A/N: Okay, so here is the low down, in the last chapter, Kelly was two weeks old. In this chapter, I've skipped ahead until she was old enough to be brought home. Understand? If not, PM me and I'll explain. Also, with this timeline, Jenny would be about 16 weeks pregnant or about 4 months.


Bringing Home Baby

6 Weeks Later…

It had been six weeks since Kelly had scared them all with her pneumonia and now they were getting ready to bring her home. Ziva stood in the NICU with Tony and Gibbs. Resting at her feet was Kelly's car seat and diaper bag. Kelly was in her crib kicking her legs and looking generally happy. Just then, Dianna came up behind them with papers in her hand.

"Here are the discharge papers, all you need to do is sign them," Dianna said, handing them to Tony. Tony quickly scrawled his signature and then handed the papers back to Dianna.

"Thanks for everything, Di," Tony said, giving her a hug.

"It was my pleasure; you two sure do have a very special little girl there," Dianna said as she looked over the rail of the crib at Kelly.

Ziva then lifted the car seat onto a table next to Kelly's crib. Tony lifted Kelly out of the crib and gently placed her into the car seat. Tony then buckled Kelly in tightly and pulled the top of the seat over So it shaded Kelly's face. In addition, he also tucked a blanket tightly around Kelly and then draped one over the top of the car seat to keep the cold air away from Kelly.


When they got home Abby, McGee, and Chaim were sitting the front porch with Dexter. When Abby saw the car pull up, she jumped up excitedly, which caused Dexter to start barking. McGee was holding Chaim who was clapping excitedly. Tony shut the car off and got out and was immediately run over by an overzealous Abby.

"I can't believe she's home," Abby squealed excitedly into Tony's ear.

"Abs, can't breathe," Tony choked. Abby relinquished her grip slightly.

"Sorry," she said. Meanwhile, Ziva had bent over into the car and released the car seat. When she stood up, she found herself face to face with McGee.

"McGee, don't do that, you scared me," Ziva said as she took Chaim from McGee's arms.

"Sorry," McGee said sheepishly. "Here, why don't you let me get Kelly," McGee said as he took the car seat from Ziva's hands.

Gibbs pulled into the driveway behind them as Jenny emerged from the house, an apron on and the slightest trace of a developing baby bump.

"What's all this," Ziva asked as she followed McGee up the sidewalk, Dexter trailing at her heels.

"Well," Jenny began from the porch. "We figured that Kelly should have a proper welcoming party."


After everyone was inside, Abby got the privilege of getting Kelly out of her car seat and feeding her. Abby sat on the couch while Ziva relaxed on the floor, playing with Chaim and Dexter. Tony, Gibbs, and McGee had in turn, kicked jenny out of the kitchen and took over making dinner. Jenny came into the family room and flopped into a chair.

"So how exciting is it?" Jenny asked.

"What?' Ziva asked, looking up from the blocks that she and Chaim were playing with.

"Finally getting to bring Kelly home," Jenny said. Ziva smiled.

"It's amazing, I finally have my baby at home with me and all the worry and fear is gone. Kelly is perfectly fine," Ziva said as she looked at her son and ruffled his hair.

"Do you think you'll ever tell him?" Abby asked quietly, causing Ziva to throw a confused at Abby.

"Tell who what?" Ziva asked.

"Tell Chaim he's adopted," Abby said, watching him play with Dexter's tail while his mother's attention was occupied.

"I suppose, Tony and I haven't really talked about it. He might as well be ours; we raised him from a baby. Does it really matter that I didn't give birth to him?" Ziva said.

"Okay, relax, I was only wondering," Abby said, and she moved Kelly into a burping position. Jenny just sat back and watched the two friends banter slightly. She always felt like a mother when she was around the team. Just then, Jenny felt the slightest fluttering in her stomach. Jenny placed her hands on her stomach and smiled.


After dinner, Gibbs took Jenny home, claiming that she needed sleep and Abby and McGee weren't far behind them.

"Just call if you need anything," Abby said as she put her coat on.

"Oh, I almost forgot," McGee said. "Sarah said that if you needed a baby sitter, she'd be more than happy to babysit for you."

"Tell Sarah we said thanks and that we'll probably call her when I go back to work," Ziva said as she hugged Abby. "Thank you, Abby, for everything," Ziva whispered into Abby's ear.

"No problem," Abby said. "After all, what are friends for?"


Ziva awoke later that night to Kelly fussing in the bassinet next to the bed. Ziva sighed and was about to get up when Tony grabbed her arm.

"I'll get her," Tony said, getting out of bed. He walked to the end of the bed where that bassinet was and gently picked Kelly up. He checked her diaper and tried to feed her, but that didn't seem to calm her down. Tony began to sway back and forth and he began to sing.

"Hush little baby, don't say a word, daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird, and if that mockingbird don't sing, daddy's gonna buy you a diamond ring," Tony sand softly. Ziva smiled and she let Tony's voice lull her to sleep.


Jenny awoke in the middle of the night and found that the other half of the bed was empty. Sitting up in bed, she put her slippers and robe on and wandered into the basement. There she found Gibbs, working on a baby crib. A few weeks ago, he had come home with the kit and insisted that he would build his own child a crib.

"Why don't you come to bed," Jenny called from the steps. Gibbs looked up.

"That's where you should be," Gibbs said, continuing to sand the rails.

"I couldn't sleep, why don't you come to bed?" Jenny said. "Please?" Gibbs looked up at Jenny's face and put the sander down. He climbed the stairs and wrapped her into his warm embrace.

"Come on, let's go to bed," Gibbs said into Jenny's ear.


Somewhere in Silver Springs, in the silver moonlight, another couple embraced. Their bodies grew heated and they gave into the passion, creating a new life as they did.


A/N: So, I have left you with another cliffy, although, hopefully, most of you are smart enough to figure out who's doing the horizontal tango. Once again, great big thanks to Ziva4Tony with all of that medical jibber jabber. Sorry this chapter took so long, I had a bit of writer's block and this is definintly not my favorite chapter. REVIEW, please! It makes me feel wanted!