Chapter 50
I could not imagine when I started this I would make it to Chapter 50 with 143 reviews. I want to thank all who have added my story as well as all of those who have reviewed. I know that last chapter was very emotional for the entire Gibbs family.
Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS or any of the characters. If I did Gibbs would not be alone, Tony and Ziva would be together and so would Tim and Abby. Ducky's girlfriend Mary would not have been psycho and he would have a companion.
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Sunday was a quiet day. Gibbs and Samantha spend the day watching old movies until she went to school to get her lesson plans for the week. Kelly had gone over to Tim's house with Abby to visit Jethro, the dog. It was her last day of Spring Break and Abby wanted to make it fun and enjoyable.
Tony and Ziva were spending the day together. Samantha and Gibbs as well were seeing signs that Rule 12 was slowly evaporating. The way they looked at one another, the sly glances, and the gentle touches of their hands at the funeral.
Jack had packed up his stuff and started the drive back to Stillwater. He left with the promise to return for the wedding the first week in June. The family had planned that Kelly would go visit him in Stillwater while her new parents were on their honeymoon.
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Samantha had gone to school the next morning and checked Kelly back into George W. Bush elementary school. The principal placed her into Elena's room instead of Samantha's room. They walked her down hall toward her new classroom. She had on new clothes, backpack and school supplies. Despite the fact it was March Kelly felt like it was the first day of school. Elena met her at the door with a smile and a hug. Elena looked at Samantha and smiled. "Call me on your conference period and I will fill you in on a few things." Samantha said. Then she gave Kelly a hug. "Have a good day sweetheart. I will be here to pick you up this afternoon."
"Sam, could Tony come pick me up sometime?" she asked.
"I will ask him when he comes by at lunch." Kelly hugged her and gave her a kiss.
"Bye, Sam. See you afterschool."
Kelly walked into the room and put her things away. The principal put her hand on Samantha's shoulder. "She will be ok now Mommy. We will keep a good eye on her." They couple walked down the hall to the office where Samantha stopped and checked all the emergency numbers.
She handed the packet to the secretary. "These are all the people who can pick Kelly up if I am not here," she told her friend.
She looked at all eight of the names and phone numbers and smiled. "You sure you did not forget to include the entire NCIS agency," she laughed.
"These people are her new family excluding her new grandfather because he lives in Stillwater, Pennsylvania." Samantha smiled looking at her watch. "Guess I need to get back or Jethro will try to go to work against doctor's orders."
"How is he doing?"
"Stubborn Marine, who refuses to take it easy but other than that he is doing ok. I left him with one of his team members." Samantha smiled as she headed out the door. "Not sure I would have made it without him."
"I know," she smiled as Samantha waved and headed out to her car.
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When Samantha drove into the driveway, she noticed that Abby's car was gone. "He ordered her to the Navy Yard." Samantha smiled. She pulled her car to a stop and she got out of her car walking up the walk to the house. She stopped and looked into the large windows on the front of the house. Inside of the house she could see Gibbs lying on the couch. His eyes were closed but he was not asleep. Samantha could see him wince occasionally and his teeth were clinched. His cheeks showed the stress that the pain was doing to his body. "Why do you have to be so stubborn, Jethro?"
Samantha wiped the tears that had formed in her eyes from seeing the man she loved with all her heart in pain. She then walked into the house smiling. "Get Kelly enrolled in school."
"Yes, I got teased by Mary because of all the emergency contacts. Kind of strange since I will be in the room next door really."
"You got everybody's numbers down though."
"Yes, of course." Samantha went into the kitchen as they were talking. When she returned she had a cup of coffee and two pain pills. She walked up to him and he looked at her and grumbled. "No arguments Jethro. You're in pain. I see it. Stop being so tuff and take your pills."
"Don't want to spend my time with you sleeping." He looked at her as she sat down on the coffee table next to the couch. She put the coffee and pills down.
Taking his hands in hers she replied, "If I remember right you insisted I take a few of these myself once and I gave you guff." He smiled pulling her into a kiss. When she pulled away he could see the determination in her eyes. "Take your pills now. Later when you are better I will let you choose."
"Ok boss," he smiled taking the coffee cup and pills form her. He took them quickly and lay back on the couch as she straightened the pillows behind his back.
"Now how about some breakfast."
"Sounds good as long as after you make breakfast you come back and sit with me all morning."
"Your wish is my command my dear." Samantha got up and went into the kitchen to fix them omelets with some fruit.
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Kelly was not a stranger in her new classroom. Samantha's and Mrs. Hernandez's class went to PE and Music together. They also shared a recess time in the afternoon so she knew most of the children in her new class and she got to play with her friends from Samantha's class. It was PE time and since the weather was warm and pretty the instructor decided to take the two classes outside for free play. Kelly was surrounded almost immediately by her old classmates. Each asking questions about her returning and not being in Miss Waverly's class anymore.
"I can't be in that classroom. Mrs. Brown said I could not be in Samantha's room since she is my new mommy." Kelly told them.
"How can she be your new mommy?" Debbie French asked her. Debbie was a bossy girl who Kelly tried hard to be friends with because Samantha had always insisted that each classmate deserves to be respected. Sometimes though Debbie could be so mean it was hard to treat her with respect.
"Well my mommy was killed and she asked Samantha, I mean Miss Waverly, to be my guardian so she is my new mommy." Kelly explained.
"Miss Waverly isn't married. How can she be a mommy?" Pamela, Kelly's best friend asked. "Where's your daddy?"
"My father is dead too. I don't want to talk about that. Miss Waverly and Gibbs are my mommy and daddy now. She went to the lawyer and got the papers. They are going to adopt me."
"My Mom said that your father killed your mother." Debbie replied. "Is that true?"
"Yes," Tears started filling Kelly's eyes, "My mommy is in heaven because my father hurt her. But Gibbs protected us from him. He won't hurt us anymore."
"Who is Gibbs?"
"He is going to marry Miss Waverly when school is out. I get to be in the wedding. Gibbs is my daddy." Kelly told them.
"No, Gibbs is not your daddy." Debbie said hatefully. "He is just stuck with you because your real mommy dumped you on Miss Waverly."
"That's not true. I asked him to be my daddy and he said yes." Tears were starting to form again in her eyes. She was very angry. "Debbie you don't know anything."
"No I am right. Gibbs and Miss Waverly are just taking you in because you are an orphan." Debbie said walking off. "Come on girls. We don't need her. I don't want to play with her."
Kelly started to cry but Pamela and another friend from her new class each gave her a hug. "We will play with you. Don't listen to Debbie. She is just mad because her mommy and daddy are getting a divorce." Kelly nodded but she was still hurt.
"What was her excuse before? She had always been mean to me." Kelly really wished Samantha was here today. She has always run interference with Debbie when she got like this.
After PE Mrs. Hernandez noticed that Kelly was not her usual happy self, she just sat in her desk on the verge of tears most of the rest of the afternoon. She had talked to Samantha during PE and had been filled in on all the events of the past week. She figured Kelly would talk to her or Samantha and Gibbs but she was going to let Samantha know what was going on.
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Samantha drove up to school at the end of the day to pick up Kelly. Kelly seemed awful quiet on the drive back to the house. "How was your day?"
"Fine" Kelly mumbled. Samantha suspected something was wrong but she did not push things.
Kelly walked into the house seeing Gibbs was still sitting on the couch she just walked past him and went straight to her room. Gibbs watched her run up the stairs and looked at Samantha. "What's wrong with her? She seemed very, very upset."
"Don't know. Something must have happened. Let's let her think about things. Maybe she'll come talk to us later." Samantha put her purse and keys on the table next to the door. She came over and sat down with Gibbs. "She has a lot going on in her head." Just then her phone rang. "It's Elena, maybe we can find out what caused the blue funk." Samantha grabbed her phone out off the table. "Hello"
"Hi Sam. Have you talked to Kelly this afternoon?" Elena said.
"She hasn't said a thing. Something is bothering her. Did something happen at school today?" Samantha asked.
"Not that I know of but when the kids came back from PE she was very quiet and she seemed upset." Elena told her.
"Did they go outside at PE?" Samantha asked. Samantha just shook her head. "Not again" she thought. Samantha went back to the phone. "Thanks Elena, I am going call Coach Black and see if he saw anything."
"Let me know if I need to run interference or if I can help. "
"I will talk to Kelly and find out what happened. It may have just been that the events of the week have just caught up with her. I'll call you tomorrow." Samantha hung up the phone and looked at Gibbs. The look on her face told Gibbs that she was about to lose it. He got up and walked over and put his arm around her shoulders.
"What's up? What happened?" he asked.
"Not sure but I can guess. I need to make a phone call and then talk to Kelly." Gibbs had never seen such anger in her eyes. He just kissed her on the cheek.
"You make your phone call and then we will go upstairs and talk to our girl. We can fix this Sam. "Gibbs told her.
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Kelly had gone into her room and just sat and looked at her mother's picture. "Mommy, Debbie hurt my feelings again today. She said that Gibbs and Samantha just took me because they had to. That made me sad. Is she telling me the truth? Are Samantha and Gibbs only telling her they will adopt her out of pity? I wish you were here Mommy." Kelly just lay down on her bed and started crying.
Gibbs and Samantha came to the door and both heard Kelly crying. The couple looked at each other and each had a frown on their faces. Samantha knocked on the door. "Kelly, honey, can Gibbs and I come in?"
Kelly quickly wiped her eyes and said, "Yes."
The two came in and sat down next to her on the bed. Gibbs carefully lifted her up into his lap and wrapped his big arms around her. "Baby, tell me why you are crying."
"It's nothing Gibbs. I'm fine." She laid her head on his chest and he began to stroke her hair. Samantha took her hands and looked into her eyes.
"Kel, you are not fine. Something happened in PE today. Was it Debbie?" Samantha asked her. Kelly nodded yes tears forming in her eyes again. "Did she say something hurtful again?"
"She said you and Gibbs are only taking me because Mommy dumped me on you. That you were only being my mommy and daddy because you have to." Kelly blurted out pushing herself away from Gibbs.
Gibbs grabbed her arm before he got away and pulled her back into his arms. "Kelly, do you really think I would agree to be your dad because I was forced to. Nobody forces me to do anything." He looked her in the eyes. "I want to be your daddy because I love you. I don't care what the kids say at school. They can be cruel. You are my daughter and nobody can change that."
"Sweetie, it will be ok. Jethro and I love you and we chose you to be our little girl. Don't let anyone ever tell you different." Samantha told her. "You have a new family now. Not just Jethro and me but the whole team. They love you too"
Kelly looked at the both. She saw tears in their eyes. "You really mean that."
"Of course, we love you." Gibbs said. He hugged her tightly and then began to tickle her. Kelly giggled and the light came back into her eyes.
"Baby girl. Don't let the kids at school cause you to doubt that. "She joined in the fun tickling the little girl. "Now I would bet you are starving. How about I order your favorite dinner?"
"Chinese?"
"Absolutely." Samantha smiled. She was not sure the matter was totally fixed but it was ok for now. Sometimes kids could be so cruel.
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That night after tucking Kelly into bed both Jethro and Samantha sat on the couch discussing what had happened at school. "This is not going to be the end of this." Samantha blurted out.
"Why do you think so?" Gibbs asked.
"Just trust me I know how kids can be. Kelly has always had trouble. She is different and the kids tend to pick on her. Remember how those boys acted when we first met. I can control the things in the classroom but at specials and at recess it is hard."
"Any ideas on how we can help." Samantha looked at him and smiled. Jethro was Kelly's dad and he just wanted her to be happy and loved. "I do have an idea how you can help."
"What can I do?"
"Well on Fridays we have fifteen minutes extra recess after lunch and a reward for good behavior. I was wondering if you could come up and bring Kelly a special lunch and hang around for recess. That way the kids can see that you are acting like her daddy." Samantha suggested.
"You think that would help."
"Sure, a lot of fathers and mothers do this. It would let Kelly know you care and publicly show the others that you want to be Kelly's father."
"I will go Friday, then."
"How about the Friday after I go back? You will be feeling better and I have playground duty that week. It would show us as a united front." She scooted next to him on the couch. "Besides this Friday, you have a doctor's appointment. You need to rest until the doctor releases you to go out."
Gibbs just rolled his eyes. "I am fine. I can do this."
"I know you can but I don't want you getting sicker. I need you healthy."
Gibbs smiled and pulled her closer. "Yes Boss."
"Kelly, Abby, Ziva and I are going dress shopping on Saturday. Getting Kelly a bride's maid dress for the wedding will help her to understand that we love her."
"Are you going to get a new dress too?" He smiled raising his eyebrows. "Will I get to see it?"
"Only on our wedding day at the end of the isle at Ducky's. "She smiled and winked at him. Gibbs put his arms around her and held her tight.
"We will do all we can to make Kelly know that we love her and want her." Gibbs told her.
"I know." Samantha whispered pulling him into a kiss.