I promise I will finish Perfect moments but in the meantime…..

It was the summer after Tony's senior year. He was getting ready to go away to Ohio State in the fall. Ziva was staying in DC and had gotten an internship at NCIS thanks to Jenny.

Abby had just finished middle school and was preparing to be a high school freshman. She was thrilled that it was summer vacation because that meant she would have nothing but spare time to hang out with her friends, talk on the phone, and just be 14.

Unfortunately for Abby her attitude had begun to get her in trouble lately. In Abby's mind she was almost in high school and should be treated like the adult she thought she was. Her parents on the other hand felt that she was their daughter and as such should know how to behave with respect or they would impose the same consequences that they had throughout her life.

It was a hot June day. The DC area was currently on day 4 of a heat wave. There were no recent cases at work and team Franks was working on cold cases so Jenny had taken a pile of paperwork and her lap top and set herself up by the pool while Abby and a bunch of her friends were enjoying the Gibbs pool.

The kids had taken turns going down the slide, had a diving contest, and were essentially water logged. The girls had each taken a floatie and were lounging in the water soaking up the sun.

Jenny was busy reading case reports that she needed to sign off on.

Dawn was a year older then Abby but had stayed back when she was younger so she was in the same grade and had Spanish class with Abby last year. Dawn lived only a few miles from the Gibbs and she too had an in ground pool at her house.

The girls were all lounging in the middle of the pool talking. Dawn looked up to make sure Jenny was not listening to their conversation.

Dawn began to quietly tell the group her exciting plans. "So guess what girls? My parents are going away this weekend. They are celebrating their anniversary and are leaving me home with my older brother Joel. Mom and dad think that since he is 20 and in college that he is responsible enough to keep the house intact for a weekend."

Abby stopped dangling her hand and turning it in circles in the pool when she heard about her friend having a parent free weekend. Abby had only met Joel a few times but the stories she heard from Dawn certainly made him seem like a party boy.

Dawn continued. "So anyway Joel is planning on having friends over for a pool party and he said as long as I help him clean up the mess and keep my mouth shut to mom and dad, then I can invite friends over too. So are you in?"

Abby didn't need to be told twice. "A parent free party? Of course I'm in!"

The rest of the girls who also eagerly shaking their heads in agreement. This may be the social event of the summer.

"Abby how are you going to get your parents to agree to let you go?"

Abby who was getting hot in the sun did a quick summersault off the floatie and came up and hopped back on her floatie all refreshed. She began to twirl her wet pigtail around her finger.

"Well that is going to take some doing. I can't exactly say "Hey mom and dad can I go to an unsupervised party?'. I also don't want to risk sneaking out again." Abby cringed at the memory of how her father had reacted to her sneaking out to a cemetery after a school dance. "

Abby shrugged her shoulders. "Hum I will have to give it some thought but I will come up with something."

Just as the girls were emerging from the pool Noemi came out with ice cold lemonade for Jenny and the girls.

As they all lounged in chairs enjoying the hot sun Abby's little mind was trying to formulate a fool proof plan to get her to Dawn's party without getting her butt busted in the process. No easy task for the child of 2 federal agents.