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Chapter 3 – Results and Reactions

She followed the instructions on all of the tests wanting to be absolutely certain, she had to then wait for 5 minutes so unable to sit in the bathroom waiting for five minutes she set the timer in the kitchen and then threw herself down in front of her television and flicked aimlessly through the channels until the timer went what felt like years later, the loud ringing made her jump.

She slowly walked back into the bathroom, trying not to peek at the tests, she reached the sink where she had left them and closed her eyes, then she leaned over and after taking a deep breath, she opened her eyes and looked at the results.

Ziva stared at the results in shock; all of the tests said the same thing. Positive. Ziva continued to stare unable to believe it, positive, no they couldn't be positive, she couldn't be … but all four of the tests said the same thing, there was no mistake, she was.

Ziva sank to the floor trembling, this was not something that she had ever expected would happen to her, not something she had planned, and without planning she didn't know what to do, but she supposed this was one of those things you couldn't plan for. She sat on the floor thinking hard, still trying to process her news. The news that she, Ziva David was Pregnant.

And that Tony was the father. She groaned, what had she gotten herself in to? She looked down at her belly, still flat, not yet large and round, proof that there was a little person inside of her, she couldn't help but smile though at the thought of having a baby and being a mother, the thought was magical. Then she thought of her family, and the smile slipped from her face, her father would be furious, Mossad agents were not meant to have children unless they were raised to be in Mossad, as she had been, all of her childhood it had been made clear to her what she would do in the future, and she had never questioned it, she had just accepted that one day she would follow in her father's footsteps and her big brother's, one day she would become an assassin, and she had, she sighed and thought.

He father would be angry but she hoped that he would maybe accept this, she had resigned from Mossad and wanted it all to be behind her, maybe because she was no longer in Mossad he would accept it, or just leave her alone, to raise this baby.

That made her think, how did she feel about this child, she looked back down at her belly, she wanted it, she wanted to be a mom, to come home from work each night to be greeted by her child, to rock them to sleep and read them stories and tuck them in at night, it would make her more human and that was what she sort of wanted to be now, normal, she wanted a boring life, to go to work and look at the dead that she had not killed and try to give their family closure, and to save lives by locking up whoever had done the crime, she wanted to be the good guy rather than the bad guy who killed to clean up messes. She wanted this child so bad.

And what about Tony, the baby was going to be his as well after all, but did she want to tell him, or did she want to just cope with this on her own as she always had, in a way that felt natural to her, but she didn't think that would be right, to not tell Tony that he was a father and that he had either a son or a daughter. But did she want to bring him down, to chain him down, he was always such a free spirit, picking up girls, bedding them and the next day moving on, but when she had been with him, it hadn't been like that, he was sweet, gentle and romantic, and she enjoyed being with him, though that might have been from the thrill of breaking one of Gibbs' golden rules. Did she really want to bind him to her and their baby, in a way she didn't, she loved Tony as he was, wild and cheeky, she didn't want to destroy that by making him a strict responsible parent. But he had a right to know that he was a father, she knew she had to tell him, but not get her hopes up too high about whether or not he would be involved.

At that moment her phone rang making her jump, she quickly hurried back into her living room and grabbed it.

"Hey Zivaaaa" came a cheeky voice that she knew so well, Ziva groaned and rolled her eyes

"Hello Tony, everything ok"

"yeah I'm fine, was just calling to make sure you were ok"

Ziva frowned "I am fine Tony, why wouldn't I be"

"ur because you threw up at the sight of a dead body and nearly fainted"

"Oh yes that, no I am fine Tony, just a bug, don't worry about me" But something in her voice must have made Tony suspicious "are you sure Zee, you don't sound so good, do you want me to come over"

"No" Ziva said quickly, she didn't want to see Tony now, she wanted to have time to process her situation and figure out how to tell him her news "I am fine Tony, I promise, I will see you tomorrow"

"your coming into work" Tony said brightly "cool it was mega quiet without you today, so boring"

Ziva smiled "yes I should be better by tomorrow Tony, I'll see you tomorrow yes"

"you bet, see ya tomorrow ninja chick"

"don't call me that" Ziva growled and she could hear Tony laughing before she hung up.

She sighed and a small smile crossed her face at his usual antics, he was a lovely man, a child at heart and she didn't doubt that he would make a good parent, it was just was he ready to be one, to settle down and commit himself to a life as daddy, to getting up in the middle of the night to comfort a crying baby, to have to come straight home from work to make dinner for his kid and help them with their homework, to have to give up his weekends to entertain his child and to have to go see kids movies rather than the action classics that he loved. Ziva thought long and hard, she had no doubt that if he was willing to do all that he would make a wonderful daddy, the best any child could hope for.

She slowly walked into her bedroom and changed into her nightwear, then she down in her bed and sighed, closing her eyes, things were happening very fast now and it was hard to keep up with it all, she was still confused and scared, she didn't know what to do, but she was tired so she tried to relax, she tentatively put one hand over her flat stomach and that was how she drifted off to sleep.

XOXOXO

Tony sauntered into work later than usual, as he danced out of the elevator he saw a familiar dark head sitting at the desk opposite his and grinned happily, "why helloo Zeevaaa" he said from right behind her, he was surprised when the assassin nearly leapt out of her skin, she yelped and spun round "Tony" she cried out "do not do that to me" Tony grinned "at long last, I did it ladies and gentlemen, I made our ninja assassin jump" he whooped and danced around, ignoring the odd looks he was receiving "alert the media" Ziva said in a dry voice that made him stop and look at her, she seemed very tired and still didn't look right "are you better now Zeevaa" he asked in a much gentler tone trying to hide how worried he actually was for his gorgeous partner, she had her head bent and wasn't looking at him, she shrugged and then nodded before replying in a very quiet tone "I am fine thank you Tony"

Tony frowned, he would have pressed her further but Gibbs appeared and told him to go down to see if Ducky had anything useful, as he left he glanced back at Ziva and saw that Gibbs was watching her in his usual concerned manner, that relieved him in a way, to know that it wasn't just him who was worried. He went to Ducky, and whilst he was giving him one of his tales of a past case, Tony allowed his mind to wonder, he thought about Ziva, she was his partner, he hoped he was able to cheer her up, he didn't like having to creep round her, as if she were a bomb, about to explode. He could tell something was wrong and he wanted to cheer her up.

He hurried back to the bullpen and nearly crashed into Gibbs who was obviously going to see Abby "DiNozzo" Gibbs growled "watch it" "sorry boss" Tony said carefully stepping out of the elevator so that his boss could step in, just before the doors closed he whirled round and stuck his foot out stopping them "hey boss, what do you think is wrong with Ziva" Gibbs looked at him "what do you mean" he asked, Tony took a deep breath "well she has been acting weird for a while now, she is grumpy, always on edge and yesterday she threw up, and nearly fainted, something is wrong boss and she is hiding something, she is so quiet and looks like she is about to lash out and break one of my fingers if I do anything" "wouldn't surprise me" Gibbs muttered, he then took a swig of his coffee and looked at his senior field agent "why are you asking my DiNozzo, she is your partner, you are the one meant to be looking after her, your meant to have her six, if you are worried about her then go talk to her, find out what is wrong and see if you can fix it, you must always look after your partner, because they always have you six covered, so make sure you have theirs" Tony looked at him "so you want me to talk to out favourite ninja assassin, yeah you know boss I don't think that is gonna work you know Ziva, she doesn't talk about her feelings" Gibbs looked at him pointedly "well you wanted my advice and that is my advice, if your not gonna like it then don't ask for it DiNozzo" he pushed Tony's foot out of the door so that the elevator could shut and take him down to his favourite scientist.

"great talk boss" Tony muttered and looked towards the bullpen, Ziva was staring out the window with a worried expression on her face, he groaned, and then sighed, he moved forward and took a deep breath "hey Ziva" he said "where is Probie Wan Kenobi" Ziva looked up at him absently before pulling herself together "lunch run" she mumbled looking back down at her computer, Tony frowned and then leant on her desk "hey" he said "what is wrong Ziva, don't say nothing because I know you, you have been my partner for nearly 7 years and I can tell that something is bothering you, now what is it, spill" Ziva looked at him, she seemed kind of torn, like part of her wanted to tell him, but another part of her wanted to bottle it up, to hide it as she always did, eventually she made up her mind "I am fine Tony" she had said standing up, Tony groaned and then grabbed her arm and dragged her into the men's bathroom, ignoring her protests, he tugged her inside and then shut the door tight, leaning against it "ok" he said looking at her "Ziva I trust you with my life, I trust you to have my six and I trust you to be there for me when I need you, so now I want you to trust me, so tell me what it wrong Zee" she looked at him desperately "please Tony, do not push me with this" she begged trying to get past him, she seemed worried, Tony caught hold of her "c'mon Ziva I am worried about you please", her eyes suddenly filled with tears and he didn't know what shocked him more, the tears or the fact that she leant against him as she cried, he held her in his arms gently, murmuring that she was fine and that he was here for her.

After a few minutes she pulled herself together and after taking a few deep breaths she looked at him, she looked scared "Tony" she said softly "do you remember that night, a few weeks ago, during the Hudson case" he nodded and grinned "how could I forget sweet cheeks" she gave him a small smile "well um…. I'm…" she couldn't seem to spit it out, she looked terrified "Tony, I'm pregnant"

Tony froze, his mouth hanging open unable to process, Ziva… Pregnant. He stared at her as she watched him worried "m…mine" he managed, and she nodded. He stared at her again unable to speak, Ziva was pregnant, with his child, he was going to be a father, to Ziva's child, a baby, wow, they were going to have a baby. He couldn't believe it he couldn't move he was so shocked, he was so confused, he had never planned for this, he had never given kids much of a thought, he thought he would end up being an eternal stud, never settling down, but a baby meant commitment, to settle down to become a dependable man to whom his child could look up too, Ziva's child.

Ziva looked upset, her eyes were filling with tears again, suddenly she slipped past him and launched herself out the door, the spell holding him in place broke and he lurched after her in time to see her leap into the elevator that McGee had just exited bags of food in his arms, he sprinted after her "Ziva wait" he shouted slamming into the doors just as they closed "what's with her" McGee asked, but Tony didn't respond, he tore off down the stairs crashing round the corners in an effort to get there before she did, but he was out of luck, she was already gone when he crashed into the lobby, cursing he lurched towards the car park and was relieved to see her running towards her car.

"Ziva" he shouted again "wait Ziva please" he caught up with her as she tried to unlock her car, he grabbed the keys and stepped in front of her, instantly she turned, tears still running down her cheeks, Tony caught hold of her "Ziva please" he begged "talk to me, I am so confused" "what part of I'm pregnant is confusing you Tony" She cried "I am carrying a baby and it is yours, you don't have to be involved at all, I will take care of this child myself, I just thought you should know" "Ziva, don't, if you want to raise the child by yourself then why are you crying" he asked, she shrugged and tried to pull her car keys out of his grip, but he held onto them "Ziva, I don't want you to raise our baby alone" that made her stop "what" she mumbled "Ziva I love you, I have loved you from the moment I first laid eyes on you, and I am overjoyed at the thought of being the father to your child, I want to be there, through it all, I don't want to miss a second of our baby's life, I am happy, I want to be there for you and baby for the rest of my life"

Ziva was staring at him stunned "you love me" she whispered, he nodded "always have and always will" he said firmly, she stared at him so confused, she had probably never had that before, someone tell her passionately that he loved her, she had been taught never to feel and never to become close to anyone, she looked at him and then buried her head into his shoulder and began to cry again sobbing uncontrollably, carefully keeping one arm around her, he unlocked her car and steered her to the back seat and sat down with her holding her tightly "hey" he whispered "hey it's gonna be ok Ziva, I'm gonna help you, we are gonna raise this baby together, I promise, I am never going to leave you or this baby I promise" she nodded into his shoulder "I know" she whispered "I believe you" "then why are you crying" he asked confused "because I am scared Tony" she sobbed "I am not ready to be a mother, I never thought I would be, I was raised never to have a child unless they would be raised to join Mossad as I was, my father he is going to be so mad, he will never let me keep this baby, he will make me get rid of them, or he will take them and train them into an agent, a killer, I don't want the life I had for my baby Tony, I don't want them anywhere near that life"

Ton hugged her "hey" he said firmly "the baby is going to be fine, I wont let your father get anywhere near them, and this is your baby, in your body, you are in control of your own body aren't you, you have to take control and make sure that you don't let you father control you, and I will be there for you, I will protect you and baby until my dying breath I swear to you" she sighed and nodded again her sobs slowly quietening down, Tony continued to hold her tightly for a while before he gently slid out and clambered into the drivers seat "what are you doing" Ziva mumbled "taking you home" he said sticking the keys into the engine "I am going to call Gibbs and tell him you threw up again so I took you home and as instructed I am going to have your six and make sure you are ok" she smiled at him gently "thank you Tony" she said softly, he looked at her in the rear view mirror "for what" he asked cheekily "for having your six or knocking you up" she shook her head "for everything" she said simply and he nodded and winked at her.

XOXOXO

When they got back to her apartment Tony sat her on the sofa "stay" he ordered "Tony" she complained "I am pregnant not an invalid" "yeah well I am gonna be a daddy, a strict responsible caring parent so I might as well start practising by caring for you" she smiled as he called Gibbs and told him he was caring for her as she was sick, he was backed up as she suddenly felt nauseous and bolted for the bathroom throwing up noisily "err gotta go boss" she heard Tony shout and then he was next to her cradling her, holding her hair back for her "this a new thing" he asked teasingly "lunchtime sickness rather than morning sickness", she elbowed him "I threw up this morning too" she mumbled, she sighed and leaned against him till she felt well enough to stand "wow" she heard Tony say and looked over to see him staring in her sink where the four positive pregnancy tests were still sitting, he looked at her "are you absolutely certain" he teased, and she rolled her eyes at him "I wanted to be sure" she said defensively.

He tugged her back into her living room and they spent the rest of the day flicking through the channels watching movies she had never heard of, he nattered all the way through them and she curled up next to him listening, eventually she tentatively lay her head on his shoulder and sighed contentedly, he gently put one arm around her, Ziva smiled happily and then tired closed her eyes.

Tony sat still as she slowly lay her head on his shoulder, smiling softly he put his arm around her and she snuggled in, when he looked down at her a few minutes later she was sound asleep curled up on top of him, he smiled at her and then carefully slid out from under her and scooped her up, he carried her carefully into her bedroom and lay her on the bed, she mumbled as he did so but didn't open her eyes, he was just about to leave when she reached up and caught hold of his arm, "stay" she sighed and with a smile he kicked of his shoes and carefully lay down next to her, she rested her head on his chest and went back to sleep, he hugged her tightly listening to her breathing and tiny snores. Then he smiled.

"I love you Ziva and I promise to try to be a good daddy to your baby, and protect you both for the rest of my life, I will never leave you, not for the world, because I love you both more than life itself"

And with that he drifted off to sleep cradling Ziva in his arms.

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