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Family Chapter 1

He gently drew his arm to his chest as he walked through the crowd. It had to be broken, he knew it was broken. He recognized the pain. But he sucked it up because DiNozzo's don't cry. His father's words echoed in his mind. Even when he was a long way from his father like now, he still tried to follow his rules. Obviously he had screwed up. That's why he was here now, in DC with a broken arm. When his father was in Long Island.

His father had been on a business trip and he had to come with him, he didn't want to but senior forced him. They had stayed in a hotel and he'd rented like 10 movies when his father was out on dinner with a business associate. When he came back he had been furious and they had begun to fight. He had been to brave for his own good and he'd screamed some nasty things to his dad. He'd answered with "Get out of here and don't come back, you're 16 and old enough to take care of yourself"

He'd just said "Fine" and walked out of there. Somewhere in the middle of all this his father had broken his arm. But to his surprise he didn't feel sad or lonely, he was just didn't feel anything at all.

So here he was one day later and hungry as hell. He didn't have any money because he'd dropped his wallet. He had to ask if someone could buy him some food. Not that he thought anyone would give him anything but it was worth a try. He saw a dark haired man in the early thirties. He looked kind enough. He'd just bought his coffee and was about to leave when Tony reached out to get his attention. The man swirled around and raised an eyebrow.

"Excuse me sir, I'm Anthony DiNozzo Jr and I've dropped my wallet so I'm just wondering if you could lend me some money?" Who was he kidding, why would anyone lend a stupid kid like him money?

"You lost your wallet huh?" The man asked suspiciously. The man looked at him and took in the clothes he had on. His expansive formalwear his father had bought him when he had to meet his father's friends.

"Yes sir"

"Come on" The man said gruffly and grabbed his good arm.

"Where you taking me sir?" Tony asked in a shaky voice, this wasn't a good idea at all. They approached a young and beautiful redhead with a little baby in her arms. The man showed him roughly down on a picnic bench and placed a box with food in front of him. The women with the baby in her arms smiled a soft smile and said:

"Hi I'm Shannon Gibbs and the man who dragged you here is Jethro Gibbs" She said and pointed at the man. Her expression darkened when she saw his broken arm.

"What's happened to your arm?" Shannon said and looked at him.

"I fell ma'am" Tony answered quickly, too quickly for Gibbs' liking.

"Why don't you have a cast on that, we're taking you to a hospital" Shannon said sternly.

"No ma'am it's okay"

"You can call me Shannon. What's your name?" She asked with a soft voice.

"Anthony DiNozzo Jr ma'am…Ehh Shannon"

"Alright Anthony where are your parents?"

"My mom is dead and my father's in Long Island"

"I'm sorry Tony" Shannon said. Tony smiled a little when Shannon had called him Tony, he didn't like Anthony, it reminded him of his father.

"Long Island huh?" Gibbs broke in "That's a long way from home, you here with anyone else?"

"No sir"

"Don't call me sir I work for a living" Jethro grumbled back.

"But where are you staying sweetheart?" Shannon asked as she rocked the baby back and forth in here embrace.

"Right now, nowhere" Tony replied and smiled shyly. He didn't like the questions but tried to answer them as truthfully as he could without reviling too much.

"Eat" Jethro said gruffly and pointed at the food in front of him.

Tony looked down at the container with food and tried to open it but winced when he touched it with his broken arm. Gibbs stepped forward and opened it for him.

"Thank you sir" Tony said and smiled before he started eating.

When Tony had eaten everything they both insisted that he had to go to the hospital and that they didn't take no for an answer.

They got the paperwork they needed in the hospital. Kelly sat on Jethro's knee when Shannon filled out the forms. Tony didn't want to admit that he had broken his arm before. And he quickly said that it was an accident. Jethro thought it was more to that but didn't push the kid.

A nurse called Tony's name and he got up.

"You want me to come with you?" Shannon offered.

"Nah do what ever you want" Tony answered. He was scared but didn't want the Gibbs' to think he was weak. Shannon felt that it would be good if she came with Tony because she wanted to hear the true results and she was a nurse so she knew this.

The doctors took an X-ray and Dr. Harper asked what had happened. Tony answered that he fell on it but neither Shannon nor the doc was too convinced.

Shannon went back to Jethro and Kelly in the waiting room while Tony had his arm plastered. Kelly lay asleep in Jethro's lap.

"Jethro what are we going to do, we can't just leave him here"

"We can arrange a ride to Long Island for him" Gibbs answered.

"Jethro you know as well as I do that his father isn't nice to him, can't you see that the poor boy is terrified. He needs us"

"You don't know that"

"You said to me when we met that I should trust my instincts and that is what I'm doing right now"

"We can't take care of him Shannon" Jethro said.

"But someone's gotta" Shannon nearly begged.

"Okay he's staying with us to night and we'll talk to him"

"I have to get back to his room; I'll take Kelly with me so you can get some coffee"

Shannon walked into Tony's room to find him sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Honey you can sleep at our house tonight and we can figure out what to do in the morning" Shannon said and smiled at Tony. Tony nodded carefully and smiled.

They met up with Jethro in the hospital corridor and began to work their way down to the car. When they got out the rain poured down. When they finally got to the car they were soaking wet. They turned the heater up to full and it was really cosy Tony thought. When they were home Shannon told him to take a shower and Jethro helped him to put a plastic bag on his hand and tape it.

"Jump in the shower kid" Jethro said and tousled his hair. As Tony showered he couldn't help but to think that he liked it here, he felt safe. Safe with Shannon and Jethro and the adorable little Kelly. He splashed hot water over his aching muscles before he got out of the shower. He dried himself with one of the towels he had in his backpack and pulled on his boxers and a white T-shirt. But he didn't have any other pants than his expensive suit pants so he decided to take his wet ones. He walked out of the bathroom and pushed his other wet cloths and towel down his backpack as Shannon walked up the stairs.

"No hon" she grabbed his bag and took up the wet and wrinkled clothing he just pushed down "We need to hang them up or it will get sour and your other cloth will be wet" She looked at his bag and then to him "Sweetheart where's your pants?"

"On me, I didn't have any other with me" He answered shyly and looked at his feet.

"No honey, you can't have them on you, you'll get sick. You can borrow one of Jethro's" she said and stroked his chin before she disappeared into another room. She went out a few seconds later with a pair of grey sweatpants in her hands.

"Here you go Tony" She gave him them and turned around to get the boy some privacy. She heard as he took of his pants and took on the others.

"So" He said and gave Shannon his pants.

"That's good honey, don't hesitate to ask if you need anything" She said and smiled at him.

"Thanks" he said with a fake smile that didn't reach Shannon's eyes.

Jethro was playing a game with Kelly in the living room when Shannon and Tony walked down the stairs. Tony felt jealous. He wanted a dad like that, a dad who cared. Not like his old man.

He sat on a chair in the kitchen and looked at Shannon when she was cooking. It was very awkward but what else should he do?

"Hey kiddo, you want to help?" Shannon said and smiled at him.

"Nah I'm just gonna screw it up" He said and looked down on a very interesting spot on his lap. Shannon laid down the ladle and walked up to him.

"No honey you're not, but it doesn't matter if you do, we won't be angry" She looked into the green eyes that belonged to Tony.

"I rather not ma'am"

"Don't call me ma'am Tony and I would love to have your help with the meatballs"

"Okay" he sighed and got up, he didn't want to make her angry.

Jethro walked Kelly to the sofa and put on a movie, the little mermaid. She loved that movie, she'd watched it like 100 times before but she didn't seem to care. He stopped in the door to the kitchen when he saw Shannon and Tony. Shannon had her long red hair in a ponytail while Tony's brown hair was still damp from the shower. Just now he realized how skinny Tony really was. He was a little bit longer than Shannon but much, much thinner.

Tony helped Shannon with the food and he said something that was out of his earshot and Shannon laughed. It was something different with this boy. He couldn't really say what but he liked it. He went in and sneaked up behind his wife and threw his arms around her.

"Hi" He said as he kissed her neck a couple of times "Smells good, what is it?"

"Jethro!" Shannon exclaimed and cast a glance at Tony.

"Ahh its okay y'know I'm sixteen, I can handle it" Tony said and looked a little bit embarrassed.

"I'm sorry Tony" Shannon apologized.

"It's okay" He answered and looked down at his feet.

"So what's cooking?" Jethro broke in.

"Just pasta and meatballs, where's Kelly?" Shannon asked.

"She's looking at the little mermaid… again!" Jethro chuckled. Shannon smiled and turned around and kissed his husband on the lips. She whispered to Jethro that he should talk to Tony while she finished dinner. He answered with a nod and kissed her on the chin. He turned around to the refrigerator and took a beer and opened it.

"Hey Tony you come with me awhile I wanna talk a little" He said and motioned his hand to the door opening. Tony hesitated and looked at Shannon.

"It's okay sweetheart I can do the rest myself"

Tony followed Jethro out on the deck and sat down on one of the steps beside Jethro. It'd begin to get darker outside and some lights in the garden was on. Jethro took a sip on his beer and looked at Tony as he fidgeted with the edge on his T-shirt.

"Why are you here alone when you live in Long Island?" Jethro asked softly and took another sip on his beer. Tony looked at his hands on his lap and didn't answer.

"Hey kid I want you to answer when I'm talking to you" Jethro said a little bit louder.

"Ehh I…I" He took a deep breath and decided it would probably be best if he told the truth, Kinda the truth

"I…eh dad was at a business meeting here and I had to go with him and he Ehh…kinda left me here" Jethro felt the anger rise in him, how could you just leave your own son in DC and then leave.

"Why did he leave you" Gibbs asked and looked at Tony.

"Ha" He gave a half chuckle "I was a bother you know and kinda said some ugly words to him"

"But that doesn't give him the right to leave you" Jethro said, his gut clenched. The poor kid thought it was his fault.

"Nahh you don't know what I said" Tony said and a smile crept up on his face.

It was a long pause before Jethro asked the question Tony knew would come.

"Did he break your arm?"

"No… no he didn't" Tony tried to sound like he didn't lie.

"Hey kiddo" Jethro took a calloused finger under his chin and made Tony to look into the piercing blue eyes. "You can tell me, its okay"

"Ehh… no I eh I fell" Tony answered but Jethro didn't believe him. He decided not to push.

"Alright kid, we'll call your old man in the morning so you can get home again"

"NO!" Tony exclaimed "I mean… you don't need to do that I'll talk to him on my own" One thing he knew was that he would never go back to DiNozzo senior again. He didn't know how to make it without a job or school but he didn't want to go back now.

"I'll just get out in the morning and fix it on my own"

"Okay Tony we'll fix this tomorrow, if it is something you wanna talk about, me and Shannon are here" He got up and tousled Tony's hair before going in.

Hope you enjoyed it! I'm sorry for my English, I'm from Sweden.