A/N Just incase anyone wants to know, Avigail means "Fathers joy" in Hebrew.
I TOLD YOU TO KNOCK
Tony and Ziva have been married for 3 years and are raising their 6 year old daughter, Avigail together. Enjoying life, work, and play all at the same time and things couldn't get any better. Still, Ziva is finding that hiding her demons from her little girl while trying to protect her from the dangers of the world is getting harder and harder each day.
Ziva was in the bathroom, putting some laundry away when she caught a glipse of herself in the mirror. She was pretty happy with herself now days. All except for the scars that just would not seem to heal and if they were, not quick enough. She lifted up her shirt and ran her hand across her side, and just shook her head when she heard the door open. "Ima, I have to go potty." Avigail said to Ziva. Ziva just jumped, still holding her shirt up when her daughter just stood there and stared. "Ima, what happened?" Walking up to her mom now and Ziva was at a loss for words.
How could she explain these hideous marks all over her body, to her 6 year old daughter? How could she even begin to explain? "Avigail, what are you doing?" Suddenly very scared and defensive. "Ima, what are those?" Walking up to her mommy and reaching her hand out to touch her skin when Ziva just quickly stood back. "I told you to knock!" Avigail was actually scared of her Ima at the moment. She's never heard her so angry with her before. "I'm sorry." Starting to cry. Tony couldn't help but over hear Ziva and their daughter in the bathroom and he knew he had to go in and say something before Ziva really lost her temper.
"What's going on in here?" He asked. Tony picked up his little girld and noticed that she was actually shivering. He just held her close and stared at Ziva. Ziva quickly wiped away some of the tears that had fallen down and Tony knew something was going on with his wife. "Baby, why don't you go and pick out a bedtime story. Daddy will read to you tonight." Speaking softly to his little girl." "Ok, Daddy." Tony gently put her down so she could head to her room and pick out a book.
Tony continued to stare at Ziva with compassion and understanding, even though he still didn't know what made Ziva raise her voice like that. "Ziva, what's going on with you? You've never raised your voice at Avigail like that before." Walking up to put his hands on her shoulders when she just pushed them away. "Do not touch me." Tony just backed off a little but he still wanted to know what was going on with her. "Ziva, what-" "You know what, I need to get some fresh air. I might go visit Abby for a little bit. Just tell Avigail that I am sorry and I will tuck her in later." Walking up to give her husband a little kiss on the cheek before leaving.