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Tony and Ziva said their goodbyes to all their dear friends in Israel and promised to be back soon. They were currently on the plane back home. It was the best vacation either of them had ever experienced, but both we happy to return home.
"When is your next doctor's appointment?" Tony asked Ziva as he played with her hair on the plane home.
"Three days." She said. "I think we might be able to tell the sex of our baby."
"Do you want to?" Tony asked, "I kinda want to be surprised."
She lifted her head off his chest to look at and nodded. "We can do that." She said placing her hand on his cheek and bringing him in for a kiss.
"Hey, Ziva?" He said slowly after they pulled away. She nodded for him to continue and he bit his lol and quickly said, "Will you move in with me?"
"I would love to, Tony." She said with a small chuckle, "I was wondering when you were going to ask me."
Driving home from the airport at ten o'clock at night, Tony and Ziva were both exhausted. "I'm way to tired to drive you back to your place."
"We do need start moving my things to your apartment when we catch up on our sleep." She said referring to their discussion on the plane.
"Okay." He nodded and placed his hand on the console and opened it for her to take. She placed her hand in his as the two fell into a comfortable silence. They parked in Tony's apartment complex spot and unloaded their luggage from the car. As they were walking up the stairs to the complex, Ziva tugged on Tony's hand to stop him.
"What is Gibbs' car doing here?" She asked with worry in her voice.
"I'm not sure, babe." He said with a shrug. "Maybe everything has blown over. Let's not jump to conclusions." The pair made it to Tony's apartment to see Gibbs and McGee sitting outside the apartment.
"Boss." McGee said getting Gibbs' attention and nodding to Tony and Ziva. He got up off the floor and went over to the couple, "We were waiting for you to get home."
"What is it?" Ziva asked as her hand gripped Tony's harder.
"Ziver." Gibbs said softly as he joined the group. He took a deep breath and nodded towards the door. "Why don't we talk inside."
Tony shared a brief questioning glance with Ziva before walking towards the door and unlocking it. When the group got into the apartment, they all sat down at the kitchen table.
"Ziver." Gibbs said softly, "Your apartment was blown up by Parson's team."
Ziva gasped quietly and looked at Tony for his reaction. "What if she was there, Boss?" Tony said angrily, "You need to be doing a better job at finding these terrorists before Ziva and kid get hurt."
"They do think you two are dead, DiNozzo." Gibbs said, "We want you guys to fake your death for a while until we can get this sorted out. We're gonna have your funeral and we'll sneak you guys out to my house by later tonight."
Tony and Ziva shared a long glance and sighed at the same time. "We will be okay." Ziva said quietly to him. She turned back to Gibbs, "We will be ready in a few hours to go." She said. "Was there anything salvageable in my apartment?" She asked quietly with no hope in her voice.
Gibbs silently nodded and went to the door and grabbed his backpack and pulled out a slightly burned lock box. He handed it to Ziva and she sighed in relief. "We couldn't recover the key though." He said.
"That is okay." Ziva said, "Thank you both for protecting Tony and really does mean a lot." She said kissing McGee on the cheek and giving him a hug and falling into a warm embrace of Gibbs.
Tony went into the bedroom to pack and Ziva followed him to help and check the contents of her box. She took one of Tony's knives out of his nightstand and picked the lock. She sat on the bed to open the box. Tony saw the tears in her eyes that refused to fall and stopped his packing to sit next to her on the bed. He sat down behind her and snaked his arms around her torso and rested his chin on her shoulder. He saw the contents of the box.
It was a picture he had seen before of Ziva, Tali, and Ari as they were children. But, under that there was so much more to the box. A ring, a letter, a bracelet, and a necklace. "This was my mother's wedding ring." She told Tony. "It has been in my family for more than two hundred years. I think we can give it to our son one day." She suggested. Ziva felt Tony nod against her shoulder and kiss her cheek. "This is a letter from my father, it says I'm not allowed to open it until I am married." She said putting the sealed envelope aside. "This was Tali's." She said holding the bracelet. "It was the only thing recovered from the bombing she died in." She picked up the last item in the box. It was a men's style of a Star of David. She turned around on the bed to face Tony. "Ari gave it to me. He gave it to me with very specific instructions to give it to the man I love. That is you, Tony." She told him placing her hand on his chest. He still hadn't said anything. "You do not have to." She said starting to put the treasured items away.
He grabbed her chin with his fingers so his eyes would meet hers. "I would be honored to wear it, Ziva." Tony said leaning in to kiss her. When they finally broke apart breathless, she hooked the necklace around his neck and smiled.
"I love you so much, Tony."
"I love you too, Ziva." He said holding her close. After a while Tony looked away from Ziva and struggled to find the right words. "Ziva, I'm really scared right now." He said almost silently.
"I am too." She admitted. "But, we will get through this together." She pulled him into another passionate kiss. There was a knock on the door and McGee poked his head in.
"It's time." He said quietly.
The car ride to Gibbs' house was nothing, but silence until Ziva finally spoke. "When is the funeral?" She asked.
"Tomorrow." Gibbs answered, "Your bodies were never recovered. There's three names on the tombstone. 'Tony DiNozzo, Ziva DiNozzo, and the unborn DiNozzo child. May God rest your souls and forever be in our hearts.'" Gibbs recited the tombstone and didn't take his eyes off the road.
"We're gonna have the funeral tomorrow with the reception at NCIS and then the team is going to come back to Gibbs house so they can see you two are alive." McGee told them.
"So, Abby, Ducky, and Palmer think we're dead?" Tony said looking to Ziva for reassurance that it wasn't true.
"We need to make the funeral as real as possible." McGee said quietly as they approached Gibbs house.
Tony looked like he was about to cry and Ziva was showing no emotion at all. She squeezed his hand and looked deeply into his eyes. "We will be okay." He said quietly and kissed her forehead and rested his forehead against hers.
A/N: Sorry it was so short! More to come! See you all tomorrow! I will finish this story by the premiere! Love you guys! God bless!
-Kristen
