This is my first story so please let me know what you think and whether you want me to continue. I do not own any of these characters, only the storyline. Set during 'family first' 13x24.
Tony's POV
I place her scarf back down in the go bag, a single tear trickling down my cheek. This is the first time I've cried since I got the news and quite honestly, the first time I've had chance. As I lift my arm to smudge the tears across my face I see a crack, a gap in the photo frame, an out of place line, the edge of a piece of paper. I see it and I know, she left this note for me.
"Tony,
If you are reading this, something terrible has happened to me, something you cannot fix. It also means that you have Tali, tell her I love her. I wrote this letter after I received word from Gibbs telling me of a potential threat on my life, I want you to know I booked a plane to DC, I wanted to come home, back to you, I was ready for a family, one that now I'll never get to be a part of. I want you to know that I care. I didn't tell you about Tali because I was in a dark place, I wasn't ready to be back in DC, It would have broken me to a point that I would have been unfixable, I needed time. I didn't realise how limited I was on it. Tali was born on the 1st July 2014, 14 days early, I have never wanted to be with you as much as I did on that night. (Maybe the whole it only hurts if you let it belief we were taught at Mossad excludes child birth). But she was worth it. Please take care of her, attached to this note is a disk, it contains a video message for Tali and I want you to give her it when she is older, when she wants to know who her mother is. Until then, look after my baby, our baby, and raise her to be a girl I would be proud of and don't doubt your self. You can do this. You are going to be a perfect Dad. Tell Abby to get up the courage to take McGee on a date (she has been wanting to for a while) and tell McGoo to say yes! To Ducky and Palmer that they meant a lot to me, and I will truly miss them. Most importantly tell Gibbs I loved him. He was the closest thing I had to a father and tell him wherever I end up I will find Shannon and Kelly, I will look after them and tell them how much he misses them, tell them how much he cares.
Promise me you will look after my baby and promise me you will move on, do what makes you happy, because if you are happy, so am I. I love you, my one and only sweet cheeks, Ziva."
There is a shallow feeling in the bottom of my stomach, a sudden realisation that she is gone, and I can't bring her back. But where there is pain, there is love and from reading this note I know how much this beautiful, smart, crazy women loved me, and for that, I'm forever grateful.