Things progressed as usual over the next few days. Kasey stayed home from work a few days after Jaylyn returned to her maternity leave, but had returned to work that morning so it was just Jaylyn and the girls. For the most part everything was smooth sailing. Being a new mom wasn’t that hard Jaylyn thought as she changed Zoey’s diaper. As she was fastening sides to the front of the diaper she had just put on her youngest, the smooth sailing was over for Jaylyn. Aliyah and Juliet had started crying which led to Zoey crying on the changing table.
“Come on guys, there’s only one of mommy. Daddy is at work and Mommy is still learning. Please cut me some slack here, I’m doing the best I can.”
The girls cried even louder than before. Jaylyn knew she needed help but everyone she knew was at work. She also knew that if she called Ann for help that Jethro would head slap her for the first time if she did.
So Jaylyn quickly pulled out her phone and sent a group text message to the two people she knew Jethro couldn’t argue with her about calling for back up.
Girls are crying, Kasey at work, I NEED HELP!!!!
Jenny was as usual up in her office. Much like that one work day a decade ago when she had fallen asleep at her desk when she was chasing after Rene Benoit when Jenny’s phone went off upon the arrival of Jaylyn’s message. Ziva was down in the squad room when got Jaylyn’s message.
Shortly after reading the message Jenny grabbed her gear and rushed out of her office.
“Ziva, let’s roll.” Jenny called.
“Where are you two going?” Jethro asked.
“Need to know.”
“Ziva.” Tony said.
“Like the Director said Tony, its need to know.”
“Here you’re driving.” Jenny said as she tossed the car keys to Ziva.
Jethro saw the looks on Tony and McGee’s faces.
“She drove through Eastern Europe with Ziva.”
“Oh, that would explain why the Director isn’t fearing for her life.”
The men continued working as Jenny and Ziva sped towards Jaylyn and Kasey’s.
“She’s probably losing her mind with all three of them screaming and crying.” Ziva said as she made a right at the stop light.
“Well this will teach her.”
“With all due respect Jenny, but it’s not easy being in the position that J is in; it’s hard being a single mom. And we don’t all have wonderful, former Marines for a husband like you do.”
“I know that I’m lucky to have Jethro, Ziva. But from where I am standing you, Ziva and Abby are just lucky as I am.”
“We are, are we…?”
“Yes you all are.” Jenny said as they took the next turn.
“How so Jen?”
“Well you’ve got Tony, you have always had him from the minute you walked into the squad room for the first time after we lost Kate. That little girl and little boy of yours is proof of that.”
“And J has?”
“Kasey is her Jethro and she has the girls like I have mine.”
“Abby?”
“Isn’t it obvious? Abby has had McGee wrapped around her finger for years.”
“And Palmer has Breena.”
“Exactly.” Jenny said as they pulled into the driveway of Jaylyn and Kasey’s home.
“Ready for co-mommy duty?” Ziva asked as they got out of the car and headed for the front door.
“Since my girls left for college, I’ve been nostalgic for these days. Yeah I’m ready.”
Jenny and Ziva let themselves in. From the minute stepped through the front door they went into mom mode.
“Help.” Jaylyn said as she tried to calm Aliyah down.
“Everything will be fine, J; just keep doing what you are doing and Ali will calm down soon.” Jenny said as she picked up Juliet.
Ziva picked up Zoey.
“Have they been fed? Who has been changed?”
“They haven’t had their bottles yet and only Zoey has been changed.”
“Come on ZiZi, Auntie Ziva has ya.” Ziva said as she brought Zoey into the kitchen to get a bottle.
“I’ll change Jules. Just breathe and relax, J.”
A little while later while the triplets slept, Jaylyn had fallen asleep on the couch.
“We should get going? You have an agency, a husband and a step daughter to get back to and I’ve got my kids; all three of them to get back to.” Ziva said as she watched Jenny cover Jaylyn with a blanket
“You can say it, Ziva; we all know what yours and Tony’s relationship status is.”
“Okay, okay; I have my kids and my boyfriend to get back to. We got to go.”
“I know.”
A few minutes later Kasey was home from work. Jenny was leaving the agency with Jethro just a bit before Tony and Ziva called it a night just as the rest of the team called it a night.
“Everything with J, okay?” Jethro asked once he and Jenny were in the elevator.
“Everything is fine; she’s still learning how to be a mother. Just so that you know, the next time you and McGee hack into my phone you’ll be sleeping on the couch by yourself.”
“Is that a threat, Mrs. Gibbs?” Jethro asked.
“I don’t know; you tell me, Mr. Gibbs.” Jenny said as she got that look in her eyes whenever she was trying to outsmart her Gunny.
“Someone is being coy.”
“Who me? Never.”
Moments after the bosses left, Tony and Ziva called it a night as well.
“How’s Jay?”
“Better now.”
There was an awkward silence between the duo.
“And Tony.”
“Umm.”
Ziva got within inches of Tony.
“If you ever hack my phone or do anything along those lines ever again with McGee and Gibbs, I will kill you. And that’s a promise.”
“Is it now?”
With that remark along with all the previous times of Tony acting like a child, Ziva couldn’t take his antics anymore. So she did what came to mind. In one fluid movement Ziva slapped Tony across the jaw.
Meanwhile with Jenny and Jethro things got a bit more interesting as well as a bit more on the physical side once they stepped through their front door. After they knew that Kelly was in her apartment and wasn’t planning on coming into the main house any time soon, they reverted to their usual selves.
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