Chapter 3

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Tony woke up feeling an eery presents behind him. When he moved to turn around he felt something on his shoulder and realize that Ziva was snuggled up against him.

Cautiously, so not to awaken the ninja he took her head off his shoulder and laid it on the couch, before getting up.
Tony looked over to the night stand Ziva had next to her couch and the clock read 0600. Tony was surprised he never got up this early but then he heard a bang in the kitchen.

He looked once again to the sleeping ninja but she stirred at the noise but didn't wake up. Tony went over to the kitchen and flipped on the light.
Maya was trying to get down from the counter...but was failing miserably. "Hey kid do ya want some help?" Tony said rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
Maya looked at him without responding. "Alright Im just gonna help you down alright?" Tony slowly reached up and lifted her from the kitchen counter. "Toda." She said before, running into the living room.
Ziva heard the patter of footsteps go by her and she opened her eyes to see Maya in front of her holding another picture of Ziva and the team. "Maya where is Tony?" She asked groggily "Kitchein" Maya pointed towards it.
"It's 'kitchen' Maya and thank you." Ziva walked into the kitchen and helped Tony pick up the rest of the stuff Maya had dropped on to the floor.

After it was all cleaned Tony offered to drive them to work. "No Tony, I already dragged you over here last night I could not ask-" Tony cut her off "Ziva come on at least let me give you a ride to work you have got your hands full." Ziva let out a sigh and agreed. "Fine. I am going to get dressed, uh do you want to stop by your place?" She asked remembering that he didnt have any clothes.

"Nah I have some in my bag." Tony, Ziva and Maya all got dressed and got into the car. "Tony how do you think the rest of the team will react to her." Ziva motioned to the back seat of the car where Maya was sitting playing on Tony's phone.

"I'm sure they'll be cool about it Zi. We all know Abby loves kids, McGee is pretty cool with them, and Gibbs...well Gibbs is Gibbs." She nodded muttering something before turning to the window. "So uhm, how are you dealing? I mean if you don't mind me asking!" Tony added the last part, not wanting Ziva to feel he was trying to invade her privacy.

Ziva turned to him. "I am...dealing quite fine, the nightmares are...subsiding." Ziva tried to find the right words. "Well if you ever need me to come over Zi you know you can call." She nodded when Tony pulled into the NCIS parking lot an they went up to the Bull Pen.

"Your late." Gibbs said not looking up from his desk. "We know Boss but Ziva brought someone along." Gibbs looked up to see a child that was looking at him behind Ziva's legs. Then he stood up. "Who's the kid?" He asked Ziva. "My therapist thought she would help me deal with...Somalia." Gibbs nodded. "We are going to talk about this later but now we have a case. Tony get to work." He handed him the case file.

"Ziva, take the kid down to Abby then we are going to the crime scene in South Low Park." He whispered in Ziva's ear so that Maya would here him. But that didnt work that we'll because Maya tugged on Gibbs legs.
"Why whisper?" She said quietly. Gibbs bent down to her level "Because its a secret that I have to tell Ziva. You think she can keep a secret?" Maya nodded. "Keep secret, secret to self." He smiled at her then stood back up, giving Ziva a questioning look. "She has an odd way of speaking. She uses the least amount of words possible." He nodded before motioning her to take Maya down to Abby. To be honest Ziva was scared of going down to Abby's. She was scared she would smush the kid.
When she got down to the lab Maya coward behind her, seeing the goth. "Hello Abby." Ziva said to her, the goth was still turned to her computer "Oh hey Ziva, did you hear that McGee had to go get another Polygraph today it's because apparently-" she cut off when she turned around and saw the small child.

"Oh my god, you have a kid now? She looks just like you! Can I hug her? " Abby said bouncing up and down. Maya looked up to Ziva and frowned. "No jumping inside ZeeZee." This confused Ziva. She heard from her Doctor previously that the Foster System had some strict rules but she didn't think jumping was one if them.
"Abby calm down. This is Maya and she is here to help me with...things. She is not my child my therapist thought it would help with stress and...Somalia and I just don't want her to get freaked out with your...Caffine Levels this high." Abby nodded "Ok, Ok I will calm down." She took a sip of her Caff-Pow and looked down at Maya. "Hi there. I'm Abby." Then she stuck out her hand. "It's ok Maya." Ziva whispered telling her about how nice Abby was which made Maya smile.

The child shook her hand but was immediately taken into a hug which freaked her out at first. Nobody had ever really hugged her before, but Maya decided it felt nice and hugged Abby back. "Nice." She said. "Ya, hugs are nice arn't they?" Abby turned to Ziva "Lucky. I would love to have a kid, but not one like mine one, not that I wouldn't love one that was mine, but I mean I would like to have one that just-" "Abby! Bambling!" Ziva said. "It's rambling Ziva and sorry. So have you told Gibbs yet?" Abby asked turning back to her computer.

Ziva took a breath "Yes and he said we were going to have a chat. I do not think he believes I am capable at the moment of handling a...a child." Abby shrugged. "Gibbs doesn't decide if your ready for anything or not it is your decision and personally I believe a kick ass ninja like you can handle anything." Abby looked at Ziva a huge grin on her face which made Ziva smile. "Thank you Abby." Right at that moment they heard the elevator ding and Gibbs walked in. "Alright David lets talk."

Ok hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. I will include more action in the next chapter. Please tell me the character interaction you would like to see (dont say Tiva because that is the pairing) but would you like more Papa Gibbs, Energizer Abby, Maya and team. And be sure to leave a review ;) next chap up soon.