Here's one of my little filler chapters before my mega three episode chapter(s). It might get split into two parts seeing as it's already 21 pages handwritten and I'm not even close to halfway done with it yet. Oh boy….
But this should keep you guys tied over until I finish the monstrosity by the end of the month. Hopefully. But there will be plenty of time for me to write while I'm not taking finals in classes I passed with solid 'As' for the year :) I love being a Senior…with three days of school left…
I don't own any of the recognizable characters that appear on CBS' hit number one drama NCIS. I just own Kate Gibbs, her brother Jay-Jay, and other unrecognizable characters.
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2013
Kate was scribbling away in her notebook on her bed as she tried to finish the end of her Spring Break assignments. Her text books were spread out around her in a circle on her comforter and she huffed blowing her too long bangs out of her face as she turned the page in her psych book.
"Knock, knock," Tony said from the doorway to Kate's bedroom startling the young woman.
"Wah!" Kate shrieked as she lost her balance and actually tumbled to the floor from her bed.
Tony tried hard to not laugh as Kate's head poked up over the bed with her messy ponytail starting to fall apart and a piece of paper landed on top of Kate's head.
"Was sneaking up on me like that really necessary?" Kate asked as she climbed back up onto her queen sized bed tucking her sweat pant clad legs under her body while she mock glared at Tony.
Tony shrugged and closed the door behind him as he stepped into the twenty-two year old's mint green and white bedroom. "We need to talk, Squirt."
Kate cocked her head to the side and looked at Tony curiously. "What about?" she asked and began to stack her homework things up by the head of her bed.
"Nothing bad," Tony said as he took the desk chair, spun it around, and sat down on it backwards. "Just a big brother to little sister kind of talk.
Kate nodded, "And what are we talking about?"
"Me." Tony simply stated. "I'm getting married."
Kate's jaw dropped and her eyes grew to the size of saucers. The next statement to leave her mouth could easily be contributed to the re-runs of Hannah Montana she watched religiously on Disney Channel. "Eternal bachelor big brother say what?"
Tony just laughed at her reaction. "I'm getting married," he repeated.
Kate shook her head in disbelief. "You're that serious about this mystery girl you've been seeing?"
Tony nodded, "I'm over the moon crazy for her, Katie. I can't imagine the rest of my life without her."
Kate sighed. She really hoped that Tony had really found the one for him and that this wouldn't turn into the Jeanne Benoit fiasco 2.0. "Who is she?" Kate asked curiously. You haven't even dropped a hint as to who she is in the past two years."
Tony's smile grew to the size of the Cheshire Cat's. "Hey, Honey!" he called through the closed door. "Come on in!"
Kate curiously watched as the white bedroom door opened and a dark haired woman entered the room. Kate felt her jaw drop again when she recognized the woman standing in her doorway. "Ziva!" Kate cried gleefully.
Ziva smiled warmly at Kate as she moved to Tony's side. "Do I pass the little sister test?" the Israeli woman asked as she and Tony linked fingers.
"Hell ya!" Kate cried happily. "When's the wedding? I'd better be in the wedding party or I yank any and all little sister blessing regarding your upcoming nuptials."
"Of course," Ziva said with a chuckle.
"So what am I in the wedding party?" Kate eagerly asked.
Tony and Ziva exchanged knowing smiles.
"Well," Tony said, "It's an unusual position…"
"I think she is perfect for it." Ziva cut in. "Shani and Miriam agree with me."
"Who?" Kate asked.
"My Maid of Honor and one of the bridesmaids." Ziva said with her smile still in place. "Old friends of mine from Tel Aviv."
Kate nodded, "So what roll am I playing in this upcoming ceremony of Holy Matrimony?"
Another silent look was exchanged by the newly engaged couple.
"Tell me already!" Kate snapped with dramatic flair. "The anticipation is killing me!"
Tony laughed, "But making you sweat it out is more amusing."
Kate grabbed a decorative throw pillow from the mound of pillows she was leaning against and threw it as hard as she could at Tony's head. It nailed him in the forehead with a resounding 'SMACK' as the beaded center collided with skin.
"Oww!" Tony exclaimed as he rubbed the spot on his forehead. "What was that for?"
"For not telling me what I'm doing in your wedding. Durr." Kate replied as she patted the pile of pillows behind her. "And I have plenty of ammunition to keep doing that all night."
Tony sighed dramatically picking up on the fact that Kate wasn't in the best of moods right now. "Fine, I guess I'll tell you."
Kate beamed, "Thank you very much. You may proceed."
"You're the Best Man." Tony said. "Well, the Best Wo-Man, really."
"SWEET!" Kate exclaimed.
"Are you ready for dress shopping?" Ziva asked the younger woman.
"Yes!" She cried happily.
"How about we go now?" Ziva suggested.
"Now?" Kate said. "Why not!" As she was getting ready to hop off the bed she paused and looked at Tony. "What about Timmy?"
"What about Tim?" Tony asked his little sister.
"I thought you would have asked him to be your best man." Kate said.
"Nah," Tony said waiving his hand to dismiss any of Kate's misgivings on accepting the position. "He and Will are perfectly content as ushers. He understands that I'd ask you to stand up there next to me on my wedding day. You're family, and Tim understands that blood is thicker than water."
"But I thought you saw the team as a family." Kate stated slightly confused.
"I do," Tony said. "But he's more of the cousin I get to see on a daily basis than a brother. McGoo has his own family besides the team. Besides, you're my baby sister. You come first before Tim any day."
"Aw, Tee!" Kate gushed and launched herself at her brother, throwing her arms around his neck in a huge hug. "You're the best!"
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ELEVEN MONTHS LATER
Kate was leaning up against the wall as she watched Tony adjust his bowtie in the mirror for the millionth time that afternoon in the little room in the Church.
"For the love of God, Tony, relax!" Kate said with a frustrated sigh. "Everything is going fine. I was just in with the bride and the bridal party getting a touch up on my make-up. Ziva's here and she's not having second thoughts about marrying you. And you'd better not be getting cold feet or I swear nobody will be able to find your body parts when I'm done with you."
"Kate, how can I relax? I'm getting married in less than twenty minutes!" Tony exclaimed. "I'm gonna screw it up and Zee's gonna hate me forever."
Kate pushed herself off of the wall and wrapped her left arm around Tony's shoulders. "No, no she won't."
"How do you know that?" Tony asked her. "You're not Ziva."
"I may not be Ziva," Kate said, "but I am a woman. And women tend to think alike on matters such as these. Sure, she'll be a little miffed that something went wrong on her wedding day, but in two years she can look back and laugh at it all. You know why?"
"No." Tony said dejectedly.
"Because she's going to have the best husband in the world by her side to remind her of the little mistakes he made during the ceremony, and he'll be able to re-enact it for their kids in fifteen years." Kate said. "Besides, if you focus on screwing up, you will screw up. So focus on the positive and go get yourself hitched."
Tony smiled as he took in Kate's words of encouragement and looked at the twenty three year old next to him. "When did you get to be so smart, Squirt?"
Kate just laughed. "I'm not a Squirt today." She was referring to the fact that with her shoes on she was five foot five, just a head shorter than the six foot two Tony. "But I've always been smart, Tee. I just got smarter about relationships after I met Jake."
"Is he here today?" Tony asked Kate. He was always eager to change the subject and grill Kate on her boyfriend of seven months.
"Yes he is." Kate said with a smile. "And Ziva agrees with me that you're not allowed to terrorize him today. Leave that to Dad, Tim, Will, and Callen."
Tony chuckled, "You caught me."
"I'm your little sister," Kate said with a sigh as the door to their little room opened and Jethro stepped in. "It's my job to catch onto your little schemes."
"Well, as touching as this scene is," Jethro said from the doorway. "It's time for you two to step out onto the alter so we can get things started."
"Come on Squirt," Tony said. "We better do what he says; after all he is pulling double duty as the father of the bride and father of the groom."
"I told you to tell Eli David," Kate said with a sigh as she hitched up the skirt to her olive green dress and carefully walked across the room linking arms with Tony. "But no, nobody listens to Kate when she's right. Cuz you know that Eli will seriously try to kill you for marrying his daughter behind his back."
"It's your turn to relax," Tony said as they stood at the altar looking over the assembled crowd of friends and family. "We're going to tell him after the honeymoon. Ziva's having her Aunt Nettie invite him and her mother over for dinner and we'll spring the news via Skype."
"Good luck with that," Kate said as she waved to Jay-Jay. The eight year old was serving as the ring bearer in the ceremony and was anxiously waiting with Miriam's daughter Lisa, the flower girl, for the wedding to start. The two kids were leaning up against a wall tossing some of Lisa's fake flowers between each other waiting for the signal to line up.
"They're kinda cute together," Tony said watching the two kids.
"They are," Kate replied looking down the aisle at them. "I think Jay-Jay made a new friend."
"Me too," Tony said with a smile.
"So, you ready?" Kate asked Tony as the doors to the Sanctuary closed to allow the bride to line up with the rest of the bridal party and the ushers finished seating the mother of the groom.
"Ready as I'll ever be," Tony replied.
"Good enough," Kate replied as the organ started to play. "Because here they come."
When Gibbs and Ziva came into the Sanctuary, Tony's jaw dropped. Kate saw it happen from the corner of her eye and she leaned over and shut his mouth with her hand. "You're going to get drool all over your tux and loose the deposit."
Tony snorted and his eyes went back to his fiancé and their father figure gracefully walking down the aisle. Ziva's dress was snow white with an olive green sash at her waist, and the veil had olive green trim as well. Just past the green ribbon little "pick ups" as the bridal shop woman called them (to Kate they looked like fancy ruffles), started and went to the floor. She smiled nervously and was clinging to Gibbs's arm. "God, she's gorgeous," Tony whispered causing Kate to roll her eyes.
"Which is why you're marrying her. Now shut up," Kate said as Ziva and Jethro reached the altar.
Kate stood behind Tony as he and Ziva exchanged their vows and tried very hard to not make faces as Lisa fussed with the flowers in the first pew out of reach of her mother, Miriam, who was serving as the Maid of Honor. Miriam was not amused.
As the happy couple finally said "I do," the priest, Father Jerry, pronounced them man and wife.
He happily turned to the gathered crowd and said, "I now present to you Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DiNozzo Jr. You may kiss the bride!"
The church erupted into applause and cat calls as Ziva and Tony locked lips for their first kiss as a married couple.
Kate and Miriam followed the newlyweds down the aisle with Jay-Jay and Lisa falling instep behind them.
"Oh I can't believe you guys finally tied the knot!" Kate said as she hugged Tony and then Ziva. "Welcome to the family, Zee!"
"I thought I already was a part of the family." Ziva said sounding confused. "And what knot did we tie?"
Kate laughed, "Now it's official. You married my brother so now you're my sister-in-law. It's all nice and legal looking on paper."
"But what knot did we tie?" Ziva asked.
"It means we got married," Tony said. "I'll explain later."
"Oh," Ziva said with a laugh. "Well I am glad we tied the knot as well."
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Later that evening as the reception was in full swing and Kate had made her Best Wo-Man speech as expected, she and Jake swayed around the dance floor to a slow Sinatra tune.
"Think that'll be us in a couple of years?" Jake asked his girlfriend as they spun past Ziva and Tony talking to guests at their table.
"Hopefully," Kate said as she laid her head on Jake's shoulder.
"I love you," Jake said as he pressed a kiss to the top of her head. "I love you so much it hurts."
"I love you, too," Kate said feeling blissful. "Promise me you're gonna always love me?" Kate asked not expecting Jake to reply.
"I promise," Jake said. "And I'll never break that promise, Baby, never."
As Kate and Jake danced past Jethro and Jenny, Kate took the opportunity to sign 'He's a keeper!' to Jethro and then resumed dancing.
Jethro sighed.
"What's wrong?" Jenny asked him.
"My baby girl is growing up," Jethro said dejectedly. "And there's nothing I can do to stop that."
Jenny just laughed.