Chapter 2 Disneyland
Ziva's eyes fluttered open as she felt a weight on her body. It was Tali.
Oh no, Tali is probably wondering why we're naked... Ziva thought.
"Shalom Tatelah," Ziva said as Tali sat on her. "Good Morning."
"Ima," said Tali, bouncing up and down. Tony groaned next to Ziva and opened his eyes. He tried to keep himself covered so Tali wasn't asking the questions he didn't want to hear for at least twelve years.
"Well good morning, my Mini-Ninja," Tony smiled.
"Abba!" Tali said, throwing herself at Tony.
"Ooomph!" Tony groaned as Tali landed on him. He looked over at Ziva. "Good morning, Sweetcheeks."
"Good morning my little hairy butt," Ziva smiled as she kissed Tony.
"Hungry," Tali stated.
"Okay, Tatelah, I'll start breakfast," Ziva replied. "Let us allow Abba to get dressed. Go find Dora on TV."
Tony snorted as Tali climbed off the bed and scurried into the living room. Ziva climbed out of bed, wrapping her robe around her naked body.
"I love waking up to your gorgeous naked body," Tony smiled. "Even if you do have a few stretch marks now."
Ziva scoffed and threw Tony's boxer shorts at him.
"Get dressed. We are taking Tali to Disneyland today, are we not?"
"Yes ma'am," Tony saluted. The two got dressed, Ziva a little more quicker than usual, and they headed out into the living room to see Tali sitting in front of the television, watching Dora the Explorer. Tony started to get the ingredients he needed to make crepes out of the cupboards and refrigerator.
"This is her morning routine, if you haven't caught on, by now," Ziva replied as she prepared a bowl of cereal and a banana for Tali. "If you ever had any doubts whether or not she is truly yours, television and cereal first thing in the morning are things she gets from you."
"Yeah, I noticed that," Tony replied, scratching his head. "We had a whole Disney Princess marathon on the plane ride here. She wanted to watch Beauty and the Beast over and over but I made her watch the other movies too."
"Belle is her favorite," Ziva smiled as she walked over to Tali with her breakfast. Ziva set the cereal and sliced bananas down on the kiddie table that Tali sat at and Tali began to eat.
"Where did that come from anyway?" Tony noted of the table as he placed a crepe on a plate and started another.
"I bought it a couple days ago," Ziva said. "I wasn't sure how long we were going to stay here and I wanted Tali to have kid-sized furniture to sit on. She had one like that in Israel but obviously it's gone now."
"We can easily ship this back to the bungalow," Tony nodded as he flipped the crepe he was cooking onto a plate. The two sat with Tali and began to eat.
"Bon Appetite, Mon Petit Pois," Ziva teased to Tony. Tony smiled.
"Merci, Sweetcheeks."
When the three had finished their breakfast, Ziva took Tali to get her ready for their trip to Disneyland Paris while Tony loaded the dishwasher. When he finished, he heard the shrieks and squeals of Tali coming from the bathroom and decided to investigate. He stopped in the doorway and smiled as he watched the love of his life give their daughter a bubble bath.
"Now this is something I could get use to seeing every day," Tony said. Ziva jumped a little.
"Don't do that!" Ziva hissed. She swatted Tony on the arm as she bathed Tali.
"Sorry, I just never pictured this would happen in a million years," Tony replied as he knelt beside the tub and sat on the floor. "I know we had talked about starting a family, but we weren't sure if it was possible, remember?"
"I know, and that was why I was so excited when I found I was pregnant with Tali," Ziva murmured. "I didn't think I would be able to have children, not after Somalia."
"Why didn't you tell me?" Tony replied, trying to return to their conversation the night before. "I meant what I said last night, Zi, I would have gone back to Israel to be with you."
"Parsa was still on the loose, I didn't want to put you in danger," Ziva replied as she rinsed Tali off and wrapped a towel around her. "Aunt Nettie and Schmiel took care of me. I was just so happy that she was perfect when she was born. She came out screaming."
"When is her birthday, anyways?" Tony asked as Ziva lifted Tali out of the tub and handed her to Tony.
"The same as yours," Ziva smirked. "We had good timing." Tony laughed.
"Well, I guess that will be easy to remember then," Tony replied as he kissed Tali on the cheek. They got Tali dried off and Ziva dressed her while Tony took a shower. He stepped out of the shower a few moments later, wrapping a towel around his naked body and hurried into the bedroom to find Ziva brushing Tali's hair. He smiled as Ziva gave him an up and downwards glance.
"See something you like, Sweetcheeks?" Tony teased.
"Perhaps, have you shaved your butt recently?" Ziva teased back.
"Not since last night," Tony smirked and Ziva laughed. Tali's hair was not very long yet, but Ziva was able to semi braid her hair. Tali was dressed in a pretty yellow sun dress that clearly resembled Belle's princess dress from Beauty and the Beast.
"Okay, all done," Ziva proclaimed, setting Tali down on the floor. "Let us allow Daddy to get dressed and then we will go see Belle and the other princess, Ken?"
Tali nodded as her eyes lit up and as the two headed out into the living room, Tony got dressed for the trip across the city. Ziva was packing up a couple bags. She started with Tali's diaper bag, making sure she had enough diapers, wipes, extra clothes and other necessities packed. Ziva then put sunscreen, clothes for her and Tony, and some other supplies in a large tote bag.
"Alright, I think we're ready," Ziva said as she loaded the bags into the stroller's storage space. Tony picked Tali up and placed her into the stroller. Ziva made sure she had her purse, and Tony his wallet, and the keys, and their phones, and the family set out for their first outing together. Tony locked up the apartment, and then Tony, Ziva and Tali headed to the elevator and headed down to the first floor of the building.
"Bonjour Monsieur, Madame and Mademoiselle DiNozzo," greeted the doorman as he saw the three heading out the door.
"Bonjour, ca va?" Ziva asked as Tony also bid him good morning.
"Bien, et toi?" the doorman replied.
"Nous allons à Disneyland Paris," Tony spoke with a smile.
"Ah, tres bien, Monsieur DiNozzo, tres bien. Jouir! Bon voyage!" the doorman replied.
"Au revoir!" Tony and Ziva replied. The family headed over to the Châtelet-Les Halles RER station to catch the train to Marne-la-Vallée, the station near Disneyland Paris. Ziva bought their tickets and soon the three were on the train. After a 40 minute ride, the train pulled into Marne-la-Vallée and Tony and Ziva got off the train, Tony pushing Tali in her stroller.
"Look Tali, we're here!" Tony said excitedly as they walked among the crowd of Parisians, tourists, and workers walking through the train station.
"Not so fast, we still have to walk across the way to the main gate," Ziva scolded him. "You look more excited to be here than Tali."
Which was partially true, in Ziva's opinion. Tali looked confused to her surroundings, yet Tony was trying to stop at every gift boutique and buy something Disney related. While Tony was shopping, Ziva was applying sunscreen to Tali and herself, while putting little sunglasses on Tali and hats on hers and Tali's heads. After Tony returned with armfuls of merchandise (mostly for Tali), the three headed to the main gate.
"So should we do the main park first, and then the Studios? She can't go on many of the bigger rides, so we should be able to cover the whole park in one day," Tony replied.
"Yes, cause if we go to the Studios first, we will be there until the park closes because you will want to do everything that involves movies," Ziva huffed. Tony smirked as he put on his sunglasses. He started speaking his Jack Nicholson impression.
"Well then, my wife, best not keep the little lady waiting," Tony replied cheekily and Ziva laughed as they headed to buy their tickets into the park.
"Bonjour," said the girl in the ticket booth.
"Bonjour," replied Ziva. "Deux adultes et un moins de trois ans, si'l vous plait."
"D'accord, elle n'a pas besoin d'un billet pour entrer. Ce sera une centaine, et vingt-quatre et soixante-dix neuf s'il vous plaît."
Tony passed over several large euros to the cashier, who handed Ziva the two tickets for her and Tony.
"Bonne journée!" the cashier smiled as she waved at Tali.
"Merci," Tony and Ziva replied.
"Okay, here we go, time for some fun!" said Ziva as the three entered the park.
"We need to get Mouse Ears!" Tony said excitedly. "Then we can take a picture and send it to McGee to show everyone. I haven't told them I found you yet."
Ziva thought for a moment and smiled as she shrugged her shoulders in agreement.
"Okay, sounds good to me."
Several hours later, back in DC, McGee had just sat down at his desk when his email beeped an incoming message. He opened it up to find an email from Tony. McGee grinned as Bishop walked in, followed by Gibbs.
"Any word from Tony?" Bishop asked McGee.
"Actually, as a matter of fact," smiled McGee, "yes." He grabbed the clicker and brought up the email, containing two photos and a message. The first photo was of Tali with Belle at the Princess Pavilion, and the second was of Tony, Ziva, and Tali standing in front of the castle with their Mickey/Minnie ears on, smiling. The message read:
Bonjour from Paris! Tali and I found Ima. We are well. We will be home soon! We love you all!
~T, Z, and Mini T
Gibbs cracked a smile at the pictures and nodded as he headed up to Vance's office.