Author's Note:

The following story is part of my AU, Always Together. in which Tony and Ziva have been together and with Tali since her birth. There will be spanking in this story at some point so please proceed with caution if that's not your thing.

This will be multi-chapter and it just begged to be written with all the fanfare around Ziva returning to NCIS this Fall. Perhaps we will get our on screen TIVA ending yet! : )

Please read, review and (hopefully) enjoy!

Chapter One

Tony and Ziva kissed lightly, holding each other as close as they could with a squirming child between them.

"Ima, Abba, let's go," Tali implored, tugging at Ziva's shirt end. "No more kissing."

The two adults smiled at the interruption and gave no signs of moving. But with one quick swoop, Tony picked up their 6-year-old daughter and held her between himself and Ziva as they both planted a kiss on each of her cheeks.

Tali giggled and easily gave up her bid to hurry her parents along. She loved when the three spent time together, which was a rarity for them during the week. And yet, here they were, the little family well off their weekday routine on a Wednesday evening.

Usually the DiNozzo's would be cleaning up after dinner, Tali would get a bath and then the three would enjoy a bit of tv time before Tali's bedtime. But not on this night.

Tonight, Ziva and Tony would take Tali to Grandpa Gibbs's house where she would be staying until Sunday evening. Gibbs had agreed to watch Tali while the couple went away for the weekend to spend some alone time before the new baby made her entrance.

Ziva was six months pregnant with another baby girl who was due December 16th. Their whole NCIS family was thrilled for the couple..

Tali was excited to become a big sister and talked to her Ima's belly all the time. She watched Ziva's belly grow with fascination and had already declared that her little sister would be her best friend forever. Those innocent words always made Ziva's eyes well with tears as she remembered her little sister Tali and all the years they didn't have because of her death. But they were tears of happiness as well as she imagined her daughters being as close as she had been with her sister.

Ziva looked down at her grinning daughter, who Tony had set back down, with her long dark hair and clear blue eyes and unconsciously began to rub her belly. She was thinking again of her two girls when Tali remembered why she had been impatient.

"Come on," she said again, taking one of each of her parent's hands in hers. "Grandpa Gibbs is waiting!"

Tali loved Gibbs fiercely. She had taken to him immediately as an infant. Ziva and Tony, who had long since considered Gibbs a father figure, were happy to give him a grandchild. And Gibbs was happy to have one. He took his "job" as Grandpa very seriously and did his best to balance the fun times with a reasonable amount of structure and discipline for the growing girl.

It was Tali and Gibbs's close connection that had Tali hopping around the room at that very moment. She couldn't wait to spend a long weekend with her grandfather. As far as the 6-year-old was concerned, staying with Grandpa was better than a boring weekend away in a hotel any day.

"Now, now, now!" Tali chanted as she hopped around, watching her parents pack the last of their things in a weekend bag.

"Hey," Tony said, stopping what he was doing to go over to Tali. He kneeled down so that they were eye level – blue eyes to blue eyes. "I know you're excited but you need to tone it down a little, okay? We're going to leave soon but we need to concentrate and not rush so that we don't forget anything."

Tali looked down at the floor and shifted as she listened to Abba.

"Why don't you check out your room and make sure you have everything you need? When you come back, your Ima and I will be ready. Sound good?"

"Okay, Abba," Tali agreed, heading for her room.

Tony straightened himself up and went back to the task of packing the overnight bag. Ziva put her hand on Tony's as he dropped his shaving kit and deodorant into the bag.

"You are so good with her," Ziva said, drawing Tony closer. "We're lucky to have you."

Tony gave Ziva a huge smile as he placed his hands on her growing bump.

"That's where you have it wrong, Sweet Cheeks. I'm the lucky one to have you, Tali, and this little one."

Ziva responded with a kiss, which deepened as the two held on to each other. Within a few seconds, Tali popped back into the doorway of their bedroom.

"Kissing again?" she complained good-naturedly. "We're never gonna leave!"

Tony and Ziva could only laugh. The two knew they needed to leave before they ended up not going anywhere at all.

"We're ready," Tony said as he grabbed their bag and Tali's on the way to the door.

"Come on," he said, sounding eerily like his daughter. "We're waiting on you."

Tali just shook her head as she followed Ziva out, holding tightly to Mr. Max. She was used to her Abba joking around. And she looked a lot like Ziva in that moment – tolerating Tony's silliness – as the trio finally got on the road.

—NCIS—

"Grandpa Gibbs!" Tali squealed as she barreled through the front door of the house, ahead of her parents.

Gibbs was sitting in his chair near the TV reading the paper and having a cup of coffee. He quickly folded the paper and set it aside in order to catch Tali as she scrambled onto his lap and hugged him as though they hadn't just seen each other at Sunday dinner three days prior.

"How's my favorite Tali?" Gibbs asked, tickling the young girl's tummy.

"But Grandpa," she giggled. "I'm your only Tali!"

Gibbs smiled big at Tali, taking in the joy on her face. Just then Ziva and Tony walked in carrying Tali's weekend bag and Mr. Max.

Tali jumped from Gibbs's lap to retrieve Mr. Max from her Abba and hopped on the couch, standing on one of the cushions. Both Ziva and Tony were about to reprimand Tali but Gibbs beat them to it. All it took was a look from Grandpa Gibbs and Tali sat right down on her bottom.

"Good girl," Gibbs praised with a pat on her head as he crossed the room to help Ziva with Tali's bag.

"You two want some coffee for the road? I just put on a fresh pot," Gibbs offered.

Tony opened his mouth but his response was effectively drowned out by a very excited Abby clamoring down the stairs toward them.

"Tony! Ziva! You're here!" Abby exclaimed as she hugged them both, as though she had not just seen them at work four hours prior. "And Tali!"

Abby rushed over to Tali and picked her up, spinning and hugging her simultaneously. Tali loved her Aunt Abby. She was the most fun of all the adults Tali knew.

"Better be careful, Abs. We had dinner just before heading over," Tony warned as he watched the two spin around.

At that, Abby stopped and set Tali on the couch. Gibbs held Abby's arm as she wobbled a bit from the spinning.

"Maybe you better sit too," Gibbs said, not waiting for an answer as he directed Abby to sit.

"What are you doing here, Abby? I thought you had plans tonight," Ziva asked.

"Oh that," Abby answered carefully, looking directly at Gibbs. "Those were cancelled. And I'm staying here for the weekend. My landlord is fixing the pipes at my apartment."

Ziva and Tony both smiled a little in amusement at Abby's answer. "Fixing the pipes" was code in the family for being grounded to Gibbs's house. Everyone had agreed long ago that it would confuse Tali if she knew the adults she was supposed to obey still occasionally were disciplined by Gibbs so they had ways of talking about it without saying exactly what was happening.

"I see," Ziva said, knowing she would get the full story out of her sister at a later date.

Although Ziva didn't like seeing Abby in trouble with Dad, she was glad she would be around to help with Tali for the long weekend.

"Your pipes get broken a lot, Aunt Abby," Tali volunteered.

All the adults, including Abby, couldn't help but laugh at that comment.

"We better get going," Tony announced, after looking at his watch.

The two said their goodbyes and gave Tali kisses and hugs before heading toward the door.

"Be good for Sabba and Aunt Abby," Ziva called out one more time as they departed, just catching the "I will!" as they left.

The couple got into the car and Tony turned the heat on full blast. It was only September but the nights were getting cold. He gave Ziva his megawatt smile that always made her blush a little and they drove off.

The weekend away had officially begun.