It was a very special morning in the DiNozzo household. A special day for all three of the DiNozzo children. Probably the last time a day would be special for all three, a day of big firsts anyway. Their youngest son would be starting his Senior year of high school, their oldest son would be beginning his first day of teaching, and their daughter would be delivering her first child. The DiNozzo's were beyond proud of their children. They loved that there were still special days and that there were more to look forward to.
Tony snapped pictures of his boys. Ethan donned the Monroe High, Founders t-shirt. He had purchased at the open house. While Trevor dressed in a blue polo shirt embroidered with Pierce Elementary and pair of khaki pants. Eventually Trevor hopped back into his car and headed for work and Ethan climbed into his friend Harry's car. Once the boys were gone Tony turned to his wife of twenty five years, Donna.
"Now that the boys are off do you want to head to the hospital and see Maria?" Tony asked.
"Yeah" Donna replied weakly.
"You alright? You aren't sick? Are you?" Tony questioned.
"I am fine. I guess it's just emotions getting the best of me. Seeing the boys off. Knowing this is our last year with Ethan and Trevor is officially a career man. On top of Maria and Issac finally having their baby." Donna explained.
"It is a big day." Tony agreed.
After a quick shower and change of clothes. Tony and Maria were on their way to the hospital. Issac was texting with updates. When they left Maria was still at three centimeters and they had not yet stripped the membranes. Maria had not intended on stealing the thunder from her brothers. She had been scheduled to be induced at thirty seven weeks and this just happened to be the day that there was an opening. This baby was a true miracle. All babies were miracles but this child was special. Maria had a ruptured ovarian cyst in high school and getting pregnant was not an easy feat. Maria and Issac had been married for five years and been trying to get pregnant ever since. They had gotten pregnant twice before. The first child they lost at eight weeks and the second was a boy lost at fifteen. After the last miscarriage Maria decided she was done with pregnancy. They were looking into adoption. When she dreamed of a perfect baby girl. A baby girl from her own body, four days later the blood work for her adoption physical showed that she was pregnant.
Across town Trevor DiNozzo was settling in for his first day of teaching. All through school Trevor would have laughed if you told him he would be a teacher. He was the kid who made teacher's lives hell. He was the kid who counted down on the last day and cheered when the final bell rang. When he started college he was going to be a lawyer.
It was his roommate Freshman year who was going to be a teacher. At first Trevor hated James. He was nerdy and spoke with a nasally voice. He drove Trevor mad and for the first month Trevor would pretend to fall asleep on the couch studying. Then one month in they both got sick and were basically stuck with each other. They got to know each other. It turned out that James was a pro at setting up fantasy football. Hell he was actually good at football. Though he would never admit it to his chess club He came from Texas where football was life. It also turned out that the voice was the result of a lost bet. He actually had a southern drawl. Though James did not like to talk about sports much they bonded over family and the Walking Dead. They were best friends all the rest of the year and put in to be roommates again as soon as the lottery came up. They got their room but during the summer James got sick, with meningitis. He fought hard but suffered extensive brain damage and died from a secondary infection. Two days before he was supposed to start his Sophomore year. That was the year that they were to declare a major. Trevor changed track and began studying elementary education. He was not teaching the fourth grade. The grade that James had dreamed of teaching.
Ethan was leaned against the brick wall. The best part about being a senior was being allowed to eat outside. Well one of the best parts. Ethan had mixed feelings about his Senior year. Part of him could not wait to be done. Part of him was terrified of the future. Though he would not admit it. He was a pretty good athlete and one of the best on the baseball team. That being said he did not see himself being good enough to go pro. He knew there was more to life than sports but he just did not know what that more was for him. It was hard being the baby of the family, of his family. He was the son of Anthony Dimitri DiNozzo Junior, a decorated NCIS agent and Donna Marie Walker-DiNozzo a pediatric surgeon. He was the brother of Maria Joy DiNozzo the girl who graduated a year early and had already started her own veterinary practice. He was also the brother of Trevor Anthony DiNozzo star of every sport and almost lawyer, turned teacher with a heart of gold. He was just Daniel Ethan DiNozzo. An average athlete and average student, who shared the name of his dad's disgraced and dead partner. He wanted to be more but he just did not see that happening.
Donna could not figure it out. She had been a pediatric surgeon for twenty-five years. She had been around hospitals since she was a child. Between her brother's premature birth and resulting health problems and her father being a renowned surgeon. Hospital's never bothered her; not the smells, sounds, or even the sights. Today something was definitely amiss. The smell made her nauseous, the sounds drove her mad, and the sights made her sick. OK she had been bothered by everything was she was pregnant but there was no way that she was pregnant. She was forty-seven years old.
"Well Maria is at five centimeters and they are about to strip the membranes." Tony announced after Donna returned from her latest bathroom run.
"Did they say how long?" Donna asked.
"Not exactly but they did say that it would be a while." Tony replied.
"OK. Because I need to go to the emergency room." Donna replied.
"Why? What's wrong?" Tony questioned.
"I don't know but something is." Donna replied.
Needless to say Tony was beyond worried. Donna was a doctor, she never saw doctors. It was hard enough to get her to attend her yearly appointments. If they were not mandatory for her job. She never would. She never saw the doctor outside of those check-ups. Unless something was really wrong. She had seemed rundown for while now and that was terrifying. All the children had taken major steps in their lives. They all had so far to go and Donna needed to be there for so many more moments. He could not bear the thought of losing her. He could not even bear the thought of her being sick.
"Mr. and Mrs. DiNozzo, I have the results of Donna's blood test." Dr. Conner announced.
"And?" Donna asked.
"Congratulations Mrs. DiNozzo you are pregnant." Dr. Conner announced.
"Are... Are you sure?" Donna stammered.
"Well I will have to run an ultrasound. Since you can walk I am going to send you up to obstetricians. They have an opening today at five and another tomorrow at ten." Dr. Conner explained.
"Maria is in labor. We will take tomorrow." Donna replied.
A/N: Looks like the DiNozzo nest won't be empty for a while. New chapter will be up soon. Thanks for reading and please review.