Jf28 -

This will be (Most likely) my last update for the year. Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to read my stories, follow/ fav them or review them. It is appreciated, more than I can say. This week, leading up to Christmas, my work is chaotic. Last week, I tried to pump out as much as possible. But in the New Year, I will have a whole bunch of new stuff to post.

Hopefully, I will have finished Heal Thyself and The Closeted Life (which I have decided to end). I know I will have new chapters of Just Friends and The Adventures of A Lifetime. As well as Vacation Mandate and two new stories, that will be posted entirely at once. One story is a Kelly Lives, with Shannon alive (Thanks guest reviewer: None, who has been requesting this every time I start a new Kelly Lives story) and the other is a Gibbs/McGee slash.

With this chapter posted, this story became officially the longest story that I have ever written, including the unfinished the final chapter of Heal Thyself. (**Woohoo**)

Kelly made the trip home in half the time. Nicole had been disappointed she hadn't gotten to meet him, but Kelly reassured her that Tim was genuinely called into work. That it wasn't a ploy to avoid meeting her. She asked Kelly seriously, whether or not she was sure she wanted to be with a man that had a job like that. Kelly reminded her that it was no different than Nicole's boyfriend's job that saw him fly to New York for a week, every six weeks. She was actually annoyed that her friend had continued to insinuate that Tim wasn't worth the trouble.

As soon as she let herself and Sharni into the apartment, having taken her out after the long car ride first. The black and white beauty raced off into the apartment, finding Tim in his study. Tim's voice could be heard greeting the pup enthusiastically and telling her how much he missed her. Tim then came out of the study and greeted Kelly apologising again about being called in. He had been working on the special assignment that Vance had given him earlier in the week.

True to his word, Gibbs had left as soon as they pulled in to his parking spot. Tim had already showered and changed into sweats, waiting for Kelly to get back. He clicked his fingers and order Sharni to her doggy bed before greeting Kelly with a kiss and Kelly declared if she didn't shower now, she won't be able to go out at all. He kissed her again and reluctantly let her go, before asking about dinner tomorrow night at the Vance's, which Kelly thought was OK and told him as much.

Kelly had a shower and was still in the bathroom when Tim finished up with his work for the day and finally came into the bedroom to get ready for their date. He reminded himself to lock his office door, which he jogged back and locked, using his newly installed biometric lock. He hadn't taken any of the top clearance paperwork home, but he had been working on writing code for the program, and he could not afford for it to fall into the wrong hands either.

Tim slipped into his suit, his white shirt and his favourite tie. He hadn't really wanted to wear a tie, but Penny had trained him to wear a tie when he was going to the theatre, opera or ballet at the Kennedy Centre. Kelly came out in a soft pink dress, that was simple with some sequins across the sweetheart neckline in a form fitting in a mermaid style. "Wow, you look really beautiful." Tim told her, kissing her cheek softly.

"Ready?" she asked, seeing Tim had just finished getting everything organised. He had chosen not to carry his service weapon on his hip, instead carrying a small raven on an ankle holster. As a federal agent, he was required to carry a weapon from portal to portal, even when not on duty. Tim was pedantic about making sure he was carrying, following that protocol to a tee. The small raven was his go to weapon, his back up that he carried when he was off duty. In addition to his creds, he had a license to carry a concealed weapon under the gun control act and the federal agent act.

Tim and Kelly made a quick job of getting a cab. Not wanting to mess around with finding a park tonight. At the Kennedy centre, Kelly was thrilled when Tim led her upstairs and away from the main seating, to the box seats and shocked to see they had a whole box to herself.

Tim had surprised her with a stage show about ballet. It had singing, it had dancing, it had a great musical score and best of all, it was had a wonderful, feel-good storyline. But Kelly loved the ballet dancing the best.

After the performance, Tim escorted her over to the Rooftop Terrace Bar, where he had made reservations for a late dinner. At dinner, they filled each other in on the particulars of each other's day, before Kelly launched herself into an elaborate story about Sharni and Nicole's kids swimming in the dam on their property. Kelly declined Tim's offer to dance, telling him that she would prefer they danced at home.

Back at the apartment, Tim immediately unholstered his weapons, stowing them in his locked box, as usual. While Tim did that, Kelly lowered the light dimmer to almost completely off and set up the record player on low, a soft and soothing jazz record. Tim lit the electric fireplace to give the dark room a warm glow, as the sound of Ella Fitzgerald's voice filled the room and Kelly had drawn him into her and interlaced his fingers with his, resting her head on his chest. He kissed her lips chastely.

She looked up at him, or rather directly into his eyes as they were currently eye to eye with the size of the stiletto heels that she had chosen to wear tonight. He pulled back and gently kissed her again, before taking Kelly with him as he moved against her slowly and in time with the music. "Are you trying to seduce me?" he asked her sarcastically, his smile wide and his voice low and full of laughter too.

"Oh yeah." she deadpanned with a grin that was unrepentant. "I want you, right here, right now." she said, returning her own sarcasm.

"OK." Tim replied and pulled out of her embrace, leaving her standing alone in the living room.

When he had returned, he built a small makeshift bed by the hearth of the fireplace. He removed his tie and shoes and socks and sat down on the floor, calling her over to him to him. She slipped out of her necklace and earrings, abandoning them on the coffee table as Tim steadied her balance and she slipped out of her shoes.

Tim patted the floor beside him and Kelly come and joined him. The makeshift bed on the floor was surprisingly soft, with a double self-inflating camp mattress, two duvets from the guest rooms and the duvet from his room, neatly folded, ready to cover them with.

He turned the electric fireplace on low and went back to giving her all of his attention. Tim began peppering her face with feather-like kisses before Kelly took control and kisses him on the lips, hard. She pushed his dinner jacket off his shoulders, then went to work attacking the tiny buttons on his shirt.

Tim's hands weren't idle either, he was searching and feeling every square inch of the neckline, looking for the zipper to her dress. "It's on the back." she panted hotly into his mouth, barely removing her lips from his as she pushed his shirt off his shoulders.

Now shirtless, Tim flawlessly unzipped her dress slowly but in a fluid motion, down the length of her spine. He slipped his hands inside, resting each hand on her natural waistline. He plundered her mouth, thoroughly getting aroused at the feel of her body in his hands and the feel of her tongue mating against his.

He gently lay Kelly down backwards on the makeshift bed, before breaking off the self-inflating erotic kissing, they had been doing and leaving a blazing trail of kisses up her jawline to her ear and down to her neck.

Kelly felt her whole-body quiver, heightening her want even more, as Tim sank his mouth into the junction of her neck and shoulder. She hurried her hands along his naked back, using her nails to spur him on. Finding his belt, Kelly had it open and her hands took his pants and began shimmying them down his body, underwear and all.

Tim helped Kelly shuck his bottoms off, before leaning back and easing her out of her dress, tossing it to the side, out of the way. He was surprised to see that her dress had a bra built in and she lay out, with him off to the side in nothing but a pair of white lace panties. Quickly, he hooked a finger under the edge of her panties and lowered them down her long legs.

Finally, the two of them resumed their kissing, both naked and Tim rolled over Kelly, his nude body against hers. She opened her legs wide to accommodate his body as she grasped his penis in her hand. She gave it a few tugs, exploring his body with her hands. She felt him harden beneath her hand as her delicate hand took the weight of his balls, gently rolling them between her fingers. "Oh Kell!" Tim moaned.

"Are you still ready?" Kelly asked him, wanting to make sure he was comfortable with his decision and didn't second guess himself. She wanted him to be one thousand percent. "We don't have to."

Tim held up the small strip of three foil squares that he had snagged from the bedroom. He had tucked them in back of the night stand when he had moved in. He would have to pick up a box tomorrow, not having had time to get more today. "Are you sure?" he asked her, his eyes finding hers. "You don't have to?"

"I'm ready. I've been ready for a while now, I told you that, before." she gently reminded him, as she closed the distance between her body and his, kissing his lips tentatively.

Tim resumed his ministrations on her body. Placing hot wet kisses on her body, as his left hand took hold of her left breast. He fondled the tissue, before finding the nub and rolling it between his fingers. Kelly wordlessly moaned into Tim's ear before she rolled him underneath her and began her exploration of his body. His eyes followed her face as it moved lower and lower down his body. She nipped and suckled, licked and laved her way down his chest, toying with his nipples along the way. When her hot wet mouth swallowed his cock, Tim gasped in pleasure before she backed off and repeated it again.

"Kel, baby." Tim panted, pulling her off his hardened member. Her strong suction making a popping sound once he was free again. "C'mere." Tim's voice was husky. It had dropped lower and it made her stomach do somersaults inside.

As he rolled them on their sides, facing one another, he resumed kissing her, pouring all his love into his kisses. He slipped his hand between her legs, stroking her inner thigh. She spread her legs open more, completely opening up to him as he toyed with her clitoris. As she became more aroused, Kelly began breathing and panting heavily against his mouth. Tim took advantage of that, slipping two fingers inside her hot wet channel. "God!" she groaned.

Tim recognised the guttural moan against as his lips that had come from Kelly. He knew it meant that she was close to orgasm and he turned his fingers deep inside her, stroking them toward the front of her body, causing Kelly to cry out in climax, as she gripped him tightly.

Regaining her equilibrium, Kelly handed Tim a foil square. He kissed her again and rolled them, so she was underneath him. He rolled the condom on his own sheath, donning it one handed while the other hand roamed her body. It was a trick he had learnt in his early twenties that had served him well in the past.

Fully protected, he lined up his latex clad manhood with her heavy sex. He teased her slightly, running his cock back and forth across her slit before sliding inside her.

Kelly looked up at him with a smile as Tim began thrusting in and out of her, Slow at first before gaining speed. Once he was at a comfortable pace, Tim reached between their bodies to massage Kelly's clit. As her cries grew more desperate, she tumbled over the edge.

Tim rested a moment, letting Kelly catch her breath. She urged Tim to roll over and let her on top and began to ride his hard cock. As she settled into a rhythm, Kelly quickly had Tim writhing and keening beneath her. Tim rolled them back over and began thrusting into her, at a hurried pace.

Hiking Kelly's leg up higher, giving him more access, it didn't take long for Kelly to begin shaking and quivering. Her indecipherable words spurring him on. As she climaxed, she called out Tim's name loudly, in a euphoric manner. Three thrusts later, Tim was filling the latex cover with his seed.

As he collapsed in exhaustion, not letting his body fall on to Kelly's, Tim managed to slide out of her, not spilling a drop of his spunk. Removing the used condom, Tim disposed of it, before bringing some wipes back to clean up with.

Laying in bliss, naked together, in the hearth of the fireplace, Tim snuggled his body around Kelly's. "That was... Wow." Kelly panted, softly.

"I thought so, too." Tim replied, smugly. "Right now, we have two choices. We can lay here all night, or go shower and climb into our bed."

"Mmm... Laying here with you all night, naked sounds good to me."

Waking up as the first rays of day light penetrated the room, Tim nuzzled into Kelly further. "Mmm, morning." Kelly whispered, waking when she felt Tim's hardened member brush against her sensitive sex. She couldn't remember the last time she had climaxed three times in one night.

Not that she should compare lovers, but she was lucky to get three climaxes a week with her ex-boyfriend, Ethan.

"Morning." Tim cooed in her ear, kissing the back of her neck. "Have I told you how much I love you?" he asked sleepily. "Because I do, so much."

Reaching back for Tim, she huskily whispered how much she loved him and kissed his lips, capturing his bottom lip in between her teeth. "I love you, too." she replied, blushing.

Moaning into her kiss, Tim reached up and fondled and caressed her breasts. Her hand snaked around and began giving him a few strokes. "Ah Kell." Tim stilled her hand. "I'm not going to last if you keep going." Tim's bedroom voice switched on.

Picking up the foil square, Kelly verbally asked if she could do it. Once he was covered, she eased herself down onto his shaft. "Oh yeah!" she cried out softly, as she sank down on him.

Soon she was working her way up and down his shaft, setting a solid pace. Her panting and deep breathing began increasing in intensity. Tim repositioned them, now sitting upright causing Kelly to take his whole length. His girth gave her the sated feeling of being full as she sank down as far as possible. Her hot channel gripped him tightly, milking him as she continued to ride him.

Their skin was flushed with perspiration as both of them, physically expressed their feelings, sharing lazy dirty kisses. Kelly threw her head back in ecstasy, riding on the verge of an earth-shattering climax. Tim took advantage that, kissing her at the base of her throat and working his way up her windpipe as she bucked wildly against him. As she orgasmed, her body shook and trembled, the uncontrolled reactions shook Tim as he tumbled over in ecstasy too.

Filling the condom with his seed, Tim grasped her by her ass cheeks, holding her still, to ensure she didn't move off his softening member just yet. "Are you ok?" he asked her softly.

"What did you do to me?" Kelly asked with a chuckle. "Sex has never felt like that before."

"Told you before that you've been with the wrong kind of man." Tim quipped at her, laughing. His laughter reverberated through his body, sending shocks through Kelly's.

"I guess I finally got my way." she joked, her turn to laugh. Tim stilled himself as he felt every chuckle of hers on his chubbing penis.

"Well, I've never felt so wayed with before." Tim whispered to her, as he withdrew himself from her and reached out for the wipes. "I think the two of us should hit the shower."

"But I had plans today, they involved staying in bed with you." Kelly playfully whined as both of them stood up and began tidying up. Tim stripped all the duvets of their covers and started the washing machine, while Kelly replaced them. Tim replaced the duvets on the bed and stowed the camp mattress. Kelly collected their clothing that had been strewed around the room, sorting them out between dry cleaning and laundry. Tim opened up the tri-fold doors to the deck to let some fresh air into the apartment.

Kelly snatched up the remaining foil square and stowed it on the bedside table, as Tim came in, he reminded her that if they wanted to make love again, they were going to need some more condoms.

Mentally remembering Tim had added that to today's list of chores as Kelly led him into the shower stall and under the hot spray.

Gibbs was sore, he had spent the night on Tobias' sofa. He saw the laptop and remembered that when he had told Tobias Kelly and Tim were officially together now, Tobias had begun showing Gibbs how expensive weddings had become since his last one. Gibbs and Tobias had shared the bottle of bourbon, as he desperately realised that he was not ready to think about Kelly and weddings in the same sentence. He remembered that Tobias was swept up in the excitement of it and the last thing he had remembered was Tobias telling him to sleep it off, that it would be ok.

Slowly, he up righted himself up straight and when he didn't sway, he took himself off to find coffee. Seeing a note from Tobias that he had caught a case made Gibbs relieved that he would not have to listen to his friend prattle on.

Gibbs was finally human enough to function and straightened up the sofa. He wrote a thank you for Tobias on the back of the note, tidied the kitchen and headed home.

Stopping in at the market in Silver Spring, before hitting the highway home to Alexandria. Gibbs recollected that he hadn't been in this part of Maryland since Tim moved house. He had only stopped here because he loved their steak.

"Oh Gibbs, earth to Gibbs." A familiar voice called out. Penny Langston. "Hello Jethro, can I interest you in a cup of coffee?"

He just wanted to get in and out, but he found himself nodding his acceptance and following the vivacious woman into a coffee shop by the market. "I'd ask how you're doing, but you look like you've tied one over and really can't take small talk." she chuckled, ordering their coffee. "I'll get right to the point."

"Please do." he smiled at her. "My friend and I drank a touch too much last night discussing Kelly and Tim." Gibbs admitted.

"Director Vance mentioned that Tim had chosen to run his DNA and they were investigating how Timothy became a McGee." Penny stated directly. "How's it going?"

"Tim's with my daughter and a dear friend and team member, we have been recused from the investigation." Gibbs told the grandmother, softly. "The DNA results aren't in yet."

The two of them sat in silence, each drinking their coffee before Penny opened her mouth to ask a question. "Do you think he will forgive me? Tell me who his parents are? Let me meet them?"

"He's hurting Penny, just give him time." Gibbs advised her gently. "I'll remind him that biologically related or not, you raised him and you two love each other."

"I can't believe my son and ex-daughter in law would have been so foolish." Penny spat out in anger. As soon as she calmed down, she profusely apologised to Gibbs before thanking him for the coffee and heading off.

"That was weird." Gibbs commented to himself as he watched her retreat into the mall.

Tim and Kelly spent the day running errands. They took Sharni for a big walk to the market for some essentials, before leaving the exhausted girl to nap the day away. They made a quick stop to Costco, grabbing a few more items, including a bulk packet of condoms. Tim left Kelly to herself for a few minutes and slipped off to pick up their click and collect order from the adult store on the other side of the parking lot.

Joining Kelly, they headed to the green grocer and the butchers for some more food before back to his apartment to unpack. Leon Vance had sent him a text message telling him that regretfully he needed to reschedule, that he would drop the results by in thirty minutes as he was needed at the Navy Yard.

Thirty minutes later, almost exactly, Kelly was letting Leon Vance into the apartment, before ushering him into Tim's office. Tim had decided to get some work done in the afternoon. Kelly was reading manuscripts in the living room and he was working on the special assignment in his office.

A knock at the door, saw Tim calling out to come in. Leon grinned from his vantage point by the door. There, huddled behind his desk, Tim was feverishly working on his computer, pencil behind his ear, hair all messed up and a look of frustration on his face.

Once Tim ran his last line of code, he looked up and smiled at the Director. The two men exchanged greetings and Tim offered the Director a drink, in which he declined. "Nice office. This desk is a beauty, Tim." Leon said, admiring the beautifully restored antique desk.

"Thank you, Gibbs had just finished restoring it for me. It's a McGee family heirloom." Tim told him, retelling the Director the story he had told Gibbs about it being handcrafted by the first Admiral in the US Navy, Admiral Farragut McGee who took it from ship to ship.

"Here." Leon muttered and handed over the envelope. Inside the large yellow envelope was three smaller envelopes. On the front of the envelopes Mrs Carlson had labelled them, Mom, Dad and Timothy. "Would you like me to leave you alone with the results?"

"Stay." Tim begged him. Leon looked to the door and saw Kelly nervously pacing the hallway. "I take it that she found matches if there's more than on envelope." he guessed, his voice with a slight hysterical undertone.

"Tim? How about you lock that computer and we let Kelly in, too?" he asked softly. Tim complied with his request and Leon opened the door and ushered Tim's more than concerned girlfriend inside the room. Kelly taking a tentative seat beside Tim on the sofa.

Tim turned the envelope over and over in his hand. Finally, he slipped the beloved dagger inside that he used as a letter opener. Ziva had sent it to him when she made the decision not to return to the US, and he sliced the envelope open. The test results were printed out over four pages and he was surprised to feel that many pages. He was expecting a brief one-page result.

"Everything is going to be OK, Tim." Vance reassured him as Kelly squeezed his shoulder in support. The first page showed his details and his birthdate. He had always been led to believe that he was born in Bethesda, Maryland, but this document showed he was born in Iona Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia.

He turned the page and read the parental details. He was stunned still, like a statue. He couldn't move. He had been shocked by who was listed as his parents. He had not suspected either of them in the least. He knew them, already and he knew they didn't know each other that well. Hell, he had been there when he had introduced himself to her in New Orleans. "The... There... There has to be some kind of mistake." Tim stammered out. He hadn't stammered since his second year as an agent. "Or it's a joke or a prank. Did Tony or Abby give you these?" Tim voice no longer hinged on hysteria; it was hysterical. High pitched and it concerned Leon and Kelly.

Kelly put her hands out wordlessly asking if she could take a look. "It can't be that bad, Babe." she tried placating and reassured him. She took the pages he handed her and she scanned them with her eyes. "Oh! My! God!" she exclaimed.

"It can't be that bad." Leon muttered, as Tim took the pages from Kelly's finger's gently and handed them to the Director. After all, seeing is believing. "Oh." Leon replied, as he read the page. He read the page again.

"Re-reading it again and again, it doesn't change a thing." Tim finally told them. "It still says I am the child of Tobias Fornell and Sarah Porter. How do I tell them? Do I have to tell them? How could they not know?"

"Take a deep breath, Baby." Kelly said calmly, kissing his forehead. "Oh gross, I just kissed Tobias Fornell's son." she chuckled but Tim wasn't ready to see the funny side of it, yet. Leon smothered his laugh.

"Gibbs is going to get a huge kick out of this." Leon Vance told him. "Hey, it could have been a lot worse. What are you going to do?"

"I think I need to resign from NCIS and get a job somewhere else." Tim said instinctively. "My biological mother is my boss. Not just any boss, but the big boss. She is the Secretary of the Navy, for heaven's sakes."

"Tim!" Leon tried to reason with him. "No one has to know besides you, me and Kelly and Ms Porter, ah, your biological mother. You can count on my discretion." Vance reminded him.

"What if I asked them both to meet me tomorrow morning?" he asked Vance. "Telling them away from everyone. If they want to scream or hurl insults at one another, it's out of the public eye."

"A good idea. But ask Gibbs to mediate. A neutral party. Kelly already knows so she could probably stay, too. I would do it, but I have a flight to catch." Leon Vance explained. "Trouble brewing in the Pearl office."

"Anything that needs SecNav's attention?" Tim immediately asked, now worrying when he was going to be able to schedule the meeting. For his sanity, it needed to be sooner rather than later.

Vance bid the two of them a good evening and Tim quickly made the call to Gibbs, Tobias and the SecNav, asking them all to meet him in the morning.

Gibbs suggested that he come by a bit earlier. He had been anxious to know and he wanted to be informed before the meeting, so he could mediate the best he knew how.

The morning came and Tim had barely slept a wink. He had stayed in bed curled around Kelly all night. Last night, they had made love and Tim had enjoyed letting Kelly take the reins. When he had extricated himself from her, she had rolled over and latched onto him in her sleep, not wanting to let him go. Luckily, this was an almost daily occurrence and he had perfected his technique.

The meeting was set for 0600, he didn't want it to run long. Vance hadn't wanted to have the offices at NCIS and Tim had agreed. At the Navy Yard, there was too many opportunities that he might be overheard. Scuttlebutt was like a junior high school girls locker room in there. At his apartment, it gave them anonymity.

When he had called SecNav and requested she meet him, she had been intrigued. The early hour had been off putting, but the promise of breakfast and coffee had her at ease and she had happily complied.

Tobias Fornell had been a little harder to get to agree to the meeting. He had been pushing to immediately come over, instead of waiting. Gibbs had pre-warned him that Tobias could be difficult. That was why Tim had offered to throw in breakfast for the six of them.

Kelly and Tim had looked online for breakfast foods that could be made ahead of time and sit in the fridge overnight. Neither one of them had wanted to be stuck in the kitchen.

Tim knew a breakfast bake recipe he had made in the past that was always a hit. It had chunky croissant pieces, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, vanilla paste, berries and icing sugar. All they had to do was mix the wet ingredients together with a mixer, pour it in the tray with the chunky croissants and top with berries and bake until for 40 minutes and sprinkle with icing sugar.

Kelly made a quiche with egg, bacon, and bell-peppers, mushroom, tomato and cheese. She made a dozen banana pancakes that she planned on reheating the follow morning, with a fruit salad. She told Tim that banana pancakes were something she knew Tobias ate when he was stressed.

All Tim and Kelly had to do was bake the Berry and croissant bake and reheat the banana pancakes. The mixture in the croissants had to sit overnight, so was best being pepped in advance. Kelly had made the pancakes before and they always came back good from cold.

They borrowed a larger coffee pot from Gibbs, making sure they could make enough coffee for everyone at once. Tim knew with the exception of Kelly, the five of them streamlined coffee.

With his coffee pot commandeered, Tim felt sorry for Gibbs and let him spend the night so he didn't have to make the drive over. But he respectfully declined, the two of them didn't need him underfoot, but he was interested how Tim and Kelly would pull off such a breakfast and have time for time to have this meeting.

Tim knew he would have to get the food in the oven and the coffee made. Gibbs would be arriving uncaffeinated and that alone was dangerous. Tim set the dining room table and slipped off to shower.