Summary: This is our make AU. Gibbs and Jenny are married. Tony, Abby, Timmy, and Katie are their kids and Ziva was adopted by Jenny when her mother died. Hope you have as much fun reading it as we did writing it.
Disclaimer: We don't own any of the characters if we did Jenny would still be alive and she would be with Ziva. Thank you to…I.DiNozzone for co-writing this with me. 3 you.
Ziva was really silent the entire way home. She wasn't sure how to react; she was raised not to cry ever, that it wasn't right for a Mossad agent to cry but she didn't know if she would ever even become one now. She was just taken out of the world she knew with little notice when her mom died. She tried to convince everyone that she would be fine on her own, but they all thought she was crazy. So she was going to be living with Jenny she knew her fairly well and see seemed nice enough but she didn't know about this she had a big family she would be living with a lot of kids something she was not use too. She sighed and looked out the window of the car not really looking at anything just staring and thinking.
Jenny looked over at her and smiled a little, reaching over and brushing a hand over her hair softly. "Hey, everything is gonna be okay, Ziva." She said softly, looking back at the road when the light changed. They were nearly home, and it certainly seemed like the guestroom would no longer be a guestroom. A house full of seven was surely a lot, but Jenny had promised that if anything were to happen she would take care of Ziva like her own. She wasn't particularly looking forward to the screaming and yelling that would be going on when they got back to the house. When she'd left that morning Katie had been in a very fussy mood and Tony had been picking on her to make it worse. Surely Jethro could have handled it at least until she got back. She looked over at Ziva again; "Do you need anything before we get home?" She asked, watching her for a moment before paying attention to the road again.
Ziva didn't change her position at all she knew that Jenny was trying to make her feel better but it wasn't working she didn't know how things were going to be and she didn't like it she was use to getting things her way to a certain extent. "No I'm ok I don't need anything" she said not looking away from the window. She wanted to go back home she didn't want to live here she missed having freedom that she knew she would never get here.
Jenny nodded slightly, Ziva was upset and that was obvious, even if it was only to Jen. She sighed softly, things were going to be a lot different now, but she was willing to take that chance. She looked over at Ziva and she couldn't help but feel that little bit of pain. Jenny hadn't really known her mother all that well, but when she'd lost her father she remembered how hard it was and she couldn't imagine how much harder it must have been on the little girl. She turned down their street and parked in front of the house, looking over at the young girl again when she opened her door. "Why don't you go inside and see if Jethro is working on his boat? I'll take your bags up to your room," she said softly, reaching over and stroking her hair softly again before getting out to retrieve the few bags from the back seat.
Ziva nodded "Ok," she said she didn't really feel like it but she didn't want to be rude. She went towards the basement, ignoring the other kids in the living room, and went down to the basement. She saw Jethro working on his boat; it didn't surprise her that Jenny had known. She knew that he loved working on his boat, it was his way to get out his frustration from the day's activities.
Katie looked up when she heard someone coming down the stairs and frowned, shifting her weight on the workbench and concentrating hard on her father working. "Daddy, why is she here?" She asked grudgingly, avoiding looking at the older girl. She slid off the workbench and walked over to the boat, as if to hide behind it and watch Ziva.
Gibbs looked over and Katie and gave her a warning look to be nice. He knew that Ziva would already feel a bit out of place here and he had warned all the kids while Jenny went to get her to be welcoming. He didn't want to have to tell Katie again but he had a feeling that Katie was going to feel a bit strange about it, too. After all she was the youngest and the only girl who cared to spend a lot of time with him Abby was older and had her own life now but he did expect Katie to be nice. "Hey Ziva do you want to help us work on the boat?" he asked smiling at her.
Ziva shook her head as she sat on the stairs she had heard what Katie said and it bothered her but she would not let anyone know that. "No that's ok I'll just watch from here," She said. She figured it was probably not a good idea to get on anyone's bad side as soon as she got here so she would let Jethro and Katie work on it she would just watch from the stairs she didn't mind she liked just watching.
Jenny managed her way into the house, dropping the bags at the door and sighing. "Tony, get off the couch and come help me!" She called, listening for a moment to make sure he was coming.
He looked up as his name was called and got up reluctantly, making his way to the door. He picked up the bags and made a face at her before turning and walking away. "You couldn't ask dad, or Abby." He grumbled, slightly glad his father was downstairs because he probably would have got a good headslap for talking to his mother like that. He quickened his pace and went upstairs to put the bags in the spare room.
Jenny narrowed her eyes at his attitude. "Adjust the attitude, Anthony, or I'll tell your father you're talking back." She hissed turning and making her way downstairs and sitting down next to Ziva and watching Jethro and Katie. Judging by the look on her younger daughter's face, she was not happy with Ziva coming to live with them. Surely she'd get over it, it was simply a matter of wanting attention and Jenny knew that. She smiled a little, watching the two of them contentedly.
Ziva looked over when Jenny sat down next to her and smiled before turning her attention back to Jethro Katie and the boat it looked really different since that last time that she had seen it.
Jethro looked up when Jenny came down and smiled at her before turning back to the boat he and Katie had just finished sanding the one part of the boat and they moved on to work on the next part. "Everything go ok today?" he asked Jen not taking his attention off the boat.
She smiled a little, sometimes it still amazed her he was one of the only men she knew who could multitask and succeed at it. "For the most part, yes." She said in that tone of voice that meant they would talk about it properly when all the kids were out, or asleep so no one would get upset, especially Ziva. She was more worried about her at that point because she knew that the girl liked to keep her emotions to herself, so even if she were upset no one would know. She sighed softly at the thought, looking over at the girl.
Gibbs nodded he knew that something was up but Jenny didn't want to talk about it in front of the kids. He smiled and went back to work on the boat.
Ziva smiled at Jenny and leaned over towards her a bit she was tried she hadn't slept well in the past few weeks since her mother died. She was over tired and she really needed sleep but she would hold off she didn't want anyone to pay extra attention to her she was a big girls she could take care of herself.
Jenny moved her arm around the young girl, holding her close. "Do you want to go lay down, Ziva?" She asked softly, looking down at her and watching her carefully. She did look slightly more than exhausted and it would probably make her feel better to have a good sleep. Jenny stood up, "Come on, let's go up stairs." She told her, holding out a hand for the girl to follow. Once Ziva was settled up stairs she'd come back down to the basement.
"I'm fine" she said in a bit of a rude voice before she clasped her hand over her mouth she knew that she had just been rude. "I'm sorry" she said quickly "But I'm ok," she said looking down at her hands she took a breath no she thought I will not cry. She really didn't like crying and she didn't want to in front of everyone.
Jenny frowned a little, "Ziva let's go up stairs, please." She wasn't getting a very good vibe from Katie right now and she knew that the two of them were just going to upset each other right now.
Ziva sighed but got up she wasn't sure if she was in trouble now but she followed Jenny upstairs. "I'm sorry I was rude," she said as tears welled up in her eyes she couldn't hold them back anymore. She ran upstairs. She knew where the guestroom was. She closed the door but it didn't have a lock on it she laid down in the bed and cried.
Jenny sighed softly, it wasn't often she ever saw that girl cry. She shook her head, walking to the living room. "We're just getting pizza for dinner everyone write down what you want and put it on the kitchen table. Now." She told the three in the living room who where very preoccupied with their game. She made a face before turning and walking upstairs. She silently made her way to the guestroom and opened the door slowly. She walked in and closed the door, walking over to the bed and sitting down. She rubbed her back slowly, letting her cry and not saying a word yet.
Ziva heard her come in and tried to stop crying. After a minute or so she did. She took a breath she had her face in her pillow and she didn't look up she didn't want to look at Jenny she wasn't sure if she had made her angry or upset but she didn't want to know right now.
"Ziva, it's okay." She said softly, "I'm not upset with you for snapping at me." She got up on the bed properly, watching Ziva for a few moments and continuing to rub her back slowly. It hurt a little, seeing the young girl so upset but she needed to cry. She would feel better after and Jenny knew that, as stubborn as Ziva was.
Ziva turned over drying her tears and looking at Jenny. "Your not?" she asked smiling slightly as she continued to wipe at her tears she took a breath to steady her emotions.
Jenny shook her head, pulling the girl over to her and hugging her close. "No, you're upset and you're trying to hide it from the world. I understand that but it doesn't mean you should keep it all to yourself. It's not good for you." She told her softly.
She let herself be hugged and she smiled. "But its what I always do. I've never had a problem with it" she said biting at her lip she had been told before not to hold it in but she was taught to by her family that that's what they are suppose to do.
Jenny nodded, "I know but you'll regret it later. It will make you sick if you keep it inside all the time." She stated, stroking her hair slowly and holding her close. "Even if you do it when you're alone, you should. You'll feel better after."
Ziva smiled she felt safe there something she wasn't use to she closed her eyes. "Ok I'll try," she said opening her eyes for a minute and looking at Jenny nodding to her that she would really try.
She smiled, "Good girl." She said, looking down at her again. "Now since I'm too lazy to cook tonight we're just going to get pizza. Would you like something or to you just want to go to sleep for a while?" She asked softly.
She looked up and smiled she loved pizza she almost never had it. She sat up. "Pizza sounds good" she said smiling at her despite the fact that she knew she should sleep. She was hungry and she would not give up the chance for pizza.
Jenny laughed softly, "Okay, do you want to stay up here or do you want to go watch Timmy Abby and Tony play their game?" She asked, petting her hair softly and looking down at her once more.
She thought for a moment before she looked at her again, "I'll stay up here for now maybe I'll come down in a few minutes." She said smiling at her before she hugged her tight she didn't know where it came from but she felt safe and she was started to feel better about being here even if not everyone wanted her there.
Jenny nodded, managing herself away from the girl. "Okay, I'll be downstairs if you need me." She kissed the top of her head softly before turning and walking out of the room and downstairs. She glanced at the paper on the kitchen table and went to get the phone, ordering the pizza before making her way to the living room for a moment to watch the other three. They seemed so involved in their game; Jenny turned and went back to the basement, sitting at the workbench to watch Jethro and Katie again. "Katie, why don't you go upstairs and play for a while, while I talk to Daddy?" She said softly, watching the little girl reluctantly move away from her father and make her way toward the stairs.
Katie walked up the stairs and to the bedroom she shared with Jimmy, crawling across her bed and grabbing her teddy bear. She grumbled a little about Ziva before lying down and hugging her teddy close. She was feeling a little tired from earlier when she'd been playing with Timmy and Tony and they were all running around outside and she figured it was time for a nap on her own time.
Gibbs stopped what he was doing and waited for Katie to go upstairs before walking over to Jenny. "Something tells me that something happened with Ziva on the way home." He said leaning against the bench next to her.
She stood up, moving her arms around him and resting her head against his shoulder. She relaxed into him a little and sighed. "I'm just afraid for her, Jethro. She's seen so much more than a girl her age should have to and she acts like she's fine. She keeps everything all inside of herself and with all these changes- I'm just worried." She said softly.
Gibbs nodded and hugged her. "I can see that too she doesn't act her age at all but she was raised that way but before long she will be acting her age seeing as with our kids none of them really act their age she will get use to being able to be a kid. She will be ok," he said reassuring her.
She laughed softly at his words and shook her head. "If only ours acted their ages. Maybe things would get done around here without me having to ask ten times." She said, backing up a little and looking up at him. "But regardless, I'm happy with what we have." She told him, leaning against him again and relaxing a little more.
"I am too even if it means smacking the back of their heads once in a while," he joked holding her close. "Katie doesn't seem to fond of her right now I think that they are going to need a lot of time together before they get along." He said
"Well neither of them have a choice right now so they'll just have to deal with it." She smiled a little when he held her. She chuckled softly at his comment about the headslapping. Things would stir for a bit but surely they would settle down after a while, it was simply a matter of patience. She nuzzled his shoulder softly, "If you want to go back to working on your boat I can go up stairs." She said quietly, looking up at him.
"No they don't have a choice but I'm sure there will be a lot more arguing then normal in the next few days." He said not trying to worry her just to make sure that they were on the same page. "Nope I'm done with my boat for now and did I hear you mention your ordering pizza for dinner?" he asked, smiling.
"Already did that," She chuckled, sitting on the workbench again and pulling him over to her. She smiled a little, "Which means we still have about twenty minutes to kill and everyone else is upstairs." She laughed softly, that had come out a little more suggestively than she had intended.
He laughed he knew she hadn't meant it the way she said it but he was going to play along like that's what she had meant. "Oh I know," He said, leaning forward and kissing her softly.
She smiled a little, moving her arms up over his shoulders and kissing back slowly. She pulled away a little, looking up at him, "That's not what I meant, but that's a good idea too." She smirked, pulling him more to her and kissing him again.
He pulled away from the kiss "Well if that's not what you meant what did you have in mind?" he asked before leaning forward and kissing her again.
"Nothing, I was just stating a fact. But I do like your idea." She grinned deviously, leaning onto the kiss and deepening it slowly. It made her stomach twist, a little, in the most pleasant way when he kissed her like that. Something she didn't really get, how after so long he could still do that to her. She smiled at the thought regardless.
He smirked and nodded "Oh I know you do I can tell," he said kissing her more roughly. "But you really think we can do this without our kids hearing us?" he said.
"Probably not going all the way--" She whimpered softly when he kissed her roughly, clawing his shoulders softly. "But there's always room for foreplay." She teased, biting her lip and moving her body closer to him. They did at least have until the doorbell rang, and then there was always after the kids went to bed. "And how can you tell?" She purred suggestively, looking up at him.
He pulled away and looked at her raising his eyebrow. "How do I know I can tell? By how turned on you are getting." he said before leaning back in and kissing her roughly again as he ran his hands up her shirt.
She moaned softly, arching toward his hand. She was starting to wonder if wearing a skirt had been such a good idea that day. She kissed back, nipping at his bottom lip playfully while her arms moved up over his shoulders again.
Gibbs massaged her breast over her bra while moving his kisses down her neck biting softly.
She clawed at his back softly, moving her hand down to his free hand and putting it on her leg and pushing up her skirt a little. She took in a soft breath at the bite, biting her lip to quiet herself.
He could tell what she wanted he listened to make sure no one was coming before he ran his hand up her leg, pushing gently where her clit was. He could tell very easily by how wet she was that she was wanted sex badly.
She moaned softly, tilting her head back and arching slightly at his touch. She was so turned on even by this little contact she was struggling to control herself. She tensed as his fingers worked at her hot center and bit her lip, moving her hand up through his hair and pulling him back to kiss him deeply. She paused when she heard the door at the top of the stairs move and the board at the top creak. She pulled away from the kiss, putting a hand on his arm to stop him from moving. She looked over her shoulder, "What?" She said softly, she couldn't see who it was but it probably meant that the pizza guy was there and she would have to go upstairs.
Tony had told Timmy to go get their parents when the door bell rang and he listened when he started to walk downstairs he saw his dad pull away quickly from his mom he turned red he knew he had walked in on something. He went speechless he didn't know what to say he forgot what he was coming down here for that's when he remembered "Um...umm...the pizza is here." he said before he turned around and ran back upstairs.
Jenny sighed softly, reluctantly pulling away from him. "I hate interruption." She mumbled, kissing him softly again before turning and walking toward the stairs. She stumbled a little, catching herself on the stair rail and blushing softly. She laughed nervously, regaining her composure and making her way up the stairs without looking back. Some times things just weren't fair. She got her purse and went to the door, holding herself up with the doorframe. "Tony, come here." She called; handing him the boxes to take to the kitchen and paying the guy with a nice tip for making him wait. She turned back to the kitchen and paused, walking to the bottom of the stairs. "Ziva, could you get Katie and come downstairs, please?" She called, still shaking off the slight weakness in her body.
Ziva sighed softly she knew that Katie didn't like her right now but she did as she was told. She went to Katie's room and knocked on the door and said. "Katie the pizza is here." she said through the door. She heard her respond before she moved towards the stairs.
Katie grumbled in response, getting up and waiting until Ziva walked away before getting up and opening her door. She walked out and down the stairs, wandering into the kitchen and stretching up to see what was on the counter. She just wanted cheese; she was a pretty simple girl. She glanced around, hearing Tony, Abby and Tim all making their way for the kitchen, she would have to wait, and she knew it, frowning she went and sat at the table, patiently waiting. She was aggravated; it was obvious by her silence.
Gibbs came up from downstairs and watched the kids make their way into the kitchen and he followed. He looked at Katie she was aggravated he really hoped she would get over Ziva moving in there quickly. Then he looked over to Ziva who looked like she felt really out of place. He went over to Jenny and smirked talking to her quietly the kids were into their own conversation and wouldn't notice. "We will have to finish our 'discussion' tonight." He said
She smirked, turning her head slightly but concentrating on the counter to make it look like she was simply listening. She bit her lip, smiling a little. "I think that's a good idea." She said, looking up at him quickly before turning back to what she was doing and giving everyone their own pieces of pizza. She wasn't hungry herself, after that nice little encounter in the basement. She brought Katie her plate and kissed the top of her head softly. "You can go play games with Tony and Tim when you're done eating." She said softly, petting her hair before returning to the kitchen. She handed a plate to Ziva and leaned on the counter, closing her eyes and sighing softly. She needed to relax.
Gibbs smirked as she helped Jenny hand out the pizza he saw the look in her eyes he knew she was very tense and knew she would be till she got what she wanted. He went to the kids "Ok eat and then play. Me and your mom have to talk upstairs we will be back in a bit," He said as he went back to Jenny taking her hand and leading her to the bedroom.
She walked up the stairs with him and smiled a little. "What are you doing? I thought we were going to come up here later." She said softly, smiling a little. She continued walking with him though; maybe she could at least get a massage, if sex had to wait 'til later. She was just tense regardless, from the entire day.
"Your tense," he said as they walked into the bedroom. "But I'm not sure if its from needing sex or something else." he said kissing her softly and massaging her back.
"Maybe a bit of both," She admitted, leaning into his hands as they worked at her back. She sighed softly, moving to sit down on the bed, "Nothing that you couldn't fix, I'm sure. Unless you don't want to, then I could just go take a bath, or something." She smiled a little, looking up at him innocently
He smiled "No I'm sure I can fix it but we will have to be quick about it, before the kids get suspicious." he said as he continued to massage her back.
"Well it's not like we're having sex so what do they have to get suspicious about?" She smirked, biting her lip and moaning softly as he rubbed her back. She moved again, pulling her shirt off and laying on her belly across the bed. She crossed her arms, resting her head on her forearms and looking up at him. "Thank you, Jethro." She said softly. Sure he had his moments where he would have preferred that boat of his, but he occasionally had his moments where she'd still feel like she was the only one around. She loved those moments.
"Ok I see you don't want sex right now. That's fine," he said as he continued to massage her back. When she got on the bed he straddled her so that he could get a better angle to massage her back.
"I do, but I think we should know better than to do that while they're all awake." She smirked, "We don't need someone walking in again." She shifted slightly, moaning softly as he hit her really tense spots. As turned on as she was and she surely could have used that, she didn't want to risk getting so close and then being interrupted. She'd rather wait and endure the tension.
"What it will build character for them to walk in on us." he joked as he continued to massage her back he could tell she was relaxing if only a little. "But if you want to wait I know I can." He said, smirking at her.
She turned slightly, twisting her body and rolling over under him. She glared at him playfully. "It will scar them for life." She told him, "Never mind building character." She couldn't help but laugh a little, taking his hands and smiling a little. "I mean I didn't know you were -so- intent on sex, otherwise I might have done something about it." She teased, smirking deviously.
"Like I said, I can wait. Its you who seems to be distracted right now." He said, leaning over and kissing her softly. "And yeah, I know I would not want our kids walking in on us. I know I'm going to have to talk to Timmy later because of all our kids, he was probably the worst one to walk in on us." He said.
She nodded, kissing back. "Yeah you're probably right. And I don't know what he could have seen." She chuckled softly. "Besides, I think I can wait a little longer. Just think of how much more fun it will be later." She smirked, pushing herself up slightly to kiss him again.
He let her kiss him before moving off of her and lying next to her. "It will definitely be better," he said caressing her face softly. "Are you feeling less tense?" He asked
She nodded leaning into his hand and smiling. "Yes, thank you." She said softly, putting a hand on his and kissing his wrist softly. "We should probably go back downstairs for a while so they don't get any ideas." She smiled, moving closer to him and kissing him slowly and deeply, to tease him.
Gibbs hated it when she did that but he always let on that it didn't bug him. "Good idea." he said standing up and walking towards the door he turned around and waited for her.
She smirked, "I really wish you wouldn't act like that doesn't bother you when I know it does." She chuckled, getting up and pulling her shirt back on. She walked over to him, kissing him again before pulling the door open and walking out.
Abby got up from the couch, setting her plate in the kitchen and walking to the bottom of the stairs. "Mom," She called, "I'm going to go to the store and get a Caf-Pow!" She turned, making her way to the door. She paused and looked over at Ziva. "Wanna go for a walk?" She asked, she didn't really want to go alone anyway, and Tony and Timmy were so into their game right now there was no point in asking.
Ziva smiled she loved Abby and she loved spending time with her. She quickly brought her plate to the kitchen and nodded. "Yes." She said as she walked over to Abby
Gibbs smirked "yeah you can think it bothers me," he said as he heard Abby call up to Jenny. He shook his head that girl never got enough of those things
She looked over as she heard her parents coming down the stairs. "Ziva's coming too." She said as she sat down on the floor to get on her rather chunky black boots. "Come on Ziva, get your shoes on." She smiled brightly, though her hyper happy attitude often clashed her choice of wardrobe. It was simply what made her Abby.
Gibbs smiled he was happy that Abby was taking her making Ziva feel more like she was wanted. "Don't take to long you two." he said.
Ziva sat on the floor by the door and put on her shoes, smiling at Jenny and Jethro as they came down the stairs.
"We won't, Daddy. Promise." She smiled, getting up again and pulling on her black cat backpack. She held out her arm for Ziva to link with her so they could go. "At least it's nice out, it'll be a nice walk." She grinned, adjusting the straps of her backpack as she waited.
Ziva smiled and pushed herself off the floor and took Abby's arm. "Yup. It is really nice out" she said as she opened the door and waved to Jenny and Jethro.
Jenny smiled and watched them leave before looking up at Jethro. "Well it looks like we don't have to worry so much then. Looks like they get along just fine." She smiled, she was rather thankful for that, it took a lot of the worry off of her and she relaxed more, putting her hand on Jethro's arm for a moment and smiling. "Timmy," She called, looking over to the living room. "Dishwasher. It's your turn tonight. Now, please." She turned and sat down at the kitchen table, looking out the window. "I hope Abby and Ziva don't take long, it's going to rain." She said softly, the air was feeling a little heavier that it had a while ago.
Timmy looked back and sighed he usually didn't mind doing chores but he hated doing the dishwasher. "Ok." He said getting up and going to do as he was told he knew better then to argue with his parents.
Gibbs nodded to Timmy thanking him for not arguing he knew that he didn't want to do it but glad he didn't argue. "Yes I'm glad that Abby invited her to go Ziva loves Abby," he said as he took her hand and led her towards the living room to watch Tony and Katie playing
Katie was thrilled playing a racing game with Tony, she didn't really care that she was losing, she just didn't get to play so much. They didn't usually let her because she was so young. She didn't look up when Jethro and Jenny came into the room, being more concentrated on their game than anything else.
Timmy was working on emptying the dishwasher when he dropped a glass. It scared him when it broke. "Uh oh." he said.
Gibbs heard the crash he went to the kitchen quickly and saw the glass and saw Timmy looking up at him scared. "Its ok Timmy it was just an accident." He said bending down to pick up the big pieces of glass. "Go get the broom please." he said
Jenny came in, frowning a little at the broken glass on the floor. She reached over, handing the broom to her son. "You can sweep up when your father has picked up all the big pieces." She told him softly, hearing a low rumble of thunder. She frowned, looking outside again. She hoped Ziva and Abby were almost back, she knew how much Abby hated being out in the rain.
Timmy nodded and swept the glass into the dustpan that Gibbs was holding. "I'm sorry I didn't mean too…" He said when he was done he put away the last glass and closed the dishwasher and looked up at his mom and dad.
"It's okay, Timmy, it was an accident. I just don't want you getting hurt." She sounded a little distracted. She turned away, walking to the front door and pulling it open. She stepped outside and looked down the street. Abby and Ziva were at the end of the block talking about something or other. They both looked rather relaxed and pleased. She looked up at the sky that was gradually becoming grayer as clouds started to roll in. She turned back, closing the door again and sitting in the kitchen again. She sighed softly, resting her chin in her hand and watching the wall, just thinking.
When they were done Jethro sent Timmy back to play with his brother and sister and went over to Jenny. "You all right?" he asked massaging her shoulders and looking out the window to the sky. "They will be home before it starts you know how Abby is," he said
"They were at the end of the block when I was out there." She paused, looking over at the door; she could hear them sitting on the front steps. "I'm sure they'll stay out there until the rain starts." She leaned into him sighing softly. "I'm fine, just a bit tired." She said, looking up at him.
Tony heard the thunder again and grinned. "Hey, we should go outside. Ooh that would be fun." He grinned, getting up and walking to the living room window to look outside. "Hey, Timmy, lets go in the back yard and watch it!" He was the only one who was so thrilled with storms; he often got into trouble for staying outside to long and coming in all soaking wet from the rain.
Timmy didn't get the same excitement that Tony did from a storm. He wasn't scared of them so much as he would like to avoid them if he could. "Not really in the mood for it Tony" he said he knew that Tony would never take that answer he would either push it or tease him.
"Oh come O-on! It'll be fun!" He cried, walking over and pulling Tim with him as he made his way to the back door. "Dad, we're going outside!" He called, letting go of Tim and going out into the back yard.
Tim sighed "If we get in trouble…" He said as he walked outside stepping into his shoes. He sat in one of the chairs that they had back there and crossed his legs.
Tony loved the smell of the air just before it rained. "Oh come on, Probie." He teased, he had picked up that nickname from Uncle Mike always calling his dad that and he figured it just fit his little brother. Since he still had so much to learn and he was too much of a goody kid. He kicked the soccer ball a bit, "Come on!"
"Tony seriously what is with you and the rain its falling water" he said shaking his head he stood up and walked over to where Tony was.
"Awe, wuss." He teased, kicking the ball over to him. "Why must you always whine about it?" He asked, looking up when it started to rain finally.
"Its water, Tony. If you want I can go get a glass and pour it on you." He said kicking the ball back at him "It will get you wetter faster." He added ignoring the fact that he called him a wuss.
"I'll chase you with the hose if you do." He warned, narrowing his eyes and kicking it back, a little harder. He shook his head, glancing up at another roll of thunder. "If you don't wanna play I'll go ask Ziva, maybe she'll be more entertaining than you." He smirked.
"What? It's not good enough to torture me you have to go after a little girl?" He glared right back kicking the ball back at him.
He moved his foot, making the ball roll up and he caught it. "Why do you have to be so lame. She's probably better at soccer than you anyway." He shot, keeping the ball under one arm and squinting at the falling rain.
Timmy glared. He was pissed off he came out here in this rain to make Tony happy and all Tony was doing was being a jerk. He walked back to the house kicking off his shoes he was soaked and knew that his mom would not be happy that he was.
Tony rolled his eyes; "You're such a kid, Tim." He called, doing his own soccer practices until he heard the door open again and he looked up.
Jenny glanced up at the sky, staying mostly inside away from the rain. "Tony get in the house right now." She ordered, holding the door open, "That wasn't a request. Get in the house." She called again, keeping her eyes narrowed as he made his way inside. "And take those clothes off I don't need you getting everything wet." She growled softly, "Tim you too, please." She said more softly.
Timmy bit his lip and did as she was told he took off his shirt and pants and looked down away from Jenny's glance. He wasn't sure if he should run or stay there. He figured staying would probably be the best idea.
"Go up stairs and change, please." She said, turning back to Tony. "And you can go do the laundry." She took Tim's wet clothes and handed them to Tony, "now." She turned and walked away from him, rubbing her temples. Oh, she was getting a headache. She went into the living room, looking at the three girls who were watching TV. "Put on a movie and when its over, Katie, bed. Okay?" She said softly, smiling a little. She went and sat in the kitchen/dining room, sighing softly and rubbing her face with a soft growl of frustration.
Tony rolled his eyes and grumbled at her, unaware that his father was probably lurking around the corner, so completely oblivious to a coming headslap. He walked to the laundry room, throwing all the wet clothing into the washer and starting the laundry.
Tim did as he was told he almost ran upstairs to change. When he was done he came back downstairs and sat down on the couch to watch the movie with the girls.
Gibbs walked into the laundry room and crossed his arms. "Tony what have you been told 100 times about going outside in the rain?" he asked
Tony continued doing that he was doing. "Not to do it? Which I think is stupid because it's nice out when it rains." He said simply, half ignoring his father and closing the washer to let it start while he moved over to unload the dryer.
"Don't talk back to me Anthony" he said "unless you want to deal with the consequences" he added. "I don't care if you don't like the rules they are the rules for a reason if you have a serious problem with one of the rules you come talk to me or your mother you don't just disobey them" he said
Tony rolled his eyes again, closing the dryer again and pushing out of the laundry room. He stormed up to his room, slamming his door and looking for a movie to watch from his shelf. He had is own TV, with no cable so movies were his only option. He didn't mind so much though; they were a good pass time.
Gibbs was furious he went right up to his room and walked in without knocking he went up to him and headslapped him hard. "If you're going to have that attitude you can spend this weekend in your room." He said as he walked out of the room and down to the living room to check on the girls and Timmy. "Timmy you know better then to go out in the rain." He said before he went to the kitchen to see Jenny
Tony squeaked and coward away from his father at the headslap, keeping his head down. He kept quiet when his dad left, feeling a little bad for it. He grumbled, closing his door again and sitting on his bed. He went over and turned on his music, keeping it down so he wouldn't get into more trouble than he already was.
Katie and Abby stared for a moment, expecting a little more from their father but he walked out and they both relaxed. They hated it when Tony got him all mad because he liked to take it out on all of them. But it looked like this time it was only Tony he was mad at, as usual. They both looked at each other and shrugged, turning back to their movie which of course between the two of them had ended up being Peter Pan.
Jenny looked up when Jethro walked in and sighed softly, looking back at the window and watching the rain beat against the window. It calmed her a little, from the slight tension that had risen in the house with Tony being in trouble. That boy would learn one day. He was a teenager, after all. It was practically expected that he act out like he did. But she would have a talk with him sure enough. Later, she wasn't in the mood to deal with his attitude right then.
"Well we knew we couldn't keep them behaving forever he said he sat down next to her and pulled her into his lap kissing her softly. "Only a few more hours and they will all be in bed sleeping," he said trying to keep her calm.
She nodded, sighing softly. "I know. I just miss when they used to be good and listen. And do what they were told. Oh well, it doesn't matter. Like you said, they'll all be in bed soon anyway. Which means we don't have to behave." She said quietly, chuckling. "Sorry, bad humor." She smirked, turning slightly to face him.
"Well that's long gone." He said "Oh and you will see what happens if your bad." he teased kissing her softly and petting her hair.
She smiled leaning into his hand and closing her eyes. She opened them a little at his comment, keeping her eyes narrowed. "What's that supposed to mean?" She purred seductively.
He smirked "Oh I think you know what it means" he said kissing her again and playing with her hair softly.
"Oh what are you gonna do to me?" She asked, her voice layered with mock sarcasm. "Tie me up?" She leaned into him, kissing him softly again and moving her arms around his neck. Perhaps the way they were sitting wasn't such a good idea. He had easy access up her skirt. She moved one hand down, pressing her skirt down. "Because. You'd have to catch me first." She teased, looking outside. "Wanna go out in the rain since we wouldn't be setting a bad example cause everyone is so preoccupied?" She asked suggestively, smirking a little.
He shook his head "You will just have to wait and see and you know the second we go out there the kids will notice we are not around and come looking for us or they will start fighting." He said putting his hand on her hand. "And don't worry I don't plan on doing anything till the kids are all in bed sleeping" he said kissing her again
"Oh come on. Just in the back yard. I'll let the girl's know we're on the deck." She smiled, kissing him softly back and squeezing his hand gently. She smiled, moving her arms around his neck again and nuzzling his shoulder softly.
He smirked, "See? Already being a bad girl." He teased kissing her again. "Next time one of them goes outside in the rain we wont be able to stop them or get angry, but sure." He said kissing her again.
"Well the only one we ever have to worry about doing that is Tony. Usually he drags the others out there. But that doesn't mean they don't always have their own faults." She told him, getting up. She went into the living room and told Abby she would be on the back deck and not to let anyone in the kitchen, or out of her site in general. She got back up and left them to their movie, chuckling as they all told her to 'shush.' She walked back to Jethro, "Come on. It's not like we're going to get all wet." She smirked, walking to the back door and not bothering to get her shoes. It was a thunderstorm and she could feel that it was still a bit warm outside anyway.
Jethro followed smiling "Jenny I don't know how you do it but you always convince me to do the craziest things." he said as they heading outside. He pulled her into the rain for just a second and had his arms around her waist he kissed her in a deep kiss.
"I commandeered a boat for you, you'll do anything for me." She chuckled, crying out softly as he took her out into the pouring rain. She whimpered softly, moving her arms up around his neck and kissing back deeply. Between the mix of the cool rain and the heat from both of them, she found it was quite a turn on. "I thought we weren't going to get wet," She whispered, panting softly and biting her lip as she moved to grind him slightly as she kissed him deeply again.
"Your idea to come out here, not mine." he joked as he pulled her out of the rain and back onto the deck. Kissing her again they had been under for less then a minute and they were already soaked. He laughed and shook his head. "I'm glad Tony is in his room."
"Yeah me too. We're setting such a bad example." She grinned, chuckling softly and running a hand through her dampened hair. "Look at this, I had no intentions of getting wet, Jethro." She narrowed her eyes playfully, swatting at his arm gently.
"Well that's what you get for dragging me out in this weather." he said running his fingers through her hair and just staring at her. She looked so beautiful when she was all wet. "Hey." he said chuckling when she swatted him. He kissed her roughly.
She squeaked softly, kissing back and grabbing his shirt to stop her self from falling. She kissed him a few moments longer before pulling away and panting softly. She loved it when they could just be playful for once, and not have to worry about it. She flinched moving instinctively closer at a bright flash followed by an equally loud crack of thunder that dulled to a low and rather long rumble.
He looked up at the sky and then at her. "I think we should probably head back inside" he said looking at his watch. "Their movie is probably almost over and I still need to talk to Timmy about what he might have seen to make sure he is not too traumatized by it" he said kissing her again softly.
She kissed back; "Okay I'll let you deal with that while I put the girls to bed." She laughed softly, turning and walking back into the house. She went straight to the laundry room, switching the laundry and throwing her own clothing into the washer before sifting through the laundry basket. She pulled on a nightdress and a housecoat before turning and walking to the living room to sit with the girls and Tim to watch the end of their movie.
Gibbs followed and threw his stuff with the pile and pulled on his NIS shirt and pair of jeans and went to the living room as well. He would watch the rest of the movie then talk to Timmy.
Jenny leaned on him, kissing his arm softly and then just watching the movie silently. Once it ended she got up, picking up Katie who had already started to fall asleep. "Okay, Abby, Ziva. Bed time." She said, watching Abby get up without hesitation and make her way to the stairs and turning to follow her. "Timmy, dad's gonna talk to you first, then you can get to bed too." She put Katie down at the top of the stairs and smiled, "Okay, Katie, teeth, pajamas, bed. Ready?" She looked at her watch, it was a game Katie loved to play, race Abby to see who could finish faster, and hey, if it got them to bed faster who was Jenny to complain. "Go!" She grinned as the girl took off toward the bathroom.
Gibbs waited for them to go upstairs he watched the girls and chuckled, before he moved over to sit next to Timmy. Who looked like he wanted to be any place but here. "Timmy this isn't about being outside when it was raining. You're not in trouble so just relax." He said. "I want to know if you saw anything that made you uncomfortable when you came into the basement earlier." When Timmy looked away and turned red, Jethro figured he had. Gibbs wasn't sure how to continue with this he had already had 'the talk' with him and knew that he knew what he saw. "I want you to know that what you saw was normal and although it might seemed weird to you its not something you need to be embarrassed about and were not upset with you for it at all it was our mistake not yours ok?" he asked.
Timmy smiled and nodded "I know its normal so you say not that I think I will ever find it normal but its ok I'm fine really." he said smiling.
Jethro chucked to himself knowing that in a few years he would not be thinking like that. "Ok then Timmy, bedtime." he said hugging him and heading upstairs to see how Jenny was doing with the girls
Jenny looked over from the bathroom door at Jethro and smiled a little. "They're almost done." She told him, looking over at Tim. "You can use our bathroom, since there's no room in here.' She told him, smiling and waving him off before looking at Jethro again. "Is Tony asleep?" She asked, silently asking him to check.
Gibbs smiled at the girls and watched Timmy head to their room. Before he headed to Tony's and opening to door to see him asleep. Thank you he thought before closing the door slowly as not to wake him up she headed back to the bathroom. "Yes he is asleep." He said smirking.
She smiled, "Good." She said, watching Katie and Abby again as they pushed past her to race to bed. She chuckled, "Why are the girls always so good?" She asked, chuckling softly as she made her way to her room and sat down on the bed.
"Wait a second. Ziva- where is she?" he asked as he followed her to the bedroom. He hadn't seen her in the bathroom.
"She's already in bed, dear. She was in there before you came up." She told him, combing a hand through her hair slowly and looking rather relaxed where she sat. Finally everyone else was in bed and she could stop worrying about being mom for a few minutes.
He smiled and shook his head "I think I've been at the father thing for to long." he said as she walked over to the bed sat down and kissed her roughly as he pushed her down on the bed.
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She winced when he pulled away and took a breath, moving toward him when he held her. She smiled, pausing for a moment. "Jethro..." She said quietly, in a tone of voice like she'd just realized something wasn't right.
Jethro heard in her voice that something was not right. "What is it what's wrong?" he asked worried
"That sound we heard earlier..." She said slowly, sitting up a bit. "It was the back door closing." She looked down at him, an expression of mild worry shadowing her features.
He shot out of bed. "I'll go look downstairs go check on the kids," he said getting out of bed quickly
She nodded, getting up and pulling her housecoat on. She tied it closed and walked into the hall. Ziva's door was open a little, and she was in there asleep. She sighed softly, turning and walking to the next room. The one Abby and Katie shared and she paused, looking into Tony's room first. He was sound asleep, and snoring. She shook her head and went back to Katie and Abby's room. Katie was asleep and ... She turned around, walking down stairs. "Jethro?" She said softly.
He check both doors and they were locked he headed back upstairs. "What is it?" he asked her for the first time in along time he was worried.
"It's Abby." She said, swallowing hard. Where could she have gone? Her brow furrowed with worry as she fidgeted with the sleeves of her housecoat. "Jethro, where would she go?" She asked softly, taking a short and shaky breath.
He walked over to her and pulling her into a hug to calm her. "I'm sure she's fine. She probably went to a friends place." he said he was pissed beyond belief he would expect this from Tony but not from Abby.
Jenny leaned into him, resting her hands on his chest and trying to calm herself down. She stood up straight again. "Paula. She probably went to see Paula." She growled with frustration and looked up at him, "What are we going to do? Wait 'til the morning? Or are you going to go get her?"
"I'm not sure as much as I want to go get her right now and ground her until she 18… I think we should wait. That way when she comes back and sees us sitting there she will, maybe, feel guilty for making us worried." He said, kissing her head softly. "But if you want me to go get her I will either way she is in big trouble" he said
"Well I think I'll just stay on the couch tonight. I like you're idea better." She turned away and walked toward the living room, sitting on the couch and looking a little troubled. She had to admit she was worried about her daughter, but surely Abby was fine. She was a strong girl.
Jethro sat down beside her. "I'm not leaving this room till she comes home you can go back up to bed if you want" he said pulling her into his arms. "She will be fine...until she gets home that is," he said.
She nodded, crawling into his lap and pulling the blanket from the back of the couch and snuggling close to him with the blanket over them. "You'll have to deal with her, I'll be far too upset with her." She sighed softly, nuzzling his neck softly.
"Ok what do you think her punishment should be? I have never dealt with this she is the first of them to sneak out." He said to her holding her close
She shook her head, "I don't know, Jethro. I don't know what we should do with her. I'm just so upset right now." She said quietly, shaking a little with worry and frustration.
"I know I'm not happy with her but ok I'm sure we can figure out what to do once she gets home and we know she is safe" he said kissing her head he didn't want to worry her anymore.
She moved her arms around his neck and snuggled close to him, she felt exhausted, and perhaps a fitful sleep was what she needed. She nuzzled his neck softly. "She'd better come home soon." She said softly, taking a deep and tired breath
"I'm sure she will be home soon I am sure she wont want to take the risk of being out to long" he said looking at the clock. He sighed it was 2:39am and his daughter wasn't home in bed that bothered him in more ways then one. He wondered if this was the first time she had done this, or if Tony had done it.
Jenny sighed softly, hugging him tight and dozing slightly. She found herself rather comfortable and fell asleep. A rather stiff and uncomfortable sleep, but much needed one at that. She knew Jethro would wake her up if Abby came home.
Gibbs let her sleep he would stay up all night waiting for Abby. He was just moving slightly when he heard what he believed to be the sound of a key being put in the door. He didn't move he waited for her to come in she would see them when she walked in there was no way of missing them.
Abby opened the door slowly and peeked in. Nothing yet, she continued on, closing the door silently and locking it. She took a breath, walking toward the stairs. She froze, glancing at the couch when she heard steady breathing. Busted, she thought reluctantly, racing up the stairs and stumbling a little.
"Abigail don't even try to run." He called out loud enough so she could hear but not loud enough to wake the others. He shook Jenny gently. "She's home, Jen." he said
Jenny grumbled softly and woke up when he said she was home. She got up and let him follow Abby who she heard stop at the top of the stairs and come back down. She stared hard at the young girl, not saying a word.
Gibbs crossed his arms "What do you have to say for yourself young lady?" he said trying not to raise his voice, not wanting to wake the others.
Abby looked at the floor. "Nothing, daddy..." She said quietly, putting her hands behind her back. Her heart was pounding so hard in her chest she thought she would stop breathing.
"Abigail look at me" he said he was breathing to control his anger. "Where were you?" he asked
She looked up at him the moment he said that, "I'm sorry, daddy..." She said softly, "I just went for a walk." She said quietly. "I'm sorry… I..." There was no way to defend herself. She screwed up big time.
"You went for a walk- A walk, Abigail? Do you know what time it is are you trying to get yourself hurt?" he asked raising his voice.
She started to cry, "I was only in the back yard. I'm sorry." She whimpered, trying so hard to keep her eyes on him. "I'm sorry…"
"So you think lying is going to help you now? I know very well you were not in the backyard I want the truth." He said. He was getting angrier at every thing she said.
"I was only in the back yard!" She cried, "I swear!" She let the tears keep falling as she crossed her arms stubbornly. There was no point in lying. She was already dead and done for now...
"Really what the hell were you doing back there then?" he asked he was getting really loud now.
Jenny stepped forward, putting a hand on his arm. "Jethro. Not too loud, please. The others are aslee--" She looked up when she heard a tiny voice at the top of the stairs. She sighed softly, running for the stairs.
"Mommy... why is daddy yelling?" Katie asked softly, holding the arm of her teddy bear as she stood at the top of the stairs, rubbing her eyes.
Abby coward, handing her backpack over to him. Surely she was going to be flogged for this, but better to seek forgiveness than ask permission, right? She sobbed softly, keeping her head down.
Gibbs sighed, he had woken up Katie but he knew that Jenny would take care of it. "Abigail I asked you a question." he said a bit quieter.
"They're in by backpack." She sobbed, still holding it out to him. "I'm sorry Daddy... I won't do it again." She continued to cry softly.
Jenny sighed, making her way up the stairs. "Jethro, take it to the damn basement, please." She hissed; picking up Katie once she reached the top. "Come on, sweetie. You can sleep with mommy tonight." She told her, setting the young girl down on her bed and quickly dressing in a pair of pajama pants and a tee shirt. She crawled across the bed, leaving enough space for Jethro. "Come on, Katie." She said, holding the girl close as she crawled over.
Jethro pointed to the basement telling Abby to go down there before he opened the backpack and pulling out a pack of cigarettes. He had to take a breath to control his anger as he walked towards the basement following Abby.
Abby ran to the basement, as she was ordered and made her way downstairs, sitting on the small wooden chair and fidgeting with the edges of her skirt nervously. She was trembling, mostly out of fear for what she was about to endure.
"Smoking Abby have you completely lost your mind? Really I thought you were smarter then that. What made you think that this was ok?" he was furious "Where did you get these?" he asked her
She started to cry again, her shoulders shook with her sobbing. "I found them down here..." She said quietly, gripping the edges of the chair nervously. "I'm sorry daddy... I'm sorry." She kept repeating herself, but she didn't know what else to say.
Gibbs looked at her confused no one in the house smoked. Why were a pack of cigarettes in the basement? He put that aside for a moment. "Abby you'd better not be lying to me about where you got them." he said taking a breath he really hated doing this but he knew just grounding her would not be enough. "Abby stand up. Now." He said as he walked over to the workbench, grabbing a belt that he kept there.
She got up instantly, whimpering softly in fear. "I swear I got them down here, Daddy. I don't know where they came from." She kept her hands clasped in front of her, swallowing hard when she saw the belt in his hand.
He nodded he knew she would be nuts to be lying to him now. "Abby, you know how this works. You have been here before." he said folding the belt.
She cried softly, turning to face one of the bench horses that he usually used as seats. She placed her hands on it, leaning forward and closing her eyes. She cried harder, kneading the wood nervously.
"Abby I hope that you think about this the next time you even think about smoking or doing anything this stupid again," he said as he belted her. He continued to lecture though the entire belting. When he was finished he through the belt on the bench and waited for her to catch her breath.
She cried out every time the belt met her skin. She kept silent through his entire lecture, silently crying and enduring every hit. She deserved it; she had been pretty stupid. How could she get caught? Tony never got caught when he would sneak out to Paula's! She whimpered softly, shaking uncontrollably when he finally stopped.
He pulled her up into a hug. "Abby it's over," he said. "Abby. I love you and I don't ever want to see you get hurt or sick." he said.
She leaned into him, burying her face in his shoulder and putting her hands to her face. She sobbed relentlessly, "I'm sorry, Daddy. I'm sorry. I won't do it again, I promise. I'm sorry." She whimpered softly, wincing at the stinging pain in her rear.
"I know you're sorry and you better not." he said hugging her and calming her down. "Ok. I think it's time for bed," He said hugging her again.
She didn't want to move because it hurt to even walk. It hurt to do anything. She nodded weakly, getting up and hissing in pain at the burning feeling. She stumbled a little, making her way toward the stairs slowly and uneasily without another word.
Gibbs put the belt away and followed her upstairs he waited till she went into her room before he want back to his own and saw Jenny and Katie sleeping. He pushed Katie over a bit and lay down. Man. he was tired and it still bugged him about where those cigarettes came from.
Jenny woke up slightly when he lay down and looked up at him. He looked troubled, but subtly more satisfied. Surely he belted the girl. Jenny's stomach twisted slightly but she knew his intentions were well meant.
He saw her wake up. "Go to sleep but tomorrow we going to need to talk?" he said quietly.
She snuggled a little closer. "Can you lay on the other side and hold me?" She whispered, stroking Katie's hair softly. She just wanted to be close to him right now while she was mostly content with Katie asleep next to her.
Gibbs nodded and got up and moved to the other side of the bed and laid down pulling her into his arms and kissing her. "Jenny she's fine I promise." He said.
She nodded, "You know it just makes me uncomfortable. I just remember when my dad used to do it." She cringed at the thought, moving close to him and turning slightly to kiss him softly while she held little Katie close, who was very asleep.
That's when it hit him they must have been there from years ago. Surely they had no taste to them after all those years. "That explains it. She said that she found them in the basement. But I am pretty sure she wont be smoking ever again." he said trying to comfort her.
"No. I had some down there. They weren't mine. They belonged to someone I was talking to about Ziva." She told him, she paused. "Wait she was smoking?" She asked, in half disbelief.
"Wait. I thought that's what you meant by your father used to do it?" he said quietly.
"No, he used to belt me." She told him, looking up at him. She sighed; she couldn't deal with this now. She was far too tired. She snuggled close to Jethro and started to nod off again.
"Oh… Does it bother you that much when I do it, Jen?" he asked he didn't do it unless they did something dangerous. Then he noticed she was falling asleep so he figured they could talk about it tomorrow.
"Just makes my ass hurt." She chuckled sleepily, reaching for his hand and locking their fingers together. She started to fall asleep again, nuzzling his arm softly.
He shook his head and smiled as he feel asleep too tomorrow was going to be along day.
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