Sadie seemed to have recovered from her incident the night before. She was in the backseat of his car happily clapping along to the radio. Much to his chagrin Gibbs had put on a country station while he was setting up the car seat. Tony had tried to switch to the Sinatra station and while she liked it. She didn't have the same joyous reaction as she had to the previous station. Part of him hoped that liking the same radio station as her grandfather. Meant that he had gotten a mini girl version of Gibbs. Of course he wouldn't be like his father. He would let his kid develop whatever personality she wanted. As long as she was a good person. He pulled into the parking lot of the daycare center, got out of the car, got Sadie out, and carried her inside.

"Oh hello my I help you?" The receptionist asked.

"Yes I need to get my daughter registered." Tony replied.

"What is her name?" The receptionist asked.

"Sadie DiNozzo" Tony replied.

"What is your name and how are you affiliated with NCIS?" The receptionist asked

"Agent Anthony DiNozzo" Tony replied.

"The Tony DiNozzo? I didn't know you had kids." The receptionist replied.

"It's a long story." Tony replied.

"Alright well what is her date of birth?" The receptionist questioned.

"September 4th 2011" Tony replied.

"Does she have any allergies?" The receptionist asked

"Not that I know of." Tony replied.

"Health issues?" The receptionist asked.

"No" Tony replied.

Potty trained?" The receptionist asked.

"No" Tony replied.

"Who would you put for emergency contacts or allow to pick her up?" The receptionist asked.

"My emergency contacts are Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Jimmy Palmer both of whom are allowed to pick her up but her Emergency contact is Breena Palmer" Tony replied.

"Great and there and your phone numbers?" The receptionist asked.

My number is (202)-986-3143, "Breena Palmer (202)-315-8692, Jimmy Palmer (202)-315-4792, and Jethro Gibbs (202)-596-7438." Tony replied.

"Perfect" The receptionist replied.

McGee looked up from his computer it was almost nine and Tony still hadn't arrived. Normally if somebody was even a second late Gibbs would comment on it. Today he hadn't said anything even when Tony reached the half an hour late mark. Something was definitely up. Gibbs only pardoned tardiness if something was wrong. What if Tony's blood test was for something serious? He didn't think he could handle watching his partner waste away. He knew that Gibbs wouldn't be able to handle it. Maybe he was overreacting. Maybe one of Tony's neighbors had an emergency and he had stepped in to help. Bishop was late too but she had been sent somewhere by Vance. He became more surprised when Bishop entered the bullpen first.

"I was on assignment from the director." Bishop said.

"I got the memo." Gibbs replied.

"McGee where's Tony?" Bishop whispered.

"I don't know but Gibbs isn't saying anything. I hope he doesn't get in too much trouble." McGee replied.

"He called me and said he was having car trouble. He will be in as soon as he can." Gibbs explained.

"Oh well I hope there is nothing too serious wrong with his car." Bishop replied.

"Yeah me too." McGee added.

Tony was surprised by how well Sadie handled being alone. With kids that were abandoned were either super independent or had severe separation anxiety. He guessed with his job it was better to have the independent version. He got in his car and drove back to head quarters. With any luck he hadn't raised too many eyebrows and he could just walk in the bullpen. Apologize profusely to Gibbs and get to his desk without any questions. In a way he wanted to tell the team but he was simply too afraid. He got through security and to the elevator without incident. Giving his car trouble excuse to the guards and Agent Balboa's team who was heading down to the gym for some training. He entered the bullpen and made his way to his desk.

"Your car OK Tony?" McGee asked.

"Yeah it was just a flat tire. I had a jack in my trunk but I didn't want to drive around on it too much." Tony explained.

"Well at least it was an easy repair." Bishop commented.

"Could have waited until after work. Now you are an hour late." Gibbs grunted.

"Sorry Boss" Tony apologized.

"Please don't be too hard on him." McGee begged.

"Yeah he was just thinking of his safety and the safety of everybody else on the road." Bishop added.

"Just don't let it happen again." Gibbs ordered.

"I won't." Tony replied.

Tony sat on the floor of Sadie's room. He and Gibbs had moved the broken bed out that morning. Sadie was sitting on his lap chewing on the teething ring. He had picked up for her on the way home. She looked up at him with her big green eyes. She smiled and clapped her hands.

"Who's got the prettiest green eyes in the world? Sadie!" Tony cooed.

"Daddy too!" Sadie cried.

"Why thank you Miss. Sadie." Tony replied.

"Welcome" Sadie replied.

"You guys are so cute." Gibbs commented from the doorway.

"Thanks Boss" Tony replied.

"Thanks Boss." Sadie echoed.

"Is dinner ready?" Tony asked.

"It will be about fifteen more minutes." Gibbs replied.

"Great I'm starving." Tony replied.

"You know that she is going to need a new bed." Gibbs observed.

"You couldn't fix the old one?" Tony asked.

"No the wood was rotting. It was exposed to the elements and not taken care of for almost thirty years. So I guess it was bound to happen. I am sorry." Gibbs explained.

"It's OK stuff happens I am just glad that Sadie wasn't hurt." Tony replied.

"Me too" Gibbs replied.

"You want to go the furniture store with us ? If we use your truck we won't have to deal with delivery charges." Tony offered.

"I would like that. When are you going?" Gibbs questioned.

"Don't know when I have time. She can sleep in my bed until I can get her a replacement." Tony replied.

"Just be careful you don't roll on top of her." Gibbs warned.

"That happened one time! And I thought McGee had gone downstairs to use the computer!" Tony cried.

"You boys woke up half the hotel that night." Gibbs teased.

"Hey McGee was the one who screamed like a lady being murdered!" Tony snapped.

"You yelled to." Gibbs commented.

"Yeah but only after I was pushed out of the bed and hit the side table!" Tony shot back.

"Daddy do that a lot." Sadie observed.

A/N: As far as I know all the phone numbers I gave for the characters are fake. The team is getting suspicious. How long can Tony keep his secret? New chapter soon please review and thanks for reading.