NCIS:
GOING TO LIVE WITH, UNCLE TIM...
DISCLAIIMER:
NCIS and characters do not belong to me.
SUMMARY:
This story picks up just a little over four years after the end of...
The Disappearance Of, McGee.
Sarah and Annie are involved in a car accident...Annie seems to be okay, but what about, Sarah?
CHAPTER 8: A TALK & CHEERING UP, ANNIE...
TIM AND ABBY'S BEDROOM...
THE NEXT MORNING...
Abby was the first one awake and looked at Tim.
Deciding to let him sleep a little longer, she got up and went to see if the kids were up.
RYAN'S ROOM...
When she looked in Ryan's room, Ziva was changing his diaper and getting him dressed.
"Morning, Tony and I woke up a couple of hours ago. We thought you might want to sleep on." Ziva told him as she finished, then gave Abby a now happy Ryan.
"Its sleep in, Ziva. Thanks, Tim was still asleep when I left the room. Where's Tony?" Abby asked.
"Trying to talk to Annie. Meg, Lucas and Jenny are already eating breakfast." Ziva said as they walked into the room next door.
MEGAN AND ANNIE'S ROOM...
Tony looked up after seeing Annie look over at the door.
"Morning. I was trying to tell Annie about when I lost my mom." Tony told them from where he sat on Meg's bed.
"Want some help?" Abby asked sitting down next to Annie.
"Yeah, I know she can lip read and understand what I'm saying, but when she tries to tell me something...I can't understand." Tony said.
'Tony, lost his mom when he was you're age.' Abby told Annie.
'He told me...it's not the same though.' Annie replied.
'Because you've lost you're mom and dad in the last few years?' Abby guessed and Annie nodded.
'Yes, he still had his dad.' Annie replied and Abby didn't know how to explain about how Tony's dad was.
'I know what it's like to lose both of your parents. My parents died in a car crash. So I do know what it's like. It's hard, but I promise things will get better.' Abby promised her.
'When? Whenever I fall asleep I see my daddy dead and then remember what happened to mom.' Annie told her.
'It will take time, but eventually it will get a little better. You lost your mom, but Uncle Tim lost a sister and his parents lost a daughter. Just think of all the family you have to help you. You're not alone, okay?' Abby asked and Annie nodded again.
'Okay.' Annie said with a small smile, the first one in days since Sarah died.
"What's going on?" Tim asked from the doorway and you could tell he just woke up.
"Tony told Annie about losing his mom and I was telling her about losing my parents. I reminded her she's not alone in this." Abby told him.
'Do you feel any better?' Tim asked Annie.
'A little, I guess.' Annie said and getting up left the room, heading for the kitchen.
"McGee, I know what it's like to lose a sister. My sister, Tali, a long time ago. So..." Ziva began.
"Thanks, Ziva." Tim told her and the four adults headed for the kitchen.
The sound of the kids laughing and like trouble being caused.
THE KITCHEN...
Sure enough...
"Lucas Jethro DiNozzo!" Ziva yelled. "Jennifer Caitlin DiNozzo!" Tony yelled at the same time. "Megan Nicole McGee!" Abby yelled.
The pieces of toast stopped flying across the table and the three kids looked over with guilty faces.
The only one who had not joined in was Annie, who was looking at the three year olds...
It seemed she had been laughing with them.
"Who started it?" Ziva asked and had a feeling that it was Lucas.
It wouldn't be the first time, because it was something Lucas often got in trouble for.
Megan and Jenny pointed at Lucas, the same time Lucas pointed at Megan and Jenny.
"Hey, it looks like they found a way to cheer Annie up." Tim muttered.
"Yes, but that is no excuse. Because we will be the ones..." Abby began.
"Lucas, we have gone through this..." Ziva began.
"We had to do something, mommy. Meg said Annie needed to be happy again." Lucas said.
"There are other ways to cheer someone up, that does not get so messy." Ziva told him.
"Sorry." Megan, Jenny and Lucas said at the same time.
After a few minutes, the kitchen was cleaned up.
Then Tony, Ziva, Jenny and Lucas decided it was time to go.
Tony and Ziva would drop the kids off at daycare, and then they would head to work.
First, though the family had to go home and get ready for the day, by this time they were already running late. Because an alarm was never set.
Tim and Abby had been taken a couple of days off, to be with Annie since she had just lost Sarah.
TIM AND ABBY'S BEDROOM...
"I hope Gibbs doesn't kill them for being late." Tim commented as him and Abby got dressed.
"Me too, but I think he would consider Jenny and Lucas losing their parents before he did." Abby replied.
Annie was getting dressed as well and said she would help Megan if she needed it.
In a couple of hours, Tim and Abby would take Annie to her doctor's appointment.
Tim would wait at the doctor's office for Annie, while Abby took Megan and Ryan to the park to play since it was a warm enough day.
It would probably be among one of the last few nice days of the year. Then just before the appointment ended, Abby would come back.
THE LIVING ROOM...
A FEW HOURS LATER...
When Tim and Abby walked into the living room, Megan and Annie looked up for only a second, before returning their attention to their dolls.
It was the first time in a couple of days they had seen Annie play or look a little happier and Ryan was in his playpen.
Ryan looked over at his parents and smiled.
(Megan had inherited Tim's smile and Ryan had inherited his mother's smile.)
"It looks like you were right, Abbs. Things will get better." Tim said looking at her as she wrapped her arms around him.
"What? I don't think I heard that?" Abby joked and Tim smiled.
"You were right." Tim repeated.
"I know I always am." Abby smiled back.
"The one thing you never imagined and the one thing I dreamed of since I met you...
It looks like we're finally found our way together and now we're home." Tim said.
"Yeah, at least we didn't have to click our heels three times and say there's no place like home." Abby said quoting The Wizard of OZ and Tim groaned.
"Abby, don't starting quoting movies like DiNozzo. We don't have to deal with him for a week." Tim said and she just gave him a quick kiss.
"I know, but it's true, Timmy. You won't have to deal with him picking on you at work...that won't stop him from coming to see us." Abby reminded him.
Tim looked at his family...
His niece...
His daughter...
His son and as hard as it was to believe...Abby, as his wife.
The thing he had wanted for so long had finally happened.
Abby was thinking almost the same thing and she wondered...
'How could she have thought she never wanted this? Why did she think she never wanted to get married or have kids?'
She knew the answers though:
She hadn't been ready at the time she said that and then things some how changed.
Things would get better and they would never forget, Sarah.
They would move on though and be happy again.
The fact was already turning out to be true...