A/N: Soo, a really emotional Tony in this chapter. As emotional as he would get.. Well I promise you that he'll get more emotional but not now haha :D (this sentence doesn't make sense but HEY :D)
Enjoy :)
"Um, Ali? Can I talk to you for a second?", Tony asked after he'd talked to Tali for a while. "Sure.", Ali replied. Tali exchanged a look with Ali and got the message.
"Actually I still got a lot of things to do. I mean I just moved here and stuff. Call me if anything happens, okay Ali?", she said. Ali smiled at her, then hugged her. "I will. See you later. And I'm glad you're back, Tali.", she told her.
With that Tali walked out of the room, leaving Ali and Tony alone.
"So, what do you wanna talk about, Tony?", Ali questioned as they sat down on Ali's bed. "You know we're investigating Ziva's case, right?", Tony started carefully. Ali nodded, slightly confused.
"Well, I wasn't sure at first but it turned out it's true.", Tony said. "Tony, you're talking nonsense. Just spit it out.", Ali demanded. Tony swallowed hard, then told her the truth: "We were out in the field and Ziva suddenly screamed my name. I heard a gun shot and when I turned around I saw her on the floor, bleeding."
Ali nodded. She didn't really want to hear about that again. Tony continued: "Well, I mean I had that feeling but I didn't think it was true but now there's all that evidence and it's true. The guy aimed for me, Ziva noticed and she..she took the bullet for me."
Ali didn't say anything, instead she pulled Tony into a hug. "I feel so guilty. I don't know how to handle this. Her life is in danger because of me.", Tony whispered, his voice almost not audible because he was silently crying.
"Shh, it's okay. It's not your fault, daddy.", Ali whispered. When she said that last word - "daddy" - her eyes started to water, too. She gently pushed him away and locked her eyes on his.
"If she dies you are no longer my legal guardian.", Ali finally blurted out. She'd thought about this the entire time but she'd been too afraid to say it out loud. She looked down at her hands, trying to hide her tears.
"Ali.", Tony whispered. He took her hands in his and forced her to look at him. "Are you sure about that?", he asked carefully. "Yeah. You're her boyfriend, you're only my legal guardian because of that small fact. You guys are not married so if anything happens to her I kinda loose you, too.", she explained.
A tear rolled down her cheek and Tony reached out to wipe it away. "Ali, I love you. You're my daughter, my little girl. No matter what happens, this fact won't change.", he whispered, squeezing her hands reassuringly.
"I love you, too. Tony, you're the only one who ever got close to being a dad to me. You are my dad, for goddess' sakes. I'm so happy about that.", she told him.
"I promise you one thing, Ali. When this is all over and Ziva's awake again – which I promise you she will! - I'll fill out every freaking form it takes to be your legal guardian without any exceptions. I promise!", he assured her.
Ali hugged him again. She knew that he didn't only mean the thing about the legal guardian but also the thing about Ziva. "Thank you, daddy.", she murmured. "Any time, little one.", he whispered into her hair.
"And stop blaming yourself. She took the bullet for a reason. She loves you, she was trying to protect you. She wouldn't want you to blame yourself.", Ali told him and he nodded.
Tony stayed the night but in the morning he had to get back to work. Who knew what Gibbs would have done to him if he had decided to stay a little longer. Now it was late afternoon and Ali was sitting at Ziva's hospital bed again.
Nobody was around. Tony, Gibbs, McGee and Abby, even Ducky were at work. Andrew and Ashley were at school. And Tali was looking for a new job in DC. She'd called earlier, asking if she should come over, if Ali wanted some company.
But Ali had told her to go looking for a job because that was really important. If Tali found a job in DC it would be great for Ali, too. Because if Tali found a job Ali could be certain that her aunt would stay like..forever!
A/N: Thaaanks for reading and pleaseeee keep all of your lovely reviews coming! I love to hear your thoughts :)))) Thaaanks! :)
P.S. Did any of you watch the episode yet? OMG it's soooo good! I'm not gonna spoil you on here if you haven't seen it yet but if you wanna hear/read my thoughts check my tumblr: princessctiva .tumblr .com (without the spaces lol :D)
