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for·tu·i·tous[/fawr-too-i-tuhs] adj. happening/coming about by chance, especially giving rise to good fortune o·blit·er·a·tion- verb [uh-blit-uh-rey-shuhn]To do away with completely so as to leave no trace

It began in the middle of the winter, December 29,when the day burned itself into two individuals' memory, leaving them close to death. She had never expected to come to love the one who destroyed her world. It seemed as though the top of the world fell on her, but he helped her push it off. So will forbidden love bloom, or will she nearly kill him… again? Tony Dinozzo never realized that she could make his life a living hell. After all, she was just a girl, and he was the school's star athlete. First he befriended the goth science geek, then he had to protect the loser computer geek too and finally his best friend Kate was put in a coma. His life seemed to start to crumble when he accidently crashed into the girl's car when he was driving to escape his father on that fateful icy day…

Jethro stared at the phone, his eyes narrowed as he contemplated what was the right thing to do- betray someone's trust, or let him suffer?

The Sarge- he was aware of that idiotic nickname that student bestowed on him- shook his head hesitantly before picking up the phone and began to dial a well-loved number.

"Dad?" Kelly's sleepy voice made him pause, and Jethro glanced at her in surprise as his sixteen year-old-daughter rubbed sleep out of her eyes and yawned. "Who are you calling?"

"Jen," Jethro sighed as Kelly snapped instantly awake and annoyance flew over her face.

"Why? Going on another date?" Kelly asked scornfully, and Jethro sighed as anger flashed across his daughter's face.

"No," Jethro told her calmly, pressing another number on the phone only to find Kelly snatching it away from her, her anger growing as Gibbs didn't speak any further.

"Then why?" Kelly growled, flopping down on the sofa beside her dad, narrowing her eyes at her father as she waited for an answer.

Jethro sighed, knowing that she was probably going to sit on the couch beside him until he answered her question. "It's a school night Kel. Go to bed," Jethro finished dialing the number, and he gave a small smile as Jenny's sleepy voice answered the phone on the second ring.

"Jethro?" Jenny Sheppard asked sleepily. "Some of us need our sleep. This better be important"

"I have a question," he asked carefully, "about your line of work."

Jenny muttered something unintelligible into the phone, but Jethro continued quietly. "Namely, abusive parents."

Kelly nearly fell off the sofa as she stared in shock at her father. Jethro shot her a glare, and Kelly remained silent, her eyes asking him a silent question.

Tony?

Jethro nodded as Jenny began to speak. "Jethro I work for the Child Protection Services," she sighed and continued. "You know that we spend most of our time investigating child abuse. Why do you ask?"

"Just tell me Jen," Jethro's tempter was frayed, and Jenny paused for a moment. He could imagine the thoughtful expression on her face as she carefully considered her words.

"If we receive a report, we are required to investigate it. If child abuse is in the charges, we document any injuries and take photographs. Typically, if there is evidence against the parent of guardian, we remove the child from the household and assign a social worker to oversee their case. There are exceptions, but those are rare. If it is an older teenager, we often place them in foster care instead of adoption," her voice was less sleepy now, and more alert. "Why are you asking for this information?"

Jethro paused thoughtfully, ignoring his daughter's glare. He knew that she wasn't going to be happy about it, but it had to be done before DiNozzo Senior reported his family for kidnapping. Once charges of kidnapping were brought into play, anything Jethro said would be discredited and ignored as a sign of a desperate gamble to get off from the charges.

"I'm going to come in tomorrow and file a report of abuse." Without another word, he hung up on Jen, and turned to face his furious daughter, staring impassively back at her.

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For a moment, Kelly was furious enough that she couldn't speak, her eyes wide and full off horror that she couldn't think of one snarky phrase to say to her dad. Then, the words came out in a rush, only quiet so that she wouldn't wake up Tony.

"You're betraying him!" she snarled, her eyes, as blue and ferocious as her father's, flashing in the dim lighting. "He... he trusts you, and you're selling him out because you're afraid of what... kidnapping charged?"

"I'm protecting him," her father defended himself, and with all the anger of a typical teenage girl, Kelly rolled off the couch, her eyes locking onto his calm and unwavering gaze.

"He doesn't need protecting! He needs someone to trust!" Kelly growled, noticing her father's startled look at her resemblance to him when he was on the warpath. "Have you even talked to him?"

"He'd under-exaggerate the extent of what DiNozzo had done to him," Kelly knew that he father's words had a grain of truth in them, but he was also very, very, wrong.

"You're probably one of the only adults he trusts," Kelly's voice was cold enough to freeze fire, even as her eyes smoldered. Her father was being so damn stubborn, and there was nothing she could do to make him see the truth. "It's just like what happened with Mom! She disappeared, and you looked- for a while- then decided that the best thing to do to protect her was to forget about her! So what if your job endangered her- you ignored what she wanted, and went along doing what you thought was the correct path. For all you know, she was kidnapped or killed, but you decided that she left voluntarily and gave up on her-"

She barely noticed the flinch her father gave her, but the wounded look in his eye was enough to make her falter.

"Dad, I-" he cut her off then, and she flinched.

"It's late, go to bed."

Kelly hesitated, then opened her mouth, about to apologize. The look in his eyes was enough to make her reconsider, so instead of speaking, she left the room, a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.

Just as she was locking the kitchen door- had Tony left it unlocked when he came in?- a hand closed over her mouth muffling her squeak. A strong arm pulled her into the pantry, the other still quieting her. She found herself pinned against the wall, looking into two sharp and hurt emerald eyes.

"What's happened?" his voice was a low snarl, barely audible. Kelly gulped, his expression, one full of fear, reminded her of the expression of a wounded animal. He looked hurt, angry, and betrayed. She couldn't blame him however- in his place, she would be just the same.

"T-Tony, my dad called his girlfriend. Jenny Sheppard. She works for the Child Protection Services. I think he'd going to go file a report of what your father's done," she noticed his trembling frame, and for a moment, she was afraid of him, afraid of what anger and fear might make him do. She had a feeling he noticed her wide, scared eyes, because he pulled away so that he was no longer touching her.

She watched him carefully, her eyes worried and fearful of his reaction. Her fear began to ebb, even as she noticed his trembling fists and the hurt pooling in his eyes.

"Tony," she whispered, but at that moment, he slipped out of the pantry. Kelly took a step out, following him hesitantly, but by the time she was out of the cupboard, the kitchen door was already swinging closed.

He was gone.

She could only hope that he could come back.

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Thank you to my reviewers.

Because I do not want to leave you hanging here- and it had been a while since I've reviewed- I shall give you another update tonight, or if not tonight, tomorrow.

I promised I would give you both Ziva and Tiva in this chapter, but the Kelly/Gibbs discussions lasted longer then I thought. Well... now you guys know some stuff about the Shannon backstory. Don't worry- more on that soon. Yes, there will be minor Jibbs in here, unless you guys decide you don't want that.

What else... the Tiva was moved to next chapter... Tony really needs to stop running away...

The Gibbs calling Jenny situation... it just seemed in character to me- Gibbs is a doer, not a talker. He does what he thinks is best, and doesn't really consider what the person he's doing that for will think... Yes, he's trying to protect Tony, but I think Kelly made a valid point.

I wasn't entirely sure how to make the the Kel/Gibbs scene go down- Gibbs isn't really a talker, or a yeller. So he just kinda stood there and let Kelly yell at him.

Please give me your opinion- I'm still not satisfied with this chapter, and would appreciate some feedback. Check out my poll! Also, thank CBS for giving me my NCIS hat- that is the reason I found my muse.