L'amore vale Sempre la pena 11/??
L’amore vale Sempre la pena
Author: Sinopa Ariyana
Co-Author: DragonHeart25
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Gibbs/DiNozzo
Beta: DragonHeart25
Warnings: Slash, Romance, Angst, OOC-ness, Smut, AT/AU, Language, Spoileriness,
Disclaimer: I don’t own NCIS
AN: This chapter wouldn’t have been possible without my beta and sometimes co-author. She managed to work her magic once again and get my brain jump started from my dreaded Writer’s Block. Many Thanks luv*said in Jack Sparrow-esque accent* As My Beta is still currently MIA all mistakes are mine.
Chapter Eleven
It had been 3 months. Three months, 4 days, 12 hours and 17 minutes to be exact since that fateful day. The day things had gone to hell in a hand basket; or the madame director’s handbag he still wasn’t sure which one was the better analogy. First losing Kate and then tracking Ari to get their Revenge all the while fighting those that would have them drown in red tape and let a killer and traitor like Ari go free.
Madame Director had assigned Ziva David as their Mossad Liaison Officer. Gibbs had been pissed about it. Everyone had. After Ari had been killed they had worked Wanda’s case until the trail of her ex-brother-in-law, Clint, had gone cold. Tony had called Dom and Brian and asked them to set up a security system for Wanda as well as her having Gibbs and his personal numbers stored in her phone on speed dial just in case. Dom’s nephew Jesse had come to see Wanda as a surrogate Aunt and mother figure which Wanda was thrilled about. She enjoyed caring for the recovering young man.
When Clint’s trail had gone cold they had made sure to leave a false trail so that he wouldn’t find Wanda so easily. The apartment she lived in now was registered under Jesse’s name and the story at the building was she was just his home nurse hired by his Uncle to care for him while he recovered physically from the shooting that had almost taken his life. Wanda was still listed as living in a different apartment. They were only hoping that Clint would pop up again and they could catch this bastard before he made another attempt on Wanda’s life.
It was looking to be another boring day filled with more boring paperwork.
~Hospital Room Unknown Location~
“Hey sister of mine. The doctor’s say that you are improving. They took you off the ventilator and say you can possibly hear me. I hope so ‘cause otherwise I would be crazy. I miss you. We all do. Your niece is getting so big. She misses her Zia a lot and draws pictures for you almost daily. She also prays for you every night. Wishes you would come home already. Though I don’t think she has any plans for giving you your cute dog back. Hey I even got that crazy mutt of yours to like me! I bet that just rankles you don’t it?” here the young man in the chair paused to wipe away a few stray tears before continuing.
“Our little brother is slowly gaining some confidence and starting to grow a backbone. I’m still not sure if that is a good thing or not though. Sometimes it is but others it definitely isn’t…” the man trailed off as a nurse stepped in and motioned him out into the hall.
“Be right back little sister of mine” he said before standing and walking out into the hall where the nurse stood beside the doctor in charge of his sister’s care.
“Dr. Gabrielson is there any news?” he asked.
“Her brain scans came through. It seems as if there is no major damage but we won’t know for sure until she wakes up. We have noticed spikes in her brain activity as well as her heart rate which can mean one of two things. She’s either starting to wake up or she is building up to heart failure. We would like to believe the former which is why I ordered the PET scans and MRI. As far as we can tell she seems to be starting to come out of her coma. We will monitor her even more closely from here on out and call you the moment we know something definitive.”
“Thank you doctor.” He said glancing down at his watch before continuing, “I need to be heading home. Let me know of any changes in her status.”
He then walked back into the room and leaned down and kissed his sister on her forehead.
“I have to go home now. I’ll be back another day. I hope to see you up and around soon. Love you sis.” The man said turning and heading out the door to get home to his lover and daughter.
~Gibbs-DiNozzo Residence~
“Kelly! Dinner’s ready!” Tony yelled up the stairs for his daughter. Gibbs had already appeared from the basement where he was working on the boat to relax after the hectic and stressful week they had had at work.
“Coming Papà!” Kelly said as she bounded down the stairs.
“Kelly no running down the stairs.” Gibbs said as she came skidding into the kitchen on socked feet.
“Yes Daddy.” She replied taking her seat as her Papà brought the dish of lasagna over and took his seat next to her.
They talked over dinner. Kelly about school and the new kid, Tanya. She was getting teased because she couldn’t speak English very well seeing as she had been raised in China even though she had been born in America. They continued talking about what Kelly had learned and about the teacher’s at school and that Abby wanted to take Kelly shopping. Knowing their luck Kelly would come home wearing all black with a tattoo like her Aunt Abby. They had already agreed that when she was 16 if she wanted they would let her get a tattoo but not until then.
Once Dinner was finished, dishes done and the leftovers were in the fridge Tony, Kelly and Gibbs sat down on the couch to watch a movie before sending Kelly to bed for the evening. Seeing as it was a Friday they would let her stay up a little later. Hopefully they wouldn’t get called in this weekend.
As they watched the movie, Lady and the Tramp, Gibbs leaned behind Kelly and snuck a quick kiss with Tony to which Kelly giggled at and made a funny face.
“No kissing Papà, Daddy!” Kelly said before giggling again when both her dad’s began to tickle her before Tony and Kelly turned the table on Gibbs and tackled him. It was a good end to a hectic week. Smiling they settled back down to finish watching the movie.
Once the movie was over and Kelly was settled for the night Tony and Gibbs went downstairs to relax on the couch a bit. They talked about how Jenny had pissed them off that week and how Ziva was assimilating into the team; which was not very well. One she seemed to have a crush on Tony, had no clue on how to process a crime scene, and she pissed Abby off a lot. The crime scene they could deal with it was the crush on Tony and pissing Abby off that irked them.
Though after three months she was starting to learn how to work a scene and seemed to have assimilated the fact that Tony had a daughter. Whether she believed the story that was common knowledge about how Tony came to be raising Gibbs’ daughter they weren’t sure. The culture shock was slowly fading and hopefully she would adapt rather well.
Though their first choice would be to have Kate back with them, but since that was far out of their reach they would deal. They had so far and would continue to. Tony admitted that she could be a great asset to the team within time but that should she ever cross him she would see a side that no-one except his good-for-nothing father had seen. Mainly because he wasn’t the type to let his anger have free reign.
They continued to talk about Kate and how much they wished they could change the events of that fateful day and their thoughts on what Kate would do to Ziva and how she would have reacted had she been around to meet Ziva.
Eventually though they headed up to bed. One they were laying in bed Tony turned to look at his lover.
“Jethro?”
“Hmmm?”
“Do you ever think about how different things would be if Kelly hadn’t gotten hurt that day at school?”
“I try not to. I’m just glad to have you and Kelly in my life now. I’m not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth.”
“Ti amo Jethro.”
“Love ya too Tony.” Gibbs replied placing a soft kiss onto the younger man’s lips.
Smiling Tony lay his head down on Gibbs’ shoulder and fell asleep. Dreams of the future dancing in his head.
The next morning Tony awoke to the sensation of soft butterfly kisses being placed along the back of his neck and shoulder. Sighing softly he smiled and turned his head to look at the one placing those kisses.
“Morning Jethro” he mumbled slightly sleepily.
“Morning Tony.” Jethro smiled down at his lover before leaning in and stealing a kiss from him. They broke apart when they heard the soft padding footsteps coming down the hall.
“Papà? Daddy? Are you awake?” Kelly asked peeking her head in the slightly ajar door. Seeing that both her ‘parents’ were awake she bounded into the room and jumped on the bed, narrowly missing landing on her Papà’s injured knee.
Smiling the two looked at each other before promptly tickling their rambunctious daughter.
“C’mon munchkin, let’s let your Papà get ready while we make pancakes.” Gibbs said picking up his still laughing daughter while Tony stretched and made his way to the bathroom.
Walking downstairs Tony was greeted by more laughter as he walked into the kitchen.
“Did you save me any hot water?” Gibbs asked jokingly when Tony stole a kiss from him and snagged a coffee cup from the cupboard.
“Course I did Jethro. We have a busy day ahead.” Tony said with a smile as he helped Kelly pour a glass of orange juice.
Nodding Gibbs smiled and headed off to take his own shower while Tony finished making the pancakes and eggs.
Twenty minutes later they were sitting down to eat breakfast before heading out to the lumber store. They planned to build Kelly her own playset instead of buying one of the pre-assembled ones. A Family Project was what Gibbs had said to convince Tony to try his hand at woodworking again.
Gibbs had already drawn up the blueprints for the play set and now all they needed to do was get the wood and other items that would be needed to build the set.
The weekend flew by amidst laughter, jokes and plenty of sawdust covered clothing. Abby even showed up ready to help early Saturday afternoon. They had a small cookout for supper and watched Abby head home afterwards. It had been a wonderful weekend and hopefully the week that would follow would be just as calm as the weekend had been fun.
TBC…
AN: Sorry all about the sudden cessation of posts. My sister in law took a bad turn so I was once again commandeered by my brother to help out while she was hospitalized. While there I got a major case of Writer’s Block due to the inactivity of my brain and stress. She’s back home and doing better now. Fingers crossed nothing else happens and she stays on the path of recovery.
Sinopa
Original Date 2012-3-10
Edited 2012-4-15
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