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A/N:Here's chapter three

DAAAADDDDDDYYYYY!!!!!

It had been two weeks since Jen and Gibbs had talked and they were still together. Jen told Sophia about Jessi the night after she came back from her friend Stephanie's house. Sophia was thrilled. She finally had a little cousin. Though she told Jenny and Gibbs that she wouldn't mind having two little cousins. That might've made Jen laugh but Gibbs wanted to head slap Sophia every time he saw her but he didn't. Jen made sure of that. No one but now Ducky, Sophia, and the team knew about Jessi and they were anxious to meet her. But first Jen was going to take Gibbs down to South Carolina to meet Jessi. Sophia thought that her aunt and Gibbs should just go and she would stay with Ziva for about a week or Abby. It didn't really matter.

"Jethro are you nervous. You can be. You don't have to be big badass Marine. Especially around your daughter, okay?" Jen said. They had arrived in South Carolina and they were in the back of a cab heading to Jen's aunt and uncle's house.

"I'm a little nervous but I think it'll go over well."

"How can you be so sure. Not to sound pessimistic but how?" Jen inquired.

"Well, for starters Abby isn't here to scream Gibblet every five seconds, Sophia isn't here just because well Sophia is Sophia, and DiNozzo isn't here to infuse our daughter's brain with movie trivia from the time that we get here and the time we leave," Jen let out a laugh and put her head on Gibbs' shoulder.

"You know what. I love it when you say our daughter. I'm going to tell my aunt and uncle that we want Jessi to come live with us and Jessi's always wanted to come and live with me. Now she has her whole family. I was afraid you would be mad, but I am so happy you're not."

"We're here," the cabby announced. Jen lifted her head off Gibbs' shoulder and Gibbs got out then let Jen out. Gibbs paid the cabby and Jen and Gibbs walked up the walkway with their bags. Jen put one of hers down and rung the doorbell. A few moments later a semi-old women opened the door.

"Jennifer!! How good to see you. I'm so glad you came," the women enveloped Jen in a hug.

"I know it's good to see you too Aunt Melinda," Jen replied. They ended the hug.

"Well, now what's your name? Wait, I know who you are you're Jessi father. But what's your name?"

"How did you know I was Jessi's father? And my name's Jethro Gibbs but call me Gibbs."

"Okay, Gibbs I can tell. Jessi's got your eyes. I don't think Jennifer has many male friends that probably have eyes that look just like Jessi's. And she also gave me a semi-vague description of you over the phone. So the silver hair gave it away."

He looked over to Jen and she just smirked. Melinda let them inside and Melinda's husband, George took Jen and Gibbs' bags up to a guest room and Melinda, Jen, and Gibbs went into the living room and sat down.

"Jessi's at school she should be home any time now actually. She takes the bus," as if on queue Jessi walked through the door. She looked over into the living room and put down her books.

"Mom!! I'm so happy you're here!!!!!!" Jessi ran over and gave her mom a hug.

"I know I wanted to come and see you. Also there's something I have to tell you. Aunt Melinda could you give us some time alone with Jessi?" Jen said looking up to her aunt.

"Sure take all the time you want. I'll start dinner. Gibbs you're not allergic to anything are you?"

"No ma'am," he replied. Melinda left and closed the French doors that connected the foyer to the living room.

"Mom, who's this?" Jessi asked.

"This is what we need to tell you. Also afterwards we need to ask you something," Jessi nodded, "Jessi this is Leroy Jethro Gibbs, he's your father," Jen grabbed Jethro's hand and he squeezed hers to give her some support.

"Really?"

"Yeah Jessi," Jessi got up from the chair she was sitting in after the hug between her and her mother and walked over to Gibbs.

"YES!!!!" was all Jessi could say and gave Gibbs a hug. He returned it and smiled wide.

Jessi sat in her father's lap, "I've been waiting to meet you for so long, dad!!!"

"Same here, Jessi. When your mom told me about you I'd say about two weeks ago, I couldn't wait to meet you."

"You didn't know about me?"

"Umm.."

"I don't care. You know about me now and I have both my parents in my life."

"You sound like your mother. Very articulated speech. I heard you mastered my stare. You know that stare that you give people when you're mad or annoyed about something," Jessi nodded, "that's called a Gibbs stare."

"Cool," Jessi said.

"Jessi, we want to ask you something," Jen said.

"What?"

"Do you want to come live with us? I know you just started school but do you?"

"Yes. I can make new friends and man invented a thing called a phone so I can talk to the ones I have here. I want to come and live with you guys!!!"

"There's one more thing. My niece well she really isn't my niece her mother and me were cousins and so I just let her call me Aunt Jen but she lives with me. Your father and I just recently got back together and he has been gradually moving his things into my house. Sophia said that she really wants you to move in. There's a lot of bedrooms in my house if you don't remember since you were I think one the last time you were there and Sophia said that you can have the bedroom next to hers. Or well to me or your dad it doesn't matter which one is your room."

"Okay. What's Sophia like?"

"Annoying," Jen and Gibbs said in unison.

"Awe that's mean," Jessi said.

"Well it's sort of a lovable type annoyance. Everyone loves her. She just annoys people when she knows she can get away with it. Especially DiNozzo."

"Who's DiNozzo?"

"Someone we work with," Jessi got up and sat next to her mother on the couch then Jen scooted closer to Gibbs on the couch. He put his arm around her shoulders and Jessi smiled.

'I'm finally going to have the dream family I've wanted since Jessi was born,' Jen thought to herself, 'no one's ever going to take this away from me.'

A/N2: I didn't know how to end this chapter but I hope you're happy with it. All I have to do is finish writing the epilogue with will take place about a little over a month before How Far We've Come starts.