A/N: Bonus chapter for today! I am trying to get the story into the future to pass season 15. Thanks for all the feedback, follows and favorites!

Chapter 10, Family Fun: summer/fall/Christmas 2017

A week after they had settled in to the house, Ziva decided they needed to see the NCIS family. Tony called Ducky and invited him to dinner, telling the doctor that there were some surprises in store for him. He had Tim talk to Ducky on the way out of work the day before the dinner and prepare him. Tim and Delilah would also be at the dinner. Tim led Ducky over to the bench in the employee park area on the other side of the parking lot.

"Duck, I'm not sure how to tell you this, but, there is something you need to know." Ducky looked at Tim with a quizzical expression. "Tony is back stateside, and he has his family with him: Tali, Ziva and …"

"Did you just say Ziva?" The older man grabbed Tim's arm. "Oh, my, dear boy, Anthony has done it again, hasn't he? He has found her yet another time."

"This time he is not letting go; they are married, Duck, and they have another child." Tim explained. "Tony is like a brother to me, and when he and Ziva reunited almost a year ago, I had a hard time not telling everyone. But, I had to respect their wishes. I'm sorry, Ducky."

"Nothing to be sorry for Timothy, our family is going to be together again!"

The dinner went well and Tali was immediately drawn to "Granducky." The adults came up with a plan to bring the rest of the family together at Ducky's condo the following week for a summer cook-out.

~TIVA~

Ziva and Tony were both a bit nervous. As they turned onto Ducky's street, they could see the cars of the others in his driveway and in front of his place. Tony took Ziva's hand in his and squeezed it, "it's going to be all right, Zi. This is our family. Yes, I am a bit worried about Abby, but we will deal with it as it comes." He smiled at her and they got out of the car, each one taking a child.

Inside, Ducky had told Gibbs, the Palmers, Abby, and Leon Vance that Tony was on his way over to see them all. Tim and Delilah were sitting quietly, trying not to grin and spoil the surprise. The doorbell rang, and Ducky went to answer it. "Well, hello, Anthony. Hello, Miss Tali. Hello, Z-…" He was cut off by Abby's squeal.

At her sound, Gibbs and Jimmy jumped up, and Tim and Delilah smiled to each other. "Oh. My. God. It's Ziva, and a baby. And Tony. And Tali." Abby could barely contain her excitement. Tali shied back behind Tony's leg and he reached down and picked her up.

"Abs, tame it down!" Gibbs was trying to get between her and the DiNozzos. Abby backed off, but could not stand still. "DiNozzo; you found her," Gibbs whispered. " Ziver…" Gibbs put his arms around her, and Ziva felt the warmth in his embrace. "Welcome home, kid." Ziva felt her eyes tearing up and when she stepped back, Gibbs was wiping at his eyes. Jimmy and Breena greeted the family, and Leon just stood open-mouthed. (Years later he would tell Ziva that he was shocked that Tony had managed to find her for a third time.)

Despite her initial fear of Abby, Tali soon warmed to her "Auntie Abby," especially when she saw Victoria Palmer playing with the Goth.

~TIVA~

The family had regular Saturday dinners, rotating houses and by Thanksgiving, it was as if there had been no time away. Ducky hosted their Thanksgiving dinner and made the toast, "To family. To each and every one of you at this table, who came together to make this wonderful, fun, dysfunctional, weird and loving group form a family." Ducky had also asked Tim to set up video cameras to capture the family gathering for the future. Videos of Thanksgiving and Christmas would become a tradition. Granducky and Grandpa Gibbs were favorites of the children and when Jimmy and Breena announced that Victoria would be a big sister in the spring, both men beamed. Their family was growing.

Abby became a favorite babysitter for Tali, and Anthony took to her immediately. Tony found work through Tobias Fornell, running training classes at FLETC for required refresher courses. After some discussion between the two, and with Tony's support, Ziva started working part time for NCIS translating documents and transcripts. Tony and Ziva found a house in Virginia that had a large yard for Tali, five bedrooms, an office for each of them and was in the price range they wanted. Tony joked that they had more bedrooms than they needed, so they should have more children. Ziva rolled her eyes, and told him that Anthony had some more growing to do before they would be ready to have another baby in the house!

John Anthony and Caitlyn Sarah McGee were born on 2 December 2017 by Caesarian section. Due to the health risks to Delilah with this pregnancy, Tim and Delilah decided that the twins would be their only pregnancy and Delilah had a hysterectomy.

Gibbs surprised them all by declaring that Christmas would be at his house this year and for every year in the foreseeable future. He made toys for all of the grandchildren, including doll carriages for Tali and Victoria, wooden cars and trucks for Anthony and blocks for the twins to have when they were a bit older. Dinner was coordinated by Abby with each family bringing a dish, and Gibbs cooking the roast beef. Jimmy and Breena announced that their baby would be a boy.

As the day wound down, Gibbs and Ducky watched their kids and grandkids as "It's a Wonderful Life" played and the little ones curled up in their parents' laps. "When did we get so lucky, Duck? I could not have asked for a better family."