Tony tossed on his OSU t-shirt and a faded pair of blue jeans. He briefly studied his suits that hung in the closet. The funeral was the last time he wore a suit and he didn't see himself dressing up much over the next eighteen years. He remembered a few years ago, Vance organized a suit drive for a charity that gave suits to men getting back into the work force. He made a mental note to look up the name of the foundation. He figured he could clothe a dozen men and still have more than enough suits for himself.
He got the kids up and helped Lily get dressed. He was running a little late. So he just grabbed a few boxes of cereal, three bananas, and a box of pop-tarts, for the family's breakfast. He cut Lily's banana and poured her a bowl of lucky charms. For himself he settled on the twig like bran cereal that Ducky had made him start eating. Jake came down five minutes later and poured himself some fruit loops and grabbed a packet of pop-tarts.
"Jake I want you to eat a banana." Tony said.
"I don't need a banana. I am having fruit-loops." Jake argued.
"That has no fruit in it. Either eat a banana now or you will get fruit for desert." Tony ordered.
"I'm allergic to banana's." Jake retorted.
"I know for a fact that is not true." Tony countered.
"I'm not a homosexual." Jake scoffed.
"I know that but eating a banana doesn't mean you are gay. It means that you are healthy." Tony corrected.
"They look like dicks." Jake commented.
"What's a dick?" Lily asked.
"A nickname for Richard." Tony replied.
"Why do people named Richard look like bananas?" Lily asked.
"Because your brother is being rude and needs to adjust his attitude and eat his breakfast." Tony explained.
Breakfast was far more complicated than it should have been. Jake finally forced down his banana down his throat, when Tony threatened to take away his TV privileges for the rest of summer. He had called Rachel's office, but she was with a patient. So he just left a message, asking her to call him back at her earliest convenience. Further complicating the morning was the fact that Shirley's was having car trouble and Tony ended up having to baby-sit for Victoria. Luckily Breena had fed her before leaving. So she fell asleep not long after Tony put her into the playpen. He heard a knock on the door and got up, expecting it to be Shirley. Instead he was shocked to see Ziva, standing on the other-side.
"Ziva?!" Tony gasped.
"Yes, Tony it is me." Ziva replied.
"What? When did you get back here?" Tony asked.
"The other day." Ziva replied.
"What brought you back? Is everything alright?" Tony asked.
"I am fine, Gibbs told me about Jason and Mary and I moved back to see if I could help you." Ziva explained.
"You didn't have to do that." Tony replied.
"I knew it. You are angry with me." Ziva sighed.
"No, I am not mad at you. Confused but not mad. I just meant that you did not have to come back just to help me. It is a challenge but I am handling well on my own." Tony explained.
"I did not come back just for you. Things got complicated in Israel." Ziva replied.
"That is why you left here. I do not want you moving back and forth on me. I cannot take that." Tony explained.
"No I am here to stay. After my father died. I thought that I would be happier back in Israel but I was not. I mean I was for a while. It was nice to be in my home, I begun to reconnect with all my old friends but after a while. They lost interest in me. They didn't abandon me or anything but they all had families and it had been years since we spoke. On top of that, I had trouble finding and keeping a job. I thought that I wanted to go back to Mossad but I did not want to go back to that life. I did not want to be a heartless killer. When Gibbs told me about Jason and Mary and how you were raising their children. I realized that all I wanted to do was come home." Ziva explained.
"So you are here to stay?" Tony asked.
"I am here to stay." Ziva replied.
"Welcome back Ziva, I love you and I am glad that we are getting a second chance." Tony explained.
"I am too." Ziva replied embracing Tony.
Breena texted Tony and told him that Shirley would be picking up the girls in about fifteen or twenty minutes. So Tony decided to invite Ziva inside to meet the kids. She was supposed to look at an apartment that afternoon but promised to come to the hospital as soon as she was done. When he got inside he saw that Jake and Lily had finished their breakfasts and moved into the living room.
"Tony? Who's that? Is she a stranger?" Lily asked.
"Yes Tony, who is the broad?" Jake asked.
"Jake please do not use the term broad, Lily this is Ziva. She is a friend of mine and she is going to be helping me out." Tony explained.
"Oh right, well don't keep me up with your..." Jake started.
"JAKE!" Tony barked.
"Whatever, have fun with your girlfriend. I am going to go play video games." Jake scoffed.
"Did you wash your dishes?" Tony asked.
"No, but it was just cereal." Jake replied.
"I don't care! At least rinse out the bowl!" Tony ordered..
"And what if I don't?" Jake asked.
"Then you will have to go over to the Palmer's with Lily." Tony replied.
"Fine" Jake sighed.
"I would be more respectful to Tony. He changed his whole life up to take you and your sisters in." Ziva said.
"Whatever, you are just his girlfriend. I bet that you will be gone in a matter of days." Jake smirked.
"I am not going anywhere." Ziva vowed.
A/N: Tony and Ziva are finally reunited but how will the team react? New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.