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Chapter 6: Monday: Starting School
I woke up to the annoying sound of my alarm. I try to hit it but it's just out of reach, in the end I have to sit up to turn it off, but by that time I'm fully awake. I sigh as I drag myself out of bed and slip my feet into my new slippers. Then it hits me, today is my first day of school. I groan at the realisation.
"Morning sleepyhead" Dad says as he pokes his head round the door "Hurry up and get dressed, 'cause I'm making breakfast."
"What pancakes?" I ask jokingly
"Nah, I've got to put some real food in you, this morning."
"Oh, such a shame!" I joke
"Yeah, it is. Now get a move on we've got a tight schedule."
"Yes Sir" I say with a mock salute, and head towards the bathroom. After a reasonably short shower, I get dressed in some of my new clothes, and join Dad in the kitchen.
"Yum, do I smell bacon?" I call out
"Come and see for yourself" Dad replies, so I head into the kitchen to find Dad cooking bacon. "I'm making you a full English breakfast."
"So where are the hash browns?" I ask
"Don't have any." Dad replies
"What about the mushrooms?"
"There disgusting!" Dad points out
"What about the black pudding?"
"I'm never goanna make that!"
"So basically, you're making a not so full English breakfast." I ask in a disbelieving voice.
"Yep" Dad replies happily
"Cool" I reply "I hate that stuff anyway"
"That's my girl" Dad replies proudly. We eat our breakfast and discus the Nanny we hired yesterday…
"So are you sure Jenifer's fine, 'cause I can always find someone else?" Dad asks.
"Yeah, Dad she's perfect, and besides she's really nice and understands your work situation."
"Ahh, when did start acting so grown up? Two days ago we were having paint fights."
"I think it started half an hour ago." I joke
"Yeah, I think your right." Dad jokes "Now come on finish up, we've got to leave soon."
"Done" I say after I finish my last mouthful
"Good now go and brush your teeth while I clean up"
Half an hour later…
"Got everything?" Dad asks
"Yeah, you?"
"Yep, come on let's get in the car." Dad says as he locks the apartment door.
"I bet I can beat you"
"You're on" Dad replies and we run down the stairs towards the car.
"I won" I call as I reach the car, shortly followed by Dad
"Yeah, but I let you." He lies
"Of course you did." I say as I roll my eyes
"Come on get in or we're goanna be late." He says as he unlocks the car doors.
"You're still picking me up from school today, right?" I ask
"Yeah, I wouldn't miss it for the world, let alone work."
"Good" I reply as Dad drives towards my school. "So Dad…"
"Yeah, sweetheart" Dad says in a dreading voice, which comes from the fact that he really does not know where I am going with this.
"Can you tell me about your work? I know that you can't exactly tell me about the cases, but what kind of people do you work with?"
"Well, we have some characters in my team. Take Abby for example, she's the happiest Goth that you will ever meet, and then there's McGee…"
"Is that his real name?"
"No his real name is Timothy, but everyone refers to him by his surname."
"Oh, so are you referred to as DiNozzo?"
"Yep, especially by my boss Gibbs."
"What's he like?"
"Well, he's firm and stubborn, and pretty much the father figure of the group."
"Oh, I see. Anyway what were you going to say about McGee?"
"Well, McGee is the Probie of the group…"
"What's a Probie?"
"Well a Probie, is pretty much what we call the newest member of the group, and McGee, even though he's not actually the newest member of the group anymore, is our Probie."
"So what's he actually like?"
"Well, he's a bit of a computer geek, but extremely reliable and a good friend."
"So is there anyone else on your team?"
"Yeah, there's Ziva, my Ninja…"
"How is she a Ninja, but more importantly, did you just refer to her as your Ninja?"
"Err, no" Dad replies awkwardly.
"You so did! Do you fancy her?" I ask ecstatically
"No, we're just friends."
"Yeah right." I say in a disbelieving tone
"We are!" Dad exclaims
"Oh, of course you are!" I say mockingly "So you were saying that Ziva is your Ninja, what else is there about her?"
"No, that's it." Dad says trying to avoid the subject.
"Is she pretty?"
"I'm not saying anything!"
"But Dad!" I moan.
"Okay, the M.E…"
"What's an M.E?"
"A medical examiner."
"Oh, so Ziva's a medical examiner as well?" I say out of confusion
"No Ducky's the M.E."
"Who's Ducky?"
"The M.E" Dad replies getting slightly frustrated.
"Oh, so Ziva's just your Ninja and you have an M.E called Ducky. What's Ducky like?"
"Ducky, is defiantly an unusual member of the team, as he tends to tell stories, which can sometimes be very boring about his past. Ducky also has an assistant called Palmer, who is quite a good friend of mine for some reason. If my team were a family Ducky would be an uncle and Palmer would be a cousin. Understand?"
"Yeah, I think I get it; you and McGee are like brothers who sometimes have quarrel, Abby is like your sister who loves everyone to bits, Gibb is the father figure and maintains all the authority, Ducky is the uncle with all the stories and Palmer is the cousin who is strange but always reliable."
"Right, but you missed Ziva out."
"Yeah, well I wasn't finished." I state.
"So who is Ziva then?"
"Ziva's your girlfriend of course!" I say and I can't help but smile.
"Becky, Ziva is not my girlfriend." Dad replies.
"Really, because you smile every time you say her name, which kind of symbolises that you have feelings for her, and even though I have not known you that long, I know that don't beat around the bush for long."
"How do you know that?"
"I'm not blind; you were kind of flirting with that shop assistant on Saturday."
"I was arranging for your surprise… stuff to be delivered." Dad exclaims.
"Yeah sure you were." I say and pull a disbelieving face, "So anyway Dad if Ziva's not your girlfriend, then why don't you ask her out?"
"Oh look, we're here, have a nice day at school sweetheart." Dad says in a higher pitched voice trying to change the subject; I was obviously making him nervous which is quite funny considering.
"I'm not stupid; I know what you're doing."
"And what's that sweetheart?" Dad says and batters his eyelashes trying to look innocent.
"Avoiding the subject."
"Yeah, well it's a DiNozzo thing." Dad says with a laugh and I send him an 'I am so not buying this' glare.
"Just promise me that I'll get to meet them eventually."
"Yeah, of course you will, I've just got to tell them first." I smile at this.
"Yeah, it's kind of a big surprise."
"Just slightly, and I've got to do it at the right time or I might give someone a heart attack." Dad jokes
"Yeah, information like this can kill." I joke.
"I know, it's pretty much toxic. Here's you key to the apartment by the way sweet-pea." He says handing me the key and my backpack.
"But I thought you were picking me up?" I ask out of confusion.
"Yeah, I am, it's just that you might as well have it." Dad reassures me.
"Oh okay." I respond "See you at 3:10 right?"
"Yeah, I'll be here on the dot." He says with a smile which fully reassures me.
"Do you want me to walk you in?" I look at the school then back to my Dad and quickly nod. We walk into the school, and straight to the administration office where we find out which classroom is mine. A lady called Mrs North escorts us to room number 6A…
"This is it kido." Dad says "Are you nervous?"
"Just a little bit." I reply with a weak smile.
"Don't be, their goanna love you." He says and gives me a quick squeeze.
"Thanks Dad" I reply as Mrs North walks me in and introduces me to the class and I quickly wave goodbye to Dad.
"Everyone this is Rebecca DiNozzo, and she is going to be joining your class." Mrs North says as she introduces me.
"Now Rebecca I'm going to leave you with your teacher Miss Green. Ok?" Mrs North continues.
"Yeah, ok." I respond, and Mrs North leaves.
"So Rebecca, why don't you tell us a little about yourself?" Miss Green asks kindly, and I can see what Tasha was talking about, she really is nice.
"Um, okay." I start, "As you already know my name is Rebecca, but everyone calls me Becky. I come from England, and I'm now living with my Dad."
"So is your father in the Navy?" Miss Green prompts.
"Well, kind of, he works for NCIS."
"Ah, I see." Miss Green responds "Now why don't you take a seat."
"Becky here I saved you a seat." Says Tasha
"Thanks." I reply
In the bullpen: Tony's Perspective:
"You're late." Ziva states.
"Yeah, I know traffic was dreadful." I lie
"Have a good weekend?" she asks
"Yeah, it was great. Why?"
"You seem different." Ziva says and starts her own personal interrogation.
"Yep, I was right, you really can get nothing passed Ziva" I think to myself.
"Nope, just the same old Tony DiNozzo here." I say with a shrug, trying to make it look realistic, 'cause inside I know that I have changed, and it's the type of change that's permanent.
"Really, 'cause you haven't mentioned any women yet, and you've already been five minutes." Ziva jokes
"Well, I didn't think that you really wanted to know, Zee-vah."
"Ah, but Tony, that's never stopped you before."
"Fine Ziva, if you really want to know… I met a lovely woman called Sarah on the weekend, we talked for a while and exchanged phone numbers, but that was really it." I say slightly exaggerating the truth.
"Oh" Ziva replies
"Yeah." I reply and start walking towards Vance's office.
"Where are you going Tony?" Ziva asks
"Oh, I just need to talk to the Director about something." I respond
Outside the Director's office…
"The Director will see you now." Vance's secretary informs me.
"Thank you." I reply and open the door, walk in and close the door behind myself
Meanwhile in the Bull-pen…
"Ziva, where's DiNozzo?" Gibbs asks
"He, um, went to talk to the director." She replies
"Do you know why?"
"No I was hoping that you might have some insight." She replies
"Well when he gets down here, tell him he's late okay."
"Yes Boss." Ziva says as Gibbs walks away to get some coffee.
Vance's office:
"So how's Rebecca settling in?" Vance asks
"She seems to like it here, and is not putting up a fuss." I reply civilly.
"That's always a good sign."
"Indeed it is."
"So what exactly brings you into my office this morning Special Agent DiNozzo?"
"I was wondering if I could have part of the afternoon off so that I could pick Rebecca up after her first day of school."
"What time does her school finish?"
"It finishes at 3:10 sir."
"Will you make up the missed hours?"
"Yes I will sir."
"Then you may leave early to pick your daughter up."
"Thank you Director Vance." I say again and turn to leave.
"You're welcome." The Director says and I turn to leave "I take it that I am the only one who knows about your daughter at the moment DiNozzo?"
"Yes, I would like to get to know my daughter properly before I introduce her to my co-workers."
"I understand DiNozzo; your secret is safe with me."
"Thank you Director Vance." I say again and turn to leave.
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