome you, of course but-" Abby was cut off by McGee.
"Hollis came downstairs" the computer geek responded.
"Ah" the goth replied.
"What's so bad about Hollis coming downstairs?" Megan asked.
"We can't stand her" Tony said.
"Have you tried getting to know her?" the redhead questioned.
"We tried being kind to her, but she just became crueler and crueler" Ziva told her.
"I just think you should give her another chance" the teenager stated.
"That's easy for you to say, you don't have to deal with her everyday" McGee said before he could stop himself.
Megan looked at him with pain in her eyes and he immediately knew he had gone too far.
"I'm sorry-" he was cut off by Megan.
"Don't apologize, just hear me out" she told him and he, along with the others, nodded, "give her one more chance. If she blows it then you can go back to whatever this is."
The four of them all shared glances before they nodded.
"OK" Tony said, "we'll try."
"Thank you" Megan replied.
"Should we go upstairs?" Ziva asked suddenly.
"I think that's a good idea" McGee said.
"Do you want to come?" Tony asked Megan.
She hesitated before she nodded.
"I can come if you want" Abby offered to the redhead.
"It's up to you" the teenager replied.
"I'll come then" the goth decided.
They all made their way upstairs to see Hollis kissing Gibbs as she sat on his lap. Bianca was still on his desk on her phone and not noticing anything.
"I envy her for not noticing" Megan muttered and the others grinned.
The team all sat on their desks and Abby pulled up two chairs for her and Megan to sit on. Just then, Gibbs and Hollis pulled apart and the blonde got off her fiancé.
"Going for coffee!" The Marine called all of a sudden and walked out.
"Put those chairs back" Hollis snapped at Abby and Megan and they shared glances.
"No" the goth said fiercely.
"You'll do as I say" Hollis snarled.
"I'm not a child" Abby reminded her.
"But she is" the blonde replied, referring to Megan who filled with anxiety.
"Keep away from her" the forensic scientist told the older woman.
"Bianca, come upstairs, so we can get away from these misfits" Hollis said and she and her daughter walked upstairs.
"I'm so sorry. I never realized she was that bad" Megan said, looking down at the floor.
"Do not apologize, you did not know" Ziva told her gently.
"I just hope I'm going to be able to cope during my time here" the redhead stated anxiously.
"Why do you hope that?" A voice questioned and everyone turned around, nervous.
Does anyone know who it is?
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