Chapter 4

The next day, Tim and Tony went to the Navy Dock to meet with Lt. Casey Dixon. The Lieutenant was talking with some Marine Cadets when he was interrupted by both of them.

"Lieutenant Dixon?" Tony asked him

"Yes, I am Lieutenant Dixon. Who might you be?"

"Special Agent Dinozzo" He pointed towards Tim and said "And this is my partner, Special Agent McGee."

The Lieutenant was curious so he asked Tim "Are you the son of the Admiral?"

Tim was hesitant but eventually he answered yes.

The Lieutenant was shocked and said "John had a son, he never mentioned it before. Your father and I are best friends. So, why are you looking for me?"

"We were told by the Director to escort you and The Admiral to NCIS HQ. Speaking of the Admiral, where is he right now?" Tony asked him

"The Admiral is currently boarding the ASS Bohemian and he will be back around noon tomorrow."

"Okay then, let's go back to NCIS HQ now." Tim said

10 minutes later, they reached the NCIS HQ. There, Director Vance welcomed them.

"Hello, Lieutenant Dixon. Nice meeting you again."

"Hello, Leon. I know, it's been a while" After that, they went in to the elevator and went to Director Vance office leaving Tim and Tony in the car. At that moment, Tim finally had a chance to talk to Tony

"Listen, Tony."

"What is it Probie?"

"I just wanted to say sorry for yelling at you the other day; I didn't know what I was thinking."

"It's no big deal, Tim. It's also my fault because I never knew your relationship with your father. I heard from Abby that your father couldn't come to your Graduation Day. I'm sure that he will come if he had some free time and didn't get caught up with work.

"I'm pretty sure that he will not come even if he had a free time…"

"Tim, why do you say things like that?"

"You want to hear the truth? My father enrolled me to the Naval Academy so that I become a marine. I declined his plan because I already set myself in going to MIT. As an admiral, I know that he will be really stern in his plans so he was really angry at me. He said "Timothy! Are you saying that you don't want to go there? Do you want to break the McGee's tradition in going there? I myself, your grandfather and even your great great grandfather studied there. I'm really disappointed in you. If you are not going there, I wouldn't consider you as my son."

Tony tried to comfort him "That was really harsh of your father Tim. He should have let you make your own choice in which universities you're going for."

"But it doesn't end there. Luckily, Penny was there to talk me out. She said "Tim, are you serious in not going there. It's our tradition but if you don't want to go, it's fine with me. You will be still be my grandson no matter what. Then I said to her you know right that I can't survive there for a week. "I know that will likely to happen but won't you give it a chance. Make your father proud. After that, I told myself I'll go to the Academy to make him proud because the talk with Penny convinces me to go."

"So what happened at the Naval Academy, Tim?"

"The first day I was there, I was really a shy boy but many people admire me because I was the son of The Admiral. But the longer, I stayed there. The more I embarrassed myself. I couldn't do pushups or fight because I was a nerd at that time and many people would pick on me when the Admiral is not around."

Tim was starting to look depressed because he can still remember all the bad things that happened on him.

"I won't forget the time when I was push around at the cafeteria. While I was reading a novel on my way to the cafeteria, I accidentally hit another cadet. To my fear, I hit Ronald Dylan and panic was starting to gather up in my mind."

"Who is Ronald Dylan, Tim?"

"He was the largest cadet I ever seen, he always picks on me and when he orders me to do something. I always do without any question."

"Wow, Tim. You are that afraid of him"

"Anyway, I hit him and accidentally spill his drink on his shirt. I said sorry but he wouldn't accept it. He was laughed by his friends and he turned and caught by the neck and put me on the wall. He said what did you do to me nerd. You better clean my shirt or else I will ruin your face so hard until your daddy won't recognize you. I panicked and I couldn't control my mouth and said I don't want to clean your shirt Ronald. He said what did you say? Ronald was ready to punch me but luckily I was saved by a lieutenant who was passing by. He released me from Ronald's grasp and took him away. He look back with a sharp stare and said you'll pay for this Nerd! After that, I continued back to the cafeteria. I took my food as usual and on my way back to my usual seat when Ronald came bursting in and pushed me. I fell down to the ground and suddenly all my food and drinks spilled to the ground. I looked up and saw Ronald was full of anger and he took a bottle of milk near him and pour it at the top of my head. After that, he kicked me in the stomach and I passed out after that."

"That is terrible Tim, you should have defended yourself" Tony tried to comfort him

"The next day, I was called by the Admiral in his office. He invited me to seat down and asked me what happened. I explained to my dad what happened and he also said the same thing you said Tony. The worst thing is he said is don't be so weak, Tim because you will ruin my reputation here. I was furious at him and I said "I ruin your reputation! You care more about your reputation than me! I shouldn't entered here in the first place but luckily Penny encourage me because he wanted me to make you proud. Looks like I was wrong. I am dropping out of here. After that, my dad was so furious and he shouted at me "You are not dropping out from here, you will embarrass me because you are my son." I said "So now you are acknowledging me as your son!" "Yes but if you drop out from this Academy, I would not acknowledge you as my son!" "Then, I'll be dropping out then, clearly you are making your job a priority than your own family." After that I walked out and I never seen or talked to him ever again.

Tony was stunned at how bad his relationship between Tim and his father. "I'm sure that he has changed now, Tim"

"I sure hope so but I doubt it"

After that they entered the elevator and went to the Squad Room.