A Family Affair
Chpt 4
*05:00*
The alarm went off. Gibbs moved his arm to turn it off and Kate moved from Gibbs’ other arm, and stuck a pillow over her head.
“Noooooo” Kate whinged
“Come on Kate. We can get to work early and explain to the director straight away” Gibbs explained
“You can do it. I’ll call in sick” Kate continued to whine
“Chicken” Gibbs teases, then started to make a ‘clucking’ sound
“Ah man. You’re not going to give up are you?” Kate asked
“No” he replied. “Tea or juice?” Gibbs asked
“Coffee” Kate responded
“No coffee” Gibbs laughed
“Ok. If I don’t have coffee, you can’t either” Kate challenged thinking he’ll never give up his coffee
“That’s not fair” Gibbs replied
“Either I have coffee, or you don’t” Kate said “You’re the one that put me in this state” Kate continued
“So, it’s my fault” Gibbs replied amused. That’s one thing he remembered from his first wife’s pregnancy. A bad or wrong thing is the man’s fault and the good or right thing is because of the female
“Yes” she replied
“Ok. I guess no coffee then” Gibbs replied, knowing all well that this would happen. Maybe all this happiness in his life will compensate for the lack of coffee. He hoped so anyway. He kisses her, then heads to the bathroom to get ready for work. Half way through his shower, Kate joins him. He starts washing her back, when he hears her moan, he bends his head and starts kissing her neck. Kate moans more. He turns her to face the wall, he gets both her wrists with one hand and pins them to the wall just above her. He puts his other hand around her pelvis and pulls it towards him. She can feel his arousal, and he enters her centre from behind.
“Oh god Jethro” Kates moaning
“God Kate” Jethro’s moaning
It’s not long before they both come. Gibbs stays insider her til they both have come down from the ecstasy of their morning. They then wash each other, get dressed and head downstairs for breakfast. As habit, Gibbs puts the coffee on. Kate reminds him that he is unable to have coffee unless she does as well. They had breakfast and left for work. When they got there, the rest of the team weren’t there. They both headed up to the director’s office, waited till he was available and the assistant told them to go on through.
“Morning Agent Gibbs, Agent Todd” Director Morrow greeted
“Morning Director” they both replied, shaking hands with
“What can I do for you this early in the morning?”
“Well”, Gibbs replied “Kate and I are getting married”
“Congratulations, have you set a date yet?”
“Thank you, and yes, we have” Kate responded
“That’s great. When?”
“Sunday” Kate replied “This Sunday”
“So soon?” Morrow questioned
“Yeah, we only wanted a small and simple wedding. Kate's family and our colleagues. That’s all we want. By the way, here are the details” Gibbs said, handing over the ‘invitation’
“I’m invited?” Morrow asked
“Of course” Gibbs replied “as well as the rest of our team” Gibbs continued
“Although, they don’t know as of yet. We’re going to tell them today” Kate said
“Well, I’ll accept the invite. Put me down” Morrow replied
“There’s more” Kate interrupted “I’m pregnant. 12 weeks”
“Oh....um...I don’t know what to say” morrow tried to reply
“Congrats and desk duty” Gibbs laughed, until he noticed the death stare from Kate. The director looked between the two
“Agent Todd is allowed in the field until doctors say otherwise” the director answered, giving Kate a small smile.
As they were leaving, Gibbs said to Kate for her to go ahead and tell Abby, he had to talk to the director about another matter.
*LAB*
“Hey Abby”
“Hey Kate. How was the weekend?”
“Excellent. Gibbs was a hit. Especially with the triplets and Bree” Kate mused
“Mum and Dad?”
“They both love him. Especially after he asked my dad for my hand” Kate said happily
“ARGH” Abby screamed and hugged Kate tightly. She stepped back and grabbed Kate’s left hand. She screamed again at the sight of the ring. It was a simple, yet elegant ring. White gold with a small sapphire in the middle, and diamond clusters surrounding it. Kate told Abby how Gibbs proposed. Kate told Abby about the wedding, she also asked Abby whether she would like to be her Matron of Honour, and also let her know that the dress will be in a dark blue, so that Abby was able to wear it. After a little more discussion, they both left the lab and headed up to the bullpen.
“Morning Kate. Morning Abby” McGee greeted
“Morning” they both responded
“How was the party?”
“Good. We all had fun. How was your weekend?”
“Didn’t do much. Nights in with Tina”
“ARGH!! Morning Kate, Abby, Probie, Boss.......um....where’s the boss?” Tony said running in
“You’re late DiNozzo” Gibbs said, walking in with Ducky
“Sorry Boss” Tony responded
“Now that everyone’s here” Gibbs said “Kate and I are.......were getting married” Gibbs said to the team
“Congratulations Jethro and Caitlyn” Ducky said, heading over to hug Kate
Both McGee and Tony were shocked. Once they overcame the shock, they congratulated them both. There were hugs and handshakes all around. They explained that the wedding was this coming weekend. Gibbs said that the Director would make sure there were no last minute cases that would keep the team from attending. They were all about to get to work when Ducky said to Kate that he wanted to see her down in autopsy
“Why Ducky?” and Ducky gave her a knowing look
“Gibbs, you told Ducky. I thought that we were going to keep that quiet till at least after the wedding”
“I trust Ducky. I also wanted someone with a Medical Degree around here that knew, to keep an eye on you, since you insist on being out in the field” Gibbs replied
“I’m not dying Gibbs. Close to it though” she tried to lighten the mood, only causing a slight laugh out of Ducky
“I don’t care”
“Look. It’s nothing to worry about. I’m only pregnant” Kate said “Ooops, I said that a little loud didn’t I” she said to Ducky
“You’re pregnant?” Abby, McGee and Tony shouted
“Yes, and it’s not what you think” Kate said, giving a pointed look at Tony
“It's not?”
“No. Gibbs asked my Father for my hand probably about the same time the Doctor told me I was pregnant. I wasn’t feeling well, and Gibbs made me go to the doctors. I found out, came home straight away, Gibbs was told that I was home, he found me, I told him, he asked. He was going to ask me originally that night anyway” she said
“Meaning” Tony responded
“I was going to propose to Kate Saturday night on the approval of her father” Gibbs replied from behind his desk without looking up.
“Oh, well. That’s good” Tony said
“Thanks for YOUR approval Tony” Kate responded sarcastically
“I’m just looking out for my little sis” Tony responded sincerely
“I know. And thankyou Tony” Kate responded, and went back to work as did everyone else.
The week went by fairly quickly, only having one case, and been given paperwork and cold cases to go over. Gibbs had asked Ducky if he could stand as his best man, and he accepted. Kate, Gibbs and Abby left for her parents on Friday morning so that her family wasn’t doing it all themselves. Kate was getting worked up, there were more people attending that what she had wanted. She originally only planned immediate family and the team, but when she spoke to her mother, extended family and family friends were also coming. It didn’t help when Jethro added to the guest list by adding a few from the FBI; he also assured her that he had sent out invitations to the Secret Service. All said that they will try to make it, depending on case loads. Gibbs had informed Patricia that they may come, may not, so there were extras just in case.
While the girls were upstairs trying on their dresses, Gibbs was downstairs with the boys setting up the backyard. They were just going to let people sit where ever they wanted to, even the bride and groom, the tables were placed around the dance floor, that Kate’s brothers and father had constructed throughout the week. The spit was going to be at the back with the front of the floor remaining table free at the back door entrance of the house for the bridal party to come through. It was decided that the boys will go to Matthew and Caroline’s place so that the bride and groom wouldn’t see each other. Kate complained saying that she won’t sleep without him. Gibbs took her hand, and led her out to the backyard, led her to the dance floor, took her in his arms and starting dancing with her. He held her close and started to whisper comforting words in her ear.
“Katie, darling, you are the most beautiful women in the world. Your caring, wonderful, honest, loving. You were a great girlfriend, excellent fiancée, you’re going to be a wonderful wife and an amazing mother. You’re going to be the most elegant bride. But my darling, you are the mother of our child. You’re going to be extremely tired tomorrow. You need to sleep. So when you go to bed tonight, just imagine me holding you like this. Keep this feeling with you, and you’ll be fine, and I’ll see you tomorrow afternoon, waiting for you at the altar” Gibbs whispered, trying to calm her down.
“I love you Jethro” Kate whispered back
“I love you too”
“Tuck me in tonight?”
“Ok. Let’s go inside, say night to the family” Gibbs said, kissed Kate passionately and led her inside the house. She said her nights and Gibbs walked with her too her room, waited til she was ready for bed. He had the bed turned down for her, and when she came out from the bathroom and hopped into bed, he tucked her in.
“I love you” Gibbs said kissing Kate “I’ll see you and the little one at the altar tomorrow ok” kissing her again “Goodnight my love” gave her one last kiss on the mouth and left her as her eyes drooped shut.
“How is she?” Patricia asked
“She’s asleep now” he responded to Patricia, then turned to Abby, “I’m going to send the boys over here in the morning before they come to Matthews. I wand Ducky to check on her, make sure she’s ok. No stress, no worrying, keep her calm ok” he told Abby “If something is wrong, call me, I don’t care about the wedding, Kate and the little one are more important, Ok Abby”
“Yes Gibbs, I’ll look after Kate”
They all said their goodbyes, and the girls headed upstairs. Abby stopped by Kate’s room and check on her, saw that she was sound asleep and closed the door.
“How is she?” Patricia said as Abby closed the door
“She’s sound asleep”
“He loves her, doesn’t he?” Patricia replied more of a statement then a question
“He does. He adores her. It may be hard to see, but it’s because Gibbs is a very private person. I remember when Kate told me how it all started”
“How did it start?”
“It began with a victim. Kate felt sorry for her, she trusted her. The victim turned out to be the suspect. The suspect blew herself and her married boyfriend up, almost killing Kate, Gibbs and Tony. Kate was devastated. She blamed herself. Started drifting off from the group. One night, after a long day, Gibbs took Kate back to his house. Showed her his boat. Showed her how to work off her frustration and guilt. They never said a word, all this was done in silence. One night, Kate began talking about how she felt. They continued talking then about families and lives. After about a month, Gibbs asked her out. He took her on a picnic dinner, they danced to no music, and laid looking at the stars. Peaceful and romantic, Kate described. Kate told me that it was the best date she had ever been on, and that they still go to that spot, even though she won’t tell me where” Abby said
“I’ve never seen Gibbs more in love” Abby continued before she headed off to bed.
Author's Chapter Notes:
The rest of the family is told the happy news