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TIVALI

16- Family is more than just DNA

Gibbs' house was pretty quiet. He was sat at his kitchen table. A cup of hot coffee in front of him, he was reading the newspaper when his front door opened and voices raised from outside. He turned to the entrance to see Tony holding a bag in one hand and a Adam in his car seat on the other hand. Gibbs smiled and he heard them arguing about Ziva's ability to drive:

-"I am not saying that our children are not safe when you drive, I am just saying that I want them to reach the age of majority.."

Ziva cursed in hebrew. Tali rushed from behind her parents and crashed on Gibbs to give him a strong hug. Gibbs smiled and kissed the top of her head:

-"hey kid"

Tony stopped in front of Gibbs, placed Adam's car seat on the table and said:

-"Oh hey boss, you look well... changed something in your hair ? just kidding, it's good to see you"

Gibbs smiled. Tony was there for less than a minute and he already wanted to head slap him. They both shared a man hug. Gibbs hugged and kissed Ziva before turning his attention to Adam. Gibbs bent toward him to take a better look. Adam was looking at Gibbs, curious to discover this new face. Gibbs smiled and said:

-"he looks like you DiNozzo"

A proud smile spread on Tony's face and Ziva cut him off before he had time to brag about it:

-"let's hope that he only inherited his look and not his attitude"

Tony continued:

-"she's just mad because I told her that her way of driving was not suitable for low ages children. Actually it's not suitable for anyone who wants to stay alive. Come on tell her Gibbs"

Gibbs walked back to the kitchen to get them some coffee. On his way back with cup of coffees he answered:

-"never had to complain about her way of driving"

Tony sighed:

-"why am I even trying ?"

Tony, Gibbs and Ziva were gathered around Gibbs kitchen table. Tali was on her father's lap. Tony asked her:

-"hey wanna see something cool ?"

Tali nodded with excitement. He continued:

-"let's go see the boat"

They rushed to the door leading to the basement. Before they disappeared Ziva yield:

-"Don't break anything down there !"

But it was too late they were already gone. Gibbs smiled and asked:

-"how are you doing Ziver ?"

-"great, I am fine. I've been pretty busy recently" she smiled and stroke Adam's cheek. He was playing with the mobile hanging from his car seat.

-"how's DiNozzo handling this ?"

-"He is a great father. He is still adjusting but he is doing great. You should see them together, they are fond of each other. Adam is always looking for his dad when he hears his voice. I'm kind of jealous sometimes"

Gibbs laughed. Ziva asked:

-"how are you doing ?"

-"I'm fine Ziva, you know me. I don't change"

-"do you have news from Phineas ?"

-"yeah! he's doing great"

-"that kid has been through a lot"

-"He did, we all did"

There was an awkward silence between them, both remembered how his life was impacted by them. That moment was quickly broken by the sound of a broken glass. Ziva sighed and said:

-"you gotta be kidding me"

She looked at Adam on his seat. Gibbs knew she couldn't leave him alone to see what was going on downstairs. He said:

-"go on, I got him"

She thanks him with a smile and rushed to the stairs, ready to lecture her husband and daughter.

Once she was down the stairs she discovered Tony picking up some pieces of broken glass on the floor. Ziva crossed her arms on her chest and said:

-"what did I say about breaking things ?"

Tony tried to hide the piece of glass behind his back. Ziva looked at him with her usual "really Tony" look. Gibbs joined them with Adam now on his arms:

-"it's ok, it's just broken glass. It does not matter as long as nobody is hurt"

Ziva turned to Gibbs and noticed that Adam was now in his arms. She looked surprised. Gibbs explained:

-"He started to whine when you left"

Ziva smiled and her attention was dragged back to Tony and Tali. Tony quietly said to his daughter:

-"go on ask him"

Tali walked to Gibbs with her very shy and intimidated attitude and asked:

-"how will you get the boat out from your basement ?"

Ziva looked at Tony with a raised eyebrow. Gibbs smiled and crouched. He whispered to Tali's ear:

-"can you keep a secret ?"

Tali nodded. Gibbs whispered something in her ear and the face of the little girl enlightened as if he had revealed her the biggest secret of the world. Tony was eager to know the answer:

-"what is it ? How does he do it ?"

Tali looked at Gibbs and then back to Tony and answered:

-"it's a secret between me and grandpa Gibbs"

Tony was desperate:

-"WHAT ? You can't keep secrets from me, I am you dad"

Ziva laughed and said:

-"if you knew how many secrets she's hiding from you"

-"what ? Tali DiNozzo come back here !"

Tali ran upstairs and Tony followed her to try to get the truth about the boat. Before walking upstairs, Ziva took one last glance at the basement. Her memories hit back: Ari's death, her hideout when she was hunted by the FBI, her open heart discussion with Gibbs when she confessed that he was like a father to her, the first time she saw Gibbs after her fake death. She had been through so many emotions in this cave but it felt so much like home. Ziva was taken out from her thoughts by Adam's giggles. Gibbs asked:

-"are you ok ?"

Ziva took a second to answer and finally said:

-"yeah, I am fine, we should go upstairs before they burn the house down"

Ziva was on the garden with Adam and Tali. She had spread a cover down on the grass with some of Adam's favorite toys on it. She was playing with him while Tali was practicing her dance moves:

-"look Ima !"

-"I am looking baby"

Behind them was Tony. He was looking at them from away. He was sitting on the steps that lead to the kitchen when Gibbs walked out and held him a beer. They cheered and both took a sip. Both quietly looking at Ziva and the kids. Gibbs was surprisingly the first one to break the silence:

-"She looks happy"

-"I think she is. I hope she is. She still have some hard moments but..." he paused "I'm doing my best boss"

Gibbs smiled. Usually Gibbs would have answered "doing your best is not enough" but this time was over, Tony was no longer his agent, he was a father, a husband and he obviously didn't need his advice anymore. He had kept the promise he had made a long time ago to him in his basement. He had taken care of his family. At this time, it only meant taking care of Tali, who would have thought that a few years ago it would now means taking care of Ziva and his son. What looked like a tragedy at first, turned into a beautiful tale with what started to look like a happy ending at the end.

Gibbs and Tony kept looking at them for a few minutes until Tali shouted:

-"come on Aba !"

-"ha, I think I hear the sweet sound of the call of duty"

Tony took one last sip of beer and stoop up. Leaving Gibbs with his own memories of his family.

It was finally Thanksgiving again. The table and the food were ready. Abby, Ducky, Sloane, McGee, Delilah and the kids were already there. The door opened and everyone welcomed Jimmy, Breena and Victoria. Tony walked toward them to get their coats:

-"hey Palmer, I am glad to see that your hair got its color back"

Palmer looked embarrassed and whispered:

-"we should not talk about that... Breena is still pretty upset.."

-"copy that"

Ellie and Nick arrived a few minutes later. Ellie hugged Ziva and took a better look at her:

-"oh my god, don't tell me that you just had a baby and already look that amazing"

Ziva smiled, she was not quite sure what to answer, she had never been really good at receiving compliments. Ellie looked very serious and asked:

-"where is he ?"

Ziva didn't need her to be more precise about who she was talking about, she pointed at the kitchen and said:

-"he has been kidnapped by McGee and Abby"

Ellie rushed to the kitchen to meet the newest creation of the DiNozzo-David family.

Nick rolled his eyes and said:

-"thank you! Now she's gonna be so cheesy, I can already hear her high-pitched voice"

Nick was imitating Ellie's voice when she yelled from the kitchen:

-"I CAN HEAR YOU !"

Ziva laughed and Nick said:

-"Nice to see you again David"

-"you look better than the last time I saw your face... how's your nose ?"

Nick frowned:

-"you really wanna start this right now ?"

Ziva laughed and hugged Nick before leading him to the kitchen.

A few minutes later, the doorbell rang. Everybody was surprised by it. It was obviously someone who had no idea that Gibbs' door was always open. Tony said:

-"it must be my father"

He rushed to the door and froze. Behind the door was his father with a woman Tony had never seen before. Tony could feel his anger growing inside of him. He opened the door and let the new guests come in. His father greeted him:

-"Hi, Junior"

Tony's answer was very cold:

-"Dad.."

Senior was pretty embarrassed by his son's attitude. He tried to ignore it:

-"Natasha, this is Anthony, my son. Junior, this is Natasha, my fiancé"

Tony was about to explode when Ziva walked in. She could clearly feel the tension in the room. She greet everyone and hugged Senior. Senior introduced Ziva to his fiancé and then said:

-"I know I should have told you before but..."

Tony cut him off immediately by saying:

-"oh no ! Why ? This is the perfect moment for you to introduce me to my future ex stepmother"

And Tony walked away, leaving Ziva in a pretty awkward situation. She looked at Senior, he was obviously feeling bad. Ziva smiled and said:

-"Don't worry, I'll talk to him. Why don't you go to the living room ? Tali has been asking for you since she got up"

Ziva left them and walked to the basement where Tony was hiding.

Tony was pacing through the basement. He was mumbling. Ziva silently walked down the stairs and leaned against the handrail. She was looking at her husband in a very amused way. She had always thought that being upset looked pretty sexy on him.

-"you want to talk about it ?"

Tony jumped in surprise. He hates when she uses her ninja skills to scare him.

-"Not now Ziva !" He paused "He's never gonna change, he do this all the time. He disappear for month and then out of nowhere he reappears with a new girlfriend. Have you seen him ? He looks like a teenager. I got used to this but Tali.. What is she gonna think ? What ? Why are you smiling?"

Ziva was quiet. She wanted to laugh so much that she had to bite the inside of her cheeks to prevent from doing so. Ziva walked to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. She tilted her head and placed a soft kiss on his lips:

-"you talk a lot for someone who did not want to talk about it..."

Tony was about to argue but Ziva didn't let him:

-"you two are like cats and dogs" Tony looked surprised that Ziva got this idiom right but he let her continue anyway "and Tali is going to think that her pop-pop looks happy, even if it only last for a few weeks what's wrong about that ? Your father is a grown man who had his share of conquest yes. Do you want to judge him for that ?" She raised an eyebrow, Tony was really not the good person to judge him about this.

Tony reluctantly answered:

-"no.."

-"So can we go back upstairs and have fun with everyone ?"

-"yes but kiss me first"

He tried to kiss her but she dodged his lips:

-"are you going to be nice to Natasha ?"

Tony rolled his eyes and agreed.

-"alright then.."

Ziva kissed him passionately and they both walked upstairs. When they walked out from the basement they bumped into Palmer who asked suspiciously:

-"hey, everyone is looking for you. Wait, what were you doing downstairs ? Together... in the dark.."

Tony and Ziva shared an amused smile and Tony answered:

-"oh Palmer, this would make you blush" and they both walked away, leaving a confused Jimmy in the middle of the corridor.

Everyone was gathered in the living room. Nick was playing with Tali. He was faking to fight with her. Ziva walked by with a plate in her hands and said:

-"be careful Tali..."

Nick cut her off and said:

-"don't worry I'm not gonna hurt her ?"

Ziva smiled and answered:

-"I was actually gonna tell her to be careful not to hurt you Nick... it would be pretty embarrassing for you to get your ass kicked by my daughter too"

Tali burst out laughing and Ziva winked at Nick.

Adam suddenly started crying. Tony grabbed him and tried to soothe him but it was obviously not working. Ellie walked to him, took the little boy from Tony's arms and said with her high-pitched voice:

-"come on little nugget. Come with Auntie Ellie. It's ok. Shhhh"

Adam instantly stopped crying. Tony was obviously offended. He looked at his son and said:

-"you and I are gonna have a little talk"

Ellie sat on the couch and all the women in the room instantly gathered around her to get their share of the little boy. Tony looked at the scene and smiled: offended but proud. Ziva stopped by, placed her head on his shoulder and whispered:

-"DiNozzo all the way"

-"this kid is gonna be a heartbreaker"

Ziva nodded:

-"hm..hm... but of course, you gonna teach him how to treat women right ?"

-"of course... who do you think I am ?"

Ziva let a little laugh escape and returned to her previous occupation.

Nick knelt next to Tali and said:

-"let me see that cast. Your dad said you haven't been crying"

-"no"

-"you such a badass already"

-"what's a badass ?"

Tali check to see if her mom was mad at her for using that word, Ziva smiled and Nick continued:

-"a badass is someone just like your mom, a strong and brave woman"

-"I want to be a badass too"

-"oh I am sure you will. Come on let's make you a badass cast"

Ellie and Nick were gathered around Tali's arm. They were quietly drawing on her cast. Ellie tried to peak at what Nick was drawing but he hid it with his hand. Ellie rolled her eyes and said:

-"be careful with what you are about to draw. There is only one thing you can draw and it's not suitable for a 7 years old"

Nick looked offended:

-"why do you have such a low opinion of me. I can draw!"

Ellie mocked him and said:

-"sure"

30 minutes later, it was time to reveal their creations. Tali was holding her cast in front of her for everyone to see it. Nick was looking pretty proud when Ellie and McGee were looking at the cast in a skeptical way. Ellie tilted her head to see if Nick's drawing would look better upside down. She could not hold it anymore:

-"what is that even supposed to be ? A cat ? Or a duck ?"

-"what ? It's a butterfly"

McGee exhaled:

-"oh my god that explains a lot"

Nick turned to him:

-"what is that supposed to mean ?"

-"it means that your crime scenes sketch are crap"

-"my crime scenes sketches are art, you are just jealous because you are not gifted"

Tony, Ziva and Gibbs were looking at the scene from the kitchen. Tony and Ziva exchanged an amused look. They used to bicker like that too and it actually never left them.

Everyone was gathered around the dining table, everyone was chatting and the children were running around the house. Gibbs took a moment to enjoy this. Hearing his house filled with children's laughter was an amazing gift. He was drawn out from his thoughts by Tony saying to McGee and Nick: ⠀

-"she knows.. he told her yesterday and since then she refuses to tell me. You can try McGee, I have tried everything, she won't say anything" ⠀

McGee called Tali: ⠀

-"come here Tali, uncle Tim has a question for you..."⠀

Tali stopped by her uncle and he continued: ⠀

-"grandpa Gibbs told you his secret ? About the boat ?" ⠀

Tali nodded "you can share it with your favorite uncle right ?" Tali shook her head. ⠀

Ellie punched his arm and McGee moaned: ⠀

-"stop it McGee." Ellie pulled the little girl to her and said "don't mind them, they are stupid boys.. you gonna share it with Auntie Ellie right ?" ⠀

Tony intervened: ⠀

-"hey! If there is someone here she has to share it with, it's me ok ? Her dad.. right Tali ?" He placed Tali on his lap and said desperately: "I'll buy you a pony.." ⠀

Ziva threw her spoon at him and shouted: ⠀

-"TONY !" ⠀

-"alright, alright... FINE !" He let Tali get off his lap and said to Ziva "come on ! You wanna know it too" ⠀

-"what makes you think that she really knows ? Maybe Gibbs didn't tell her anything and she's playing with you" ⠀

Everyone turned to Gibbs. He was clearly enjoying the scene. He shrugged his shoulder to let them know that maybe Tali knew or maybe not. ⠀

Nick took something out from his pocket and said:

-"speaking about secret.." he waved what seemed to be a piece of paper in front of me. Ellie tried to take it from him and begged:

-"Nick don't !"

Nick dodged her hand and kept waving the paper:

-"the other day I was looking for something in Mcgee's desk and I found this...(he waved it again) stuck under one of his drawer..."

Nick showed the paper to McGee who instantly turned white and stammered:

-"this is not mine ! Ziva, Delilah I swear this is something Tony left..."

Ziva's mouth dropped when she saw the picture of herself in her bikini from their mission in Los Angeles. Tony stood up, grabbed his son and rushed to the stairs, pretending that Adam needed his diaper changed. Ziva shouted:

-"TONY! Come back here !"

-"Sorry, can't, my son needs me!"

Nick then looked at the picture and said:

-"you are seriously telling me that this dude waited for YEARS to make a move to that woman"

Ellie punched his arm and Nick groaned and said

-"what ! I said that with a lot of respect"

Tony rushed back in the living room with Adam in his arms and Ziva chasing him:

-"you can't touch me I have a baby in my arms"

Ziva was on one side of the table and Tony on the other side. Tony begged:

-"why do you care ? You are my wife now, I've seen you with less than that bikini ! Come on Boss tell her she can't hurt me for that"

Gibbs didn't say a word, he grabbed the picture from Nick's hand and threw it to the flames on the fireplace.

Everyone looked at the picture through the flames. Ziva smiled victoriously until she saw that Tony was also smiling victoriously. She realized that this could only means that this picture was only a copy.

The situation was back to normal. McGee and Ziva were talking about the kids. McGee asked to Tali:

-"how is it to be a big sister ?"

-"I like it, except when I have to be quiet because Adam takes a nap. I hate that, but I like him anyway. He is funny sometimes but I can't play with him because ima says he is too little"

Ziva smiled, kissed her daughter forehead and said:

-"you should have seen her when we got back from the hospital. She asked for us to give him a tour of the apartment and we could not stop her from talking. When we asked her if she wanted to hold him she just left the room and gathered all the pillows in the house. She came back and set all the pillows around her to be sure that Adam would not fall on the ground. She's doing a great job. She's growing up so fast.

McGee turned his attention back to Tali and asked:

-"what do you want to be when you grow up Tali ?"

-"I want to be a warrior ballerina"

-"A what ?"

Tali was looking pretty serious about it:

-"I want to catch bad guys like Ima and Aba, I want to be a dancer ... and I want to take care of dinosaurs"

Ziva add:

-"Tony introduced her to Jurassic Park last week. She had been watching it over and over again. She loves dinosaurs"

Tony laughed and commented:

-"that's why she loves Gibbs so much"

His sentence was barely finished that Gibbs' hand struck the back of his head. Tony looked surprised since he thought that Gibbs was not in the room. Tony winced and moaned:

-"totally deserve it, sorry boss"

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