DISCLAIMER: I OWN THE THINGS YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE, I DO NOT AT ALL OWN NCIS.
a/n: guess who's back?! this girl. sorry guys it took a while, a bout of writers block held me hard...half of this chapter was written on a plane and the other written in haiti. Enjoy chapter 10 :)
It was cleared with both sets of parents that Kristiana would be sleeping at Kelleigh's that night, it was just like old times. The girls picked up like they never left off, watching movies, doing eachothers makeup and nails, even managing to cover up Kristiana's black eye. Soon though they had watched every movie and were laying in Kelleigh's bed in the dark while just staring at the ceiling.
"Krissy are you awake?"
"Yeah,I'm not tired"
"Me either, wanna do something?"
"Kell, what is there to do? its 2:30 in the morning."
"Do you trust me?"
Kristiana knew from experience that whenever her bestfriend said to trust her it usually meant she wasn't going to like it.
"Kell..."
"Do you trust me?"
"You know I do..."
"Than close your eyes"
Kristiana followed the instructions given to her and soon the lights in the room were turned on and she was told to open her eyes, what she found though, wasn't what she expected. She found her bestfriend dressed in a leotard and a tight bun on top of her head. She knew where this was going and she knew she wasn't going to like it...
"Kelleigh..you know I havent danced since that night...I dont even have leotard or toe shoes anymore.."
"I know..but you used to love it, and do you not remember we are exactly the same size? Put this on and lets go."
She was racking her brain for reasons she wouldnt have to put the dress on when her eyes came across the clock
"It's the middle of the night...the studio isn't going to be open"
What she wasn't expecting was for Kelleigh to pull a key out from behind her back and smirk at her
"Madame Alexandra gave me a key to 'further my talent' now put on the leo and lets go"
Eventually Kelleigh and Kristiana snuck out of the house and to the dance studio, running old routines and solo's. At one point Kelleigh was stepping aside with her iPhone recording her friend, it was everyone's favorite solo of hers and by the way she was moving across the studio it was like she had never stopped dancing it.
It was almost 4am when they stopped dancing, they knew they had to get back before Kelleigh's mom woke up, since the studio was only a 10 minute walk from her house they should be fine. They were walking down the main road, laughing and walking with their arms linked when Kristiana suddenly stopped almost making Kelleigh fall in the process
"What on earth Krissy, why did you stop?" Then she looked forward for the first time to see the reason, and by reason she mean Alicia, Briawna, and Celeste. Otherwise known as the tough self harm drug taking girls that Kristiana temporarily hung out with...and much to the dismay of the girls they were getting closer. Much to close for their likings, they finally stopped when they were surrounding the girls
"Oh well look who it is, lying junkie Krista."
"Well its lovely to see you too Alicia"
Alicia stepped forward from the group, singling out Kristiana, pushing Kelleigh aside
"You dumb bitch, you don't just leave my crew, you ask permission. You especially don't leave when you owe me."
Kristiana wasn't exactly in the mood to deal with this girl, she was the reason why her life went from bad to worse.
"I don't owe you shit Alicia, now get the fuck out of my way"
"Awhhh, little Krista's got an attitude. To bad shes all talk"
Just as she was done speaking Kristiana took her hands and shoved Alicia against the wall and moved past her, grabbing Kelleigh's hand in the process...
"Krissy she's not going to like that you did that..."
"I don't really care right now Kell, just run with me to that alley..they wont leave but i have a plan"
The girls sat in the deserted alley, much like the one Kristiana had been raped in a little over a year ago and stared at the street. After a few moments Kristiana got her cell phone out of her bag and started to dial
"Who are you calling?"
"Shhh"
They waited for the person on the other end to pick up the phone, hoping he was awake
"DiNozzo"
"Tony! Thank god, I thought you weren't going to answer" She sounded scared and was talking a mile a minute, not exactly worrying about staying calm for her friend
"Kristiana? Its the middle of the night...what's going on? where are you"
"I promise to explain later, but I really need your help...theres these girls chasing us, im in an alley on West and Lexington"
"Alright, i'm coming...i'm bringing your mom though"
Kristiana stopped and stared straight ahead and went to run her hand through her hair only to remember it was in a tight bun
"No you cant! Bring Gibbs, anyone but my mom, please im begging you"
"Fine, i'll be there in 5. Stay out of sight until I get there"
She hung up the phone and they waited with their arms locked, true she probably could have taken Alicia down, but there was still Briawna and Celesta to worry about, and they were bigger than Alicia, she couldn't take the chance...especially putting her bestfriend in danger. Like predicted the girls didn't leave, they could be heard searching the streets for them, it was almost like a crappy movie.
"Somebody check the alley, Ithink I saw them go that way"
Shit.
The best way to do this was to probably stay in their hiding place like she was told but she knew that if she did that and they found them before Tony got there it would only be worse.
"Kelleigh, stay here"
"What? Why? Where are you going?"
"To show them that i'm right here, and i'm not afraid of her"
"I'm coming."
"Kell, I love you and all but you're a dancer and you've never been in a fight in your life. You'll get hurt."
"And you have a black eye already. I'm coming with your or we're both staying here."
Kristiana smiled and shook her head at her bestfriend, she knew the small girl had a fire waiting to be lit inside of her, together they made their way out of the alley, just as Alicia was passing it.
"Oh look the baby decided to come out of hiding"
"Alicia you're as dumb as a sack of bricks, you know that?"
"What did you just say to me?" Her girls were crowding around her now, waiting for the sign to pounce, they really all were robots, programmed to follow her every move
"I said, you're dumb. You mess up people's lives Alicia, you really do. You see people that are vulnerable and you pull them in to your life and they believe you're a genuine person because everyone else has shut them out but all you do is make them feel like crap about themselves until they force their fingers down their throat at the sight of their reflection. You make them dependant on drugs so that all they think about is when they're going to do their next line. Eventually you're going to kill somebody, or maybe even yourself. If only the world were so lucky"
She was basically in tears now and everyone was watching her, including the two federal agents standing at their car with the doors open, mouths agape. Staring in rage at the girl they now knew to be the enforcer of the teenager's drug habit. Alicia started moving closer to Kristiana, they could tell she was about to strike any second.
"NCIS STEP AWAY FROM KRISTIANA"
Gibbs and Tony came over with their guns raised, no intention of shooting a child but knowing by the way this girl was acting she wouldn't take them seriously unless she was being threatened.
Gibbs advanced on the girls,
"Against the wall."
"Really old man? Isn't holding a gun on 3 teenagers against ethics or something? Couldn't you be fired?"
"Not if they're armed. Knife, small of your back, and i'm taking a guess here, you have drugs on your person. We have 2 options here."
"Yeah?"
"I arrest you or you get the hell out of here and never both Kristiana or her friends again. You got me?"
Alicia just threw her head back and laughed. "Whatever old man, that dumb bitch is no use to me anyway." Just as she was walking away she was stopped by Gibbs standing in front of her, glaring at her.
"Im serious. One word out of her mouth about you bothering her, I will make sure you're locked up just like Demetri."
Gibbs looked back and saw Kelleigh in the car, and Tony and Kristiana talking, and by the looks of it he did not want to get involved.
After seeing Gibbs and Tony come into the situation Kristiana dropped to the ground sobbing, it wasn't often this happened with her, especially in public but she was fighting all kinds of demons in the past few days and it was finally catching up to her. What she didnt expect was a body to sit down next to her and bring her into his arms
"Thank you Daddy." It came out of her mouth before she knew what was happening and she didn't realize what she said until she felt Tony stiffen slightly behind her.
"Oh my god, i'm so sorry Tony.." that was really the only understandable part though, because when she ramble's its worse than Abby's.
Tony pulled the 2 of them up from the dirty ground, put it pointer finger under her chin and raised her eyes to meet his, she looked embarassed, scared and uncertain
"Hey kid, don't be sorry...any guy would be honored to be your Dad." he took a short pause and pulled her into a tighter hug, not thinking about what he would have to tell Ziva later, softly speaking into her ear like he would when she would have a nightmare. "I would be honored to be your Dad."
She squeezed him into the hug twice as hard, only letting go when Gibbs beeped the horn for them to get into the car, it was close to sunrise and they all needed sleep.
a/n: eeeep! cute tony and kristiana moment :D I hoped you like it! Please review and annoy the crap out of me until I update, the more annoying the move motivated I am to write :)