HOLY #$r$?#%^! g*& (insert explicit language ) I did not expect to receive such lovely comments from the first story you all have been so sweet. For people who had reviewed said that they had cried makes me feel so bad. I'm sorry. Also, people have been commenting how they would like more so here it is One Year prequel! I told my mom about my story and she was not impressed with the content. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. A special thank you to oldmoviewatcher for advice for this fic .P.s. I have a feeling it's going to be long, not like super long just longer than the other story. It is split into two sections which is split into two "chapters" because it long.
DISCLAIMER: I am not smart enough to come up with NCIS or any of its characters. I do however, own Lillie.
BEFORE
Tony woke up early in the morning on a seemingly normal Thursday. It was still too early to even think about getting ready for work, so he tried to fall back asleep when a pair of arms snaked up around his waist. He loved waking up to this every morning and he loved waking up to her as well. they had been married for almost six years and nothing could compare to the joy he felt falling asleep, waking up to and being able to call her his. He also loved their mornings; they would purposely wake up early so they could spend extra time with each other before having to spend the rest of the day as partners and not as a married couple.
He enjoyed their mornings as much as she did. Their mornings were always peaceful and relaxing and always just the two of them without having to worry about being late for work. Their mornings were always sensual, never sexual…well not never.
On this particular morning it was a very cuddly morning in the David-DiNozzo household.
It was a rarity that Ziva would still be asleep in his arms when he awoke, due to the fact that she always went on her run, but today was different for some reason, but why would Tony complain, he still had his beautiful wife in his arms and that was good enough for him.
"Morning Zi" he said as he craned his neck to give her a soft but loving good morning kiss.
"Good morning to you too" she said returning the kiss.
They suddenly broke the kiss when the heard the door opening and heard the pitter patter of little feet on the hardwood floor.
"Good morning Lillie"
"Hi daddy" she said trying her best to climb on her parent's bed resulting her to fall on her bottom.
"Awe, come here tateleh" Ziva said grabbing onto her daughter's out stretched arms.
"Ima" Lillie replied as she snuggled into her mother's arms.
By far the two greatest things Tony and Ziva have done in their lives are marrying each other and creating Lillie. She was only four and was very smart for her age, perhaps taking after her mother as Tony always put it. She was a very spoiled child between all her handmade furniture that included a dresser, bed, rocking chair, rocking horse, toy box, doll house and many little wooden toys, made for her by Gibbs, many, many outfits bought for her by Abby and countless other items from Ducky, Jimmy and McGee. She was a little princess but also very tough for a little girl, no doubt inherited by her mother. She had light brown hair with soft curls that cascaded down her back, and olive skin tone and piercing green eyes. She had her mother rough exterior and her father's sense of humor and love for movies, her favorite was Cinderella.
They had spent a few extra minutes lying in bed as a family before it was time to get ready for work.
"What are you doing today Lil?" Tony said as he started to tickle her side, which was her least favorite thing in the world.
"School" she said as excitedly as she could through giggles. She was definitely Ziva's daughter, she had been counting down the days were she could finally attend kindergarten, though she was a year younger than her classmates.
"That's because you're a smarty pants" Tony said, gratefully that his daughter had inherited Ziva's brains.
"Remember to be nice and no-?"
"Hitting" Lillie finished her mother's question rolling her eyes. Ziva knew their daughter was strong and could get pretty rough, unfortunately for Ziva she had inherited Tony's brawn.
"Shall we get breakfast while Ima gets ready?" Tony asked his daughter whose eyes were slowly drifting closed again.
"I think that would be a good idea" Ziva replied as Tony pried their now sleeping daughter from Ziva's arms.
"Time to wake up Lillie-Bear"
"Seep" she said not wanting to get up as early as she did.
It was 6:15 which was early for everyone let alone a four a four year-old, and a for year old who loves sleep.
Tony was in charge of breakfast this morning which meant pancakes.
"Lillie do you want to get dressed?" he asked while impressively flipped a pancake over.
"Lillie?" he asked again only to hear a soft snore in return.
"What's for breakfast" Ziva asked coming behind her husband.
"Chocolate chip banana pancakes, Lillie's favorite. Unfortunately she's asleep". He said pointing the chocolate covered spatula in their sleeping daughter's direction.
"Come here tateleh" she said picking up their daughter to get her dressed for the day. While she was getting Lillie dressed Ziva couldn't help but think how lucky they were to have Lillie especially that she was completely healthy. They had talked about having children when they starting dating but with what had happened to Ziva while she was in Somalia they both had thought that their chances of having a child of their own would be either very difficult or very slim. They technically had not been trying to get pregnant but they weren't doing anything either to prevent it. Eight and a half months later at exactly five pounds Lillie Aviva DiNozzo was born, and Tony and Ziva's lives had changed once more for the better.
Ten minutes later Ziva and a semi-conscious Lillie came into the kitchen both fully dressed and ready for the day. Lillie was dressed in a brown dress with lace lining the edges of the dress, and Tony thought she couldn't have looked more beautiful for her first day of school.
"Remember Lillie" Tony said as he placed a plate of pancakes and some strawberries in front of her "no boys".
"Daddy, boys have cooties" she said in all seriousness as she took a bite of her pancakes, now fully awake that she got to eat chocolate for breakfast.
It was a typical morning with Tony and Ziva finishing getting ready for work and cleaning up after breakfast. Lillie was very excited to go to work with her parents for the morning before her first afternoon of school.
They had arrived at the office promptly only a moment before Gibbs would surely tell them that they were late.
"Grandpa Gibbs" Lillie yelled as she ran through the bullpen towards her favorite 'Grandpa'. Lillie did not know of her other biological grandfathers, nor, as far as Tony and Ziva knew, that they knew about her, and that's how they preferred it.
"Good morning Lillie" Gibbs said with a slight smile. He always had a soft spot for Lillie.
"Hi" she said again with a little too much energy.
"DiNozzo, what did you feed the kid? Coffee?"
"Chocolate chip banana pancakes" he replied while Gibbs just rolled his eyes at his overactive granddaughter.
"Ima" Lillie said running over to Ziva "Can I go see aunt Abby? Please, please, please, please?"
"Okay, take my hand" she said still a little nervous to send her on the elevator by herself. She took her daughters hand as she gave it to her and continued to Abby's lab all the while Lillie was jumping and skipping, Ziva also making a mental note to never give their child chocolate in the morning again even if it was in breakfast food.
The elevator dinged to the labs floor and Abby, already hearing the elevators 'ding' was very excited to see who was visiting her first thing in the morning.
"Aunt Abby" Lillie cried as she ran into her favorite 'aunt's' arms.
"Hi munchkin" Abby said as she picked her up and gave her a peck on the cheek. Abby loved Lillie almost as much as her parents did, and she believed it was her duty to spoil her rotten which she did very frequently buying her closets and toy boxes full of toys and clothes.
"How's my favorite munchkin?"
"Good, I get to go to school today!" she exclaimed trying to free herself from Abby's tight grasp.
"Really" Abby replied with just as much enthusiasm.
"Really, really" she said squirming out of Abby's grasp as she wanted to start searching for her favorite stuffed hippo which she got to play with while she visited.
"Did you give her coffee or caf-pow?" Abby asked wondering why Lillie's just as hyper as she is after three or four caf-pows.
"Tony made her chocolate chip pancakes".
"Oh" she said as her eyes widened in shock. The team knew how Lillie got with sugar and caffeine after one instant when Lillie drank some of Abby's caf-pow when her back was turned. Needless to say they are very careful with her sugar intake.
"So she's starting school today?"
"Yes, she starts this afternoon and is very excited but I am afraid that the teacher would not be too happy if she shows up like this" she said as she pointed towards the window to Abby's office. There was Lillie spinning in circles with Burt until the point where she fell over with Burt still comfortably in her arms, laughing on the ground.
"She's so cute!" Abby exclaimed.
"She is" Ziva replied with love and adoration in her eyes.
"So when are you going to tell Tony?" Abby asked eagerly turning her attention back to Ziva.
"I have not decided, soon though".
"Yay!" Abby almost shrieked at the news of a new child to spoil. "I am going to spoil it rotten".
"We should not get ahead of ourselves?" Ziva said as her phone started ringing.
"David" she answered. "Okay I'll be right there".
"Got a case" Abby inquired.
"Sort of, they are bringing in a witness"
"Do you know what about?"
"Not really" she said then turned her attention to her daughter who was still playing with Burt. "Lillie it is time to go to daycare"
"Ima, I don't want to go, I want to stay and play with aunt Abby before school" she said with pleading eyes and looking to Abby for support.
"She can stay here until you pick her up for school, it's just a witness, and if I get busy I can take her there, please". Abby said almost as desperate as her daughter".
"Okay that should be fine, Tony or I will come and get her by 12 o'clock".
"Yay" Lille said wrapping her small arms around her mother's legs.
"Yay!" Abby agreed giving Ziva a proper hug. Even though Abby babysat often, it was never enough for her; she loved spending time with Lillie, and vice versa. Ziva trusted Abby more than anyone, minus Tony…sometimes, to take care of Lillie.
As Ziva made her way up to the bullpen she didn't know why they were bringing in a witness, they didn't have an active case. As she entered the bullpen she only seen Tony at his desk and McGee and Gibbs were nowhere to be found.
"Where are Gibbs and McGee?" Ziva asked tony as she approached his desk.
"Gibbs is talking to the director in MTAC and McGee is meeting the witness at the gate who is being brought in by local LEO's" he said looking up from his paperwork once he had finished his sentence.
"Where's Lillie? She at daycare?" he asked.
"No, Abby is not busy this morning so they are spending some time together". She said staring at her husband wanting to steal a kiss, but she knew that somehow Gibbs would eventually find out and they would both be in trouble.
"That should be fun. I hope Abby keeps a close eye on her caf-pow" he said getting up from his desk and walking over to his wife. Tony must have been thinking about what Ziva had because out of nowhere he lightly brushed his lips against hers. He knew stealing a kiss was risky business especially, when you had a boss who was literally everywhere at once and knew absolutely everything. He loved his wife more than anything and wanted do everything he knew how to show her and express his love and complete adoration for her.
For the most-part, or 99.9% of the time, they kept their relationship out of the office which is how Gibbs likes it.
He just stared at her beautiful brown eyes as they slowly pulled away from their kiss.
"When should the witness be here?" Ziva asked as she sat down at her desk while tony went towards the elevator and pushed the call button.
"Should be 15-20 minutes, I'll be right back". He called as he stepped into the elevator.
He arrived at Abby's lab only three minutes later to see his favorite forensic scientist and his favorite daughter.
Abby was very excited as she had heard the 'ding' of the elevator for the second time that morning ecstatic to see who her second visitor of the day would be.
As he walked in the always open and unlocked door to Abby's lab or 'Labby' to, instead of hearing Brain Matter, he heard nothing.
"Tonyyyyy" Abby squealed as she seen her visitor.
"Hey Abs" he responded as she entrapped him in a bone crushing hug.
"Daddy" Lillie cried as she ran her the office to her father, Burt still safe and sound in her arms as she ran towards Tony who was still encased in Abby's arms.
"Hey Lil" he breathed. "Abs can't breathe" he struggled to say.
"Oh sorry Tony" she said as she released him from her grasp.
"It's okay" Tony said as he scooped up Lillie in his arms.
"Hi daddy" she said again as she gave him as kiss of the cheek.
"So" Abby said as Tony put Lillie down.
"So what" he replied kind of confused to where this conversation was going and wondering what she was hinting at.
"Hear anything interesting that you might want to share" Abby replied trying to be discrete trying inconspicuously hinting at Ziva's news.
"McGoo is waiting at the gate for a witness; we don't really know why all Gibbs said was that there was a witnessed to be picked up but nothing else"
"Oh" she said clearly disappointed. She had tested Ziva's blood earlier that week and it had tested positive for pregnancy. Abby was over the moon knowing soon she'll get to spoil another DiNozzo, but she had promised Ziva that she would not say anything to Tony before her, because she knew what could happen if she went behind her best friend, not that Ziva would ever do anything to harm Abby, but Abby didn't want to take any chances.
They were beginning to talk about an interesting case that had worked on a week earlier when Tony's phone began to ring.
"DiNozzo" he said, completely focused on the task at hand.
"Okay..." he said then hung up the phone.
"What was that about" Abby inquired.
"The witness that was supposed to come in to report something didn't show"
"Could they be running late" she asked rightfully curious.
"I don't know, but they're not coming in anymore" he said.
"Did you even know why a witness was coming in?" she asked "Do you even know what they witnessed?"
"I have no idea" he responded. "I'll see you late Abby" and proceeded to said good-bye to his daughter and went back upstairs to the bullpen to continue his paperwork.
McGee had returned to the bullpen and explained to them that the director got a phone call that the witness wasn't coming in and to leave it at that, no questions asked.
They sat in silence for two hours silently doing their paperwork with the occasional cough and the not so occasional coffee-break. Until it was time to go pick up Lillie from Abby's lab and take her to her first day of school.
Gibbs had been very generous to allow both of them to drop Lillie off and to pick her up from school at the end of the day, pending cases of course.
They both stepped into the elevator waiting to arrive at the labs floor when Tony suddenly pulled the emergency break.
He intertwined his finger with Ziva's and pulled her closely as possible.
"Tony, what are you doing?" she asked confused.
"I love you" Tony said kissing her softly.
"I love you also" Ziva said returning the kiss.
"What was that all about" she asked as they parted and turning off the emergency break and letting the elevator continue its descent.
"I've been thinking" he said keeping their hands intertwined. "That we should have another baby; I mean we make some pretty cute kids who are pretty kick-ass" he said smiling.
She smiled about to tell Tony her news when the elevators opened to reveal a very excited Lillie who was smiling ear to ear ready to go to school like a big kid.
They drive out of the Navy Yard and to her school was very quiet except for the constant kicking and jumping of Lillie who was still confined to her car seat.
The arrived at the school with only five minutes to spare and walked Lillie to the line where they saw her teacher who they had previously met with.
Ziva, who was very nervous that she was not going to be able to hold it together and cry as her daughter became a big girl and was able to do things on her own, like go to school, though it was only for three hours.
"Tateleh" Ziva said as she lowered herself to her level "I will miss you" she said letting a tear escape without her knowledge or consent.
"Ima, I will be fine" she said reassuring her mother.
"Bye Lillie-Bear" Tony said giving her a kiss on the head as he prepared himself for his daughter to leave him, though, again for only three hours.
"Bye daddy" she said as she gave her parent's one final kiss a hug before running in behind her class. Tony as Ziva stood there watching their daughter go into the building as Tony thought that soon she would be dating and driving, getting married, and then having kids of her own. Ziva, sensing Tony seeing their daughter grown way beyond her years squeezed his hand and reassured him "she is only four" Ziva said, and Tony nodded in agreement.
As they walked back to their car they had absolutely no idea that they were being watched.
What do you think? Review?
I am almost finished with the second part I should be up by sometime next week because I'm working all weekend.
DFTBA xox-H
