A/N: I changed a little bit in Chapter two. I kind reviewer told me that Tony broke his leg at Ohio State University not High school so I've changed that. So in this story Tony has not broken his leg yet and still wants to go pro, okay?

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Family Chapter 6

Gibbs began walking down the hospital corridor towards the exit when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see who it was. A skinny man in a police uniform greeted him with a small smile.

"Hey I saw you walking out from Anthony DiNozzos room. You know him?" The police officer asked.

"Who are you?" Jethro asked suspiciously.

"Oh I'm sorry. Michael Smith MPDC" The young man said and showed his ID,

"Jethro Gibbs" Gibbs said.

"I'm here to leave a backpack that belongs to Tony, I work the robbery case, the robbery Tony stopped" said Michael.

"You caught the guys?" Jethro wondered angrily.

"Yeah we did" Smith said with a smile. "And the girl's alright, just a few scrapes thanks to Tony" Jethro felt once again pride flare inside him towards the brave boy he'd met yesterday. Not everyone had guts to do what Tony had done.

"Can you take care of the backpack? Give it to him when he wakes up?" Michael asked and lifted the black and worn backpack of the floor. Jethro nodded and Michael handed it to him. Michael began to turn around to leave but stopped and smiled at Jethro

"Bet the girl wants to see him when he has woken up, to say thanks, if that's okay?"

"Gotta ask Tony first" Jethro answered.

"You sound like a really great dad" Michael said with a smile.

Jethro didn't have time to correct the police officer before he disappeared down the hall.

Jethro sighted before he walked back into Tony's room once again. He sat down on a chair beside the bed. He laid the backpack in his lap before he opened it. He knew he shouldn't look through the kid's things but Tony might need some things while he is in the hospital. If he looked through it now he could leave the things before going home. There was surprisingly much in the small bag. Two grey T-shirts with some sort of prints on. A pair of jeans. Some socks and briefs. A mobile, headphones and a charger to the phone. A toothbrush and other hygiene items. His ID and a pair of very expensive sunglasses. A book and some movies Gibbs never had heard about. And to his surprise a neatly folded suit with a tie and white shirt. Tony didn't seem like a man who wears suits. He was just about to put everything back when he saw a crumpled photo on the bottom of the backpack. He carefully took it up and unfurled it. The picture was taken on the summer, probably in a park or something. A beautiful woman leaned against a tree. Her curly hair was brown and she smiled happily at the one who took the picture. It had to be Tony's mother Gibbs thought, he flip the picture over to look at the backside.

'I love you' was written in a sloppy handwriting, it looked like a ten year old kid had written it. How old had Tony been when his mother had died?

Gibbs sighted and looked over at Tony. The kid looked so damn innocent. What the hell had he done to deserve all this? He rubbed a tired hand over his face before putting everything back in the backpack. He took the wrinkled photo and leaned it against the glass of water on the table beside Tony's bed. Jethro patted one of Tony's legs before he slung the backpack over his shoulders and walked towards the exit.

When he came out of the hospital the rain pored down.

'It wasn't supposed rain so damn much in the middle of June' Gibbs thought angrily as he made his way to the car. He laid the backpack in the front seat and put the papers he had gotten from Dr Ryan in his jack pocket before he turned on the ignition and drove home.

Shannon lay sprawled out on the couch with a thin blanket over her when Jethro came home. He placed the backpack on the floor beside the couch and crouched on the floor in front of his wife. He reached out and squeezed her shoulder gently, trying not to scare her. Shannon slowly opened her eyes and Jethro gently tugged her red hair behind her ear so it wouldn't fall into her eyes.

"Hi sweetie" He said gently and sat down beside Shannon on the couch when she was in a sitting position.

"Oh my god, I didn't mean to fall asleep, have you called me?" Shannon asked Jethro worryingly. He gently stroked her chin.

"No honey I haven't"

"How is he?" she asked and he began to tell her everything that Dr Ryan had told him. He shoved the papers he had gotten and she began to read them. She was a nurse so he thought she would understand more than he had done when he had read them earlier in the hospital.

When she was done reading she put the papers on the coffee table and sighted. She pressed the heels of her hands into her eyes to stop the silent tears from falling. She usually wasn't this sensitive but tonight she was tired and she had fallen for this poor kid and just wanted Tony to be alright. She felt her husband's arms around her.

Jethro drew her into a hug. He gently stroked the back of her head and whispered soothing words to calm her down.

When Shannon had calmed down, Jethro released her from his comforting hug. He knew it wasn't just Tony she was worried about. Her mom, Joanne Fielding got sick a couple of months ago. She and Shannon went to the hospital and they confirmed what Shannon thought. Lung cancer. It wasn't a surprise for neither Shannon nor Jethro. Joanne had been a smoker her whole life. It was bound to happen.

Jethro knew that Shannon wasn't so close to her mom but that didn't matter, she was stressed and worried anyway.

"You okay?" He asked softly and gently brushed his thumb over her wet cheek.

"Yeah. It's just that it is so much right now" Shannon answered and wiped her tears away.

"I know honey" Jethro sighted and gave her a soft kiss on her lips,

"Let's go to bed, I've been longing for a nice comfortable bed and sleeping beside my beautiful wife" He said and kissed her on the lips again. She smiled at him and followed him up the stairs.

Shannon went and brushed her teeth while Jethro walked into Kelly's bedroom. He quietly walked over to the bed and sat down beside his sleeping daughter. He bent down and kissed Kelly's forehead and brushed her hair out of her eyes before walking out of the room. He took a quick shower and brushed his teeth. He walked into their bedroom to find Shannon already sound asleep. He smiled at his beautiful wife as he lay down beside her. He kissed her brow and seconds after he was asleep.

Jethro woke up about seven o'clock. He pushed himself up on his elbows and ran a hand over his face. Dropping back down on the bed, he draped an arm over his head and let out a heavy sigh. Shannon snuggled closer to him, her head tucked under his armpit. He knew she was completely exhausted by the last day's events.

Agh well, since he was awake he might as well check on Kelly and hit the head. He walked down the hall in the darkness, he squinted at the harsh light in the bathroom. Once he had done his business he flushed and washed his hands before walking into Kelly's room. He found his daughter awake and looking up at him with her blue eyes.

"Hi sweetie" He said softly and smiled down at his beautiful girl.

"Daddy" Kelly said and giggled when Jethro tickled her. She squirmed in her bed when her father tried to pick her up.

"What are you doing awake at this time honey" Jethro said and smiled down at his daughter. She was getting so big, it seemed like it was yesterday he held her for the first time.

"No tired daddy" Kelly giggled.

"You're getting so big huh, 3 years old in a couple of months" Gibbs said just as Shannon walked in to the room. Her red hair was tangled and she squinted at the bright light in Kelly's room. Jethro couldn't help but laugh at his wife. Shannon glared at Jethro but that just made him laugh harder.

"Stop laughing Jethro, I know I look stupid" Shannon said and walked towards her daughter and husband.

"Nah I think you look cute baby" Jethro smiled.

"I also 'hink you look 'ute mommy!" Kelly exclaimed and clapped her hands.

"You see" Jethro said and smiled at his wife. He drew her into a hug and kissed her hair.

"You alright?" He whispered quietly in her ear. She gently pushed away from Jethro and nodded.

"So what about pancakes till breakfast princess?" Shannon asked Kelly. Jethro let her down and Kelly began to run out of her room.

"Yes pan'akes!" Kelly screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Take it easy when you go down the stairs Kelly!" Shannon shouted after her and sighed.

"She'll be fine" Jethro said and drew his beautiful wife into a hug. He kissed her passionately on the lips.

"Love you Mrs Gibbs"

"I love you to Gunny" Shannon smiled and kissed him back "How about some pancakes?" she asked and took his hand and dragged him down to the kitchen to find Kelly sitting at the table, ready for pancakes. Jethro walked over to his daughter and ruffled her hair.

"We have to make them first princess, you wanna help?" Gibbs said and crouched beside the chair Kelly sat on.

"Yeeeah!" Kelly exclaimed.

"Alright, go and wash you're hands Kells" Jethro said and helped her to the bathroom.

They made their pancakes rather quickly without any major problems and sat down to eat around eight o'clock. Jethro saw that Shannon was feeling better today; she was more relaxed and chatty than yesterday. Although it made him feel much better when Shannon was okay, he couldn't stop thinking about Tony who still lay fighting for his life in the hospital. He was going to kill that damn bastard who called himself a father. The thought of raising a hand to Kelly made him feel physically ill. He had always found it hard to even raise his voice to the girl, it would've been impossible to intentionally cause her physical pain. He was pulled out of his thoughts when Shannon laid her hand on his leg from where she sat beside him. He looked into his wife's concerned eyes.

'Are you okay?' she whispered, she didn't want Kelly to hear her.

Jethro nodded and turned to Kelly who was eating her pancakes.

"Kells" Gibbs called and Kelly looked up from her plate.

"Yeah daddy" She said with her mouth full of pancakes.

"Do you remember that boy who was here yesterday?" Gibbs asked softly. Kelly nodded and said:

"The boy who was so scared" Kelly asked and Gibbs closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he continued.

"Yeah that's him. He got hurt yesterday so he had to go to the hospital and this afternoon we thought that we could visit him"

"Mm alright" Kelly said cheerfully not really understanding the situation.

"But why do we need to 'isit him when he has a mommy an' a daddy like me?" Kelly asked thoughtfully after awhile.

"Well Kelly it's like this" Gibbs said and walked around the table to crouch beside his daughter's chair.

"His mommy is in heaven" Jethro said and Kelly let out a 'oh'.

"But what 'bout his daddy?" Kelly asked.

'How the hell should I explain this' Gibbs thought and ran a hand over his face.

"His father isn't very nice to him Kelly" Shannon said when she saw that her husband had a hard time explaining the situation to their daughter.

"Why?" Kelly asked and looked up at Shannon.

"I don't know honey" Shannon said and hugged her daughter "I don't know"

About two thirty in the afternoon the Gibbs' were ready to go and visit Tony at the Hospital. On the way there Shannon sensed that Jethro was worried and nervous, he kept dragging his hand through his hair and face. A sign that something bothered Jethro, Shannon had noticed it early in their relationship.

"You alright?" Shannon asked. Gibbs jumped at the voice and looked at his wife before quickly looking back at the road again.

"No" was Jethro's fast reply.

"It's going to be alright you know" Shannon said and laid her hand on her husbands.

"Maybe, but I just can't stop thinking about the kid. He deserves nothing of this" Jethro said and pulled into the parking lot of the hospital.

"I know honey" Shannon said and opened the car door. She went around to Kelly's door and took her out of the car seat. Kelly tugged at her mother's shirt and said:

"Down" Shannon gently dropped Kelly to the ground and took a hold of her hand.

Gibbs had memorized the way to Tony's hospital room so they were outside his door pretty quickly.

They were greeted by Dr. Ryan who checked Tony's chart.

"Hi" Jethro said and shook hands with Ryan. "This is Shannon, my wife and our daughter Kelly" Ryan greeted the two of them before unhooking one of Tony's two IV's.

"He's getting better, don't need this anymore" Ryan said and smiled.

"Is he going to wake up soon?" Shannon asked and lifted Kelly up on one of the chairs.

"He has already shown signs of waking up so it won't be long" Ryan said and left the room with Shannon so they could talk in private, not wanting Kelly to hear anything.

"You wanna say hi to Tony?" Gibbs asked Kelly and hauled her up onto his lap.

"Silly dad, he is sleeping. I can't talks with him" Kelly said and giggled.

"Of course you can baby girl, he can maybe hear you" Gibbs said and looked down at his daughter and smiled when she began to talk with Tony.

Shannon came back after ten minutes and took Kelly with her to by ice cream in the cafeteria.

About fifteen minutes after his girls had left Tony began to moan and his brow furrowed. Gibbs took a hold of Tony's hand, careful not to unhook any wires and gently squeezed it.

"Hey kiddo" Jethro said softly.

"Mmmmhhmm" Tony moaned and opened his eyes slowly before squeezing them shut as the light hit his pupils. Gibbs hit the call button and placed a gentle hand on Tony's shoulder.

"Shh, it's alright kiddo. The doctor's coming. Just hold on" Tony opened his eyes once more and looked up at Gibbs with terrified eyes. He began to fight Gibbs hold on his shoulder and tried to back away from him.

"Dooon' touchhhh mee!" Tony slurred and squeezed his eyes shot as the IV in his arm was pulled out.

"Hey, calm down Tony. Just take it easy, Everything's gonna be alright" Gibbs said gently and tried to hold Tony still so he wouldn't hurt himself.

"Don't touch me youu 'on of a bi'ch" Tony screamed and opened his eyes once again to look at the person who pinned him down to the bed.

"Who the hell are you?" Tony asked Gibbs with a shaky voice as one silent tear slid down his cheek.

TBC

Hope you enjoyed and sorry for the late update. So much to do and so little time.

Sorry for my bad English, I'm from Sweden.