Ziva quickly jumped out of the chair. Or as quickly as she could being pregnant. Gibbs moved over to help, grabbing hold of her elbow to help lift her out of the chair. She hated feeling so helpless but she had gotten used to help over the past couple of months.
Finding out she was pregnant had been one of the most exhilarating and at the same time heart breaking moments of her life. She had been in Colombia visiting Monique when she had suddenly felt woozy. Monique was the one that brought up the subject after Ziva had thrown up for the third time that morning. She hadn't wanted to entertain the idea but she kept flashing back to Tony's last night in Israel. When the test came out positive she almost cried. She was so happy to have this chance at a family but she was afraid that after everything that had happened her body would not be able to deal with the stress of pregnancy. She visited her family's gynecologist back in Israel and even though it was deemed risky the pregnancy had gone off without a hitch. On her last visit she was deemed very healthy but was warned that she could start having contractions as early as next week.
That information is what had caused her come to Washington. Early in the pregnancy she had thought to leave Tony out of it. That a pregnancy would only bind them closer together and make it harder for her to heal. But as the pregnancy progressed she came to realize that her healing process had finished. She had hated herself for so long. She didn't believe she was worthy of happiness due to all the pain and suffering she had caused. But through this child she had been given a second chance to love and be loved. And she couldn't imagine a world like that without Tony in it.
"How are you?" Gibbs asked. "Umm" Ziva stalled looking down at her belly "pregnant." Gibbs chuckled "I could tell that. You looking for DiNozzo?" Gibbs asked taking a drink of his coffee. Ziva was momentarily shocked but she can't say she was surprised. Gibbs knew everything, not like this would be any different.
"Who's looking for me Boss?" DiNozzo called. Ziva turned around then and the look of pure surprise and then glee that she saw in his eyes was worth the horrible flight here. "Zi" he breathed out "you're here." All Ziva could do was smile. But then Tony seemed to take in the size of her stomach and a look of pure confusion and something else- maybe sadness- crossed his face. "Maybe we should talk" Tony said indicating towards the rest room. "Yes, we should" Ziva consented. She turned to look at Gibbs but he shooed her away. "Go, you two obviously have something you need to work."
As they walked away Ellie jumped from her desk. "Who's Ziva?"