Chapter 4 – I Promise
Tony sprinted through the hospital halls being yelled at by a few nurses, but he didn't care, he just hoped he could make it in time
He reached the front desk, "excuse me, has a Ziva David checked in"
"Ziva David, Ziva David, Would she be Israeli by any chance?"
"Yeah, that's her"
"I remember her, she came in about half an hour ago wanting to see "
"And?"
"You just missed her, she left about 5 minutes ago, sorry"
"Thanks"
Tony left the hospital with tears streaming down his cheeks, he could barely walk, Ziva wasn't home, or at his home, not at NCIS or even on her normal jogging route, he tried her house again, he went inside and looked around,
Tony sighed, "oh Ziva, where are you", he noticed the slightly ajar laptop on the kitchen counter and went over to investigate, there was an airline website open with a one way ticket to Nevada open and booked
"Nevada, why would she go there?"
Tony was sick of playing chasings but he couldn't let her go, he arrived at the airport about 20 mins later to find Ziva sitting on a bench by herself crying, Tony went and sat next to her
Ziva laughed, "How'd you know?"
"Gibbs is always telling you to shut off your computer when you're done, why Ziva, I didn't want that anymore than you did, but how, I mean, to just get rid of it, there's always adoption but you just went and got ri"
"It was too late Tony" Ziva interrupted
"Too late, what do you mean too late?"
"To get rid of it", Ziva started crying even harder gasping for air, Tony put an arm around her shoulder and held her close, "You can only get rid of it if it's younger than 18 days old"
"How far along are you?"
"26", Ziva was bawling her eyes out, her back hunched over so her head was nearly touching her knees her chest heaving while she clutched her stomach
"Hey, hey, Ziva we're gunna get through this, together"
Ziva looked into his eyes, "Tony, I, I, I don't want, I can't, Tony, I can't do this" Tony stood up and pulled Ziva to her feet holding her tightly to his chest, Ziva flung her arms around his neck sobbing into his shoulder, "Tony, I"
"Shhh, Shhh, Ziva, I promise, I promise, everything is going to be OK"
"How, how can, how can everything, be OK Tony, I'm Pregnant"
"Hey, I said everything will be OK, I'll make sure it is", Ziva caught her breath, she stopped sobbing but tears still ran down her cheeks, "Come on Ziva, I'll take you home"
They walked back to the car, Ziva in complete silence, Tony looked on in worry, he knew she was scared, but he had never seen her like this before
Tony walked in to the bullpen the next morning to find Gibbs and McGee already at their desks working
"Hey boss, did I miss something, why are you here so early?"
"We've been here all night DiNozzo"
"All night?, Why didn't you call me?, I would've come in"
"Didn't want to disturb Ziva, by the way DiNozzo, how is she?"
"Better boss, taking the rest of the week off though, she's still a bit shaken up from the vomiting, she said she'd be back on Monday", Tony sat down at his desk to finish some paperwork
"That's Good Tony", said McGee
"Yeah", Tony went quiet, thinking about Ziva made his stomach turn, Ziva was pregnant, and he was the father, Tony had never imagined himself as a dad, he was starting to get scared, then he thought about Ziva, yesterday at the airport Ziva fell apart, he had never seen her so shattered, he was sure parenthood and family had never even crossed her mind, especially with her experiences with Tali and Eli, he loved her and it broke his heart to see her like that, he had made a promise to her that everything would be OK, he intended to keep it