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"
