No one from the collective was saying anything. The triplets were cooing and making the usual baby noises as their cousin Dr. Ryan and Parker were walking over. Jenny and Jethro had never been overly strict with their daughters when it came to knowing what their daughters were doing or when they were doing whatever they had chosen to do. But it would have been nice to know that Madison was going to be around. The triplets cooed louder as Madison got closer to them.
Madison heard her cousins and tugged on Parker’s sleeve when she saw them, her aunt, her mother, Ziva and Abby. As Madison and Parker headed over to say hello; Dr. Ryan followed her son and his girlfriend.
“Hi guys.” Madison said to her cousins as she tried to avoid making eye contact with her mother.
“Madison Jaliyah Gibbs.” Jenny said angrily.
“Sorry, I meant to tell you and Dad that I was coming down; but it slipped my mind.
Jenny gave her daughter her version of Jethro’s stare.
“Director, Agents David and Shepard, Ms. Sciuto; it’s good to see you all again. It’s been far too long.” Samantha said.
“Not long enough.” Jenny muttered under her breath.
“Easy Jen, there’s people around.” Jaylyn said.
“That’s easy for you to say.” Jenny snapped at Jaylyn.
Dr. Ryan sensed the anger from Jenny.
“Who are these adorable little ones?” Dr. Ryan asked.
“My cousins; Aliyah, Juliet and Zoey, Sam.”
“My girls.” Jaylyn said.
Sensing that things may take a turn for the worse; Ziva excused herself and the rest of her group from the encounter. The collective headed into Red Robin before the other group.
Once the babies were situated and the rest of the party were sitting, Jenny sent her daughter a text.
Stop by the house or the Navy Yard before you head back to school.
“What is it?” Dr. Ryan inquired.
“My mom; Sam, she wants me to see me before Parker and I head back up to school.”
“Oh.”
Some time later Dr. Ryan, Parker and Madison left the restaurant before Jenny and the others did. Jenny looked up right when Madison and Parker were walking out behind Dr. Ryan. She saw Madison and Parker with their hands laced together as they left.
When Jenny, Ziva and Abby got back to the agency; Jenny was still pissed from lunch.
“My office now, Agent Gibbs.” Jenny demanded as she walked past the squad room.
“Good luck, boss.” Tony said once Jenny was out of earshot.
When Jethro walked into Jenny’s office he found her pacing behind her desk.
“Something go wrong at lunch?”
“Your daughter is here in DC and she’s dating your ex-girlfriend’s son.”
“Kelly?”
“No.”
“Delilah?”
“No.”
“Emiliana?”
“No.”
“Arabella?”
“No.”
“Madison?”
“Yes, Madison.”
“She’s dating who?”
“She’s dating Dr. Ryan’s son; Parker.”
“They are eighteen, Jen. We can’t control who they date.”
“I know that.”
“You need to calm down.”
Meanwhile down in the squad room Tony was up to his usual antics.
“So Ziva, what has the Director all bent out of shape?”
“Don’t ask, it’s a long story and I don’t care to relive it.”
McGee saw where this was going and decided to go down to Autopsy.
“What has the Director so pissed off?” Tony pressed.
“I’m not saying.”
“Then you aren’t getting anything from me tonight after the kids are in bed.”
“Doesn’t faze me in the slightest, you’re the one who can’t go a day without some sex.”
“I went months without sex.”
“You were undercover and you eventually fell out of love.”
“Thanks for that memory.”
Ziva just smiled; content in the knowledge that she was right. Back upstairs in Jenny’s office; Jenny was still a bit mad, Jethro was doing everything he could to calm her down.
“You have to do something about this.”
“Why me?”
“It’s your ex.”
“And she’s our daughter.”
“I can’t deal with it.”
“Man up, Jen.”
“Make me.” Jenny said childishly.
“You’d like me to; you want us to do that now. I thought that wasn’t permitted here.”
“I obviously changed my mind.”
“Clearly you have.”
“Well then what the hell are you waiting for?” Jenny said as she began to unbutton her shirt.
“Didn’t think you were serious.”
“Well I am so stop wasting time and get the hell over here.” Jenny demanded.
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