On the last day of babysitting, the team was determined to make sure that the day passed with no event.
The morning was fairly uneventful as the team fed the boys a breakfast consisting of pancakes and close to a litre of syrups while watching Avengers Assemble.
Eventually the boys began running and jumping so Tim and Tony took them outside to burn off a little energy.
Abby and Ziva brought out the Lamborghini's and Tony decided that the boys should learn how to drive correctly.
"It's never too early for driving lessons," Tony laughed as they set up a clearly marked road, with a plastic pole marking a traffic light.
McGee chuckled as he wondered how this was going to play out.
"Now kids, you can only drive on one side of the road," Tony attempted but the boys were off. Tony broke off into curses as one of the cars ran over his foot.
Tim doubled over with laughter as Tony hobbled after the cars in mock agony. Ziva and Abby laughed and cheered on the boys.
Tony had caught up with the boys but did not expect them to push open the door onto his shin and take off running. Tim soon found himself running with Logan and Liam after tackling Tony to the ground.
Ziva and Abby joined the fugitive run after they pounced on Tony and tickled him into letting Logan go. Tony ran behind them, hobbling and groaning yelling at them to stop in the name of the law.
Soon, Tony let out a long sigh and fell to his knees, "I am all alone with no one to love me,"
Liam and Logan froze as DiNozzo pretended to sniffle and wipe a tear.
"I wove you 'Nozzo," Liam said finally as he patted Tony's head
"Me too," Logan said as he ran closer
"Thank you," Tony sniffled, "For making this so easy," He muttered before grabbing both boys, tickling them until they rolled
Tim joined the tickle fest as he tried to rescue the boys. Ziva and Abby shrugged before diving in, wrestling and tickling with no mercy.
Eventually they lay on the grass as the birds soared overhead, regaining their energy. In the few minutes it took for their breathing to slow, Liam had fallen asleep nestled in the crook of Ziva's arm whereas Logan was nodding off on Tony's chest.
The boys were placed in their cribs and Tony and Tim watched over them silently. Ziva and Abby were mulling over takeout menus as lunch would need to be consumed when the boys awoke from their nap.
The boys awoke from their naps after Tim turned the TV on and Tony sat on the remote, dialling the volume up much too loud.
Eventually with much debate the team decided to order pizza for dinner and stick with a few simple sandwiches for lunch.
"Let's build a fort," Tony suggested finally
"Yeah, a sleepover on our last night watching them," Ziva said with a sad smile
"I'm gonna miss this," Abby said softly
A moment of silence followed as each of them realised how much fun the three days were. Their nostalgic moment was broken as the boys began to get rowdy.
Ziva, with the help of Logan emptied out the closets of blankets and pillows. Tony, Tim and Liam rearranged the couches and began stacking cushions, pillows and blankets. Abby was making Grandma Scuito's hot chocolate and popcorn was put on to pop.
The pizza was delivered just as the fort was finished and the team huddled in their creation, pizza boxes, popcorn and hot chocolate arranged carefully as they watched Cars.
When Lightening McQueen headed back to his race, Logan and Liam were both asleep, pizza boxes were shoved to one side and the hot chocolate was long gone.
The team watched the rest of the movie and started another Disney classic, before one by one they succumbed to sleep.
When Leroy Jethro Gibbs and Jennifer Shepard Gibbs unlocked their front door, they expected to see damages of some sort but the picture they received was incredibly cute. Jenny snapped a few pictures of the adorable scene.
The credits of a movie were still running and it seemed that TV was on mute. Pizza boxes were strewn around the room, apparently thrown out of the fort that occupied the rest of the living room.
Tony was lying on his back and Ziva was curled onto his abdomen. McGee was being used as a replacement for Burt as Abby was clutching him quite tightly. Logan was draped on Tony's extended arm and Liam had found McGee's shoulder as a comfortable pillow.
Gibbs shook his head with a rueful smile as she switched off the television and cleared up the boxes, popcorn dishes and mugs.
Jenny decided to cook up a breakfast for the babysitters and her honorary children.
Soon the house was returned to some order and Gibbs pulled open the living room curtains causing the team to stir.
Tony's eyes flew open as he sniffed the air appreciatively," Hmmm,"
Ziva was awoken since her pillow had disappeared and her head hit the blanket.
Tim felt the sides of their fort move and deduced that it was time to wake up. He roused Abby who released her grip on him and crawled out of the fort
"Dada!" Logan cried as he spotted his father standing next to the now open curtains.
"Dada home?" Liam questioned as he toddled after his brother
The team froze from their positions near the stairs and they slowly turned around to find Gibbs smirking. Jenny poked her head out of the kitchen and greeted, "Breakfast will be done soon,"
This spurred a flurry of movement and activity as the team struggled to get the bathroom first.
Jenny lay breakfast on the table and went to see her boys," You boys have fun?"
"Aha!" Liam agreed
"We did make 'Nozzo pretty," Logan said happily
"We make him wook wike Mama," Liam chimed
Gibbs laughed as he thought of that statement. He would get the story later.
"We did build a fort," The boys droned on filling in their parents on the latest events
Breakfast started off silently as the team shovelled food down their throats. Gibbs and Jenny laughed before Gibbs decided to ask, "So Tony I heard you had a makeover?"
Tony began to choke and splutter as Ziva thumped on his back.
"I guess I did," Tony replied with a shrug
"Oh Gibbs, it was hilarious," Abby confirmed as she retold the story right down to the toilet water.
"What will do with you guys," Jenny wondered as she joined the laughing
"This was fun," Ziva said finally," Thank you for letting us watch them,"
"We are family" Was Gibbs' only reply
"We shall leave you guys," Tim offered
"Gotta get ready for work again," Abby agreed
The team left sadly but McGee quoted loud enough for them all to hear, "Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened,"
The agreement was unanimous and that night, McGee found himself with Abby and Ziva found herself with Tony.