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Chapter 3

The next few weeks passed very quickly. Occasionally Jimmy would ask Ziva more about taking care of a child and Ziva began to wonder if there was something about Jimmy that they did not know. None the less, she always answered him as best as she could. She tried not to let Tony or McGee hear what was discussed both for Jimmy's sake and hers. She knew there would be much teasing going on if her two coworkers overheard them.

At home, her girls were very excited about an upcoming play that they would be doing. The students in the lower grades of the school would be doing it together. Ziva had already requested to be off from three o'clock the day of the play so that she would have time to change clothes before going to the girl's school without having to hurry.

At the Palmer house similar plans were made.

"Daddy, you're coming to see me in the play, arencha?" Drew asked his Daddy.

"Of course. I asked my boss if I could have off to be there and he said I could."

With that, both proud parents would be at the play.

All the parents were sitting in their seats, the lights went dark and the play started. It was a wonderful play.

Ziva proudly watched as her two girls played angels.

Jimmy proudly watched as his son played one of the mice.

At the end, all the children ran to their parents to hear what they thought of the play. The twins, still with make up on their faces, ran to Ziva.

"Did you like it, Ima?" they asked at the same time.

"Yes, it was wonderful, my little angels," Ziva told them proudly, hugging them both in her arms. "Come, we will get some ice cream." Just as they were leaving Ziva spotted someone familiar. She told the twins to wait for her and walked to the man. "Jimmy?" she asked.

The man turned around and it was indeed Jimmy. "Z-Ziva, what are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same."

At that moment Drew hugged his father. "Daddy liked?"

"Yes, Buddy"

Ziva's eyes went wide; did Jimmy have a son? "You have a son?"

"Yes, well..um…you see…"

"Wait, I will meet you at Sammy's in ten, okay?" Ziva asked.

Jimmy nodded and it was because of that that Jimmy and his son walked into Sammy's exactly ten minutes later. He ordered a small sugar cone with soft ice cream for Drew and looked around for Ziva. He and Drew walked to where she was sitting and sat down in the booth across from her. That's when he saw the two girls sitting beside her. He shot a questioning look at Ziva.

"Guess I also have some explaining to do. You first," Ziva said. It was more like a plea than a demand.

"Well, a few weeks ago I became a father. Meet my son Drew."

Ziva said hello to Drew then laughed because he had ice cream all over his face. Jimmy wiped his son's face clean with a napkin as Ziva asked a question.

"But he is, what, about six?"

"Yeah, that is kind of it, I didn't know about him until recently. What about you?"

Ziva noticed he did not speak of a mother but she did not question it in hopes he would not ask about the twin's father. "This is my eldest, Miriam, and my youngest, Ariella. They were born 34 minutes apart." There was no need in mentioning that they were twins. "They will turn eight in January."

"Wait. You had them before you came to NCIS…" Ziva saw that Jimmy was about to ask the how and the with who question, but after looking in Ziva's eyes he did not. Ziva decided to get on a lighter topic.

"Well, Drew, do you like it here?"

Drew eagerly nodded his head. "Daddy is fun." Ziva smiled at him as the boy crawled onto Jimmy's lap.

"This is why you asked all those questions."

"Yep. I had no clue as to what to do; you kind of saved my…well, you know. I was surprised though that it was you who could answer my questions. Not to sound rude, but I just never pictured you…you, know, until that little girl a while back."

"No one ever does; it is okay, Jimmy."

For the next half hour or so they talked about their children.

"Look at us, here we are, sitting and talking like two stay at home parents while our children have fallen asleep," Ziva said laughing at Jimmy. She got a laugh in return.

"Guess it's time to get these kids to bed. I'll walk you to your car."

Ziva gently shook the twins awake as they were too big to be carried to the car. When they were settled in their seats, the sleepy sisters leaned into one another and resting their heads together, were soon sound asleep. When she turned around Jimmy was still standing behind her with Drew in his arms. At that moment he really looked like a loving father and Ziva knew he was. If not, he would not have asked the questions he had asked, because if he was not he would be so stubborn as to think he could get there without help, which was the point. When you were a parent for the first time you always need the help of others, whether it was from your spouse, mother, father, family or friends.

"I will see you at work Jimmy."

"Goodnight," Jimmy replied before walking to his own car.

Oh How I love them both

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