Okay… Cote is leaving… well not in MY Tiva-world
Family
Tony sat in the shadow of the big oak tree, watching the children play. He counted again. Eight. Five boys and three girls. Eight grandchildren! It was unbelievable but he loved it. Thali, his oldest daughter, was now 35 and a pediatrician and had her own medical practice. Right now she was playing with her own children on the green grass. She had married a young man named Jonathan. Tony had really disliked him at first but he was a good man. Together they had two sons, Leon and Jack and a daughter, Allison.
Leroy her brother was married to a woman named Myka. Ziva had been very upset when she heard about it because Leroy was in LA to study journalism and came home with a wife and his first son Lucas without telling them about the change in his life. It had hurt Ziva badly until Leroy had spent a weekend with her and his family alone. After that Ziva was alright with his choice and she loved the baby-boy. Leroy's second son was only a few months old and sleeping in his mother's arms right now. His name was Pete.
Eli, Tony's and Ziva's second son and one of the twins made his way over to his brother. He was the reason why Leroy had not thought about telling his parents about his wife and son at first. Eli had a ten year old daughter. He had just finished high school when his girlfriend got pregnant. They didn't marry and Jessica stayed with her father and grandparents. It had been a hard time for them all. But the girl was really sweet and now she was good and school and everyone loved her. Eli was now married to Nadia, Palmers girl.
Tony's look wandered off to his youngest daughter. Jenny. She was the only one of his children who looked exactly like Ziva. It was almost scary. Jenny had the same color of hair and skin, the same face and even the same eyes. The only difference was her behavior. She was such a caring and loving person. Sometimes Tony was sad that it had taken so long for Ziva to carry that warm look in her eyes that Jenny had since her early childhood years. But he knew why. Jenny had grown into a loving family with a lot joy and many friends while Ziva had had a hard childhood. Jenny had not been planned but she was Eli's twin sister though they had not much in more common than their date of birth. She was married to Jethro, Abby's and Tim's oldest son. He always had been Leroy's best friend and they had joked about that a lot. Now Jenny was a mother as well her own twins were two weeks old and Abby held one of them. The color of the clothes told him it was Naya and Tim talked to his son who had Max in his arms, the other twin.
Looking back at Jenny Tony felt tears in his eyes. He could not believe how lucky he was to be blessed with such a great family.
Suddenly someone sat down next to him and took his hand.
"You okay?" Ziva asked.
Tony looked at her. She was still beautiful to him. He always said he was not able to tell her and Jenny apart and she always just laughed about it. Ziva had stopped working at the NCIS shortly after they had turned in their badges all those years back. Tony had been hurt but he had noticed that her nightmares had eased after that. It was not the job that had haunted her but all those sins she had witnessed in her life and with quitting it finally ended.
He kissed her and saw the laughter lines around her eyes.
"Yes. I was just counting our grandchildren. Did you know there are 8?!"
Ziva giggled: "There will be ten in a few months"
"Really? Who is pregnant?"
"Nadia." Ziva answered watching the joy in the face of her husband: "And Thali, again."
Tony laughed out: "Well she always said she wanted to be the founder of her own dynasty."
Ziva laughed softly and together they watched their family play and grow.