By the beginning of July we were all set for our beach escape. After four months of all nighters, 3am feedings and wedding preparations it was time for a bit oft relaxation. In the days following the babies' arrival, I had filled the others in. Of course AJ, Palmer, Abby and McGee weren't sure who would watch their respective children while we were all away. I said that Ducky and Jordan could babysit as well as Jackson and Franks.
After that theyy were on board for flying down to Cabo San Lucas for the weekend. At 11am we all left for Cabo. We had arrived in Cabo San Lucas around 4pm that afternoon. Once we had checked in and set our things down in our respective rooms. The men wasted no time in changing into their swimsuits and headed down to the beach outside our hotel to play some volleyball. Before they had left us they had told us to hurry. We then had to remind our respective husbands that we had more than just our swimsuits to put on.
AJ, Kate, Abby, Ziva, Jen and I were sunbathing in the sand a bit away from where the guys were playing volleyball. At one point the ball was knocked out of bounds and our husbands turned to see all six of us lying on our beach towels in our bikinis. It was obvious that they were completely stunned. I guess that Palmer, Drew, McGee, Tony and Nick forgot how hot we looked in our bikinis. Jethro had a smirk on his face that was a country mile wide as he ditched the game and came over.
Now keep in mind, Ziva and I were the only ones besides Jen and Jethro that knew the true details of what made Jen and Jethro, Jen and Jethro. So with that Ziva and I looked over to Jen to watch her reaction as Jethro drew closer. In the background behind Jethro we could hear Tony babble.
"Is it me or does Jaylyn and Jenny look hot as hell?"
"He's your husband." I said to Ziva.
"McGee head slap him for me." Jethro called back.
"Not just Jenny and the Director, Tony." Drew said as he looked over to Kate.
"Looks like they can't help themselves." Kate said.
"Can we blame them?" I asked rhetorically.
Jen, Ziva, Kate, Abby, AJ and I stood up as our husbands came over. McGee, Drew and Palmer then told their wives how gorgeous they were.
"I always tell you, you're hot as hell when you're in your bikini." Tony said as he wrapped his arms around Ziva's waist and brought her closer to him.
"I know; the pictures from LA proved that." Ziva said as she kissed Tony.
"You're such a tease when you're in that." Nick said.
"I know, I'm your tease and I always will be."
I could see the smirks play across Jethro and Jen's faces out of the corner of my eye as I kissed my husband.
When it came to Jethro telling Jen what he thought of seeing her in her bikini, his functional mute side was all they needed. It was quite obvious that Jen and Jethro communicated better without words; and we all knew it.
Meanwhile back at home there was a slight hitch. The hitch was at mine and Nick's. JD had gone to meet Dave for lunch, which left Jayden and Jocelyn watching Jayla. The girls were having a hard time getting Jayla to settle down.
"We should call Mom and Dad."Jocelyn said.
"We can't, they're enjoying themselves on vacation." Jayden said in response as she swayed in place in attempts to pacify Jayla.
"Then what do we do, Jay? We can't call Mom and Dad; Jenny is at lunch with her fiance. We have no one to help us."
"Relax, Joce; we can handle taking care of our baby sister until Jenny gets back from lunch. And if you're that worried then we can call Kelly to come help us."
"Kelly's busy with Liza, Bella, Carson and Jasper."
"Then call Ducky and Jordan if you want."
"They're watching Addie and Jake.
"Call Jackson then."
"He's watching RJ with Franks."
"Jocelyn, we can handle watching Jayla. All we have to do is settle her down and put her down for her nap."
Jayden and Jocelyn managed to calm Jayla down before putting her down for her nap.
Back at the hotel, we had all returned to our respective rooms. In our rooms we had settled into our own little activities for awhile before we all went to dinner together at the hotel restaurant. Once we had returned to our rooms we quickly changed into something that was a bit more comfortable than swim trunks and bikinis. Jen and Jethro were like Nick and I, they had wanted to do something fun before they got ready for dinner; but with being parents of three newborns any chance of getting sleep without being woken up by one of their kids crying at the top of their little lungs.
Jethro was wired on coffee as usual so he just laid in their bed watching the sports highlights as Jen caught up on some sleep. Jethro knew how taxing parenthood was and knew that it wasn't easy bein a first time parent, even though it had been years between Kelly being a baby and the triplets. He was the seasoned parent and Jen was the probie parent. He knew it was one thing to be a parent to someone who was the same age as your younger sister; it was another to be a parent to three newborns that were actually biologically yours. The one thing that put a smile on Leroy Jethro Gibbs' face was that he had his probie back after years of his wife's probie side being retired.
Now when it came t what Nick and I were doing, it was a bit similar to what my sister and Jethro were up to. Prior to coming to Cabo I had told Nick that we were more than done with having kids, that Jayla was our last whether he liked it or not. Clearly Nick wasn't thrilled with my decision. I could tell that he still wanted a son and that he was a bit jealous of Drew, Palmer, McGee and Jethro. Anyway, Nick eventually got over everything by the time we arrived.
Like Jen, I was tired; between the baby and helping JD plan her wedding, the sleep deprivation was justifiable. Nick was just as tired as I was. Our bed in our room was more than inviting after we had changed. After awhile the silence was starting to get to me, making me wish that the noisy house we had left behind was with us.
The others did their own thing as Jen, Jethro, Nick and I slept. The others started to worry ifr we were going to make it to dinner or not. Then again they didn't want to wake us either since they remembered how taxing it was being parents whether you were a new parent or a seasoned parent like Jethro, Nick and I.
Jen, Jethro, Nick and I had woken up in time for dinner. Jethro as usual wanted to go to a casual restaurant but he had been overruled. We had decided to go to the hotel restaurant and get dressed up since it was our first night there. No one was about to say no to Jen and I, especially our husbands. By the time we had all met up for dinner I was completely entralled.
The last time Tony, Ziva, Abby, McGee, Jen, Jethro, Ducky and I went out to dinner was for my 25th birthdat just after mine and Ziva's accident in LA. Obviously this time we had additional people that hadn't been with us before at the last dinner twenty some odd years ago and then there was the minor detail that Ducky wasn't with us. There was also the detail that Ziva and I didn't have crutches this time around. At one point I had leaned over to talk to Ziva and Jen for a brief moment.
"We have to do this again. You guys, me, Tony, Abs, McGee, Kate, Jethro and Ducky. Just like last time." I said.
Jen and Ziva nodded in agreement. After dinner that night we all had enjoyed the remainder of our weekend beach escape. We all found this mini vacation as a way to reconnect. A means for Jen and Jethro to reconnect as wife and husband, for Tony and Ziva to do the same, as well as the rest of us.
Come Monday we had returned to DC. Now it was time to get on board with JD's wedding, to help my daughter have the fairytale wedding she had wanted.
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