Jimmy and Brenna made them all soup with hot ham and cheese sandwiches for lunch. The others relaxed. They were happy that Gibbs was awake; looking a little tired but not enough to fall asleep. They were watching t.v. together going between movies and sports. They were currently were currently flipping through channels and settled on an old western called 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' as Jimmy and Brenna put a plate full of sandwiches.

"Clint Eastwood, never go wrong with him." Gibbs said with a sideways tilt of his chin and a smile.

"That I can agree with." Ducky said.

"So do I" McGee said and Abby nodded eagerly.

"I think we all do" Jimmy said and everyone nodded.

"Yep" Tony said.

"So you do have good taste." Gibbs joked, getting laughs out of everyone.

They each grabbed a sandwich and their bowl of soup. They each enjoyed their food. Abby, Ducky, and Brenna had two sandwiches and two bowls. Tony, McGee, and Jimmy had three and two bowls of soup. Gibbs and Ellie had four sandwiches and three bowls. They smiled as he enjoyed his food.

"Glad to see your appetite's back." he said.

"Yep"

They all watched t.v., joking around. It had been long enough that Gibbs' broken ribs were healed to just cracks. The cracked ones fully healed though sore when he moved wrong. His collarbone was healed and also sore if he moved it to fast. The bruises in his organs were either minor. The cuts and bruises to his rib cage healed. They were happy he was better even if he had to be careful moving around and sitting up.

"So, you're feeling better, gonna pull any stunts?" Jimmy asked.

He looked at each of them, stopping on Abby. The guys were giving him stern looks but had smirks because the girls were giving him a death glare.

"I'd rather live." He said with a fake scared look, ruined by a smirk. They laughed. "But in all seriousness no, rather be here relaxing."

"You mean to protect?" Ducky smiled knowingly. Gibbs just looked at him and after a while gave soft side tilt of his chin.

"We know boss, we are your kids and Ducky is your father." Brenna said.

"It's the worst kept secret at NCIS." Jimmy said. Gibbs chuckled softly.

They all smiled at his grin of acknowledgement, going back to watching t.v. as a family. They all relaxed knowing, they're as safe as they could get. About four hours later, Gibbs' stomach growled.

"Sounds like you, boss." Tony said with an innocent smile getting a laughs. Gibbs braced his ribs so they didn't hurt as he laughed.

"What do you want for dinner?" Tobias' man asked when they called him in.

"I'm in the mood for Chinese." Tony said and everyone agreed.

"Sweet n' sour chicken and vegetable lo mien." McGee and Abby said.

"Beef n' broccoli and chicken chow mien" Jimmy and Brenna said.

"Shrimp chow mien." Tony said.

"sweet and sour pork, pork lo mien." Ducky said.

"Shrimp lo mien and cashew chicken."

Tobias' man nodded and wrote down what they wanted. He left to order their food. He arrived with their food an hour and a half later. He dropped his men's food off and entered the house. He walked in on them watching Air Force One.

"Harrison Ford. Best actor in this movie." Tony said.

"Kate was pissed when it we found op they really did rip off the movie." Gibbs said. Everyone laughed and they explained their first meeting with Kate. They looked up as he entered the room. They knew he had been a true friend of Kate's as well.

"She was feisty told me about when you were on the sub and it tipped slightly and she fell against you." Everyone looked intrigued.

"Man I wasn't sure if she was gonna laugh or kill me over my cockiness." He laughed loudly.

"She said she didn't know which one she'd do when you responded to her 'wow' with 'yeah, I get that a lot.'" Everyone busted up as they laughed along.

"Here you go." He said setting their food down.

"You get anything?" Gibbs asked.

"Na I'm off tonight gonna go home to the wife." They smiled at him.

They all grabbed their food and dug in. they ate their food in relative silence. They watched the comedy currently on. They were all slightly surprised Gibbs liked it, it was a new one. They all went to bed two hours later, at 10. They all had a full night of peaceful sleep.