Tony woke up on Saturday to find himself in the perfect position – lying on his side, arms wrapped around the woman he loved that was snoring quietly. He was just about to get up when he felt one of the babies kick. Ziva's eyes opened sharply, and she turned in Tony's arms to find him awake and smiling at her. She smiled back at him.

"Good morning, my little hairy butt," she whispered. Tony kissed her.

"Good morning to you too, my sexy ninja." They kissed again, passionately.

Suddenly the door burst open, and Maria stormed into the room. She froze when she saw what they were doing.

"Hello?"

Tony and Ziva pulled away from each other quickly. "You could at least knock next time!" Tony yelled at her.

"Well sorry! I just came to tell you that Abby's here to take Ziva shopping."

"Shopping?" Ziva looked at Tony quizzically. Tony shrugged.

"She said she wanted to take you out today." He grinned at her. "You can't argue with Abby."

Ziva sighed and sat up in bed. "Does this mean I have to get ready? I was really looking forward to a lie-in."

Maria rolled her eyes. "Yes, that means you have to get ready. Abby's in the front room – waiting for you." She walked straight out of the room and back into her room to get ready for the day ahead.

Tony smiled as Ziva got up and locked herself in the bathroom. He quickly got his phone and dialed McGee's number on speed dial. After one ring, he picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey, McGoo."

"Tony! Is Abby there yet?"

"Yeah. That means we can go ahead as planned. Call Gibbs, Ducky and Palmer to tell them to meet us at the house."

"Yeah, got it, Tony. See you later."

"See ya." Tony ended the call and put the phone back on his table.

"Who was that?"

Tony turned to see Ziva standing at the bathroom door, wearing a dressing gown.

"Frat brother… haven't seen him for a long time," Tony lied. Ziva raised her eyebrows at him, then turned back to the bathroom and locked the door behind her.

Tony sighed. "That was a close one."


Tony looked around the table. Maria, McGee, Ducky, Palmer… Gibbs was upstairs and had started on a room already… he was missing two more people. There was a knock on the front door. Tony rose from the table and went to open it. It was Matt.

"Hey Tony."

"Matt? You came!" Tony laughed.

"Yeah, I thought you needed some help." Matt looked behind him and signaled for someone to come over. He looked back at Tony as a young woman appeared at his side. Tony looked at her in shock.

"Tony," Matt started, "this is my girlfriend –"

"Rebecca?"

Rebecca looked up at Tony's face. "Tony?" She looked at Matt. "This is the frat brother?"

"You're dating my frat brother?" Tony asked her in disbelief.

"You two have met?" Matt asked. He looked from Tony to Rebecca. They both nodded.

"He was my patient a few weeks ago." She turned to Tony. "How's Ziva?"

"She's cool." Tony moved aside to let them in. "You wanna come in? Everyone's in the kitchen."

The couple stepped into the house and walked into the kitchen, greeted by smiles everywhere. Tony closed the door and followed them in. He watched them sit down before setting a plan down on the table. Rebecca looked around the kitchen.

"Where's Abby?" she asked.

"Distracting Ziva," McGee answered.

Tony cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "Ok, the furniture should be here around 1 so we have 3 hours max to paint the rooms and leave them to dry." He pointed at the plan. "I've allocated rooms for each person to paint on. Every person has at least one other person to work with. Here are the groups," he picked up the piece of paper and read it: "Ducky and Palmer, you'll be working on mine and Ziva's room – the paint colours have already been set out for you and there is a plan in the room showing you how to paint it; Maria and Rebecca, you'll be working on Maria's room – Maria's already picked out the colours and she knows how she wants it painted; Matt, McGee and I will be working on the living room. Gibbs is up in the babies' room – it's out of bounds and he says anyone who enters the room will never see the light of day again." He threw the piece of paper back down onto the table. "The only room that has been finished and decorated is the playroom right at the back of the house. I'll be around every hour to check on you guys. Everyone clear?"

All the people around the table nodded and left the table to head for the rooms they were painting.

"I just hope this goes well," Tony said to himself.


Abby led Ziva through the shop, picking out cute outfits for the babies to wear as they got older. Ziva just laughed as she continued to pick up outfits.

"Abby, I've got at least three months left of pregnancy, and most of these clothes aren't going to be wearable until they're at least seven months old, so they'll be left in there for about a year!"

Abby shrugged. "Better be safe than sorry, Ziva."

Ziva frowned.

Abby sighed. "Well what do you want me to do, Ziva? Pick out clothes for you?"

Ziva stared at Abby in shock as she realized what she had just said.

"No, Abby, no!"

"Oh come on!" Abby dragged her into a shop filled with maternity clothes. "We can find something that Tony could take you out in, or something more comfy than those old shirts you call pajamas."

Ziva bit her lip to stop herself from retorting to that statement. She took a deep breath and looked over at Abby who was picking out some maternity pajamas.

"Fine then, as long as they're green, black or purple."

Abby sighed and turned away from the pink and red outfits she had been looking at. After looking for the green and purple outfits and failing, she smiled at Ziva. She held up a blue outfit.

"How about blue?"


Tony had just finished painting one of the walls red when McGee walked in holding another pot of cream paint. Tony and Matt laughed.

"You've already finished a pot of paint?" Tony laughed. Matt held up the pot they had been using and a paint brush.

"You're the one that planned the way that this living room looks, so technically it's your fault." He dropped the empty pot and spun the paint brush playfully in his hand. Tony raised an eyebrow at them.

"How many coats?" Tony asked.

"This has to be our second." McGee put the pot of paint down and opened it.

"Second? I'd say it was more like our third," Matt said. Tony rolled his eyes at them and put his brush down. He headed towards the living room door and checked his watch. 1 o'clock. The furniture was due there any time now. He was about to shout out a warning concerning the furniture when McGee ran out of the living room.

"Tony! The furniture truck's here!" McGee gasped as he stopped Tony. Tony rolled his eyes and groaned.

"Why did they have to be on time?" he asked himself. He went to open the door and saw a young man walking up towards the front door. He stopped in front of Tony.

"Mr DiNozzo?" he asked. Tony nodded.

"We've got your furniture for you in the truck."

"Thanks." Tony turned back towards the house. "Furniture's here!" he yelled up the stairs. There was a crash before three of the workers upstairs sped down the stairs. He watched as Maria, Rebecca and Jimmy ran straight to the truck and started picking things out for the rooms. Matt and McGee walked up behind him.

"They're gonna need some help," Matt noticed as he headed out to the truck with McGee. Tony joined them after a few seconds of watching them.

The first thing that was pulled out was the box containing Maria's dismantled bed. Rebecca carried the box inside and up the stairs to the room whilst Maria followed, carrying the white and aqua covers that matched the colours on the walls and floor. Jimmy grabbed the box containing Tony and Ziva's dismantled bed. He grunted as he picked the box up, but seemed to have no trouble taking the box inside and upstairs to Ducky. McGee and Matt emerged lastly, carrying the living room sofa together. Tony smiled.

"I guess we have to get the living room done, then!" he laughed as he led the pair back into the house.