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"Tony." Lila's voice was dangerous and everyone stepped back from her. Gabriel even moved himself and the twins out of the way so it was just Tony on his own facing his girlfriend. "What...were you...supposed to do?"
"It's nothing bad!" Tony defended himself. He held his hands up in surrender.
"Then what is it?" Lila asked, her tone softening.
"Well it's...it's just..." Tony tried to speak but frowned. "I don't want anything else drawing attention from Nicky's birthday."
"It's not my birthday anymore, dad! It's so late, it's after midnight," Nicky pointed out with a sneaky little grin.
"Well then...umm..." Tony stuttered for one of the only times in his life. He felt far too unprepared for this. Hell, he didn't even have a ring. He started picturing how he wanted to do this and as he pictured the ring he felt a weight in his pocket. Blinking, he patted his pocket, feeling a shape inside. He looked over at Gabriel who was smiling innocently. Too innocently.
"Tony, hey, you still in your mind?" Lila asked.
"Huh? Oh...uh...yeah." Tony replied. He sighed then rolled his eyes slightly as Gabriel gave him thumbs up. "Okay...well...umm...Lila..."
"Tony." Lila answered, carefully. She was starting to get worried.
"Dude just do it already." Dean complained.
"Does everyone know something I don't know?" Lila asked, looking around. Nicky and Abigail had come to join them and even they had smiles on their faces. Lila turned back to Tony only to find him down on his knee. She froze and stared at him
"Quick Nicky, mommy's going to want to see this." Abigail whispered. Nicky turned on the camera and set it to video before starting to record his parents.
"Delilah Curtis...you know better than anyone that unless I'm trying to smooth talk someone...I'm not good with words." Tony stated. He took Lila's hand and chewed on his lower lip a bit. Everyone who knows Anthony DiNozzo knew that he had no problem with getting attention but something like this it just felt weird having so many eyes on them.
"Dude just do it the easy way." Dean pointed out, crossing his arms with a smirk on his face.
"SHH!" Nicole, Nicky and Abigail all hissed towards Dean. He blinked, looking a little startled. Lila smiled slightly as she looked down at Tony. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the little box.
"Okay...umm...Lila." Tony said carefully. "Will you marry me?" He opened the box and glanced quickly at the ring, surprised to find it looking like the exact one he was thinking about. White gold band with a diamond on the middle cut to the shape of a heart with two smaller tear cut ones either side of it.
Tony's back hit the floor as Lila collided with him, her hands clasping his face as she kissed him softly. His eyes widened slightly feeling momentarily disoriented before succumbing to the kiss.
"I'm guessing that's a yes then." Sam pointed out.
"Lila, we don't need to see you guys do that." Nicole commented. "Now just say the word."
"Yes!" Lila exclaimed, pulling away from the kiss for only a second before going back. Everyone, except for Nicky who was holding the camera still, clapped. Tony finally managed to get the ring around Lila's finger. Abigail nudged Nicky and he turned completely to look at her, turning the camera her way as well.
"Wasn't that just sweet mommy?" Abigail asked the camera, giggling slightly. Nicky grinned and shook his head, muttering something about girls being mushy.
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In the excitement after the proposal, Dean tried to sneak away upstairs away from the commotion, but Gabriel met him at the top of the stairs, after having put the twins to bed.
"Where do you think you're going Dean-o?" the angel demanded.
"Just checking on Annie, Gabe, that's all," the hunter answered. "I'd like to see for myself how she is doing."
"She wanted to rest, Dean," Gabriel blocked Dean's progress toward the bedroom door. "And she didn't want to be surrounded by everyone here. She doesn't remember everything yet. I don't want anyone to push her."
"I am not everyone," Dean countered. "She's like family to me and Sam. I have known her since I was four years old. And she already seems to remember me a bit."
"Five minutes," Gabriel said, stepping aside. "Then I pull you out myself if you haven't left."
Dean knocked on the door and went. He found Annie lying on the bed, but she was awake.
"Hey there. How are you doing?" he ventured.
"Its pie guy," Annie smiled weakly as she sat up. "Come in and have a seat."
"I don't have too long. You guard dog isn't planning on letting me stay. I heard you started to remember."
"A little. Gabriel and the kids mostly."
"What, my ruggedly handsome face doesn't ring any bells for you?"
"Oh, please," she sighed. "It just says 'pie' to me. You always wanted pie, every time I ever saw you." She closed her eyes for a second. "Ever since you were a kid and first came to my house…Dean, right?"
"That's right. Sammy and I have been coming around since we were little. It's good to know you didn't completely forget us."
"Sammy? The really tall guy? He's your brother, right? The one with the wife and the little girl about the twins' age?"
"Yes...wait, no!" Dean exclaimed. "Sammy's not married. He doesn't even have a girlfriend, let alone a kid. That woman was Nicole, and her daughter is Mackenzie. Just friends, part of Lila and Tony's family."
"Oh…I could've sworn…guess it's just my messed up head," Annie grimaced. "So what was all the commotion going on downstairs?"
"Tony finally asked Lila to marry him, after being in love with her for ten years and having an eight year old son together," Dean responded.
"Tony and Lila," Annie scrunched up her nose. "More friends? Do you think it will ever all come back to me? My memory, that is?"
Dean sighed and took Annie's hand, wondering why all the people he cared about were always killed or damaged by all the evil in the world. He swore to himself that he was going to help find what did this to Annie and put an end to it, whatever it was.
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Tony was surprised how smooth things were once they all returned home. Annie, of course, was still having trouble with her memory but she was getting better the more she interacted with everyone and so Lila had gotten her to be part of the wedding planning. The team consisted of Lila, Annie, Nicole, Abby and even Ziva gave input. Tony loved it, until he realized that the girls had taken over every bit of the planning.
"Wait so, I don't have to do anything?" Tony asked, following Lila down to the forensics lab a couple of weeks after the birthday getaway.
"Do you want to do something?" Lila asked.
"Normally you just tell me." Tony replied.
"Well let's see...you can definitely pick your own groomsmen but I bet I can already figure out who you'll use." Lila stated.
"Oh really?" Tony asked. Lila smiled and nodded as they walked into the lab. "Alright then Miss Smarty Pants, who am I going to use?"
"Gibbs is going to be your best man." Lila recited, leaning on the desk next to the farting hippo. "McGee and Nicky are going to be Groomsmen since Abigail wants to be a bridesmaid instead of a flower girl. Gibbs will go with Nicole, McGee will go with our Abby and Nicky and little Abby will go together."
"You're not having Annie?" Tony asked.
"She said not to worry about it." Lila replied. "She agreed to helping the twins and Kenzie who will be doing the ring bearing and flower girl stuff."
"Lila, good, you're here...oh hi Tony!" Abby exclaimed, quickly hiding something behind her back. Tony raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms.
"I told you she called me down for girl stuff, not work stuff." Lila said, smiling at Tony. "But you just had to follow."
"Well I didn't want to be completely left out of things here, Li." Tony complained.
"Okay then you can pick the date and location." Lila assigned with a pat on the head. Abby laughed slightly and Tony just rolled his eyes before nodding since he already had an idea. He leaned down to give Lila a quick kiss before leaving the girls to their...girly stuff.
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"So what do you think?" Tony asked over the phone. "Is it manageable?"
"For you and Lila? I'll make sure of it." The man on the other end replied.
"That's awesome, you're a lifesaver." Tony sighed in relief as he leaned back in his desk chair. He glanced out the window at the summer sun and sighed. Any day now summer holidays would start for Nicky who was the only one of the five kids actually going to a school, since Annie was homeschooling Abigail. "I'll talk to you later man, let me know as soon as things are sorted."
"Will do." The phones were hung up and Tony took a moment to relax just slightly and think about what was going to happen over the summer.
"Counting down your days of being an unmarried man?" McGee asked, walking over.
"Counting the days until you marry Abs, Probie." Tony remarked with a grin. McGee shook his head and sat at his desk.
"You know what it's going to lead to right?" He asked. "You marrying Lila...you two can't work as partners anymore. Gibbs is putting a lot of effort into keeping you guys on the same team, using everything you guys have done together as the basis for his case."
"We're a much more efficient team since she joined." Tony claimed, remembering how Lila had managed to calm more than one argument that had sprung up between the members of the team and how she managed to spot things they would all otherwise overlook. "If anyone can convince the director, it's Gibbs."
"Let's hope." McGee said. The elevator door slid over and Nicky came running out with Nicole right behind him. Nicky had a grin on his face while his aunt didn't look all too happy. Tony raised an eyebrow then frowned slightly, noticing something off about the pair. "Hey Nicky...Nicole...where's Kenzie?"
"That's exactly what I want to know." Nicole stated, narrowing her eyes at Tony.
"Whoa, what are you glaring at me for?" Tony asked, putting his hands up in defense.
"Aunt Nikki, it was probably just Isaac and Levi." Nicky tried to calm his aunt down.
"Yeah well last I checked, if one of the members of that family wanted a member of this family, they at least called first!" Nicole exclaimed.
"Okay, Nicole, just calm down." Tony said, slowly reaching for the phone. "I'll call them, see if they have Kenzie, and if they do I'll get them to send her back."
"I am so lost." McGee said. Nicky went on to explain to him while Tony gave Gabriel a quick call.
"I thought you never wanted to call this number, DiNozzo." Gabriel answered.
"Well I do when my soon to be sister-in-law is giving me death glares because we think your sons stole her daughter." Tony replied, casting a quick glance at Nicole.
"No way!" Gabriel exclaimed. "They're napping. They wouldn't..." He stopped as Tony heard the sound of a door opening and then the giggles of small children. "Oh...huh...what do you know?"
"Damn it, Gabriel!" Tony sighed.
"What is it with my kids being fascinated with the kids in your family?" Gabriel asked.
"Hey!" Tony exclaimed, insulted.
"Oh relax." Gabriel said. Tony could practically see the Archangel rolling his eyes. "Look, just tell Nicole that Kenzie's fine and she'll be home by dinner time."
"What? No!" Tony panicked slightly. "Gabriel I am not...hello? Gabriel? GABRIEL!" He looked at the phone when all he got was the dial tone. "Shit."
"Well?" Nicole asked. Tony looked at her and sighed.
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"Why not?" Gabriel asked a couple of weeks later as he sat in the DiNozzo living room watching his boys drawing with Kenzie. Lila had gone with Annie to pick out her dress, Abigail and Nicky were hanging out in one of the other rooms of the house and Nicole had gone off for some errand. Gabriel remembered, for no particular reason, that Dean had said he and Sam would be in the Washington area for a hunt that he figured would take them a few days.
"Are you kidding me?" Tony asked. "Why would I want you for my best man?"
"Because I'm awesome." Gabriel stated as if it was the most obvious thing.
"Don't you mean annoying?" Tony argued.
"Everyone else is getting a part." Gabriel whined.
"Man, you're such a cry baby." Tony mumbled.
"What about..." Gabriel started.
"No." Tony cut him off.
"Can I..."
"Nope."
"Oh come on!"
"No way."
"But that's..."
"I don't care. The answer is no."
"What was the question?" Lila asked, walking into the house with several bags in her hands. Annie came in after her with more bags.
"Did you guys clear out the whole bridal store or something?" Tony asked.
"No," Lila replied. "This is stuff we got from other places."
"So you guys basically spent what? Half the time you were gone actually looking at dresses and the other half shopping?" Tony wondered.
"You sound surprised." Lila said, smiling. Tony shook his head. "So what were you saying no to?"
"Him." Tony replied, jabbing his thumb in Gabriel's direction.
"What did you do now?" Annie asked, crouching by the kids to see what they were drawing.
"I was just trying to ask if I could officiate." Gabriel's answer actually surprised Tony. Lila raised an eyebrow. "Keep in mind that if this gets a no, I will find a way to get a part."
"You just wanna turn this into something about you." Tony said.
"Well I never!" Gabriel exclaimed, acting insulted. "This is your wedding, DiNozzo! Everyone knows that it's going to be about Lila." That got Lila and Annie to laugh. Tony rolled his eyes and went to say something but got cut off.
"I think that is the best idea for you." Lila stated. Everyone looked at her. "There's no one else on Earth closer to God then the Archangel Gabriel after all."
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"So why did you choose this place?" Nicole asked, looking up at her companion with a smile.
"Are you kidding? My brother wouldn't be caught dead here," he laughed. "They only serve health food. It's not even on his radar."
"What he is doing, your brother?" Nicole inquired as she poked at her salad.
"Questioning witnesses. I told him I was doing research, which I have been, but everyone needs to eat, right?" He reached over and took her hand, entwining their fingers.
"So the case, it's going okay then?" Nicole wondered, as she bit her lip. "What is it about?"
"I really don't want you involved, Nic. It's not safe for you."
"Like I haven't been in danger before," she huffed, pulling her hand away and crossing her arms. "You know what I've been through. I've told you everything about my time with Randalls. Even more than what I've told Lila."
"I know, Nic, but you know this is even more dangerous than he was." He looked at her sighed. "Okay," he relented as he ran a hand through his hair. "A woman in Maryland, a widow was found dead, tied to a tree. She had just moved here to be closer to her only son when he took a job in DC. He was away for the weekend on a fishing trip when it happened. We think it's a ritual murder."
"That sounds familiar." Nicole said, tilting her head to one side.
"How so?" he asked.
"Well," she offered hesitantly. "Lila and Tony have had a couple of cases where military men have had their wives or fiancés murdered after they moved to area. And they were found tied to a tree, too. Remember? The one before Kenzie was born and the one when Annie got hurt? Do you have pictures, like Lila takes of her crime scenes?"
"You shouldn't have to see those things, Nicole," he urged.
"Again, I have seen worse…and maybe I can help," she pressed.
He once again gave in and this time pulled out some pictures that he had of the crime scene that he had been able to get form the local cops.
"Look at this!" she gasped. "Don't those look like Annie's injuries when she got hurt? Not the cut across the throat, but the bruises and some of the minor cuts? What if it's not just military cases? What if it's bigger than that?"
"Nic, you're a genius!" he exclaimed, reaching over and kissing her cheek. "I hate to go, but now I need to research this angle. I will give you a call later, okay?"
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Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs had just finished going over the final report on the Peterson case when he his phone rang.
"Gibbs," he answered. He paused as the other person on the line identified themselves and explained why they were calling. "Really? Can you send me what you've got? My team will want to see it."
"You realize once you add it to your case files, other agencies will try to stake a claim on your investigation, since it no longer is limited to the Navy and Marines?" the other person on the line stated.
"Just let them try to take away from me. We are the ones who opened the investigation to begin with," Gibbs challenged.
"We want in, too," the caller declared. "We can offer you help within our specialty. But you realize at least one other person will want to help as well, given what this involves.
"I'll take it under consideration," Gibbs replied. "But if I let you people near this at all, it will not be in any official capacity, and you will have to follow my rules."
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"Do we tell him what we found?" Dean asked.
"Dude, he'll kill us if we don't," Sam answered. "And he has already done that way too many times for me to want to go through it again. Besides, this is Annie we are talking about. He will want to be a part of this as much as we do, if not more."
