Well, this is the final chapter! I hope you have all enjoyed this story. Please read AND review! Thanks!
"If you're lost you can look and you will find me, Time after Time.", Gibbs heard Amira's pretty voice singing from her room. Tony and Ziva had asked her to sing at their wedding. In fact most of her NCIS family would be involved with the wedding somehow. It was being held at the Adams house Hotel. Ziva's friend/uncle, Schmiel would be officiating the ceremony. Tony had chosen McGee as his Best Man, and Palmer, Reeves and Torres as groomsmen. Ziva had chosen Abby to be her maid of Honor and Breena, Delilah, and Bishop as her bridesmaids. Tali had been chosen to be the ring barer and Tori was chosen to be the flower girl. the twins were too young to be in the wedding, of course, being only two months old. Ducky and Senior had been asked to usher, and Gibbs had agreed to give Ziva away.
After a few moments, Gibbs went to stand outside his little girl's open door to listen to her. She didn't notice him at first, because she was engrossed in her practicing. After a few minutes, though, She happened to feel someone behind her, and she stopped singing and turned around.
"Daddy!"
"Don't stop. You're doing great.", Gibbs assured her.
"Do you really think so?", Amira asked, uncertainly.
"Wouldn't say it otherwise.", Gibbs said with a shrug, adding,
"DiNozzo and Ziver made a good choice."
"Thanks Daddy.", Amira replied with a smile. Gibbs gave her a smile and nod and headed out to let her finish practicing.
The next afternoon, Abby took her dress shopping to find a dress for the wedding. Abby already had hers, as did the other members of the wedding party. Abby's was a Jade colored and tea-length off-the- shoulder dress. The bridesmaids dresses were the same color but a different style. Tori's flower girl dress was Jade colored and sleeveless with a matching sweater. the dress was made of Tulle and had a sash of cream colored roses. The bridesmaids,Abby, and Tori all got shoes died to match the dresses. Ziva's dress was a ball gown v-neck sweep train tulle dress with lacy long sleeves. It was a beautiful ivory color. Even Tali, Tony, McGee, the grooms men, as well as the ushers had jade bow-ties to go with their tuxes. Gibbs was allowed to use a regular tie, though it was still Jade.
The day they went dress shopping, Abby took Amira to the nearest mall. When Abby and Amira got to the mall, they looked for awhile at several different places. Amira eventually found a beautiful Jade colored A-line princess scoop knee length dress that was cream chiffon lace at the top. She also found a cream colored sweater to go with it, as well as a cute pair of cream colored.
"That is so perfect,Miri! You will look beautiful up there singing!"
"Thank you, Auntie Abby. Your dress is amazing, too.", Amira replied.
"Thank you. I loved it when I first saw it. I was really glad when Ziva approved it." Abby said.
"Everyone's dresses look awesome!", Amira said. Abby agreed. She had come over after getting her dress to show it off to Amira. She also had shown her and Gibbs pictures of the others in their dresses. Amira had though Ziva had looked like a Russian princess. The others had looked like they had stepped out of a fairy-tale garden.
"So, how about lunch at Pete's Diner?", Abby asked.
"Yeah!", Amira exclaimed. Pete's was a really cool place to eat, but Amira didn't get to go there too often, because Gibbs preferred his usual diner near NCIS headquarters. She was excited to be going there with Abby today. The two went to Pete's and had a nice lunch. Then Abby took Amira back home. Over the next several weeks wedding planning was in full swing. There was a bridal shower and the adults had the bachelor and Bachelorette parties. Abby even planned a movie night at her place for Tali, Tori, and Amira, so Tali would feel special, too. Christmas was pretty simple. There was a high profile case that kept the team busy right up until Christmas eve. A man had fallen down 20 feet of stairs in his apartment building and wasn't expected to make it. Jack and Torres went to Afghanistan to find the man's father who was a General in the Marines and was on a goodwill tour. They had found him but ended up taking shelter in a cave after being ambushed. The injured man survived but Jack,Torres, and the man's father couldn't be reached. They were finally located and made it home on Christmas eve. Gibbs took the injured man to his home and he was reunited with his father there. Christmas day,Amira and Gibbs had Fornel and Emily over for Christmas dinner and Presents were exchanged. Everyone had different and separate plans that year, but they all had somewhere to go for the holiday.
Before everyone knew it, it was the night of the wedding rehearsal. The rehearsal went very smoothly without any hitches. The dinner was at a Capitol Grille, near the Washington Mall. After the dinner , Gibbs asked Tony, Ziva and Tali to come back to his place, where he presented Tony and Ziva with a beautiful shelf he had made. He had even made a smaller shelf for Tali with her name painted on it. He'd been working on them for the past year and not even Amira had known.
"Tank you, Gampa Gibbs!", Tali said, Jumping into the man's arms for a hug. Then, Ziva walked up to her father figure and hugged him.
"Gibbs, this means a lot to all of us. Thank you so much." Tony then hugged his former boss and said,
"This is really amazing, ."
"I can't believe I never noticed!",Amira said. The adults chuckled and Tony said,
"Gibbs has always been good at hiding what he's working on when he's not building boats. He made a chest of drawers for the Palmers when Tori was born and even though there were a lot of us coming in and out, we never knew he was building it until he gave it to Breena and the Gremlin. And you never suspected the playhouse, right? And we STILL haven't figured out HOW he gets the boats out of the basement." Amira turned to Gibbs and asked,
"How DO you do that?" Gibbs shrugged and said with a smirk,
"I keep telling ya. I just break the bottle." Amira shot Ziva and Tony a frustrated look.
"He will never give us a straight answer to this question.", Ziva said. After a few more minutes, Gibbs and Tony carried up the shelves and put them in Tony and Ziva's car. Then they took their little girl and headed home. Tomorrow was a big day.
Bright and early, Amira was up. Abby was coming to get her so she could get her hair done with the rest of the girls and women in the wedding party. The young girl ate a quick breakfast and then got herself ready. When Amira heard Abby's car pull up, she called out,
"She's here!"
"Ok. Be good for Abby. Have fun. I'll see ya in a few hours at the wedding.",Gibbs said. Abby came up to the door and Gibbs answered it.
"Thanks for taking her with you, Abbs."
"Oh, I'm thrilled to have her with us. This is gonna be so much fun. Miri, do ya have your music?"
"Yup! Right here! Let's go!",Amira replied. Gibbs then hugged both her and Abby and gave them each a kiss on the cheek. Then they headed out. Amira had a lot of fun getting ready with Tali, Tori, and the women. Time flew by, and before long, Ducky knocked and said that the guests were starting to arrive. Schmeil came in not long after to have a word with Ziva. After he left, the ladies helped Ziva into her wedding dress and she was given hugs from all of them and from the girls as well.
"Love you,Ima!", Tali said.
"I love you, too, Motek. Do you have the rings?"
"Uh-huh.", said the little girl, showing her mother the pillow with the rings sewn on."
"Good girl. Now when we get out there, you just wait for the signal and then walk down to your Abba! And Tori, you will go down towards your daddy right after Tali goes down, alright?"
"Ok.", said both little girls. Ducky then came in to lead Amira out to where she would sit until she sang. He gently hugged Ziva before taking Amira by the hand and leading her out of the room. Gibbs came in at that moment, so Abby hugged Ziva one more time and lead the others out to take their places.
"Are you ready, Ziver?", Gibbs asked. Ziva took a deep breath and said,
"Oh yes. More than ready."
"You got yourself a good man, and DiNozzo's one lucky guy."
"I love him with everything in me. I won't let fear keep us apart ever again."
"Glad to hear it.",Gibbs replied. Then he pulled Ziva into a hug and said,
"I love you,Kid." Ziva hugged him back,Tightly and said,
"I love you, too….Abba." The last word was barely audible, but Gibbs heard in anyway and it made him smile. He pulled back and kissed her cheek and then said,
"Come on. DiNozzo will have a fit if he doesn't see you walking down that aisle soon." Ziva chuckled and said,I believe you are right." Then, she took Gibbs' arm and they went to take their places. It was time for the ceremony to begin. Tali came over when she saw them and said,
"Dector Vance is here with Jared and Kay-Kay. Mr Fornel is here too, and Emmy. And Ms Jack. And alota people I don't know.
"That is wonderful, Love. You need to go get in place, though. The wedding is about to start."
"Ok,Ima.", said the child before skipping back over to stand in front of Tori. The music began then and Tali walked down the aisle gracefully when she received the signal. Then she was followed by Tori, Breena, Delilah, Bishop, and Abby in that order. At last, It was time for Gibbs to walk Ziva towards the love of her life. Tony was nearly breathless as soon as he saw her coming towards him. She was always beautiful to him, so how was it possible that she was even more beautiful in this moment? When they reached the front, Schmiel said,
"Who gives this woman to be wed to this man?" Gibbs said loudly and Clearly,
"I do, on behalf of her family and friends.", before kissing her hand and putting it in Tony's.
"Don't blow this, DiNozzo.", He said in a low voice.
"Don't plan to,Boss.", Tony retorted. Gibbs then took his seat as if nothing had happened, and the ceremony continued. Tony and Ziva recited their vows and then they lit the Unity candle while Amira sang. After the song was over, Schmiel blessed the marriage and then said,
"And now, by the power invested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. Anthony, you may now kiss your bride." Tony didn't need to be asked twice. He pulled his bride to him and gave her the deepest most passionate kiss he could give her in public.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you for the first time in public as an officially married couple, Mr and Mrs Anthony DiNozzo, junior.", Schmeil said. Everyone cheered and the recessional began. They had to take pictures before the reception, so after walking out, those involved with the wedding all had to walk back in. Most of the pictures were taken within half an hour. Everyone except for Tony and Ziva headed to the reception hall after that. Tony and Ziva had to take a few more pictures. They took some with just them and Tali before everyone headed out so they could send Tali with Senior, while they took bride and groom pictures. It wasn't too much longer before the DJ announce their arrival. They mingled for a bit and then said at the wedding party table. Abby got up to make the first toast.
"Tony, Ziva. I just want you guys to know how incredibly happy I am for you. You guys are like a brother and sister to me. We're family and I am so glad that you found true happiness. I have known for awhile now that you two are crazy about each other. Tony was heartbroken when you left. We all were, but Tony was affected the most. When you had supposedly died, it was even worse. When you two came back and told us you were really alive, I saw a light in Tony's eyes that hadn't been there in a long,LONG time. You complete him Ziva and Tony, you complete her. Your souls were always connected and fate brought you together. Yours is a marriage that will last always, because it was destiny. I love you both." Ziva and Tony both hugged Abby, tightly and Ziva said,
"That was beautiful,Abby. And we love you, too." Then it was McGee's turn.
"Tony, Ziva, we worked closely together for so many years. When you work that closely with someone, you tend not to miss certain things. I knew you two would end up together someday if you could both just get past your fears. I know you were just using Rule twelve as a shield. Don't deny it. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm so glad you two finally found your way back to each other and that you didn't let go, this time. I'm blessed to have you both, as well as everyone else involved with this wedding as my family. I love you guys. I hope you will always be as happy as you are right now." Ziva got up and gave McGee a tight hug, while Tony gave a handshake that turned into a manly hug.
"Love you, too, Little Bro.", Tony said, softly. It was then time to cut the cakes. Tony had a chocolate Classic Hollywood themed cake and Ziva's was a white three tiered cake with flowers all around it. Everyone enjoyed both cakes. The DJ announced the bride and groom dance about a half an hour later. Tony and Ziva had chosen Rascal Flatt's Along the Broken, Road. After that, Tony Danced with Tali to Bella Noche from Lady and the Tramp. Then everyone joined in the dancing. Amira danced with Gibbs, Reeves, Ducky, and Tony. At last it was time for the bouquet and garter toss. First, Bishop caught the bouquet and then Reeves was the one to catch the garter. Both of them had to wonder if this was some sort of set-up. Soon, Tony and Ziva went to get changed and then came back out to say goodby. They were headed to The Cayman Islands the next day for their Honeymoon. They hugged and kissed everyone goodby and told Tali to be good for Grampa DiNozzo. Then in a shower of birdseed, they got into their decorated car and drove off with tin cans rattling on behind them. As Amira headed back in to dance some more with her friends, she thought about how blessed she felt to be a part of this amazing, loving, family!
Well, we've reached the end! Thank youall for reading this story! Remember ALL reviews are MUCH appreciated! Catch ya on the flip side, or at least in the next story. Bye!
