A/N: So here's the next chapter sorry it took so long to update. Thanks to those who reviewed or added story alerts and all that stuff! Also just for clarification neither Jeanne, Abby, or Ziva are Charlie's mother. Later on in the story I will try to get more into who her mother is I'm still working that small part out. As for Abby always being with Charlie, Tony and Abby seem to me to have a bro/sis relationship so Abby is always helping Tony out. Oh and everyone knew about Charlie. R&R!!!

Tony's Girl

Chapter 3

"Charlie!" Gibbs yelled running after the little girl. "Charlie, no!" he said.

Charlie kept running until she reached the door Gibbs had appeared from moments ago. She reached up grabbing the handle and pushing the door open. Before she could get the door fully open she felt pair of arms scoop her up.

"No!" She screamed flailing her arms. "I. WANT. DADDY." She screamed punching at Gibbs's chest.

"I know you do but you can't see him right now."

"Why not?" Charlie asked beginning to calm down.

"Because, Daddy is sleeping and needs his rest." Gibbs replied.

"I'll be quiet."Charlie said, "I promise!" she said not understanding why Gibbs was keeping her from her Daddy.

"I know but you need your rest also it's past your bed time."

"Fine." Charlie huffed clearly not happy with Gibbs's decision. "Can I see him tomorrow?"

Gibbs though, more than likely there would be no change but he didn't want to hurt the little girl. "Maybe."

"Okay." She sighed. As Gibbs began to walk away with her Charlie said, "Wait Gibbs!!"

"Yea?" Gibbs asked.

"I need to talk to Abby before we go." The little girl said with a bit of impatience.

"Okay." Gibbs said. He made his way over to where Abby stood at the end of the hall. When they were standing across from Abby Charlie reached her arms towards Abby signaling for her to take her from Gibbs. Abby looked at Gibbs questioningly and Gibbs just shrugged.

Charlie gave Gibbs a pointed look that she must have started to pick up from him.

"Okay, okay." Gibbs said raising his hands in mock surrender, "I'll be in the waiting room." He backed away with his hands still raised and made his way down the hall and to the waiting room.

"So what's up kid?" Abby asked.

"I need you to do me a favor." Charlie said.

"Okay what?" Abby asked.

"Are you going to see Daddy?"

"Just to say goodnight."

"Well don't wake him up he needs his rest!" The little girl repeated what Gibbs had told her. "Can you tell Daddy that I love him and goodnight and feel better and," the little girl took a breath, "give him a kiss and tell him it was from me?"

"Absolutely" Abby said smiling.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" The little girl exclaimed hugging the goth tightly.

"Of course," Abby said hugging the child back. Abby then started walking back to the waiting room to let Gibbs take Charlie home.

"Here we are." Abby said walking up to Gibbs and handing Charlie to him.

"Wait!" Charlie said once she was securely in Gibbs' arms.

Abby waited. "Here" Charlie said kissing her hand and giving the kiss to Abby. "Don't forget!" Charlie said.

"I won't, I promise." Abby said winking and walking back towards Tony's room.

"What was that all about?" Gibbs asked walking out to his car.

"Nothing…" Charlie said shyly.

"Okay then." Gibbs said smiling knowing exactly what it was about.

Gibbs walked out to the car and buckled Charlie up in her car seat that Abby had placed in the Charger when she arrived. He got into the driver's seat and started the engine. He first drove to Tony's apartment to grab some clothes for Charlie. He picked the lock, while still holding a sleeping Charlie, and let himself in.

He made his way into Charlie's room and placed her on her bed while he gathered her things. He put some clothes, her stuffed frog and her toothbrush in her Wall-E backpack before picking her up again. As he went to leave the room he noticed a picture frame on Charlie's night stand. He picked it up and smiled at the picture it held. Tony had Charlie on his shoulders and they were laughing. Charlie had a smile that reached her eyes, so different from the sadness he had seen on the little girls face tonight. He smiled sadly as he set the picture back down. He just hoped that they'd be like they were in the picture again because right now it was not looking good.

He was back at his house in a matter of ten minutes. He put Charlie to bed and made sure she had her stuffed frog that she couldn't sleep without. He then changed into his old NIS t-shirt and sweats and walked down to his basement to continue working on his boat. He stayed down their all night, falling asleep under the boat.

He awoke the next morning to a pair of frog eyes staring at him. He blinked away the haze and sat up, grabbing the frog off of his chest.

"You looked lonely" Charlie said from her spot at one end of the boat.

"Thank you Charlie." Gibbs replied smiling. "How about some breakfast?"

"Yea!" Charlie smiled crawling out from where she sat.

Gibbs picked her up handing her the stuffed frog and carried her upstairs. He sat her down on the counter as he began taking out what he needed to make eggs.

"You want to help?" Gibbs asked Charlie as she played with her frog.

"Yea!" Charlie exclaimed.

"You're going to beat the eggs." He said showing her how to beat the eggs.

"Okay." Charlie said taking the bowl and whisk from Gibbs.

So as Gibbs cooked the bacon Charlie beat the eggs with some help from her frog.

"Charlie?" Gibbs asked laughing, "What are you doing?"

"Johnny wanted to help," she replied picking her frog out of the eggs, "but then he fell in." she said holding up Johnny.

Gibbs took the bowl of half beaten eggs. Finished beating them and dumped them in a pan. He then took Johnny and said "Why doesn't Johnny get a bath while we eat our breakfast?"

"But Johnny needs breakfast too!" Charlie exclaimed.

"I think he already had some when he took a dive into the eggs." Gibbs said covering up a laugh.

"Okay." Charlie said disappointed.

Turning the stove down so as not to burn the food, Gibbs lifted Charlie off the counter and handed her Johnny." C'mon kid, follow me."

Charlie followed Gibbs down the hall and into the laundry room where Gibbs turned the washer on and dumped some detergent and fabric softener into the washer. "Okay," Gibbs said turning and picking Charlie up, "toss him in."

"Make sure you wash behind your ears! And in your bellybutton!" Charlie said throwing the frog into the washer. Gibbs chuckled setting Charlie back down.

They went back into the kitchen and ate their breakfast while Gibbs listened to Charlie chatter away.

"But Johnny needs breakfast too!" Charlie exclaimed.

"I think he already had some when he took a dive into the eggs." Gibbs said covering up a laugh.

"Okay." Charlie said disappointed.

Turning the stove down so as not to burn the food, Gibbs lifted Charlie off the counter and handed her Johnny." C'mon kid, follow me."

Charlie followed Gibbs down the hall and into the laundry room where Gibbs turned the washer on and dumped some detergent and fabric softener into the washer. "Okay," Gibbs said turning and picking Charlie up, "toss him in."

"Make sure you wash behind your ears! And in your bellybutton!" Charlie said throwing the frog into the washer. Gibbs chuckled setting Charlie back down.

They went back into the kitchen and ate their breakfast while Gibbs listened to Charlie chatter away. As soon as they finished breakfast Gibbs told Charlie to go get changed while he cleaned up. Once Gibbs cleaned up he went to change himself and then went into the laundry room and transferred Charlie's frog into the dryer so he could dry.

A few minutes later Charlie appeared in the doorway waiting for Gibbs to notice her.

"Gibbsy!" Charlie yelled causing Gibbs to almost spill his coffee.

When Gibbs looked up he had a hard time stifling a laugh. Charlie had dressed herself in purple overalls with a green t-shirt under them. Orange sneakers and a red and pink polka dot sweatshirt tied around her waist.

What?" Charlie asked questioning Gibbs's look.

"Umm" Gibbs said wondering how to approach the subject.

"Don't you like my outfit Gibbsy?" Charlie questioned.

"I do." Gibbs smiled. "I especially like your hair." Gibbs said noticing the little girl's hair for the first time. It was tied up in two lopsided pigtails with pieces of hair falling out.

"I did it myself!!" Charlie said proudly. Gibbs just smiled.

"So what are we doing today Gibbsy? Are we going to see Daddy?"

Gibbs knew the question was coming. "Maybe later." Gibbs replied. He still hadn't had an update on Tony's condition and since Abby didn't call screaming that Tony woke up then he assumed it was the same as last night.

"Why not now?" Charlie wondered.

"I have to go to work first." Gibbs replied.

"Does that mean I'll see Abby, and McGoo, and Duckman!" she asked excitedly.

"Yes it does." Gibbs laughed at the names she had adopted for McGee and Ducky from her father and Abby.

"Yea!!!!" Charlie yelled jumping up and down.

Ten minutes later they were settled into the car on their way to NCIS.

"Wait!!" Charlie yelled from the backseat.

"What?" Gibbs asked throwing the car back into park and turning around.

"Johnny!!!"

"Right here." Gibbs smiled pulling the stuffed animal out of her backpack that sat on the front seat and handing it to her.

"Thank you." She smiled holding the frog.

Twenty minutes later they walked into NCIS and made their way down to Abby's lab.

"Gibbs! Charlie!" Abby screamed over the loud music.

"Hey Abs" Gibbs said. "Charlie wanted to come say hi."

"Hi Abby!" Charlie smiled, waving.

"Hey Charlie." Abby said taking the little girl from Gibbs arms, finally noticing her outfit.

"Gibbs?" Abby questioned quirking an eyebrow at the older man.

"I know Abs, I know." He laughed turning to go back upstairs leaving Charlie with Abby.

The day passed by relatively quickly. Ducky and Abby took Charlie out to lunch while Gibbs worked on some paperwork with McGee and Ziva.

Later on Abby was shutting off all of her equipment when Charlie came up to her.

"Abby do you like my drawing?"

Abby bent down so she was the same height as Charlie and took the picture in her hands. Tears welled up in Abby's eyes as she looked at what the little girl had drawn. It was a picture of her and Tony smiling and holding hands. Across the top of it said, "DADDY I LOVE YOU".

"I love it" Abby replied.

"Do you think Daddy will like it?" She questioned.

"Of course! He's going to love it!" Abby smiled.

"I'm going to give it to him tonight! Do you think it will make it smile?"