There was a knock on Tali's hotel room door a few hours later. Tali grabbed her phone along with her room key and her wristlet purse as she made her way to the door. She didn't want to keep Jenny waiting and Tali was quite excited to see everyone else.
"You ready to go?" Jenny asked once Tali had opened the door.
"Of course."
The hotel room door closed behind Tali.
"Any idea of where this thing is?" Jenny asked.
"No idea, Jen. Mom didn't tell me much."
"Okay then."
Jenny knew full well from experience, that Ziva was stubborn when she wanted to be. It wasn't long afterwards that Jenny and Tali had arrived at their destination. The clicking of their heels on the floor alerted the rest of their group that they had arrived. Pleasantries were exchanged amongst the ladies and each of them was given a glass of pinot noir.
"We all know why we're here today. We have known our guest of honor and her fiancé for as long as we all can remember. Jenny is a friend, a confidant and family. So join me in raising our glasses to Jenny as we wish her and Jethro, all the happiness in the world as they FINALLY take a trip down the aisle." Ziva said.
Wine glasses clanked and congratulations were uttered. Once the wine glasses were placed on the table the group was at, the ladies perused the menus they were given.
"To be honest, I never thought I'd see the day where you settled down; Jen." Ziva commented.
Everyone laughed, they knew Jenny and Gibbs' past quite well.
"I was starting to think the same thing, Ziva."
"The only thing that is different is that they are finally making it official after all these years. No matter which one of Gibbs' ex-wives came around or whoever he was dating at the time, Jen was always one of the few that challenged him." Tali commented.
There was a shared looked between Jenny, Ziva, Bishop and Jack after Tali spoke.
"What?"
"You're thinking that it was just myself, Shannon and Jack that challenged Jethro…" Jenny said.
"Well yeah…"
"You're forgetting about Hollis." Jenny stated.
Tali rolled her eyes at the mention of Gibbs' former flame.
"She bailed the second after she found out about Shannon and Kelly…" Tali defending her standpoint on the subject they were discussing.
Delilah and Breena sat back nursing their glasses of wine as they watched the others debate.
"Dr. Ryan also challenged him." Ziva piped in.
"And once again, Ima, when things started to get too real; the good doctor bailed."
"Tali, you know as well as anyone here why Dr. Ryan bailed as you put it. And like the majority of us at this table, you should understand why she made the decision she did." Jack said.
It was then as Jack somewhat brought up the fact that Dr. Ryan made the decision that she had all those years ago to make sure that nothing happened to her or her son, that Jenny and Tali wondered if anyone would catch the slight look of dismay in Jack's mind as her past took up a small space in her heart.
"Yes, as a mother; I get the whole protective mama bear thing that Sam was contending with all those years ago. But I'd still trust, Jethro. He is a badass after all."
The older ladies all shook their heads.
"She's definitely yours and Tony's kid." Jenny whispered to Ziva.
"Yeah, Tali definitely inherited our stubbornness."
As the former partners had their own side conversation, Tali noticed that Bishop had barely touched her wine. Tali could also see that Jack had noticed the same thing that she had. Jack gave Tali a look that told her not to go there with Bishop now.
"Is everything okay, Ellie?" Tali asked.
"I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"Let it go, Tali." Jack advised.
"Now isn't the time to discuss this." Bishop said.
Reluctantly Tali gave up and things continued on as they welcomed Jenny into the wives club. As they ate the appetizers they had ordered, both Jack and Tali had a pretty good idea of what was going on with Bishop. Jack scanned the table to see if anyone else had noticed there was something going with Bishop. After a few minutes, Jack surmised that they all knew what was in the works for Bishop… and Torres.
A/N: I hope Ziva's toast seems like something she would say.
