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A/N: Ok, starting to develop an actual plot for this story in my head…it'll all be clear soon… R&R : )
Gibbs stood in his own, now toy filled, living room in a black suit, waiting for Abby and Kalila to be ready to go. Kalila didn't understand exactly, so he figured she would be, Abbs would probably never be completely ready. A few minutes later Kalila came down the stairs, slowly, holding tightly to the railing.
Gibbs walked up a few stairs and met her, then carried her rest of the way down. He set her down at the bottom. Her hair was once again in her little blonde pig tails, though he did notice that the little ponytail holder things were black, to match her dress.
"Thanks, Gibbs," She said with a smile to which he couldn't help but return with his own smile.
She walked across the room and picked up her teddy bear.
"Can Fuzzy come too?" she asked, and Gibbs nodded as Tony walked into the room, with an almost matching black suit.
"Of course you can, Kals," He said as we scooped her up.
"Good, you're here," said Gibbs, "I'm gonna go up and check on Abbs."
Gibbs went up the stairs, turned right down the hall, and went into the bedroom. Abby was sitting on the bed, head in her hands, crying. Gibbs hated when she cried, and he sat down next to her, arm around her shoulders. She rested her head, in turn, on his shoulder. He managed to calm her down, and she stood up.
"Ok, Kalila's gonna need us today," said Abby, and she left, her black outfit so perfect for the occasion.
Gibbs noticed that she forgot her parasol, he grabbed it, and followed her down the stairs. Where, he noticed, Kalila had switched holders, Abby now had her.
"Thanks," Abby said, eyeing the parasol, with a nice faked smile.
"No problem," He said, and leaned in and kissed her cheek.
"You three ready?" asked Tony from the kitchen, where he had wondered, "Dad wants me and Kalila there in ten minutes."
Tony went out the door, and Gibbs and Abby followed him out.
"So, I am going to meet DiNozzo's dad?" He asked as Abby put Kalila into her car seat.
"Yes," said Tony, and Gibbs wondering look, he sighed, "Lauren was my dad and his first wife's daughter, but when the first wife died, he married my mother and they had me, Lauren always said he remarried my mom too soon. My mom will be there too, though I doubt she'll even remember Kals. She has Alzheimer's which is just another reason why Kalila didn't go to dad."
Gibbs simply nodded as he got into the passenger seat next to Tony, and Abby joined Kalila in the back seat. Tony drove silently to a small funeral home, right on a cemetery. The burial was directly after the funeral service, during which Gibbs sat behind Abby, as she sat in the front, family row, between Kalila and Tony. Kalila kept turning around to see Gibbs, each time he gave her a warm smile and motioned for her to turn around.
As soon as the actual service was over, Gibbs stood up and Kalila turned to him and gestured that she would like to be picked up. He scooped her up and put her on his hip, while Abby turned, teary eyed, to look at him. He leaned over the chairs and gave her a kiss on the forehead. As the rest of the room stood up and left, Gibbs walked, with Kalila still clinging to him, over to the broken family in the front row.
"Hey there Kalila," said the very elderly gentleman in the front row, Gibbs took him to be Tony's father, "Who's this who's got you?"
"Hi," said Gibbs, shaking his hand with his own free hand, "I'm Gibbs, sorry about your daughter, I know how hard it is to loose a daughter."
"Mhmmm," said the man, trying to keep up a good attitude in front of his granddaughter, as Abby came up and Gibbs wrapped his free arm around Abby's shoulders, "Ah, you must be Abby's man."
"Yup, he is," said Abby wiping a stray tear from her eye.
"You ok, Abbs?" asked Gibbs concernedly.
"I'll be fine," She said and Gibbs gave her a knowing look, and then she added, "Eventually."
"Here, I'll trade you," said Gibbs, taking Abby's parasol, gave Abby a quick kiss, and handed her Kalila, who pouted, "Kalila, go with Auntie Abby to the cemetery, ok?"
"Ok," She said, and Abby left with her reluctantly.
"Wow," said Tony as he came up to them, "She's bonded to you incredibly fast. Dad, I have seen you met my boss."
"Yes, the nice man who's with Abby and who my granddaughter has bonded to so quickly, I am not blind, Anthony," Mr. DiNozzo said, "Go, bring your mother to the grave, I'll catch up with you in a minute."
Tony left immediately, his mother on his arm, which left Gibbs and Mr. DiNozzo alone now, in the room.
"We should probably get going now," said Gibbs, "Holding up the burial."
"Wait," said Mr. DiNozzo, and he glared at Gibbs, "I just want to make it clear, I see Abby as a second daughter, and if you hurt her, especially now that you've also bonded with my granddaughter…"
"I couldn't leave Abby ever, and Kalila is one of the most beautiful little girls I have ever met, I am just as bonded to her as she is to me," said Gibbs glaring right back.
"It's just if you're gonna be my granddaughter's father figure I wanna make sure you're gonna stick around," said Mr. DiNozzo.
"I respect that, I know you want what's best for your family," Gibbs said calmly, "Shall we go catch up with everyone else?"
"Yes," said Mr. DiNozzo, and Gibbs led the way outside to the cemetery, where Abby was waiting for him, and he went up and popped open the parasol and handed it to her, as Kalila sat to Abby's left, on the ground.
Gibbs put an arm around her waist, and pulled her close in comfort, as she started to cry into his shoulder once more. Gibbs scanned the graveyard, as Tony walked up next to him, Gibbs noticed three men in black suits, sunglasses, and earwigs and all. Tony must've seen them too. Gibbs followed their non stop gaze as the burial started. They wouldn't stop watching Kalila, innocently watching her mother's casket being lowered into the ground.
"Kalila," said Tony and Gibbs at the same time, in a slight whisper, but Tony was silent as Gibbs continued in a calm tone, "Kalila, come here."
She stood up and walked over to where her Uncle, and Gibbs stood. Tony scooped her up, while Gibbs continued to comfort Abby.
"Uncle Tony, what's going on?" asked Kalila as Tony adjusted her on his hip.
"Nothing, Kals, don't worry about it," said Tony, "Just stay close to Gibbs or me ok?"
Gibbs continued to stare at the men.