Gibbs sat on the park bench in the neighborhood, smiling as he watched Olivia and Owen playing with two other little kids around their age – another little boy and girl, who could very well be brother and sister themselves. Olivia and the little girl were building a sandcastle together, while Owen and the little boy were racing monster truck toys around the castle and the girls.
A young woman sat down beside Gibbs on the bench, smiling over at him. Gibbs nodded and returned the smile before refocusing on his two little ones "Those two must be your grandchildren?" the young woman assumed, focusing on the four toddlers on the playground.
Gibbs laughed, shaking his head slowly "No. They're actually my children." Gibbs corrected, raising his eyebrow as he looked at the woman curiously; she looked a lot like the two children who were playing with Olivia and Owen, but had to be around twenty, or even younger "How about those two?" Gibbs asked, taking note that they were actually the only two at the park with children, everyone else were just joggers or morning-walkers with their dogs.
The young woman blushed a bit, shaking her head "No… I'm their aunt and their nanny." She said quietly, "I'm Chelsea, and those two are Scott and Sophia." Chelsea introduced, smiling shyly up at Gibbs.
Gibbs nodded slowly "Jethro. Those two are Olivia and Owen." Gibbs stated, just as Olivia toddled over to them and crawled up into Gibbs' lap, setting her sand covered hands on both of her daddy's cheeks "What's wrong sweetheart?" Gibbs asked, looking down at his daughter.
Olivia frowned slightly "I gotta potty!" she whispered, eyeing the strange lady sitting next to Gibbs wearily before refocusing on her daddy.
Gibbs nodded as he wrapped a secure arm around Olivia's waist "Alright princess, let's get Owen and we'll go potty." Gibbs said, standing up and turning to look down at Chelsea "It was nice meeting you, but duties call." Gibbs said, smiling a bit before he took off towards the sandpit "Owen c'mon bud, Liv's gotta go potty." Gibbs said, holding his hand out to Owen.
Owen pouted his bottom lip outward "Buh daddy, I'm playinnn'!" he whined, stomping up to his feet and crossing his arms over his chest.
Gibbs shook his head, raising his eyebrow slightly "Owen! Don't start with me, let's go!" Gibbs demanded in a firm, but low tone. Owen's frown deepened and let out a huff of breath as he stepped out of the sandbox, his monster truck firmly in one hand while he took Gibbs' other hand "Thank you." Gibbs said as he started towards the public restrooms.
Olivia squirmed the entire time Gibbs tried getting her pants and pull-ups down, which was frustrating Gibbs but he showed no outward signs of it "Olivia, sweetie you gotta stay still so daddy can get your pants down!" Gibbs told her, looking directly into Olivia's green eyes.
Olivia frowned deeply "I don't gotta potty no more." She said quietly, sticking her thumb into her mouth and staring down at the floor of the bathroom, tears quickly pooling up in her eyes.
Gibbs sighed through his nose and smiled up at Olivia – despite his frustration, he honestly forgot how difficult it was to take care of a toddler, let alone two, he always had a helping hand since adopting the twins but today he was on his own – "That's okay sweetie, we'll get your pull-up changed and then we can go back to playing with that little girl in the park, okay?" Gibbs questioned softly, gently brushing the brown curls off Olivia's forehead.
Olivia shook her head sadly "I don't wanna pway no more. She wasn't bery nice." Olivia said around her thumb, climbing into Gibbs' lap and resting her head on his shoulder.
Gibbs frowned at that "Alright then, let's get you changed and maybe we'll go get some ice cream, how does that sound?" Gibbs asked as he grabbed the backpack on the door hook and pulled it down next to him.
Owen perked up at that – he'd been sitting quietly in the corner of the bathroom stall playing with his monster truck – "We go get ice cweam now?!" he asked excitedly, bouncing up to his feet and toddling over to Gibbs.
Gibbs nodded as he pulled out a new pull-up and a few wipes "Yeah buddy, we'll go get ice cream after I get your sister changed." Gibbs said as he placed Olivia on the changing table and began changing her with a quick efficiency – this part he knew how to do without problem or any help, he'd been changing their diapers and pampers for a long enough time now.
Gibbs smiled as he watched Owen and Olivia practically devour their ice cream – Olivia ordered Bubblegum and Owen ordered Superman flavors while Gibbs got a small scoop of Butter Pecan – both twins had ice cream all over their cheeks and chest and that just made Gibbs smile more "You two are going to be a sticky mess." Gibbs commented as he watched another drop of ice cream fall on both of the twin's chests at the same time.
Owen, mouth full of ice cream, shrugged his shoulders and grinned up at Gibbs "So?! You clean us up later!" he quipped, ever like his daddy Tony, even though his words were muffled and more ice cream dribbled down his chin and onto his shirt.
Olivia nodded her head in agreement with her brother's garbled statement, grinning just as widely, letting the pink of her bubble gum ice cream run down her chin as well "Ya! I like bubble baff's!" Olivia said, giggling as she spooned another heaping amount of ice cream into her mouth.
Gibbs chuckled, shaking his head as he ate the last scoop of his own ice cream; "Well if you want bath time, you're going to have to finish your ice cream!" Gibbs said with wide eyes, sticking his tongue out at the twins, making them giggle and dribble more ice cream.
Owen slapped his empty cup onto the table "Aw done!" he exclaimed, slipping off the chair and coming around to stand next to Gibbs, his face a swirled mixture of blue, yellow and red ice cream. Gibbs shook his head as he grabbed a baby wipe and began smearing the ice cream off as best he could until he got home.
Olivia finished her ice cream as well and set the cup on the table "I aw done too!" she said, giggling as she toddled over to Gibbs, her cheeks, nose and chin a hot-pink color; Gibbs really hoped the color would come out in the bath but had to make do with wet-wipes at the moment since it was all he had.
Getting home didn't take long; the ice cream shop was only five minutes away from the house. Owen and Olivia had fallen asleep in their car-seats and Gibbs had to balance the backpack, Olivia, and Owen in his arms all while trying to unlock the front door to the house; it was no easy feat but he finally managed to get the door open and into the house.
The twins were just starting to wake up by the time Gibbs had gotten upstairs and into the bathroom "Alright, bath and then I think it's time for a real nap." Gibbs said, having to stifle his own yawn to prevent the twins from getting any more sleepy than what they already were.
Bath time was usually a time filled with giggles, a bunch of water-splashing and bubbles that reached the faucet, but the twins were so sleepy that they didn't have much energy to do anything more than get clean. Gibbs was thankful for that fact – he was used to washing one twin at a time, after learning that bathing both of them at the same time was a lot messier and definitely more difficult – but today they made everything easy and didn't fight him, even when he said it was time to get out.
Changing the twins into their pajamas and getting them onto the bed was easy – Gibbs decided that since it was just the three of them, they could easily take their nap in the master bedroom. Olivia was on one side of Gibbs and Owen was on the other, each with a pillow tucked beside them to keep them from rolling off the bed, Gibbs then grabbed their favorite book 'Guess How Much I Love You' and began reading in a quiet tone.
By the time Gibbs had gotten halfway through the book, Olivia, Owen, and Gibbs himself were all fast asleep and cuddled up together, the book loosely held in Gibbs' fingertips and threatening to fall to the floor as his arm was slung off to the side; Owen had used Gibbs' arm for a pillow while Olivia was lying against his chest; although it was unclear how either of them had ended up in that position.
When Tony returned home, it was to a silence that hardly ever existed in the house except for at night or during naps, so he went in search of his family and found them in his and Gibbs' bed, exactly as they had been an hour ago – Tony was quiet as he pulled his cellphone from his pocket and took a picture of his husband and their two beautiful twins; he'd be making a copy of this, definitely, and pinning it to the pegboard behind his desk at NCIS, or better yet… he'd likely frame the photograph and display it proudly on his desk – he had a lot of photo's of the twins and Gibbs, and himself, on his desk and he loved every single one of them.
