NCIS Headquarters
Squad Room
0730 Hours
Team DiNozzo has settled in behind their desks for a busy Monday morning. "Ok people I want those reports on my desk no later than 1500 hours." Tony orders them.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." McGee laughs.
"Compared to Wheeler working for DiNozzo is a breeze." Estéves snickers.
"So glad ole Helen went to London." Tony grins.
"It's a big promotion going from Agent in Charge to Operations Manager." Ziva answers.
"So Jenny worked under Hetty Lange in London." "That had to be interesting." Tony answers.
"The Director respected Hetty, it sort of reminded me of the relationship that she has with Ducky here."
"Mother hen figure." Tony chuckles.
Suddenly the wrath of Madame Director can be heard from the balcony above. "What is that?" Estéves cringes.
"Get used to it Ceira." "It's sweet music to our ears." Tony smirks.
"I miss listening to her screaming at Gibbs in her office." McGee laughs.
"That bad?" Estéves asks and narrows her eyes over at Tony.
"It was so bad the one day; we heard the both of them from all the way in the lounge." Tony answers with a smile on his face. "Gibbs really could push the Director's buttons."
"Speaking of the Gibbs and the Director did you read the Director's e-mail?" Ziva curiously asks.
"Yes, she's summoned the three of us, Abby, Ducky, Palmer, and Cynthia to her office for lunch with her and Gibbs."
"Mexican food!" McGee curiously asks.
"Doubt it; they've been eating it for a week." Tony shrugs.
"I guess we'll have to wait until noon time to find out." Ziva answers.
"Surprises in stored for all of us in more ways than one." Tony winks.
At Gibbs and Jenny's house, Gibbs is out in the garage sanding down a miniature boat that he is building for Mike for his second birthday. Noemi walks in carrying a plate. "Breakfast Senor Gibbs." She softly calls out to him.
Gibbs gets up from the worktable and walks over to the kitchen sink. "Smells good."
"Pancakes and sausages, and I wasn't sure if you wanted syrup or powdered sugar so I brought both." Noemi warmly says.
Gibbs washes his hands at the sink. "More than likely powdered sugar since I haven't had it in a while."
Noemi glances over at the boat. "So what are you going to name Senor Mike's miniature boat?" Noemi curiously asks.
"Doppelganger!" Gibbs chuckles.
"I don't get it." Noemi answers in confusion.
"A joke between Senora Jenny and myself."
"Being a poco chico again." Noemi giggles.
"Senora Jenny finds it charming."
"Not just Senora Jenny." Noemi winks and walks out of the room.
"Being a little boy gets me out of fights and I get laid in the process, it's a win, win situation for me." Gibbs smirks.
Back at the office, Jenny is sitting behind her desk reviewing case files from the previous week. Cynthia walks in with some fresh coffee. "I just refilled the coffee carafe, its Hawaiian Kona Reserve blend."
"You're a life saver Cynthia." Jenny smiles.
Cynthia pours Jenny a cup of coffee. "Rough morning huh?"
"Tell me about it, one of my ops was a total disaster."
"What happened?"
"Agent Lustrum's earwig fell out while he was talking to a potential informant, who got cold feet." "The informant was working undercover with a Columbian drug cartel." "His boss had him followed."
"I take it that he got killed?" Cynthia curiously asks.
"Try the coffee shop that they were meeting in got ambushed in a drive by shooting." "Lustrum survived the shootout, but I can't say the same thing for the informant or the coffee shop waitress and owner who were killed in the attack."
"Where did this take place?"
"El Salvador, Lustrum only had a few scratches on him, I guess his quick klutzy reflexes saved his life."
"Who does he work for?" Cynthia asks.
"He was assigned out of an NCIS Office at the Navy Base in Panama City, Florida." "Tom Morrissey is his Operations Manager."
"And I gather that's who you were giving a piece of your mind this morning."
"More than my mind, I highly doubt he'll have the use of his right ear for the rest of the day." "Lustrum just blew a three month undercover mission with that stunt he pulled this morning." "Now I have to start from scratch again." Jenny sighs in frustration.
"Do you want me to cancel lunch with your husband and DiNozzo and his team?"
"No I'm looking forward to that Cynthia." Jenny smiles…"And remember you're invited also."
"So excited to see what you brought me back from Mexico."
"Trust me the moment I saw it I had to buy it for you."
Down in the lounge, Tony and Ziva are sitting at the table staring longingly into each other's eyes. "I am the happiest woman in the world right now Tony." Ziva beams.
"I know you told me enough in bed this morning." Tony grins.
"That's not the reason why I'm happy Tony."
"It wasn't!" Tony mockingly pouts.
"You know why?" Ziva smiles.
"Yeah, maybe because I was there." Tony smirks.
Abby walks in. "Can't you talk dirty at home."
"We weren't talking dirty." Tony protests.
"But your mind is thinking dirty thoughts."
"On the contraire Abby, they are of pure and happy thoughts." Ziva softly answers.
"The two of you, you got to be kidding me." "The first time you had sex was in an airplane bathroom." Abby giggles.
"Well somebody had to make the first move first and it definitely wasn't going to be Tony."
"Ewwww, the very thought of doing it in a public bathroom shared by hundreds of other people each day." Abby grimaces.
"Well Gibbs and Jenny did it twice in an airplane." Tony reminds her.
"That was my fifth time." Ziva seductively answers.
McGee and Palmer walk in over hearing. "What was?"
"Ziva had sex five times on an airplane, four times with other men, once with Tony, which we're well aware of."
"No Ducky was well aware of, the rest of you slept through it." Tony grumbles.
"I bet we wouldn't have slept through Gibbs and Jenny." Abby laughs.
"They that loud." Palmer says with surprise.
"Oh yeah, we walked into their suite, to kidnap Jenny so we could get her ready for the wedding, and we walked in on the tail end of their throes of passion."
"I told you Jenny was a screamer." Ziva laughs.
"Speaking of screaming I wonder if her vocal cords have calmed down yet." Tony laughs.
"We'll find out at lunch time." Ziva answers.
Jenny's Office
1245 Hours
After eating lunch and giving the team, along with Abby, Ducky, Palmer, and Cynthia their gifts, Gibbs and Jenny show off the photos that they took down in Mexico. Tony and McGee burst out laughing at the picture of Mike sleeping on his hammock with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. "And it never fell out." Tony laughs.
"Never did!" Gibbs laughs.
"Well I can't wait until next spring when Timmy and I spend a week down there." Abby smiles.
"Amira is looking forward to it Abs, she's marking the days off on her calendar." Gibbs smoothly answers.
"Yeah, blue crayon for our next visit in December, and a black crayon for Abby and McGee's visit next April." Jenny laughs.
"Maybe Ziva and I should crash out down there." Tony grins.
"Easy DiNozzo, Mike doesn't live a frat boy lifestyle." Gibbs chuckles.
"No he leaves a beer guzzling, cigarette smoking, sleeping, fishing, type of lifestyle." Jenny giggles…and then remembers seeing Gibbs with a cigarette hanging from his mouth. "And by the way I saw that filthy habit that you picked up from Mike." Jenny hisses.
"What habit?" Gibbs answers.
"The habit that was hanging from your mouth when you were having your male clucking session along the beach at Camilla's." Jenny sighs in disgust.
"Ew, I didn't know that you smoked Gibbs." Abby pouts.
"Casually that's all back when I was in the Corps."
"What's a casual smoker?" Palmer sheepishly asks.
"There's no such thing Mr. Palmer." Ducky mutters.
"I smoked when I was a teen, quit when I went into boot camp, then while I was over Panama over a poker game I started smoking cigars." "I quit smoking all together after I joined NIS in '91'." "I did light one up a few years ago down in my basement while I was working on an investigation."
"With who?" Tony curiously asks.
"Karen?"
"That dirty bitch." Tony grumbles….Ziva narrows her eyes over at her lover. "Before your time."
"Ok I won't do it again."
"You better not or you'll be sleeping over in the loft." Jenny warns him.
"Ok Ziva and I have some news." Tony announces.
"What's that?" Jenny answers with a smile on her face.
Ziva pulls her hand up from under the conference table and shows off her engagement ring. "Oh my god!" Abby squeals and attacks Ziva.
Gibbs gets up from his chair and pulls Tony into a fierce embrace. "Congratulations!"
Tony tightens the embrace back. "Thank you!"
"Abby I can't breathe!" Ziva chokes.
"Sorry!" Abby giggles and runs over to Tony and attacks him.
Jenny gets out of her chair and affectionately hugs her friend. "מזל טוב!" Jenny warmly says to Ziva in Hebrew.
Ziva returns the hug. "תודה!" She answers with tears streaming down her face.
"Ok what did you say to each other, we don't understand Hebrew?" McGee protests.
"I said congratulations." Jenny smiles.
Ziva pulls away from Jenny. "And I said thank you." Ziva smiles.
"Abigail could you let Anthony go so we can congratulate him." Ducky playfully scolds her.
"Sorry!" Abby giggles and pulls away from Tony.
Gibbs walks over to Ziva and kisses her on top of the forehead. "Make sure he takes good care of you or I'm going to head slap him until the end of time." He affectionately says to her and then pulls Ziva into his arms.
"I will and don't worry, he'll take care of me Gibbs." Ziva softly answers.
Jenny walks over to Tony and tenderly kisses him on the mouth. "I see Ziva has final made an honest man out of you." Jenny teases the former playboy.
"It took a mere twenty-five years for me to commit to woman." Tony grins.
McGee walks over to Tony and affectionately hugs him. "Congratulations!"
"Thanks, so when are you and Abby going to take the plunge."
"No way I'm ever getting married." Abby laughs.
"I said the same thing." Tony laughs.
"It may not be in the cards with us Tony." McGee answers and walks over to Ziva and hugs her. "Congratulations!"
"Thank you Tim." Ziva smiles.
Ducky walks over to Tony. "Congratulations Anthony, you and Ziva deserve one another." He chokes up and pulls Tony into his arms.
"Thanks Duck!" Tony chokes back.
Ducky walks over to Ziva and hugs her. "Congratulations!"
"Thank you Ducky." Ziva softly answers.
The others congratulate both Tony and Ziva, Jenny walks over to the bar and pulls out a bottle of champagne. "This calls for a toast." She shouts and is about to take out some champagne glasses out of the cabinet.
"I'll be drinking ginger ale with my toast." Ziva shouts over to her.
"Why is that?" McGee curiously asks.
"I'm pregnant!" Ziva beams with excitement.
"Oh my god!" Abby squeals and runs over to Ziva and crushes her. "I'm going to be an Aunt!"
"A baby!" Palmer says with surprise.
"Abby you're crushing me and the baby." Ziva groans.
"Sorry!" Abby apologizes and rushes over to Tony and attacks him.
"Abs!" Tony protests.
"Since I can't attack Ziva, because I don't want to hurt the little DiNozzet, I'm taking out my energy out on you."
"DiNozzet!" The others laugh.
Gibbs and Jenny both walk over to Ziva and pull her into both of their arms. "You're going to be a good mom." Jenny chokes and kisses Ziva on both her cheeks.
"I've had lots of practice the past year looking after Jacqueline and Mike." Ziva answers with tears streaming down her face.
Gibbs kisses the top of Ziva's forehead. "Looks like I have a new project to keep me busy down in the garage." Gibbs affectionately answers.
"You don't have to do that." Ziva chokes.
"I'll be honored to." Gibbs smiles.
"There's one more favor I need to ask of you." Ziva softly answers and looks up into the depths of Gibbs' blue eyes.
"What's that?"
"Could you walk me down the aisle?"
"What about your father Eli?"
"Don't you know by now Gibbs?"
"What?" Gibbs answers in confusion.
"You are my father." Ziva answers and bursts into tears.
Gibbs overwhelm with emotion pulls Ziva up against his chest and hugs her. Jenny walks over to Tony and hugs him. "Congratulations!" Jenny softly says to him.
"Thank you!" Tony chokes back.
"You'll be giving your son or daughter a sense of style and originality." Jenny affectionately teases him.
"I'll have somebody to pass down my mother's love of movies." Tony smiles.
"So that's where you get that from?" Jenny answers with surprise.
"Yeah, we would watch old black and white movies on TV." "I want to pass that down to my kid."
"And what will Ziva pass down?" Ducky answers.
"Her ninja moves." Tony laughs.
"Singing and dancing Tony!" "That's one area I do not want a child of mine to raised for." "I want my child to have a normal childhood."
The others one at a time congratulate Tony and Ziva on Ziva's pregnancy, Gibbs pops the cork on the bottle of champagne. "You know what?" Abby laughs.
Gibbs begins to pour the champagne into the glasses. "What?" He answers.
"Now you have your first Grand Gibblet." Abby teasingly announces.
The room bursts out laughing. "Grand Gibblet!" Palmer laughs and doubles over.
Jenny pours ginger ale into a glass for Ziva. "Now I've heard of everything." Jenny laughs.
"Everybody get a glass." Gibbs growls.
Few minutes later, the NCIS Dysfunctional Family is gathered in the room between the conference room and the door. "To Tony and Ziva's future and to their baby on the way." Gibbs says and holds his glass up.
"To the future DiNozzo's!" They answer in unison and tip their glasses.
Jenny's desk phone begins to ring. Cynthia downs the contents of her glass, walks over to the desk, and picks up the phone. "Director Shepard's Office, how many I assist you?" She answers….."She'll be there in a minute."
"MTAC!" Jenny nods over.
"Yes ma'am, Admiral Gage is on the plasma screen."
Jenny downs her drink. "Duty calls!" She sighs and walks over to Gibbs and kisses him on the mouth. "I'll see you when I get home." She smiles.
Cynthia walks over with Jenny's portfolio and glasses. "What a way to damper a party?"
"Terrorists unfortunately don't take off Cynthia." Jenny grumbles and takes her glasses and portfolio from Cynthia. "Oh Ziva, no more dangerous assignments from here on out." Jenny orders her and walks out of the office.
"I hate desk work." She sighs.
"You have precious cargo to protect." Tony says in awe.
"Yeah a DiNozzet!" McGee laughs.
That night Gibbs is down in the basement looking over the plans for a crib that he's building for Tony and Ziva's baby. Jenny walks down and spots the unfinished hull of boat number five. "A side project to interrupt Mike's boat."
"This project shouldn't take me too long." Gibbs smiles and looks over the plans for the crib. "Seems like yesterday that I built Kelly's crib and baby furniture, then the bedroom set that I built for her."
"And then you built the twins crib and baby furniture, everything seems to be going full circle." Jenny softly answers.
"As it should!" Gibbs smiles.
"Want to go to bed?"
"Yeah, but not to sleep." Gibbs smirks.
An hour later up in bed, Jenny is leaning over her husband. "So how does it feel to be a grandfather?" Jenny playfully teases her husband.
"I'm too young to be a grandfather." Gibbs growls.
"True, since Jacqueline and Mike will be nearly two when Ziva's baby is born."
"I hope it's a girl so that DiNozzo will know what it feels like when a guy like him, comes on to his daughter for the first time." Gibbs laughs.
"I don't know what will you do the first time you meet Jacqueline's boyfriend?"
"That's not for another ten to eleven years and I'll worry about it then." Gibbs laughs.
"That's avoiding the question."
"On a question I don't have to worry about answering for another decade, all that's going through my mind right now is to show the mother of my children on how much I love her." Gibbs smiles and flips Jenny on to her back, getting his full weight on top of her.
"I guess you can answer that question in another ten years." Jenny softly answers and passionately kisses her husband on the mouth.
April 1st 2012
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Ziva's Room
Ziva is holding her daughter Tali Rivka DiNozzo in her arms. "She's perfect!" Ziva says in awe.
Abby who is sitting next to the bed squeezes Tali's tiny fingers. "I guess you were glad you had asked me to be you're second for birthing coach." Abby giggles.
Ziva glances over at her passed out husband in a chair next to the window. "You figure Tony has seen every gory things imaginable and he passes out during his daughter's birth." Ziva laughs.
Gibbs and Jenny walk through the door. "I guess you're glad she's out huh." Jenny teases Ziva.
"Another week!" Ziva groans.
"Tell me about it and I was carrying twins inside of me." Jenny grumbles at the memory of the last few weeks of her extremely uncomfortable pregnancy.
"Gibbs!" Ziva smiles at him, and gestures for him to hold her newborn daughter.
Gibbs walks over and picks up Tali in his arms. "Still named her after your sister and mother?" Gibbs smiles and tenderly kisses the baby on the forehead.
"Yes!"
Gibbs walks over to an unconscious Tony. "What a wimp?"
"Soon as he saw the childbirth forceps, Tony hit the floor." Abby laughs.
"Didn't the same thing happen in 'Beaches'." Ziva curiously asks.
"Yep, but Tony would never know that because it was a chick flick." Jenny snickers.
Gibbs kicks at Tony's foot. "DiNozzo!"
"Getting into position boss!" Tony shouts and jumps up on to his feet and finds that Gibbs, Jenny, Ziva and Abby are laughing at him.
Gibbs hands Tony is daughter. "Get the baseball bat in position at the front door in about another twelve years." Gibbs smirks.
Tony stares in wonder at his daughters face. "I missed it." He frowns.
"Don't worry; everything was recorded including you passing out." Abby giggles.
"Anyway you can edit that out." Tony gulps.
"Not a chance!" Abby laughs.
Gibbs and Jenny's House
2100 Hours
Gibbs and Jenny, walk out of the nursery. "Seems like yesterday we brought Jackie and Mike home from the hospital for the first time." Gibbs smiles.
"The months of planning the nursery and seeing them sleeping in their cribs for the first time, was a dream come true for the both of us." Jenny softly answers.
"Was the nine months of carrying my babies worth the pain of childbirth?"
"I didn't know I slept through it remember, but the labor." Jenny groans…."And need I remind you of my nonstop morning sickness for the first five months."
"But in the end was it worth it?"
"Yes, and if I were five years younger I would bear you another child." Jenny smiles, leans, and tenderly kisses her husband on the mouth.
"Is that an offer Jen?" Gibbs smirks throwing the words that he had said to her during the Tanner investigation.
"Five years ago it may have been." Jenny seductively answers and walks into the bedroom.
"And I missed out on the opportunity after the Taylor investigation." Gibbs laments.
"Jethro!" Jenny purrs from the bedroom.
"Coming!" Gibbs smiles and walks into the bedroom.
During the night, Gibbs holds Jenny in his arms as she sleeps up against his chest, reliving the events of the past four years. Jenny's near death in the Mojave Desert that brought them back together, happily married with twins. Tony and Ziva, married and with a newborn daughter, Abby and McGee finally moving in together. Palmer and his lovely wife Breena, who recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary, the only one from his family that has not settled down yet is his longtime friend Ducky, but then Ducky is meant to live the life of a bachelor. "Seems that everything has come full circle." Gibbs says above a whisper. Content with the knowledge that the people he loves are living happy and fulfilled lives, Gibbs closes his eyes and drifts off to sleep.
A|N 'Year In A Life' went 15 chapters beyond what it originally was suppose to be, blame it on an re-airing of 'Outlaws And In Laws' on the USA Network, where my muse started on my version of the events of Colonel Merton Bell. If down the road my writing muse comes up with a story from the 'Right In Front Of You' timeline I will write another story on it. For now 'Resolutions' will be my focus and an up and coming 'Caught In The Act'|'NCIS' crossover, if anybody has seen 'Caught In The Act' knows there in for a real treat, if anybody has not seen it, keep an eye out for it on Lifetime's schedule, as much as I love Jenny, Jodie Colter is Lauren Holly's best acting role to date.