"I'm sooo glad I'm not Gibbs." Tony snickered as he grabbed the scotch tape from the table in the rented hall. "Can you imagine how pissed the Director will be when she realizes we aren't at work? Or for that matter that nearly nobody is at work. They're all out either buying gifts or home cooking for the party. And Gibbs will have to deal with her." He was positively gleeful at the thought and even Ziva had to laugh but she was laughing more at Tony himself than the situation.
"I would hate to be Gibbs." Ziva admitted with a rather amused smile. She passed Abby a banner and then began unfolding table cloths. McGee kept working with the lights and the music since he'd been roped into setting up a play list.
"Awww! I can't wait for Mommy to get here! She's going to love it! I know it! Gibbs said they're going to have everyone here vote and give a name suggestion for both a boy and a girl. Of course, Mommy doesn't know yet since she isn't here but that's Ok." Abby couldn't contain her smile as she twirled around the room after Ziva, putting the center pieces on tables after they'd had a table cloth put on them.
"I for one am totally ready to see my soon-to-be stepmother's face. She'll be about ready to kill us after all the running away from her we did yesterday but she'll be in mid-yell and then she'll be swooning over it." Kelly snickered, batting her eye-lashes at Tony who, on cue, gave his impression of what Jenny's face would look like.
"Momma, will grandma be mad?" Madelyn asked curiously. The four-year-old had suddenly and inexplicably started calling Jenny grandma and Kelly was all for it. Jenny had beamed from ear to ear and Gibbs had just bough Madelyn ice cream. Not that she wouldn't have suckered him into that ice cream anyway but at least it seemed to be a reward to the little girl's mind.
Meanwhile, Jenny Shepard, Director of N.C.I.S., was completely and utterly pissed off. She had not been able to locate her lover's team when she needed their help. Never mind that the help had nothing to do with a case but rather with the choosing of baby names and the purchasing of a paint color for her unborn child's room.
Gibbs had been ducking out all day, away from Jenny when she appeared to be following him and it was aggravating her. Never mind the fact that she was heavily pregnant; she was still going to kill him when she caught him.
Finally Jenny managed to get a hold of her fiancée who insisted on taking her out to dinner to make up for it. Despite her vigorous questioning, she was unable to discern from him the location of his team or anyone else from N.C.I.S. Instead, Gibbs took her home to get changed into something other than her work clothes and ignored her when she asked whether Madelyn was being baby sat by Maddie or not. He couldn't lie to Jenny and so he remained silent to prevent himself from doing so. It wasn't like this secret would hurt her, it was just a surprise baby shower, nothing dangerous….or at least he hoped it wasn't dangerous.
Jenny remained so silent, peeved at him for ignoring her questions and closed her eyes briefly, only to awaken when they were in front of a rather strange building. "Where are we?" Jenny asked and Gibbs just shrugged, continuing to remain silent. It was while they were walking up the steps and with the door opened that she finally snapped.
"JETHRO! Why the hell are you ignoring me? You've been a total and utter bastard!" Jenny snapped just as Madelyn came scrambling forward from her hiding spot. "Grandma!" The little girl exclaimed, giving the redhead a toothy grin.
"SURPRISE!" The team and pretty much everybody who worked at N.C.I.S. came from their hiding spots and Jenny turned to Gibbs, throwing her arms around him as best she could at six months pregnant. "I'm so sorry, Jethro. Thank you." The redhead grinned.
He shrugged for the final time that night and kissed her head. "Rule number 18: It's better to ask forgiveness than to ask permission." He smiled at his fiancée and she kiss him softly.
"Now that you're here, you can read the name suggestions. We had everyone submit a name for a boy and a girl. Read ours first, they're in their own separate bowls." Abby beamed and offered Jenny a seat. Jenny smiled back and sat in the chair, accepting the bowl from Abby. Gibbs sat in the chair next to the redhead and watched as Jenny was handed a microphone to read the names out loud.
"Ducky's girl name was Robyn, which I do like. His boy name was James. Abby's girl name was Luna and her boy's name was Luke. McGee suggested Madison and Michael. Tony suggested Anthony and Sophia. Ziva suggested Carmela and Ron. Kelly suggested Hannah and Sean." Jenny finished the team's suggestion with a smile and so the festivities continued.
***Author's Note***
Ta-da! Now the review are like the bowls….submit your names please! and whether you think it should be a boy or a girl. I take my readers' opinions into consideration.
-C.E.S.