A/N Thank you for all your reviews to the last chapter I appreciate them all. I did lose my focus with this a bit and thought this would be the last chapter...silly me! nope an plot loophole occurred to me and needed tidying up...so more chapters to come and hopefully not a long a wait next time.

Disclaimer...Na...I'm totally guilty. I don't own Supernatural either...(Sam and Dean Rock!) but my meds are totally responsible for Callen being a Fangirl...:P

Chapter 11

It had been six months since Todd, Summer and Eric Beale moved into their new house.

Though Eric and his father were still not close, However with Klaus in jail and with Christian having to sit through the entire trial, he had finally found a place where they had agreed to disagree, but were not fighting anymore. Christian had turned over Klaus' 50% share in BAI to Eric, although Eric had agreed to be a silent partner but had told his father that he would be keeping an eye on all electronic business the company did and one wrong move and he would be intervening. Christian for his part had been able to save his wife's company by informing the other shareholders that one of the major shareholders of Beale Aeronautic Industries was none other than a Federal Employee; that had calmed the shareholders and the company had been saved. Having cleared it with Director Vance and SecNav, with the promise that he would not have anything to do with any deals between the US government and his company, Eric had been allowed to continue working for NCIS and have his stake in his mother's company.

Summer was still at UCLA and with the new money her father had inherited she had been able to upgrade all her equipment and catch up with her studies and improve her grades.

Todd was seeing Nate twice a week, but had settled into the local high school and even had a few friends. His nightmares had lessened and he had discovered a keen interest in Astronomy, Hetty in her infinite wisdom had arranged for him to go with her to Griffith Observatory and study with an Astronomer friend of hers, which he had found really exciting and had talked about it for days. Also with the added support of his dad and the team Todd was it seemed a big talker he loved to talk about things although mostly he talked to Callen for hours on end, about his interests, which included surfing and a newfound love for the TV series Supernatural. He loved technology as well and after school would take the bus to NCIS and spend the afternoon in the mission doing his homework and checking out some of the latest gadgets Hetty had brought for the boy. He and Hetty had hit it off and He would spend hours with the woman he had come to consider his grandma, (Although he was never daft enough to call her that.) She in turn would tell him stories of her younger days, complete with a gadget or souvenir for him to look at.

Eric himself, not having a secret anymore had changed in his friends eyes, he wasn't the geek they had thought him to be, granted he was still a geek, but now they saw him as a father as well, he was more mature, even his board short had been relegated to the closet and he had relented to his children's demands and had started wearing Jeans to work. (Much to the pleasure of his workmates.)

However the bits of Eric that made him quintessentially Eric remained, the high pitched annoying whistling, which he used at home to rally his kids in the morning was still heard throughout the bullpen when they had a case and he still tried to sneak Oreo's into the OPS center when Hetty wasn't looking.

This morning however things were a bit different.

Eric came in grinning and grabbed Callen by the arm. Sam looked surprised as Callen would usually never allow him to be grabbed that way, although in recent months he and Eric had developed a strange friendship. "It's here!" Eric hissed to Callen to get his attention.

"Where?" Callen asked trying and failing to keep the excitement out of his voice.

"Outside." Eric said.

Callen grinned like a schoolboy. "Can I see?" he asked.

Sam looked up as Eric nodded and Callen bolted for the door.

Grabbing his gun and fearing trouble Sam, Kensi and Deeks all followed.

Outside on the forecourt was a fully restored, 1967 Chevy Impala, in black. Callen stood there grinning like a lunatic.

"OH MY GOD ERIC!" Callen said, "It's perfect."

Callen ran his hand over the paintwork and the cream leather upholstery. "Where did you find it?"

"I picked it up a month ago, it was nearly finished, and it just needed the interior reupholstering and a new paint job to make it the right color."

Callen grabbed the keys and walked to the trunk. "Did you?" He asked and then he opened it to see a devils trap on the roof. "OH MY GOD! That's so awesome….He's going to love it."

"Who?" Sam asked as Kensi and Deeks stood behind Callen, trying not to laugh at Callen's attempts to hide the fact that he was 'fangirling' over a car.

"Todd,"

"You brought Todd a car?" Deeks said.

"Not just a car, have you seen the license plate." Callen suddenly realized what he was about to admit to, "ERIC!" He moaned as his friend laughed, "You're going to have to 'fess up now man." Eric said.

"Todd got me into Supernatural; Eric's got him a completely restored replica of Sam and Dean Winchesters '67 Chevy impala from the series for his 16th birthday."

"And don't forget you promised to teach him to drive." Eric said looking at Callen.

Callen's grin got wider, "Sure."

"You guys are all coming over for a cookout tomorrow for Todd's birthday….it's his first one with me and I'd like you to be there." Eric said, they all nodded and headed back inside.

Todd had woken up as usual to his father's shrill whistle.

"KIDS…BREAKFAST IN TEN MINUTES!" Eric called up the stairs.

Bleary-eyed Todd came down, "Morning." He mumbled and he reached for the carton of juice on the table.

Eric grinned at him, "Can you make sure you come straight home tonight?"

"I'm supposed to see Nate after school." Todd replied.

"It's ok, I can get Nate to pick you up from school and you can talk on the way home." Eric said, he was surprised to see that Todd didn't want to come straight home on his birthday.

"Sure Dad," Todd said and grabbed his bag, "Gotta go gonna miss the bus." He ran out the door as Summer walked downstairs.

"Morning Dad," Summer reached for the coffee pot and she poured herself a mug.

"Sum, Has Todd talked to you about his birthday?" Eric asked.

Summer shook her head, "No…it's weird, and he's not even told me when it is?"

"It's today." Eric told her, "I'm having a cookout tonight, I want you here ok?"

"Sure." Summer said and started to walk out.

"Summer? You ok?" He called up the stairs after his daughter.

"Dad! It's Todd's first birthday with us, I got to get him a present…and we have to throw him a party!" she leant over the railing and grinned at her father, "This is gonna be awesome."

"I've got the others due to be here at six." Eric said, "You got college today?"

"Nothing I can't put off….I have my little brother's first birthday at home to plan." She smiled her blue eyes sparkling…."I gotta call Nell." She grinned.

"Nell?" Eric asked confused, he knew his partner and his daughter were friends but Nell?

"Sure…She's an awesome party planner…and she's almost as big a Supernatural fan as Todd and Callen."

Eric laughed, "I still don't get that show." He reached into his wallet and took out his credit card. "Take this." He said handing her his card.

"I will!" Nell said walking in behind Eric and grabbing the card, "what's the limit and what are we buying?"

"No limit and party stuff for Todd's first birthday here, he's a supernatural fan?"

"Really! I Love that show!" Nell gushed.

"Nell…you here?" Summer called over the railing.

"Yeah, I have the day off wanted to know if you wanted to hang before the cookout tonight?" she asked.

Summer ran down the stairs and grabbed Nell whisking her off upstairs. "Planning meeting!" She yelled down to her dad.

Eric laughed as he walked out the door to the car.

Callen was sitting in Hetty's office as Eric walked in; he watched the Technician climb the stairs and looked back at Hetty.

"We should tell him, it's not fair to keep him in the dark." Callen said to Hetty as she sipped on her tea.

"I understand Mr. Callen, but today being Todd's birthday, I want you to keep an eye on the boy, we can tell Eric after the party, He needs to have this day with his son unencumbered with worry."

"I'll watch the kid while he's at school, and see if anyone else is watching too. Nate's picking him up today…but I'm still not sure that keeping this from him is a good idea." Callen replied his gut starting to churn.

"Right now, Mr. Callen the more normal things are the better, if he is to make the move we think he will, then the only way we will catch him is if we carry on as normal."

Sighing Callen had to agree with his boss, but it didn't make him any happier.