Updated chapter of chapter 1. It's about 600 words longer :P
Ring…ring…ring…
Senior Field agent Anthony DiNozzo was happily lying in his teeny bed when he heard a noise that he did not want to hear: the sound of his cell phone ringing. He knew it was his boss, Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs telling him to "Gear up we got a dead petty officer, or dead lieutenant, or dead naval officer" either way he knew he would eventually have to get out of bed. There was only one person who would ever call him at this hour, McGee knew better, and the only other person who would call, wouldn't. He rolled over wanting to forget that his phone was ringing. When the ringing finally stopped, he let out a sigh of relief though he knew that missing the call would result in a head slap but knew he wasn't in any condition to solve murder at the moment. He checked his caller ID to double check that it was his boss, though he already knew it was Gibbs, which it was, he could help but holding out hope that it was his estranged girlfriend. He didn't even know if he could call her that anymore. It has been awhile, his heart was set, and now it's destroyed. Though he desperately wanted to fall back asleep he knew it was too late and he just lay there looking at his dresser where he could still see the imprints in dust to where his photos had been laying scattered around his room, that now lay broken and shattered in various dumpsters while the pictures were now shredded and probably decomposed by now. He was drunk and emotional and wanted to sleep.
Ring…ring…ring…
He heard his phone again, this time louder than ever, and tried to locate his phone which were most likely in his discarded pants that were somewhere between his front door and his bedroom. He sat up slowly and was seriously regretting his last drink. He knew his boss would be getting worried if he didn't find his phone soon, or he would just get mad.
Ring…ring…ring…
"Shit" he swore knowing that if he didn't answer the phone this time he would be able to feel the head slap for more than a week. He tried to find his footing on the floor but instead he rolled over too far in his bed thus falling right on his recently discarded pants and answered the phone.
"Yeah DiNozzo" he mumbled running his free hand over his face.
"DiNozzo, get your ass to the hospital"
That got him up.
"What's going on boss?" he asked while trying to get his pants on at the same time though he was not successful which caused him to tumble to the ground.
"DiNozzo" he barked "what the hell happened?" He asked hearing the string of curse words flying from is senior field agent's mouth.
"Sorry boss"
"How much have you had to drink?" he heard his boss say.
"Not as much as I used too" he sighed "what's going on?"
"Just get here now" he ordered.
"Boss" he yelled before the line went dead.
He quickly hailed a cab outside his building and was quickly his way to Bethesda thinking the whole time what could have happened to one of his team/family members. As they reached the entrance to Bethesda hospital, he didn't wait for it to stop before he threw two twenties at the drivers and jumped out looking for the reception desk and his boss.
He was running frantically through the lobby when he almost ran into a young nurse on her way to the elevator.
"May I help you Sir?" a young blonde nurse asked him as he almost ran into her on their way to the elevator.
"Umm?" he said unsure what he was going to say "I'm looking for-" he continued, he didn't exactly know who he was looking for, he knew he was looking for Gibbs, but he didn't know who was in the hospital.
"DiNozzo" Gibbs barked from down the hall.
"I'm looking for him" he jerking his thumb in the direction of his silver-haired boss. "Thanks Whitney" he said as he looked at her name tag and flashed his famous grin.
"Boss what's going on? Is everyone okay?" he rambled on his way to his boss, panicking that one of his family members was seriously injured.
"It's Ziva, come on" he said as he led them to the elevator and pressed the number 4. That got Tony moving, he hadn't seen Ziva since she left and he always thought that she went to Paris or England or even back to Israel.
"It she okay boss?" he asked shakily, he needed her to be okay.
"Yeah, she's fine" he replied as the elevator ascended to their desired floor.
"But if she's fine why is she in the hospital" he demanded as Gibbs kept on looking straight ahead, not wanted to make eye contact.
"HEY" he yelled slamming his fist against the metal box.
"Tony" he said calmly activating the emergency brake, like the one that was often abused back at NCIS.
"Boss, you call me in the middle of the night to tell me to get my ass to the hospital and now you're telling me its Ziva!"
I want her to be okay but you shouldn't have called me" he admitted.
"She wanted you here, out of all of us you needed to be here" he said sympathetically as he restarted the elevator and quickly made it to their designated floor.
"Boss what are we doing here?" he asked as the metal doors slid open and looking around at the floor they were on. Did Gibbs push the wrong button? "Boss?" he repeated the question.
"Tony room 227" he said as Tony just stared at him. "Go"
"What?"
"Go DiNozzo, now"
He made his way down the brightly lit hallway and was scared as he didn't know what to expect behind the door of room 227, but now knowing where he was he had the slightest idea. He carefully knocked on the door and was opened quickly by a nurse.
"Are you Tony?" she asked with a bright smile "You found who you were looking for?" Whitney, the nurse he briefly met downstairs asked as he slowly crept into the room as he seen a small little baby being placed on Ziva's chest.
He was stunned to say the least. He defused bombs; tracked down terrorists, fought many people at a time, put now he didn't know what to do: he was speechless and motionless.
"Congratulations" Whitney said to Ziva as she took the baby to be cleaned.
"Tony" she whispered from her bed "You look like you saw a ghost" as he just stared with his mouth hanging open at what he just saw.
"Umm" was all he managed to get out.
Slowly inch by tentative inch, he made it to her bedside and was motioned to sit in the chair that rested there as Whitney came over and placed the small bundle in Ziva's awaiting arms.
"Uh…" Tony continued trying to make a comprehensible sentence, or even a thought.
"Tony…" she began "say something…please" she said as she softly stroked her daughter's cheek.
"…"
"Tony"
"You up and left" he finally exploded "and now you have Gibbs call me in the middle of the night because you had a baby?" he ranted "you never called or texted or anything you disappeared. I thought you went back to Israel or France" he ranted"…and is she…?"
"I was scared, Tony" she said with tears lining her deep brown eyes" I loved you and my liaison position could have been terminated at any moment I was scared what could have happened. I did what I thought was best for everyone"
"So you didn't tell me you decided to keep this M.O.A.S from me?!" he half-yelled trying to keep his voice as composed as possible.
"Mother of all secrets" he explained as he saw her blank expression "talk to Abby"
"I-I told you I was scared"
"But I would have been there with you Zi" Tony said starting to get a little frazzled "Through everything you know that. Your position is not going to be terminated anytime soon if Jenny has anything to do with it" he added trying to look into her eyes, which she was making it very difficult to do so.
"It already has" she said not making eye contact
"What?"
"My father is escorting me to the airport tomorrow" she said keeping her eyes trained on her baby.
"What?" Was all he managed to get out "You're leaving tomorrow? And then why did you want me here? So you're just going to take my chi-" he rambled getting ahead of himself. She never said it was his child.
"I would never hurt you like that Tony, I could never break your heart by being with someone else" she replied calmly, now looking into his green eyes.
"But you're leaving, how is that any better?"
"I do not have a choice or a say in the matter, my father terminated the position here and wants me home immediately"
"So you had Gibbs wake me up in the middle of the night…wait Gibbs knew the whole time and he didn't tell me?"
"I needed him in a time like this; he is like a father to me"
"But you still listen to Eli"
"I work for him"
"So now have a child and you're leaving…how long did you know that you were leaving?"
"…"
"Ziva" he shouted causing her to jump and the baby to cry.
"Sorry, Ziv"
"Since last week, I wanted to waiting until she was born. I told him that I had to get my affairs in order before I left. I told him an hour ago I could leave in the morning and he was fine with that" she replied calmly.
"What about her? You could have just left and I would have never known about her, but now that I do how am I supposed to let you leave?"
"I am not, cannot, leaving with her" she said tracing her finger along her daughters arm "that is why I needed you here" she said calmly.
"You're not taking her" he said stunned "then who's going to take care of her?" he asked as she just looked at him like the answer was obvious.
"Me?" he questioned.
"My father cannot know about her, I need her to grow up in place like this, not in Israel as the granddaughter of the Director of Mossad, I need her to be safe". She explained tears starting to fall from her eyes
"Will you protect her, for me?" she begged only to get a solemn nod in return.
Ps. I'm not sure if you're allowed to use the emergency break in hospitals like they do at NCIS probably not but it's just a story.
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