2 months later... "Christian, are we still going out for dinner later" Ziva David called from her desk as her best friend walked past on his way to the copy room. "Corse babe" Christian called back with a wink. Ziva chuckled to herself, gibbs was down in abbys lab so he didn't hear that particular endearment but dinozo did. "Babe?" He questioned. "We are just friends tony." "Hmmm wonder what the bossman thinks about that". "Thinks about what dinozzo?" A gruff voice said from behind his head. "Erm, agent brown calling ziva babe and yet she insists they're just friends, and they're going for dinner boss." " well that's what friends do, dinozzo, they go to dinner. Keep your nose out of your partners business." Ziva raised a smirk to dinozzo silently laughing as her boyfriend sat down at his desk with an inconspicuous wink in her direction. Jethro liked Christian a lot, ziva sometimes stayed at Christians when he'd had a breakup to make her best friend happy and gibbs didn't mind, he missed ziva like crazy, but he wanted to give her a break away from him.
Dinner time came quickly and ziva was starving. She'd been getting hungry a lot faster than usual lately, particularly for cherry tomatoes and tapenade, they'd definitely be eating Italian today. Christian walked towards her as she was grabbing her coat and bag,"you ready" he said, wrapping an arm around her waist and grinning in gibbs general direction, knowing the marine hated not been allowed to do it himself in public. "Come on then, what do you fancy?". "Italian" ziva replied, throwing goodbyes over her shoulder at the team.
Gibbs envied Christian, there were many a time when gibbs wished everyone knew about him and ziva, so that he could be the one taking her out to dinner. He could be the one with the arm around her waist and best of all, everyone would know she was with him instead of everyone gossiping that she was with Christian. He was gay for god sake! He hid it well in the office but outside work he flaunted it. Many times had gibbs and ziva been laid wrapped around one another when christian had drunk called ziva telling her of his latest conquest until ziva got bored and told him to go back to sleep before uncerimoniously terminating the call. The subject of people knowing about their relationship had been on his mind a lot recently, he was finding that he wanted them to know. He'd have to talk to ziva soon about it, he was sick of living his life in secret, ziva deserved better, everyone should know about them. Then he could finally ask her the question that hed wanted to ask her for the best part of two years.
Ziva and Christian were on their way back to headquarters when ziva suddenly paled and ran for the nearest trash can. "Urrrggg I don't know what's wrong with me, iv been sick on and off for the last like two months". "Maybe your pregnant" Christian jokingly commented while rubbing her back. Zivas head snapped towards him, as her face grew impossibly paler. "Zi, god, are you?". "I don't know, we always use something. Shit." Her mind was spinning, shed not had a period for three months but that wasn't unusual for her so she hadn't thought anything of it. Shed been craving tomatoes and tapenade. Shed had random bouts of sickness. Shed been feeling tireder than usual. Omg, she thought, I could be pregnant.
Christian watched as tears started spilling down his best friends cheeks, he knew she thought he was right. She was pregnant. "Come on, we'll go get you a test babe. Don't panic just yet." Ziva vaguely registered Christian pulling her by the arm through the streets. Her mind was reeling, she could be pregnant. With jethros child. This would be it, this would be the end of them, he wouldnt want it, his three ex wives not having children were proof of that. But did she want it? Yes, she did, in fact she was certain. A baby. Wow, a piece of her and jethro, she began to feel a surge of love for her maybe baby, shed love it No matter what. No matter if gibbs didn't, she knew she would.
Ten minutes later ziva and Christian were sat in Christians bathroom against his bathroom door, ziva clinging to his hand as though her life depended on it. Both had their gaze on the two white sticks resting ontop of his toilet waiting for the obligatory 5 minutes to pass and the test results to develop. "What do you want the result to be Zi? " she sighed heavily before saying " I don't know. Jethro he'll..." She choked up, unable to finish putting her thoughts on how gibbs would react into words. She was fairly certain if she was pregnant, it would be a bad thing to him. " I didn't ask about him, I asked about you." At this she provided a small smile " ermmm if I am pregnant ill keep it and love it no matter what. Even if jethro doesn't want it, il keep it." "Zi, its been 5 minutes."
Ziva took a deep breath and stood on shaky legs, her delicate hand reaching forward grasping the strip of plastic. Pregnant. She glanced at the second test. Both said one word. Pregnant. Her emotions were so conflicted, she felt a tremendous surge of love for the child inside her, she knew shed do everything in her power to keep her baby safe, she loved it more than life itself instantly. In that split second the child that grew inside her was her number one priority. She loved jethro with everything she had but now the baby took priority, the tiny human that was the blend of the both of them. She knew now that if jethro didn't want it shed go it alone, shed love him forever and wouldnt begrudge him his decision, but she knew his past and knew that maybe a baby would be too difficult for him to face. Which is why her emotions were conflicting, the person she loved would be in pain emotionally because of her. He could possibly leave her because of this. At this thought tears began streaming down her face. She could lose her soulmate. She just hoped it wouldn't come to that.
Christian looked over her shoulder, ignoring her tears. She was pregnant. He was gonna be an uncle - sort of. He dropped a kiss to the top of her head. "When you goin to tell him?" "Not yet, I need to get my head around it first. We need to get back to work though." "No we dont , ill ring dinozzo and get him to cover for you and you can stay here tonight instead of going back to gibbs if you want." "K" she replied with a sigh, "let me just text him to let him know". _ im gonna stay at Christians tonight see you at work tomorrow, z x
Gibbs was stressed, dinozzo had covered for ziva half an hour ago when hed asked where she was and then 5 minutes later he got a txt from her about her not coming home tonight. He'd replied asking why and shed not txt him again, 4 txts later he got the definate impression that he was been ignored. He was worried, after the visit from Mann he thought that everything was back to normal again now, he loved her so much and tried to show her that constantly, so did she to him. Maybe shed met someone else. He ran his hand over his face, trying to ring her - it went to voicemail. He threw his phone down in frustration. He couldnt lose her. He just couldn't.
Ziva woke up with a start, she was sprawled on Christians bed with his arm thrown over her. She turned her head to check the time, 02:42 , she glanced at her phone that was also on Christians bedside table. 12 texts and 11 missed calls. She sighed, shed been dreaming of cute churub cheeked children with blue eyes and brown curls. She hoped thats what her baby would look like, a cute mix of the both of them. She absentmindedly ran her fingers lightly in a circle round her belly. She was gonna be a mommy! And gibbs, gibbs was gonna be a daddy again. She had to tell him. With this in mind she decided there was no time like the present. She slipped her shoes on her feet and crept from christians house, the two pieces of plastic safely tooked in her pocket. She was determined now, for her and her child, she had to find out jethros reaction. Whether or not she was going to be a single parent rest soley on his reaction to the pregnancy.
She entered the house, letting the smell of jethro wash over her, calming her nerves. She didn't want to wake him, she was the only presence that didnt raise him from slumber by walking around his house, so she decided to settle for sleeping on the couch. With her mind set she drifted into sleep once more, with the man she loved sleeping upstairs and her hand wrapped protectively over her slightly swollen stomach. Itvwas like this that gibbs found her an hour later, unable to sleep with her not beside him and ignoring his txts and phonecalls. He leant against the room doorframe, she slept silently, her 'snores' were her way of annoying tony when they had to sleep at a scene or the office, completely fake. His whole world rest on that couch, his reason for existence. He moved forward hooking his arm under her legs. He picked her up gently, kissing her rosy lips as he did so. Her arms came up to wrap around his neck. Drowsy eyes met marine blue, a small smile directed his way. "Hey you" she said, obviously still half asleep. "Hey, sleep Zi Im guna take you to bed". She let sleep reconsume her after nodding her affirmation, content to be in his arms.
Morning broke, ziva registered she was in hers and jethros bed, her body pressed flush against his. She tightened her grip around him, shoving her face further into his neck, smiling slightly when she heard him sigh contently. "Morning" she mumbled against his skin, knowing he was awake by the intake of breath as her lips skimmed his pulse point. "Morning beautiful" he returned. Ziva then turned her attention to the topic that could change their lives completely. "Jethro, I need to tell you something." His heart clenched at the hesitation in her voice, all manners of possible scenarios running through his head, somehow knowing that the something was why shed ignored him yesterday and spent half the night away from him. He nodded ok and turned her so she was facing him. Her eyes were unusualy guarded. She reached over him to her jacket that was on the bed, pulling out a white plastic object. " I'm pregnant" she stated as she pressed the test into his palm, worry and doubt etched on her face.
