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Twelve year old twins Sam and Nicole DiNozzo glared out of the window of the car that their father was driving. He'd parked in front of their new school, they along with their younger brother Edan were to start here today.
"I hate this school I really do"
Tony smiled and turned around. "Your old school is zoned and we moved out of the school's zone I know this sucks guys but its only for six months." It was stupid their rented house was two meters out side the school zone. So they had to change to the school an hour away.
"If we're moving back into the zone we should be able to stay at our school. This sucks, dad can't you just shoot the dumb worker who dropped the cran on our house?" The house next to theirs had been putting in a pool when one of the cran's fell onto their house. No one had been at home at the time luckily.
"I wish I could Nikki I really do but your mother not to mention my boss would kill me"
"Well they suck too" Tony laughed and turned around. He looked over at his two eldest spitting images of their mother and each other. But they were totally different. Sam was quiet, shy and soft spoken, and often over shadowed by her loud, out going and popular twin sister.
"Sam how do feel about going here for a while you've said nothing the whole way here." Sam looked over at her dad there was a frown on her face, she shrugged and looked out the window again.
"Sammy you ok?" She nodded and hopped out of the car.
"I'll watch out for her" Tony smiled and gave Nicole a kiss on the head as she headed out of the car.
"You all ready for you new school buddy?" Edan nodded he gave his dad a hug then followed after his sisters. Tony pulled a face making his youngest three laugh, he chuckled and turned around as Nicole closed the door.
After dropping the Ally off at Prep and his twin 3 year old sons off at day care he arrived at work. He made his way up to the bull pen to find Gibbs wasn't there neither was McGee but Kate was.
"How did they take it?" Tony raised an eyebrow and kissed her on the head before sitting at his desk.
"That well hey?" Kate noticed that something wasn't right with her husband, she got up and walked around behind him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.
"What?"
"Sam she seemed quiet" Kate smiled she knew what was up with her daughter but she'd told Sam she wouldn't tell Tony.
"I'm sure she's fine"
"Kate honey you didn't see her she was quiet, she was frowning much like you when it's...no way"
Kate rolled her eyes she knew he'd figure it out. "Don't tell her you know let her come to you in her own time, she's not as open as Nikki is"
"Yeah I know she's like you" Kate hit him over the head.
"Ow" Tony looked up at Kate glaring at her.
"And Nikki's like you" Kate teased. Gibbs cleared his throat. Kate stood up and kissed Tony on the head before heading back to her desk.
It was six when they were aloud to go home, no cases had come in they had spent the day doing paper work.
Tony walked in to see Edan and Ally sitting on the floor colouring. Kate walked in behind him. "Hey guys were are your brothers and sisters?"
Edan looked up, and smirked he had inherited his fathers charm and talent for smiling his way out of anything the fact that he looked just like Tony came in handy when he wanted something from Kate.
"Well... Sean and Jay are being bathed by Hattie and the Grumps are upstairs in their room." Kate smiled she'd figured what had happened but Tony being Tony it would take a while till it sunk in.
"I'll go see them" he turned to Kate "and I wont bug her" Kate shrugged and sat down with Edan and Ally.
Tony tapped on the door before walking into the girls room. "Hey you two who was school"
Sam looked up from doing her homework she was laying on her bed. As they were sharing a room they had bunk beds she was on top. "Hey dad, how long till mum told you?" Tony grinned yes Sam was exactly like her mother.
"She didn't I figured it out where's your sister?" Sam got up and climbed down. She sat on one of the bean bags in the corner tapping the other one, Tony rolled his eyes and sat down.
"Dad I know this is going to be hard for you to grasp so I'll be nice. Nicole isn't daddies little girl any more she hasn't been for ages"
"What? Sam what are you getting at?" She laughed and rested her head on her dad's shoulder.
"She's discovered boys among other thing " Tony looked at his daughter with a skeptical look.
"I'm not lying to ya dad, Alec Morgan asked her out today, it's been coming for a while ever wonder why she never hugs you anymore. Why she wears only baggy clothes Or why her school bag is so heavy?" Tony nodded
"Well she takes a change of clothes to school, more form fitting clothes, you thought she wasn't developing as fast as me guess again dad, she has a whole heap of clothes that you don't know she wears. Skirts midriff tops similar stuff to mine but more skimpier. She doesn't hate our new school she loves it no uniforms." Tony raised his eyebrow. He'd never seen any of this coming and he doubted that Kate had either.
"Does your mother know about this" Sam shook her head.
"Come with me then" Sam bit her lip she knew Nicole would hate her for tattling, but she was worried.
"It'll be ok" Sam nodded and let her dad help her up.
"Wait" she ran over to the wardrobe and grabbed one of the suit cases.
"You'll wanna see this" she walked out with Tony.
"Kate honey could we talk to you" Sam stood behind her father with the suit case. Kate looked up when she saw Sam she nodded worried she had done something wrong. She sent Edan and Ally up to their rooms. She sat on the lounge Tony on one side and Sam in the middle.
"Sam honey is anything wrong?" Kate brushed the chestnut curls out of her daughters eyes. Sam shook her head and looked up at Tony who nodded.
"Its about Nicole"
"What about Nikki?"
"She hates the name Nikki first off when your not looking and say it she rolls her eyes. She's not who you think she is. She hides stuff from you and dad, her clothes, her magazines, the fact that she's had her period since she was 11. She doesn't tell you every like you think she does, she tells you edited versions. She's got a boyfriend Alec Morgan he asked her out today. Emma told me, then I then I saw them skipping art. They were making out in the library. I had to return on over due book. And Alec isn't her first more like her eighth or ninth" Sam bit her lip and looked up at Kate.
"What else" Kate's voice was calm and caring she didn't need to get mad at Sam she'd been scared to say anything, to get into trouble she knew the feeling.
"She was wearing a micro mini, a really short skirt, and a boob tube. These are her other clothes, most of which she steals or gets others to steal for her." Sam kicked the suite case in front of her the latch popped and opened clothes, shoes and magazines flew out.
" She hangs out with all the wrong people, people who get into trouble. The other day when she was late home, when she said she was working on something at the library with Elle and Shaun, she wasn't she was in detention. I found out today from Elle." Sam's lip quivered.
"Come on Sammy its ok"Tony pulled his daughter into a hug.
"She picks on Edan at school and tell him if he tells you she'll flush porky down the toilet, I've tried to get him to tell you, I was trying today before you turned around but he wouldn't budge not with her there, he's shit scared of her. Um and another thing about her and Alec That's not the only thing Alec's hand was well...kind of up her top."
Tony got up and walked around. He wanted to know what had happened to his little girl. Suddenly the front door opened and in walked Nicole she looked over at her mother father and sister, she then noticed all her things on the floor. She glared at Sam and walked up to their room.
"I did the right thing didn't I?" Kate nodded and pulled her daughter into a hug kissing her on the head.
"Yes you did the right thing. Now go get your siblings and ask Hattie to take you all down the park"
"But the boys have had their bath"
"They can have another one" Sam nodded and headed up stairs.
Kate looked up at Tony and shook her head. "What did we do wrong?" Tony shrugged.
"I don't know Katie"
They suddenly heard a scream from Sam. They got up and bolted to the stairs and found her laying at the bottom of them. Nicole was at the top. "That'll teach you to tattle on me"
"NICOLE ANNA DINOZZO HERE NOW" Kate yelled while Tony helped Sam up, Hattie came down with the four other DiNozzo children.
"Is every thing ok?" Kate shook her head Hattie herded the younger kids down stairs following Tony who was carrying Sam.
Kate made her way up to Nicole. "What?"
"Why are you acting like this? This isn't you"
"It is mother It is"