Chapter 8

Kelly Gibbs was excited, actually she was more than excited. For a number of reasons, one it was her birthday tomorrow, two tomorrow was the beginning of her and Abby's plan to get Jenny and Gibbs together, but more importantly today her grandpa was coming home.

She sat on the bottom stair that was opposite the front door, watching the front door for any change, or any sign of Jack's arrival.

"What yah doing?" Gibbs asked leaning against the banister, looking through the bars at his daughter.

"Waiting for grandpa to get home" she smiled up at him.

"You hate me that much" Gibbs joked as he walked around to come and sit next to her on the step, he put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her close and kissed her forehead.

"I love you, daddy" she smiled at him.

"How you alright?" he asked her, that last couple of weeks since the whole kidnapping fiasco had been a little tuff, Kelly hadn't been able to sleep in her own bed for the first couple of nights, she'd also been a little shaken up of course, had been very quiet and not her normal self, but then she had a talk with Jenny and she'd come away almost back to her normal self, although Gibbs had been a little suspicious if the girl was just pretending to be ok.

"Yup" Kelly nodded making her ponytail swish against her back and once again smiled at him "So what did you get me for my birthday?" Kelly asked with an innocent glint in her eyes, trying to get him to crack.

Gibbs almost chuckled at her, she tried it every year and he never cracked, he always wanted it to be a surprise, so he just looked at the little girl and tapped his nose before getting up off of the step "Do you want anything to drink?" he asked as he headed to the kitchen to get himself some coffee.

"Orange juice" Kelly called after her father, her eyes going back to looking at the front door, where she saw a shadow approach, through the window in the door, then the sound of a key in the lock followed.

The front door opened, Kelly would recognise that silver hair anywhere "Grandpa" she jumped up from her seat on the stair and ran to him.

"Hello Sweet pea" Jack pulled Kelly into a tight hug, he was glad to find that she was ok, just like his son had promised him after he had told him about the kidnapping.

"I missed you" Kelly mumbled as she squeezed him as tight as she could, she loved her grandpa, and always missed him, they always spent time together, always having fun.

"I missed you too sweetie" he promised her pressing a kiss to her forehead, he loved Kelly, she was the light in his world, she was the light that had saved his son after losing Shannon, the women he loved, they'd both had to stay strong for Kelly and she'd been well worth it.

"I've got you a present" Jack told her as he pulled his suitcase in and shut the front door behind him, "…But you can't have until tomorrow as it's your birthday" he added with a grin.

"You remembered it was my birthday" Kelly grinned, shocked that her grandfather had remembered.

"Of course I did" Jack practically chuckled, he didn't want to tell her that I was not only the anniversary of her birth but also the anniversary of her mother's death so the date wasn't hard to forget.

Jack then rolled his suitcase into the lounge where he sat down on the sofa and Kelly sat beside him, "But I guess you can have one present now, seeing as I know it's your favourite, you can have the box of fudge I got you" he handed her the brown square box tied together with a red ribbon tied in a bow.

"You spoil her" Gibbs commented as he walked into the room and found jack handing the box to Kelly.

"Pah" Jack chuckled knowing his son spoilt the little girl a lot more than he did, "How yah been Leroy?" he asked after a moment.

"Good, can I talk to you for a moment?" Gibbs asked crooking a finger to his father.

"Sure" Jack got up from the chair and followed his son into the hall "What's wrong?" he asked when they were both sure that certain little ears couldn't hear them.

"Kelly's having a birthday party tomorrow, the team are coming and so is Maddie, could you take Kelly to the store and get the party food she want's I need to get sort out her present" Gibbs asked, knowing it was a lot because Jack had only just got in from his trip to Stillwater.

"Sure" he nodded, wanting to spend time with Kelly having missed her so much.

"Thanks" Gibbs smiled at his dad before they both went to walk back into the lounge where Kelly sat on the sofa patiently.

"Hey Kel, grandpa's going to take you shopping for the food you want for tomorrow" Gibbs informed her.

"Cool, can we get Oreos?" she asked Jack.

"You can get whatever you want" her grandfather smiled at her.

"Cool" Kelly nodded before hoping up from the sofa and running off to go and get her shoes.

"Anything she wants?" Gibbs raised an eyebrow at his father, Jack chuckled as he shrugged his shoulders, he would give her anything Kelly wanted if it made her happy.

An hour later Jack and Kelly stood in the freezer aisle, trying to pick out what ice-cream she wanted "How about raspberry ripple?" Jack suggested and watched as Kelly thought for a moment before shaking her head and grimacing "How about Neapolitan, that way people can choose to have chocolate, strawberry or vanilla or all three?" he suggested once more but Kelly shook her head "Then just pick your favourite" he suggested.

"Ok" Kelly smiled before reaching for the Rocky Road, as she turned to put it in the trolley, she noticed a familiar face not far down the aisle looking at the frozen vegetables, so she ran over to them "Jenny" she grinned at the older redhead making her turn.

"Kelly" Jenny smiled warmly at the little girl that she was slowly growing a strong bond with "What are you doing here, is your dad here?" the redhead asked, still not sure how she felt about the fact he had kissed her on the cheek and hadn't said anything more about it.

Kelly shook her head "Grandpas here with me" she explained looking over her shoulder to find Jack coming towards them.

"Director Shepard" Jack greeted the pretty redhead with a smiled.

"Mr Gibbs, nice to see you again" Jenny smiled at him "Now Kelly, you didn't tell me why you were here?" she asked with a smile.

"It's my birthday tomorrow" Kelly explained with a grin.

"It is" she smiled "Well happy Birthday for tomorrow" she smiled "You should have told me"

"You should come tomorrow" Kelly said as an idea hit her, it wouldn't be exactly what Abby and she had planned, planting the seed in Gibbs' head first but she was sure they could figure something out.

"I dunno" Jenny didn't want to but in where she wasn't welcomed by Gibbs and Jack.

"Oh please" Kelly almost begged before turning to her grandfather "She can come right grandpa?" Kelly asked him.

"Of course" Jack nodded, he knew that Kelly obviously liked this women and if memory served him right, his son couldn't keep his eyes off of her when he introduced her to him and Kelly.

"Please Jenny, the whole team are coming and Daddy would love it" she added looking at the older redhead with her big innocent blue eyes.

"Ok" Jenny gave in, knowing that I would make the girl happy and she would get the bonus of spending time with Gibbs.

TBC…

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