A/N: Wow, I really hadn't expected so much positive feedback for the first chapter, and I'm really, really glad that you seem to like the story so much.

So I decided to post the second chapter already... I fear not all the updates will be this fast, but I'll try my best *sheepish smile*

And I really hope you enjoy the new chapter as well *smiles*

Comments would be most appreciated *puppy dog eyes* and as I said in the first chapter, please remember that English is not my native language *smiles*

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Disclaimer: None of the NCIS characters belong to me. I just borrowed them for a little while… this is not for money but for entertainment only…

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Chapter 2


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"I'm pregnant."

The words hung in the air and only stunned silence followed, because that had been words nobody had really expected coming from Anthony DiNozzo.

Gibbs could only stare at his senior field agent with wide eyes, speechless for once.

Tony was glad that Jenny was still standing beside him, a comforting hand on his shoulder, because if she hadn't done so, he would probably have run away and hid somewhere and that wouldn't have solved anything.

But he still shifted from foot to foot under the intense stares he received from his teammates and he was really glad, that the bullpen was already empty.

He didn't want more people to know about this than necessary... well, at least for a little while longer, because they would all find out sooner or later anyway, at the latest when he really started to show, not just the small belly he had gotten in the last week.

Tony just hoped that his team would be okay with it and he really hoped they would finally say something, because this silence was unnerving him too.

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It was Ziva, who was the first one to recover and she looked a little guilty, but she also had a small smile on her lips and took a step closer to him, standing at the bottom of the stairs, looking up at Tony and Jenny, who were still standing a few steps above the bullpen.

Her smile turned apologetic again, before the ex-Mossad finally started speaking.

"I'm sorry Tony, I shouldn't have made fun of you earlier without knowing what was going on," she started her apology.

Tony didn't really return the smile, because Ziva's words had really stung, more than usual and even though Tony knew that she hadn't really meant to be insulting and was just teasing, it still hurt a little.

And it would take a while for Tony to fully forgive her, since the hormones were running wild in his body, ever since he had gotten pregnant.

He looked at the woman and nodded slightly.

"I'll accept that apology sooner or later, Ziva. I just need a little more time," he admitted, hoping that she would understand what he wanted to tell her.

And Ziva knew DiNozzo well enough by now to get what the pregnant man meant and she was a little relieved that Tony wasn't really mad at her, or wouldn't be for much longer.

Despite all the teasing, Tony was one of her best friends.

She smiled at him, let her eyes travel to Tony's stomach for a second and then back to Tony's face.

"Congratulations," she then told the other man and she was genuinely happy for DiNozzo and she smiled even brighter when Tony finally returned her smile.

Tony then put his hand on his stomach and replied: "Thank's Ziva."

"No problem, Tony, but don't count on me as a babysitter. I'm not sure if I can handle a mini-DiNozzo," she told him, this time making sure that DiNozzo realized that she was only teasing.

Tony chuckled warmly.

"Don't worry, I won't ask you to babysit. I'm not sure I want to, because I don't want my baby to be able to kill before he or she can walk.", he replied, teasing her too and that told Ziva that he was already about to forgive her.

It was still a little hard to accept that Tony was pregnant, but Ziva had been trained not to be surprised by anything and she would be able to deal with this without too many problems.

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The lighthearted teasing between Ziva and Tony helped McGee to finally overcome his shock.

Sure, he knew that men could get pregnant and it wasn't as uncommon as some people thought, but to see Anthony DiNozzo pregnant... well, that was a different matter all-together and it was still hard to believe for Tim.

It wasn't that Tim was too shocked to have proof, that Tony liked both men and women, because that had been an open secret at NCIS after someone had seen Tony and Agent Raynolds, another senior officer from another team, making out in a dark corner of the NCIS parking lot.

No, what shocked Tim so much about this whole situation, was, that he had obviously been wrong to assume that Tony was strictly a top.

And McGee also hadn't had a clue that Tony seemed to be in a relationship with someone, that was serious enough to want a child, because for Tim it was a bit hard to imagine that someone wanted children without a suitable partner, even though it happened often enough.

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Tim's eyes traveled discreetly to Gibbs.

The silver-haired man was still staring at DiNozzo and hadn't moved an inch since the senior field agent had made his big announcement.

That answered one of the thousand unwanted and unasked questions in McGee's brain... the one that had asked, if maybe Leroy Jethro Gibbs was the other father of the baby.

If he was, he wouldn't be so stunned by the news, because of course he would have known about Tony's pregnancy from the start.

/Get real Tim, just because Abby told you about her crazy and in her eyes totally romantic fantasy, that Tony and Gibbs are in love with each other and are just too stubborn to admit it, doesn't mean that this is anywhere near the truth./ McGee reprimanded himself and his next thought was, if Abby already knew about the baby.

Probably not, because if she knew, she wouldn't have stopped mothering DiNozzo and for a moment he felt pity for the young man.

Once Abby found out that Tony was pregnant and hadn't told her right for the start, she would be really mad at him for a while and once she had gotten over it, she would mother-hen him to death.

McGee forcefully shook himself out of those thoughts and focused on Tony again, glad that nobody had any idea, what he was thinking about, because if they knew, he'd be a dead probie by now.

He gave the pregnant man a small, apologetic smile, much like Ziva had done before.

"Congratulations on the baby, Tony and I'm also very sorry for being so insensitive earlier."

Tony, who still had his hand on his stomach, nodded, still smiling from the earlier banter with Ziva.

"Thanks Probie," he replied, knowing that McGee was honest and really sorry for what he had done earlier.

And as for Ziva, it would take a while before Tony could completely forgive Tim, but he knew that he hadn't meant much more by it than teasing DiNozzo a little.

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Tony was glad that it was settled between them and then he turned his head a little to the left and started chewing on his lower lip nervously.

"Boss?" he questioned carefully.

Gibbs still hadn't moved from his spot and Tony was pretty sure, that, if Gibbs had his usual paper cup, he would have crushed it between his fingers already, burning his hands with the hot coffee.

But since he had a real cup, he only gripped it so tight, that his knuckles were white.

His stare was so intense that Tony fought the urge to take a few steps back, or in his case, up the stairs to put a little more distance between himself and his boss.

Gibbs's face was like a mask and DiNozzo didn't have the slightest clue what his team-leader was thinking.

Tony shifted again, nervously running a hand through his hair.

"Boss, please say something," he then said hesitantly, not sure if he really wanted to know what Gibbs had to say.

The older man looked at Tony a moment longer and then he turned around and marched towards the elevator.

"DiNozzo, my office! Now!" he bellowed, startling Tony so much that he followed almost automatically, despite Jenny's whispered "you don't have to do that right now".

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Once they were both in the elevator, Gibbs pushed the button to go down to autopsy, but as soon as the elevator had moved a little, he hit the stop button, ensuring that the two of them could talk in private.

Tony gulped nervously and put a hand on his stomach almost protectively.

He wasn't really sure what to expect now.

And even though he was pretty sure that Gibbs wouldn't hit him, he was prepared for almost everything else.

"Boss?" he questioned a third time, his voice not much more than a whisper.

"Whose child is it, Tony?"

The question was quiet too and DiNozzo looked at his boss in surprise.

He ran his hand in a soothing circle over his stomach to give himself strength, but he didn't answer right away, because he really had no idea, what to say exactly.

Suddenly he felt two hands on his shoulders and Gibbs turned him around so that they were face to face.

There was a look on Gibbs's face that Tony had never seen before and he resisted the urge to look away from the older man.

"Tony, is it my baby? Please tell me, I need to know."

Gibbs's voice was so unlike Gibbs, soft and pleading.

Tony had never heard him talk in that tone of voice and now the younger man had to lower his eyes.

He couldn't look Gibbs in the eyes when he said those next words.

And it took all of his willpower to get them out.

"I don't know whose baby it is, Jethro."

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to be continued...