Chap.3

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Continuing from the last chapter

Alec, Chris's dad was worried; his daughter waited so much form Gibbs.

"Honey, I don't want you to be hurt. It's hard for a man who lost everything to open his heart."

"I won't"

"Are you sure? From what I gather this Gibbs doesn't seem very nice to people. When I learned that his wife and Kelly were dead, it hurt me deeply and I don't even know them."

"She was still your daughter…"

"Yeah, and it's hurt that I'll never know her."

2 years ago, this news shattered their family. Chris's mom, Cameron, was ill and needed a transplant of bone marrow. Chris passed some test to know if she could be the donor. That's when she learned that her parents weren't her biological ones. The following months have been tough for them between that and Cameron's leukemia. The Mitchell couldn't understand how this could happen. There tried to join Saint Mary Hospital where Chris was born. Of course, the hospital at first denied all responsibility. After investigation, they come to the only possible explication. Two babies must have been unfortunately switch, one of them being Chris. Eventually, the hospital has been forced to admit that one of the nurses must have committed an error. Now the remaining question was: who was the second baby?

Chris went through a period of uncertainty, who was she really? These parents that she loved so much were not her parents. Somewhere, another girl was their legitimate child raised by another couple, Chris' biological parents. After much discussion and arguments, the Mitchell family finally found a balance. Cameron was healing slowly from her cancer and they realized that a family wasn't only about blood.

The hospital tried to cover-up this issue, avoiding bad publicity, so this story remains unknown to most reporters. Chris and her parents couldn't care less about reporters; all they wanted was to know who the other family was. Chris was born the same day of 3 others girls from this hospital. Going through the files with the legal department of the hospital, the evidence was imposed on them by seeing Gibbs family's file. There was a picture of Shannon, the resemblance was remarkable. No need to be a genius to conclude on the filiations between her and Chris. The hospital had data on Shannon's DNA, a comparison confirmed their hypothesis. The hospital's lawyer did some research on the Gibbs and informed Chris and her parents of their finding. The Mitchell's were horrified to learn the tragic death of Shannon and Kelly. Kelly looked a lot like her father with her mother eyes and hair; they were very saddened that they will never know this little girl. As for Chris, she was struck by her resemblance to her late mother, thwarted too to be deprived of the chance to know one day her mother. The hospital, wanting to avoid further conflict with the Gibbs, left the choice to the Mitchell of whether to contact agent Gibbs. Again, facing this cornelian choice, new discussions have disrupted the tranquility of the family. Ultimately, as the only living member was her biological father and therefore the decision impacting mostly Chris, it would be her choice if she wanted to contact agent Gibbs.

At first, grieving a non-existent relationship with her biological mother and Kelly who she considered as some sort of sister and not wanting to hurt her dad's feeling, Chris decided against getting to know Gibbs. But then as the time flew by, she felt an impulse toward her father. Talking to her dad to make sure he knew how much she loved him and that he will be forever ever her dad she moved to Washington in order to get closer to her father and maybe getting to know him.

The Gibbs' subject was always a little tense. Alec was still grieving his unknown daughter, but he was really worried about Chris and what this new situation could bring, so he tried to warn her.

"Chris, be careful, please"

"Dad, I'll be fine. Even if Gibbs doesn't like me, it doesn't matter"

"Of course it does, he still is your father, and if he rejects you… I'm afraid Chris, this little game you're playing could end badly."

"Dad, don't worry about me, ok? I gotta go, Sam needs me, love you dad. Bye"

"Love you too. Tell Sam hi for me. Bye"

The next days passed like a blur, Gibbs' team got a case so Tony didn't saw Chris and Sam much. Chris was restless, impatient to know if she got the job. Eventually, she got a call from Abby asking her to come at NCIS the following morning.

Chris called Tony that night, he was at his apartment trying to get some rest, the case was straining.

"Hi honey!"

"Hey babe,"

"You sound awful Tony, are you sure you don't want me to come? I could fix you something to eat and help you to distress a little."

"I'm fine Chris, and believe me, if you were here, I wouldn't rest" Tony replied teasing her.

"Ok, never mind, I should let you"

"No, you wanted to tell me something, didn't you?"

"oh, I have an appointment with Abby, tomorrow, do you know her decision about the forensic scientist position?"

"No, I don"t…. So if you have the job, do you have an idea how we're going to handle all of that?"

"First, I think that we should tell Abby, she is the nicer of them, right?"

That make Tony laugh a little. "Yeah, and she could help us with the other…."

"They're your friends Tony, they will be happy for you"

"I know, it's just that you're the best thing that ever happened in my life and I can't stop myself to think that I gonna lose you." Tony tried to explain this bad vibes he felt about it "I think a paranoiac, but it's like your introduction to my team will broke us apart"

Chris didn't know what to say. When she learned the truth about her identity, she conduct an investigation on Gibbs and his team. She wanted to know everything about him. When she met Tony, she felt immediately attracted to him, it was chemical, love at first sight. But when he introduce himself, and understood that she somehow knows him; she didn't know how to react. Tony was persuaded that it was his playboy personata and panicking she's gone with it. Now the dilemma was how to tell him the truth? She was always putting the discussion to later. Being a little cowardly, she couldn't do it now, not by phone.

"Tony I love you, Sam loves you. I don't want to lose you too, you're a great man and I'm sure you won"t lose us" 'please let this be true'

"I love you too Chris, you should go to sleep, it's late and you have an important meeting tomorrow. I'm sure you got the job! Sleep well, bye"

"Thanks. You too tony, bye"

Chris was on her nerve, she was waiting for the elevator to take her to Abby'lab. When the door opened, she took a big breath and walk to her future.

"Good morning Abby"

"Chris, hi. How are you?"

"To be honest a little nervous."

"Don't be, you got the job!"

"Oh my god! You're not kidding right? I can't believe it!"

"Believe it! You're more than qualified for the work and you seem fine."

"Thank you, Abby! I'm so happy I could hug you!"

"Don't hold back"

They hug a few seconds then Chris pulled away, now was the time of truth, for her and Tony.

"Uhm Abby, I have something to tell you."

"Okaaay…, go on"

"It's not easy for me… it's something you should have known before maybe, I don't know anymore but he didn't want, and argh…."

"Chris calm down, and tell me simply"

"Ok, you remember I told you I was seeing someone and it was pretty serious?"

"Yeah…."

"Well… wait I'll call him that be easier" Chris took her phone and called Tony. As soon as he pick up she told him in singing tone "hey, it's tiiiiime! Could you come and help me? I can't do it alone!...thank you"

Abby was intrigued. "Who are we waiting?"

"You'll see, he won't be long"

A few second later, Tony came in the lab. Abby thinking he came down to say hi begin to introduce him to Chris

"Tony, hey, come on I'll present you Chris, my new co-worker."

"Abby, he knows me, that's what I was trying to tell you, Tony and I are in an relationship…"

"What!"

"Abs, look, I should have told you earlier. But Chris; she's the love of my live, I don't want to spoil this relationship, I was afraid, I ignore of what but I'm trying very hard to make this relation work…"

"And I didn't want to influence your decision regarding the job with my relation with Tony… So am I still engaged?"

Abby was frowning making them very nervous then she smiled and went to hug them both. "Ow, you're so cute, I'm happy for you!" Letting them go, she punched Tony in the arm. "And you mister, never be afraid to talk to Abby, got it!"

"Got it Abs, glad you're okay with it cause we'll need your help to tell the others…"

TBC

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