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Chapter 3

'I was suppose to be in bed by now!'

'Just a minute' Ziva said pulling the sheet over the couch pillows.

'Ok your beds ready, Lily'

'Where do you sleep?' she asked from the floor where she sat tugging a brush at her hair.

'I'm just down the hall'

'Ok' Lily said as she climbed into her make shift bed with Baylie clutched in her hand

'Well night' Ziva said awkwardly from over the back of the couch.

'Night' Lily said sleepy.

Ziva turned off the light and walked to the kitchen thinking 'that wasn't to hard'

Ding .She reached for her phone, 1 message, she opened it.

Thanks a million Zee!

Tony was happy she had let him off the hook so he could go on his date, but she wasn't.

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The room was dark; Ziva lay asleep on her bed. Lily crept to the door with Baylie in her arms.

'Um…'

Ziva sat bolt up right, gun pointed at the doorway.

'Don't shot me!' Lily shrieked.

'Oh sorry lily'

She was shaking, a look of terror in her eyes. Ziva leapt from the bed and knelt next to lily, then after a moment wrapped her arms around her little shaking body. Lily held onto Ziva's top with one hand and Baylie with the other.

'I didn't mean to scare you Lily, I'm really sorry'

'They…they killed…her'

'Who?'

'They …killed…mummy' she stammered as the tears fell from her dark brown eyes. Ziva didn't know how to comfort her with words so she kept her arms around lily but picked her up and carried her over to the bed.

They sat for quiet some time, Lily softly crying onto Ziva's now wet shoulder.

Lily sniffed then looked up.

'Can I sleep in your bed please?'

'Um…sure'

'Thank you' Lily crawled over to the other side of the bed and crept under the covers.

Ziva walked over to her wardrobe and opened it, stepping inside only to change her sodden top for the first one she found, a silky night gown with way too much lace for her liking, but Abby had tried.

Climbing back into her side of the bed and turned off the lamp, resting her head to the pillow.

'Zeevee?'

'It's Ziva'

'Sorry'

'Its ok' she replied sleepy

'Do you think my mummy still loves me?' she whispered into her pillow.

'Of course' Ziva replied, reassuring her self just as much as Lily, for she too wished that her mother, sister and brother loved her even though they were dead.

They both fell silent and eventuality drifted off to sleep.

End of Chapter 3

By Bones