Disclaimer: Anyone you recognize, I do not own unfortunately. They are all owned by Donald Bellisario. If I did, there would be no summer hiatus.

A/N: Thanks to everyone who placed this story on their alerts and favorites list. Also thank you to the reviewers, they help keep me motivated as I try to get back into the swing of writing fan fiction again. This chapter will mostly just be of Kelly and Gibbs' day together, spending time and catching him up with everything she's done and been involved in.

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A couple days later, Kelly and Kennedy still hadn't returned to school, mainly cause the buildings were still shut down. Shannon was still dealing with the pain in her wrist. The doctors had informed her she would have to require surgery to fix it, needing a couple of pins to hold the bones together. Kelly hadn't really said too much more since that day, every time Natasha would call, she wouldn't be on the phone for very long. Finally Shannon had, had enough of Kelly ignoring her friends and asked her about it over breakfast.

"Sweetie, why are you all but ignoring Natasha?" She questioned, looking at her oldest gently.

"How do I explain what is going on?" Kelly asked, looking at her mom for advice.

"Kells, you just tell them the truth." She replied. "They can't get too mad at you, you were given the identity of Makayla Stevens to protect yourself. Your dad was led to believe that we were dead, just like we thought that about him. Everything will be like it has always been, just now you can become Kelly Gibbs again, you are still the same person and that will not change."

"Part of me misses my old life." She said softly, swirling her cereal around in the bowl. "I mean, I miss my old friends. Maddie and I were going to become Marine biologists together."

"Baby, you can still do that." Shannon said, reaching over and pushing some of Kelly's hair away from her face. "You know there will be times we go back to the old house. You can look up some old friends, maybe even find Maddie again."

"Yeah, I can ask daddy if we can go this weekend." She replied, smiling faintly.

"I'm sure he'll say yes." Shannon said, knowing Jethro could never say no to her, and she was willing to bet that he would be the same way with Kennedy. "You better go get ready, your dad will be up soon."

"Alright." Kelly replied, as she finished the little bit of cereal she had fixed, not sure if Gibbs would take her out for breakfast or not.

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By the time Kelly had gotten out of the shower and dressed, Gibbs had already had two and a half cups of coffee. Once she met up with him in the kitchen, she had kissed Shannon goodbye, and made Kennedy promise to behave, knowing how bored her little sister got especially since they were pretty well cooped up in the house. Getting outside, Kelly climbed up in his old pick up.

"I can't believe this thing still runs." She chuckled, once he had gotten inside and started up the truck.

"Cars last awhile if you take care of them." He said, shaking his head with a smile.

"So where are we going?" She asked, putting on her seatbelt as he drove them to this little overpass diner he goes to.

"I figured we'd go get breakfast then do whatever you want." He replied, glancing over at her.

"Can we go back to the house and work on the boat?" She questioned, having not gotten to do anything like that in a long time.

"Sure, if that's what you want to do." He said, willing to take her anywhere she wanted.

"Yeah, it's where I felt like I always had your attention." She told him honestly. "I mean, we'd sit down there and talk and you'd teach me how to go with the grain of the wood when I was sanding."

"Alright, we can go there after we eat." He said, trying not to show how much her words had affected him. He had thought for sure now that she was all grown up, she wouldn't want to spend that kind of time with him, that she'd want him to take her to the mall and go shopping.

"You're shocked, aren't you?" She asked, chuckling lightly.

"No, why you ask that?" He questioned.

"Cause I know you." She said, smirking at him. "You expected me to want to do something totally different, that I wouldn't really want to spend time with you."

"I just figured you would want to shop or whatever 17 year olds do." He said, realizing she was a lot like Shannon in that way.

"Well I do like shopping, but I'm not that obsessed with it." She laughed. "Now my best friend Natasha, that's another story. Girl could live at the mall and she would be happy."

"Okay, let's go get some breakfast." He chuckled, pulling into the parking lot of the diner, and soon father and daughter were seated and looking over the menu.

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Almost an hour later, Gibbs and Kelly had left the diner and were back at his house. Going inside, Kelly noticed how, for lack of a better word, boring the living room and kitchen looked. Shaking her head, she turned and gave her dad a look that could rival his.

"What?" He asked, seeing the look she wore.

"I can remember mom had this house decorated, with more than just old furniture and empty walls." She said, chuckling lightly. "What made you change it?"

"Things." He replied, as she just shook her head at him in disbelief. "There are some things I left alone though."

"What? Your basement?" She asked, a small tinge of bitterness in her voice.

"No." He replied, taking note of the hidden anger she seemed to hold. "Your room and mine and your mom's old room."

"I thought you told mom that you had gotten married again, like five times?" She asked, looking a little confused. "Did you make them sleep on a cot in the hallway?"

"It was three times." He replied dryly. "No, I just turned the extra room into a new bedroom. None of them ever went into your room or mine and mom's."

"Oh." She replied, shaking her head. "Sorry for biting your head off."

"It's okay." He said, hugging her to him. "I know you must have a lot of different things going through your mind right now."

"Yeah, I guess you can say that." She replied, relishing how protected she felt, being back in her dad's arms again. Before she could say much more, her phone started ringing. "Hang on, hello." She said, pulling back from Gibbs a little bit, not wanting him to overhear her conversation.

"Why haven't you called me?" Kelly's boyfriend, Jacob asked. "I've left you messages the last two days."

"Now's not a good time Jake." She replied softly, biting her lip. "Can I call you later tonight?"

"Why are you being so secretive?" He asked, knowing something was up. "Are you cheating on me?"

"No, I am not cheating on you." She grumbled lightly. "Can't I just be busy and have to call you later? I mean, my mom was injured at the Pentagon Tuesday, did you ever stop to think that I am having to take care of her?"

"Well I was, until I stopped by your house a little bit ago, and your mom said you were out." He replied, hating that he felt like Kelly, or still to him, Makayla, was cheating on him.

"Look, I promise I will call you tonight when I get home. It's just too much to get into over the phone right now." She said honestly.

"Alright, call me later then." He said lightly. "Love you."

"Yeah, I love you too." She answered softly, feeling tears well up in her eyes. "Bye." Shaking her head clear, she forced back the tears that wanted to fall, and went back into the living room where Gibbs was now sitting on the couch.

"Ready to go work on the boat?" He asked, seeing the upset look on his daughters face. He knew of this boyfriend, cause he had called Shannon's a couple times, trying to reach Kelly when she wasn't answering her cell phone, and Shannon told him that they had been dating since the middle of their sophomore year. She seemed to like him, so he wasn't going to make an issue of it yet, he'd just wait until he met him in person to do so.

"Yeah, let's go." Kelly replied, as the pair headed downstairs. "That was my boyfriend Jacob."

"Yeah, your mom kind of mentioned him to me yesterday." He replied, trying to not appear like Shannon had betrayed her. "We were sitting on the couch watching a movie, he called and your mom told me who he was."

"He's a nice guy and all." She said, picking up a sanding block and wrapping the paper around it. "I'm just afraid he will be mad at me when he finds out I lied about who I really am."

"Honey it's not your fault." He said, telling her basically the same thing Shannon had that morning. "If he really cares about you like you think, then you being Kelly instead of Makayla won't matter to him."

"This is so weird." Kelly chuckled, as she started sanding some of the wood. "When I used to wonder what life would have been like, had you not died, or we didn't have to be in WITSEC, I never thought we would be sitting in the basement talking about boys. I figured you would threaten to shoot them or something."

"Oh that will happen, don't worry." He said, smiling at her gently. "I haven't even met him yet, so I can't really threaten to kill him if he hurts you, until that happens."

"Maybe I'll have him over this weekend." She said, chuckling lightly. "Do you have to go help with anything at the Pentagon?"

"No, they should be done with the search and recovery then." He said, sanding his own side of the boat.

"Okay." She replied, as they spent some time in a comfortable silence, each just working on the boat.

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"Do you do any other sports besides Volleyball?" Gibbs asked a little while later. They had gone upstairs to have some lunch, and were now sitting at the kitchen table.

"I play softball in the spring and basketball in the winter." She replied, picking the crust off her bread.

"You still hate crust?" He asked, chuckling a bit.

"Yeah, I mean I can eat it, but I don't know." She laughed lightly. "I probably won't get to play basketball this winter. Not even really sure how much Volleyball I will play."

"How come?" He asked, not sure why she would just quit playing her sports.

"Well if mom has to have surgery, then I'll need to help keep Kennedy busy, taking her to her own activities." She said, like it was no big deal really.

"What am I, chopped liver?" He asked, making her laugh.

"No, but you work a lot obviously." She pointed out, knowing he had crazy hours at the Navy Yard. "Plus I tore some tendons last spring in softball, and the doctor doesn't really want me playing volleyball, but he said if I can be careful, then I can have the surgery during basketball season, and hopefully be back in time for softball. Coach Miller isn't too wild about letting me play a lot cause of it though."

"I can make time for my family Kells." He said, looking at her seriously. "I don't know if I like the idea of you playing with your ankle that way either."

"Dad, the doctor said I would be fine. I don't have to run much in volleyball, that's why he said I would have to quit basketball, if I want to be able to play softball in the spring." She said, taking a sip of her juice.

"You were always too stubborn for your own good." He said, shaking his head as he got up to clean up their mess from lunch.

"I learned from the best." She replied, smirking at him faintly. "Have you called and checked on mom?"

"Not yet." He replied, swatting her head playfully.

"Okay, I'm going to go wash up." She said. "We can head back to mom's if you want when I'm done."

"Alright, I'll call your mom and see if she wants us to stop and get her and Kenns something." He said, grabbing his cell and dialing the number, while Kelly ran upstairs.