The following day; Tony, Tali and Ziva were all together around the breakfast table. In a while Tony and Ziva would be heading out to work while their daughter spent yet another day of her winter break from school at Gibbs'.
"Out of pure curiosity have you guys decided on whether or not I can go to the New Year's Eve party at the Greene's?" Tali asked.
Tony and Ziva shared a look before they answered their daughter.
"Well?" Tali pressed.
"We have decided to let you…" Tony started to say.
It was clear that Tony was still struggling a bit with his little girl being a teenager. Ziva saw the hesitancy in Tony's eyes so she figured it was time to come in for the rescue.
"Your father and I have decided to let you go to the party. As hard as it may be for your father to say."
A look of pure happiness came to Tali's face instantly.
"Toda, Ima. Grazie, Papà." Tali said before she ran off to let Dylan and the Greene sisters know what her parents had decided.
"She seems to be happy."
"I like to make her happy." Tony said.
"Well she is definitely happy."
A while later; Tony and Ziva headed off to the Navy Yard for work while Tali headed over to Gibbs'.
"You look quite happy." Gibbs said as Tali made her way down to the basement.
"Mom and Dad said that I could go to that New Year's Eve party at my friends' house."
The rarely seen Gibbs' smirk came across Gibbs' face.
"Well that's a sight we don't see every day." Tali commented on the sly.
"And you definitely have the same smart ass side that your father has."
"To go with the charm that I got from my mom."
Tali then picked up a hand sander to help Gibbs with his latest project.
"With the grain; remember." Gibbs said.
"Yeah, yeah; I know. This isn't the first time I've done this."
"And there's your mother's sass."
When the two of them had taken a break for lunch; Tali grabbed her phone to text Laurel, Thea and Sara saying that they must go shopping so they all had something to wear to ring in the New Year. The Greene sisters had all agreed that over the next few days they would meet up at the nearby shopping mall
Over lunch; Tali told Gibbs about her upcoming plans with her friends. Gibbs told her that she should tell her parents which Tali was already planning on doing.