What Rule 12?

Chapter 13

(3 months later)
*Nick POV*
It's been three months since the gender reveal and Ellie is seven months pregnant. She's on desk still which she hates. She wants to be out in the field and catching bad guys, but thankfully Gibbs is having my back when it comes to telling her she has to stay at her desk. Her cravings haven't gotten too crazy but her mood swings have. She use to show very little emotion, then I broke her walls, and now her moods fluctuate so often that sometimes I try to hide from her. That's what I'm doing right now. I'm hiding from Ellie. I'm in Ducky's office hoping she won't come here.
"Nicholas Torres where are you" I hear Ellie yell
She opens Ducky's door and walks over to me.
"Hey" I say
"Why are you in here" she asks
"I was talking to Ducky. I was asking him to tell me stories about his childhood" I say
"Yeah okay. Let's go" she says
She grabs my hand and drags me out. She closes the door then glares at me.
"What" I ask
"What did you do with my badge and gun" she asks
"Why do you need them" I ask
"Because I want to help out with this case" she says
"And you are. You are going through data bases and such" I say
"But I want to go out into the field" she complains
"Eleanor no. Now if you don't listen I'm going to have to talk to Gibbs and he'll send you home" I say
"Ugh fine." She says
"Come on let's go and see if Casey has anything" I say
"Ooh yeah. And then I can also grab some food from her" she cheers
I hold Ellie's hand and we head to the elevator. We then take it to the lab. We go in there and Casey is dancing. We watch for a few minutes and then Casey sees us and stops.
"How long have you two been standing there" she asks
"Long enough" I say
"Oh." She says
"Do you have any food Casey" Ellie asks
"Yeah. In the other room. Go and grab something" Casey says
Ellie walks off and I go over to Casey.
"You have anything" I ask
"I have facial rec running right now trying to find the lady in the security camera. Jimmy also sent me DNA that is being ran right now. Hopefully the two of them will match and we will have our suspect" Casey says
"Okay. Thanks Casey. I'll be back. I'm going to make sure Ellie doesn't eat everything" I say
I walk into the other room and Ellie is on the phone. A few seconds later she hangs up and sighs in frustration. I go over to her and wrap my arms around her from behind and lay my hands on her baby bump.
"You okay" I ask
"Yeah. That was just my mom. Again" she says
"It's because she cares about you" I say
"Well now she is trying to tell me that she should come over when it gets closer to my due date and a few weeks after the baby is born to help out" she stresses
"Hey calm down. It's going to be okay. Let's go get the information from Casey then you need to go throw some darts with Jack and de stress" I tell her
"Okay" she says
We go over to Casey and the DNA matches the person in the facial rec. she gives us the name and then we take the elevator to the squad room.
"Yo Gibbs we got a name and an address" I say
"Alright well let's go" he says
I give Ellie and quick kiss and then I join McGee and Gibbs on the elevator. We ride it down and then go to the car. I get in the driver seat and then the other two get in.
"Her name is Sonja Reese and she is the boyfriends ex-girlfriend from like two years ago. She also knew the current girlfriend from high school and they worked together when they both got out of college for about 7 months" I say
"Sounds like motive to me. Where is she at right now" McGee asks
"Yeah. Casey tracked her phone to her current place of work which is a shipping yard" I say
I pull into the place and get out. We go over to where a group of people are.
"Do any of you know a Sonja Reese" Gibbs asks
None of them movie, but in the corner of my eye I see a blob take off and I take off after it. Gibbs and McGee are not far behind me. We get to a part with shipping crates and split up. I grab my gun from my holster and carefully move along. As I turn a corner someone jumps out and pushes me to the ground. I quickly get up, and I then get hit with a pole. I get up again but before I can throw a punch they have a chain wrapped around my neck. I try to find some way to loosen their grip but it's not working. I soon hear a gun shot and I can breath again. McGee and Gibbs run over. McGee goes over to Sonja and Gibbs walks over to me.
"You okay" he asks
"I'm better now. Thanks" I say
"No problem. Hopefully Bishop won't kill either of us for the gash in your head. You better have it checked out" Gibbs says
"I'll have Jimmy look at it when we get back" I say
"Nick I mean here before we leave" he says
"I'll be fine Gibbs" I say
McGee and Gibbs flare at me but give in. We go to the car and head back. I go to Jimmys lab while the other two head to the squad room to start on paper work.
"Hey Jimmy" I say
"Hey Nick. Woah, what happened to you" he asks
"The gash in the head is from a metal pole and if there are any markings on my neck it is from a chain choking me, and if there is anything wrong with my ribs it's from being tackled and thrown to the ground by someone who had the upper hand" I explain
"Does Ellie know yet" he asks
"Nicholas" I hear
"Yep" I say
Ellie walks in and walks over to me.
"Why didn't you get checked out there" she asks
"Because I trust Jimmy. He'd do a better job" I say
"Ugh. You're lucky I love you" she says
I sit down on the exam table and Jimmy walks over. He cleans the cash on my forehead and then tells me to lay down so he can stitch it up. Once he's done that he checks my neck from where I was chocked and then my ribcage.
"Alright Nick. You're good enough. Your head is stitched up, you have a small concussion, you are find from the chains, and you only have a few bruised ribs." Jimmy says
"You made it sound like he was perfectly fine. He is not perfectly fine" Ellie stresses
"Eleanor you need to stop stressing. It's not good for little Leroy. I will be fine. We will be fine. I will call your mom when we get home and explain that we have everything under control but if she absolutely needs to see us she can spend a few days with us after the baby is born but not until then and only three days" I say
"Okay. You're right. Thank you. Bye Jimmy" Ellie says
I thank Jimmy and he thanks me then Ellie and I go to the elevator. We walk into the squad room and go to my desk. Ellie sits down and I pack up my bag. I then drag Ellie's chair over and work on my paperwork.
"Have a good night you two. See you tomorrow. Ellie please try not to stress too much" McGee says
"I won't. Have a good night Tim" Ellie responds
"Night McGee" I say
He leaves and now it's just us two and Gibbs. I finish up my paper work and grab my bag. I help Ellie help and we walk to her desk. I grab her bag as well and throw it over my shoulder and put her chair back.
"See ya Gibbs." Ellie says
"Good night Gibbs. Don't stay too late" I say
"I won't. Have a good night you two" he says
We head to the car and I drive home. We get there and Ellie sits on the couch while I go to the kitchen. I start making dinner and then call her mom.
B-hello
N-hi Barbara
B-hi Nick. Oh my gosh is Ellie okay
N-Ellie's fine. I now see where she gets her stress and worry from
B-oh. Sorry
N-it's okay. So, I know you have been calling Ellie about wanting to come stay with us for awhile.
B-yeah. I just want to help out
N-I understand and don't blame you. However, the phone calls are starting to stress her out a bit. So I have a proposal
B-what is it
N-you can call Ellie once a week and talk for thirty minutes. Then once Leroy is born you guys can come and visit. One month after he is born you can come and stay for three days because it will help with Ellie having to transition to going back to work and leaving him. Do we have a deal?
B-it's not what I want, but if it is what Ellie wants then yes.
N-good. Talk to you next week
I hang up and finish up dinner. Ellie then comes to the kitchen. We sit down and start eating.
"I talked to your mom. I set some reasonable boundaries. And she understood and agreed" I say
"Okay. Thank you" she says
"You're welcome." I say
We finish eating and head to bed.
"Good night Charlie" I say
"Good night Luis" she mumbles
We curl into each other and drift off to sleep.