Tony Dinozzo Gibbs – 10 years old
Tim McGee Gibbs – 8 years old
Abigail (Abby) Scutio Gibbs – 7 years old
Ziva David- 9 years old
CHAPTER 14: Grandpa Jack
The Gibbs family pulled over to the curb in front of Jackson Gibbs' house.
"Thank God we're finally here" said Tony. The kids all rolled their eyes. Tony had been complaining the entire drive to Stillwater. Just then Jackson Gibbs opened the door to greet them.
"Are those my sweet grandkids I hear?"
"Grandpa!" yelled Tony, Tim and Abby as they ran to give Grandpa Jack a hug,
"Hello kiddos! How was the drive?"
"LONG!" said Tony. Jack laughed and then looked at Ziva, the newest member of the Gibbs family.
"Hello!" he said to her
Ziva looked at Gibbs and then waved to her new grandpa. Gibbs, noticing she was uncomfortable and took pity on her
"Let's get everything inside and then we can make introductions." He said
Each of the little children ran and grabbed their little bags and then followed the adults into the house.
"So how was the drive over?" Jack asked Jenny
"It was good although I'm glad we are here Tony was... Very bored on the way over."
"Ahhhh well how bout I take them over to the store in a bit... As soon as you introduce me to this little lady" he said looking at Ziva who had not left Gibbs' side since they arrived
"Dad, this is Ziva your new grandchild"
"Hey Ziva! I'm Grandpa Jack" he said enthusiastically.
Ziva just studied him. It made Jackson nervous noticing the wariness and distrust in her eyes.
"Ziva you gonna say hi?" asked Gibbs nervously. He knew Ziva would get over her shyness and distrust after a while, he just hoped his dad wouldn't be hurt too badly by it. He was going to tell his dad all about Ziva after they went to bed that night.
"Shalom" Ziva said and then went to explore the rest of the house following her sister and brothers.
"What was that about Leroy?" asked Jackson
"Later dad... Let's just say that Ziva's got some trust issues with new people. And also being in another new place has put her on edge"
"Okay I expect an explication though" he said. "Hey guys! Let's head over to the store" Jack called to his grandkids
"Yayyy!" they chorused (minus Ziva)
The little family walked over to the store. Abby was holding onto her older sister's hand telling her everything about the town, the people in it, and all of the fun stuff they do at Grandpa Jack's store. Ziva was listening to her sister adamantly wanting to learn everything she could about 'Grandpa Jack' and the town she was in.
Later that evening after the kids were in bed Jenny, Gibbs and Jack sat down in the living room.
"So tell me about Ziva"
"Well Ummm why don't you start Jen" said Gibbs
"Okay well a woman I worked with, Rivka David asked us to adopt her daughter, Ziva, because she wanted to get Ziva away from her biological father, Eli David who is also the Deputy Director of Mossad. Anyways we said yes and we adopted her." Jenny said and then nodded to her husband to continue
"Ziva doesn't trust easily, that's why she hasn't spoken to you yet. She was trained at Mossad and therefore suspects everyone of being bad basically. Her training was extensive even for only being nine years old. She warmed up to me first, it took her a few days to fully warm up to the rest of us. But she will soon warm up to you too, just give her time, and if she hasn't talked to you after a bit let me know and I'll talk to her if you really want me to." said Gibbs
"Why you why not Jenny?" Jackson asked
"Like I said she warmed up to me first"
"Ziva only fully trusts Jethro." said Jenny
"Oh I see okay. Well I hope she does warm up to me." Jackson said "does she trust you Jen?"
"To an extent, something about Jethro made her trust him first when she came here"
"Hey that's not my fault!" Said Gibbs defensively
"I'm not saying it is I just envy the trust she has for you, and I wish she would trust me too" Jenny explained.
"So why now Jethro?" Jackson asked.
"Why now what dad?" Gibbs asked.
"Why come now? I thought you were coming next week"
"We're being watched"
"By whom?"
"A man who works for her biological father, his name is Amid Hadar"
"What is he doing watching you?"
"We don't know what his motivations are; all we know is that he's been watching us"
"Do you think he is trying to get her back?"
"I don't know... But we did legally adopt her so he has no rights over her except he is her biological father"
"Will she want to go back?"
"She loves her dad... Because he is her dad, but she likes it here too and if she did go back it is because she wants to protect someone. Ziva, as you may witness this week, is very protective over people, so her father could use that as a way to get her back."
"Sounds like you guys have one big problem going on"
"You got that right"
"How long you planning to stay?"
"Just a few days" said Jenny
"Okay well I'm going to bed I'm sure that everything will work out in the end"
"We should head to bed too" said Jenny. And the three made their way upstairs and into their rooms.
Authors Note:
Sorry for those who wanted Ziva to fit in with Jackson right away, don't worry she will of course but I knew she couldn't like him right away, because that's how her character is…. Anyways I hope you liked it and please review I'd like your input, or if you have questions or ideas or… yeah let me know J