Last Chapter, *sniff, sniff*.
Tony stepped into his partner's apartment. "Ziva," he said, "Ziva." When she wouldn't answer, he told the kids to put a movie on while he went to go see where their 'aunt' was. He went to her bedroom and there enough he saw her asleep on her bed. He bent down so he was by her ear and whispered her name. When she woke up, he realized he'd made a bad decision. Thankfully he grabbed her hand before she could hit him.
"Where are the kids?" Ziva asked groggily. Tony looked at her with a mortified expression.
"I lost them." He said. Ziva looked at him with the same expression.
"You did what?" She said.
"Relax, Z, their in the living room watching a movie." Ziva let out a breath and glared at her colleague. The two partners walked in to see their boss's kids watching Enchanted.
"I
hate this movie." Ziva whispered to him.
"Why?"
"It's just so, so," the officer was lost for words.
"Happy?"
"Yes." The two went over to the couch to see the children asleep. Tony went over to the TV and turned it off. He turned to see Ziva picking up J and put him in the spare room. Tony followed her lead and did the same. When they had shut the door to the room, Ziva turned to Tony and said, "Tony, do you remember what you said yesterday?" He looked at her and said in a tone of embarrassment, "Yeah. What about it?"
"I just wanted to say, you are very good with the kids."
"Thanks." Tony said to her in an almost confused tone, "Night, Z."
"Night."
The next day, the team sat at their desks doing paperwork. They had half an hour left before they were to leave when Tony said, "Go home everyone." Ziva gave him a confused look and McGee did the same, but quickly shrugged it off, grabbed his things, and left.
"What are you up to Tony?" Ziva said to him.
"Well, I was thinking that maybe we could pick the kids up and go out to eat tonight, seeing as Gibbs and the Director will be home tomorrow, I figured we could let the kids eat out at least one night while they're gone."
"Fair enough, but who's picking Leah and J up?"
"We both are." Ziva looked at him with a puzzling look on her face.
"We have almost an hour till we need to get them, which means that you or I can take our car home and we pick them up together." After about five minutes, the partners decided that Tony's car would be taken home, and they would pick the children up in Ziva's car.
Once they got to the school, Leah and J were waiting outside for them. Ziva and Tony both got out and helped the kids into the car.
"What would you guys like to eat?" Tony asked them when everyone was in the car.
"Can we have Italian?" The children asked together.
"You up for Italian, Ziv?" Tony said when he had turned to his partner.
"Sure."
In the restaurant, Tony and Ziva looked at their menus and helped their bosses' children with theirs. Once everyone had ordered, Leah looked at the partners and said, "When will Mommy and Daddy be home?"
"Tomorrow." They were all cut off by the waiter who gave them their food.
After they had finished, they all got into Ziva's car and left. When they got home, Tony and Ziva told the children to get in their pajamas, and they'd all watch a movie together. The five year olds consented and ran to get ready for bed. They came back ten minutes later with a movie.
"What are we watching?" Tony asked.
"The Parent Trap." The movie was put in and they all sat on Ziva's couch to watch it.
The next morning, Ziva was awakened by a knock on the door. She got up gingerly as not to wake up Leah, J, or Tony and went to answer it. When she opened it she saw her Boss and her friend standing in the doorway.
"Hi," she said tiredly.
"I'm sorry Ziva," Jenny said to her, "we thought you'd be up."
"What
time is it?"
"Ten o'clock in the morning."
"Really?"
"Yes, if you want we can come get the kids later."
"No," Ziva said, "come in." The newlyweds walked in.
"Sorry, we'll have to sit at the table, your children and Tony have taken under the couch."
"It's taken over." Tony said coming to the table. He took the chair next to Ziva. Gibbs looked at Ziva and said, "Did he handle the cases well?" Tony and Ziva exchanged glances.
"Yes," Ziva replied. By this time Leah and J had come in.
"Mommy, Daddy!" The two replied in unison. They hugged their parents. "We missed you!" The children said at last.
"We missed you too." Jenny replied. Gibbs and Jenny hugged the kids again. An hour later, everyone was ready to go and Tony and Ziva looked at the family who was telling them good bye.
Once the family had left, Tony looked at Ziva and said, "I'm gonna miss them."
"Me too." Ziva said to him, "Me too."
I hope you enjoyed the story, I'm tempted to write a sequal, if anyone is interested, and it would have more McAbby in it.
