So here is the chapter that Kate finds out she's going to be a big sister for the first time. This is going to be a shot in the dark, because I don't remember how my parents told me I was going to be a big sister, because I was two when my sister was born (and woke up from a nap to find my Mommy and Daddy gone. That was the end of naps for me!), and then I was four when my brother was born and all remember is that Mom couldn't come to camp with us because her doctor told her to stay home, and then one day we came home, and a few days later there was this little screaming baby kicking me out of my room and into my sister's room. I wasn't too happy about that part.

I own nobody but Kate, Jay-jay and any miscellaneous characters that don't come from the show. Please don't sue me CBS!!!!!

I also don't own Locks for Love; I've made several (five) donations to the nonprofit organization for children with cancer. They take the donated ponytails and use five or six to make wigs and give them to kids who will have long term hair loss. It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside every time I chop off a foot of hair for cancer patients. =) Give it a try!

Kate is thirteen in this chapter, and it takes place two months after Bête Noir, and Kate has totally recovered from that. She just feels bad for Ari; because she knows that her Dad will try to kill him when they meet again.

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Thirteen year old Kate Gibbs sat in her back yard and ran a hand through her now very short blond hair. Her hair was now chin length as opposed to her mid back, and she had donated her hair to the Locks for Love Program, and Kate planned to do that several more times in the future. She felt good knowing that her hair would help make some other child's day better.

The May day was warm and sticky and Kate was under the shade of the big oak tree. She and Becky had built a tree fort with some help from Jethro in April, and it was ready to be used all summer long. Kate was bored because Becky had gone to visit her Maw Maw and Pawpaw in South Carolina for the weekend, and Kate was home alone and bored out of her mind. She had already done her homework, cleaned her room and putted around the house looking miserable until her parents had kicked her out of the house.

Kate sighed and got up, planning to sneak back into the house to grab a Trixie Belden book or a Harry Potter novel. As Kate slid the back door open she heard her Mom hang up the phone and disappear down the stairs to the basement to talk to Jethro. He was working on another boat, and at this stage of the building process Kate knew to stay out of the basement unless she had permission to be down there.

Kate was able to sneak up into her room and sink down onto her bed and stared at her overflowing bookshelf to pick out a book. She was wavering between Goblet of Fire and The Secret of the Diary, a Nancy Drew book, when Jenny called up the stairs.

"Kate! Can you come down stairs? Your father and I have something to tell you!"

Kate rolled off of her bed and flew down the stairs and plopped down on the couch. "What's up?" She asked.

Jenny was sitting in an arm chair with a giant smile on her face and Jethro was perched on the arm of the chair. Jethro's smile mirrored Jen's and Kate was a little worried.

"We have some incredible news for you." Jenny said as she gazed up at Jethro with a love sick expression. Jethro had his hands on her shoulders and gave them a little squeeze.

"We're getting a puppy!" Kate guessed. "Is it a Sheppard? When are we getting it? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"Not a puppy." Jethro said proudly. "It's even better than a puppy."

"What is it?" Kate asked. It was better than a puppy, so she was excited. This meant that Kate was bouncing up and down on the couch and was abusing the cushions and the nearly twenty year old springs.

"We're having baby." Jenny said happily.

"A baby!" Kate repeated. "When? Is it a boy or girl? Am I gonna have to share my room? Oooh! Does Abby know? Can I help plan the baby shower? Do I get any cool big sister presents?"

Jethro laughed and said, "Calm down, Kate."

"It's a boy," Jenny said happily. "I'm three months along, so the baby should be here around Thanksgiving. Yes you can help plan the shower, no Abby doesn't know yet. You aren't going to share a room and we'll see about the presents."

Kate beamed. "Where's he going to sleep? Kelly's room is off limits, and the guest room is basically Tony's room and there aren't any other bedrooms besides mine and yours."

Jethro blinked. "We can tell DiNozzo to get his stuff out of the room. He has his own apartment for a reason, Kate."

"Okay." Kate said as she hopped off of the couch and headed for the stairs. "I'll let you be the one to tell him, then."

Jethro rolled his eyes. He wasn't ready to tell his Senior Field Agent that he and Jenny were expecting, and to move his crap into his own place. That part could wait a few months.

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July 2004, Jenny is five months pregnant

Kate and Becky were swimming in Becky's pool when Mrs. Taylor came out and said "Kate, darling, your mother's on the phone. She wants to speak to you."

Kate hauled herself out of the pool and grabbed a towel to dry off with before she entered the Taylors' home.

"Hi, Mom!" Kate said when she picked up the phone. "What's up?"

"Your Dad and I are going out for a while," Jenny told Kate. "Tony's picking you up at four and taking you to the movies and dinner with Abby. Okay?"

"That's fine Mom. Can I invite Becky to come too?" Kate asked eagerly.

"I don't see why not." Jenny said. "Tony did say she was more than welcome to come."

"Cool! Thanks, Mom. Bye!" Kate said.

"Bye, Kate and stay out of trouble." Jenny ordered.

"Don't I always?" Kate replied and hung up. Kate raced back outside and cannonballed into the pool, thoroughly soaking Becky's little sister and brother, the twins Holly and Robbie.

"What's up?" Becky asked as Kate resurfaced.

"Tony's taking me and Abby to dinner the movies." Kate said. "You're invited too. I think between the three of us we can convince Tony to take us to see The Notebook."

Becky's face lit up with a giant grin. "Let me go ask my mom. This is gonna be awesome!" Becky swam to the ladder and climbed out and ran over to her mother on the deck to ask her.

Becky came bounding back over quickly and she nodded. "Mom says I can come, just as long as I behave myself."

"Good." Kate said as she got out of the pool. "It's almost time for Tony to pick us up, so let's go get changed." The two girls towel dried and went up to Becky's room to change.

At four on the dot Tony rang the door bell and they were off to Applebee's and to see The Notebook, Tony just didn't know it yet.

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As Becky, Abby and Kate were plotting against Tony, Jethro and Jenny were waiting for their real estate agent, Cathy Lowney to arrive and show them the house Jenny had fell in love with in Anacostia. Ever since Jen had watched the virtual tour she had her heart set on buying the house. All she needed to do was convince Jethro to let her buy it. Jen had already sold her Great Uncle Alexander's hunting lodge in Austria and made a pretty penny on the profits.

"The house has five bedrooms plus the Master suite, Jethro." Jenny was saying excitedly. "I can use one as a study, the baby can have a playroom, Kate's room, and then we still have two extra guest rooms."

"I don't know, Jen." Jethro said. "I still have to pay the mortgage on the other house and Kate's going to college soon and she has school tuition now, I don't think we can afford a new house."

"Leroy Jethro Gibbs." Jenny said as she put her hands on her hips. "Are you forgetting I come from a wealthy family and just sold my great uncle's European hunting lodge for a price well over the asking price?"

Jethro looked sheepish. "I don't want to have to rely on your money, Jen. You know how I feel about the man should be the provider for his family."

Jenny sighed. "This is my baby shower gift to myself. Got that?" Jethro nodded. "Good, then that's settled. We're buying this house."

Jethro nodded; he knew when he was defeated, and accepted his fate. "How are we going to tell Kate that we're moving?"

Jenny sighed. "We'll find a way before September, and she doesn't have to switch schools if we keep her in the parochial school she's in now."

"Alright." Jethro said. "When this real estate agent gets here, let's ask her where we sign."

Jenny's face light up into a megawatt smile and she hug the air out of her husband. "THANK YOU! Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" Jenny released Jethro and gave him a quick peck on the lips. "Have I ever told you that you're the best husband ever?"

Jethro couldn't help but smile as he watched his wife jump up and down like a teenage girl meeting their celebrity crush for the first time. He was whipped, and he knew it. Hell, he was actually proud he was whipped in this case. He couldn't wait to meet his son in four months.

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Kate and Becky were using napkins as tissues as they watched The Notebook, and even Tony was try to casually wipe his eyes without being noticed. Abby was sobbing here eyes out on Becky's left and the young redhead handed the Goth some more napkins to use.

The end of the movie was one of the most depressing endings Tony had ever seen, including Romeo + Juliet with Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo. He had cried for a good five minutes afterwards, he had watched it at home alone one night after his girlfriend at the time had mentioned it was her favorite movie.

Abby thought the ending was sweet and that was the way she wanted to go, just in her coffin, not a hospital bed.

Kate just thought about how it was so sad the Allie couldn't remember Noah, and immediately thought of Mrs. Mallard. Kate resolved right there in theater 10 to talk to Ducky and come up with her own way of helping the woman she thought of as a grandmother keep her whits about her.

Becky was crying because she was thinking like Tony. This was the saddest ending to a movie she'd ever seen, except for the end of Bambi¸ when Bambi's mother is shot by the hunters.

As the group of four emerged from the theater, Kate saw Jake Ryan and his cronies hanging around the concession stand. They were loudly conversing about how Jake and his family were moving to an affluent neighborhood in Anacostia and how much Jake was going to love living with rich people as his neighbors. This would benefit his old friends because they could come over as often as they would like.

Kate rolled her eyes and linked arms with Becky and they two girls stuck their tongues out as they walked past and dissolved into giggles when Jake made the same face back at them. Tony an Abby shook their heads at the girls' obliviousness. It was obvious to the adults that Jake was trying to show off to the girls, he had a crush on one of them, they just didn't know if it was Becky or Kate that was the object of Jake's affection.

"I so totally loved the part where they were just lying in the street and were all 'What do we do if there's a car?' and Noah just says 'Die.'" Becky said excitedly. "I wish I could find my own Noah, he was so cute."

"I can't wait until I'm old enough to date! But I think I finally know where babies come from." Kate said mischievously and Abby burst out laughing remembering the story Gibbs had told her about the first time Kate had asked that question ten years ago.

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August 2004, Jenny is six months pregnant

Kate sighed as she packed up the last of her books and toys and taped the box closed. It was the end to one chapter in her life, she was moving to a new house with her parents and she wasn't too happy about it. The only good thing was that Jake Ryan was not a neighbor, and Kate was excited with that.

"Ready to go, Kiddo?" Jethro asked as he poked his head into his daughter's now Spartan bedroom. All of her posters, movie posters, favorite bands and movie stars, had been removed to reveal a lilac colored paint on the walls. Her twin bed was remaining; Jenny had purchased a full sized bed for Kate claiming that the girl would need a bigger bed as she grew. Kate didn't want to leave, but seeing as she was thirteen, she had no choice but to go.

"Why do we have to move, Dad?" Kate asked as she picked up the box and headed for the stairs.

"We're outgrowing this house, Kate." Jethro said as he took the box from Kate.

"Are we going to sell it?" she asked worriedly.

"No." Jethro replied. "I told you that already. This house means a lot to the two of us. It's were your Mom and I started our family."

Kate sighed. "That's exactly why I don't wanna leave."

Jethro placed the box marked 'Kate's books and toys No. 7. FRAGILE! (SNOW GLOBE INSIDE)' on top of a growing pile of boxes in the living room. "I know, Princess. But sometimes we need to do things we don't want to do."

"Like moving." Kate said as she sank down onto a decrepit looking sofa Jethro had bought the week before at a Goodwill store. The old house would be a false lead to anyone looking for Gibbs. If they broke into the house they would find mismatched furniture that would be expected in the home of a thrice divorced man, a child's bedroom that hadn't been touched in twenty-one years, a boat in the basement, and if they choose to dig even further in the basement, Gibbs's sniper rifle, its case and some ammo hidden in a jar of screws.

"Like moving." Jethro echoed. "But we'll be back here a lot to work on the Jenny." Gibbs told Kate. Jenny was making him leave the boat behind too; their new basement wasn't big enough for the boat to be built in.

"I like how you named this one after Mom." Kate said as she stood up and took her backpack off of a worn armchair that didn't match the couch. "Can I name the next one?" she asked eagerly.

Jethro laughed. "Let me finish building this one first!"

Kate smiled and bounced out the front door with her backpack for what she thought to be one of the last times. She climbed into the backseat of her dad's car and buckled up. She pulled out her blue iPod Mini and popped in her ear buds as Jethro locked the front door. A neighbor from across the street actually stopped mowing his lawn as he watched Jethro lock the door. Everyone in the neighborhood knew that the front door to the Gibbs house was always unlocked. Always. Well, except for when Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs were both out of the country. Kate just wave to Mr. Zusak and selected a Good Charlotte song and ignored her dad for most of the ride; she was still a little mad about moving.

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November 2004, Jenny is Nine months pregnant, and ready to deliver at any minute…

Kate snuggled down deeper under her new down comforter and flannel sheets. The November Saturday was cold, chilly, and the wind outside of Kate's window was howling. Kate figured it would be safer to snuggle up in bed, watch an hour of two of cartoons and make an appearance downstairs before eleven and still get pancakes from her dad for breakfast.

Kate was halfway through a Sabrina the Teenage Witch rerun when her door burst open, and Jethro came in, turned the TV on top of a white chest of drawers off and flung open Kate's closet in a flurry of activity.

"Hey!" Kate protested. "That was a good episode! Harvey was just going to tell Sabrina something important!"

Jethro turned and looked at Kate. "Jen just went into labor. Get dressed and meet us down stairs in ten minutes."

Kate hopped out of bed and pushed her father out the door. "Go away and let me get changed and I'll be down in two." Kate grabbed a pair of jeans from the floor, no stains or holes, and a tee shirt from her draws. As an afterthought Kate grabbed her St. Barbara's Prepatory Academy sweatshirt and threw it on with some sneakers and threw her hair into a messy ponytail. She had her iPod in her pocket and two Artemis Fowl books in her hands. She was ready to go. "Ready!" Kate called as she thundered down the stairs.

Jethro handed her a plate of pancakes with instructions to eat on the way to the hospital. Kate knew not to ask for syrup on them; sticky substances were not allowed in her dad's new truck.

As Jenny went through her breathing exercises Jethro drove like he was in a car chase, eliciting several horns and fingers from his fellow drivers. Kate just hung on for dear life and nibbled on her pancakes as they raced to the local hospital. Kate didn't envy which ever police officer attempted to pull them over. Luckily for the Anacostia Police Department, the Gibbs family made it to the local hospital without being stopped once.

Tony met them at the ER doors. Kate had used Jethro's cell phone to call him and ask him to meet them at the hospital. Tony would stay with Kate in a family waiting room while Jethro stayed with Jenny in her room. Callen had been called, and the OSP agent was enroute from Los Angeles.

"So," Tony said after almost an hour of awkward silence. "Are you excited to be a big sister?"

Kate looked up from Artemis Fowl and the Arctic Incident and glanced at Tony. "Yup. I helped Mom put the nursery together, and helped Dad paint the crib blue."

"Do you know what they want to name him?" Tony asked. "Gibbs hasn't mentioned any names, and it's kinda hard to ask him at work."

"I think they're going to name him Jethro Jasper." Kate said as she stuck out her tongue. "I don't like it, but I'm going to call him Jay-jay anyways, so it doesn't matter."

"Poor kid." Tony said dramatically. "He's being named after his father."

"Weren't you named after your father?" Kate inquired as she put down her book.

"Unfortunately." Tony replied as he picked up the remote to the TV. "What channel?"

"ABC Family." Kate said. "I wanna see if Full House is on."

Tony complied and they spent two hours watching the exploits of the Tanner family and part of Gilmore Girls when Jethro joined them with a ridiculous grin on his face. "He's here!"

Kate hopped up off of the couch and tackled her father with a bear hug that was tighter than Abby's bone crushing hug. "What's his name?" she asked eagerly.

"Jethro Jasper Gibbs." Jethro replied proudly.

"I'm calling him Jay-jay." Kate replied joyfully. "Can I see him yet?"

Jethro nodded. "Family only."

Tony turned off the TV and picked up his Buckeyes jacket. "Well, I guess that means I'll be going then."

"Like hell it does, DiNozzo." Jethro replied. "You're Kate's stepbrother, remember?"

Tony smiled. "I forgot about that, Dad."

"So, whose kid am I then?" Kate asked as they headed for Jenny's room.

"Jen's." Jethro replied. "Tony's my son from a previous marriage."

"Works every time." Tony said smiling as he tugged on Kate's ponytail.

Kate swatted Tony's hand away and was bouncing in anticipation. She couldn't wait to hold her little brother for the first time. "Can I hold him, Daddy?"

"Ask your mother first." Jethro said. "I don't see why not other than that."

"Okay." Kate said and she opened the door to Jenny's room. "Hi, Mom!"

Jenny looked up and smiled. Her red hair was plastered to her forehead with sweat and the rest of her hair was in a bun at the nape of her neck.

"Hi, Sweetie." Jenny said as Kate took the chair next to her mom's bed. "Do you want to hold Jethro?"

Kate nodded. "I can really hold Jay-jay?"

Jenny smiled at the nickname and looked at the redheaded hour old boy in her arms. "Jay-jay. It suits him."

"Plus it makes him sound way cooler." Tony said from the end of the bed. "He's gorgeous, Boss."

"Thanks, DiNozzo." Gibbs said gruffly as he watched Jenny teach Kate how to hold the baby with Jay-jay's head in her elbow, and her arms wrapped around his little body.

"Look at his fingers, Dad! They're soooo tiny." Kate cooed as she inspected her new brother. "He's even littler than I thought he would be."

"You and me both." Jenny said with a smile. "I thought he was going to be at least two pounds heavier."

"How come?" Kate asked innocently as Jethro and Tony looked everywhere but at Jenny.

"My scale." Jenny replied. "I guess I gained a little more weight than I thought I did."

"Well," Kate said optimistically, "look at it this way, Mom. Now there's more of you to love."

Jethro, Tony, and Jenny burst into laughter and Kate shushed them all when Jay-jay started to fidget. "He's sleeping!" Kate hissed.

Jethro couldn't help the smile that creeped onto his lips as he watched his new family together. He had a home, his health, good friends, his wife, and now two beautiful children. What more could a man ask for?

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