Junior Prom

Just as things had began to calm down the day following the girls’ party; we had a rude awakening. The day following the party happened to be a Friday and the three eldest girls had a short day of school, which none of us knew. When I had gotten a minute to talk to JD, I had found out that junior prom was that night. JD had said that she was going with Hannah and Leah to get prom dresses along with getting their nails and hair done. Once I had gotten off the phone with JD, I had gone down to the squad room to fill Ziva and Tony in as well as to tell Nick what was going on.
My mood had changed as I stepped out of my sister’s office even if it was for a few minutes; it was still my brief chance to get step away from all of Jen’s responsibilities at the agency. The fact that Jen and Jethro were finally returning from their vacation in a matter of minutes also seemed to contribute to my sudden change in mood. I was literally counting the minutes until my sister and Jethro’s return. I was hoping that Jen and Jethro weren’t planning on taking anymore trips down memory lane any time soon once they had returned. Abby had been in the squad room with Ducky and the rest of the team patiently waiting the return of her protector. As I reached the squad room the elevator had binged and the doors opened.
Abby’s face lit up as she saw Jethro step out of the elevator. It only took Abby a matter of seconds before she rushed over to welcome Jethro back with a hug. Unlike Abby’s enthusiastic hello, I had toned my enthusiasm down a bit as I walked over to Jen to welcome her back.
“I take it walking in my heels has presented a challenge.” Jen said to me as I hugged her.
“Nothing I wasn’t able to handle. Besides the stressed look I have isn’t a NCIS related look.” I answered.
“JD again?”
“Of course.”
“You’ll figure it out, I did.”
“Thanks Jen.” I said.
Just as she had nearly knocked Jethro over seventeen years earlier, Abby had nearly knocked him over again as she hugged him. Like before Tony and Ziva were there to keep Jethro from falling backwards. The last thing we needed was for Jethro to have any of his head trauma acting up again.
Just at that point the elevator had binged and opened again. This time it revealed all of the kids; from Hannah all the way down to Drew Jr. Apparently Hannah, Leah and JD had bumped into their boyfriends while they shopped. Hannah’s boyfriend Jesse had offered the girls a ride to NCIS as Leah’s boyfriend Matt drove Kate and Drew’s kids. That left my babies with JD’s boyfriend, Josh. While Hannah rode with her boyfriend, Leah stayed with Kate and Drew’s kids.
At that point I was beyond pissed and Jen could tell. I couldn’t believe that JD would let her younger sisters in a car with a guy that she barely knew. Before she had met Josh; JD had been a level headed fifteen year old that was very protective of her sisters. But now she had completely changed as she turned sixteen and started seeing Josh. I had no idea who she was or what the hell had gotten into her.
Jen had then decided before she and Jethro gave the kids the gifts that they brought back from their trip that it would be best to get me out of the squad room before another argument had ensued between the two people that she knew had major tempers. Jen had brought me back up to her office.
“We should talk.” Jenny said.
“What is there to talk about?”
“You know damn well what there is to talk about.”
“Okay so what are you waiting for Jenny?” I asked.
“Do you remember what you were like at sixteen?” Jenny asked.
“I was a saint compared to JD, Jen.”
“Actually Jay, I witnessed your teenage age years. I had to put up with you and all of your mood swings. You’d be surprise how similar you and JD are.”
“What? We’re nothing alike.” I said a bit insulted.
“I’m not trying to be a jerk or anything, Jaylyn. I just want you to think of what you were like at sixteen so that you and JD. I just want you to stop and think about all of this because if you don’t then as soon as JD turns eighteen; she is going to leave and never return if don’t stop arguing with her over every little thing. Just think of how you would have wanted mom to react when you had your first boyfriend at 16 and go from there.”
“Okay so you’re right. You know I can’t help it, JD has completely changed. Is it so wrong for me to want her to be the person she was when she was six years ago?”
“No it isn’t, there are time when I wish you were ten years old again.” Jen answered.
By 6pm the girls were at prom with their boyfriends as the rest of us had all gone home. After my talk with Jen that afternoon; we had gone back down to the squad room and the kids had gotten their souvenirs. Apparently it was Jethro’s idea to get all the kids dog tags like he had gotten all of us years ago. The kids’ dog tags were engraved with Jethro’s A-team and their names. Much like Jethro had made all of us promise to wear ours he had made the kids promise to always wear theirs. Jethro had even gotten two dogs tags for McGee and Abby’s kid.
“My gut is told me that you guys are having twins, one of each so I got them dog tags like the other kids when they are older.”
“Thanks boss.” McGee said.
“Thank-you Gibbs.”
At that point it was time for pictures since all of the prom goers were ready.
“Be good girls and don’t go into any hotel rooms tonight.” Tony said to Hannah and Leah after pictures had been taken.
“Relax DiNozzo.”
“I want you all three of you to listen to me.” I said.
The girls nodded.
“Don’t do anything, I wouldn’t do.”
As 8pm rolled around JD had returned home just as Hannah and Leah had returned home. I had found odd that the girls were back such an early hour on prom night, especially after all the preparation they had done for it. Later on I would learn that all the guys had tried to get them to spend the night with them in the hotel room they gotten. Even though it was getting closer to the younger kids bedtime, Hannah, Leah and JD had wanted to go to the family dinner so that they could forget what had just happened at prom. We all had gone out for the girls’ dinner and had left as soon as the younger kids started falling asleep. Thankfully there were enough adults around to help carry out Benjamin, Jaliyah, Noah, Ashleann, Drew Jr., Jayden and Jocelyn out to the cars.
When we had gotten home, Nick put the twins to bed as I went to find out what had caused JD, Hannah and Leah to come home so early from prom.
“So what caused you guys to come home early?” I asked as I sat down on the end of JD’s bed.
“Josh, Matt and Jesse had gotten rooms. They tried to get us to go up with them to sleep with them.” JD answered.
“Well I have to say that I am the probably the proudest mom in DC tonight besides Ziva.”
“Thanks mom.”
“Your father will be quite relieved to know that you didn’t sleep with Josh.”
“Yeah.”
“Well it’s late, if you want to talk more tomorrow.” I said.
“Good night mom.”
“Good night JD, I love you.”
“Love you too.” JD said as I turned off the light on her nightstand and she went to sleep.
A few minutes later Nick and I were fast asleep after a long day that thankfully came to an end.