Jordan & Dylan, Age 21

            August 20^th, 2045; it was one of those lazy Sunday summer day on this particular day. By the time the boys had woke up late that morning they had discovered that it wasn’t just them, their parents, their sisters and their brothers-in-laws within the walls of the Mitchell home. Apparently sometime around 1030 that morning while the boys were still in bed, their Aunt along with their cousins; Kelly included, Ziva and her daughters, and of course Abby too had come over with a dvd in hand.  The boys were the only ones who didn’t know what movie the women were watching in the family room. The movie, all fourteen women were so entranced by was none other than Magic Mike starring Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer, Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and bunch other people. Needless to say, but when Jordan and Dylan walked into the family room they both instantly turned around and headed towards the kitchen.

            “Thanks for warning us.” Dylan said as he and his twin joined their father and brothers-in-laws in the kitchen.

            Aliyah’s husband; Chase was cracking up just as much as Juliet’s husband, Riley had been. Kasey was trying just as hard as his son-in-law; Erik and Jethro had been trying when it came to keeping a straight face. Tony was laughing harder than anyone else was.

            “I can’t believe you’re letting Mom and the girls watch that.” Jordan said to his father as he poured some soy milk on his Cocoa Puffs.

            “Your mother is a grown woman as are your sisters and they can watch whatever they want.” Kasey simply stated.

            “But out of all the movies, they have to watch that one.”

            “Oh grow up you two.” Erik said.

             The boys took their cereal and milk into the dining room. While they ate the boys talked about what they were doing for their twenty-first birthday. They had a hard time choosing what to do, they only thing that they were able to do was narrow it down to two possibilities; drinks with the boys at the bar that all the college kids in the area went to or a trip to the casinos in Atlantic City with a few people. All the boys knew was that they wanted their twenty-first birthday to be memorable as well as different than their sisters’.

            “What did they expect us to do? Tell our wives they can’t watch a movie about male strippers?”  Riley posed.

            “I’ve tried that with Jen and it doesn’t work, she just does what she wants anyway.”

            “J is the same way. The girls are too.”

            “Mine are too, all seven of them. They get it from their mothers.”

            “Must be a Shepard thing.” Kasey said.

            “I doubt it, Kasey.” Tony said once he stopped laughing.

            “Why?”

            “Ziva is just like that as are our daughters. Asher and I are the only normal ones.”

            The room erupted in laughter after that.

            “You’re anything but normal, DiNozzo.”

            “Thank-you, boss.”

            Meanwhile the women were still watching Magic Mike and the boys were working out their plans for that night. Their parents had told them days before their birthday that they would foot the bill for whatever the boys had decided to do for their birthday; there were just some minor rules. But after twenty-one years of growing up with their uncle’s rules, having a few guidelines/rules from their parents was nothing.

            Jaylyn and Kasey had instructed their sons on the three most important rules when it came their birthday celebration.

1.      Be responsible and watch out for each other.

2.      Don’t Drink and Drive, whatsoever.

AND FINALLY

3.      Don’t get anyone pregnant.

As much as Jaylyn loved kids, especially when Kyle Luca and Bella’s trio came around; she was far from ready to be a grandparent herself. Especially since it hadn’t been that long since Zoey and Erik had tied the knot. 

Throughout the course of the conversation McGee had stepped out to take a phone call from his son who had been in between classes at GSU. Apparently Kyle Luca had gotten an emergency call from Bella while he was in his class. Little Shane had embraced her daredevil side a bit too much during recess at school and decided to let go off the zip line handle bar that had connected the two sides of the playground equipment and landed badly on her back.

Bella and her mother were rushing to the hospital when Bella called Kyle Luca. Kyle Luca called his dad to tell him what was going as he headed to his car to meet his wife, mother – in-law and youngest daughter at the hospital. McGee asked his son where the other two kids were at. Kyle Luca said that Bella left Elle and Troian with her father at home.  With that McGee told his son to keep him posted and hung up. McGee was going to wait to tell Abby about Shane’s mishap.

A few minutes after the movie ended, the boys had made their mind up as far as their birthday celebration and told their parents that they decided to hit up the casinos in Atlantic City with some friends.