A/N: Thanks for all the reviews. Slowly this story is coming to an end. There are only two other chaps left. For disclaimer see part one.

Part 29

Gibbs' complete team had taken holiday, since the wedding was only one week away and all of them were occupied with different matters than work. Abby was still busy with the wedding-gowns. Max and Kate were over at Abby's place several times to try on the dress. Both of them were stunned about what Abby was doing for them.

It was time for Kate friends and Gibbs brother to arrive. They had arranged for all of them to stay at a local Inn, not far from Gibbs' house.

The guys from Las Vegas were the first to arrive. Kate went over to the airport to get them. She already had rented two cars for them for their visit.

Kate entered the arrival area and waited for her friends to come. Finally they came, Gil leading them toward her.

"Katie-bug! It's so good to see you. You look great." Gil said, giving Kate a hug.

"Liar, I'm fat and I don't look great. But thanks for trying. Had a good flight?"

"Perfect, it's not Hawaii but I'm out of the lab. Something that nearly never happens." Greg said.

"Well, it's a special occasion. How about dinner tonight with my friends and co-workers? And you will meet the second couple that is going to marry on Saturday." Kate asked while going to the cars.

"Sounds good. I really would like to meet the persons you are close now. And I would like to see Gibbs again." Gil said.

"Whoa, you want to see someone again? I'm surprised. Cath, what did you do to him?" Kate asked smiling, knowing about Gil's social skills.

"I don't know. Since the night you left Vegas, he was speaking about nothing else but Gibbs and you. Both of you had him really impressed. The next thing he is going to do is asking you to show your workplace." Catherine explained.

"I can do this but actually we are all off work. But I can give you the grand tour." Kate smiled. "I rented you some rooms at a local Inn, not far from my new home. It's best you follow me with your rental cars. I suppose none of you had been here before?"

"No, that's the first time. So lead the way, Katie."

They all got in one of the cars and followed Kate to the Inn.

"Hello Mrs. Sanchez." Kate greeted the woman behind the clerks' desk.

"Ms. Todd, your guests finally arrived?"

"Only the first part of it. More coming in tomorrow and on Friday. Let's see how many rooms we will need."

Gil and Catherine were taking a room together with Lindsey. Nick and Sara were taking a room, too. That left Warrick together with Greg.

"Why is it ever me that is stuck with Greg?" Warrick asked.

"Get yourself a girl and Greg is all for himself." Nick said grinning.

"Perhaps I can help with this task. At least I can show you a person, who can keep Greg some company this week." Kate said.

"Great. Is it a girl? Young? Sexy?" Greg asked excited.

"Thanks Kate, now I can't get him down until he sees this person." Warrick complained.

"You will meet her tonight. I think you will get some rest now? We have enough time tonight and the rest of the week. We'll show you the city another day, probably together with Jethro's family. One of his brothers and his family is coming in tomorrow. They haven't seen each other in about 15 years."

"Okay, I'm happy that we just can spend some time with you. And with my little family." Gil kissed Cath on the forehead.

"Get a room, guys." The rest of their team and Lindsey said in union.

"I'll swing by at seven so we can go to the restaurant together." Kate said and left for her home.

At seven o'clock Kate and Gibbs knocked on the doors of their guests. All of them were ready and eager to leave; especially Greg.

About twenty minutes later they arrived at the restaurant they had picked out. They went straight to a separate room, just for them. The team from NCIS was already waiting for them.

"Kate, Boss-man finally you are there." Abby greeted them.

"Well, it's kind of difficult to get seven persons ready at the same moment. How about I introduce you all?" Kate asked and started to introduce all off them. Then they got seated. Abby sat between Greg and McGee. McGee wasn't happy with this, since Abby started almost immediately to talk to Greg about work. Greg on the other hand began to flirt with Abby, something McGee didn't like either. Nick and Sara sat next to Greg, but they were busy with themselves, being a couple in love. Tony sat next to Max and on his other side Warrick took a seat. Next to him sat Ducky and soon both of them were talking – okay most of the talking did Ducky, but Warrick didn't seem to mind. Lindsay sat next to Max and her mother, who sat next to Gil with Kate on his other side. Of course Gibbs was seated next to Kate.

Soon a very lively conversation was going, most about how Kate and Gil meet and became friends all those years ago. Gil had quiet a reputation among the NCIS team. Especially Abby had read about him and his great success in the investigation field. So it was only rationally to talk about work, but it wasn't the normal work talk but each of them spoke about difficult cases they had solved.

It was a nice evening but about one a.m. all of them were too tired to keep their eyes open. So all of them got home or to the inn, promising to spend the next day together.

the next day

Michael had just called Gibbs on his cell phone to tell him that his plane had just landed. Gibbs promised to get him and take him to the Inn. Kate was away to spent some time together with Grissom, Catherine and Lindsey, while he stayed at home to work a little bit on his boat. God knew when he would find some time again to work on her.

So Gibbs went to the airport to get this older brother and his family. He was really eager to see them. All he knew about Michael's family that he was married and had four children. He had even met them once but since Michael moved to Russian they had lost contact. They called each other but they never spoke about family matters.

Arriving at the airport he immediately recognized his brother. But he was totally surprised to see the bunch of people which surrounded him.

"Leroy, my brother!" Michael shouted grinning, when he saw Gibbs entering the waiting area. He just knew how much Gibbs hated his first name.

"Michael, stop calling me like this or I have to place you on the next plane back to Mother Russia.", Gibbs said grinning, giving his brother a hug. "It's so good to see you. How have you been and where did you get all those people from? Some store in Russia where you can rent persons to act as family?"

"I see you are funny like ever, Jethro. But no, they are not rented. They all belong to me or at least the biggest part of them. Well, I was busy starting a family not like one of my other brothers." Michael teased him.

"Well, you will be surprised I think. But you will see tonight. You are all going to have dinner together with my fiancée Kate. She is looking forward to meet you."

"Where is she by the way? I really hoped to meet her now. She must be one kind of a woman when she was able to get you in front of an altar again. I remember all to clear what you said after your last divorce." Michael said.

"Kate is really one kind of a woman. She is all I ever wanted. She's with some friends of her. You will meet them sometime this week, I'm sure of that. I think you all will like them. So how about we get you all settled in your Inn?" Gibbs asked. The children were getting cranky and one of the babies had just begun to cry.

"I think that's a very good idea."

They went to a rental car service and rented some cars for Gibbs' family members. Soon they were on the way to the Inn, where they got some rooms. Gibbs promised to get them at seven o clock for their dinner date.

When Gibbs got back home, Kate was already back from her visit by Grissom.

"Hi darling, I take you got Michael from the airport?" Kate asked when Gibbs entered the house.

"Hi. Yes I got him and his family. They are more than I supposed. You will meet them tonight at the dinner. He already asked about you."

"Well, I'm really looking forward to meet your other brother. So they are a big family?" Kate asked curious.

"You can say that. I never got all of their names. I'm not even sure I was introduced to all of them. But I think Mike will introduce both of us properly tonight at dinner."

"Oh dinner again. I just hope the wedding is soon over. With all those dinner dates I'm really getting fat." Kate complained.

"Honey, you are pregnant with twins. You are supposed to gain weight."

"But you are not the one who has the problem with loosing weight afterwards." Kate returned and went to take a shower.

Seven o' clock sharp Gibbs and Kate arrived at the Inn. All of Gibbs' family was ready to go, well that was one of the advantages by growing up with military; you know how to get ready at a deadline.

Kate was surprised, too when she saw all the persons. Gibbs had told her, he had a smaller family than her own but she was really thinking he was wrong with that.

They got to small bistro, Michael knew from the time he spent in the DC area. Both Kate and Gibbs had never been there before, just like the rest of the family. Most of them were for the first time into the US.

Gathering around a table, Michael introduce his family.

First there was his wife Amanda. She was a tall, dark haired US citizen. She worked with Navy, too. That was the way the both of them met. At first Amanda had been his secretary but time moved on and they felt in love. They were married since 28 years and they were still in love, everyone could tell.

Next was the first pair of twins; the 27-years old Jack and Meredith. Both of them took after their mother, they just looked like her with the same hair and eye color.

Jack was married to Amy and they had twins, too. Mandy and Sandy were just 10 months old. Kate was totally taken by the babies.

Meredith was married to a Norwegian named Lee van dar Varth. He was a scientist, working for some great laboratories. They had a four year old daughter named Nicole.

Then there was the next set of twins; the 23-years old Bradley and Christian. Both of them looked like a much younger version of Jethro Gibbs. Both of the boys had taken along their girlfriends, Violet and Megan. They fit perfectly well into this family since the girls were twins themselves.

The last set of twins was named Elisabeth and Gabriella. They both looked like a mixture between Amanda and Michael. They just turned 15 and Gibbs didn't know that they even existed.

Again they talked about how they have met and how Kate was able to drag Gibbs in front of the altar again. Kate did like this part of Gibbs family much. She was really looking forward to see Gibbs twin and his family. But Kate was sure about one thing; this was a great family she was going to marry.

The evening they spent together was very nice, but even the best night had to end. So Gibbs and Kate walked Michael and his family to the Inn and went home themselves.

The next guests arrived on Wednesday. This time they were from Max and Tony's side. Tony had sent his private plane up to Seattle to gather OC and her gang together with Shang, Bling and his wife and Asha. When they arrived, Max and Tony went to the airport to get them. Like the rest of the wedding party, they would stay at the same Inn as Gibbs' guests. Of course Max spent most of her time with her friends. After all she hadn't seen them in quiet some time. Tony spent most of his time with his friends, too.

On the same day, Jess and Charlie would arrive. Since they knew their way around it was not necessary to get them. They went straight to Gibbs' house, where Kate and Gibbs were getting ready for dinner. Gibbs was the one who opened the door.

"Jess, Charlie! Glad you made it. Come in, we were just about to have dinner. Of course you are staying. Kate is in the bedroom, but I'm sure she will be down any minute." Gibbs said when everyone was inside. And just in that moment, Kate came down the stairs.

"Jess, Charlie." She said when she sow their guests. She was happy to see them again.

"Kate, you look great." Charlie said and got to her to hug her. When he was finished with that, Kate saw the four other persons for the first time. There were again two sets of twins, Kate hadn't seen previous.

"I didn't know, you had children of your own. I never have seen them when we visit you?" Kate said.

"They were at my mothers house for the weekend, so you didn't see them. How about we introduce you?" Jess asked.

"At first there are the older twins Phillip and Isabelle and the younger ones are Madison and Hunter. Guys this is Kate, she is going to be your aunt in a few days." All of them said hello to her. Kate was sure surprise to see the children.

"Okay, now I definitively know that twins run in your family." Said Kate grinning.

"What is that supposed to mean?", Jess asked.

"Nothing special, just everyone in this family has twins. No wonder I end up pregnant with twins." Kate said and laughed.

Together they had dinner and it was a very nice evening.

On Thursday Kate's family arrived. Kate wasn't looking forward to it, but it was her family after all. In the evening their was a big dinner, with all guests from both couples. It was the first time all of them were together. They were all introduced and soon little groups were forming between them. Abby and Greg spend most of the time together, since they had arrived from Vegas. Nick and Sara were together, just like Grissom and Cath. Lindsey was playing with the children around. She was soon making friends. Warrick was chasing OC since she was the only other afro-American person around. He didn't know that she was lesbian. Tony tried his best to get Asha to meet McGee. He personally thought, they would fit together perfectly well.

At the end of the evening, Asha and McGee were close just as OC and Warrick. Seemed like she had forgotten, that she didn't like guys.

It was the night before the wedding should take place. Abby got everything ready, even the gowns for Max and Kate. But she didn't tell any more details about the wedding itself.

Kate and Gibbs were at the house. Kate was taking a hot relaxing bath, while Gibbs sat in front of the newly brought television set. The table was set for dinner; all he was waiting for was Kate.

Then the door bell rang. They weren't expecting anyone and Gibbs wasn't really exited to answer the door. Normally it meant trouble but on the other side it could be important.

So he went to open the door and was really shocked to see the person on the other side. There stood a woman about 40 years old with long red hair and a face that hadn't changed much in the last 25 years.

"Hello Jethro, may I come in?" The woman asked, giving him a smile.

Gibbs got away from the door so the woman could enter, too shocked to act any other way.

"What are you doing here?" he finally asked. That was the moment Kate came back from her bath.

"Jethro, who is this woman?" She asked, not knowing her. But Kate didn't have a good gut-feeling.

A/N: Guess how is coming? More in the next chapter.