I'm sorry for all the grammatical errors. I am only fourteen years old and it was very late when I posted the last chapter. Please just try to take my feelings into consideration when you're reviewing. Although, if you do not like those errors then what is the point of you reading this story and commenting about how you can't believe an eighth grader can make so many errors.
Oh and if people don't like reading FICTIONAL stories. Then my only advice for is not to read them! This is pure fiction and could never in a million years happen. I'll make sure Tim is nicer.
Chapter 9
"Did she just…head-slap Gibbs?" Tony is the first to ask. The other three are too stunned to speak. Even Johnny doesn't look brave enough to say another word.
"No…she couldn't have. She …do you think she really did it?" Tim stuttered looking like a ten year old with a lost toy.
"I believe she did" Ziva said softly, she gets up and heads back to the food line. Besides Mike Franks, nobody has ever head-slapped Gibbs before.
If that was anyone else, Gibbs would've given them such a glare that it would have turned them to stone. Or he would have smacked them upside the head so hard they'd have a concussion. Instead Gibbs winked at Julie and turns to look at his agape agents. He tries to hide his smirk, as the others try to recompose themselves.
"No fair. Is she you're favorite now?" Abby whined teasingly. Tim manages a smile Abby gives him a hard look. She didn't say that to make HIM laugh. It slides from his face and falls to the ground with a half-hearted bang.
Gibbs nods. "You bet" he said applying a soft kiss to Julie's flushed pink cheek. She gently pushes him away and rolls her green eyes.
"Gibbs, there're people staring" Julie complained, her flaming red hair causing Gibbs to want to kiss her matching red lips even more.
"Am I supposed to care?" he asked causing Julie to giggle. She feels like such a school girl around this him. Her heart weighs about a million pounds and sometimes she wishes Leroy Jethro Gibbs was out of her life, but for some reason she still loves him.
After a few moments, everyone walks off to find their kids and force feed them. Gibbs manages to 'mistakenly' find Ally near the dessert table and Thalia flirting with a few of his co-workers fifteen year old sons! He firmly grabs the thirteen year old by her arm and leads her over to the line. Luke looks over at Johnny and motions for him to come over. Tony takes a seat in front of his son. Johnny impatiently stares at his father. He just wants to get this over with.
Tony stifles a smile; he's pleased that Luke and Johnny are getting along. Although his son has to stop trying to impress everyone, not everything is a joke. "We have a problem here, don't we?" Tony asked his son. Johnny looks up at his father and shrugs. Mom said they didn't have a problem, but talking with dad can be a totally different story. It is like going from Harry Potter to The Cat in the Hat in seconds. Johnny grins at his own little joke, until he sees his dad's firm look. That wipes the smile right off of his face.
"I said I was sorry" Johnny muttered, why is he getting another lecture?
"You need to learn to respect you're elders" Tony chided gently. He knows Ziva probably gave him a lecture, but he wants to make sure Johnny will learn from his mistakes.
"Luke dropped his plate too" Johnny whined. His innocent army green eyes staring up at his father's.
"I get that. Luke is only our nephew, we don't have the right to discipline him like with you and Kyle" Tony said trying to explain in the best way he can.
"I know…Auntie Abby and Uncle Tim do, but still" Johnny huffed angrily. "Mom didn't even smack him when he dropped his plate and it was on purpose too" Tony shakes his head. Johnny doesn't understand a word he's saying.
Ziva looks into her purse once again. The + sign is staring right back at her. She immediately shuts her purse when she sees Abby and Julie walking over to her. Julie looks like she's telling a really funny story because Abby is laughing hysterically. Those two are so different with Julie's red hair and Abby's black hair. Their height is another point to consider Abby is tall and Julie is medium. Besides their eye colors, nobody in the world would ever consider those two related. Their happy faces, instantly making Ziva feel guilty. They are her best friends; she should tell them, shouldn't she?
"Hey! Wow you don't look so good" Abby examines her friend from head to toe. Julie follows suit. "Are you okay?" Julie asked with a questionable stare pointed at Ziva.
Ziva plasters a fake smile onto her face. "I am fine" she assured the two of them. Abby and Julie don't look very convinced.
"Spill, did Johnny or Kyle do something?" Ziva shakes her head. "What about Tony? What did he do? If he did something wrong, then I'll get my revenge on him" Abby promised assuringly. She means it to. She'll cook up a substance that'll make him feel constapated for a few days if he did something wrong.
"It wasn't…I mean it isn't him. Well it is, he's apart of it. A big part of it, but" Ziva sighed angrily. She clicked opened her purse. "Look" Julie and Abby stared at one another.
"Ziva, are you sure you're okay?" Julie asked trying to check Ziva's temperature. Ziva pushes her hand away.
"Just check. This is serious" Ziva groaned at them. Both of them lean into the purse and Ziva watches as their eyes become as big as saucers.
"ZIVA THIS IS GREAT…NO THIS ISN'T GREAT. THIS IS AMAZING AND TERRIFIC TOGETHER IN ONE GIANT AMAZERIFIC!" Abby screeched; several people look over at them.
"Oh my God, Ziva you're…" Julie said. Usually when Abby gets this loud Ziva and she try to quiet her down. Abby is like the youngest sister.
"Don't even say it. Don't" Ziva cut her off. She looks around suspiciously; her brown eyes searching for spies of some sort.
"How did Tony react when you told him?" Abby asked excitedly. A guilty look flashes through Ziva's chocolate brown eyes.
"He seems as calm as ever, right now. If I told Gibbs I was pregnant he'd choke on his coffee" Julie pointed out with a joking grin.
"…I didn't tell him…yet" Ziva said quietly. Julie and Abby stare wide eyed at their close friend. This is serious, she has to tell them.
"Ziva" they both scolded.
"I'll tell him. Right now isn't good timing. I'll tell him" Ziva promised. "Both of you promise me you won't tell anyone" Julie chews on her lower lip.
"I guess, but Zi you should tell him" Abby answered sounding reluctant; she may be mad at Tim right now, but nothing in the world would stop her from telling him.
"Julie?" they both turn to the red head who looks hesitant about this.
Ziva doesn't get why Julie is so hesitant. Friends keep secrets for each other that's the way things are. Tony seems really pleased with everything at the moment. Plus it isn't any of his business! It's her body that'll be stretched and pulled apart. That's not even the worst part being pregnant, she won't be allowed in the field for a good ten to eleven months. Maybe even a year, what'll she do until then? Take care of the baby and become a bored housewife. That's a horror Ziva never could imagine. She loves being a mom to two beautiful boys, but it's easier with a pre-teen and teen. They can take care of themselves for a few hours. With a baby! They acquire the constant care that Ziva could never handle. You cannot leave them alone; she might not ever be able to go back to work.
"Okay! I won't tell anyone, but Ziva. Abby's right" Julie gives in knowing this will end extremely badly. For some reason, she decides to keep her mouth shut.
Back at the table, Tony tries to talk some sense into his son. It's harder than he ever thought it would be "How would you feel if Auntie Abby swatted you? Or what if she spanked you?" Tony asked kindly. The confused and flustered look on Johnny's face makes Tony wonder if he's doing an okay job at being a father.
"I don't know…confused, I guess" Johnny shrugs his shoulders 'what does this have to do with anything?'
"Why would that be?" Tony asked. He already knows the answer to this question, but Tony wants to hear Johnny say it.
"Cause she isn't my mom. She's my aunt" Johnny pointed out. His face all scrunched up and confused.
Tony replied, "That's right; it'd feel confusing and different. Even if they scolded you, that would feel different too right?" Johnny considered this.
"But what if you guys went away? Would they spank me if I did something bad?" Tony thinks for a few moments. He has to be very careful about how he answers this.
"Then and only then would be the only time we'd trust you're aunts and uncles to spank you" he squinted playfully at the child. "But, I'm sure that won't be necessary because if mom and I ever go away. You would NEVER cause trouble, because that'd be taking advantage of them. Am I right?" Tony asked with raised eyebrows.
"Yes sir" Johnny saluted, causing Tony to grin as he tickles his son's belly. Almost instantly the eleven year old starts laughing until his lungs hurt.
Ziva hears Johnny's laughs from the food line and smiles to herself. "Mom…make him stop…tickling me!" Johnny begged wiping his tearful eyes. Ziva sets the plate down and joins in. Hearing Johnny's laugh is worth the anger and annoyance of her new everyday life.
After a few more minutes, both adults allow their son to eat. In between small bites of carrots, Tony clears his throat. "Listen bud, I need you to be on you're best behavior from now on. Today is going to be a very fun day and I don't want you missing out. You get me" Johnny swallowed nodding.
"I'm done eating. Can I go play with Luke?" Johnny asked nervously.
"Yes, be good" Ziva warned clipping the back of his head.
"I'm always good. Just not the good you guys like" Johnny said showing off his adorable smart aleck charms.
"Oh is that the case, hu?" Tony mused landing a playful smack on Johnny's bottom. He smiles at his father and runs off.
"Did it hurt?" Luke asked sounding serious.
Johnny looks at him funny. "When I got tickled? Nah that was fun" Johnny told him wondering if Lucas has ever been tickled.
"No, when Aunt Ziva spanked you" Luke whispered quietly. The ten year old looks around hoping nobody heard him say that horrible word…spank.
Johnny said. "That was just a few smacks. She coulda hit me lots harder" Thalia and Kyle make their way over to the two of them. Kyle looks sweaty, but he has his arm around Thalia who's grinning devilishly.
"Oh…my mom doesn't spank me" Luke stated proudly; earning confused looks from the other three. That doesn't sound much like their somewhat strict aunt.
"Why?" Johnny asked his eyes wide.
"I don't know. She doesn't like it" Luke answered his face red with embarrassment.
"Wish both my parents didn't like it. They think it's for our own good. Apparently it teaches us to learn from our mistakes" Kyle mimicked Tony's voice. He surprisingly does a great job at it.
"Good thing they only do it when we mess up big-time" Johnny agreed with a playful smile dancing on his lips. He likes hanging out with the older kids. No offence to Ally, but he's glad she isn't here to ruin the fun.
"My aunt doesn't, but…" Thalia said grinning for a few seconds. Her grin turns into a pout. "Gibbs he never hesitates to smack my ass" she doesn't sound that mad.
Thalia's glad she has a father figure in her life, especially one like Gibbs. The man is caring, kind, and funny. He's the poster agent for Superman. It sucks having someone spank you who's not exactly related to you, cos you don't know for sure if he really cares about you. Her aunt Julie doesn't spank cos she doesn't like to. Thalia would never tell anyone this, but she wouldn't mind if her aunt did it every one in awhile. This brings Thalia to another point; she misses her mom. At times, Thalia forgets what her parents look like. That's a sad thing to say, but considering it has been seven years since she last saw them; it's fairly normal. The last time she saw them; she was around Ally's age. Thalia suddenly wishes her birth father were here to spank her. If only he and her mom would stop trying to 'find themselves' and come home.
"Well I hate spankings! They hurt" Luke moaned. His voice brings Thalia back to sweet and bitter reality.
"You got you're first one didn't you? Johnny got one last night for stealing from Sister Kathy's desk. Didn't you, John?" Kyle asked a casual grin forming on his face. Johnny glares at his brother who gives him an apologetic look.
Thalia presses her lips together to keep from smiling. Sometimes Kyle can be really funny and sometimes he can be mean. This is one of those times where she can't tell what side to chose.
"My dad said stealing Sister Kathy's junk was wrong and he was going ta spank me. It hurt way more than I thought it would. After he did; he said that he spanked me cos a warmed up rear helps me learn more from my mistakes than grounding me would and he wants to me to grow up to be a good person in life or some shit like that" Luke said smiling briefly at the memory.
"The first spanking is always the worst" Kyle commented. His remembers his first spanking. The way he cried his eyes out; only the smacks didn't seem that hard. It was initial shock of getting one that got to him. Johnny said it hurt and he wasn't shocked at all. It just hurt.
"Does it get any easier?" Luke asked weakly.
"What do you mean?" Kyle laughed.
"The spankings do they…get easier to take or does it still hurt?" Luke pretends not to notice the eye rolls he gets from the DiNozzo brothers.
"Don't be stupid. It still hurts" Kyle offered with that DiNozzo carefree smirk. "Wanna hear some rules for when you're about to be spanked?"
"There are rules?" Luke tries hard not to laugh, but this is really funny. There are rules for getting spanked!
"Course, there are. We wouldn't be kids if we didn't have rules. We'd be so...messed up if we didn't have our rules of life" Kyle said staring at the ten year old like he was crazy.
"How many rules are there?" Luke said feeling left out.
"Yeah five of em.' Rule 5, self-pity if you pity yourself you're parents will too. Rule 4 apologize quickly so they won't smack as hard. Rule 3 never underestimate you're spanker. Rule 2 never repeat these rules to anyone. The most important rule is Rule 1 never say or anything stupid while being spanked" Kyle informed him thoughtfully.
Johnny winced. Luke looks over at Kyle wondering if he's serious. "Where did you here all these stupid rules?" Luke feels compelled to ask.
"A friend told me some of em.' Don't you call my rules stupid. I wasn't the one who got caught stealing by a blind nun" Kyle said sounding a little angry. Luke shouldn't run his mouth like that, in Kyle and Thalia's opinion. It'll get him beat up if he does.
Johnny boasted. "I supplied the pity rule" Kyle can't help but smile down at his little brother. He's so proud that he added a rule onto their list. Between Kyle and Johnny they have lots of rules. Some apply to spankings, future experiences, and just being loyal brothers in general.
Feeling bored with talking with ten year olds. Since nobody else is talking; it is kind of awkward just standing there staring at the grass. Thalia wanders to go grab something to eat. Kyle follows Thalia to the appetizers table. "Johnny's really lucky" she said smiling at him. Kyle feels his cheeks heat up.
"Why's that?" he asked pretending to be interested in the carrots. He doesn't dare look at Thalia. He worries that if he does, then he'll turn even redder than he already is.
"He has an older brother like you" Thalia looks around quickly and runs a hand through Kyle's waves of blonde hair. At first Kyle jumps out of surprise and quickly he relaxes. A slow grin etches its way onto his face.
Kyle's blue eyes are so beautiful they're Thalia's new favorite color. She can see those questioning eyes of his mentally asking her if it's alright. In return she just nods and closes her green eyes. Therefore Kyle leans in to kiss her. Right when she feels his lips are a few centimeters away from hers. She's pulled back about five feet.
"What the…" she looks around to see Gibbs. His face is so anxious and worried. Thalia would laugh at him, if she wasn't so mad. How dare he pull her away? That's just so rude. He was going to…they were going to kiss.
"GIBBS!" Thalia screeched. Gibbs face turns red with embarrassment. Julie is at her niece's side in seconds.
"What's going on?" Julie asked firmly.
Nobody answers. Thalia's too steamed and Gibbs looks quiet; too quiet, even for him. Julie looks from the thirteen year old to the fifty year old. "I asked you both a question and I expect an answer" Julie said in her best stern momma voice.
"HE" Thalia jerks her hand towards Gibbs angrily. "Pulled me away…when Kyle and I were going to…to…well it doesn't matter now!" Thalia said storming off. Julie doesn't dare stop her. She knows from years of experience that when Thalia is seriously and she means SERIOUSLY angry about something. It's best for everyone to let her cool off.
"Leroy Jethro Gibbs, I cannot believe you did that" Julie chided. Gibbs stares at her with those steely innocent blue eyes. He looks like a guilty ten year old.
"What? I didn't do anything" Gibbs feigns his virtuousness.
"You pulled her away when she was going to get her first kiss. You're in some serious trouble" Julie glared at the man in front of her. Gibbs gulped. Julie might as well be singing two holes into his forehead with those green marbles of hers. He begins to wonder why Julie is so mad at him. She should be delighted that he pulled Thal away when he did.
Luke announced. "I have a plan." He has taken off his black overcoat. The penguin look only works for actual penguins.
"For?" Johnny asked in between gulps of soda. His mom is usually particular about what kind of soda's he drinks because of the sugar rushes; he gets. It's not like a few Cokes can hurt him.
"My parents! We're going to keep them together" Luke reminded his cousin.
"I've been thinkin bout' that. What if your parents wanna get a divorce? We can't make them love each other. Ain't that their choice?" Johnny wondered.
"We can too" Luke sounds defiant.
"I dunno Luke. It's not like we can lock em' in a basement" Johnny joked nudging Lucas who grins at him.
"That's perfect" Luke exclaimed.
"That was a joke"
"You're a genius. We'll lock them in my basement cos we have a bathroom" Luke said his eyes gleamed with the thoughts.
Johnny's eyes are as wide as saucers. "You can't be serious. There's no way I'm doing that. I'm gonna speak for me butt. And my butt says it isn't in the mood to go one on one with my dad's hand."
"Johnny, please. I don't want them to get a divorce. I like living as a family! Please, Johnny. You're my best friend, please. You're the only one I know who could ever pull this off" that last few lines are what sold Johnny on deciding to help him.
"I'm in, but you can't get scared. Okay?" Truthfully Johnny was scared. He didn't know about Lucas, but he's scared out of his mind.
"I wasn't planning on it" Luke replied his tone scaring Johnny; a little bit.
Ziva senses Abby is down. She has barely spoken a word since they sat down together to eat. Tony and Tim are off someplace talking about a case. "What is wrong Abby?" Ziva asked mildly concerned.
"Timmy and I are fighting" Abby whimpered.
"Why?"
"Because he spanked Luke last night for the stealing incident" Abby explained making it sound like they stole by accident.
"If it makes you feel any better. Johnny said it was his idea and he got a spanking last night too" Ziva said shaking her head.
"That's different" Abby mumbled.
"How is it so very different?" Ziva wondered her eyebrows knit.
"Johnny responds well to spanking. I'm not sure if Luke did" Abby mused.
Ziva replied, "Tell me everything that happened"
"Well we sent Lucas to his bedroom. Then we started talking about punishments. I thought we could just tell Luke not to do it again or something. Tim said we should spank Luke. I almost spanked Timmy for saying that. I told him that we're never going to do that. Then we argued and he went up to Luke's room and…Zi it broke my heart to hear Lukey cry. Luke and Tim came down ten minutes later and oh my god Ziva! Luke ran up to me, hugged me and started saying he was sorry. I kissed his head and saw Tim standing at the doorway into the kitchen. All awkward with himself! I glared at him and hugged my baby" Abby explained all in one breath.
"That's it" Ziva said trying not to grin. Abby's totally being insane; that sounds like a normal reaction.
"Yeah! That's it! Why?"
"That sounds very normal reaction to me" Ziva admitted.
"What are you talking about?" Abby gasped.
"I think it was the third time Johnny got spanked. After Tony did it. He ran downstairs and hugged me; kept saying he was sorry" Ziva said briefly. She was cooking lasagna and it was cute seeing her little prince run up and hug her like that.
"What did Johnny do?" Abby asked worriedly feeling compelled to ask.
"He stole" Ziva answered simply.
"So he didn't learn from his previous spanking, did he?" Abby asked. "Maybe they wouldn't steal if they weren't afraid of you" Ziva's brown eyes start to through daggers at Abby.
"Johnny and Kyle's friends didn't always get meals. They stole for their friends. For you're information my boys are not afraid of Tony nor I. There's a large difference between respecting your elders and fearing them. You wouldn't see that because Lucas doesn't respect anybody!" Ziva snapped. If you mess with her cubs, Ziva will most defidently become a mother bear.
Abby wants to say Luke respects his elders, but deep down she knows that is a lie. Her bright green eyes look remorsefully down at Ziva's brown eyes that being to soften slightly. "I'm…" Abby started, but Ziva holds up her hand and nods.
"No need. I should not have said that about Lucas. I didn't mean it. I was mad that you said my sons fear me. My entire life I feared my papa and I swore when I had children. I'd be different. Do you think they fear me?" Ziva asked, quickly wiping a tear from her cheek.
Abby smiled warmly at her. "I was wrong too. I shouldn't have even thought that. Kyle and Johnny could never fear you. They love you too much to even think about that"
"Do they? I am only their step-mother. It is not as though I am their real mother" Ziva admitted feeling quite ashamed of herself.
Abby scolded, "Ziva David! They call you mom! They love you as much as any child loves their mother. Step-mom or not, you're more of a mother than they had before"
"Sometimes Johnny even calls me mommy" Ziva boasted quietly. Johnny only says that a few times; when he's really tired or something. Ziva finds it adorable and Tony thinks Johnny shouldn't be babied.
Gibbs groaned. He can't believe Julie is actually making him do this. He taps Thalia on the shoulder. She looks up at him and glares. "What do you want?" Thalia asked sourly. Gibbs sets his teeth on edge.
She better lose that attitude. He thinks. "I want to talk to you" Gibbs replied, making it sound more like a demand than a question.
"I don't wanna talk to you" Thalia grumped. Gibbs has never had a little sister before or even raised a teenager before. This is very new to him.
"You don't have to talk. All you have to do is, sit there and listen" Gibbs ordered taking a seat beside her. Thalia scooches her chair away.
"Listen little miss. I know you're mad at me. I get that. I just want you to know. That for once I'm going to break a rule and say I'm sorry. I mean it, honey. I shouldn't have made you change your clothes more than two times. That was stupid of me" Gibbs said kindly. His tone almost soothing. Thalia can't supress the smile that breaks onto her face.
"It's not fair! I hate bein a kid. I wanna grow up and be an adult. You get to drive and have money to shop and get to kiss people" Thalia admitted. Her face red with anger.
Gibbs said, "I worry about you. Thalia I get that you're becoming...a wom...a young lady and you want to explore, but try to understand. You're like a daughter to me. I care so much about you and don't want you to get hurt in life. That sounds silly to you, but trust me sweetheart you'll regret wanting to grow up too fast. Just enjoy life being a kid for as long as you can. Okay sweetheart?"
"You're really good at these heart-to-heart. Father/Daughter moments aren't you?" Thalia joked with a twinkle forming in her eyes.
"What can I say? I've had a lot of practice" Thalia giggles. "As for the kissing. I'll allow it, so long as you promise not to do anything more than kissing" Gibbs said making a fair compromise.
"I won't as long as you don't spy on me anymore or be so protective" Thalia said evenly.
Gibbs pulls her into a hug. "I won't spy on you anymore" he promised into her ear. Thalia relaxes for a few seconds, but remembers he didn't agree to the second part. "I can't do anything about being protective, once your apart of my family. Your stuck with me and my protectivness. Hope you don't mind" Gibbs added. Thalia rolls her eyes. She doesn't mind at all.
Tim sighed. He still can't believe Abby's still mad at him. He reacted the same way when he got his first spanking. Only he was six years old and Luke is ten, but the circumstances are different. "Hey McDreamy, wake up. I've been trying to tell you about Ziva and my trip to Paris in two months and you've been a space cadet" Tony complained.
"Sorry Tony, Abby and I are fighting" Tim quipped.
Tony lightly slaps the back of Tim's head. "Never apologize; sign of weakness. Why are you and Abs fighting?" he wondered.
"I spanked Luke last night"
"That it?" Tim nodded ruefully. "Probie, next time you and Abs fight. Make sure you do something that's worth it, deal?" Tony joked.
"Tony, I really messed up. Abby told me not to spank Luke and I did. It's what my own father would've done. Only a lot harder and more smacks" Tim added hastily.
"How many smacks were there?"
"Eight…I hated it. I can't stand to hear Luke cry; he lied, tried to shift all the blame onto Johnny, and mouthed off. On top of all that he stole. I couldn't just do what Abby thought was discipline and tell him 'not to do it again' did I do the right thing?" Tim asked quietly. He stares at Tony who's always been like an older brother to him.
"He's not just Abby's son, Probie" Tony informed the younger agent who slowly nods, but still feels like shit.
"I know, but I feel like she hates me and we'll never be the same. We used to have such a great love life…" Tim stated, but Tony instantly blocks his ears at the words 'love' and 'live.'
"BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. Don't talk to me about this. Talk to Abby! I beg of you. Talk to her about this disgusting sex life of yours! She's your wife not me" Tony whined.
Tim doesn't move a muscle, which starts to irk Tony. "I hated it Tony. I hated spanking him, but I did it anyway. Does that make sense?" Tim asked sadly.
"Yeah, you want them to grow up respecting their elders and knowing right from wrong. Being a parent is a hard job, Probie. I hate hearing Johnny and Kyle cry. Every time I do it. I hope they'll just smarten up and start following the rules, but then…" Tony stopped himself, right at the good part.
"Then what?" Tim asked looking more nervous than the first time he met Gibbs.
Tony smirked at his little brother. "They wouldn't be kids, if they followed our rules. After all they do have rules of their own to follow."