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Chapter 6

Taylor stood and looked out of her bedroom window, waiting for the fire in her butt to die down a bit. There was no sign of Jason across the road, but she was sure he was somewhere in the house, probably grounded for life. There was nothing going on outside to watch so, leaving the window she rooted through a pile of clothes in the bottom of her closet. She found a pair of loose fitting sweat pants and pulled them on before kicking the remainder of the clothes back in and leaning against the door to close it.

She followed the noises coming from the basement and made her way down the stairs. Her father was marking off and cutting a long piece of wood into sections. Taylor stood behind him watching him work. He didn't look round, but he knew she was there.

"Wanna try?"

She nodded and he handed her the small saw, stepping back and letting her take his place.

He stood close behind her and put his hand over hers as she lined the saw up with the pencil line. "Nice and easy to start." he kept the saw steady as she ran the blade along the line, creating a shallow groove.

"Hold on tighter, you gotta speed it up a bit now." Angling the saw slightly Gibbs moved the saw faster, easily cutting through the wood, stopping only when the cut piece hit the floor.

Taylor bent down and picked it up, examining the cut edge. She held it up for her dad to inspect.

"Is it straight enough?" She waited hopefully while he checked it out.

He took it from her, and looked at it from every angle. "Pretty good, you sure you haven't done this before?"

She shook her head, grinning. "Can I try again?"

"You'll have to measure it first " He handed her the tape measure and pencil and watched as she carefully drew a line across before picking up the saw again.

They were still in the basement when Abby appeared at the top of the stairs.

"What are you two doing hiding down here? I've brought lunch." she waved two full carrier bags as evidence.

"Go give Abby a hand, I'll clean up down here." Gibbs reached for a brush as Taylor followed Abby to the kitchen.

She washed her hands and set the table, while Abby unpacked a mountain of plastic boxes. When Abby sat down Taylor did not.

Abby looked at her. "Aren't you hungry?"

She looked at the chair before she answered. "Yeah."

The glance did not go unnoticed. "What did you do this time?"

Taylor blushed and just shrugged.

"Ohhhh…. it must have been really bad, come on "

She stared at the floor. "I snuck out last night, smoked some pot and sorta got arrested."

Abby looked at her shocked. "And Gibbs didn't kill you?"

"Just my butt."

"How'd you manage to sneak out?" Abby whispered after making sure Gibbs wasn't around.

"It was easy, just had to wait for my dad to go to sleep."

"Won't be that easy after tomorrow." Gibbs strode into the room, making both Taylor and Abby jump. "The new security system I'm having installed will see to that."

"We're getting a security system?" Taylor asked in disbelief.

"Uh huh. Now come on I'm starving, lets eat"

END