Sarah had split with Tony exactly 6 and a half months ago, this was because of a misunderstanding and the influence of people putting their noses in where they were not needed. Tony had gone away for the weekend on an undercover mission, and had acted as though he were married to Ziva David aka his girlfriends mother! There was video evidence of their supposed relationship, including the "sex" that they had apparently participated in together. When the videos had been shown to Sarah, they had failed to tell her that it was faked, and in turn convinced her that her mother and her boyfriend had been having an affair. She refused to blame her mother due to the fact that Tony and herself had kept their relationship hidden from everyone. Tony had said it was so that he could get to know her better, without the interruption of the others, and Sarah had said that it was because her parents would never approve of their love.
Sarah awoke on a normal Saturday morning, and groaned at the feel of the sunlight on her face and consequently in her eyes. She rolled over and into a cold empty spot on her bed, she sighed, she missed waking up in Tony's arms, she loved him unconditionally and would do anything to be with him again, but there was a major problem with that. A big problem. Tony DiNozzo. The man that Sarah loved more than anything else in the world. The man that promised her that he would love her forever. The man of her dreams. The man that helped her through her nightmares. The man that she would die for. The one person in he world that she could trust fully. He was now dating another woman. But not just any woman. This woman was related to Sarah. A woman that meant everything to Sarah. This woman was Ziva David. Sarah's mother.
Sarah sighed and threw herself out of bed, glad that Tony had not stayed that night, she walked into the kitchen upon hearing noise of her mother making breakfast, only to find that it was not her mother cooking dinner. Her mother was stood leaning back against the side, while Tony made breakfast. She faked a smile so neither could see how much this was eating her up inside. How much this was killing her. Ripping her heart and torturing it. Piece by piece.
Ziva grinned at her daughter, she was seemed genuinely happy and moved forwards and hugged her child tightly, "Would you like some pancakes, Princess?" she asked joyfully, as her eyes sparkled happily, "Tony is making them" she stated happily
Sarah shook her head, "I'm not hungry" she said softly, snuggled into her mother, wrapping her arms tighter around Ziva.
Ziva smiled, "I have some great news my Princess" she exclaimed and pulled back from Sarah a bit
Sarah smiled, "What is it Ima?" she asked softly, reverting back to her mother tongue; Hebrew ,when she called her 'mother'
Ziva put a hand out to Tony, making Sarah inwardly cringe, as Tony hugged her mother from behind, hands coming to rest on her mothers waist, making Sarah flash back to a time where it was her that was held in the man's arms, she bit her lip harshly to prevent her emotions coming through. Each touch broke Sarah's heart. Each 'I Love You' tore it from her chest.
Ziva took her child's hands and inadvertently placed them in a way that touched Tony's, the skin on skin contact making them both look up but then Ziva gripped her child's hands not noticing the look that had passed between the two, the hurt that had flashed in both of their eyes. Ziva was too distracted with her own delight to realise what happened. She moved her daughter's hands and smiled, "I'm pregnant Sarah, your going to have a brother or sister" she said and grinned
Sarah forced a smile, "That..That's great Ima" she said softly and embraced her softly
Ziva frowned, "You do not seem that convinced my darling" she noticed dissapointedly
Sarah smiled and hugged her gently, "I am very happy for you Ima, you have what you have always wanted" she said softly with the man I love, this is what it would have been like for me, if he had not have cheated and if I had not lost our unborn baby, oh god why can't I fall out of love? She thought to herself while buried against her mother, ignoring the feel of Tony's hands on her too.
Ziva smiled, and pulled herself from their joint grasp, not realising the inner battle of each of them, "I must get the phone" she said excusing herself as the phone continued to ring
Sarah nodded, and sat at the table, as her mother had indicated to her, and rest her head in her hands
Tony glared at her, "You know you wouldn't be so god damn down if you hadn't killed our baby..all because you thought I cheated on you when I didn't Sarah!" he hissed, under his breath at her angrily after seeing the hurt in her face at the pregnancy
Sarah sighed, "I lied to you" she admitted, "I never killed our baby, When you cheated on me, and don't say you didn't because the fact she is knocked up is big enough proof for me" she whispered back in much the same way
Tony looked shocked, "You miscarried? Or was you never pregnant?" he asked, and went to take her hand and she flinched away
Sarah shook her head, "What do you think I did when I went to Hawaii with Hollis? I had our baby, her name is Jenifer" she whispered, showing him a photo of their child, who was now 3 weeks old
Tony looked shocked, "She's in Hawaii?"
Sarah shook her head, "No, I'm not telling you where she is, she is being looked after, I visit her most days"
Tony smiled, "Can I keep this?"
Sarah nodded, "Of course" she said softly
Tony looked at the image of the little girl, in his now ex-girlfriends arms, "Can I come with you to see her next time?"
Sarah shook her head, "No, you have no right to see her, you have the life you wanted now, you have the baby on the way and soon you'll have the wife too. It was what you wanted remember?" she said softly, her tone filled with loss and sadness
Tony sighed, for the first time he was admitting to himself that he had just lost Sarah, and could feel the tear in his own heart, "That was what I wanted with you Sarah, I even had a ring set out for you, had it engraved, the day you told me it was over, was the day I was going to propose to you, in front of the whole team" he admitted
Sarah nodded, "It's too late to tell me that, you have my mother pregnant, you have to stick by her, she deserves happiness" she said softly
Tony sighed, "You have my baby too though"
Sarah shook her head, "No, you will have nothing to do with Jen, you will marry my mother and you will raise her baby and pretend I never existed"
Tony chuckled, "Like I can do that, you live here remember?"
Sarah shook her head, "I won't as of when I leave this apartment, I'm going out of state"
Tony nodded, and sighed, and hid the picture as Ziva came in the room, and Sarah walked out again into her own room, to change but not until after she'd heard the words he had said to her mere months before hand, I love you more than I have ever loved anyone Zee spoken by the man she craved to be with and the words that harmed her heart.
She got changed, and made her way towards the door with her bag, to be stopped by her mother, "Where are you going Miss?"
Sarah sighed, "I am going to stay with a friend for a while" she said looking at her feet
Ziva cupped her cheek and made her look at her in the eye, "Why my princess? I thought we were finally getting back to normal, before you were taken" she whispered
Sarah sighed, "I'm out of place here Ima, everyone knows it" she said pulling away from her and ignoring the heartbroken look on her mother's face, as she walked out of the apartment ignoring her mother's plea's and her questions about where she would go, and why.
Sarah would vanish from Washington DC, never to be heard of again, she would live with her first born daughter with her grandfather; Jackson Gibbs.
Tony would raise a child with Ziva David and try to help her with coping with the loss of her first-born, without her realising how much it hurt for him to be here, without Sarah and Jen.
Ziva would be married to Tony, and would fake her happiness to the man that loved her, even though what she wanted more than anything was to be in Jethro's arms
Jethro would watch the woman he loved be with another man and raise another man's child, knowing the whole time where his daughter was, and visiting her as often as he could, the only one that was there for her and knew about what had gone on.
Jackson would do his best for his grandchild and ensure the safety of both Sarah and Jen.
The fake happiness could only last so long. After all how long can someone act ? How long can someone pretend to love someone else? How long can a broken heart stay broken?
