"Emily, sweetie would you like to show Michael around?" Sophie asked her daughter, who glared at Sophie.
"NO" Emily shouted at her, Sophie could feel Gibbs looking at her.
"Emily Jessica, watch you're tone" Gibbs warned, Emily sticks her tongue out at him.
"I mean it Emily; I don't think you want Michael to see you in the corner on his very first day with us" Gibbs said very sternly.
"GGGGIIIBBBSS, he gots feet" Emily whined making sure she said Gibbs name long and exaggerated while she glared Michael who starts to look uncomfortable.
"You have feet too Em" Gibbs said giving her a look to cut the crap.
"I don't wanna show him" Emily said looking at her mother, knowing too well that her mom will get her out of this.
"I can show my self around, Gibbs" Michael replied softly, Sophie gives him a smile letting him know that she wants to thank him for saying that.
"Jethro, she doesn't have too, if she doesn't want to. She must be tired is all, from the trips we made today" Sophie said, Michael instantly knows that Gibbs is the harder of the two of them.
"See, I don't hafta mommy said" Emily pointed out with her hands on her hips.
"You got off this time, Emily" he turns to look at Sophie "don't be lenient with her, Soph she has to learn…I'll see you three later, Vance said I have to have a word with him. Michael, when I come home, you can work on the boat with me" Gibbs said still looking at Emily whose face falls all the way to hell.
"What about ME?" Emily demanded feeling sad.
"You can too Em, you can show Michael how to sand" Gibbs said with a chuckle as he gives Sophie a kiss on the lips and ruffles Emily and Michael's hair and leaves.
"Michael, what do you want for lunch?" Sophie asked very kindly, Michael looks at Sophie uncomfortably.
"Grilled cheese, if that's okay" Michael said hesitantly, Sophie looks at him and smiles.
"Of course it is, thank you for offering, but Emily needs to learn that she can't always get what she wants" Sophie said more to Emily than Michael.
"Blah, blah, blah" Emily mumbled as she watched cartoon with Michael who takes out his DS and starts playing it.
While Sophie goes to start the laundry, Emily turns to glare some more at Michael. But, all he does is keep his eyes on his video game; trying very hard not to look at Emily.
"Mommy is easier" Emily whispered secretly as she turned the volume up.
"What'd yah say?" Michael asked while he paused his game to look at her.
"I SAID, mommy is easier cos she just is and Gibbs isn't but he good too" Emily informed him while Michael smiled at her in a brotherly way.
"Thanks kid" Michael said softly as he flipped back on his video game and started beating up monsters again.
"Ziva and Tony DiNozzo, we're looking for Noah Gelerman. He was on this flight, is that correct?" Ziva asked the lady at the front desk Veronica Baker.
"Yes, are you his parents? Thank god, he's been with us all afternoon and we don't know what to do with him. He snuck out of the kid area downstairs and almost went to Spain, but luckily we found him before the airplane took off. Believe me you don't want to know what he did in our Dunkin Donuts" Veronica said sounding so relieved that people are here to pick him up.
"Actually we're his foster parents and federal agents" Tony said showing her their badges, Veronica nodded.
"Good, good, I'll call up Brian. He was on Noah duty last, let me tell you that little boy is the cutest thing I've ever seen, but he finds trouble like people find spare change on the streets" Veronica said taking out her cell phone to phone Brian.
"Alison, you must be jet lagged. You'll go to bed when we come home" Ziva said, at the moment Alison would have argued she wasn't a baby and didn't need naps, but…
"Yes ma'am" Alison complied, she isn't usually this agreeable, but she's so tired the ten year old might as well agree.
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. DiNoddo" Noah said loudly, as he raced towards them grinning like a clown; he tripped just as he got to their feet.
"Please, call us Tony and Ziva" Ziva said smiling while Tony got handed each of his suitcases.
"Let's go home" Tony said very happily while Alison looked down at the jubilant six year old who demanded to sit beside her on the ride home. This is going to be a long two month, Alison thinks to her self while Noah babbles on and on about Spiderman being the coolest one of all.
"He can shoot webs out of his hand cos he got bited by spider…and he's red and red is me favorite color" Noah marveled while Ziva and Tony said a few encouraging words just to appease the little tyke. Alison plugs her self into her I-pod and looks out the window in wonderment as they pull into the DiNozzo residence.
"Alright, Noah, Alison, naptime" Tony declared nodding up the stairs, after showing them around. Alison complies very quickly, as she goes up to; her bedroom which is at the end of the hall. Personally she thinks it's the nicest and coolest in their three bedroom house, but she isn't about to tell Noah that.
"No, I wanna stay up" Noah argued Alison rolls her eyes thinking of the little babies who do this at the home.
"Noah, it's only for an hour, two tops" Tony compromised with a charming smile.
"I can stay awake. I swear" Noah said shaking his little body; his short dark blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes make him look irresistible.
"Bud, you hafta go to sleep. You're going to be grumpy and when you wake up, we can all go to the park" Tony promised, this caused Alison to stop short in the stairs and turn back at him.
"The park is lame" Alison muttered as she continues up the stairs; thinking that this is a stupid conversation.
"But, why can't we go to the park NOW" Noah whined stamping his feet, Tony looked at the boy with pleading eyes as does Ziva.
"Because, you need a nap, after you're nap. We're all going to the park" Ziva decided, Noah considered this very hesitantly before running upstairs.
"What now?" Tony asked sounding like his usual, kid self.
"Now, we enjoy whatever peace we have left" Ziva said walking out of the living room, Tony follows.
"So we're going to…" Tony trailed off and winked at Ziva whose mouth falls open in shock.
"Tony! I'm going to read" Ziva said giving him a very knowing look, he smiles sweetly at her.
"Yah, that's what I was thinking too" Tony said rather nervously.
"You really expect me to believe that"
"Nope, but it's worth a try"
"I love you, Tony" Ziva said her eyes smile into his.
"I love you too. I'll always love you"
"Is that a promise?" Ziva challenged with a knowing smirk.
"No, that's how I'm going to feel forever, my love" Tony said suddenly feeling, very cheesy. Ziva kisses him and smiles at him while she sits down curled up beside him and reads her new book.