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Tony sat down at his desk. Seeing the large stack of paperwork at his desk, Tony let out a large groan.
"Is there something wrong, Tony?" Ziva asked, her eyebrow arched, waiting for his reply.
When he simply nodded, Ziva was aghast. Never, in their 4 years of working together, had he ever just nodded at her as a reply. She stared at him, so he explained.
"No sleep, bad coffee, and I only got snap and crackle! I mean, come on, they're RICE BUBBLES! And, as everybody knows, there are 3 distinct cartoon characters. Where's my POP!!!!!?"
Ziva just let a small smile cross her lips, before continuing on with her report.
The elevator ding was what broke the silence. None of the team paid any attention to it, their minds set on removing the mountains on their desks. The sound of heels, more than likely pumps, caught Tony's attention, so he looked up. Standing in front of his desk was a teenager, no more than 14, wearing a grey and white checkered skirt that revealed a little bit too much thigh, a tight white tank top and white pumps with grey flowers on the toe. Tony's mouth fell open with a great whoosh when he looked straight into bright green eyes that, more than 5 years ago, had started up at him, begging him to buy her the paint set. Eyes that were all too familiar, and yet, seemed almost forgotten. Eyes that belonged to his little sister.
"B-b-Bella? Is....that.....you?" Tony was astonished. Beyond astonished.
Bella just let out a tinkling laugh, and nodded, before throwing her arms around her big brother.
"I missed you sooooo much Tony! It's been like HOW long since I saw you? Too long, that's how long! Ooh, btw, you guys have like REALLY bad security guards. Aren't they like supposed to, y'know, STOP me from entering the building, not let me walk right on in. You should really fix that."
Tony still couldn't make any coherent word form in his mind. The last time he had seen her, she was 9 and standing up on stage in front of her whole school singing the national anthem, all by herself, and rocking it.
"Uhh....hey, how did you...know that I was here? I mean, aren't you supposed to be with.......dad? Or Karen? Wait, where ARE dad and your mum?"
"Uhm, well, I'm living with dad, mum's...well Vienna, I think. And dad's well.....uhhh....kinda sorta....at home." Bella scratched her caramel hair and looked around, avoiding Tony's eyes.
"Vienna. Home. Okay. Wait?.....Home? As in....Long Island!? Why are you here alone? Where are you staying? Who are you staying with?!"
"Chillax, Ton-ay. Geez. I'm fine man. I'm staying at the Hilton. I'm alone. No guys. Pfft. Over-protective much? I've been here for like 5 minutes. Aren't you gunna introduce me?" Bella looked over at Ziva, McGee and Gibbs, who were standing there, amazed. Well, they all looked amazed except Ziva. She knew that Bella existed, but Tony didn't like to talk about her much. Ever really.
"Alone?! Arrgh. We will talk about this later. Bella, this is my boss, Leroy Jethro Gibbs. This is my partner Ziva David, and there's the probie." Tony motioned to the team.
"Hi. I'm Bella. Bella DiNozzo. Well, obviously, I mean duhh, I'm Tony's sister. Psh." She went over to McGee, and stopped to shake his hand. Next was Ziva.
"Shalom. I am Ziva. It is nice to meet you." Ziva smiled, amazed at how much she looked like Tony.
"Hey. Great to meet you too." And then Bella came upon Gibbs. He just nodded and then announced that he was going for a coffee.
"Wow. What's wrong with gramps? Suspenders on too tight?" The team couldn't help but giggle at the joke.
"So, how long are you here for?" Tony inquired whilst flogging McGee's chair for Bella. She punched him in the arm and scolded him because McGee would need that chair to sit upon. And if Tony ever wanted to have the ability to sit down again, he had best return the chair pronto.
"I like her Tony. She is a very interesting person." Ziva chuckled. Tony just laughed sarcastically before putting McGee's chair back, only to find Bella now in his chair, filing her nails.
"Oooh, 'bout.....I dunno really."
"Hmm, well, you had better check out of the Hilton, because you're staying with me."