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Chapter 35
"Now you've finished your punishment naughty girl, you wanna finish the movie or do something else." Zac said teasingly to Sarah.
Looking in through the kitchen doorway, she said. "You sure you wouldn't rather join the jewellery making class?" she said, teasing him right back.
He grinned. "Well not that I have anything against jewellery making, but there are some other things I would rather be doing." He said wiggling his eyebrows at her.
"Not here, to many people around." She said.
"We could go for a drive?" he said.
Sarah put her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Yes we certainly could. We shouldn't have to, when I have a perfectly nice room upstairs."
"Not happening Sarah. Tim would have a fit and I wouldn't blame him." Zac said.
"It's just a bit of making out. It's not like we're really gonna........."
"Not gonna what?" Dyl said as he came in from outside.
"Hey! How are you feeling little man?" Sarah asked. "How come you're up?"
"I'm feeling a bit better. Mom said I could come in and watch a movie." He said.
"Oh. OK . Well you go and lie on the sofa and I'll put it on for you. This the one you want?" she asked taking a DVD out of his hand.
"Yep. Thanks Sarah."
Sarah set up the movie and called out to Abby. "Zac and I are just going for a drive. OK?"
"Where to?" Abby asked.
"No where really, just a drive." She answered. Abby got up from the table and took Sarah by the arm. "You're not going to do anything..........not safe are you?"
"What? Like not wearing a seatbelt?" Sarah asked cheekily.
"Very funny!" Abby said. "You know what I'm talking about Sar."
"I'm good Abby. Please just leave it." Sarah said.
"Ok. I'll leave it for now, but remember you promised to talk to me before you made any BIG decisions?"
"I remember." Sarah said kissing Abby on the cheek. "You can go back to your gossiping MOM, I'm fine. Don't worry." Abby gave Zac a scary look and went back to the girls at the patio table.
"How about we play a game or something?" Abby asked.
"Yeh, well that didn't go so well last time if I remember rightly." Kim said.
"Hmmmpff! Some people just don't understand how passionate I can be about some things."
"Oh I am beginning to Abby." Ziva said. "That is quite a collection you have upstairs."
Abby grinned. "Yeh well. What can I say? Timmy and me, we like to spice things up. Besides, it wouldn't be the first time it's turned a punishment spanking into a moderately fun one." Abby said with a sly grin.
"I'm lost." Kim said.
"So am I." Amber said.
"Oh well!" Ziva said looking at Abby for the go ahead to tell the story. Abby smiled and nodded so she continued. "You know how Tim said that the girls made a mess in his and Abby's bedroom with dressing up?" Ziva explained. The women nodded. Kim cringed, not sure she was gonna like what she was about to hear. Abby grinned, she was enjoying their embarrassment just a little bit. "The clothes they were dressing up in were.......How would you explain them Abby?"
"I guess you'd say they were sexy adult role-play costumes." Abby said unabashed.
"Oh Abby. I'm so sorry that she got into your ....personal things. So.........you......you and Tim......you....?" Kim said surpised.
"Roleplay?" Abby said finishing her question.
"Yeh." Kim said, although Abby noticed all the other faces were trained on her waiting for an answer also.
"On occasion. Just for a bit of fun. And as I say, sometimes it can be a bit of a distraction from the real thing."
"Sounds interesting Abby. Care to give us a for instance?" Amber asked smiling.
"Well, after the zoo thing, Tim sent me upstairs to sit in the corner and write out what I thought I'd done wrong. So I had a brain wave, and by the time he got up to our room, I was in the corner writing like he asked but I had put on my sexy schoolgirl costume."
"Did that get you out of a spanking Abby?" Ziva asked, even though she knew the answer.
"Actually that time it didn't." Abby said remembering. "He spanked me with a damn ruler. Geez that thing has a bite."
"So far, I'm failing to see the upside. Is there one?" Kim asked.
"If you count the mind blowing sex we had after there is." Abby said.
"Okay." Amber said slowly. "But you got the spanking anyway. Where is the distraction?"
"Inside my head." Abby said as if it was completely obvious.
Ziva laughed, as much at the other girl's confusion, as at Abby's explanation. She was very used to Abby's logic by now. "I do not think you are making much sense to them Abby." She said.
"Why? It's simple. Tim thinks that he's punishing me, which he is. But inside my head, I was playing a game. He wasn't Tim. He was the teacher and I was the wayward student. See? Everyone wins. He gets to punish me and I get to have fun.
"You better hope Tim doesn't ever hear about your theory." Kim said. "Is that the only reason you have the costumes?"
"Of course not. I don't even do it every time. Only if the mood strikes me. Sometimes I wear them for fancy dress parties or Halloween. Or sometimes just for sex." Tim had come out to see if anyone wanted anything to drink, but at hearing the tail end of that conversation, he turned around and went back inside. A few minutes later Jimmy came out to take the drinks orders. All the girls burst out laughing.
"What is so funny?" he asked.
"You don't wanna know." Amber answered him with a look that told him she'd tell him later.
"Fine." He said. "I know when I'm not wanted."
"OH diddems," Ziva said. "Come and sit with us and Abby will give you a lesson in role-play and its effect on your sex life, amongst other things."
Jimmy shot up from the table. "I think I'll pass on that thanks girls. I have to.......watch a movie with Dyl."
"Amber." Abby said. "What plans have you made for your wedding?"
"None really. We've talked about it but we haven't made a final decision. As you know, my family is back in California and it'll be too much to bring them all here. So we're actually thinking of having two weddings. One here and then another one over there with my family."
"WOW!!!" Abby said. "What a good idea."
"It's not final yet. It's just something we were thinking about."
"I am sure it will be beautiful whatever you decide." Ziva said. "Any idea when?"
"When the morning sickness goes." She said.
"Good idea. God that's horrible." Kim said.
Inside Gibbs and Tony and now Ducky were just tying off the last of their bracelets. The funny thing was that the girls had gotten bored and given up about fifteen minutes ago. They went up to Jess room to play with her dolls. But Gibbs, Ducky,Tony and Tim wanted to finish their bracelets. Ziva came into the room to get some drinks and decided to inspect the boy's work. Looking at Tony's bracelet, she smiled. "You do know that your colours are out of sequence do you not Tony?"
"What do you mean?" he said snatching it back. "Damn. Now I've gotta undo the knot and go back and fix it."
"What the hell are you talking about Dinozzo?"Gibbs said.
"The pattern Boss. I'm doing red,yellow, orange ,pink, red,yellow,orange,pink. Now I've gone and put a pink where an orange should be, right down here and it's wrecked the whole sequence thingy."
Gibbs scowled at him. "Are you serious Tony? Just thread the damn beads on the string. It's not hard."
"Fine!" Tony said pouting. "Stupid thing." He said under his breath.
"I heard that Dinozzo." Gibbs said.
"I was referring to the stupid beads Boss." He said.
"Actually Anthony, a bead is an inanimate object, therefore it can't actually be referred to as stupid." Ducky said.
"What he's trying to say Tony, is that if you have a problem with your bracelet, the fault is with the threader, not the beads." Tim said.
"AHA AHA AHA! McBig girl. Maybe I just haven't had the same amount of practice that you've had." Tony spat back.
"Or maybe I don't need any practice for such a simple little task."
"Do you boys need a time out?" Gibbs asked.
"No Boss." Tony said glaring at Tim. "Of course not Boss." Tim said glaring back at Tony.
"Good. Now finish your bracelets and we better pack this up. It's getting late."
Not long after that, everyone started to pack up their stuff and say their goodbyes. Tim helped Dyl have a bath so he wouldn't get his arm wet and Abby bathed Jess and washed her hair and helped her into her pyjamas. She then began the enormous task of combing out and untangling Jess long hair. Then she dried it with the hairdryer and braided it, so that it wouldn't get knots in over night. This took quite a while and by the time she and Jess got downstairs, Tim was just serving up the dinner. He had opted to make macaroni cheese because everyone liked it and Dylan could easily eat it with one hand.
After dinner, they swapped children and Tim went up to read a story to Jess, while Abby went to continue 'Harry Potter' with Dyl. Abby loved Harry Potter and they had a deal. Abby read one page to Dyl and Dyl read one page to Abby. This helped Dyl with his reading at the same time as being entertained by his Mom.
When the kids were asleep, Tim and Abby met up again downstairs. It was 8:30. "Sarah should be back soon Tim." Abby said. She could see that he was getting worried.
"I know. Where did they go anyway?"
"They went for a drive Tim."
"Where to?"
"Just a drive?........to nowhere? Parking. They've gone parking haven't they."
"Yes, Howard, I believe they have. Probably up to inspiration point." She giggled. "You don't think they're 'necking' do you?"
"Don't be a smart ass, and that's exactly what I think they're doing."
"Probably." Abby said calmly.
"How can you be so calm Abby. She's only seventeen!"
Abby took a deep breath. "She's not ONLY seventeen Tim. She IS seventeen. And a half actually. If they're making out, that's just what teenagers do. You're gonna have to relax."
"Tim. What did you do when you were seventeen?" Abby said trying to make him see rationally. He did stop and think. Then he opened up his laptop.
"What are you doing?" Abby asked with her hands on her hips.
"Putting out a BOLO."
"Tiiim!!! She's not doing anything wrong." He closed his computer.
"I know, it's just.......it's hard to think of her...."
"Don't think about it. Any way, she told me she's not ready for sex."
"Oh thank God!" Tim said.
They heard a key in the door, that was immediately followed by Sarah.
"Hi." She said yawning. "I'm just gonna go straight to bed. I'm really tired."
"OK Honey. Are you feeling alright?" Abby said.
"Yeh fine." She answered.
"You sure?" Abby said smiling. "Nothing you wanna talk to me about?"
"No I'm good." She said as she ran up the stairs.
The next morning, everyone was up and dressed, even Dyl who was working one handed. Abby went up to Sarah room and tapped her on the shoulder. "Wake up sleepy head. We,ve gotta go." She said.
As Sarah turned around, she saw what Sarah had been trying to hide last night. A big hicky.
"Um....Sarah? What's this on your neck?' Abby asked.
"Would you believe that I walked into a door?" Sarah asked.
"Not unless the door's name is Zac and it's suddenly turned into a vampire." Abby said.
"Okayy. You know what it is, let's just forget it. Ok?"
"Not ok. Did you actually sleep with him Sarah?" Abby asked.
"No Abby. I told you I'd tell you and I will."
"Sarah, I just don't want you to make a mistake that can change the rest of your life. Do you have protection?"
"OH Abby! I don't want to talk about this." Sarah said desperately.
"Alright. I'll leave it for now, but Tim's gonna flip when he sees that hickey."
"He won't see it."
Abby shook her head and started to leave. "Up Sarah. We have to go."
"I'm up." She said turning over and covering her head with her comforter.
"You've got three minutes and then I'm sending in the big guns."
Dead on three minutes later, Sarah wandered into the kitchen wearing a polo neck jumper.
"Aren't you hot?" Tim asked her.
"No. Just because your hot, doesn't mean I'm hot." She said snarkily.
"Got up on the wrong side of the bed did we?" Tim asked.
"Leave me alone Tim. I'm tired." She said.
Tim looked at her closely and then at Abby. He stuck a finger inside the collar of Sarah's polo and pulled it out just a bit.
"Should I be worried about this Sarah?" he said.
"No! You shouldn't be worried. Just leave it. Please."
Abby kissed her forehead. "We love you and we car about you Sarah."
"I know. But I'm I'm not stupid."
"Ok." Abby and Tim said together.
They dropped Sarah off first and she thanked them and walked off. Suddenly she turned and came back. "Thanks guys." She said. "It's kind of nice when you're overbearing.
"We love you too Sarah."
"What about us?" Came from the kids in the back of the car.
"We love you lots Dyl. And you Jess."
They both smiled.
TBC