February 2036

"Any questions for me?" The lawyer stood up as he gathered up the legal paperwork making the ownership transfer official.

Tony and Ziva stood up and shook the lawyer's hand. "No, I think that about covers it." Tony smiled.

Ziva nodded and smiled at the lawyer. "Thank you so much for helping us out in time of need."

The lawyer flashed a quick smile to both of them. "Not a problem. Always glad to work with, uhh, who was it, Jessica Houston?"

Ziva nodded again. "Yes, that's her. My sister. I understand she's in the same real estate law firm that you work for as well."

"Yes, that's right, the same firm. Usually I cover a different territory but she asked me to cover for her. You know how it is, conflict of interest and all that." The lawyer nodded as he put his folders into his briefcase.

"Ah, right." Tony nodded as he perused his own copy of the transfer paperwork. "Glad that's one less thing to worry about with regard to Gibbs' estate."

The lawyer looked up from closing his briefcase. "I heard that. Always a pain to deal with the paperwork afterwards." He snapped the latches shut and stood the briefcase handle side up as he got ready to pick up the briefcase.

Tony walked toward the living room door as Ziva followed closely behind. "Yup. You have a good day, now." He held the door open as the lawyer stepped out. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught Ethan and Adam moseying around Gibbs' living room exploring its nooks and crannies, as if they were looking for secret passages or hiding places. He called out to the boys. "Find anything interesting yet?"

Adam turned to Tony with a start, with Ethan following a split second later. Adam stood up. "Not much. You notice new things when you look up close, though. Things you've never noticed."

Tony chuckled. "Tell me about it. Where are the others?"

"Basement, I guess." Ethan shrugged as he answered Tony. He added the "curious looking around" sign.

"Oh, so they're looking around in there, gotcha. You gonna go down there soon?" Tony sighed.

"Yeah, what about the house?" Adam asked.

Tony chuckled. "It's being taken care of, not to worry." He patted Adam on the shoulder.

Adam looked up at Tony and smiled. "Okay. I think I'll go downstairs. More cool stuff down there anyway."

Ethan quickly stood by Adam. "I'll go with you!"

Tony quickly stopped them. "No racing down the stairs now!" His voice had a slight chuckle to it, though.

Ziva gasped as the boys ran past her. "No running, either!" She called out to their backs.

"Okay!" Adam smiled at her as he rounded the corner to the basement stairs.

"Hey, now!" Ethan had reached the stairs second. "Wait up!" He dashed after Adam.

Ziva shook her head as she walked toward Tony. "These boys. Always getting into things." She let out a short chuckle. "I think most of the real treasure is downstairs."

"Good luck to them trying to figure out how to get that boat outta there, though." Tony grimaced slightly as he scratched his head. "I don't see how you can get it up those stairs and through that door."

Ziva looked Tony dead in his eyes. "You don't. There's no way. And the escape chute? Too small for it as well."

"Escape chute?" Tony blinked his eyes. "What are you talking about?"

Ziva stammered a bit. Her hands drew out a large rectangle as if on a wall. "You know, the little chute thing in the wall of the basement where a window would be?"

Understanding suddenly lit up on Tony's face. "Oh, the coal chute. You used it as an escape chute, though, right?"

"Yes, that." Ziva nodded. "It's been sealed for years now."

"Ah, yeah." Tony's head turned to the sound of clattering from downstairs.

"Careful, now!" John held out his hand as AJ looked up with an "oops!" expression on his face.

"Didn't mean to knock over his jars full of bolts and screws." AJ bent down to clean up the spilled hardware.

Ethan slowly walked around the boat, looking at awe at its magnificence. "How are we gonna get it out?"

Becky stepped up next to him. "I wish I knew." She looked up at the doorway at the top of the stairs. "Not through that, that's for sure."

Ethan looked up with Becky and laughed. "Yeah, figured that one out a long time ago. No shrinking ray, either." He pantomined shrinking the boat and stuffing it into his pocket.

Adam laughed. "That'd be a great idea right there. You'd make big bucks inventing some sort of shrinking ray." He clapped Ethan on his shoulder.

Becky chuckled. "You boys." She went back to perusing through the stuff stored in the basement, seeing what next to start organizing and going through.

Just then, footsteps descended down the stairs. John and AJ looked up at the stairs to see McGee stopping halfway down the stairs and bending down to see them. "Everything okay down there?"

John smiled. "Yeah. Just a couple jars of hardware fell over when we moved something."

"Ah. Sounded like a bank safe fell down there." McGee raised an eyebrow.

AJ laughed along with John. "Nothing like that, no." He looked at the boat. "You got any idea how this thing'll come out of this basement?"

McGee chuckled. "You know I have no idea. And the will was very clear. The boat is not to be destroyed in getting it out of the basement."

"You know what this reminds me of?" John stood up from leaning on the workbench and walked toward McGee. "One of those ships in a bottle deal. You build the ship in the bottle, people wonder how you got the ship in that bottle." He patted his hand gently on the boat then ran it across the gunwale. "Grandpa sure took this concept and turned it on its head. Figure out how to get the boat out of the basement."

McGee paused. "I've never really considered it that way. Interesting concept." He turned to go back upstairs, leaving them to explore in the basement further. He stopped at the top of the stairs and looked down toward John. "Have fun exploring more. Just be careful down there, okay?"

John chuckled as he watched McGee retreat. "Yup, do our best," he said toward McGee's back.

McGee entered the kitchen, bumping into Tony and Ziva, who had poured out their coffees. McGee sighed as he walked over to the coffee machine and poured himself out a cup. He turned around and took a thoughtful sip of his coffee while looking at Tony. After a moment, he said, "It seems like Gibbs left the house to us, so our kids can figure out this riddle. At least all his stuff down there's taken care of, all stacked up ready to go."

Tony shrugged. "I'm not so positive about that old TV, though. Just as well, it quit working the same day Gibbs... well, you know." He sighed, then let out a short chuckle.

Ziva took a seat as she opened the box of documents. She took out a large folder out of the box. "Take a look at this." She opened the folder and flipped a couple of pages over. "Gibbs wants to leave all his tools and woodworking supplies to John and AJ."

"Oh, makes perfect sense. I remember those days Gibbs would take AJ and John down there help him with his wood projects from time to time. AJ sure picked up a lot from him." Tony chuckled as he looked up at Ziva.

McGee chuckled along with them. "Oh yeah, John really enjoyed coming here to help Gibbs with his projects as well. Those two had a good time with him, I'll say that much."

Ziva smiled at McGee. "Those riddles the boys came home with, also. I could never figure some of them out, but that's what makes it all the more interesting." She turned back to the documents. "According to this, Becky gets some books that she's always liked. And Tali got some nice things that Gibbs had always wanted her to have, and it looks like we share ownership of this house." She looked up from the documents. "Here's the thing. Who will live here? Can't leave this house empty, can we?"

Tony's mouth moved, but only a mutter came out. He winced slightly as he reached up and scratched the back of his head.

McGee looked at Tony for a moment and flicked up his eyebrows. He pointed a finger in the air as he turned to Ziva. "Ziva, I think I may have an idea here. How about John and I live here, and sell that house we got now?"

Ziva and Tony looked at each other for a moment, raising their eyebrow, then turned back to McGee. Tony spoke up, "Well-played, Elflord. A grand idea. This house'll be just perfect for you and John." Tony patted McGee's shoulder as he chuckled.

McGee nodded and smiled. "Yeah, that's for sure."

Ziva smiled at McGee. "Yes, sell it and move on. Live here with Johnny. Tony's right, we'll still be by to check on you often." She nodded at McGee. "Don't want you to grow lonely, now, do we?"

McGee chuckled. "No, we don't. Got my computers, but nothing will replace friends."

Tony patted McGee's shoulder. "Hey McGeek. We'll be just fine, growing old together and sticking with each other. Yes, you got your computer so you can write all you want, but most importantly you got your friends here." Tony ribbed at McGee. "After all, who else could I turn to for Elf-lord education?" He guffawed.

Ziva chuckled. "Nothing ever changes with you two." She batted Tony on the arm as she chuckled. "Once we get everything settled in, that'll be a weight off my shoulders. One day at a time."

"You can say that again." McGee smiled, pulling his phone out of his pocket to look at the time.

Ziva smiled. "One day at a time."

McGee looked up. "Yup. Well, I think it's time that I hit the road and head on home for the night.

Tony nodded. "Alright, sounds good. Perfect time, too, because I think we need to get going, right, Ziva?"

Ziva looked up at Tony and nodded. "Oh yeah, we need to get packed because we're leaving in a few days."

Tony looked at Ziva with a slightly pained look. "Remind me again, we're going where again?"

Ziva tilted her head and looked Tony dead in his eyes. "Our daughter's getting married?"

McGee laughed. "Surely you couldn't have forgotten such an important event now, have you?"

Ziva landed a gentle headslap on the back of Tony's head. "You have't forgotten?"

"Oof!" Tony rubbed the back of his head. "No, no, I haven't. Just a lot on my mind, is all. Plus it just hasn't really sunk in yet that Tali's actually getting married." He sighed and looked around.

"Well?" McGee looked at Tony. "What are you doing here? Go! Get ready for your big trip, my man." He pushed Tony gently toward the door.

"Wait, let me get the kids." Tony turned and called for the kids to come up.

Ziva and McGee turned to each other and laughed. "Thanks for everything. Hang in there and keep in touch with us." She smiled at McGee and patted his shoulder, then turned and walked out after Tony and the kids.

A few days later, on a bright Valentine's day, Ziva spent her time with Tali in her bedroom, helping her into her wedding dress, Rivka fussing over the veil while Becky was straightening out the wedding train. Tali looked at herself, checking her hair once more, making sure that the bun-style hairdo was just so. Rivka stepped back from Tali and looked over the wedding attire, smiling in satisfaction.

"Alright, you look beautiful in that dress. Here, let me give you something." Rivka walked over to her handbag and pulled out a small, long rectangular box. "I think this will go well with your dress," she said, opening the box and carefully pulling out a necklace. She gently put it around Tali's neck and did up the clasp. Stepping back once again, she said, "Now, what do you think?"

Ziva looked at Tali's necklace and smiled. "Beautiful. I think you're ready now, right?" She gently ran her fingers over the necklace, then looked at the centerpiece a little closer. "Goes very well with your dress."

"Aw Savta, thank you for everything. I am so glad you are here for this day. I love you too" Tali raised her eyebrow with a smile, hugging Rivka. She then turned to Ziva. "And you too, Ima. This really is special to me, having both of you here to see me get married."

Becky turned to Rivka. "I think everything's set with this long thing, the wedding train, you called it?"

Rivka nodded. But before she could say anything, there was a knock on the door. Rivka and Ziva jumped slightly and looked toward the door. "Go see who it is, Becky, will you?" Ziva asked.

"Sure, Ima." Becky went to the door and stopped just before opening the door. "Who is it?" Becky asked through the door.

Instead of a spoken answer, she got another door knock. This time Ziva and Becky recognized who it was. Ziva looked at Becky. "That must be your Dad. Go ahead and open the door for him, please."

As soon as Becky opened the door, Tony poked his head through the door, smiling. "Can I come in?" he asked, putting on a James Bond-like air and tone in his voice. As the door swung open wider, Tony stepped into the door frame and spread his hands in the air with a smile, all dressed up in his best.

Tali smiled and spoke up. "Oh, hi, Daddy! Come in please." Tali was bursting inside with cheerful and happy tears, ecstatic about the upcoming day, about having her parents be here on this big day.

"Gladly." Tony stepped into the room and reached out his arms in the air toward Tali. "Oh my darling, you look so beautiful in that dress. Reminds me of your Ima in that dress when we got married." Tony walked up to Tali's side and gave her a hug, being careful with her dress. With his free arm, he encircled Ziva with a hug. He hugged both at the same time and smiled.

Tali chuckled. "Seems like only yesterday I was hiding out in the folds of this dress from the wedding photographer. Now I'm getting married in it."

Tony let out a snicker. "Yeah, I remember that. Did your Ima make sure there weren't any for any potential stowaways inside your dress?"

"Oh, pfft!" Ziva chuckled and batted Tony on the arm.

Tali laughed out loud. "No stowaways, I promise!"

Becky laughed, then looked at Tony, then back to Ziva. "All good now?" She had finished straightening out the wedding train a while ago and was watching the exchange.

Ziva looked up at Rivka, who nodded. Rivka stood up. "Alright, I think that's all for now. I'll go and make sure the guests are all settled in."

Becky jumped up, smiling. "I'll go help, Savta."

"Splendid idea." Ziva smiled. "Make sure the boys know their roles, okay? They're ushering people to their seats."

Becky nodded, then Rivka walked by Ziva, giving her a wink then guided Becky out of the room, leaving Tony and Ziva with Tali.

Once Rivka and Becky had left the room, Tali turned to Tony and Ziva. "I can't believe today's the day already – me, getting married. It means the world to me to have you both here on this day." Tali reached out and patted Ziva on the arm, then hugged the both of them. "I love you both."

After the hugs, Ziva stepped back and looked at Tali with tears in her eyes and a smile on her lips. "I'm so proud of you, Tali. This is one of the best things for me to see. You, getting married to Ben. And starting a family in just a couple months' time, no less!" She clasped her hands together. "Ever since we reunited, I've watched you grow into a fine young woman. Capable." She sighed with happiness. "It amazes me how much you've grown."

Tony chuckled. "You got that right, hun." He turned to Tali. "I have faith in you, and how your family will turn out. We'll be there for you, always."

Tali smiled. "And thank you for being there for me, especially through the rough times."

"That's what parents are for, right?" Tony chuckled.

Ziva smiled, then walked to the door. "I'll check to see if everyone's ready." She opened the door and stuck her head out to look around the room. Moments later, she stepped back. "They're ready."

Tony walked to the door. "Ready, Tali?"

"Let's do it." Tali smiled and walked toward Tony, then took his arm and walked out to the wedding.

~~Tiva~~

In the month of July 2037, at the Rose Hill home, Tony was sitting at the table under the tent, smiling as everyone at the table sang their happy birthday's to Tony and Brett. A mix of "Happy Birthday to you, Dad / Happy Birthday to you, Tony / Happy Birthday to you, Brett Joseph" was heard in the chorus, and Tony chuckled. He leaned over to Ziva and whispered, "Can't believe Brett was born on my birthday, can you?"

Ziva leaned over to catch what Tony said. "Amazing, isn't it?" She laughed as she saw someone put a small slice of cake on the high chair table in front of Brett, who enthusiastically smushed his hands into the cake, then grabbed handfuls and brought them up to his mouth to eat.

Everybody aww'ed at Brett. "How cute!" someone said. Ziva didn't catch who it was, but she looked up and saw that it was Ben, who stepped up to Brett, laughing as he videoed Brett. "Say Hi to Abba!"

"Awww, let's get that cake off your face." Tali knelt in front of Brett with a napkin in her hand, and she started wiping away the cake. "There you go. All clean!" She smiled.

Brett chortled. "Abba! Ima!" He held out his hands, which still had pieces of cake on them.

"Oh, you want your hands clean, too? I got 'em." Tali wiped his hands clean with the napkin, smiling at him. "You like the cake?"

Brett nodded and clapped his hands.

"Brett, look at me!" Ben was waving and smiling while holding the video camera. "It's your birthday today!"

Brett held out a finger in the air, pointing toward the camera. He let out a hearty chortle. "Abba!"

Ben chuckled as he saw Brett's fingertip become magnified and out of focus as the fingertip came closer to the camera's lens. "Yes, Abba's here!" He moved the camera back just a hair before Brett's finger could touch and smudge the lens.

Tali laughed. "Hey, birthday boy. Having fun?" She tousled Brett's hair with just her fingertips.

Brett jumped up and down in the high chair and chortled, slapping his hands onto the high chair table.

Ziva chuckled. "Easy child to take care of, huh?"

Tali glanced at Ziva. "Oh, he's been very easy, not too fussy. I was a little concerned at first, but no, everything's been very smooth." Suddenly, Tali hiccuped and a look of disgust crossed her face. "Ooh, I've been having this heartburn every so often."

Tony sat up a little straighter. "See a doctor about that?"

Tali looked at Tony. "I did, and he said that's normal, considering that I've got another elflet on the way now."

Tony dropped the drink he was holding. The drink hit the table and went flying over the edge, luckily missing everyone. He jumped up and scrambled to clean up the mess.

"What did you just say, Tali?" Ziva looked at Tali, shock registering on her face. "Another elflet?"

Tali laughed. "Due seven months from now. I feel like this one's going to be a girl."

Ben chuckled. "Maybe the baby will be a boy, who knows." He had a bit of a hope that another boy would arrive, but knew that it was up to fate whether the baby would be a boy or girl.

Ziva chuckled. "You're not joking, are you?"

Tali laughed. "Nope. Happy birthday, Dad." She reached over and patted Tony on his back.

"Gee, thanks for the surprise." Tony chuckled. "Another grand-elflet to come. Never gonna hear the end of this from McGeek." He shook his head with a wry smile on his face.

"At least they're the good guys. Our family." Ziva smiled and batted Tony on his arm.

"Any big plans for your family?" Tony smiled at Ben.

Ben laughed. "Well, I guess continue what I'm doing. Provide for the family in the best manner possible."

Tony nodded. "With that position up at Mossad? Should have no problem with that." Tony glanced at Ziva.

Ziva nodded. She still didn't totally trust the Mossad, even after all these years. She never forgot the treatment that she had gotten from her own father while working for the Mossad. "Do not let the job stand in the way of family." She reached out to Ben and patted his shoulder, smiling at him. "Remember that, always."

"Yes, ma'am." Ben smiled and nodded. "Do my best to take care of Tali and my family."

Tony smiled. "What a twist to the birthday party, huh? Finding out you've got an elflet on the way? Never thought I'd be hearing that on my birthday." He laughed at Tali.

Tali tilted her head. "What better way to wrack your mind than announce it on your birthday?"

"You got me good there," Tony said, chuckling.

~~Tiva~~

At the Olive Grove Home, Rivka walked to the kitchen wall and looked at the calendar, where some notes had been scribbled on it. The calendar showed the month of March, 2038. She sighed. It had been only a couple of months since Ben and Tali had moved to their new house, built just a short walk down the street from her house. "Can't believe everything happened so quickly."

Ziva was sitting on couch next to Tali, holding her brand new granddaughter in her arms. The baby was peacefully sleeping wrapped in her blanket sleeping in Ziva's arms. Tali leaned closer. "Oh Ima, Sarah Elisheva's so cute. Look at her, sleeping there." She looked up and smiled at Ziva.

Ziva gently stroked Sarah's cheek, feeling the smoothness of her skin. "The name, it's beautiful. My grandmother, your dad's mother."

Tali nodded, hugging Ziva. "I've learned a lot from you and Savta.'

Sarah suddenly stirred and and moved her arms around. She had a fussy sound in her voice, as if she was going to cry.

"Oh!" Ziva looked at Sarah and gently rocked her as she looked into her face. She then looked up at Tali. "I think she wants her Ima." Ziva chuckled as she held the baby out for Tali.

"Come to Ima, Sarah." Tali held out her hands, and took the baby into her arms. "Let's get you some food, okay?" She turned and walked out of the room with Sarah.

About half an hour later, dinner was ready to be served, and the entire family gathered at the table. As the family sat down, Tony surveyed the scene. Looking at each person in turn, he contemplated how things have gone throughout his family's life. He sighed, memories flowing through his mind, at how his family had grown over the years.

Ziva looked over at Tony and smiled. "You alright, hon?"

Tony looked over at Ziva. "Oh yeah, I'm just dandy. Look at our family, how much it's grown."

Ziva chuckled. "Oh yeah. Amazing, huh? Just when you think she's done for now, you get a crooked ball." Ziva responded before digging in her chicken stirfry.

"Curve ball, you mean." Before Tony could say something further, his ears picked out a baby crying. He stopped mid-sentence and looked at Tali.

Tali was talking and laughing with her siblings, when she heard the baby start crying. "Oh, is that the baby?"

Ben stood up, "Sounds like the babies are up. You wanna get Sarah while I get Brett?" Ben looked down at Tali.

Tali let out a short chuckle and got up. "Sounds like a plan." She walked with Ben to tend to the babies.

Tony and Ziva looked at each other. "Learning the ins and outs of parenting, just like we did." He shook his head with a wry smile on his face.

Ziva chuckled. "Maybe we could let them have a couple hours' time to themselves when they're letting the babies sleep. What do you think?"

Tony raised an eyebrow and shrugged. "Don't see why not. They could use a little break every so often."

Moments later, Ben entered the room. "They're okay, just needed changing. Tali's got things under control."

Tony chuckled. "Got gassed out of there, huh?" He ribbed Ben. "Those diapers, you gotta watch out for 'em."

Ben laughed. "Still got my Mossad issue gas mask around here, somewhere." He walked over to his chair and sat down in it with a sigh.

"Figuring out how to juggle things with two kids now?" Tony nodded in the direction of the kids' rooms. He knew from experience that every little break counted when you're taking care of two very young children on very little sleep and even less food.

"I'll manage," Ben smiled at Tony.

"What I propose to you is this: we watch your babies as they sleep while you take your wife out for a couple of hours. Some fresh air, you know." Ziva tilted her head at Ben and raised an eyebrow.

Before Ben could answer, Tali walked into the room. "I could use some fresh air." She walked over and sat next to Ben. "What do you say?" She looked Ben in his eyes.

"Well, they were offering anyway." Ben held out a hand toward Tony and Ziva, smiling at them. He looked back at Tali. "I do admit, we could get out for a couple hours."

"Sounds good." Tali's face brightened into a smile. She turned to Tony and Ziva. "Thank you for offering to take care of the babies while we have our time together." Both Tali and Ben got up and left.

A few hours later, Ben and Tali came back. As they opened the door, they noticed Tony, Ziva and Rivka on their recliners. Tony had been dozing, he had awakened at the sound of the door. Ziva was talking with Becky, who was sitting on the floor in front of Ziva. Tali cocked her ears because she was hearing other sounds in the distance. As she closed the door gently, she looked through the back windows. "Is that Ethan and Adam out there?"

Tony looked up through the window. "Yeah, they're doing their astronomy thing, as usual. AJ's out there also."

"Oh, okay. I don't see AJ out there." Tali walked closer to the window, and then saw AJ come into view. "Oh, there he is. Look, Ben, AJ's got a bigger telescope, by the looks of it." She turned back toward Tony and Ziva. "How're the babies? Where's Savta?"

As Ben stepped away to look outside the window, Ziva said, "Savta went to bed, she was tired. Babies are doing just fine, slept the whole time."

Tali's shoulders slumped slightly. "Oh, great. Another long night for me."

Ben turned from the window and laughed. "If the babies sleep too long, we get the dueling crying babies."

Tony chuckled. "Been there, done that, got the T-shirt." He licked his finger and made an imaginary mark in the air.

Tali and Ben laughed. "You're being silly, Dad." Tali batted Tony on his arm.

Ziva tilted her head toward Tali. "Your dad's right. We did the same thing with AJ and Becky. Then the twins." She shrugged and held her hands up in the air. "Good challenge for you now."

"I guess one good thing came out of my training." Ziva turned to Ben. He shrugged, then continued what he was saying. "How to function on little sleep. Just never thought it'd be useful in raising a family as well." He sighed. "It's good to have a little break, to catch a little breath."

Ziva chuckled. "Plenty of that to come, but you will be rewarded down the road. I have confidence in you and Tali, that you will raise good children." She reached out and grasped his shoulders. "It gets better over time."

"Thanks, Ziva." Ben smiled. "Good to know that I have your support. Tell me, is that the same telescope that AJ had in the States?"

Ziva shook her head. "I think he got a larger model this time. He said something about a 20-inch primary mirror."

Tali looked at Ziva. "What? Last time I saw him he had a sixteen, or an eighteen? I can't remember."

Tony laughed. "Yeah, I think he sold it to get this telescope. He's already talking about an even bigger telescope."

Ben shook his head. "What does he need a bigger telescope for?"

Tony chuckled. "At the rate he's going, he's going to need an observatory on his house before he could even go bigger with his telescope. I can just see it now. Us pulling up to an ordinary looking house, and then we step into the backyard – boom. Mini Kitt Peak Observatory."

Ziva laughed and batted Tony on his arm. "You and your humor. I'm sure he'll be fine."

Becky laughed. "Somehow that wouldn't surprise me. He's talked about dreaming about his own house with an observatory. Even draws out plans for 'em."

"Really? Floor plans and everything?" Tony raised an eyebrow.

Becky nodded. "He brings his drawings to me and asks for my feedback. He's not the best at the actual drawing part, but his ideas – spot on." She shrugged. "What he can't always picture, I can bring to life for him. His observatory calls for a thirty-inch mirror in the telescope. Where's he getting the glass?"

Tony guffawed. "Wow. Thirty inches of mirror? That's gonna be a beast. I'd hate to be the guy transporting it. Hit one bump and hear this ugly..." He made a glass-breaking sound effect, then continued. "He might as well just put it in park and walk home, knowing he's fired because he done broke the mirror."

Ziva tilted her head and looked Tony dead in his eyes. "Not to mention the paperwork he's gonna have to fill out. No way am I going to be paying for that much glass."

"No worries about that. AJ said it's coming out of his own pocket, but won't be for a few years yet." Becky chuckled.

Ziva looked at Becky. "You know this how?"

Becky shrugged. "AJ's been talking about his long-range plans, what he wants to do when he gets out of high school. Astronomy school, then his own observatory."

"Ooh, ambitious." Tony raised an eyebrow. "Looks like he's on the right track for himself, though."

Ziva nodded. "Pursuing his dreams. What about you, Becky?"

Becky frowned for a moment, as if in thought. "Hm. You know, I haven't really thought about it much. I know I like anything to do with designing, painting, drawing, that kind of stuff."

Tony raised an eyebrow. "That much we can see. You're rocking those paintings, I'm telling you." He pointed to the paintings hanging on the living room wall. "And some of those designs and drawings you've done in the past, you could make money off of those."

Becky chuckled. "Yeah, well, I'll have to think about what I want to do. Do my research." She shrugged. "Maybe I'll find something that I can do that makes use of all of my skills. Add new skills too."

Ziva nodded. "Plenty of art schools out there, as well. Maybe talk with a couple, see what they have to offer."

"Yeah, I could do that." Becky nodded to Ziva.

Tony took a deep breath, then planted his hands on the arms of his recliner and pushed himself up, grunting in the process. "I gotta go check on the others. Wanna come with?" He walked up to Ben.

Ben stepped back from the window and faced Tony. "Sure, I'll come with you." He made a beeline toward the back door, meeting Tony there.

Becky jumped up. "I wanna come with you, Dad!"

Tony turned toward Becky before he opened the door. "Sure, you can come. Might catch some nice views through his new telescope." He turned the knob and stepped out.

Ben and Becky followed Tony out the back door, leaving Tali and Ziva alone in the living room.

"So, Tali." Ziva turned to face Tali. "Ima to daughter, how have you been doing these days?"

Tali let out a sigh. She had a small, tired smile on her face. "Good. Exhausting, some days. Still, I'm happy to be a mom – their Ima. Gives me something to look forward to every day now."

Ziva nodded and smiled. "That's good. Any challenges you run up against, keep in mind we're there for you whenever you need. Always know that even though you have your family, I'm still your Ima and I'll be there for you any time you need me. Your dad's there for you as well."

Tali chuckled. "Well, my biggest challenge right now is trying to balance these two babies, on top of helping Savta out whenever she needs the help." She tilted her head. "I mean, I've been wondering about Savta's other kids. Where were they all these years?"

Ziva tilted her head. "What about them? I guess they chose to be too busy. I'm not sure." She shrugged.

"Well, it doesn't really make any sense. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind helping Savta out and all that. But I'd been thinking lately about them. How we practically never see them."

"Well, we'll help out whenever we can. You can count on that." Ziva smiled. "She's my Ima, too."

Tali chuckled. "True. You got a deal."

A few days later, after they had flown back home to the States, Tony, Ziva and their family had gone to their beach home to enjoy the nice weekend there, and the weather was just perfect for them to enjoy the beach and the fresh salt air coming in off the ocean. As they were walking along the surf line, Tony recognized two figures walking toward them. "Whaddaya think of the weather?" He called out to the two approaching figures.

"Just grand!" McGee's voice drifted back toward Tony. He chuckled and let McGee and John approach them.

"Hope you've been having a good time!" Ziva called out to them. "Good to see you two today."

McGee stopped before Tony. He looked at Ziva, then Tony. "Fancy seeing you here on this fine day. Didn't expect to see you here."

Tony waved his hand in the air. "Ah, you know. Wanted to get out of the house, enjoy the fresh air. Maybe find Captain Blackbeard's treasure out them in them thar sand dunes." He pointed out toward where AJ, Ethan, and Adam were beach combing. After a moment, Becky came into view from behind a sand dune.

John looked over to the others beach combing, then turned back to McGee. "I'll join 'em." He started off down the beach to meet the group.

"Oh, look, there's Becky!" Ziva pointed out toward the group. "Didn't see her at first."

Tony nodded. "Oh, yeah, there she is." They turned to walk toward the deck abutting the beach, and sat at the table.

"So, how was your trip?" McGee sighed as he sat down.

Ziva smiled. "Wonderful. Got to see the grandbabies, they're so cute. Tali's doing wonderful there."

McGee raised an eyebrow. "That's good to hear. One new family starting a new life."

Ziva looked out toward the group, looking for a few moments. Then she looked back at the two. "Biggest challenge for her is to stay awake. The babies sure keep her jumping."

Tony chuckled. "They keep her hopping, you mean." He turned to McGee. "Well, about par for the course, compared to what we went through, twice."

McGee chuckled. "Yup, I remember those bags under your eyes those long sleepless nights."

Tony shook his head and laughed. "Running on God knows what little sleep you can get and -" His eyes caught sight of something. "Huh?"

McGee turned to see what Tony had seen. "What was it?"

Tony blinked a couple of times, and said more to himself, "Nah, couldn't have been."

Ziva sat up a little straighter. She had seen what Tony had seen, but said nothing. This was something she had suspected was happening for some time now, but wanted to let Tony see for himself.

McGee saw the slightly confused look on Tony's face. "Something you saw?"

"Not sure." He sat back. "Anyway, as I was saying, raising kids born close to each other in age, that's a big challenge."

McGee laughed. "You said it. How's Ben been taking it?"

Tony smiled. "Well, he's hanging in there. Bags under his eyes and all." He shifted himself in his chair, and looked out at the group. After a moment, he sat a little straighter, and a slightly pained look crept across his face. He turned toward McGee. "Did you just see what I saw over there?" Tony slowly raised his arm up and pointed toward the group wandering around down the beach. He could see Becky and John holding hands together.

McGee laughed under his breath, "Oh. Looks like you might be planning for more grand Elflets soon, by the look of things over there." McGee raised his eyebrow, nodding his head toward the group of kids.

Tony gasped as if he just got wracked by McGee. "I'm not ready for more elflets running around like maniacs." He turned to Ziva. "Did you know about this?"

Ziva leaned forward and looked at Tony. "For a while, now." She smiled.

Tony looked pained at Ziva, "How long?" He looked back at the group, looking for Becky and John, finally locating them some distance away from the main group. "Oh, there they are, they're over there."

Ziva sighed with a chuckle, "Yes, Tony. They've been together for a couple of months now. Becky and I talked about him and their relationship."

Tony turned to Ziva. "Really? That's news to me. I mean, I knew they liked each other, but didn't know they were into each other like that." He twisted his index and middle finger together and held it up in the air.

McGee smiled gently. "I've noticed that also. Look at them, they seem to click so well together." He pointed a finger toward them. "A little surprise for me, to tell you the truth. I always figured that John would pick another woman, and he did have his eyes on her, but it didn't last. This one, somehow I feel more at ease with." McGee gave a thumb up.

Ziva nodded. "I feel confident that they will do good together. More Elflets in our family, Tony." She smiled and patted him on his back.

Tony nodded and laughed. "Yeah, I think so, too. Now we have one child away being happy with her own family. Four more to go." Tony spoke gently, looking at the kids running around on the beach, listening to the roar of the waves crashing onto the beach.

McGee looked out over the ocean. "Seeing our kids become adults and have families of their own, that's one of the most rewarding things to see, I think. Look over there. That's one other thing I get to see, my son falling in love over there."

Tony looked back toward John and Becky. He raised his eyebrows. "Oh, they're kissing each other!"

Ziva patted Tony on his arm. "Shush, it's okay. It's not the end of the world." She chuckled at his reaction.

McGee could only raise his eyebrows and smile. He shook his head at Tony and held out his hands in the air and shrugged.

Tony turned back to Ziva. "You said they've been with each other for a couple months, now?"

Ziva looked Tony dead in his eyes. "Don't tell me you've missed all the signs. You know how observant I can be."

"Uhm." Tony cleared his throat and looked at McGee for some support. McGee said nothing, but shrugged and smiled. "You, too?" He asked McGee.

McGee laughed, then got up out of his chair. "Now you know. I'll be back. Gotta go in for a bit." He patted Tony's shoulder as he walked past him into the house.

'Catch up with you later." Tony said to McGee as he walked past. He sighed, then turned to Ziva. "Well. What do you think?"

Ziva raised an eyebrow, then reached out and took one of Tony's hands. "About everything? I think they're going well, for once."

Tony sat up a little straighter, and looked off at the sun setting into the ocean. His peripheral vision caught sight of the kids running around on the beach, but he paid them little mind. "No, about Becky and John."

Ziva moved closer to Tony and leaned her head into his shoulder. "I wouldn't mind them together. They look cute together. It's like they just click with each other." She snapped a finger.

"Mm." Tony wrapped his arm around Ziva and drew her closer and hugged her. "Yeah, I think it'll work out." He turned to Ziva and planted a kiss on top of her head, then turned back to look out at the sunset.

Ziva chuckled. "I guess one more wedding to plan for in the future, maybe."

Tony let out a short laugh. "Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Take it one day at a time."

Ziva turned to look at the group of kids, then shifted her gaze to the sunset. "It's beautiful, the sunset shining off the ocean like that."

Tony nodded. "Yeah. Peaceful, too. With the kids off in the distance like that, some quiet, as well." He turned to Ziva. "Just perfect for us."

Ziva sighed and snuggled herself a little closer to Tony. "Feels good to be out here. Holding you and enjoying this together." She stroked the hair on Tony's arm.

Tony smiled and held Ziva closer to him. "Never miss it for the world. Love you, my sweetcheeks." Tony planted a full-on kiss on Ziva's lips.

Ziva returned the kiss, and then when they were done, she stroked his cheek. "I love you, my Tony."

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