Well, Here's the next chapter! I hope you all enjoy! It's a transition and has alot of fluff in it! Please read AND review! Thanks!

A couple of weeks later, really early, Abby ran into the squadroom.

"GibbsGibbsGibbs!"

"Yeah, Abbs. What is it?"

"Well, I just realized that Miri's birthday is in just two weeks."

"Yeah. I know that Abbs."

"Gibbs! It's her birthday! What are you going to do about it?",Abby asked, exasperatedly. Gibbs just shrugged and replied,

"Cake and ice cream and maybe have you and Ducky, Palmer, and the team over for barbecue."

"Gibbs! it's Miri's first birthday back in DC. It needs to be more special than that. She really loves science and history. And she loves hanging out with her friends. What about taking her and a few of her friends to the smithsonian. She'd love that. I'll even help organize."

"Abbs. I was just planning on keeping it small. I didn't want to overwhelm her. It's her first birthday without her mom."

"Gibbs, this distraction might just be what she needs!" Gibbs thought for a moment.

"Ok, Abbs. Amira's birthday is on a Sunday so we'll do this the saturday before. Then we can do the barbeque on her birthday the next day. Get to work on that. Just don't go overboard."

"I would never do that,Gibbs.", said Abby with a smirk. Gibbs gave her a look, but before he could call her on that, the rest of the team started making their way in. After greeting them, Abby headed back down to her lab.

Meanwhile, In Paris, Tony and Ziva were getting things settled so they would be ready to move back to DC in a couple of months. Ziva had talked to Vance who told her that the job would begin at the start of the next school year. Tony was offered a job consulting until he found something more permanent.

"Tony, we should tell the team. I didn't want to say anything until it was deffinate, but they should know now."

"I know. We'll call Abby tomorrow morning she can hopefully get everyone down to the lab for a video conference. ",Tony replied

"That is a good idea. We also need to prepare Tali",Ziva replied. Tony nodded. Then a voice behind them startled them

"Ima? Abba?"What are you doing?" both parents turned to the voice. It was their daughter. She had been watching a movie, but apparently had tired of it. Tony looked at his little girl and said,

"Hey there, Princess. Ima and I are sorting through things. In just a few weeks, we're all going to go on an airplane to our new home."

"We're going away? When are we coming back?"

"Well, we are going home, Motek. We're going back to where your Aba and I lived for many years before you came along. It's time for us to go back home as a family."

"This is our home.", Talli said, confused. Tony pulled the little one into his lap.

"That's right. This is where we live now. But home is where your family is. All of our family, like Grandpa D, Grandpa Gibbs, Aunt Abby, Uncle Tim, Uncle Jimmy, and Grandducky, they all live in DC. Remember when we went there for New Year's a few months ago?"

"Yes. Are we going to live with Grandducky?",Talli asked. Tony and Ziva chuckled.

"No,Tali. We will have our own place like we do here. And we will come back and visit here sometimes.", Ziva replied, kissing her sweet little one on the head. Ziva decided to take Tali and go fix dinner, while Tony finished cleaning up. About an hour later, the family sat down to eat and enjoy being together.

Abby was working down in her lab the next morning when she recieved a text. It read,

Hey Abbs. Video conference in half an hour? Can ya get the team together in your lab? It was from Tony. Abby smiled and sent a reply. Then she called upstairs to alert Gibbs. He agreed to get the team down there if she would call Ducky and Palmer. Thirty minutes later, The team was gathered around Abby's computer.

"DiNozzo? Ziver? What's going on? Why'd ya want us down here?",Gibbs asked.

"Well,Gibbs, we have news that we wanted to tell you all at the same time."

"Ooh! Did you set a wedding date?", Abby asked.

"Well, we are still discussing that. We would like to get married on December 31st. We want to ring in the New Year as a married couple. We would like to start our New life that way."

"Yeah, like, New Year, New beginning."

"But that's so far away.", Abby groaned.

"Well, that's what we want to do. But that's not why we're calling."

"Then why are you calling?", McGee asked.

"Well, Tony and I have decided to move back. We will be coming to DC in a couple of months.", Ziva said with a smile. Tony was grinning as well.

"YAAAY!", Abby squeeled.

"Tori will be thrilled to have a new playmate.", Palmer said.

"Where IS Miss Tali, by the way?", Asked Ducky.

"She's taking her nap right now. We just wanted to call now to make sure you'd all be around.",Tony said.

"So do ya guys have jobs lined up? Are you coming back to NCIS?",Bishop asked.

"Not as Field agents. Director Vance offered me a position as a Foreign relations instructor at the Training center.", Ziva said, and Tony added,

"And I'm gonna be consulting on cases until I find something more permanent."

"It'll be good to have you both around again, DiNozzo. Amira'll enjoy having Tali nearby,too.", Gibbs said."

"When'll you move back here? When does your job start, Ziva?", Quinn asked.

"It does not start until September, but we would like to move back by June or July. We want to allow ourselves plenty of time to settle into the new surroundings."

"Well, congratsulations, you two.", Reeves said.

"Yeah. What he said.", Torres added. He'd been pretty quiet up to that point. But since he realized that his job wasn't in jeapordy, he was looking forward to getting to know DiNozzo and Ziva soon a case came up so the NCIS crew had to sign off and get to work. Everyone was really excited that the rest of their family was coming home, even if it wasn't as field agents.

over the next two weeks, Abby looked times at the Smithsonian. The smithsonian had free admission, so that was a plus. The place had eleven separate meuseums. Since Amira was really into science and history, Abby thought she and her friends would enjoy the Meuseam of American history, and the Air and Space Meuseum. She gave Gibbs the information, and he told her what time he thought would work best. Then she called the parents of each kid in Amira's group of friends. They all said they could come. Finally, she called the Meuseum and schedueled a time. Over the next two weeks, Gibbs was busy building something for Amira whenever she wasn't around or when she was asleep. He also got Abby, Bishop, and Quinn to help with decorating. The three women also picked out some things of their own to give Amira for her birthday. Amira for her part suspected nothing. Finally it was the day before her birthday. After breakfast, Gibbs said,

"Go get ready as fast as you can. I need you to run some errands with me, today."

"Ok, Uncle Jethro.", the little girl agreed. She had had to go on a lot of errands with her godfather, so this was nothing new. She didn't get suspicious until they passed the sign that said Smithsonian institute, next right.

"Uncle Jethro?", She asked. He just smiled and kept driving. Soon they turned right and pulled into the parking lot. Amira's eyes went wide with wonder.

"What are we doing here?"

"Happy birthday, sweetpea.", Gibbs said,simply.

"We're really going here for my birthday? This is SO cool! Thankyou, uncle Jethro!" Gibbs just smiled again and found a place to park. Amira jumped out and tugged on his hand.

"Come on! Let's go!"

"Ok. slow down. It's not going anywhere.",Gibbs replied with a chuckle. Maybe Abby was right. This would be good for his girl. When Amira and Gibbs got inside the Air and space Museum, Amira was suprised and so excited to see Everly, Braxton,Cody, Aroura, and Kadence waiting for her. Abby and McGee were there too, as well as Ducky and and Palmer, and the rest of the team. The kids were entertained for a few hours. They wanted to experience everything the institute had to offer. The adults were having fun as well. Even Gibbs seemed to be enjoying himself When Amira wasn't looking, McGee, Torres, Palmer, and Clay sneaked into one of the the gift shops and got birthday presents for Amira to give her the next day. Palmer got her a Junior chemistry set. McGee got her a telescope. Clay got her a bucket hat that said Smithsonian institute on it and Torres got her a shirt to match. The others had already gotten presents for Amira. When the kids had seen all they wanted to see at the Air and Space Museum, They all went out to eat at the restaraunt near there. There, Amira opened her gifts from her school friends. She recieved a couple of barbies(a scientist barbie and a Safari barbie), a wooden star puzzle, an opperation game, and a little tote with a Llama on it. She absolutely loved all of her gifts. After everyone had eaten, they went to see The Museum of American History where they stayed untill it was time for the parents to come pick up their kids. On the way back home, Amira turned to Gibbs and said,

"Best birthday party ever!"

"Glad you had fun,Kiddo. But don't forget, we have the barbecue with the team tomorrow."

"I can't wait! Thankyou for today!"

"You're Welcome, Mira.", Gibbs said. When they arrived home, There was a package waiting for Amira from France. It was from Tony and Ziva. Gibbs gave her permission to open it. Inside she found a Madeline doll that came with her dog, Geniveive. Amira was thrilled and she took the doll and dog to bed with her that night. The next day, Gibbs needed to figure out how to get his present to Amira, that he'd been working on with Abby and the female members of his team, into place. Breena offered to take Amira to the park with Tori until he said it was ok to come back. The girls had alot of fun together, while Abby and Bishop decorated for the party and Gibbs, Torres, Clay, and McGee got the present set up. After it was in place, Abby, Bishop, and Quinn added their final touches. When Amira came in, She couldn't beleive she was in the same house. The decorations were so cool. They mexico themed and there was even a Llama pinata. She and Tori had so much fun taking turns whacking the llama until they were showered with small toys and candy. Gibbs and Torres got the grill fired up and cooked the ribs and chicken. Abby, Delilah, and Breena got the rest of the food ready. finally it was time to eat. they all enjoyed the food and then Abby announced,

"After we clean up here. Amira should open her presents before dessert." Gibbs had gotten Amira a llama themed cake from the bakery nearby. Abby chose the icecream. It didn't take long to clean up. Afterwards they all headed into the living room. Amira opened her gifts from Ducky, Palmer, McGee, Torres, and Reeves. Ducky had given her several books, including, Madeline, a Mystery about Josafina,an American girl,and Anne of Green gables. Amira couldn't wait to read them. Director Vance had gotten her some art supplies with the help of his daughter,Kayla. Gibbs said that Amira could only use the junior chemistry set with help from Abby,Palmer, or Ducky. She put on her hat and shirt right away. Then she came back and opened the last gift. McGee's telescope. She found out afterwards that she wasn't finished with gifts.

"Amira, There's something else for you in the backyard.", Gibbs said. Abby was hardpressed to hold in her excitement. as Amira was blindfolded and led out the back door. When they reached the destination, Abby removed the blindfold. Amira looked in front of her and gasped. standing there was a beautiful Lavender and seagreen clubhouse.

"What?! Uncle Jethro, did you make this? When?"

"I made the walls while you were asleep or playing with your friends. Aunt Abby, Aunt Ellie, and Aunt Alex painted it and made the llama print curtains. The guys helped me set it up today while you were at the park with Tori and Aunt Breena." Amira stared back and forth between the clubhouse and Gibbs and the others for a moment. Then she ran to Gibbs and threw her arms around him.

"Thankyou! I love you!", she said. Gibbs smiled, gave her a squeeze, and said,

"Go have a look inside." Amira walked in and saw a cool looking foldable fuzzy purple chair in the other corner, she saw a cool looking wooden desk and chair.

"The desk and chair is from me. The fuzzy chair is from your Aunt Ellie.", Quinn said.

"Thankyou! I love them!" Abby then came up and said,

"Look over next to the fuzzy chair. That's from me." Amira looked and saw a cool looking solar powered floor lamp. It was light green and light blue and was a cool cylinder shape with light stencils that looked like dasies. Amira threw her arms around Abby.

"Thankyou! It's totally awesome!"

"You're welcome.", Abby said with a big smile. Amira then went around hugging everyone and thanking them. It was almost time for dessert. Everyone went inside and the cake and icecream was served. Later, Amira took Tori out to her new clubhouse and the two played until it was time for the Palmers to go home. After everyone had left, Gibbs and Amira sat down on the couch and Gibbs said,

"Well, Sweetpea, did you have a good birthday?"

"Oh yes! I still can't believe you MADE that clubhouse! How'd you get it out of the basement?!"

"I have ways.", Gibbs said mysteriously, before kissing the top of his little girl's head.

"You aren't going to tell me, are you?", sighed Amira. Gibbs just shook his head and said,

"Time for you to get ready for bed. You can enjoy your club house more after we get home tomorrow."

"Ok.", Amira said. Then she headed to her room to put her PJs on and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She went back to the living room and said,

"I'm ready. Will you read me a story?" Gibbs smiled and shrugged before standing up and walking the girl back to her bedroom.

"Sure.", he said as they walked down the hall. Amira chose one of the Nancy Drew books and Gibbs began to read the first chapter. He was halfway through when he realized Amira was sound asleep. He covered her with her blanket and kissed her goodnight. Then he whispered,

"Love you,Sweet Girl." ,before turning off her light,and walking quietly out of the room.

Well, Amira had a fun birthday. Next chapter will revolve around Rendevous! Yes, I'm going there. But I promise there is a method to my madness. Hope you will continue to read this story! Please remember ALL reviews are MUCH appreciated! Please don't forget! Catch ya Thursday for the next chapter!