Hannah rolled over, she smelled food cooking. Remembering the earlier events she crawled out of bed. She found Gibbs sitting at the kitchen table with several files scattered about.
"You feeling better?" Gibbs asked as she came into kitchen.
"I feel less tired, better I'm not sure." Hannah confessed. "Where's Lyddi?"
"She's having a nap. I think the events of the morning wore the poor kid out." Gibbs pointed to the stove.
"Words out on the base about Keith, one of your neighbours brought over some food. I put it in the oven to keep it warm." Gibbs shared. Hannah went over to the oven and opened it.
"Sally." Hannah told him. "She's a great cook." Hannah pulled a glass out of the cupboard and filled it with water. "I'll wait till Lyddi's up before I try to eat it." Hannah looked around the kitchen. "I'm glad they cleaned up the mess. I've never seen any mess like that before."
"I have." Gibbs noted. Gibbs's phone rang and he grabbed it to answer.
"Gibbs here." Gibbs was quiet for a few moments. "I'm on my way." He hung up and looked over at Hannah. "Are you going to be okay for a bit? I have to go."
"I'm fine. If Sally's been over already this morning, I'm sure she was the first of many people to come." Hannah nodded. "I want to thank you for all your help and support."
"You don't have to worry about thanking me for everything. This is what families do for each other." Gibbs informed and gathered up his things. "Save me some of the food, I'll be back later to have some of it."
"Absolutely." Hannah assured. She followed Gibbs to the door and waved to him as he got into a car driven by Tony.
"So you call me and tell me about having a Granddaughter and a Great Granddaughter and you look surprised that I'm here?" Jackson Gibbs announced as he came into Gibbs's house later that week. "You've known and not told me? Why would you do that?"
"I didn't want to overwhelm the girl with people." Gibbs shared as he took the bag from his father. "I didn't really want you disrupted from your work either."
"Leroy, this is family we're talking about. Family."
"I know Dad, that's why I called you. I wasn't expecting you to pack up and show up here so quickly though."
"You tell me that you have a daughter who's husband has been wounded in the line of duty, her mother has just died and you've shown up in her life." Jackson went into the front room. "She's probably just spinning now. It's the perfect time for her Grandfather to come in and rescue her from it all."
"I can tell you that Hannah is very capable, she's handling all this remarkably well. I think perhaps your abilities to rescue people might not work as well as you hoped." Gibbs returned dryly.
"I don't care what you think about my abilities as a father son. I've had years of waiting to be a Grandfather and my skills are well prepared." Jackson looked back to Gibbs and then around the front room and dinning room.
"What?" Gibbs asked.
"Were are they?" Jackson asked.
"Home."
"Call them." Jackson told him.
"Now?"
"I've got dinner in the bags there. I'll start cooking it up while you call them and get them over here." Jackson announced and took the bags into the kitchen.
"They've never been here before." Gibbs shared.
"What? You mean to tell me you have been visiting with this girl and her child and you've never invited them over?
"We tend to visit mostly at the park and at her place. There are more things for Lyddi to do there."
"Well tonight is different. Call her and have her come over in about an hour." Jackson then went and crashed through the pots for the things he needed. Hannah arrived an hour later with Lyddi and a small cake.
"My next door neighbour brought the cake over, I didn't make it." Hannah assured as Gibbs met them on the front porch.
"I need to warn you. My father is here."
"You told me that already." Hannah nodded.
"He can be a bit of challenge." Gibbs continued.
"And you can't be?" Hannah returned.
"Point taken." Gibbs laughed softly.
"Hannah?" Jackson asked as they came into the room.
"That would be me." Hannah started and before she new it she was enveloped in a hug so big and so strong it took the wind out of her.
"Dad! She's pregnant go easy on her!" Gibbs yelled out and Hannah was suddenly able to breath.
"Really? Not one great grandkid, but two? How lucky am I this day!" Jackson howled and went to Lyddi who buried her head body into Gibb's for protection. "Alright, this ones a little shy I get it, I'll give her a bit to get to know me. Come on in. Leroy here isn't the best housekeeper, but there is enough space around the table and the food is good." Jackson showed them to the table in the dinning room. Hannah put the cake on the counter in the kitchen and set a small booster seat up on one of the chairs. Lyddi slid into the chair and looked at her mother.
"Eat?" Lyddi asked.
"Great Grandpa made dinner for us tonight." Hannah encouraged and the other two men sat down at the table. Dinner was full of questions and a few stories about Gibbs as a kid. It wasn't long before Jackson made it around to Keith.
"So have you heard any more on the status of your husband?"
"The doctor said he's doing better. He still hasn't been able to talk on the phone, but I'm hoping soon." Hannah shared.
"What was your husband doing in Searria Leon?"
"I don't know. Its classified." Hannah admitted. "I'm just relieved that he's doing better." Lyddi was finished with dinner and squirmed in her seat.
"Down." Lyddi announced and Jackson went to her. The little girl looked strangely at the older man but when she realized that he was going to release her from her prison decided to play it for a few minutes. When Jackson got her out he soon had Lyddi laughing as she was thrown up in the air.
"Be careful, she's just eaten." Hannah warned.
"I'll take my chances." Jackson winked and walked away with the baby.
"I guess that means that we have dish duty?" Hannah asked as she looked over at Gibbs.
"I guess so." Gibbs nodded and the two cleared the table together.
"I've watched other people in your life with Lyddi, are you sure he's okay with her unsupervised?" Hannah asked.
"I think he'll be okay. He raised me." Gibbs admitted and Hannah raised her eyebrows at him. Hannah turned the water on at the sink and the two of them washed the dishes. After dinner Gibbs led Hannah down the backstairs to the basement.
"You build boats?" Hannah asked as she saw a half finished boat.
"I like to use my building skills. I thought maybe I could use my skills and make something for the new baby." Gibbs offered.
"Would you like to make Lyddi's big girl bed?" Hannah suggested.
"I'd like that." Gibbs nodded.
"I'd like that too." Hannah heard a thump a crash and cry of distress from upstairs and both Hannah and Gibbs rushed up the stairs. Hannah came into the living room to see Lyddi standing in the middle of the room crying holding out her hand and Jackson looking guilty with a lamp broken on the floor.
"What happened?" Gibbs asked as Hannah scooped up Lyddi and took her into the kitchen to take a closer look at Lyddi's hand.
"We were swinging." Jackson admitted with a grin. "The lamp got in the way and when it fell to the ground and broke, Lyddi got scared and then well you two showed up."
"Lyddi's fine." Hannah sighed as she came back into the living room. "Wish I could say the same thing about your lamp."
"It's nothing." Gibbs shared.
"It's getting late, maybe I should take this toad home." She went to Jackson. "It was a pleasure meeting you."
"I'll be over tomorrow to visit some more." Jackson offered.
"Thanks for the heads up, I'll remember to put away all my lamps before you get there."
"Ha Ha. You might not have been raised by my son but you've inherited his bad sense of humour." Jackson huffed.
"I think perhaps I'll take that as compliment." Hannah let Jackson hug her and Gibbs walked her to her car.
"Think about the bed thing Gibbs. I'll probably need it sooner than later." Hannah reminded. "Thanks for letting me meet 'Grandpa.'"
"I didn't let you meet him. He just does what he wants sometimes."
"Good night."
"Night."
