Double Dog Dare
Summary: Another silly piece of (mostly) Tiva fluff set in my AU
Pregnancy made Ziva cranky. Crankier, if such a thing were possible. She and her husband, Tony DiNozzo, had been overjoyed to learn she was pregnant for the third time. Her previous pregnancies had delivered their lovely daughter, Alessandra, followed by twin sisters Bina and Rena. This time around, the doctor said they would be having a boy. None of which lightened her mood. "I swear, if she sings that song one more time, I will kill Bert!" Ziva stated in her most ominous tone.
"Bert?" Mossad Director Eli David whispered to his son-in-law, Tony. He had come to Washington for a rare summit of intelligence agency heads to discuss current events in the middle east. Today, during a break in the unending meetings, he had come to NCIS to visit his daughter and her family and congratulate them on their forthcoming child.
For once, Tony and Ziva had a pleasant chat with her father in the squadroom. That had ended when McGee returned from a crime scene with two boxes of evidence. Tony took one of the boxes from McGee and the pair started to head towards Abby's lab. It was then that Director David expressed a desire to meet the forensic tech who had become a sister to Ziva. So, the foursome had taken the elevator down to the basement.
Tony DiNozzo shook his head. "You don't want to know," he cautioned Eli. Turning his attention to Ziva, he tried to sooth her temper. "Relax, Ziva. She does it because she's happy for us."
"There are other ways to express happiness, Tony," she fumed. "Must she sing it every time I'm pregnant?"
McGee smirked, "Well, you could just stopping getting pregnant, Ziva." The look in Tony and Ziva's eyes when they turned to face him did not bode well.
[Subsequent testing by Ducky revealed no permanent damage from the dual head-slap. Allegations that said head-slap was heard across the city were later proven unfounded.]
Ziva scowled at Abby as the forensic tech turned her to see who had entered her domain. "Don't," Ziva warned. "I am not in the mood for it today, Abby."
"Oh, come on, Ziva," Abby whined. She was so excited that two of her best friends were going to have another baby, she had just had to sing. "You know you love it."
Ziva raised her head heavenward and prayed for the strength not to kill one of her dearest friends. "I'm asking nicely, Abby. Don't sing the song."
"Sorry, I just gotta."
"Don't."
"Gotta." Abby said defiantly, with an impish smile.
"If you sing it one more time, Bert dies," Ziva threatened, pointing towards the stuffed toy hippo.
"You wouldn't!" Abby exclaimed in horror.
"I dare you, Abby. I double dog dare you to sing that song one more time!" Ziva practically shouted.
Abby's expression grew solemn as she moved to stand directly in front of Ziva. Her eyes narrowed. "No one double dog dares me and gets away with it."
"Tony and Ziva sittin' in a tree,
k-i-s-s-i-n-g.
First comes love,
then comes marriage,
then comes baby in a baby carriage."
[While rumors continue to surface occasionally that a stuffed animal was placed into Witness Protection, they have never been proven.]