7pm

Jethro knocks on Abby and McGee's front door while Kate gets Josh and his bag out of the car.

" Gibbs!" Abby greets him with a smile and a hug.

" Hey Abby. What's going on?"

" Aww isn't he cute. How is the little guy?" Abby says walking up to Kate and ignoring Jethro's question.

" He is tired" Kate said handing him over to Abby.

They all went inside and to Kate and Jethro's surprise there is a table with candles lit, wine and what looks like a really good dinner.

" Abby what is all this about?" Kate asks stunned.

" Take a seat"

" McGee" Jethro says questionaly.

" I cant say just yet"

They all sit down, Josh is on Kate's lap. When he slowly falls asleep in her arms as they talk about work and everyday things.

Finally when they have nothing to talk about.

" Ok, the reason we asked you guys to come over was" Abby starts getting cut off by McGee.

" We have an announcement"

They both look at each other, not sure who is going to break the news to them, but Kate couldn't stand it.

" Your engaged" she squeals.

" What?" all three of them say in unison.

" You guys are getting married!"

" How did you know?" Abby asks.

" Well when we left McGee arrived and soon after you called me asking us to come here at 7 and you didn't say why. Then there was the candles and the 'announcement'"

" God your good" Abby exhales.

" Congradulations guys. Its about time" Jethro gets up and gives Abby a hug and shakes McGeee's hand.

" Thanks Gibbs. And your right it does feel better" McGee says to him.

Kate puts Josh down on the lounge then goes over to Abby and hugs her.

" I told you he loved you" She whispered into Abby's ear.

" Thanks Kate"

It was around 11pm before Jethro and Kate left.

When they got back to Ducky's they put Josh to bed and went straight to bed themselves.

" Why do you think Tony wasn't there?" Kate asked lying on her back looking up at the ceiling.

" Same reason you didn't want him to know we were together and getting married" he said chuckling.

" But that was different"

" How?"

" For one he didn't know we were together in the first place"

" True"

" But now everyone knows and that's all that matters" Kate said turning iver and kissing him goodnight.

"Daaddii" Josh cries out. He is now 8 months old and can only say mummy and daddy.

Josh is sitting in his high chair trying to escape.

" Mummii" he tries.

Kate comes to his aid as Jethro is in the basement working on his boat sonce the last one got blown up.

" Are you finished?" Kate asks him picking up his plate. He looks at her wit a smile. He stretches out his arms to her.

" C'mon we'll go visit daddy" she tells him lifting him out of his chair.

As she walks down the steps she can here Jethro sanding.

" Look who's here" she announces. Jethro stops and looks up to see Kate and Josh.

Kate sits Josh on Jethro's bench and grabs a piece of sanding paper and rubs the bench like he has seen his dad do to the boat.

" Hows it going?" she asks him leaning against the bench.

" Good. Better now you guys are here" he replies putting his hands around her waist and kisses her long and hard.

" I should come down here more often" Kate joked breaking from the kiss.

" Daddii" Josh squeals holding his arms out to Jethro.

" And what are you doing little man" he says picking Josh up. He shows his dad the piece of sand paper.

" Oh well this is what we do with that" Jethro goes over to the boat and with the sand paper still in Josh's hand, he takes it and moves it up and down showing him how to sand.

Kate smiles to herself as she watches Jethro bond with his son. She has never seen him happier.

Ducky finally comes home and is spending time with Josh while Kate and Jethro are in the kitchen cooking a 'Welcome home' dinner.

" He just adores Joshua, doesn't he" Kate said looking at the two.

" Who?"

" Ducky. Jethro are you ok? You have been…well not yourself lately"

" I'm fine. Red or white wine?"

" Red. We'll talk later"

Jethro didn't answer. He just kept pouring the wine in 3 glasses.

They sat down and ate dinner while informing Ducky on what he has missed. Ducky had decided to go home. He kissed Kate and Josh on the head goodbye. He patted Jethro on the back and left.

Soon after Kate went and tucked Josh into bed.

Jethro was already in their room when she got there. He was just sitting on the end of their bed. She closed the door behind her.

" Is he asleep?" he asks her.

" Yep"

Jethro got up, rushed towards her and locked his lips with hers. He pushed her up against the door. His kisses moved from her mouth to her neck.

" Jethro" she gasped.

" Katie I want another one" he breaths in her ear.

" Another what?"

" Child" he says into her neck.

Kate's eyes widened. She pushed his chest away and looked him in the eyes.

" You want another baby?"

" Yes"

" Jethro. We have only just had Josh, and I love him dearly but do we really want to bring another child into our lives?"

" Katie. I know all that but" he lets Kate off the door and she walks over to the bed.

" Jethro I don't think I could do it again" she cuts him off.

" We will be prepared. Katie I want you to have a daughter"

" Jethro please" she is getting upset now.

" Ok I get it, but why?" he asks pleadingly.

Kate sits silently on the edge of the bed. Tears start falling from her eyes. She looks up at him.

" Jethro I cant. I love you but I"

" I know you cant I get that but why?" he cuts her off.

He sits on the other side of the bed waiting for a reply. She gets up and opens the door and leaves.

Jethro looks out the door.

" Kate!" he calls after her. He hears the front door slam.

" Damnit Jetho" he says uunder his breath, slaping the back of his own head.

" Coming!" Abby yells as she hears a knock at the door.

" Kate!" she says surprised.

" Abby. Can I stay her tonight?" Kate says sadly.

" Of course. What's wrong?"

She walks Kate into the lounge room.

" Where's McGee?" she asks.

" Him and Tony decided to stay back to file reports so they would have a free weekend. Do you want some water?"

Kate nods her head.

While Abby is in the kitchen, her mobile rings. She looks at the caller ID 'Jethro' she reads. She decides to turn her phone off.

Abby comes back with some water.

" Here you go"

" Thanks"

" So what happened?" Abby asks holding her hand.

" Jethro wants another child"

" Katie that's wonderful" she said gleefully.

But Kates face didn't change to happy.

" You don't wont more?" Abby asks.

" I would like to but…"

" But what?"

" I cant. I cant go through it again"

" But I thought you loved it. Feeling him grow inside you"

" I loved that part. I just don't think I could handle it if…something was to go wrong again"

" Oh Katie. Did you tell Gibbs?"

" No. I couldn't" she takes a sip of water.

" Sweetie, I'm sure he'll understand" Abby tells her putting her arm around her.

Then there was another knock at the door.

" I'll be right back"

Abby went to the door.

" Gibbs. What are you doing here?"

" Where's Kate?" he asks sounding out of breath.

" In the lounge room but Gibbs" she tries to stop him but he is already in.

" Kate!"

" Jethro. What are you doing here? Where's Joshua?"

" He's with Ducky. I'm here because you ran out and you weren't at HQ" he said kneeling in front of her.

" Why?" What did I do?" he asks grabbing her hands and looking into her big, wet brown eyes.

" Its not you Jethro. I cant do it because" she starts to cry " I cant go through what we went through. I don't want to risk loosing a child, I just couldn't"

" Honey, that's all you had to say. Its ok" he said reassuringly.

He kissed her and took her in his arms.

" I'm so sorry" she cried into his shirt.

" Shhh its ok. I wouldn't want to put you through it if you didn't want to"

" Thankyou"

They decided to go home.

Kate thanked Abby and gave her a hug and left for the car.

" Thanks Abs but next time call me" he said.

" She didn't want" Abby tried to explain.

" Just call me" and with that they left.

When they got back home they found Ducky up with a sleeping Josh in his arms.

" Oh Ducky, thankyou so much for coming over" Kate exclaimed going to him and taking Josh from him. He didn't wake just reached out for whoever as taking him then snuggled his head on Kates shoulder. She kissed his little head. She headed up to his room.

" What happened?" Ducky asked Jethro.

" I told her I wanted another child"

" And she doesn't want another one?"

" She does but she cant go through it again" he said looking down.

" I thought she loved being pregnant?"

" She did. She just couldn't stand almost loosing another" he sighed.

" Oh I see. Get some sleep Jethro" and with that Ducky left.

Jethro decided to go to bed as well but on his way he stopped to check on Josh. He was stunned to still see Kate there. She was just looking at him, watching him sleep.

" Kate"

She turned to see him in the dorrway.

" I can see why you want another" she said with a slight smile.

" Kate. I don't want to pressure you"

" Your not. You havnt"

He looks at her startled at what she just said.

" What?"

" I have been thinking since we left Abbys. I mean we've done it before, and we have Ducky. So I don't see how anything can go wrong"

" Oh Katie" he exclaims rushing to her and embracing her. He couldn't stop kissing her.

" Are you sure?"

" I think si. But can we just wait before we try?"

" As long as you need" and with that they went bed and went staright to sleep in each others embrace.

4 months later

" Happy Birthday to you,

Happy birthday to you,

Happy birthday dear Joshua,

Happy birthday to you" Kate, Jethro, Abby, McGee, Tony, Ducky, Leslie and Phil all sung in unison.

It is Joshua's first birthday and they are having a BBQ in their backyard as the last piece of wall was painted last week.

" Look at uncle Tony Joshie" Tony says as he took photos.

Jethro is sitting in his chair just back from the table. He is deep in thought.

' The house is filled with people again. Josh is already one and can say Mummy and Daddy. I have the most beautiful wife in the world, who is going to mother my second child' he thought ' I could not be happier' he smiled.

" Your cake sir" Kate said with a smile and cake in her hand.

Jethro looked up at her. He pulled her down so she was sitting on his lap.

" Do you want cake?"

" No"

" Do you want anything?"

" You" he said looking into her eyes.

She bent down and kissed him.

" You have me"

He kissed her again.