Wow, I did not expect this story to be this popular, 15 reviews, and soo many suggestions as to where this is going, with only one chap too! Wow, I just want to thank all of you. I hope this update is quick enough, I have a few more chaps written, and hope the get them typed up soon, alright, now, read:P
"First day of school, and you're already hurt" Shannon sighed, carefully cleaning the wound on her daughters head.
"It wasn't my fault" Kelly spoke up.
"The nurse said you tripped" her mother reminded her.
Kelly lowered her head slightly, but Shannon moved it back up so she could continue
Leroy Jethro Gibbs, father and husband to the females, watched on in amusement. He had been mad when his daughter had come home hurt, but could tell that there was something more behind it.
"I did trip, but it wasn't my fault" Kelly insisted.
"And how was it not your fault?" Shannon pushed.
Kelly looked at her hands.
"Kelly" Gibbs warned her.
"I was pushed" the girl murmured.
"What?" Shannon gasped, moving around her daughter so they were facing each other.
Gibbs took a step towards them, his face dark. Kelly noticed this and quickly jumped into an explanation.
"I was talking to Harry, a boy I met, when this group of boys came over and started to tease him. They pushed him. I told them it wasn't nice and one of them pushed me" she rambled.
"Why didn't you tell the teachers that they pushed you? Why did you say you tripped?" Gibbs asked her, kneeling to her level.
"I did trip" she told him. "When they pushed me, I tripped over the bench we were sitting on."
"Why didn't you tell the teachers that they pushed you?" Gibbs repeated.
"I couldn't" she said.
"Why not?" Shannon asked.
"Because if I had told, they would have hurt Harry even more. He was all alone when I sat next to him, and I know it was cause of the boys" Kelly replied.
"They hurt you Kells" Gibbs softly said.
"Rule Number One, Daddy" she reminded him.
Gibbs stared at the girl.
"Rule Number One" he whispered. Why did his daughter have to get both his and Shannon's stubborn streaks?
He gave her a soft hug.
"Alright, but if they hurt you again" he warned her.
"I know Daddy" she sighed.
"And you're staying home tomorrow, the nurse said you should" Shannon told her daughter.
"Okay, Mommy" Kelly nodded.
"Now, go do your homework" she said as Gibbs stood up.
Kelly jumped to her feet and ran off.
"No running in the house" Shannon yelled after her.
The red head then turned on her husband.
"Those boys need to be punished" she hissed.
"They will be, if they do it again" Gibbs told her.
"No, for what they did to our daughter, and what they have probably done to that boy" Shannon continued, slapping his shoulder.
"Kelly just wants to help this kid, okay, let her. Shes old enough to make these decisions on her own."
"Leroy Jethro Gibbs, she is nine years old. We are supposed to tell her to report bullies, not to ignore them."
"She isn't ignoring them, she's trying to help a friend."
Shannon harrumphed, and went to leave the room. Gibbs grabbed her arm as she walked past him. He pulled her into his arms and brushed his lips across her temple.
"I don't like that she get hurt any more than you do, but she's showing responsibility and maturity by helping this kid, and I trust her" he told her.
She glared at him.
"If she gets hurt again, I promise, I will do something about it" he whispered.
"If she gets hurt again, it will on your head" she told him.
"I know" he smirked.
Did I get Gibbs? I sure hope so, please tell me, next chap has Harry:P
Oh, and can I get some stuff out of the way now, before anyone tries to suggest them- Kelly is not a witch and Harry does go to Hogwarts, these things are definite.