Alternately Yours - Episode One Pt 5
Sam smiled laying the picture down and picking up her chop sticks. "They were both very beautiful."
Gibbs smiled back at her but remained silent.
"You don't have to do the whole dad thing with me. I don't want you thinking that's what I'm expecting from you. I did turn out okay without one." Sam said to him.
"I didn't say you were expecting that." He responded.
"It's just, I know how important Kelly was to you and I don't want you to think I'm trying to take her place or expect you to treat me like you did her." She added.
He looked at her causing her to look down at her food, obviously nervous of his response. "I spent 20 years thinking I had no family other than my father. Then, I find out today that I have another daughter. You can't expect me not to treat you like one."
She looked up at him and smiled broadly. "I'm glad I found you."
"Did you join NCIS just to find me?" He questioned.
Sam shook her head. "No. Finding you wasn't very difficult. I heard about NCIS a lot when I was in the core and I met Director Shepard before then when I saw her at a speaking engagement. NCIS does a lot of good. I want to do something meaningful."
"You met Jenny?" Gibbs seemed taken aback that she had met the former director.
Sam nodded. "Yes. She's the one who told me I would be great for NCIS when I got out of the core. She said I reminded her of someone she knew." She paused for a second. "I suppose she meant you, though I do think I'm a little wordier than you are."
He laughed at her comment. He knew he was known for not being very verbose.
"You read my file didn't you." It wasn't a question. She knew he had.
"The last name, the resemblance, I knew it wasn't a coincidence." Gibbs replied.
"Because you don't believe in them." Sam laughed slightly.
"Ziva make you a list of rules?" He questioned.
She shook her head. "No. I don't believe in them either. I had to get something from you."
"You look so much like your mother." Gibbs stated.
"But I have your eyes. She always would tell me that. She said I had a stare that went right through her." Sam explained.
"I'm sure she hated that." He took a sip of his beer and smirked.
"It's not your fault you didn't know about me." She replied.
"Why didn't she tell me?" He questioned.
"Which reason would you like to hear? I heard so many from her that night." Sam paused. "I'd like to think that my mother is good at heart. That part of me wants to believe her when she said she didn't know how you would take it after losing Kelly."
"You need to call her Sam." Gibbs stated.
"I send her cards on the holidays and her birthday. Other than that, there isn't much for us to talk about." She replied.
"She's your mother." He replied.
"I'll tell you what, how about YOU call her." Sam responded. "Thank her for hiding your daughter from you for 19 years."
She reached to grab a beer but his hand stopped her. "Hey." Gibbs said.
"I'm a Marine. Do you really think I've never had a drink before?" She stated.
"Doesn't matter." He responded, moving it away from her reach.
Sam frowned. "And is this a federal agent talking or my father?"
He pondered that for a second. "Both."
The sound of the front door handle turning brought them out of their conversation. Sam's hand immediately reached for her gun however Gibb's motioned for her to relax.
"Gibbs?" The person called as they entered.
"What can I do for you this time of night Tobias?" Gibbs asked as the FBI Agent entered the room.
"I tried calling. You didn't answer your phone." He said motioning to the cell phone on the coffee table.
"I'm a little busy." He responded motioning towards Sam.
"Can I have a word?" The FBI agent asked.
Gibbs nodded and the two went into the kitchen. "You have someone we've been looking for."
"Lance Corporal Lions'." Gibbs replied.
"Since his return from Iraq he has been involved in a local drug ring. There's nothing that can make me believe that his involvement isn't the cause of his death." Fornell stated.
"So you want in on our case." Gibbs replied.
"Your lead." Tobias responded.
"And people say we don't get along." Gibbs added.
"She's pretty young for you Jethro." Fornell said looking at Sam.
The NCIS agent chuckled. "It's nothing like that Tobias."
Fornell cocked his eyebrow at Gibbs, clearly not believing him.
Gibbs walked into the living room with Fornell in tow. "Agent Fornell, meet Special Agent Samantha Addison, my daughter."
A/N: Okay, so I needed to establish a relationship here so everyone understood. As I said before, this will probably be a little longer than normal episodes. So I'm thinking it may be a "two parter". I didn't get much response for the first few chapters. Please let me know what you know. If it's not liked I'll just end with this one episode. Coming up next we find out more about the drug ring, and a very special moment is shared between Tony and Ziva.